Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Japan at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag bearer
Koyo Iwabuchi & Mami Tani
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
13
Silver
15
Bronze
23
Total
51
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Japan competed as the host nation of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in their capital Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S4 26 August
 Gold Tomoki Sato Athletics Men's 400 metres T52 27 August
 Gold Naohide Yamaguchi Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB14 29 August
 Gold Tomoki Sato Athletics Men's 1500 metres T52 29 August
 Gold Keiko Sugiura Cycling Women's road time trial C1–3 31 August
 Gold Hidetaka Sugimura Boccia Mixed individual BC2 1 September
 Gold Keiko Sugiura Cycling Women's road race C1–3 3 September
 Gold Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly S11 3 September
 Gold Sarina Satomi Badminton Women's singles WH1 4 September
 Gold Shingo Kunieda Wheelchair tennis Men's singles 4 September
 Gold Daiki Kajiwara Badminton Men's singles WH2 5 September
 Gold Misato Michishita Athletics Women's marathon T12 5 September
 Gold Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki		 Badminton Women's doubles WH1–WH2 5 September
 Silver Miyuki Yamada Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke S2 25 August
 Silver Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle S11 26 August
 Silver Kenya Karasawa Athletics Men's 5000 metres T11 27 August
 Silver Hideki Uda Paratriathlon Men's PTS4 28 August
 Silver Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle S4 30 August
 Silver Shinya Wada Athletics Men's 1500 metres T11 31 August
 Silver Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB11 1 September
 Silver Miyuki Yamada Swimming Women's 50 metre backstroke S2 2 September
 Silver Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S4 2 September
 Silver Yuki Oya Athletics Men's 100 metres T52 3 September
 Silver Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly S11 3 September
 Silver Yui Kamiji Wheelchair tennis Woman's Singles 3 September
 Silver Ayako Suzuki Badminton Women's singles SU5 4 September
 Silver Keisuke Kawamoto
Kazuki Takahashi
Keiko Tanaka		 Boccia Mixed pairs BC3 4 September
 Silver Men's wheelchair basketball team
 Wheelchair basketball Men's tournament 5 September
 Bronze Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3 25 August
 Bronze Shinya Wada Athletics Men's 5000 metres T11 27 August
 Bronze Yujiro Seto Judo Men's 66 kg 27 August
 Bronze Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Athletics Men's 400 metres T52 27 August
 Bronze Satoru Yoneoka
Guide: Kohei Tsubaki		 Paratriathlon Men's PTVI 28 August
 Bronze
Maki Ito
 Table tennis Women's individual – Class 11 28 August
 Bronze Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 150 metre individual medley SM4 28 August
 Bronze Japan national wheelchair rugby team
 Wheelchair rugby Mixed tournament 29 August
 Bronze
Ogawa Kazusa
 Judo Women's 70 kg 29 August
 Bronze Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Athletics Men's 1500 metres T52 29 August
 Bronze Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley SM11 30 August
 Bronze Mitsuteru Moroishi
Koji Sugeno		 Wheelchair tennis Quad doubles 1 September
 Bronze Japan women's national goalball team
Goalball Women's tournament 3 September
 Bronze Uran Sawada
Kengo Oshima
Yuka Takamatsu
Tomoki Suzuki
 Athletics Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay 3 September
 Bronze Takumi Nakamura
Takayuki Hirose
Hidetaka Sugimura
Yuriko Fujii		 Boccia Mixed team BC1–2 4 September
 Bronze Yui Kamiji
Momoko Ohtani		 Wheelchair tennis Women's doubles 4 September
 Bronze Akiko Sugino Badminton Women's singles SU5 4 September
 Bronze Yuma Yamazaki Badminton Women's singles WH2 4 September
 Bronze Noriko Ito
Ayako Suzuki		 Badminton Women's doubles SL3–SU5 4 September
 Bronze Tadashi Horikoshi Athletics Men's marathon T12 5 September
 Bronze Tsutomu Nagata Athletics Men's marathon T46 5 September
 Bronze Daiki Kajiwara
Hiroshi Murayama		 Badminton Men's doubles WH1–WH2 5 September
 Bronze Daisuke Fujihara
Akiko Sugino		 Badminton Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 5 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 26 20 46
Badminton 5 8 13
Boccia 7 3 10
Canoeing
 3 3 6
Cycling 4 4 8
Equestrian
 4 0 4
Football 5-a-side 10 0 10
Goalball 6 6 12
Judo 7 6 13
Powerlifting 3 1 4
Rowing 3 3 6
Shooting 2 1 3
Sitting volleyball 12 9 21
Swimming 14 13 27
Table tennis 7 4 11
Taekwondo 2 1 3
Triathlon
 3 4 7
Wheelchair basketball 12 12 24
Wheelchair fencing 3 3 6
Wheelchair rugby 11 1 12
Wheelchair tennis 6 4 10
Total 153 109 262

Archery

Main articles:
Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - Qualification

Japan fielded nine archers (four men and five women) at the Games, as the host nation is automatically entitled to use the individual quota places.[3]

Men's individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kohi Oyama Individual W1 624 9 —  Koo (KOR)
W 12910+-12910 		 Türkmenoğlu (TUR)
L 129-133 		Did not advance
Leon Miyamoto Individual compound 683 17  Bonacina (ITA)
W 141-136 		 He (CHN)
L 139-146 		Did not advance
Tomohiro Ueyama Individual recurve 609 11  Košťál (CZE)
L 0-6 		Did not advance
Women's individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Aiko Okazaki Individual W1 576 9 —  Brandtlová (CZE)
W 128-115 		 Chen (CHN)
L 129-132 		Did not advance
Miho Nagano Compound 647 22  Van Nest (CAN)
L 130-138 		Did not advance
Chika Shigesada
Recurve
 584 8 Bye  Gao (CHN)
W 7-1 		 Wu (CHN)
L 1-7 		Did not advance
Mixed team
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Aiko Okazaki
Kohji Oyama 		Team W1 1200 4 —  
RPC
 (RPC)
L 119-132 		Did not advance
Miho Nagano
Leon Miyamoto 		Team compound 1330 10 —  Italy (ITA)
L 144-145 		Did not advance
Chika Shigesada
Tomohiro Ueyama 		Team recurve 1193 6 —  Brazil (BRA)
W 5-3 		 Italy (ITA)
L 2-6 		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan have secured three quotas in athletics after being in the top four of the 2019 World Para Athletics Marathon Championships and twelve more automatic qualification slots at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.[4]

