Japan at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan participated in the 2018 Asian Games as a competing nation, in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.

Medalists
The following Japan competitors won medals at the Games.
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 * By sport events


 * Timeline


 * Demonstration events

Competitors
The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Japan that participated at the Games:

Archery

 * Recurve


 * Compound

Artistic swimming
Japan has fielded a squad of nine artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team events.

FR: Reserved in free routine; TR: Reserved in technical routine.

Athletics

 * Men
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events – Decathlon


 * Women
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Combined events - Heptathlon


 * Mixed

Badminton
Nippon Badminton Association announced its squad of 20 players (10 men's and 10 women's) on 6 June 2018.


 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Baseball
Japan participated in the baseball competition at the Games, and the team were drawn in the group A.

The following is the Japan roster (Samurai team) for the men's baseball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 24 players was officially named on 18 June 2018. The team remain of 23 players after Shunpei Yoshikawa withdrawal from the Games.
 * Roster


 * Manager
 * Akio Ishii


 * Coaches
 * Yuji Tanahashi
 * Shigeki Wakabayashi
 * Masanori Sugiura


 * Round 2 – Group A


 * Super round


 * Final

Basketball

 * Summary

5x5 basketball
Japan men's team will compete in group C at the Games, while the women's team in group Y.

Men's tournament
The following is the Japan roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
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 * Group C


 * Quarter-final


 * Classification 5th–8th


 * Seventh place game

Women's tournament
The following is the Japan roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
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 * Group Y


 * Quarter-final


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal game

3x3 basketball
Japan national 3x3 team participated in the Games. The men's team placed in the pool C and the women's team in the pool B based on the FIBA 3x3 federation ranking.

Men's tournament
The following is the Japan roster in the men's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Roster
 * Ryuto Yasuoka (10)
 * Hayate Arakawa (14)
 * Tensho Sugimoto (23)
 * Yoshiyuki Matsuwaki (24)


 * Pool C


 * Quarter-final

Women's tournament
The following is the Japan roster in the women's 3x3 basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Roster
 * Ririka Okuyama (4)
 * Norika Konno (8)
 * Miwa Kuribayashi (16)
 * Kiho Miyashita (18)


 * Pool B


 * Quarter-final


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal game

Bowling

 * Men


 * Women

Boxing

 * Men


 * Women

Sprint
Qualification legend: QF=Final; QS=Semifinal

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 * Men


 * Mixed

Track

 * Sprint

Riders who entered the competition but did not participating in any phase of the team event.
 * Team sprint

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Riders who participated in the heats only and received medals.
 * Pursuit

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final
 * Keirin


 * Omnium


 * Madison

Diving

 * Men


 * Women

Equestrian

 * Dressage


 * Eventing


 * Jumping
 * 1) – indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Esports (demonstration)

 * Hearthstone


 * Pro Evolution Soccer

Fencing

 * Individual


 * Team

Field hockey
Japan men's and women's team qualified automatically via 2014 Asian Games, both teams were placed in the pool A respectively.


 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Pool A


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal game

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Pool A


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal game

Football
Japan men's team were drawn in group D, while the women's team in group C.


 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group D


 * Round of 16


 * Quarter-final


 * Semi-final


 * Gold medal game

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group C


 * Quarter-final


 * Semi-final


 * Gold medal game

Golf

 * Men


 * Women

Handball
Japan men's and women's team were drawn in group B respectively.


 * Summary

Key:
 * ET – After extra time
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament

 * Roster


 * Hozuki Higashinagahama
 * Kenya Kasahara
 * Akihito Kai
 * Kohei Narita
 * Jin Watanabe
 * Motoki Sakai
 * Hiroki Shida
 * Hiroki Motoki
 * Hiroyasu Tamakawa
 * Kairi Kochi
 * Tatsuki Yoshino
 * Yuto Agarie
 * Naohiro Hamaguchi
 * Daichi Komuro
 * Tetsuya Kadoyama


 * Group B


 * Main round (Group I)


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Kimiko Hida
 * Mika Nagata
 * Kaho Sunami
 * Sayo Shiota
 * Asuka Fujita
 * Aya Yokoshima
 * Minami Itano
 * Chie Katsuren
 * Hitomi Tada
 * Natsumi Akiyama
 * Nozomi Hara
 * Mana Ohyama
 * Shiori Nagata
 * Miyuki Terada
 * Tomomi Kawata
 * Mayuko Ishitate


 * Group B


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal game

Judo
All Japan Judo Federation delegate 14 judokas (7 men's and 7 women's) to compete at the Games.

