2016 Summer Olympics / Participant (Japan)

JPN

12	8th	21st

Japan took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . It was the 22nd participation in the Summer Olympics.

The Japanese Olympic Committee nominated 338 athletes in 30 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the decathlete Keisuke Ushiro .

Participants by sport

badminton

Athletes	competition	Group stage				Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	Points	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Nozomi Okuhara	singles	Vũ Thị Trang Lindaweni Fanetri	2: 0 (21:10, 21: 8) 2: 0 (21:12, 21:12)	84:42	1	Bae Yeon-ju	2: 0 (21: 6, 21: 7)	Akane Yamaguchi	2: 1 (11:21, 21:17, 21:10)	PV Sindhu	0: 2 (19:21, 10:21)	Li Xuerui	without a fight	bronze
Akane Yamaguchi	singles	Kristína Gavnholt Tea Jing Yi	2: 0 (20:22, 21:12, 21:15) 2: 0 (21:18, 21: 5)	104: 72	1	Ratchanok Intanon	2: 0 (21:19, 21:16)	Nozomi Okuhara	1: 2 (21:11, 17:21, 10:21)	eliminated				5
Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Double	Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa Puttita Supajirakul Sapsiree Taerattanachai Eefje Muskens Selena Piek	2: 0 (21:15, 21:10) 2: 0 (21:15, 21:15) 2: 0 (21: 9, 21:11)	126: 75	1	-		Vivian Hoo Kah Mun Woon Khe Wei	2: 1 (21:16, 18:21, 21: 9)	Jung Kyung-eun Shin Seung-chan	2: 0 (21:16, 21:15)	Christinna Pedersen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	2: 1 (18:21, 21: 9, 21:19)	gold
Men
Shō Sasaki	singles	Petr Koukal Rajiv Ouseph	2: 1 (21:10, 16:21, 21:12) 0: 2 (15:21, 9:21)	82:85	2	eliminated
Hiroyuki Endō Ken'ichi Hayakawa	Double	Chai Biao Hong Wei Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy	2: 1 (21:18, 14:21, 23:21) 2: 1 (21:17, 16:21, 21:14) 0: 2 (21:23, 11:21)	148: 156	1	-		Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge	0: 2 (19:21, 17:21)	eliminated				5
Mixed
Kenta Kazuno Ayane Kurihara	Double	Jacco Arends Selena Piek Phillip Chew Jamie Subandhi Ko Sung-hyun Kim Ha-na	2: 0 (21:14, 21:19) 2: 0 (21: 6, 21:12) 0: 2 (23:25, 17:21)	124: 97	2	-		Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei	0: 2 (14:21, 12:21)	eliminated				5

basketball

competition	Women
Athletes	Kaede Kondo Yuki Miyazawa Yuka Mamiya Mika Kurihara Maki Takada Miyoshi Naho Ramu Tokashiki Moeko Nagaoka Asami Yoshida Rui Machida Sanae Motokowa Asako O
Trainer	Tomohide Utsumi
Group stage	Belarus (77:73) Brazil (82:66) Turkey (62:76) Australia (86:92) France (79:71)
Quarter finals	USA (64: 110)
Semifinals	eliminated
final
placement	5th place

Archery

Athletes	competition	qualification		1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Rings	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Yuki Hayashi	singles	591	59	Wu Jiaxin	1-7	eliminated
Kaori Kawanaka	singles	650	10	Evangelia Psarra	7-3	Naomi Folkard	0-6	eliminated
Saori Nagamine	singles	621	31	Ane Marcelle dos Santos	3-7	eliminated
Yuki Hayashi Kaori Kawanaka Saori Nagamine	team	1862	9	-		-		Ukraine	6–2	South Korea	1-5	eliminated
Men
Takaharu Furukawa	singles	680	7th	Mitch Dielemans	7-1	Bård Nesteng	6-0	Juan Ignacio Rodríguez	3-7	eliminated

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Arashi Morisaka	Bantam weight up to 56 kg	Aram Avagjan	1: 2	eliminated
Daisuke Narimatsu	Light weight up to 60 kg	Luis Angel Cabrera	2: 1	Carlos Balderas	0: 3	eliminated

fencing

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals / classification		Final / placement		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Nozomi Nakano	Epee single	Alejandra Teran	15:12	Tatiana Logunova	15:14	Jana Shemjakina	11: 8	Emese Szász	4:15	eliminated
Shiho Nishioka	Foil single	bye		Nam Hyun-hee	15:12	Inès Boubakri	10:15	eliminated
Chika Aoki	Saber single	Eileen Grench	5:15	eliminated
Men
Kazuyasu Minobe	Epee single	bye		Marco Fichera	15: 8	Anton Avdejew	15:11	Gauthier Grumier	8:15	eliminated
Yūki Ōta	Foil single	bye		Guilherme Toldo	13:15	eliminated
Kenta Tokunan	Saber single	-		Vincent Anstett	13:15	eliminated