Men's road & track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Daiki Akai Men's 400m T20 — 3:58.78 5
Masayuki Higuchi Men's 1500 m T54 3:03.60 4 q 2:53.60 9
Men's 5000 m T54 10:11.49 5 q 10:31.28 8
Tadashi Horikoshi Men's marathon T12 — 2:28:01 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tomoki Ikoma Men's 100m T54 14.50 6 Did not advance
Kakeru Ishida Men's 100m T47 11.15 5 q 11.05 5
Men's 400m T47 51.56 5 Did not advance
Tomoya Ito Men's 400m T53 57.16 6 Did not advance
Yuku Iwata Men's 1500m T20 — 4:01.72 8
Kenya Karasawa Men's 1500m T11 4:13.32 1 Q 4:08.84 4
Men's 5000m T11 — 15:18.12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Junta Kosuda Men's 100 m T63 13.58 5 Did not advance
Kozo Kubo Men's 5000 m T54 10:21.34 7 Did not advance
Yutaka Kumagai Men's marathon T12 — 2:31:32 7
Takeru Matsumoto Men's 100m T36 12.61 4 Did not advance
Men's 400m T36 — 59.15 7
Tsutomu Nagata Men's marathon T46 — 2:29:33 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kengo Oshima Men's 100 m T64 11.41 5 Did not advance
Men's 200 m T64 23.99 4 Did not advance
Yuki Oya Men's 100m T52 — 17.18 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tomoki Sato Men's 400m T52 57.33 1 Q 55.39 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 1500m T52 — 3:29.13 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tomoki Suzuki Men's 800m T54 1:37.85 5 Did not advance
Men's 1500 m T54 2:56.34 7 q 2:53.60 9
Men's marathon T54 — 1:30:45 7
Yuji Togawa Men's 1500 m T20 — 4:03.62 9
Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Men's 400m T52 1:01.05 2 Q 59.95 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 1500 m T52 — 3:44.17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shinya Wada Men's 1500m T11 — 4:05.27 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 5000m T11 — 15:21.03 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's marathon T12 — 2:33:05 9
Atsushi Yamamoto Men's 100 m T63 13.20 5 Did not advance
Yuhei Yasuono Men's 100 m T33 — 22.34 5
Men's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Kanta Kokubo Men's long jump T20 7.01 4
Junta Kosuda Men's javelin throw T46 5.95 7
Takuya Shiramasa Men's high jump T64 58.35 6
Toru Suzuki Men's high jump T64 1.88 5
Atsushi Yamamoto Men's long jump T63 6.70 4
Akihiro Yamazaki Men's javelin throw T46 57.69 7
Women's road & track
Athlete Event Heats Semi-final Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Yumiko Fuji Women's marathon T12 — — 3:17:44 5
Tsubasa Kina Women's marathon T54 — 1:42:33 7
Kaede Maegawa Women's 100 m T63 16.57 4 Did not advance
Sayaka Makita Women's 1500 m T20 4:54.60 6 Did not advance
Misato Michishita Women's marathon T12 — 3:00:50 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Momoka Muraoka Women's 100 m T54 17.10 4 q 16.71 6
Mihoko Nishijima Women's marathon T12 — 3:29:12 8
Mana Sasaki Women's 100 m T13 12.96 4 Did not advance
Women's 400 m T13 58.48 4 q 58.05 7
Uran Sawada Women's 100 m T12 12.71 2 q 12.81 4 Did not advance
Chiaki Takada Women's 100 m T11 13.66 3 Did not advance
Saki Takakuwa Women's 100 m T64 13.43 5 — Did not advance
Yuka Takamatsu Women's 100 m T38 14.00 6 Did not advance
Women's 400 m T38 1:07.23 6 Did not advance
Ayumi Takamura Women's 400 m T38 1:08.29 6 Did not advance
Aimi Toyoma Women's 400 m T20 1:00.17 4 q 59.99 7
Tomomi Tozawa Women's 100 m T63 16.26 5 q 16.48 8
Wakako Tschida Women's marathon T54 — 1:38:32 4
Sae Tsuji Women's 200 m T47 26.88 4 Did not advance
Women's 200 m T47 59.98 3 Q 58.98 5
Moeko Yamamoto Women's 1500 m T20 — 4:55.03 7
Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Kaede Maegawa Women's long jump T63 4.23 5
Maya Nakanishi Women's long jump T64 5.27 6
Uran Sawada
Women's long jump T12
 5.15 5
Chiaki Takada Women's long jump T11 4.74 5
Saki Takakuwa Women's long jump T64 4.88 8
Tomomi Tozawa Women's long jump T63 4.39 4

