Draft:Japan at the 2022 Asian Para Games

Japan at the
2022 Asian Para Games
IPC codeJPN
NPCJapan Paralympic Committee
in Hangzhou, China
22-28 October 2023
Competitors259 in 20 sports
Flag bearerMika Hata
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
42
Silver
49
Bronze
59
Total
150
Asian Para Games appearances (overview)

Japan participated at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China from 22 to 28 October 2023. [1][2] Originally scheduled to take place from 9 to 15 October 2022, the event was postponed to 2023 on 17 May 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Japan sent 259 athletes to the game, consisting of 153 men and 106 women, and competed in 20 out of 22 events, excepting only Chess and Go.[4] Japanese athletes won a total of 150 medals - 42 gold medals, 49 silver medals and 59 bronze medals and finished third at the medal table after China and Iran.[5]

The Japanese team entered the opening ceremony in twelfth place, and were led into the stadium by flag bearer, women’s seated volleyball player Mike Hata.[4] The closing ceremony flag-bearer for the Japanese delegation was Aira Kinoshita, who won three gold medals and two silver medals in swimming events at the games.[5]

Qualification for Paris

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The games were seen as especially important for some Japanese athletes, such as the wheelchair tennis players, since winning gold medals in these games secured those athletes a place in the 2024 Paris Paralympics.[4][6] In the event, Japan dominated the wheelchair tennis, winning a clean sweep in the men’s singles, Tokita Oda taking gold, Takashi Sanada silver, and Takuya Miki bronze. With his gold, Oda won the coveted Paris spot.[7] Japan also won gold in the women’s singles, quad singles, and all three women’s, men’s and quad doubles golds,[7] with Yui Kamiji gaining a Paris qualifying spot with her women’s singles win.[8]

Other athletes securing Paris qualifying spots included Mika Mizuta for SH2 R5 mixed 10m prone air rifle, and Kazuya Okada for SH1 R3 mixed 10m prone air rifle,[9] as well as Katsuyoshi Yagi for men’s class 7 table tennis, and Natsuki Wada for women’s class 11 table tennis.[10]

Records

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Keigo Oshima set a new Asian record in the men’s 100m (T64) sprint with a time of 11.27 seconds.[11]

Reina Hori set a new Asian record for women’s shot putt (F20) with a distance of 11m93cm.[12]

The mixed 4x100m swimming relay team set a new Asian record with a time of 3 minutes 53.63 seconds.[13]

Keiko Sugiura set two new Asian Para Games records - a new record in the women’s C3 class 3000m individual pursuit, and a new record of 39.995 seconds in the women’s C3 class 500m time trial.[14]

Competitors

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Sport Men Women Total
Archery 4 1 5
Athletics 27 18 45
Badminton 7 8 15
Blind football 8 8
Boccia 4 5 9
Canoeing 4 4 8
Cycling 2 1 3
Goalball 6 6 12
Judo 5 7 12
Lawn bowls 1 1 2
Powerlifting 7 1 8
Rowing 3 3 6
Shooting 2 2 4
Sitting volleyball 8 11 19
Swimming 26 17 43
Table tennis 14 5 19
Taekwondo 4 4
Wheelchair basketball 12 12 24
Wheelchair fencing 4 1 5
Wheelchair tennis 5 3 8
Total 153 106 259