Soccer

competition	Men
Athletes	Masatoshi Kushibiki (TW) Be Muroya Wataru Endo Hiroki Fujiharu Naomichi Ueda Tsukasa Shiotani Riki Harakawa Ryota Oshima Shinya Yajima Shoya Nakajima Musashi Suzuki Kosuke Nakamura (TW) Shinzo Koroki Yosuke Ideguchi Masashi Kamekawa Takuma Asano Takuya Iwanami Takumi Minamino
Trainer	Makoto Teguramori
Group stage	Nigeria 4: 5 (2: 3) Colombia 2: 2 (0: 0) Sweden 1: 0 (0: 0)
Quarter finals	eliminated
Semifinals
final
placement	-

Weightlifting

Athletes	competition	Tear		Bump		Duel		rank
		Weight	rank	Weight	rank	Weight	rank
Women
Hiromi Miyake	Class up to 48 kg	81 kg	8th	107 kg	3	188 kg	3	bronze
Kanae Yagi	Class up to 53 kg	81 kg	6th	105 kg	6th	186 kg	6th	6th
Mikiko Ando	Class up to 58 kg	94 kg	7th	124 kg	4th	218 kg	5	5
Namika Matsumoto	Class up to 63 kg	90 kg	10	115 kg	9	205 kg	9	9
Men
Hiroaki Takao	Class up to 56 kg	111 kg	12	138 kg	11	249 kg	11	11
Yōichi Itokazu	Class up to 62 kg	133 kg	4th	169 kg	4th	202 kg	4th	4th
Yōsuke Nakayama	Class up to 62 kg	121 kg	11	145 kg	12	266 kg	12	12

golf

Athletes	Round 1	round 2	Round 3	Round 4	total	par	rank
Women
Haru Nomura	69	69	72	65	275	−9	T4
Shiho Oyama	70	71	77	74	292	+8	42
Men
Yuta Ikeda	74	69	69	69	281	−3	T21
Shingo Katayama	74	75	76	66	292	+8	54

hockey

competition	Women
Athletes	Sakiyo Asano (TW) Nagisa Hayashi Mayumi Ono Emi Nishikori Akane Shibata Maki Sakaguchi Mie Nakashima Ayaka Nishimura Miyuki Nakagawa Yuri Nagai Hazuki Nagai Hazuki Yuda Aki Mitsuhashi Minami Shimizu Yukari Mano Motomi Kawamura
Trainer	Yuji Nagai
Group stage	India 2: 2 (2: 0) Argentina 0: 4 (0: 2) USA 1: 6 (0: 3) Great Britain 0: 2 (0: 1) Australia 0: 2 (0: 1)
Quarter finals	eliminated
Semifinals
final
placement	10th place

Judo

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Quarter finals		Semi-finals / consolation round		Final / 3rd place		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Ami Kondo	up to 48 kg	bye		E. Carrillo	101s0: 000s1	O. Galbadrakh	100s0: 010s0	P. Pareto	000s0: 010s1	U. Munkhbat	100s0: 000s0	bronze
Misato Nakamura	up to 52 kg	bye		T. Adiyasambuu	100s0: 000s0	N. Kuziutina	100s0: 000s0 (GS)	M. Kelmendi	000s1: 000s0	E. Miranda	001s1: 000s1 (GS)	bronze
Kaori Matsumoto	up to 57 kg	bye		ZA Dabonne	101s0: 000s0	A. Pavia	010s0: 000s0 (GS)	S. Dorjsuren	000s0: 100s0	C.-L. Lien	001s1: 000s0	bronze
Miku Tashiro	up to 63 kg	bye		K. Haecker	111s0: 000s3	K. Unterwurzacher	001s0: 000s0	C. Agbegnenou	000s1: 000s0	Y. Gerbi	000s0: 011s3	5
Haruka Tachimoto	up to 70 kg	C. Zhou	100s0: 000s0	K. Polling	002s0: 001s0 (GS)	K. Zupancic	010s0: 000s0	L. Vargas Cook	010s2: 000s0	Y. Alvear	100s1: 000s0	gold
Mommy Umeki	up to 78 kg	bye		A. Joó	000s2: 002s2	eliminated						9
Kanae Yamabe	over 78 kg	bye		S. Pakenyte	100s1: 000s0	T. Savelkouls	101s1: 000s0	I. Ortiz	000s1: 001s2	K. Sayit	010s3: 000s0	bronze
Men
Naohisa Takato	up to 60 kg	Y. Siccardi	101s0: 000H	P. Petřikov	100s0: 000s0	Amiran Papinashvili	000s0: 100s1	Kim W.-j.	001s2: 000s1	O. Səfərov	000s0: 000s2	bronze
Masashi Ebinuma	up to 66 kg	C. Chibana	101s0: 000s0	D. Ma	111s0: 000s0	W. Mateo	111s0: 000s2	To B.-u.	000s1: 001s1 (GS)	A. Bouchard	101s1: 000s0	bronze
Shōhei Ōno	up to 73 kg	M. Murillo	100s0: 000s3	V. Scvortov	100s0: 000s0	L. Shawdatuashvili	010s0: 000s0	D. Van Tichelt	111s0: 000s1	R. Orujov	110s1: 000s0	gold
Takanori Nagase	up to 81 kg	L. Csoknyai	001s2: 000s3	P. Kibikai	100s0: 000s1	S. Toma	000s0: 001s3	A. Valois-Fortier	100s0: 000s1	A. Tschrikishvili	001s2: 000s0	bronze
Mashu Baker	up to 90 kg	M. Odenthal	100s0: 000s0	A. Kukolj	100s1: 000s0	A. Iddir	100s0: 000s0	X. Cheng	101s1: 000s0	Warlam Liparteliani	001s2: 000s0	gold
Ryūnosuke Haga	up to 100 kg	J. Borodavko	100s0: 000s0	R. Buzacarini	000s0: 000s1	L. Krpalek	000s2: 000s1	Beka Ghwiniashvili	000s0: 000s1	A. Bloschenko	100s1: 000s2	bronze
Hisayoshi Harasawa	over 100 kg	A. Okruashvili	000s1: 000s2	U. Kokauri	100s1: 000s0	A. García Mendoza	100s0: 000s4	A. Tangriyev	101s1: 000s4	T. Riner	000s2: 000s1	silver