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification
Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Hiroshi Murayama Singles WH1  Lee S-s (KOR)
W (15–21, 21–13, 21–17) 		 Mi (GER)
W (21–8, 21–7) 		— 1 Q  Nagashima (JPN)
W (21–15, 21–16) 		 
Qu (CHN
)
L (16–21, 11–21) 		 Lee D-s (KOR)
L (20–22, 21–17, 14-21) 		4
Osamu Nagashima  
Qu (CHN
)
L (9–21, 12–21) 		 Toupé (FRA)
W (21–6, 21–12) 		— 2 Q  Murayama (JPN)
L (15–21, 16–21) 		Did not advance
Daiki Kajiwara Singles WH2  Jakobs (FRA)
W (21–9, 21–5) 		 Chan (HKG)
W (13–21, 21–12, 21–13) 		— 1 Q Bye  Kim (KOR)
W (21–14, 21–15) 		 Kim J-j (KOR)
W (21–18, 21–19) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Daisuke Fujihara Singles SL3  Bethell (GBR)
L (11–21, 7–21) 		 Rukaendi (INA)
W (21–5, 21–18) 		— 2 Q —  Bhagat (IND)
L (11–21, 16–21) 		 Sarkar (IND)
L (20–22, 21–23) 		4
Taiyo Imai Singles SU5  Fang (TPE)
L (16–21, 21–17, 10–21) 		 Eldakrory (EGY)
W (21–5, 21–4) 		 Cheah (MAS)
L (19–21, 12–21) 		3 — Did not advance
Hiroshi Murayama
Daiki Kajiwara 		Doubles WH1–WH2  Mi /
Wandschneider (GER)
W (21–12, 21–9) 		 
Qu /
Mai (CHN
)
L (13–21, 10–21) 		— 2 Q —  
Qu /
Mai (CHN
)
L (8–21, 17–21) 		 Homhual /
Junthong (THA)
W (21–18, 21–19) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sarina Satomi Singles WH1  Kang (KOR)
W (21–12, 21–7) 		 Yin (CHN)
L (11–21, 22–24) 		2 Q  Suter-Erath (SUI)
W (21–8, 21–9) 		 Yin (CHN)
W (21–18, 21–18) 		 Pookkham (THA)
W (14–21, 21–19, 21-13) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yuma Yamazaki Singles WH2  Lee S-a (KOR)
W (22–20, 21–16) 		 Seçkin (TUR)
L (15–21, 21–13, 16–21) 		2 Q  
RPC
)
W (23–25, 21–7, 21–8) 		 Xu (CHN)
L (12–21, 13–21) 		 Seçkin (TUR)
W (21–16, 21–8) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Rie Ogura  Xu (CHN)
L (6–21, 8–21) 		 Wetwithan (THA)
L (14–21, 17–21) 		3 Did not advance
Haruka Fujino Singles SL4  Saensupa (THA)
W (21–17, 21–10)1 		 Ma (CHN)
L (25–27, 8–21) 		2 — Did not advance
Ayako Suzuki Singles SU5  Kohli (IND)
W (21–7, 21–4) 		 Bağlar (TUR)
W (21–12, 21–8) 		1 Q Bye  Kameyama (JPN)
W (21–2, 21–13) 		 Yang (CHN)
L (17–21, 9–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kaede Kameyama  Sugino (JPN)
L 1–2
(22–20, 15–21, 16–21) 		 Rosengren (DEN)
W (22–20, 21–13) 		2 Q  Kohli (IND)
W (21–11, 21–15) 		 Yang (CHN)
L (2–21, 13–21) 		 Sugino (JPN)
L (16–21, 21–6, 13-21) 		4
Akiko Sugino  Kameyama (JPN)
W (20–22, 21–15, 21–16) 		 Rosengren (DEN)
W (15–21, 21–13, 21–15) 		1 Q  Monteiro (POR)
W (21–5, 21–12) 		 Suzuki (JPN)
L (11–21, 11–21) 		 Kameyama (JPN)
W (21–16, 6–21, 21-13) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki 		Doubles WH1–WH2  Kang /
Lee S-a (KOR)
W(21–12, 21–5) 		 Pookkham /
Wetwithan (THA)
W (21–16, 21–9) 		1 Q —  Pookkham /
Wetwithan (THA)
W (21–17, 21–16) 		 Yin /
Liu (CHN)
W (16–21, 21–16, 21-13) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Noriko Ito
Ayako Suzuki 		Doubles SL3–SU5  Saensupa /
Srinavakul (THA)
W (21–11, 21–17) 		 Oktila /
Sadiyah (INA)
L (4–21, 8–21) 		2 Q —  Cheng /
Ma (CHN)
L (6–21, 12–21) 		 Morin /
Noël (FRA)
W (21–16, 21–18) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

*1 Nipada Saensupa from Thailand retired during the match between Ma Huihui from China, though the result doesn't count.

Mixed
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Daisuke Fujihara
Akiko Sugino 		Doubles SL3–SU5  Susanto /
Oktila (INA)
L (12–21, 11–21) 		 Pott /
Seibert (GER)
W (25–23, 21–11) 		2 Q  Mazur /
Noël (FRA)
L (10–21, 11–21) 		 Bhagat /
Kohli (IND)
W (23–21, 21–19) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Takumi Nakamura Individual BC1  Ibarbure (ARG)
W 8-5 		 Zhang (CHN)
L 2-6 		 Sanchez Reyes (MEX)
L 1-9 		 Smith (GBR)
L 1-11 		4 Did not advance
Takayuki Hirose Individual BC2  Valente (POR)
W 7-2 		 Lam (HKG)
L 1-6 		 Kurilak (SVK)
W 4-3 		— 2 Did not advance
Hidetaka Sugimura  
RUS
)
W 12-0 		 Allard (CAN)
W 6-4 		 Goncalves (POR)
W 6-1 		— 1 Q  Mezík (SVK)
W 8-1 		 Santos (BRA)
W 3-2 		 Vongsa (THA)
W 6-1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Keisuke Kawamoto Individual BC3  Carvalho (BRA)
W 4-2 		 
Howon (KOR
)
L 5-5* 		 Tse (HKG)
L 2-3 		— 3 Did not advance
Kazuki Takahashi  Polychronidis (GRE)
L 2-7 		 Andrade (POR)
W 9-0 		 Costa (POR)
W 3-2 		— 2 Did not advance
Shun Esaki Individual BC4  Grisales (COL)
L 2-4 		 McGuire (GBR)
L 2-3 		 Wong (HKG)
L 3-5 		— 4 Did not advance
Takumi Nakamura
Yuriko Fujii
Hidetaka Sugimura
Takayuki Hirose 		Team BC1–2  Slovakia
W 8-2 		 Portugal
W 5-4 		 South Korea
L 5-6 		 Brazil
W 6-4 		1 Q —  Thailand
L 3-8 		 Portugal
W 4-3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kazuki Takahashi
Keisuke Kawamoto
Keiko Tanaka 		Pairs BC3  Australia
W 3-2 		 Hong Kong
L 4-4* 		 Portugal
W 7-0 		 Brazil
W 3*-3 		2 Q —  Greece
W 5-1 		 South Korea
L 4-4* 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Road

Men
Athlete Event Result Rank
Maski Fujita Road time trial C3 36:47.63 7
Road race C1-3 2:11:06 7
Shota Kawamoto Road time trial C2 39:08.26 9
Road race C1-3 2:28:51 28
Women
Athlete Event Result Rank
Miho Fujii Road time trial C1-3 33:09.02 15
Road race C1-3 1:37:24 15
Keiko Sugiura Road time trial C1-3 25:55.76 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Road race C1-3 1:12:55 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Track

