2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Japan)

JPN

9	6th	10

Japan took part in the Summer Olympics in the Chinese capital Beijing with 332 athletes, 165 women and 167 men.

Since 1912 it was the 20th participation of a Japanese team in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

The table tennis player Ai Fukuhara ( Japanese福 原 愛) carried the flag of Japan during the opening ceremony; at the closing ceremony it was worn by the swimmer Kōsuke Kitajima (Japanese 北島 康 介).

Medals

With nine won gold, seven silver and nine bronze medals, the Japanese team was ranked 8th in the medals table .

Medals by sports

sport				total
fencing	-	1	-	1
Judo	4th	1	2	7th
athletics	-	1	-	1
Cycling	-	-	1	1
Wrestling	2	2	2	6th
swim	2	-	4th	6th
Softball	1	-	-	1
do gymnastics	-	2	-	2
total	9	7th	9	25th

Medalist

The most successful participant in Japan was the swimmer Kōsuke Kitajima : he won three medals, two golds and one bronze.

gold

Name / s	sport	competition
Masato Uchishiba	Judo	Men 66 kg
Kosuke Kitajima	swim	Men's 100 meter breaststroke
Ayumi Tanimoto	Judo	Women 63 kg
Masae Ueno	Judo	Women 70 kg
Kosuke Kitajima	swim	Men's 200 meter breaststroke
Satoshi Ishii	Judo	Men over 100 kg
Saori Yoshida	Wrestling	Women freestyle 55 kg
Kaori Icho	Wrestling	Women freestyle 63 kg
Naho Emoto , Motoko Fujimoto , Megu Hirose , Emi Inui , Sachiko Itō , Ayumi Karino , Satoko Mabuchi , Yukiyo Mine , Masumi Mishina , Rei Nishiyama , Hiroko Sakai , Rie Satō , Mika Someya , Yukiko Ueno & Eri Yamada	Softball

silver

Name / s	sport	competition
Takehiro Kashima , Takuya Nakase , Makoto Okiguchi , Koki Sakamoto , Hiroyuki Tomita & Kōhei Uchimura	do gymnastics	team
Yūki Ōta	fencing	Men foil
Kōhei Uchimura	do gymnastics	Single all-around
Maki Tsukada	Judo	Women over 78 kg
Chiharu Icho	Wrestling	Women freestyle 48 kg
Tomohiro Matsunaga	Wrestling	Men freestyle 56 kg

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Ryoko Tani	Judo	Women 48 kg
Misato Nakamura	Judo	Women 52 kg
Takeshi Matsuda	swim	Butterfly men 200 meters
Reiko Nakamura	swim	Backstroke women 200 meters
Kiyofumi Nagai	Cycling	Keirin
Jun'ichi Miyashita , Kōsuke Kitajima , Takurō Fujii & Hisayoshi Satō	swim	Men 4 × 100 layers
Kyōko Hamaguchi	Wrestling	Women freestyle 72 kg
Ken'ichi Yumoto	Wrestling	Men freestyle 60 kg
Saho Harada & Emiko Suzuki	Synchronized swimming	Women duet
Naoki Tsukahara , Shingo Suetsugu , Shinji Takahira & Nobuharu Asahara	athletics	Men 4 × 100 meter relay

