Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	338 in 30 sports
Flag bearer	Keisuke Ushiro
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 12 Silver 8 Bronze 21 Total 41
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Japan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1912, Japanese athletes had appeared at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for two editions; they were not invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London because of the nation's role in World War II, and were also part of the United States-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.

As Tokyo was the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics, a Japanese segment was performed during the closing ceremony. The Olympic flag was handed to Yuriko Koike, the Governor of Tokyo from Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, who passed it to IOC President Thomas Bach before handed it to her. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was present in the ceremony, dressed as Nintendo's Mario character. He travelled underground from Tokyo to Rio using the tunnel that was created in animation by both Nintendo and the Japanese Olympic Committee.

Medalists

Further information: 2016 Summer Olympics medal table

The following Japanese competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Kosuke Hagino	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	August 6
Gold	Shohei Ono	Judo	Men's 73 kg	August 8
Gold	Kenzō Shirai Yūsuke Tanaka Koji Yamamuro Kōhei Uchimura Ryōhei Katō	Gymnastics	Men's artistic team all-around	August 8
Gold	Haruka Tachimoto	Judo	Women's 70 kg	August 10
Gold	Mashu Baker	Judo	Men's 90 kg	August 10
Gold	Kōhei Uchimura	Gymnastics	Men's artistic individual all-around	August 10
Gold	Rie Kaneto	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	August 11
Gold	Eri Tosaka	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 48 kg	August 17
Gold	Kaori Icho	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 58 kg	August 17
Gold	Sara Dosho	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 69 kg	August 17
Gold	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Badminton	Women's doubles	August 18
Gold	Risako Kawai	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 63 kg	August 18
Silver	Masato Sakai	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	August 9
Silver	Kosuke Hagino	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	August 11
Silver	Hisayoshi Harasawa	Judo	Men's +100 kg	August 12
Silver	Shinobu Ota	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 59 kg	August 14
Silver	Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa Maharu Yoshimura	Table tennis	Men's team	August 17
Silver	Saori Yoshida	Wrestling	Women's freestyle 53 kg	August 18
Silver	Rei Higuchi	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 57 kg	August 19
Silver	Asuka Cambridge Yoshihide Kiryū Ryota Yamagata Shōta Iizuka	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	August 19
Bronze	Ami Kondo	Judo	Women's 48 kg	August 6
Bronze	Naohisa Takato	Judo	Men's 60 kg	August 6
Bronze	Hiromi Miyake	Weightlifting	Women's 48 kg	August 6
Bronze	Daiya Seto	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	August 6
Bronze	Misato Nakamura	Judo	Women's 52 kg	August 7
Bronze	Masashi Ebinuma	Judo	Men's 66 kg	August 7
Bronze	Kaori Matsumoto	Judo	Women's 57 kg	August 8
Bronze	Takuya Haneda	Canoeing	Men's slalom C-1	August 9
Bronze	Takanori Nagase	Judo	Men's 81 kg	August 9
Bronze	Kosuke Hagino Naito Ehara Yuki Kobori Takeshi Matsuda	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 9
Bronze	Natsumi Hoshi	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	August 10
Bronze	Ryunosuke Haga	Judo	Men's 100 kg	August 11
Bronze	Jun Mizutani	Table tennis	Men's singles	August 11
Bronze	Kanae Yamabe	Judo	Women's +78 kg	August 12
Bronze	Kei Nishikori	Tennis	Men's singles	August 14
Bronze	Kenzō Shirai	Gymnastics	Men's vault	August 15
Bronze	Yukiko Inui Risako Mitsui	Synchronized swimming	Women's duet	August 16
Bronze	Ai Fukuhara Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito	Table tennis	Women's team	August 16
Bronze	Nozomi Okuhara	Badminton	Women's singles	August 19
Bronze	Aika Hakoyama Aiko Hayashi Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Risako Mitsui Kanami Nakamaki Mai Nakamura Kano Omata Kurumi Yoshida	Synchronized swimming	Women's team	August 19
Bronze	Hirooki Arai	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk	August 19

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Wrestling	4	3	0	7
Judo	3	1	8	12
Swimming	2	2	3	7
Gymnastics	2	0	1	3
Badminton	1	0	1	2
Table Tennis	0	1	2	3
Athletics	0	1	1	2
Synchronized swimming	0	0	2	2
Canoeing	0	0	1	1
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Weightlifting	0	0	1	1
Total	12	8	21	41

Medals by day
Day				Total
August 6	1	0	4	5
August 7	0	0	2	2
August 8	2	0	1	3
August 9	0	1	3	4
August 10	3	0	1	4
August 11	1	1	2	4
August 12	0	1	1	2
August 13	0	0	0	0
August 14	0	1	1	2
August 15	0	0	1	1
August 16	0	0	2	2
August 17	3	1	0	4
August 18	2	1	0	3
August 19	0	2	3	5
Total	12	8	21	41