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Maski Fujita Individual pursuit C3 3:38.366 8 Did not advance
Time trial C1-3 — 1:12.306 14
Shota Kawamoto Individual pursuit C2 3:36.117 4  Liang (CHN)
L 3:38.947 		4
Time trial C1-3 — 1:08.531 6
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Miho Fujii Individual pursuit C1-3 4:52.254 15 Did not advance
Time trial C1-3 — 41.706 7
Keiko Sugiura Individual pursuit C1-3 4:02.834 5 Did not advance
Time trial C1-3 — 39.869 4

Equestrian

Main article:
Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Horse Event Result Rank
Sho Iniba Exclusive Individual test grade III 67.529 15
Mitsuhide Miyaji Charmander Individual test grade II 66.824 7 Q
Individual freestyle test grade II 67.434 8
Katsuji Takashima Huzette Individual test grade IV 65.951 14
Sochie Yoshigoe Hashtag Individual test grade II 63.823 10
Mitsuhide Miyaji (GII)
Sho Iniba (GIII)
Katsuji Takashima (GIV) 		See above Team test 198.378 15

Football 5-a-side

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Roster

The following is the Japan squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[5]

No. Pos. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 GK Daisuke Satō Sighted (1984-06-17)17 June 1984 (aged 37)
2 DF Hajime Teranishi B1 (1990-05-23)23 May 1990 (aged 31)
3 MF Robertoizumi Sasaki B1 (1978-05-02)2 May 1978 (aged 43)
7 DF Akihito Tanaka B1 (1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 43)
8 FW Yasuhiro Sasaki B1 (1975-11-20)20 November 1975 (aged 45)
9 FW Satoru Hinata B1 (1984-12-13)13 December 1984 (aged 36)
10 MF Ryo Kawamura B1 (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 32)
11 FW Tomonari Kuroda B1 (1978-10-09)9 October 1978 (aged 42)
13 GK Masashi Kamiyama Sighted (1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 27)
14 FW Yuzuki Sonobe B1 (2003-09-01)1 September 2003 (aged 17)
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Semi finals
2  China 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 5th–6th place match
4  France 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0 7th–8th place match
Source: TOCOG
Japan 4–0 France
 Report
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
Brazil 4–0 Japan
 Report
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)
Japan 0–2 China
Report Zhu Ruiming 12', 18'
Referee: François Carcouët (France)
Fifth place match
Japan 1–0 Spain
Kuroda 20' Report
Referee: Rafael Gonzalez (Mexico)

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Under goalball rules, as the host nation, Japan gets one of the ten slots for the men's, and women's, competitions. There are up to six athletes on the court at a time; three athletes per team are allowed on the court at one time.

Men

The following is the Japan roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[6]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 Yuto Sano B3 (2002-06-20)20 June 2002 (aged 19)
4 Yuji Taguchi B2 (1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (aged 30)
5 Ryoga Yamaguchi B1 (1997-01-05)5 January 1997 (aged 24)
7 Kazuya Kaneko B3 (2002-02-08)8 February 2002 (aged 19)
8 Koji Miyajiki B3 (1995-03-20)20 March 1995 (aged 26)
9 Yuta Kawashima B2 (1994-09-24)24 September 1994 (aged 26)
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 4 3 0 1 37 15 +22 9 Quarter-finals
2  Brazil 4 3 0 1 35 17 +18 9
3  United States 4 2 0 2 25 35 −10 6
4  Lithuania 4 1 1 2 24 31 −7 4
5  Algeria 4 0 1 3 20 43 −23 1
Source: TOCOG
(H) Hosts
25 August 2021
13:15 		Algeria  4–13  Japan Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
Belhouchat 3
Larbi 1 		Report Kaneko 7
Miyajiki 3
Sano 2
Yamaguchi 1
27 August 2021
13:15 		Japan  11–1  United States Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
Sano 6
Miyajiki 3
Kaneko 2 		Report Walker 1
28 August 2021
14:45 		Lithuania  2–10  Japan Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
Montvydas 1
Pavliukianec 1 		Report Sano 4
Miyajiki 3
Kaneko 2
Yamaguchi 1
29 August 2021
09:00 		Japan  3–8  Brazil Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Launel Scott (Canada)
Yamaguchi 2
Sano 1 		Report Sousa 5
Moreno 3
Quarter-final
31 August 2021
13:15 		Japan  4–7  China Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
Miyajiki 4 Report Yang Mingyuan 6
Cai Changgui 1

Women

The following is the Japan roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[7]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 Yuki Temma B1 (1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 31)
2 Rie Urata B1 (1977-07-01)1 July 1977 (aged 44)
3 Eiko Kakehata B3 (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 28)
6 Norika Hagiwara B2 (2001-02-02)2 February 2001 (aged 20)
7 Rieko Takahashi B1 (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 (aged 23)
8 Haruka Wakasugi B1 (1995-08-23)23 August 1995 (aged 26)
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey 4 3 0 1 30 11 +19 9 Quarterfinals
2  United States 4 3 0 1 22 10 +12 9
3  Japan (H) 4 2 1 1 18 13 +5 7
4  Brazil 4 1 1 2 23 19 +4 4
5  Egypt 4 0 0 4 3 43 −40 0
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
(H) Hosts
Turkey 7–1 Japan
 Report
Referee: Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine), Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain)
Japan 4–4 Brazil
 Report
Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
Japan 3–2 United States
 Report Dennis 8', 19'
Referee: Launel Scott (Canada), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
Egypt 0–10 Japan
Report
Referee: Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
Quarterfinal
Israel 1–4 Japan
Mahamid
13'		 Report Hagiwara 4', 5', 12', 23'
Referee: Raquel Aguado Gómez (Spain), Warrick Jackes (Australia)
Semi-final
Turkey 8–5 Japan
Sevd. Altunoluk 2', 3', 8', 10', 18', 18', 22', 23' Report Hagiwara 1', 1', 8', 18', 19'
Referee: Raili Sipura (Finland), Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
Bronze medal match
Brazil 1–6 Japan
Amorim 22' Report
Referee: Vaida Pokvytytė (Lithuania), Raili Sipura (Finland)

