Japan at the 2022 World Games

IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, United States 7 July 2022 (2022-07-07) – 17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)
Competitors	138 (57 men and 81 women) in 23 sports
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 10 Silver 11 Bronze 12 Total 33
World Games appearances
1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022

Japan competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022.^[1] Athletes representing Japan won 10 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 12 bronze medals. The country finished in 8th place in the medal table.

Medalists

Further information: 2022 World Games § Medal table, and List of 2022 World Games medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kazumasa Moto	Karate	Men's kata	8 July
Gold	Yusuke Satake	Powerlifting	Men's lightweight	8 July
Gold	Yukako Fukushima	Powerlifting	Women's lightweight	8 July
Gold	Hidetora Hanada	Sumo	Men's heavyweight	9 July
Gold	Daiki Nakamura	Sumo	Men's openweight	9 July
Gold	Yuka Okutomi	Sumo	Women's lightweight	9 July
Gold	Sakura Ishii	Sumo	Women's middleweight	9 July
Gold	Ami Yuasa	Dancesport	B-Girls	10 July
Gold	Hinata Yoshihara	Water skiing	Women's wakeboard	16 July
Gold	Miho Nonaka	Sport climbing	Women's boulder	15 July
Silver	Hikaru Ono	Karate	Women's kata	8 July
Silver	Shion Fujisawa	Sumo	Men's middleweight	9 July
Silver	Daiki Nakamura	Sumo	Men's heavyweight	9 July
Silver	Miku Yamanaka	Sumo	Women's lightweight	9 July
Silver	Hiyori Kon	Sumo	Women's openweight	10 July
Silver	Women's team	Softball	Women's tournament	13 July
Silver	Kokoro Fujii	Sport climbing	Men's boulder	15 July
Silver	Masahiro Higuchi	Sport climbing	Men's lead	16 July
Silver	Natsuki Tanii	Sport climbing	Women's lead	16 July
Bronze	Miho Miyahara	Karate	Women's kumite 50 kg	8 July
Bronze	Airi Hisano	Sumo	Women's heavyweight	9 July
Bronze	Ayumi Fukushima	Dancesport	B-Girls	10 July
Bronze	Shigeyuki Nakarai	Dancesport	B-Boys	10 July
Bronze	Naoya Hirano Takahiro Itaba Yoshiharu Takasu Suguru Ando	Lifesaving	Men's 4 × 50 m obstacle relay	10 July
Bronze	Hikari Izumi	Parkour	Women's freestyle	10 July
Bronze	Hikari Izumi	Parkour	Women's speed	11 July
Bronze	Ryohei Taniguchi	Trampoline gymnastics	Men's double mini-trampoline	15 July
Bronze	Yoshiyuki Ogata	Sport climbing	Men's boulder	15 July
Bronze	Mao Nakamura	Sport climbing	Women's boulder	15 July
Bronze	Yuki Hiraguchi	Cue sports	Women's nine-ball pool	16 July

Invitational sports[edit]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Ai Ueda	Duathlon	Women's individual	16 July
Silver	Mixed team	Wheelchair rugby	Mixed tournament	17 July
Bronze	Men's team	Lacrosse	Men's tournament	12 July

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Sumo	4	4	1	5
Powerlifting	2	0	0	2
Sport climbing	1	3	2	6
Karate	1	1	1	3
Dancesport	1	0	2	3
Water skiing	1	0	0	1
Duathlon	0	1	0	1
Softball	0	1	0	1
Wheelchair rugby	0	1	0	1
Parkour	0	0	2	2
Cue sports	0	0	1	1
Lacrosse	0	0	1	1
Lifesaving	0	0	1	1
Trampoline gymnastics	0	0	1	1
Total	10	11	12	33