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	3	4
Athletics	39	14	53
Badminton	4	5	9
Basketball	0	12	12
Boxing	2	0	2
Canoeing	4	1	5
Cycling	8	2	10
Diving	2	1	3
Equestrian	7	3	10
Fencing	3	3	6
Field hockey	0	16	16
Football	18	0	18
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	7	12	19
Judo	7	7	14
Modern pentathlon	2	1	3
Rowing	2	2	4
Rugby sevens	12	12	24
Sailing	5	6	11
Shooting	5	3	8
Swimming	18	18	36
Synchronized swimming	—	9	9
Table tennis	3	3	6
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Tennis	3	3	6
Triathlon	1	3	4
Volleyball	0	12	12
Water polo	13	0	13
Weightlifting	3	4	7
Wrestling	4	6	10
Total	174	164	338

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Three Japanese archers qualified for the women's events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. Another Japanese archer also qualified for the men's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the same tournament.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takaharu Furukawa	Men's individual	680	7	Dielemans (NED) W 7–1	Nesteng (NOR) W 6–0	Rodríguez (ESP) W 7–3	Ellison (USA) L 2–6	Did not advance
Yuki Hayashi	Women's individual	591	59	Wu JX (CHN) L 1–7	Did not advance
Kaori Kawanaka		650	10	Psarra (GRE) W 7–3	Folkard (GBR) L 0–6	Did not advance
Saori Nagamine		621	39	dos Santos (BRA) L 3–7	Did not advance
Yuki Hayashi Kaori Kawanaka Saori Nagamine	Women's team	1862	9	—		Ukraine (UKR) W 6–2	South Korea (KOR) L 1–5	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japanese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event): The team was selected based on the results of the 2016 Japan Championships in Athletics, and once an athlete wins a medal in race walking and marathon, or attains the top eight position in track and field at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.

On March 17, 2016, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) had selected three runners each in both men's and women's marathon race, with Kayoko Fukushi remarkably going to her fourth consecutive Olympics. Forty-two further athletes (31 men and 11 women) were added to the nation's track and field roster for the Games, based on their performances achieved at the Japan Championships (June 24 to 26). Among them were sprinters Chisato Fukushima and Shota Iizuka, 2015 Worlds bronze medalist and three-time Olympic race walker Takayuki Tanii, and javelin thrower Ryohei Arai.

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Asuka Cambridge	100 m	Bye		10.13	2 Q	10.17	7	Did not advance
Yoshihide Kiryū		Bye		10.23	4	Did not advance
Ryota Yamagata		Bye		10.20	2 Q	10.05	5	Did not advance
Kenji Fujimitsu	200 m	20.86	6	—		Did not advance
Shota Iizuka		20.49	4	—		Did not advance
Kei Takase		20.71	6	—		Did not advance
Yuzo Kanemaru	400 m	48.38	8	—		Did not advance
Julian Walsh		46.37	6	—		Did not advance
Sho Kawamoto	800 m	1:49.41	4	—		Did not advance
Kota Murayama	5000 m	14:26.72	22	—				Did not advance
	10000 m	—						29:02.51	30
Suguru Osako	5000 m	13:31.45	16	—				Did not advance
	10000 m	—						27:51.94	17
Yuta Shitara		—						28:55.23	29
Wataru Yazawa	110 m hurdles	13.88	3	—		Did not advance
Yuki Matsushita	400 m hurdles	49.60	4	—		Did not advance
Keisuke Nozawa		48.62	1 Q	—		49.20	6	Did not advance
Kazuya Shiojiri	3000 m steeplechase	8:40.98	11	—				Did not advance
Suehiro Ishikawa	Marathon	—						2:17:08	36
Hisanori Kitajima		—						2:25:11	94
Satoru Sasaki		—						2:13:57	16
Isamu Fujisawa	20 km walk	—						1:22:03	21
Daisuke Matsunaga		—						1:20:22	7
Eiki Takahashi		—						1:24:59	42
Hirooki Arai	50 km walk	—						3:41:24
Kōichirō Morioka		—						3:58:59	26
Takayuki Tanii		—						3:51:00	14
Asuka Cambridge Shota Iizuka Yoshihide Kiryū Ryota Yamagata	4 × 100 m relay	37.68 AS	1 Q	—				37.60 AS
Nobuya Kato Takamasa Kitagawa Tomoya Tamura Julian Walsh	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.95	7	—				Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Chisato Fukushima	200 m	23.21	5	Did not advance
Misaki Onishi	5000 m	15:29.17	9	—		Did not advance
Ayuko Suzuki		15:41.81	12	—		Did not advance
Miyuki Uehara		15:23.41	7 q	—		15:34.97	15
Hanami Sekine	10000 m	—				31:44.44	20
Yuka Takashima		—				31:36.44	18
Satomi Kubokura	400 m hurdles	57.34	5	Did not advance
Anju Takamizawa	3000 m steeplechase	9:58.59	17	—		Did not advance
Kayoko Fukushi	Marathon	—				2:29:53	14
Mai Ito		—				2:37:37	46
Tomomi Tanaka		—				2:31:12	19
Kumiko Okada	20 km walk	—				1:32:42	32