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Takaaki Hirai −60 kg  Marques (BRA)
W 10–01 		 Bologa (ROU)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Çiftçi (TUR)
L 00–10 		Did not advance =7
Yujiro Seto −66 kg  Gauto (ARG)
W 11–00 		 Kuranbaev (UZB)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Mönkhbat (MGL)
W 10–01 		 Gamjashvili (GEO)
W 11–01 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takamasa Nagai −73 kg  Ramírez (ARG)
W 10–00 		 
RPC
)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Bareikis (LTU)
L 01–11 		Did not advance =7
Aramitsu Kitazono[8] −81 kg  Solovey (UKR)
WD 		Did not advance
Haruka Hirose −90 kg  Chetouane (ALG)
W 10–00 		 Latchoumanaya (FRA)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Cavalcante (BRA)
L 00–10 		Did not advance =7
Yoshikazu Matsumoto −100 kg Bye  Upmann (GER)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Khalilov (UZB)
L 00–10 		Did not advance =7
Kento Masaki +100 kg Bye  Chikoidze (GEO)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Fernández (CUB)
L 00–10 		Did not advance =7
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Shizuka Hangai −48 kg Bye  Hajiyeva (AZE)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Taşın (AZE)
W 10–01 		 Ivanytska (UKR)
L 00–11 		=5
Yui Fujiwara -52 kg Bye  Safarova (AZE)
W 10–00 		 Abdellaoui (ALG)
L 00–10 		Bye  
RPC
)
L 00–10 		=5
Junko Hirose -57 kg  Bogdanova (BLR)
W 10–00 		 Samandarova (UZB)
L 00–11 		Did not advance Bye  González (ARG)
W 10–00 		 Çelik (TUR)
L 01–10 		=5
Hiroko Kudo -63 kg  Mutia (USA)
W 10–00 		 Huseynova (AZE)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Payno (ESP)
L 00–10 		Did not advance =7
Hiroko Kudo -70 kg  Paschalidou (GRE)
W 10–00 		 Aliboeva (USA)
W w/o 		 Kaldani (GEO)
L 00-10 		Bye  
RPC
)
W 01-00 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Minako Tsuchiya +70 kg —  Emmerich (BRA)
L 00-10 		Did not advance —  Harnyk (UKR)
L 00-10 		Did not advance =7

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Koichi Imai Men's va'a VL3 58.458 5 SF 54.992 5 FB 57.028 10
Yuta Takagi Men's kayak KL1 1:00.765 6 SF 58.259 5 FB 58.509 12
Hiromi Tatsumi Men's kayak KL2 47.757 6 SF 46.290 5 FB 47.325 11
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yoshimi Kaji Women's kayak KL3 55.777 5 SF 52.948 7 Did not advance
Saki Komatsu Women's va'a VL2 1:14.310 5 SF 1:08.477 4 Did not advance
Monika Seryu Women's kayak KL1 1:00.180 4 SF 1:00.489 2 FA 57.998 7

Paratriathlon

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Swim Trans 1 Bike Trans 2 Run Total Time Rank
Hideki Uda Men's PTS4 12:52 1:11 30:30 0:52 18:20 1:03:45 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Satoru Yoneoka
Guide: Kohei Tsubaki 		Men's PTVI 11:49 1:22 29:34 0:54 18:40 1:02:20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Jumpei Kimura Men's PTWC 12:04 1:24 36:12 1:02 14:08 1:04:50 7
Wakako Tsuchida Women's PTWC 15:48 1:45 42:03 1:14 17:38 1:22:32 9
Yukako Hata Women's PTS2 11:55 2:16 41:30 1:53 30:23 1:28:04 6
Mami Tani Women's PTS5 13:06 1:41 39:19 1:24 26:53 1:22:23 10
Atsuko Maruo
Guide: Hideki Kikuchi 		Women's PTVI 14:01 1:28 34:29 1:02 26:07 1:20:59 11

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Hiroshi Miura Men's -49 kg 127 9
Tomihiro Kose Men's -59 kg 145 10
Hajime Ujiro Men's -72 kg 162 6
Chika Sakamoto Women's -79 kg 80 8

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan qualified two boats in the women's single sculls and mixed coxed four events for the games. Women's single sculls crews qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 FISA Asian & Oceanian Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, while mixed coxed four received the bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ichikawa Tomomi Women's single sculls 13:50.29 5 R 12:41.10 5 FB 14:14.59 11
Yao Haruka
Kimura Yui
Nishioka Toshihiro
Ariyasu Ryohei
Tatsuta Hiroyuki; 		Mixed coxed four 8:14.09 6 R 7:52.35 5 FB 8:36.89 12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Daisuke Sasaki R3 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1 629.4 28 Did not advance
Yusuke Watanabe R3 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1 623.0 45 Did not advance
R6 – 50 m air rifle standing SH1 610.1 30 Did not advance
Mika Mizuta R5 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2 628.6 32 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Five Japanese swimmers have qualified to compete in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships slot allocation method.[9][10]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Kaede Hinata Men's 50m freestyle S5 37.45 16 Did not advance
Men's 50m backstroke S5 41.97 10 Did not advance
Men's 50m butterfly S5 37.80 8 Q 37.24 7
Keiichi Kimura Men's 100m backstroke SB11 1:14.05 3 Q 1:11.78 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 100m butterfly S11 1:02.25 1 Q 1:02.57 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 200m individual medley SM11 2:32.60 3 Q 2:29.87 5
Takayuki Suzuki Men's 50m freestyle S4 38.25 1 Q 37.70 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 100m freestyle S4 1:27.48 2 Q 1:21.58 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 200m freestyle S4 3:03.47 2 Q 2:55.15 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 50m breaststroke SB3 51.75 5 Q 49.32 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 150m individual medley SM4 2:45.77 3 Q 2:40.53 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Dai Tokairin Men's 200m individual medley SM14 2:15.54 8 Q 2:11.29 4
Uchu Tomita Men's 400m freestyle S11 4:35.77 2 Q 4:31.69 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 100m butterfly S11 1:03.32 2 Q 1:03.59 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 200m individual medley SM11 2:32.87 4 Q 2:28.44 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Naohide Yamaguchi Men's 100m breaststroke SB14 1:04.45 1 Q 1:03.77 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Kasumi Fukui Women's 100m backstroke S14 1:13.12 8 Q 1:12.58 7
Mami Inoue Women's 100m butterfly S14 1:12.08 12 Did not advance
Women's 200m individual medley SM14 2:36.60 7 Q 2:37.86 8
Tomomi Ishiura Women's 50m freestyle S11 31.08 5 Q 30.85 7
Women's 100m freestyle S11 1:13.76 8 Q 1:13.80 8
Moemi Kinoshita Women's 100m butterfly S14 1:10.53 7 Q 1:10.25 7
Sakura Koike Women's 400m freestyle S7 — 5:34.12 6