Key:
 * 1st number — Ippon
 * 2nd number — Waza-ari
 * H — Hansuke-make
 * s — Shido
 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Kabaddi

 * Summary

Men's tournament

 * Team roster


 * Masayuki Shimokawa
 * Takamitsu Kono
 * Terukazu Nitta
 * Kazuhiro Takano
 * Tetsuro Abe
 * Etsuki Manita
 * Masaki Hatakeyama
 * Yuten Kawate
 * Takuya Kikuchi
 * Tetsuya Itagaki


 * Group B

Women's tournament

 * Team roster


 * Yoko Ota
 * Eri Kasahara
 * Miho Echizenya
 * Yumi Kaneko
 * Minami Ito
 * Yukiko Hayafuji
 * Mayuko Ito
 * Haru Inoue
 * Serina Takahashi
 * Chiharu Midorikawa


 * Group A

Kurash

 * Men

Modern pentathlon
Japan entered four pentathletes (2 men's and 2 women's) at the Games.

Paragliding

 * Men


 * Women

Pencak silat

 * Seni

Rowing

 * Men


 * Women

Rugby sevens
Japan rugby sevens men's and women's team entered the group B at the Games.

Men's tournament
The following is the Japan squad in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 12 players was officially named by the Japan Rugby Football Union.
 * Squad


 * Hashino Kosuke
 * Taisei Hayashi
 * Kano Ryota
 * Chihito Matsui
 * Naoki Motomura
 * Rikiya Oishi
 * Dai Ozawa (Captain)
 * Katsuyuki Sakai
 * Kameli Soejima
 * Tevitangongokilitoto Tupou
 * Lote Tuqiri
 * Taichi Yoshizawa


 * Group B


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal game

Women's tournament
The following is the Japan squad in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 12 players was officially named by the Japan Rugby Football Union.
 * Squad


 * Padivakalolo Laityelmiyo
 * Yume Hirano
 * Kozasa Tomomi
 * Ano Kuwai
 * Nagata Iroha
 * Chiharu Nakamura (Captain)
 * Yume Okuroda
 * Fumiko Otake
 * Sayaka Suzuki
 * Emii Tanaka
 * Noriko Taniguchi
 * Yukari Tateyama


 * Group B


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal game

Sailing

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Sambo
Key:
 * SU – Won by submission.

Sepak takraw

 * Men


 * Women

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed team

Softball

 * Summary


 * Roster


 * Haruka Agatsuma
 * Mana Atsumi
 * Yamato Fujita
 * Yukari Hamamura
 * Nodoka Harada
 * Yuka Ichiguchi
 * Kyoko Ishikawa
 * Hitomi Kawabata
 * Misato Kawano
 * Nozomi Nagasaki
 * Minori Naito
 * Natsuko Sugama
 * Yukiko Ueno
 * Eri Yamada
 * Yu Yamamoto
 * Saori Yamauchi
 * Saki Yamazaki


 * Preliminary round


 * Semifinal


 * Final

Sport climbing

 * Speed


 * Combined

Squash

 * Singles


 * Team

Men
Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women
Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Mixed
Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Table tennis

 * Individual


 * Team

Taekwondo

 * Poomsae


 * Kyorugi

Tennis

 * Men


 * Women


 * Mixed

Triathlon

 * Individual


 * Mixed relay

Men's tournament
The following is the Japanese roster in the men's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Team roster

Head coach: 🇺🇸 Gordon Mayforth
 * Pool C


 * Playoff


 * Quarterfinal


 * 5th place game

Women's tournament
The following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.
 * Team roster

Head coach: Kumi Nakada
 * Pool A


 * Quarterfinal


 * Semifinal


 * Bronze medal game

Water polo

 * Summary

Key:
 * FT – After full time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Men's tournament
Head coach: Yoji Omoto
 * Team roster


 * 1) Katsuyuki Tanamura (GK)
 * 2) Seiya Adachi (D)
 * 3) Harukiirario Koppu (CB)
 * 4) Mitsuaki Shiga (D)
 * 5) Takuma Yoshida (D)
 * 6) Atsuto Iida (CB)
 * 7) Takumu Miyazawa (CF)
 * 8) Mitsuru Takata (D)
 * 9) Atsushi Arai (D)
 * 10) Yusuke Inaba (D)
 * 11) Keigo Okawa (CB) (C)
 * 12) Kenta Araki (CF)
 * 13) Tomoyoshi Fukushima (GK)


 * Group B


 * Quarter-final


 * Semifinal


 * Gold medal game

Women's tournament
Head coach: Makihiro Motomiya
 * Team roster


 * 1) Minami Shioya (GK)
 * 2) Yumi Arima (CB)
 * 3) Akari Inaba (D)
 * 4) Shino Magariyama (D)
 * 5) Chiaki Sakanoue (D)
 * 6) Minori Yamamoto (D)
 * 7) Maiko Hashida (D)
 * 8) Yuki Niizawa (D)
 * 9) Kana Hosoya (D)
 * 10) Misaki Noro (D)
 * 11) Marina Tokumoto (CB)
 * 12) Kotori Suzuki (D) (C)
 * 13) Miyuu Aoki (GK)


 * Round robin

Weightlifting
Japan Weightlifting Association entered the Games with 15 weightlifters (8 men's and 7 women's).


 * Men


 * Women

Wrestling
Key:
 * F – Victory by fall.
 * PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
 * PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
 * ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.


 * Men's freestyle


 * Men's Greco-Roman


 * Women's freestyle

Wushu

 * Taolu