canoe

Canoe slalom

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Aki Yazawa	K-1	120.17 s	20th	eliminated				20th
Men
Kazuki Yazawa	K-1	92.23 s	14th	97.19 s	11	eliminated		11
Takuya Haneda	C-1	94.58 s	5	98.84 s	6th	97.44 s	3	bronze
Shota Sasaki Tsubasa Sasaki	C-2	119.04 s	12	eliminated				12

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	Round 1		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Chisato Fukushima	200 m	23.21 s	38	eliminated				38
Misaki Onishi	5000 m	15: 29.17 min	17th	-		eliminated		20th
Ayuko Suzuki	5000 m	15: 41.81 min	23	-		eliminated		26th
Miyuki Uehara	5000 m	15: 23.41 min	13	-		15: 34.97 min	15th	15th
Hanami Sekine	10,000 m	-		-		31: 44.44 min	20th	20th
Yuka Takashima	10,000 m	-		-		31: 36.44 min	18th	18th
Kayoko Fukushi	marathon	-		-		2:29:53 h	14th	14th
May Itō	marathon	-		-		2:37:37 h	46	46
Tomomi Tanaka	marathon	-		-		2:31:12 h	19th	19th
Kumiko Okada	20 km walking	-		-		1:32:42 h	32	32
Satomi Kubokura	400 m hurdles	57.34 s	35	eliminated				35
Anju Takamizawa	3000 m obstacle	9: 58.59 min	49	-		eliminated		49
Men
Asuka Cambridge	100 m	10.13 s	8th	10.17 s	21st	eliminated		21st
Yoshihide Kiryu	100 m	10.23 s	29	eliminated				29
Ryota Yamagata	100 m	10.20 s	22nd	10.05 s	11	eliminated		11
Kenji Fujimitsu	200 m	20.86 s	64	eliminated				64
Shota Iizuka	200 m	20.49 s	30th	eliminated				31
Kei Takase	200 m	20.71 s	55	eliminated				55
Yūzō Kanemaru	400 m	48.38 s	47	eliminated				47
Julian Walsh	400 m	46.37 s	38	eliminated				38
Shō Kawamoto	800 m	1: 49.41 min	43	eliminated				43
Kota Murayama	5000 m	14: 26.72 min	42	-		eliminated		42
Suguro Ōsako	5000 m	13: 31.45 min	27	-		eliminated		28
Kota Murayama	10,000 m	-		-		29: 02.51 min	30th	30th
Suguro Ōsako	10,000 m	-		-		27: 51.94 min	17th	17th
Yūta Shitara	10,000 m	-		-		28: 55.23 min	29	29
Suehiro Ishikawa	marathon	-		-		2:17:08 h	36	36
Hisanori Kitajima	marathon	-		-		2:25:11 h	94	94
Satoru Sasaki	marathon	-		-		2:13:57 h	16	16
Isamu Fujisawa	20 km walking	-		-		1:22:03 h	21st	21st
Daisuke Matsunaga	20 km walking	-		-		1:20:22 h	7th	7th
Eiki Takahashi	20 km walking	-		-		1:24:59 h	42	42
Hirooki Arai	50 km of walking	-		-		3:41:24 h	3	bronze
Kōichirō Morioka	50 km of walking	-		-		3:58:59 h	26th	26th
Takayuki Tanii	50 km of walking	-		-		3:51:00 h	14th	14th
Wataru Yazawa	110 m hurdles	13.88 s	32	eliminated				32
Yūki Matsuhita	400 m hurdles	49.60 s	25th	eliminated				26th
Keisuke Nozawa	400 m hurdles	48.62 s	6th	49.20 s	15th	eliminated		15th
Kazuya Shiojiri	3000 m obstacle	8: 40.98 min	33	-		eliminated		33
Asuka Cambridge Shōta Iizuka Yoshihide Kiryū Ryōta Yamagata	4 × 100 m relay	37.68 s	2	-		37.60 s	2	silver
Nobuya Katō Takamasa Kitagawa Tomoya Tamura Julian Walsh	4 × 400 m relay	3: 02.95 min	13	-		eliminated		13