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan as host nation, entered five athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Takashi Asano qualified from 2019 ITTF Asian Para Championships which was held in Taichung, Taiwan and four others via World Ranking allocation.[11]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Nobuhiro Minami Individual C2  
Cha (KOR
)
L 2-3 		 Riapoš (SVK)
L 0-3 		— 3 Did not advance
Masachika Inoue Individual C7  Pereira Stroh (BRA)
L 2-3 		 Ballestrino (AUS)
W 3-1 		 Youssef (EGY)
L 0-3 		3 Did not advance
Katsuyoshi Yagi  Liao (CHN)
L 0-3 		 Trtnik (SLO)
W 3-0 		— 2 Q  Youssef (EGY)
L 1-3 		Did not advance
Koyo Iwabuchi Individual C9  Facey Thompson (GBR)
W 3-2 		 Kats (UKR)
L 1-3 		 
RPC
)
L 2-3 		3 Did not advance
Takashi Asano Individual C11  Von Einem (AUS)
W 3-1 		 Kim G-t (KOR)
L 1-3 		— 2 Q  
Palos (HUN
)
L 2-3 		Did not advance
Koya Kato  
Palos (HUN
)
L 1-3 		 Kim C-g (KOR)
L 1-3 		— 3 Did not advance
Takeshi Takemori  Van Acker (BEL)
L 2-3 		 Martínez (VEN)
W 3-0 		— 2 Q  
Creange (FRA
)
L 0-3 		Did not advance
Masachika Inoue
Katsuyoshi Yagi 		Team C6-7 —  Brazil (BRA)
L 0-2 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Yuri Tomono Individual C8  Mao (CHN)
L 0-3 		 Wolf (GER)
W 3-2 		— 2 Q  Huang (CHN)
L 0-3 		Did not advance
Nozomi Takeuchi Individual C10  Partyka (POL)
L 0-3 		 
Demir (TUR
)
L 0-3 		— 3 Did not advance
Kanami Furukawa Individual C11  
Kosmina (UKR
)
W 3-1 		 Ferney (FRA)
L 0-3 		 Wong (HKG)
L 1-3 		3 Did not advance
Maki Ito  Ng (HKG)
L 1-3 		 
Lysiak (POL
)
W 3-0 		 
RPC
)
L 0-3 		2 Q —  Ferney (FRA)
L 0-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Yuri Tomono
Nozomi Takeuchi 		Team C9-10 —  Poland (POL)
L 0-2 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan as the host nation qualified three athletes to compete in three events at the Paralympics competition.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mitsuya Tanaka Men's –61 kg Bye  Torquato (BRA)
L 24–58 		Did not advance  Khalilov (BRA)
L 15–20 		Did not advance
Shunsuke Kudo Men's –75 kg Bye  
RPC
)
L 23–31 		Did not advance  Seye (SEN)
W 52–31 		 Samorano (ARG)
L 22–42 		Did not advance
Shoko Ota Women's +58 kg Bye  Naimova (UZB)
L 12–37 		Did not advance  Schiel (FRA)
W WWD 		 Watson (AUS)
L 12-32 		Did not advance

Sitting Volleyball

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

The women's sitting volleyball team finished in 10th place at the 2018 World ParaVolley Championships in the Netherlands but they hope to improve their volleyball skills before the home games.[12]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM / Cl.
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Japan men's
Men's tournament
  RPC
L 0–3 		 Egypt
L 0–3 		 
Bosnia and Herzegovina

L 0–3 		4 Did not advance Seventh place match
 China
L 0–3 		8
Japan women's
Women's tournament
  Italy
L 0–3 		 Brazil
L 0–3 		 Canada
L 0–3 		4 Did not advance Seventh place match
 Rwanda
L 0–3 		8

Men's tournament

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament
Group play

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  RPC 3 3 0 3 9 0 MAX 225 151 1.490 Semifinals
2  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
 3 2 1 2 6 3 2.000 205 176 1.165
3  Egypt 3 1 2 1 3 6 0.500 193 174 1.109 Fifth place match
4  Japan 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 103 225 0.458 Seventh place match
Source: TOCOG
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
14:00
v 		Japan  0–3  RPC Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Khalid Shanishah (LBA), Christina Fiebich (USA)
(6–25, 17–25, 15–25)
Results Statistics
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
18:30
v 		Japan  0–3  Egypt Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Marie-Claude Richer (CAN), Huang Xiao (CHN)
(11–25, 7–25, 6–25)
Results Statistics
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
20:30
v
Bosnia and Herzegovina
  		3–0  Japan Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Barbara Pakuła (POL), Kim Jong-heun (KOR)
(25–13, 25–15, 25–13)
Results Statistics
Seventh place match
2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)
13:30
v 		Japan  0–3  China Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Ute Fischer (GER), Vanessa Redes (BRA)
(14–25, 18–25, 19–25)
Results Statistics

Women's tournament

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament
Group play

Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 3 9 3 3.000 289 237 1.219 Semifinals
2  Canada 3 2 1 2 8 4 2.000 278 243 1.144
3  Italy 3 1 2 1 5 6 0.833 227 232 0.978 Fifth place match
4  Japan (H) 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 143 225 0.636 Seventh place match
Source: TOCOG
(H) Host
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
10:00
v 		Japan  0–3  Italy Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Toomas Murulo (EST), Ute Fischer (GER)
(23–25, 11–25, 10–25)
Results Statistics
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
20:30
v 		Japan  0–3  Brazil Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Christina Fiebich (GER), Haris Helac (BIH)
(13–25, 16–25, 16–25)
Results Statistics
1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
20:30
v 		Canada  3–0  Japan Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Huang Xiao (CHN), Sari Mannersuo (FIN)
(25–19, 25–15, 25–20)
Results Statistics
Seventh place match
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
13:30
v 		Japan  0–3  Rwanda Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Sari Mannersuo (FIN), Barbara Pakuła (POL)
(19–25, 21–25, 22–25)
Results Statistics

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament
Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [13]

Japan men's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster
Players Coaches
No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts.