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ryohei Arai	Javelin throw	84.16	4 Q	79.47	11
Takashi Eto	High jump	2.17	=35	Did not advance
Daigo Hasegawa	Triple jump	16.17	29	Did not advance
Hiroki Ogita	Pole vault	5.45	21	Did not advance
Daichi Sawano		5.60	=10 q	5.50	=7
Seito Yamamoto		NM	—	Did not advance
Kohei Yamashita	Triple jump	15.71	35	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Konomi Kai	Long jump	5.87	37	Did not advance
Yuki Ebihara	Javelin throw	57.68	21	Did not advance

Combined events – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Akihiko Nakamura	Result	11.04	7.13	12.00	1.92	48.93	14.57	34.91	4.70	51.24	4:18.37	7612	22
	Points	852	845	606	731	865	902	562	819	607	823
Keisuke Ushiro	Result	11.30	6.83	14.14	1.98	50.43	15.09	49.90	4.90	66.63	4:46.33	7952	20
	Points	795	774	737	785	795	839	868	880	838	641

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has qualified a total of nine badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: two entries in the women's singles, one in the men's singles, and a pair each in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sho Sasaki	Singles	Ouseph (GBR) L (15–21, 9–21)	Koukal (CZE) W (21–10, 16–21, 21–12)	—	2	Did not advance
Hiroyuki Endo Kenichi Hayakawa	Doubles	Ahsan / Setiawan (INA) W (21–17, 16–21, 21–14)	Chai B / Hong W (CHN) W (21–18, 14–21, 23–21)	Attri / Reddy (IND) L (21-23, 11–21)	2 Q	—	Ellis / Langridge (GBR) L (19–21, 17–21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nozomi Okuhara	Singles	Vū T T (VIE) W (21–10, 21–8)	Fanetri (INA) W (21–12, 21–12)	—	1 Q	Bae Y-j (KOR) W (21–6, 21–7)	Yamaguchi (JPN) W (11–21, 21–17, 21–10)	Sindhu (IND) L (19–21, 10–21)	Li Xr (CHN) W WO
Akane Yamaguchi		Gavnholt (CZE) W (20–22, 21–12, 21–15)	Tee J Y (MAS) W (21–18, 21–5)	—	1 Q	Intanon (THA) W (21–19, 21–16)	Okuhara (JPN) L (21–11, 17–21, 10–21)	Did not advance
Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Doubles	Muskens / Piek (NED) W (21–9, 21–11)	Gutta / Ponnappa (IND) W (21–15, 21–10)	Supajirakul / Taerattanachai (THA) W (21–15, 21–15)	2 Q	—	Hoo K M / Woon K W (MAS) W (21–16, 18–21, 21–9)	Jung K-e / Shin S-c (KOR) W (21–16, 21–17)	Pedersen / Rytter Juhl (DEN) W (18–21, 21–9, 21–19)

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kenta Kazuno Ayane Kurihara	Doubles	Ko S-h / Kim H-n (KOR) L (23–25, 17–21)	Chew / Subandhi (USA) W (21–6, 21–12)	Arends / Piek (NED) W (21–14, 21–19)	2 Q	Zhang N / Zhao YL (CHN) L (14–21, 12–21)	Did not advance

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Japan women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal match over China and securing the lone outright berth at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championships.

Team roster

The following is Japan's roster for the women's basketball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Japan women's national basketball team – 2016 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. G 4 Kaede Kondo 24 – (1991-10-06)October 6, 1991 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Toyota Antelopes F 5 Yuki Miyazawa 23 – (1993-06-02)June 2, 1993 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JX-Eneos Sunflowers C 6 Yuka Mamiya 26 – (1990-04-03)April 3, 1990 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JX-Eneos Sunflowers F 7 Mika Kurihara 27 – (1989-05-14)May 14, 1989 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Toyota Antelopes F 8 Maki Takada 26 – (1989-08-23)August 23, 1989 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Denso Iris G 9 Naho Miyoshi 22 – (1993-12-21)December 21, 1993 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Chanson V-Magic F 10 Ramu Tokashiki 25 – (1991-06-11)June 11, 1991 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Seattle Storm F 11 Moeko Nagaoka 22 – (1993-12-29)December 29, 1993 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fujitsu Red Wave G 12 Asami Yoshida (C) 28 – (1987-10-09)October 9, 1987 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) JX-Eneos Sunflowers G 13 Rui Machida 23 – (1993-03-08)March 8, 1993 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) Fujitsu Red Wave G 14 Sanae Motokowa 24 – (1992-04-02)April 2, 1992 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Chanson V-Magic C 15 Asako O 28 – (1987-12-16)December 16, 1987 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Mitsubishi Koalas	Head coach Tomohide Utsumi Assistant coach(es) Eiki Umezaki Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 6 August 2016