Medalists

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The following Japan competitors won medals at the Games.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Reina Hori Athletics Women's shot put F20 23 October
  Gold Shunsuke Itani Athletics Men's 200 m T64 23 October
  Gold Aira Kinoshita Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle S14 23 October
  Gold Tatsuya Ito Athletics Men's 100 m T52 24 October
  Gold Junko Hirose Judo Women's -57 kg J2 24 October
  Gold Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S4 24 October
  Gold Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S11 24 October
  Gold Naohide Yamaguchi Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S14 24 October
  Gold Akito Minai Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM10 24 October
  Gold Kota Kubota Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S8 24 October
  Gold Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S11 24 October
  Gold Naohide Yamaguchi
Aira Kinoshita
Mami Inoue
Keichi Nakajima
Swimming Mixed 4x100 m relay S14 24 October
  Gold Shota Kawamoto Cycling Men's 3000 m individual pursuit C2 25 October
  Gold Masaki Fujita Cycling Men's 3000 m individual pursuit C3 25 October
  Gold Natsuki Wada Table tennis Women's singles Class 11 25 October
  Gold Katsuyoshi Yagi Table tennis Men's singles Class 7 25 October
  Gold Daisuke Ishito
Koji Sugeno
Wheelchair tennis Quad doubles 25 October
  Gold Yui Kamiji
Manami Tanaka
Wheelchair tennis Women's doubles 25 October
  Gold Naohide Yamaguchi Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB14 25 October
  Gold Mikika Serizawa Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB14 25 October
  Gold Sonomi Sakai Athletics Women's long jump T20 26 October
  Gold Koji Sugeno Wheelchair tennis Quad singles 26 October
  Gold Yui Kamiji Wheelchair tennis Women's singles 26 October
  Gold Kengo Oshima Athletics Men's 100 m T64 26 October
  Gold Saki Takakuwa Athletics Women's 100 m T63/64 26 October
  Gold Masaki Fujita Cycling Men's time trial C1-3 26 October
  Gold Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM11 26 October
  Gold Anku Matsuda Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S14 26 October
  Gold Sarina Satomi Badminton Women's singles WH1 26 October
  Gold Kanon Fukuda Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8 26 October
  Gold Daiki Kajiwara Badminton Men's singles WH2 27 October
  Gold Tokito Oda Wheelchair tennis Men's singles 27 October
  Gold Hiroaki Kozai
Koki Maruyama
Ryohei Miyamoto
Naohiro Murakami
Yoshinobu Takamatsu
Ryuga Akaishi
Kei Akita
Renshi Chokai
Takuya Furusawa
Shota Horiuchi
Akinobu Ito
Rin Kawahara
Wheelchair basketball Men's tournament 27 October
  Gold Naohide Yamaguchi Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM14 27 October
  Gold Aira Kinoshita Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM14 27 October
  Gold An Nishida Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly S7 27 October
  Gold Akito Minai Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S9 27 October
  Gold Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S4 27 October
  Gold Taiyo Kawabuchi Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S10 27 October
  Gold Hajime Kondo Athletics Men's long jump T63 28 October
  Gold Kenta Okawachi Athletics Men's 1500 m T20 28 October
  Gold Moeko Yamamoto Athletics Women's 1500 m T20 28 October
  Silver Monika Seryu Canoeing Women's KL1 23 October
  Silver Kengo Oshima Athletics Men's 200 m T64 23 October
  Silver Mana Sasaki Athletics Women's 100 m T13 23 October
  Silver Keiko Sugiura Cycling Women's 3000 m individual pursuit C1-3 23 October
  Silver Shizuka Hangai Judo Women's -48 kg J1 23 October
  Silver Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S11 23 October
  Silver Mitsuya Tanaka Taekwondo Men's -58 kg K44 23 October
  Silver Haruka Kitaura Athletics Women's 800 m T34 24 October
  Silver Minako Tsuchiya Judo Women's -70 kg J1 24 October
  Silver Genki Saito Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S13 24 October
  Silver Aira Kinoshita Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S14 24 October
  Silver Taiyo Kawabuchi Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM9 24 October
  Silver Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S11 24 October