1 Akira Toyoshima 32 – (1989-02-16)16 February 1989 2.0
2 Renshi Chokai 22 – (1999-02-02)2 February 1999 2.5
6 Rin Kawahara 24 – (1996-12-03)3 December 1996 1.5
7 Takuya Furusawa 25 – (1996-05-08)8 May 1996 3.0
8 Ryuga Akaishi 20 – (2000-09-11)11 September 2000 2.5
10 Tetsuya Miyajima 32 – (1988-11-29)29 November 1988 4.0
11 Kiyoshi Fujisawa 35 – (1986-07-26)26 July 1986 2.0
13 Reo Fujimoto 37 – (1983-09-22)22 September 1983 4.5
21 Yoshinobu Takamatsu 21 – (1999-11-20)20 November 1999 4.0
25 Kei Akita 31 – (1990-02-22)22 February 1990 3.5
26 Takayoshi Iwai 25 – (1996-06-28)28 June 1996 1.0
55 Hiroaki Kozai 33 – (1988-07-14)14 July 1988 3.5
Head coach

Kazuyuki Kyoya

Assistant coach(es)
Shimpei Oikawa
Legend
  • Age - describes age on 24 August 2021
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 5 0 375 272 +103 10 Quarter-finals
2  Japan (H) 5 4 1 312 298 +14 9
3  Turkey 5 3 2 353 327 +26 8
4  Canada 5 2 3 307 333 −26 7
5  South Korea 5 1 4 305 332 −27 6 9th/10th place playoff
6  Colombia 5 0 5 256 346 −90 5 11th/12th place playoff
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
20:30
Colombia  56–63  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 13–12, 15–15, 13–12
Pts: Hernandez 21
Rebs: Diaz, Hernandez 8
Asts
: Leep 6		 Pts: Akita 24
Rebs: Chokai 17
Asts: Chokai 10
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 40
Referees: Yap Poh Boon
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
20:30
South Korea  66–54  Colombia
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 16–17, 18–10, 13–17
Pts: Lee C. 14
Rebs: Lee Y. 13
Asts
: Oh 11		 Pts: Hernandez 21
Rebs: Sanz 8
Asts: Hernandez 9
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 0
Referees: Hiroki Ono
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
20:30
Spain  79–61  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 26–12, 12–17, 19–14
Pts: García 27
Rebs: García 12
Asts
: García 17		 Pts: Furusawa 15
Rebs: Chokai, Fujimoto 5
Asts: Akaishi 5
Ariake Arena
Referees: Mauricio Gamez
30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)
14:45
Turkey  55–67  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 15–19, 17–17, 11–22
Pts: Toprak 17
Rebs: Gürbulak 9
Asts
: Gürbulak 6		 Pts: Kozai 22
Rebs: Chokai 14
Asts: Chokai 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Gustavo Mathias
Quarter-final
1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
20:45
Japan  61–55  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 21–16, 12–9, 14–16
Pts: Kozai 20
Rebs: Chokai 12
Asts
: Chokai 9		 Pts: O'Neill-Thorne 18
Rebs: Auprince, O'Neill-Thorne 5
Asts: O'Neill-Thorne 7
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 190
Referees: Darrell Hargreaves
Semi-final
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
20:45
Japan  79–68  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 18–13, 19–12, 27–20
Pts: Chokai 20
Rebs: Chokai 8
Asts
: Chokai 8		 Pts: Choudhry 26
Rebs: Manning 7
Asts: Choudhry 11
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 347
Referees: Darrell Hargreaves
Gold medal match
5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)
12:30
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States  64–60  Japan 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 14–9, 13–19, 19–14
Pts: Serio 28
Rebs: Bell, Williams 7
Asts
: Serio 9		 Pts: Kozai 18
Rebs: Chokai 18
Asts: Kozai 5
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 62
Referees: Juan Urunuela

Women's tournament

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [14]

Japan women's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster
Players Coaches
No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts.


2 Izumi Zaima 24 – (1996-12-04)4 December 1996 1.0
4 Amane Yanagimoto 23 – (1998-08-04)4 August 1998 2.5
5 Miki Hirai 39 – (1981-09-10)10 September 1981 2.5
7 Mayumi Tsuchida 44 – (1977-03-11)11 March 1977 4.0
10 Mayo Hagino 28 – (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 1.5
12 Ikumi Fujii 38 – (1982-11-02)2 November 1982 4.0
14 Chinami Shimizu 38 – (1982-11-08)8 November 1982 3.0
15 Mari Amimoto 32 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 4.5
18 Chihiro Kitada 32 – (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 4.5
19 Yui Kitama 26 – (1994-10-06)6 October 1994 1.0
22 Emi Yasuo 28 – (1993-06-10)10 June 1993 2.0
88 Rie Odajima 32 – (1989-04-01)1 April 1989 2.5
Head coach