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Konomi Kai	Long jump	5.87 m	37	eliminated		37
Yuki Ebihara	Javelin throw	57.68 m	21st	eliminated		21st
Men
Takashi Etō	high jump	2.17 m	35	eliminated		35
Hiroki Ogita	Pole vault	5.45 m	21st	eliminated		21st
Daichi Sawano	Pole vault	5.60 m	10	5.50 m	7th	7th
Seito Yamamoto	Pole vault	without valid attempt		eliminated		-
Daigo Hasegawa	Triple jump	16.17 m	29	eliminated		29
Kōhei Yamashita	Triple jump	15.71 m	35	eliminated		35
Ryōhei Arai	Javelin throw	84.16 m	4th	79.47 m	11	11

All-around

Athletes	100 m		Long jump		Shot put		high jump		400 m		110 m hurdles		Discus throw		Pole vault		Javelin throw		1500 m		Points	rank
	Time (s)	Pts.	Width (m)	Pts.	Width (m)	Pts.	Height (m)	Pts.	Time (s)	Pts.	Time (s)	Pts.	Width (m)	Pts.	Height (m)	Pts.	Width (m)	Pts.	Time (min)	Pts.
Decathlon men
Akihiko Nakamura	11.04 s	852	7.13 m	845	12.00 m	606	1.92 m	731	48.93 s	865	14.57 s	902	34.91 m	562	4.70 m	819	51.24 m	607	4: 18.37 min	823	7612	22nd
Keisuke Ushiro	11.30 s	795	6.83 m	774	14.14 m	737	1.98 m	785	50.43 s	795	15.09 s	839	49.90 m	868	4.90 m	880	66.63 m	838	4: 46.33 min	641	7952	20th

Modern pentathlon

Athletes	fencing		swim		horse riding		Combined		Points	rank
	Balance sheet	Points	time	Points	time	Points	time	Points
Women
Natsumi Tomonaga	15:20	190	2: 15.63 min	294	2	298	12: 55.44 min	525	1307	12
Men
Shōhei Iwamoto	9:26	154	2: 08.65 min	315	0	300	11: 54.59 min	586	1355	30th
Tomoya Miguchi	20:15	220	2: 02.62 min	333	19th	281	12: 02.88 min	578	1412	22nd

Cycling

train

Athletes	competition	qualification		Finals		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Men
Seiichirō Nakagawa	sprint	10.241 s	25th	eliminated		25th
Yūta Wakimoto	Keirin					13
Kazunari Watanabe	Keirin					21st

Omnium

Athletes	Scratch		On the one pursuit		Elimination drives		Time trial		250 m flying		Points race		points total	Overall rank
	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points
Women
Sakura Tsukagoshi	17th	8th	16	10	17th	8th	6th	30th	15th	12	14th	0	68	16
Men
Kazushige Kuboki	12	18th	18th	6th	4th	34	15th	12	16	10	12	1	81	14th

Street

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Eri Yonamine	Road racing	3:56:23 h	17th
Eri Yonamine	Individual time trial	46: 43.09 min	15th
Men
Yukiya Arashiro	Road racing	6:19:43 h	27
Kohei Uchima	Road racing	not finished

Mountain bike

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Kōhei Yamamoto	Cross country	1:40:34 h	21st

BMX

Athletes	competition	qualification		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	time	rank
Men
Yoshitaku Nagasako	Race	35.286 s	12	21st	8th	eliminated

horse riding

dressage
Athletes	competition	percent	rank
Yuko Kitai with Don Lorean	singles	67.271	48
Masanao Takahasi with Fabriano	singles	62.986	58
Kiichi Harada with Egistar	singles	68.286	45
Akane Kuroki with toots	singles	66,900	50
Yuko Kitai with Don Lorean Masanao Takahasi with Fabriano Kiichi Haradi with Egistar Akane Kuroki with Toots	team	67.486	11