  Silver Takeru Matsumoto Athletics Men's 400 m T36 25 October
  Silver Koyo Iwabuchi Table tennis Men's singles Class 9 25 October
  Silver Mahiro Funayama Table tennis Men's singles Class 10 25 October
  Silver Takeshi Takemori Table tennis Men's singles Class 11 25 October
  Silver Yuri Tomono Table tennis Women's singles Class 8 25 October
  Silver Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB11 25 October
  Silver Eigo Tanaka
Takayuki Suzuki
Mami Inoue
Keichi Nakajima
Swimming Mixed 4x50 m medley relay 25 October
  Silver Akito Minai Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S10 25 October
  Silver Yamato Shimbo Athletics Men's discus throw F37 26 October
  Silver Haruka Kitaura Athletics Women's 100 m T34 26 October
  Silver Rio Kawaguchi Athletics Women's long jump T20 26 October
  Silver Daisuke Ishito Wheelchair tennis Quad singles 26 October
  Silver Kakeru Ishida Athletics Men's 100 m T47 26 October
  Silver Shunsuke Itani Athletics Men's 100 m T64 26 October
  Silver Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM11 26 October
  Silver Aira Kinoshita Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly S14 26 October
  Silver Onta Uezono Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S10 26 October
  Silver Mikuni Utsugi Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8 26 October
  Silver Kota Kubota
Mikuni Utsugi
Taiyo Kawabuchi
Kanon Fukuda
Swimming Mixed 4x100 medley relay 26 October
  Silver Mayo Hagino
Mari Amimoto
Mayumi Tsuchida
Chihiro Kitada
Miho Otsu
Chinami Shimizu
Hotaru Tatsuoka
Kotone Usui
Amane Yanagimoto
Izumi Zaima
Chihiro Furuya
Yui Ishikawa
Wheelchair basketball Women's tournament 26 October
  Silver Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Athletics Men's 400 m T52 27 October
  Silver Tomohiro Ueyama Archery Men's recurve individual 27 October
  Silver Kazuya Kaneko
Yuto Sano
Yuta Kawashima
Koji Miyajiki
Yuji Taguchi
Haruki Torii
Goalball Men's tournament 27 October
  Silver Eiko Kakehata
Masae Komiya
Yuki Temma
Minami Arai
Rieko Takahashi
Norika Hagiwara
Goalball Women's tournament 27 October
  Silver Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki
Badminton Women's doubles WH1-WH2 27 October
  Silver Takashi Sanada Wheelchair tennis Men's singles 27 October
  Silver Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S12 27 October
  Silver Daiki Kubo Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S10 27 October
  Silver Mikuni Utsugi Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S9 27 October
  Silver Genki Saito Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM13 27 October
  Silver Kotaro Ogiwara
Kota Kubota
Kanon Fukuda
Mikuni Utsugi
Swimming Mixed 4x100 m freestyle relay 27 October
  Silver Daisuke Nakagawa Athletics Men's 1500 m T20 28 October
  Silver Kohji Oyama Archery Men's open W1 28 October
  Silver Misaki Ari Athletics Women's 1500 m T20 28 October
  Silver Takeshi Takemori
Koya Kato
Table tennis Men's doubles Class 22 28 October
  Silver Koyo Iwabuchi
Hayuma Abe
Table tennis Men's doubles Class 18 28 October
  Silver Kanami Furukawa
Maki Ito
Table tennis Women's doubles Class 22 28 October
  Bronze Saki Komatsu Canoeing Women's VL2 23 October
  Bronze Hiromi Tatsumi Canoeing Men's KL2 23 October
  Bronze Yuka Takamatsu Athletics Women's 400 m T37/38 23 October
  Bronze Keiko Onidani Athletics Women's discus throw F53 23 October
  Bronze Tomomi Ishiura Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S11 23 October
  Bronze Ema Maeda Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB9 23 October
  Bronze Mami Inoue Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle S14 23 October
  Bronze Tae Kawabe Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S10 23 October
  Bronze Akito Minai Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S10 23 October
  Bronze Daiki Ishiyama Athletics Men's 100 m T12 24 October
  Bronze Niina Kanno Athletics Women's 400 m T20 24 October
  Bronze Daiki Ishiyama Athletics Men's long jump T12 24 October
  Bronze Shota Kawamoto Cycling Men's 1000 m time trial C1-3 24 October
  Bronze Keiko Sugiura Cycling Women's 500 m time trial C1-3 24 October
  Bronze Yujiro Seto Judo Men's -73 kg J2 24 October
  Bronze Shunsuke Kudo Taekwondo Men's -70 kg K44 24 October
  Bronze Maori Yui Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle S5 24 October