Yoshiaki Iwasa

Assistant coach(es)
Kaori Tachibana, Sayaka Yamasaki
Legend
  • Age - describes age on 24 August 2021
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 4 4 0 248 204 +44 8 Quarter-finals
2  Canada 4 3 1 267 185 +82 7
3  Japan (H) 4 2 2 216 215 +1 6
4  Great Britain 4 1 3 212 218 −6 5
5  Australia 4 0 4 180 301 −121 4 9th/10th place playoff
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)
17:00
Australia  47–73  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 14–18, 11–18, 8–21
Pts: Merritt 18
Rebs: Merritt 19
Asts
: Merritt 4		 Pts: Kitada 16
Rebs: Amimoto 11
Asts: Amimoto 11
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Celine Villard
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
9:00
Canada  61–35  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 13–8, 18–6, 20–11, 10–10
Pts: Dandeneau 19
Rebs: Ouellet, Young 10
Asts
: Young 6		 Pts: Fujii 10
Rebs: Amimoto 8
Asts: Amimoto 5
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
20:30
Great Britain  35–53  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 7–18, 10–12, 4–8, 14–15
Pts: Love 8
Rebs: Love 8
Asts: Freeman
6		 Pts: Miller 21
Rebs: Miller 18
Asts: Lang 9
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Shunsuke Nikaido
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
11:15
Japan  54–59  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 14–13, 16–15, 12–22
Pts: Fujii 16
Rebs: Amimoto 8
Asts
: Amimoto, Hagino 4		 Pts: Lang 27
Rebs: Lang 17
Asts: Lang 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Gustavo Mathias
Quarter-final
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
20:45
Netherlands  82–24  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 28–6, 18–6, 20–8, 16–4
Pts: Beijer 38
Rebs: Kramer 17
Asts
: Kramer 9		 Pts: four players 4
Rebs: Kitada 6
Asts: Amimoto 4
Ariake Arena
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier
5th–6th classification playoff
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
15:00
Canada  68–49  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–4, 16–13, 19–14, 11–18
Pts: Lalonde 20
Rebs: Young 13
Asts
: Young 8		 Pts: Kitada 20
Rebs: Kitada 8
Asts: Fujii 7
Ariake Arena
Referees: Geghard Tahmasian

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan national wheelchair rugby team qualified for the Games automatically as the host nation quotas.

Team roster
  • Team event – 1 team of 12 player
Squad Group stage Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Japan national team  France
W 53–51 		 Australia
W 60–51 		 Denmark
W 57–53 		1  Great Britain
L 49–55 		 Australia
W 60–52 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 3 3 0 0 170 155 +15 6 Semi-finals
2  Australia 3 1 0 2 156 159 −3 2
3  France 3 1 0 2 151 153 −2 2 Fifth place Match
4  Denmark 3 1 0 2 155 165 −10 2 Seventh place Match
Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Hosts
Japan 53–51 France
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo
Japan 60–51 Denmark
Australia 53–57 Japan
Semi final
Japan 49-55 Great Britain
Bronze medal match
Japan 60-52 Australia

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan qualified twelve players entries for wheelchair tennis. Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta. Meanwhile ten other athletes qualified by world rankings.[15]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Daisuke Arai Men's singles  Sasson (ISR)
W 6-1, 6-1 		 Olsson (SWE)
L 0-6, 2-6 		Did not advance
Shingo Kunieda —  Gergely (ISR)
W 6-0, 6-1 		 Ji (CHN)
W 6-0, 6-1 		 Houdet (FRA)
W 7-6, 6-3 		 Reid (GBR)
W 6-3, 6-2 		 Egberink (NED)
W 6-1, 6-2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Takuya Miki  Siscar Meseguer (ESP)
W 6-1, 6-2 		 Casco (ARG)
W 6-3, 6-1 		 Peifer (FRA)
L 2-6, 3-6 		Did not advance
Takashi Sanada  Anker (NED)
W 6-1, 6-1 		 Im (KOR)
W 6-2, 6-1 		 Reid (GBR)
L 2-6, 1-6 		Did not advance
Daisuke Arai
Takuya Miki 		Men's doubles —  Khlongrua /
Suwan (THA)
W 7-6, 6-3 		 Fernández /
Ledesma (ARG)
L 7-6, 6-3 		Did not advance
Shingo Kunieda
Takashi Sanada 		— Bye  Cattanéo /
Menguy (FRA)
W 6-1, 6-1 		 Anker /
Spaargaren (NED)
W 7-6, 6-3 		 Hewett /
Reid (GBR)
L 2-6, 1-6 		 Egberink /
Scheffers (NED)
L 3-6, 2-6 		4
Yui Kamiji Women's singles —  Moreno (ARG)
W 6-0, 6-1 		 Duval (BRA)
W 6-0, 6-0 		 Zhu (CHN)
W 7-5, 6-1 		 van Koot (NED)
W 6-2, 6-2 		 de Groot (NED)
L 3-6, 6-7 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Momoko Ohtani —  Venter (RSA)
W 6-1, 6-2 		 
RPC
)
W 7-5, 6-1 		 de Groot (NED)
L 3-6, 2-6 		Did not advance
Saki Takamuro —  Montjane (RSA)
L 2-6, 1-6 		Did not advance
Manami Tanaka —  Awane (MAR)
W 6-1, 6-2 		 Whiley (GBR)
L 1-6, 0-6 		Did not advance
Yui Kamiji
Momoko Ohtani 		Women's doubles — Bye  Huang H /
Huang J (CHN)
W 6-0, 6-0 		 de Groot /
van Koot (NED)
L 4-6, 2-6 		 Wang /
Zhu (CHN)
W 6-2, 7-6 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Saki Takamuro
Manami Tanaka 		— Bye  Wang /
Zhu (CHN)
L 2-6, 1-6 		Did not advance
Mitsuteru Moroishi Quad singles —  Alcott (AUS)
L 6-0, 6-2 		Did not advance
Koji Sugeno —  Kim (KOR)
W 6-0, 6-0 		 Wagner (USA)
W 6-4, 6-2 		 Schröder (NED)
L 2-6, 3-6 		 Vink (NED)
L 1-6, 4-6 		4
Mitsuteru Moroishi
Koji Sugeno 		Quad doubles —  Saadon /
Weinberg (ISR)
W 7-5, 6-2 		 Alcott /
Davidson (AUS)
L 2-6, 4-6 		 Cotterill /
Lapthorne (GBR)
W 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 26 October 2018.
  3. ^ "An additional four archers qualify for Tokyo 2020: Qualifiers for the host country slots". The Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Centre. 30 March 2021.
  4. ^ "World marathon titles at stake in London". World Para Athletics. 27 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Football 5-a-side – Team Japan". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Goalball – Team Japan". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 August 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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  8. ^ "Judo – Men -81 kg – Official Communication – Judo weigh-in Men -81kg" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 27 August 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  9. ^ "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019.
  10. ^ "World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 October 2019.
  11. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Japan target Sitting Volleyball success at Tokyo 2020". www.worldparavolley.org. 28 August 2018.
  13. ^ "Japan men's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  14. ^ "Japan women's national wheelchair basketball team". Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kunieda win gold, qualify for 2020 Paralympics". www.japantime.co.jp. 13 October 2018. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
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