Leap
Athletes	competition	Penalty points					rank
		1. Qualification	Nations Cup		Singles final
			1st round	2nd round	1st round	2nd round
Daisuke Fukushima with cornet	singles	(47)	(1)	-	-	-	-
Toshiki Masui with Taloubetdarco	singles	(16)	(2)	-	-	-	-
Taizo Sugitani with Imothep	singles	(16)	(2)	-	-	-	-
Reiko Takeda with Bardolino	singles	(4)	(1)	task	-	-	26th
Daisuke Fukushima with Cornet Toshiki Masui with Taloubetdarco Taizo Sugitani with Imothep Reiko Takeda with Bardolino	team	(36)	(14)	eliminated	-		13

versatility
Athletes	competition	Minus points dressage	Minuses terrain	Leap		Total negative points	rank
Yoshiaki Ōiwa with The Duke of Cavan	singles	47.00	18.00	4.00	8.00	77.00	20th
Ryuzo Kitajima with Just Chocolate	singles	57.70	74.40	task	-	-	-

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Round of Hope quarterfinals		Hope round semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Freestyle women
Eri Tosaka	Class up to 48 kg	bye		Zhuldyz Eshimova	3-0	Haley Augello	3: 1	Sun Yanan	3: 1	-						Mariya Stadnik	3: 1	gold
Saori Yoshida	Class up to 53 kg	bye		Nataliya Sinisin	3-0	Isabelle Sambou	3-0	Betzabeth Argüello	3-0	-						Helen Maroulis	1: 3	silver
Kaori Icho	Class up to 58 kg	bye		Marwa Amri	4-0	Elif Jale Yeşilırmak	3: 1	Yulia Ratkevich	4-0	-						Valery Sholobova	3: 1	gold
Risako Kawai	Class up to 63 kg	bye		Monika Michalik	3-0	Anastasija Grigoryeva	3-0	Inna Trashukova	3-0	-						Maryja Mamaschuk	3-0	gold
Sara Doshō	Class up to 69 kg	Alina Stadnyk-Machynja	3: 1	Buse Tosun	4-0	Dorothy Yeats	3: 1	Jenny Fransson	3: 1	-						Natalia Vorobyova	3: 1	gold
Rio Watari	Class up to 75 kg	bye		Aline da Silva Ferreira	1: 3	eliminated												14th
Freestyle men
Rei Higuchi	Class up to 57 kg	Yang Kyong-il	3: 1	Asadulla Lachinau	3-0	Yowlys Bonne	3-0	Hassan Rahimi	5-0	-						Vladimer Khinchegashvili	0: 4	silver
Sōsuke Takatani	Class up to 74 kg	Talgat Ilyasov	5-0	Zelimkhan Khadijev	3: 1	Galymzhan Usserbayev	1: 3	eliminated										7th
Greco-Roman style men
Shinobu Ōta	Class up to 59 kg	Hamid Soryan Reihanpour	3: 1	Almat Kebispayev	3-0	Stig-André Berge	3-0	Rövşən Bayramov	5-0	-						Ismael Borrero Molina	0: 4	silver
Tomohiro Inoue	Class up to 66 kg	bye		Before that, Štefanek	0: 4	eliminated				bye		Frank Stäbler	3: 1	Shmagi Bolkvadze	0: 3	eliminated		5

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion			Semifinals			final		rank
		time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space	qualification	time	space
Women
Ayami Oishi Chiaki Tomita	Lightweight double scull	7: 15.75 min	4th	Reunion	8: 00.50 min	2	Semifinals	7: 46.41 min	6th	B final	7: 42.87 min	6th	12
Men
Hiroshi Nakano Hideki Omoto	Lightweight double scull	6: 34.27 min	3	Reunion	7: 11.20 min	4th	Semifinals C	7: 30.64 min	3	C final	6: 45.81 min	3	15th

rugby

competition	Women	Men
Athletes	Yuka Kanematsu Mifuyu Koide Ano Kuwai Kana Mitsugi Chiharu Nakamura Ayaka Suzuki Yume Okuroda Noriko Taniguchi Makiko Tomita Marie Yamaguchi Mio Yamanaka Chisato Yoko	Kenki Fukuoka Teruya Goto Kazuhiro Goya Kazushi Hano Masakatsu Hikosaka Yusaku Kuwazuru Lomano Lemeki Katsuyuki Sakai Kameli Raravou Soejima Yoshitaka Tokunaga Shohei Toyosima Lote Tuqiri
Trainer	Keiko Asami	Tomohiro Segawa
Group stage	Canada (0:45) Great Britain (0:40) Brazil (10:26)	New Zealand (14:12) Great Britain (19:21) Kenya (31: 7)
Quarter finals	-	France (12: 7)
Semifinals	-	Fiji (5:20)
Bronze game	-	South Africa (14:54)
final	-	-
Placement games	Kenya (24: 0) Brazil (5:33)	-
placement	10th place	4th Place