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Air sports	1	1	2
Archery	1	0	1
Canoe marathon	1	1	2
Cue sports	1	1	2
Dancesport	3	3	6
Duathlon	1	1	2
Finswimming	1	0	1
Flag football	0	12	12
Flying disc	8	7	15
Karate	2	2	4
Lacrosse	12	12	24
Lifesaving	5	5	10
Parkour	1	1	2
Powerlifting	2	1	3
Racquetball	0	1	1
Rhythmic gymnastics	—	2	2
Softball	0	15	15
Sport climbing	3	4	7
Squash	0	2	2
Sumo	5	7	12
Trampoline gymnastics	2	1	3
Water skiing	1	1	2
Wheelchair rugby	7	1	8
Total	57	81	138

Air sports

Main article: Air sports at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in drone racing.^[2]

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in archery.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Elimination 1	Elimination 2	Elimination 3	Elimination 4	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wataru Oonuki	Men's recurve	353	8	Bye	Habjan Malavašič W 93–92	Remar L 80⁴–80⁵	did not advance

Canoe marathon

Main article: Canoe marathon at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in canoe marathon.^[4]

Cue sports

Main article: Cue sports at the 2022 World Games

Japan won one bronze medal in cue sports.^[5]

Dancesport

Main article: Dancesport at the 2022 World Games

Japan won three medals in dancesport.^[6]^[7]

Duathlon

Main article: Duathlon at the 2022 World Games

Japan won one silver medal in duathlon.^[8]

Finswimming

Main article: Finswimming at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in finswimming.^[9]

Flag football

Main article: Flag football at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in flag football.^[10]^[11]

Flying disc

Main article: Flying disc at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in the flying disc competition.^[12]

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2022 World Games

Japan won three medals in karate.^[13]^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kazumasa Moto	Men's kata	Cención (PAN) W 25.74–23.98	Heydarov (AZE) W 26.34–22.68	Tozaki (USA) W 26.46–25.94	1 Q	Busato (ITA) W 27.12–25.52	Quintero (ESP) W 26.60–26.26
Soichiro Nakano	Men's kumite 67 kg	Xenos (GRE) L 0–1	Figueira (BRA) D 0–0	Pavlov (MKD) W 4–0	3	Did not advance		5

Women

Athlete	Event	Elimination round				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hikaru Ono	Women's kata	Ismail (EGY) W 25.46–24.28	Kokumai (USA) W 25.46–24.00	Lau (HKG) W 25.52–25.06	1 Q	Casale (ITA) W 26.34–25.08	Sánchez (ESP) L 27.92–27.00
Miho Miyahara	Women's kumite 50 kg	Kryva (UKR) W 2–1	Gu (TPE) W 7–2	Alexander (USA) W 1–1	1 Q	Tsukii (PHI) L 3–4	Gu (TPE) W 4–0

Lacrosse

Main article: Lacrosse at the 2022 World Games

Japan won the bronze medal in the men's lacrosse tournament.^[15]

Lifesaving

Main article: Lifesaving at the 2022 World Games

Japan won one bronze medal in lifesaving.^[16]

Parkour

Main article: Parkour at the 2022 World Games

Japan won two bronze medals in parkour.^[17]^[18]^[19]

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2022 World Games

Japan won two gold medals in powerlifting.^[20]^[21]

Racquetball

Main article: Racquetball at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in racquetball.^[22]

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in rhythmic gymnastics.^[23]

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2022 World Games

Japan won the silver medal in the softball tournament.^[24]^[25]

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2022 World Games

Japan won six medals in sport climbing.^[26]^[8]^[27]

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in squash.^[28]

Sumo

Main article: Sumo at the 2022 World Games

Japan won nine medals in sumo.^[29]

Trampoline gymnastics

Main article: Trampoline gymnastics at the 2022 World Games

Japan won one bronze medal in trampoline gymnastics.^[26]^[30]

Water skiing

Main article: Water skiing at the 2022 World Games

Japan won one gold medal in water skiing.^[31]

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2022 World Games

Japan won the silver medal in the wheelchair rugby tournament.^[32]^[33]

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^ "Sumo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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^ "Wheelchair Rugby Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

Nations at the 2022 World Games