Participants by sport

badminton

• Shōji Satō

  Men's singles

• Shintarō Ikeda , Shūichi Sakamoto

  Men's doubles

• Keita Masuda , Tadashi Ōtsuka

  Men's doubles

• Eriko Hirose

  Ladies singles

• Miyuki Maeda , Satoko Suetsuna

  Ladies doubles

• Kumiko Ogura , Reiko Shiota

  Ladies doubles

baseball

• Pitcher:
  • Yū Darvish ( Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters )
  • Kyūji Fujikawa ( Hanshin Tigers )
  • Hitoki Iwase ( Chūnichi Dragons )
  • Kenshin Kawakami ( Chūnichi Dragons )
  • Yoshihisa Naruse ( Chiba Lotte Marines )
  • Toshiya Sugiuchi ( Fukuoka Softbank Hawks )
  • Masahiro Tanaka ( Tōhoku Rakuten Golden Eagles )
  • Kōji Uehara ( Yomiuri Giants )
  • Tsuyoshi Wada ( Fukuoka Softbank Hawks )
  • Hideaki Wakui ( Saitama Seibu Lions )
• Catcher:
  • Shinnosuke Abe ( Yomiuri Giants )
  • Akihiro Yano ( Hanshin Tigers )
  • Tomoya Satozaki ( Chiba Lotte Marines )
• Infielder:
  • Takahiro Arai ( Hanshin Tigers )
  • Masahiro Araki ( Chūnichi Dragons )
  • Munenori Kawasaki ( Fukuoka Softbank Hawks )
  • Shin'ya Miyamoto ( Tōkyō Yakult Swallows )
  • Shūichi Murata ( Yokohama BayStars )
  • Tsuyoshi Nishioka ( Chiba Lotte Marines )
  • Hiroyuki Nakajima ( Saitama Seibu Lions )
• Outfielder:
  • Atsunori Inaba ( Hokkaidō Nippon Ham Fighters )
  • Norichika Aoki ( Tōkyō Yakult Swallows )
  • Masahiko Morino ( Chūnichi Dragons )
  • Takahiko Satō ( Saitama Seibu Lions )
• Trainer:
  • Sen'ichi Hoshino , manager
  • Kōichi Tabuchi , Assistant Coach
  • Kōji Yamamoto , hitting coach
  • Yutaka Ōno , pitching coach

Archery

Ladies

• Nami Hayakawa
• Yūki Hayashi
• Sayoko Kitabatake

Men's

• Takaharu Furukawa
• Ryuichi Moriya

Boxing

• Masatsugu Kawachi

  Class up to 64 kg (half welter weight)

• Satoshi Shimizu

  Class up to 57 kg (feather weight)

fencing

• Megumi Harada

  Ladies, swords

• Chieko Sugawara

  Ladies, foil

• Madoka Hisagae

  Ladies, sabers

• Shōgo Nishida

  Gentlemen, swords

• Kenta Chida

  Gentlemen, foil

• Yūki Ōta

  Men, foil (silver )

• Satoshi Ogawa

  Gentlemen, sabers

Soccer

Men goal 1 Shūsaku Nishikawa 18 Kaito Yamamoto Defense 3 Maya Yoshida 4 Hiroki Mizumoto 5 Yūto Nagatomo 6 Masato Morishige 7 Atsuto Uchida 13 Michihiro Yasuda midfield 2 Hajime Hosogai 8 Keisuke Honda 10 Yōhei Kajiyama 12 Hiroyuki Taniguchi 14 Shinji Kagawa 16 Takuya Honda Storm 9 Yōhei Toyoda 11 Shinji Okazaki 15 Takayuki Morimoto 17 Tadanari Lee Trainer Yasuharu Sorimachi Results Preliminary round  United States : 0-1  Nigeria : 1-2  Netherlands : 0-1 eliminated as fourth group

Women goal 1 Miho Fukumoto 18 Ayumi Kaihori Defense 2 Yukari Kinga 3 Hiromi Ikeda 4 Azusa Iwashimizu 7 Kozue Andō 14 Kyōko Yano 16 Rumi Utsugi midfield 5 Miyuki Yanagita 6 Tomoe Katō 8 Aya Miyama 10 Homare Sawa 13 Ayumi Hara 15 Mizuho Sakaguchi Storm 9 Eriko Arakawa 11 Shinobu Ōno 12 Karina Maruyama 17 Yuki Nagasato Trainer Norio Sasaki Results Preliminary round  New Zealand : 2-2  United States : 0-1  Norway : 5-1 Quarter finals  People's Republic of China : 2-0 Semifinals  United States : -: -