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		Rings / discs	rank
		Rings / discs	rank	Rings / discs	rank
Women
Akiko Sato	Air pistol 10 meters	369	42	eliminated		369	42
Akiko Sato	Sports pistol 25 meters	565	34	eliminated		565	34
Yukie Nakayama	Trap	61	20th	eliminated		61	20th
Naoko Ishihara	Skeet	62	18th	eliminated		62	18th
Men
Tomoyuki Matsuda	Air pistol 10 meters	576	22nd	eliminated		576	22nd
Teruyoshi Akiyama	Rapid fire pistol 25 meters	564	22nd	eliminated		564	22nd
Eita Mori	Rapid fire pistol 25 meters	570	19th	eliminated		570	19th
Tomoyuki Matsuda	Free pistol 50 meters	550	19th	eliminated		550	19th
Naoya Okada	Air rifle 10 meters	622.6	20th	eliminated		622.6	20th
Toshikazu Yamashita	Air rifle 10 meters	619.5	36	eliminated		619.5	36
Toshikazu Yamashita	Small caliber three-position fight 50 meters	1169	22nd	eliminated		1169	22nd
Toshikazu Yamashita	Small caliber lying 50 meters	617.4	41	eliminated		617.4	41

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Rikako Ikee	50 m freestyle	25.45 s	36	eliminated				36
Yayoi Matsumoto	50 m freestyle	25.73 s	43	eliminated				43
Rikako Ikee	100 m freestyle	54.50 s	16	54.31 s	12	eliminated		12
Miki Uchida	100 m freestyle	54.50 s	16	54.39 s	14th	eliminated		14th
Chihiro Igarashi	200 m freestyle	1: 57.88 min	17th	eliminated				17th
Rikako Ikee	200 m freestyle	1: 58.49 min	21st	eliminated				21st
Chihiro Igarashi	400 m freestyle	4: 07.52 min	12	-		eliminated		12
Natsumi Hoshi	100 m butterfly	58.15 s	14th	58.03 s	10	eliminated		10
Rikako Ikee	100 m butterfly	57.27 s	7th	57.05 s	3	56.86 s	5	5
Suzuka Hasegawa	200 m butterfly	2: 07.35 min	6th	2: 07.33 min	9	eliminated		9
Natsumi Hoshi	200 m butterfly	2: 07.37 min	7th	2: 06.74 min	4th	2: 05.20 min	3	bronze
Satomi Suzuki	100 m chest	1: 06.99 min	13	1: 07.18 min	12	eliminated		12
Kanako Watanabe	100 m chest	1: 07.22 min	16	1: 07.43 min	15th	eliminated		15th
Rie Kaneto	200 m chest	2: 22.86 min	2	2: 22.11 min	2	2: 20.30 min	1	gold
Kanako Watanabe	200 m chest	2: 24.77 min	12	2: 25.10 min	14th	eliminated		14th
Natsumi Sakai	100 m back	1: 01.74 min	26th	eliminated				26th
Natsumi Sakai	200 m back	2: 13.99 min	26th	eliminated				26th
Runa Imai	200 m layers	2: 11.78 min	11	2: 12.53 min	15th	eliminated		15th
Miho Teramura	200 m layers	2: 10.34 min	5	2: 11.03 min	9	eliminated		9
Sakiko Shimizu	400 m layers	4: 34.66 min	7th	-		4: 38.06 min	8th	8th
Miho Takahashi	400 m layers	4: 37.33 min	10	-		eliminated		10
Rikako Ikee Yayoi Matsumoto Miki Uchida Misaki Yamaguchi	4 × 100 m freestyle	3: 36.74 min	7th	-		3: 37.78 min	8th	8th
Tomomi Aoki Chihiro Igarashi Rikako Ikee Sachi Mochida	4 × 200 m freestyle	7: 52.50 min	7th	-		7: 56.76 min	8th	8th
Rikako Ikee Natsumi Sakai Miki Uchida Kanako Watanabe	4 × 100 m layers	3: 59.82 min	10	-		eliminated		10
Yumi Kida	10 km of open water	-		-		1: 57: 35.2 h	12	12
Men
Katsumi Nakamura	50 m freestyle	22.13 s	18th	eliminated				18th
Shinri Shioura	50 m freestyle	22.01 s	14th	22.18 s	16	eliminated		16
Katsumi Nakamura	100 m freestyle	48.61 s	17th	eliminated				17th
Shinri Shioura	100 m freestyle	48.94 s	27	eliminated				27
Kosuke Hagino	200 m freestyle	1: 46.19 min	7th	1: 45.45 min	2	1: 45.90 min	7th	7th
Naito Ehara	400 m freestyle	3: 50.61 min	31	-		eliminated		31
Takurō Fujii	100 m butterfly	52.36 s	20th	eliminated				20th
Masato Sakai	200 m butterfly	1: 55.76 min	6th	1: 55.32 min	6th	1: 53.40 min	2	silver
Daiya Seto	200 m butterfly	1: 55.79 min	8th	1: 55.28 min	5	1: 54.82 min	5	5
Yasuhiro Koseki	100 m chest	58.91 s	2	59.23 s	4th	59.37 s	6th	6th
Ippei Watanabe	100 m chest	1: 00.33 min	18th	eliminated				18th
Yasuhiro Koseki	200 m chest	2: 08.61 min	2	2: 07.91 min	4th	2: 07.80 min	5	5
Ippei Watanabe	200 m chest	2: 09.63 min	8th	2: 07.22 min	1	2: 07.87 min	6th	6th
Junya Hasegawa	100 m back	54.17 s	19th	eliminated				19th
Ryosuke Irie	100 m back	53.49 s	8th	53.21 s	7th	53.42 s	7th	7th
Ryosuke Irie	200 m back	1: 56.61 min	8th	1: 56.31 min	7th	1: 56.36 min	8th	8th
Masaki Kaneko	200 m back	1: 57.19 min	13	1: 56.78 min	11	eliminated		11
Hiromasa Fujimori	200 m layers	1: 58.88 min	7th	1: 58.20 min	7th	1: 57.21 min	4th	4th
Kosuke Hagino	200 m layers	1: 58.79 min	6th	1: 57.38 min	4th	1: 56.61 min	2	silver
Kosuke Hagino	400 m layers	4: 10.00 min	3	-		4: 06.05 min	1	gold
Daiya Seto	400 m layers	4: 08.47 min	2	-		4: 09.71 min	3	bronze
Kenji Kobase Jun'ya Koga Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura	4 × 100 m freestyle	3: 14.17 min	8th	-		3: 14.48 min	8th	8th
Naito Ehara Kōsuke Hagino Yuki Kobori Takeshi Matsuda	4 × 200 m freestyle	7: 07.68 min	5	-		7: 03.50 min	3	bronze
Takurō Fujii Ryōsuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura	4 × 100 m layers	3: 32.33 min	3	-		3: 31.97 min	5	5
Yasunari Hirai	10 km of open water	-		-		1: 53: 04.6 h	8th	8th

