Japan at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games

Japan participated in the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games in Bangkok, Thailand on August 1 – August 9 2009. The nation finished fifth in the medal table after collected 9 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze medals.

Japan at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
in Bangkok
Competitors	19 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 9 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 14
Asian Martial Arts Games appearances
2009

Medal table

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Judo	5	1	1	7
Karate	4	1	1	6
Taekwondo	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)	9	2	3	14

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Daisuke Asano	Judo	Men's extra lightweight, -60 kg	August 2
Gold	Yuki Hayano	Judo	Men's half lightweight, -66 kg	August 2
Gold	Chie Iwata	Judo	Women's lightweight, -57 kg	August 2
Gold	Rina Kozawa	Judo	Women's half middleweight, -63 kg	August 2
Gold	Kanae Yamabe	Judo	Women's heavyweight, +78 kg	August 3
Gold	Masahiko Ota	Karate	Men's -60 kg	August 6
Gold	Shinji Nagaki	Karate	Men's -67 kg	August 7
Gold	Ryosuke Shimizu	Karate	Men's -84 kg	August 8
Gold	Sayuri Maejima	Karate	Women's -61 kg	August 8
Silver	Shun Saito	Judo	Men's middleweight, -90 kg	August 3
Silver	Miki Kobayashi	Karate	Women's -55 kg	August 7
Bronze	Shinji Kanaoka	Judo	Men's lightweight, -73 kg	August 2
Bronze	Kenta Kai	Karate	Men's -75 kg	August 7
Bronze	Taisei Hojo	Taekwondo	Men's lightweight, -72 kg	August 5

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Judo	4	3	7
Karate	4	2	6
Muaythai	2	0	2
Taekwondo	2	2	4
Total	12	7	19

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Repechage	Gold medal match	Rank
Daisuke Asano	-60 kg	Sivanvilay W	Thanaphon W	Kim K Y W	Bye	Tömörkhüleg W
Yuki Hayano	-66 kg	Norkobilov W	Al Shaleh W	Nguyễn W	Bye	Davaasüren W
Shinji Kanaoka	-73 kg	Bye	Yadav W	Bang G M L	Al Mawirdi W	DNQ
Shun Saito	-90 kg	Bye	Chiang C A W	Al Dikan W	Bye	Kwon Y W L

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Repechage	Gold medal match	Rank
Chie Iwata	-57 kg	Bye	Pandini W	Isakova W	Bye	Ten W
Rina Kozawa	-63 kg	Bye	Bye	Anggraeni W	Bye	Abdurahmanova W
Kanae Yamabe	+78 kg	Bye	Protaeng W	Shekerova W	Bye	Kim N Y W

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Repechage	Gold medal match	Rank
Masahiko Ota	-60 kg	Ramasamy 3-2 W	Xayakone 8-1 W	Hashim 5-2 W	Bye	Lee J H 4-2 W
Shinji Nagaki	-67 kg	Othman 1-0 W	Amiri 3-0 W	Hadid 3-1 W	Bye	Nguyễn 9-1 W
Kenta Kai	-75 kg	Nguyễn 9-4 W	Wong W K 8-4 W	Al Hamwi 4-6 L	Yen T Y 15-7 W	DNQ
Ryosuke Shimizu	-84 kg	Mahamut 7-4 W	Jin M K 8-3 W	Al Sabsabi 10-2 W	Bye	Salim 4-1 W

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Repechage	Gold medal match	Rank
Miki Kobayashi	-55 kg	Jang S Y 7-3 W	Nagarkoti 8-0 W	Lưu 9-3 W	Bye	Chen D 2-3 L
Sayuri Maejima	-61 kg	Soriano 5-0 W	Phommachan 8-0 W	Bùi 5-4 W	Bye	Chan K M 8-3 W

Muaythai

Main article: Muaythai at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Repechage	Gold medal match	Rank
Masayuki Uchida	57–60 kg	Sahu 5-0 W	Kholmuratov 0-5 L	DNQ			4
Kenta Miyagawa	60–63.5 kg	Bye	Zhang X L 0-5 L	DNQ			4

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Repechage	Gold medal match	Rank
Taisei Hojo	-72 kg	Bye	Win T L 4-3 W	Talal 2-5 L	DNQ
Kenta Miyagawa	-78 kg	Baykuziyev 1-2 L	DNQ				5

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Repechage	Gold medal match	Rank
Erika Kasahara	-51 kg	Soe S M 4-0 W	Sangnarin 4-5 L	DNQ			4
Honami Kobayashi	-55 kg	Kuan I W 3-8 L	DNQ				5