Weightlifting

• Hiromi Miyake

  Ladies, class up to 48 kg

• Misaki Ōshiro

  Ladies, class up to 48 kg

• Rika Saitō

  Women, class up to 69 kg

• Yasunobu Sekikawa

  Men, class up to 56 kg

• Masuharu Yamada

  Men, class up to 56 kg

• Yoshito Shintani

  Men, class up to 69 kg

hockey

Ladies

• Kaori Chiba
• Sachimi Iwao
• Akemi Kato
• Rika Komazawa
• Chinami Kozakura
• Chie Kimura
• Tomomi Komori
• Keiko Miura
• Sakae Morimoto
• Miyuki Nakagawa
• Mayumi Ono
• Misaki Ozawa
• Hikari Suwa
• Toshie Tsukui
• Yukari Yamamoto

Goal:

• Ikuko Okamura
• Nichika Urata
• Yuka Yoshikawa

Trainer:

• Masashi Onda

Judo

Women
Ryoko Tani	Class up to 48 kg	bronze
Misato Nakamura	Class up to 52 kg	bronze
Aiko Sato	Class up to 57 kg
Ayumi Tanimoto	Class up to 63 kg	gold
Masae Ueno	Class up to 70 kg	gold
Sae Nakazawa	Class up to 78 kg
Maki Tsukada	Class over 78 kg	silver
Men
Hiroaki Hiraoka	Class up to 60 kg
Masato Uchishiba	Class up to 66 kg	gold
Yūsuke Kanamura	Class up to 73 kg
Takashi Ono	Class up to 81 kg
Hiroshi Izumi	Class up to 90 kg
Keiji Suzuki	Class up to 100 kg
Satoshi Ishii	Class over 100 kg	gold

canoe

• Canoe racing

Women
Shinobu Kitamoto	Two-person kayak / four-person kayak
Ayaka Kuno	One kayak / four person kayak
Yumiko Suzuki	Quad kayak
Mikiko Takeya	Two-person kayak / four-person kayak

• Canoe slalom

Men
Takuya Haneda	Canadians
Hiroyuki Nagao	Two-man Canadians
Masatoshi Samma	Two-man Canadians
Kazuki Yazawa	One kayak

athletics

discipline	Men	Women
100 m	Nobuharu Asahara Naoki Tsukahara	Chisato Fukushima
200 m	Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira
400 m	Yūzō Kanemaru	Asami Tanno
5,000 m	Takayuki Matsumiya Kensuke Takezawa	Yukiko Akaba Kayoko Fukushi Yuriko Kobayashi
10,000 m	Takayuki Matsumiya Kensuke Takezawa	Yukiko Akaba Kayoko Fukushi Yōko Shibui
marathon	Tsuyoshi Ogata Satoshi Ōsaki Atsushi Satō	Yurika Nakamura Mizuki Noguchi Reiko Tosa
110 m hurdles	Masato Naitō
400 m hurdles	Kenji Narisako Dai Tamesue	Satomi Kubokura
3000 m obstacle	Yoshitaka Iwamizu	Minori Hayakari
4 × 100 m	Nobuharu Asahara (bronze ) Yūzō Kanemaru Hitoshi Saitō Shingo Suetsugu (bronze ) Shinji Takahira (bronze )
4 × 400 m	Mitsuhiro Abiko Yoshihiro Horigome Yūzō Kanemaru Kenji Narisako Hitoshi Saitō Shinji Takahira	Sayaka Aoki Chisato Fukushima Mayu Kida Satomi Kubokura Asami Tanno
20 km walking	Kōichirō Morioka Takayuki Tanii Yūki Yamazaki	Mayumi Kawasaki Sachiko Konishi
50 km of walking	Takayuki Tanii Yūki Yamazaki
high jump	Naoyuki Daigo
Pole vault	Daichi Sawano
Long jump		Kumiko Ikeda
Hammer throw	Kōji Murofushi (bronze )
Javelin throw	Yukifumi Murakami