sailing

Fleet Race

Athletes	competition	qualification		Medal Race		Points	rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Megumi Iseda	Windsurfing RS: X	198	20th	eliminated		198	20th
Manami Doi	Laser Radial	139	20th	eliminated		139	20th
Keiko Miyagawa Sena Takano	49er FX	210	20th	eliminated		210	20th
Ai Kondō Miho Yoshioka	470s	52	4th	14th	7th	66	5
Men
Makoto Tomizawa	Windsurfing RS: X	138	15th	eliminated		138	15th
Kazuto Doi Kimihiko Imamura	470s	135	17th	eliminated		135	17th
Yukio Makino Kenji Takahashi	49er	132	18th	eliminated		132	18th

Synchronized swimming

Athletes	competition	qualification						final
		Technical freestyle TK		Free freestyle FK-Q		total		Free freestyle FK-F		Total TK + FK-F
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Yukiko Inui Risako Mitsui	duet	93.1214	4th	94.4000	3	187.5214	3	94.9333	3	188.0547	bronze
Aika Hakoyama Aiko Hayashi Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Risako Mitsui Kanami Nakamaki Mai Nakamura Kano Omata Kurumi Yoshida	team	93.7723	3	-				95.4333	3	189.2056	bronze

Taekwondo

Athletes	competition	Round of 16		Quarter finals		Hope round semifinals		Semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Mayu Hamada	Class up to 57 kg	Rahma Ben Ali	9-0	Hedaya Malak	0: 3	eliminated

tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Misaki Doi	singles	Jaroslawa Schwedowa	6: 3, 6: 4	Samantha Stosur	3: 6, 4: 6	eliminated
Nao Hibino	singles	Irina-Camelia Begu	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3	Garbiñe Muguruza	1: 6, 1: 6	eliminated
Misaki Doi Eri Hozumi	Double	Kristina Mladenovic Caroline Garcia	6: 0, 0: 6, 6: 4	-		Darja Kassatkina Svetlana Kuznetsova	4: 6, 6: 1, 1: 6	eliminated
Men
Kei Nishikori	singles	Albert Ramos	6: 2, 6: 4	John Millman	7: 6 4 , 6: 4	Andrei Martin	6: 2, 6: 2	Gaël Monfils	7: 6 4 , 4: 6, 7: 6 6	Andy Murray	1: 6, 4: 6	Rafael Nadal	6: 2, 6: 7 0 , 6: 3
Yūichi Sugita	singles	Brian Baker	5: 7, 7: 5, 6: 4	Gilles Simon	6: 7 3 , 2: 6	eliminated
Taro Daniel	singles	Jack Sock	6: 4, 6: 4	Kyle Edmund	6: 4, 7: 5	Juan Martín del Potro	7: 6 4 , 1: 6, 2: 6	eliminated