  Bronze Yuta Wakoh Athletics Men's javelin throw F13 24 October
  Bronze Kanon Fukuda Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM9 24 October
  Bronze Kotaro Ogiwara Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S8 24 October
  Bronze Masayuki Arita Boccia Men's individual BC3 25 October
  Bronze Anri Sakurai Wheelchair fencing Women's individual épée 25 October
  Bronze Kazuki Shichino Table tennis Men's singles Class 4 25 October
  Bronze Takuro Chihara Table tennis Men's singles Class 6 25 October
  Bronze Nozomi Nakamura Table tennis Women's singles Class 10 25 October
  Bronze Kanami Furukawa Table tennis Women's singles Class 11 25 October
  Bronze Yuto Sato Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB14 25 October
  Bronze Taiyo Kawabuchi Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S9 25 October
  Bronze Moe Onodera Athletics Women's 100 m T34 26 October
  Bronze Daisuke Fujihara Badminton Men's singles SL3 26 October
  Bronze Genki Saito Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S13 26 October
  Bronze Kotone Matsunaga Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S10 26 October
  Bronze Chika Shigesada
Tomohiro Ueyama
Archery Mixed team recurve 26 October
  Bronze Takuya Miki
Takashi Sanada
Wheelchair tennis Men's doubles 26 October
  Bronze Mamiko Toyoda Badminton Women's singles SU5 26 October
  Bronze Keiko Sugiura Cycling Women's time trial C1-3 26 October
  Bronze Shota Kawamoto Cycling Men's time trial C1-3 26 October
  Bronze Kanon Fukuda Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S9 26 October
  Bronze Michinobu Fujita
Shintaro Kano
Naoki Yasu
Akira Tsunoda
Wheelchair fencing Men's team foil 26 October
  Bronze Keichi Nakajima Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S14 26 October
  Bronze Mami Inoue Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly S14 26 October
  Bronze Takeru Matsumoto Athletics Men's 100 m T36 27 October
  Bronze Takafumi Igusa Athletics Men's 1500 m T38 27 October
  Bronze Koto Matayoshi Athletics Men's long jump T64 27 October
  Bronze Mamiko Toyoda Badminton Women's singles SU5 27 October
  Bronze Daisuke Fujihara Badminton Men's singles SL3 27 October
  Bronze Masaki Fujita Cycling Men's road race C1-3 27 October
  Bronze Mika Mizuta Shooting Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 27 October
  Bronze Genki Saito
Kazuki Shichino
Table tennis Men's doubles Class 8 27 October
  Bronze Nozomi Nakamura
Yuri Tomono
Table tennis Women's doubles Class 20 27 October
  Bronze Kanami Furukawa
Takashi Asano
Table tennis Mixed doubles Class 22 27 October
  Bronze Sachie Akakura
Junko Fujii
Mika Hata
Hikari Yoshimoto
Satoko Kikuchi
Michiyo Nishiie
Mizuho Fujimoto
Mamiko Osada
Kasumi Iihoshi
Mikiko Sumitomo
Mika Okuda
Sitting volleyball Women's tournament 27 October
  Bronze Takuya Miki Wheelchair tennis Men's singles 27 October
  Bronze Keichi Nakajima Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM14 27 October
  Bronze Manami Urata Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S9 27 October
  Bronze Ema Maeda Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S9 27 October
  Bronze Tae Kawabe Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly S10 27 October
  Bronze Sae Tsuji Athletics Women's 400 m T47 28 October
  Bronze Uran Sawada
Yuya Sambongi
Yuka Takamatsu
Tomoki Ikoma
Athletics 4x100 m universal relay 28 October
  Bronze Takuya Mori Rowing Men's single sculls PR1 28 October

Medal summary

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Medal by sport

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Medals by sport
Sport       Total
Swimming 19 18 19 56
Athletics 9 12 12 33
Wheelchair tennis 5 2 2 9
Cycling 3 1 5 9
Table tennis 2 7 7 16
Badminton 2 1 4 7
Judo 1 2 1 4
Wheelchair basketball 1 1 0 2
Archery 0 2 1 3
Goalball 0 2 0 2
Canoeing 0 1 2 3
Taekwondo 0 1 1 2
Wheelchair fencing 0 0 2 2
Boccia 0 0 1 1
Rowing 0 0 1 1
Shooting 0 0 1 1
Sitting volleyball 0 0 1 1
Total 42 49 59 150

Medal by day

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Medals by day
Day Date       Total
1 October 23 3 7 9 19
2 October 24 9 6 11 26
3 October 25 8 8 8 24
4 October 26 10 12 13 35
5 October 27 9 11 16 36
6 October 28 3 6 3 12
Total 42 49 59 150

See also

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References

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