Modern pentathlon

• Yoshihiro Murakami

  Men

Cycling

Men Railway: Keirin Toshiaki Fushimi Kiyofumi Nagai Kazunari Watanabe bronze Rail: Sprint Tsubasa Kitatsuru Kiyofumi Nagai Kazunari Watanabe Rail: team sprint Kiyofumi Nagai Tomohiro Nagatsuka Kazunari Watanabe Track: points race Makoto Iijima BMX Akifumi Sakamoto Mountain bike Kōhei Yamamoto Road racing Fumiyuki Beppu Takashi Miyazawa Road: individual time trial Fumiyuki Beppu

Women Rail: Sprint Sakie Tsukuda Track: points race Satomi Wadami BMX Akifumi Sakamoto Mountain bike Rie Katayama Road racing Miho Oki

horse riding

Hiroshi Hoketsu	dressage
Yūko Kitai
Mieko Yagi
Eiken Sato	Show jumping
Taizō Sugitani
Yoshiaki Ōiwa	versatility

Wrestling

• Kyōko Hamaguchi

  Women, freestyle class up to 72 kg (bronze )

• Kenzō Katō

  Men, Greco-Roman class up to 84 kg

• Chiharu Icho

  Women, freestyle class up to 48 kg (silver )

• Kaori Icho

  Women, freestyle class up to 63 kg (gold )

• Kazuhiko Ikematsu

  Men, freestyle class up to 66 kg

• Shingo Matsumoto

  Men, Greco-Roman class up to 84 kg

• Tomohiro Matsunaga

  Men, freestyle class up to 55 kg (silver )

• Makoto Sasamoto

  Men, Greco-Roman class up to 60 kg

• Saori Yoshida

  Women, freestyle class up to 55 kg (gold )

• Ken'ichi Yumoto

  Men, freestyle class up to 60 kg (bronze )

rowing

Men Daisuke Takeda Lightweight double scull Kazushige Ura

Women Akiko Iwamoto Lightweight double scull Misaki Kumakura

shoot

Men Toshikazu Yamashita gun Susumu Kobayashi gun Tomoyuki Matsuda

Women Yukie Nakayama shotgun Michiko Fukushima gun

swim

discipline	Men	Women
100 m freestyle	Hisayoshi Satō
200 m freestyle	Yoshihiro Okumura Shō Uchida	Maki Mita Haruka Ueda
400 m freestyle	Takeshi Matsuda	Ai Shibata
800 m freestyle		Maiko Fujino Ai Shibata
1500 m freestyle	Takeshi Matsuda
100 m back	Jun'ichi Miyashita Tomomi Morita	Hanae Itō Reiko Nakamura
200 m back	Ryosuke Irie Takashi Nakano	Hanae Itō Reiko Nakamura (bronze )
100 m chest	Kōsuke Kitajima (gold ) Yūta Suenaga	Asami Kitagawa Megumi Taneda
200 m chest	Kōsuke Kitajima (gold ) Yūta Suenaga	Rie Kaneto Megumi Taneda
100 m butterfly	Takurō Fujii Masayuki Kishida	Yuka Katō Yūko Nakanishi
200 m butterfly	Takeshi Matsuda (bronze ) Ryūichi Shibata	Natsumi Hoshi Yūko Nakanishi
200 m layers	Takurō Fujii Ken Takakuwa	Asami Kitagawa
400 m layers		Maiko Fujino Saori Haruguchi
4 × 100 m freestyle	Takurō Fujii / Masayuki Kishida / Yoshihiro Okumura / Hisayoshi Satō (bronze )	Asami Kitagawa / Maki Mita / Haruka Ueda / Misaki Yamaguchi
4 × 200 m freestyle	Hisato Matsumoto / Yasunori Mononobe / Yoshihiro Okumura / Shō Uchida	Maki Mita / Emi Takanabe / Haruka Ueda / Misaki Yamaguchi