Table tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Ai Fukuhara	singles	bye				Daniela Dodean	4-0	Ri-Myong-sun	4-0	Feng Tianwei	4-0	Li Xiaoxia	0: 4	Kim Song-i	1: 4	4th
Kasumi Ishikawa	singles	bye				Kim Song-i	3: 4	eliminated
Ai Fukuhara Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Itō	team	Poland	3-0	-		-		-		Austria	3-0	Germany	2: 3	Singapore	3: 1	bronze
Men
Jun Mizutani	singles	bye				Panagiotis Gionis	4: 1	Hugo Calderano	4: 2	Marcos Freitas	4: 2	Ma Long	2: 4	Uladsimir Samsonau	4: 1	bronze
Kōki Niwa	singles	bye		Segun Toriola	4: 2	Stefan Fegerl	4: 1	Wong Chun Ting	4: 3	Zhang Jike	1: 4	eliminated
Jun Mizutani Kōki Niwa Maharu Yoshimura	team	Poland	3: 2	-		-		-		Hong Kong	3: 1	Germany	3: 1	China	1: 3	silver

Triathlon

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Ai Ueda	singles	2:03:37 h	39
Yurie Kato	singles	2:07:50 h	46
Yuka Sato	singles	2:00:01 h	15th
Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Hirokatsu Tayama	singles	-	LAP

(LAP - lapped)

do gymnastics

Apparatus gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
May Murakami	ground	14,566	8th	14,533	7th	7th
May Murakami	All-around single	57.265	9	56.665	14th	14th
Asuka Teramoto	All-around single	57.066	12	57.965	8th	8th
Sae Miyakawa Mai Murakami Aiko Sugihara Asuka Teramoto Yuki Uchiyama	All-around team	172.564	7th	174.371	4th	4th
Men
Kenzō Shirai	ground	15.333	6th	15,366	4th	4th
Kōhei Uchimura	ground	15,533	3	15.241	5	5
Kenzō Shirai	Leap	15,466	3	15,449	3	bronze
Ryōhei Katō	Ingots	15,500	10	15.233	7th	7th
Ryōhei Katō	All-around single	89.232	6th	88,590	11	11
Kōhei Uchimura	All-around single	90.498	2	92.365	1	gold
Ryōhei Katō Kenzō Shirai Yūsuke Tanaka Kōhei Uchimura Koji Yamamuro	All-around team	269.294	4th	274.094	1	gold

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Kaho Minagawa	All-around single	68.523	16	eliminated		16
Airi Hatakeyama Rie Matsubara Sakura Noshitani Sayuri Sugimoto Kiko Yokota	All-around team	35,149	5	34,200	8th	8th

Trampoline exercise

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Rana Nakano	singles	96.775	13	eliminated		13
Men
Masaki Ito	singles	108.465	6th	58.800	6th	6th
Ginga Munetomo	singles	108.190	7th	59.535	4th	4th

volleyball

competition	Women
Athletes	Miyu Nagaoka Haruka Miyashita Saori Kimura Arisa Satō Yurie Nabeya Mai Yamaguchi Haruyo Shimamura Erika Araki Yuki Ishii Saori Sakoda Kotoki Zayasu Kanami Tashiro
Group stage	South Korea 1-3 Cameroon 3-0 Brazil 0-3 Russia 0-3 Argentina 3-0
Quarter finals	USA 0: 3
Semifinals	eliminated
final
placement	5th place

Water polo

competition	Men
Athletes	Katsuyuki Tanamura Seiya Adachi Atsushi Arai Mitsuaki Shiga Akira Yanase Atsuto Iida Yusuke Shimizu Yūki Kadono Koji Takei Kenya Yasuda Keigo Okawa Shota Hazui Tomoyoshi Fukushima
Trainer	Takahisa Minami
Group stage	Greece (7: 8) Brazil (8:16) Australia (6: 8) Hungary (7:17) Serbia (8:12)
Quarter finals	eliminated
Placement games
Semifinals
final
placement	11th place

Diving

Athletes	competition	Pre-fight		Semifinals		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Minami Itahashi	Diving 10 m	320.20	10	335.55	8th	356.60	8th	8th
Men
Sho Sakai	Jump 3 m	373.70	22nd	eliminated				22nd
Ken Terauchi	Jump 3 m	380.85	20th	eliminated				20th

Web links

• Japan. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed June 2, 2016 . 
• Japan on rio2016.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Judo Resultsbook" ( Memento from August 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF) Website of the Rio Olympics. Retrieved August 22, 2016. (English).