Softball

• Pitcher:
  • Naho Emoto (gold )
  • Hiroko Sakai (gold )
  • Mika Someya (gold )
  • Yukiko Ueno (gold )
• Catcher:
  • Emi Inui (gold )
  • Yukiyo Mine (gold )
• Infielder:
  • Motoko Fujimoto (Gold )
  • Megu Hirose (gold )
  • Sachiko Itō (gold )
  • Masumi Mishina (gold )
  • Rei Nishiyama (gold )
  • Rie Satō (gold )
• Outfielder:
  • Ayumi Karino (gold )
  • Satoko Mabuchi (gold )
  • Eri Yamada (gold )
• Trainer:
  • Haruka Saitō

sailing

Men
Makoto Tomizawa	Windsurfing (RS: X)
Yōichi Iijima	laser
Tetsuya Matsunaga	470 dinghy
Tarō Ueno
Akira Ishibashi	49er dinghy
Yukio Makino
Women
Yasuko Kosuge	Windsurfing (RS: X)
Naoko Kamata	470 dinghy
Ai Kondo

Synchronized swimming

• team
  • Ai Aoki
  • Saho Harada
  • Hiromi Kobayashi
  • Erika Komura
  • Ayako Matsumura
  • Yumiko Ishiguro
  • Naoko Kawashima
  • Emiko Suzuki
  • Masako Tachibana
• duet
  • Saho Harada, Emiko Suzuki (bronze )

Taekwondo

• Yoriko Okamoto

  Women, class up to 67 kg

tennis

• Kei Nishikori

  Gentlemen, singles

• Ai Sugiyama

  Women, singles & doubles

• Ayumi Morita

  Women, singles & doubles

Table tennis

Men's
Yō Kan	Single team
Seiya Kishikawa	Single team
Jun Mizutani	Single team
Kaii Yoshida	replacement
Ladies
Ai Fukuhara	Single team
Sayaka Hirano	Single team
Haruna Fukuoka	Single team

Triathlon

• Yuri Ide

  Women

• Kiyomi Niwata

  Women

• Hirokatsu Tayama

  Men

• Ai Ueda

  Women

• Ryosuke Yamamoto

  Men

do gymnastics

Men Artistic gymnastics (team: silver ) Takehiro Kashima Takuya Nakase Makoto Okiguchi Kōki Sakamoto Hiroyuki Tomita Kōhei Uchimura (all- around : silver ) trampoline Tetsuya Sotomura Yasuhiro Ueyama

Women Gymnastics Mayu Kuroda Yū Minobe Kyōko Ōshima Yūko Shintake Kōko Tsurumi Miki Uemura Rhythmic sports gymnastics Yuka Endō Chihana Hara Saori Inagaki Nachi Misawa Kotono Tanaka Honami Tsuboi trampoline Haruka Hirota

volleyball

beach volleyball

Men
Kentaro Asahi	Team 1
Katsuhiro Shiratori
Women
Chiaki Kusuhara	Team 1
Mika Saiki

volleyball

Men's team Tatsuya Fukuzawa Yūsuke Ishijima Yū Koshikawa Yoshihiko Matsumoto Masaji Ogino Nobuharu Saitō Kunihiro Shimizu Kosuke Tomonaga Katsutoshi Tsumagari Daisuke Usami Takahiro Yamamoto Kota Yamamura Trainer Tatsuya Ueta

Ladies team Erika Araki Miyuki Kano Yuki Kawai Saori Kimura Megumi Kurihara Kanako Amura Yuka Sakurai Yūko Sano Sachiko Sugiyama Asako Tajimi Miyuki Takahashi Yoshie Takeshita Trainer Shōichi Yanagimoto

Diving

Men
Ken Terauchi	Jumping
Women
Mai Nakagawa	Diving