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	400	345	+55	10	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	3	2	344	343	+1	8
3	Turkey	5	3	2	324	325	−1	8
4	Japan	5	3	2	386	378	+8	8
5	Belarus	5	1	4	347	361	−14	6
6	Brazil (H)	5	0	5	335	384	−49	5

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head points difference; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

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Boxscore

Belarus	73–77	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 19–15, 20–19, 13–17
Pts: Leuchanka 15 Rebs: Verameyenka 10 Asts: Harding 5		Pts: Kurihara 20 Rebs: Yoshida 9 Asts: Yoshida 8

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,586 Referees: Damir Javor (SLO), Chahinaz Boussetta (MAR), Hwang In-tae (KOR)

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Boxscore

Japan	82–66	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 28–13, 26–19, 9–14
Pts: Tokashiki 23 Rebs: Tokashiki 9 Asts: Yoshida 11		Pts: Castro Marques 20 Rebs: Dos Santos 16 Asts: Pinto 6

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,624 Referees: José Reyes (MEX), Carlos Peruga (ESP), Nadege Zouzou (CIV)

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Boxscore

Turkey	76–62	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 14–14, 19–16, 19–23
Pts: Sanders 36 Rebs: Çağlar 9 Asts: Alben, Çakır 5		Pts: Tokashiki 13 Rebs: Tokashiki 7 Asts: Yoshida 7

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 2,624 Referees: Oļegs Latiševs (LAT), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chanihaz Boussetta (MAR)

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Boxscore

Japan	86–92	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 26–25, 21–11, 15–33
Pts: Tokashiki 23 Rebs: Kurihara, Tokashiki 7 Asts: Yoshida 11		Pts: Cambage 37 Rebs: Cambage 10 Asts: Mitchell, Taylor 7

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,315 Referees: Anne Panther (GER), Leandro Lezcano (ARG), Ahmed Al-Bulushi (OMA)

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Boxscore

Japan	79–71	France
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 23–13, 23–22, 16–17
Pts: Yoshida 24 Rebs: Tokashiki 7 Asts: Yoshida 7		Pts: Epoupa, Yacoubou 14 Rebs: Gruda 9 Asts: Gruda 4

Youth Arena, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 3,351 Referees: Sreten Radović (CRO), Carlos Peruga (ESP), Carlos Júlio (ANG)

Quarterfinal

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 18:45

Boxscore

United States	110–64	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 30–23, 26–23, 25–13, 29–5
Pts: Moore, Taurasi 19 Rebs: Griner 7 Asts: Charles 5		Pts: Tokashiki 14 Rebs: four players 3 Asts: Yoshida 8

Carioca Arena 1, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,471 Referees: Carlos Peruga (ESP), Duan Zhu (CHN), Carlos Júlio (ANG)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Daisuke Narimatsu had claimed his Olympic spot with a box-off victory in the men's lightweight division at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China, while bantamweight boxer Arashi Morisaka secured an additional place on the Japanese roster with his quarterfinal triumph at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Arashi Morisaka	Men's bantamweight	Avagyan (ARM) L 1–2	Did not advance
Daisuke Narimatsu	Men's lightweight	Cabrera (VEN) W 2–1	Balderas (USA) L 0–3	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Slalom

Japanese canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and the 2016 Asian Championships.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takuya Haneda	Men's C-1	98.69	6	94.58	4	94.58	5 Q	98.84	6 Q	97.44
Shota Sasaki Tsubasa Sasaki	Men's C-2	122.04	10	119.04	10	119.04	12	Did not advance
Kazuki Yazawa	Men's K-1	92.23	9	98.08	16	92.23	14 Q	97.19	11	Did not advance
Aki Yazawa	Women's K-1	120.17	18	128.00	16	120.17	20	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Road

Japanese riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Asia Tour. One additional spot was awarded to the Japanese cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of her top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yukiya Arashiro	Men's road race	6:19:43	27
Kohei Uchima		Did not finish
Eri Yonamine	Women's road race	3:56:23	17
	Women's time trial	46:43.09	15

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Japanese riders have accumulated spots in the men's sprint and men's keirin, as well as both the men's and women's omnium, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events. The track cycling team was named to the Olympic roster on April 6, 2016.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Seiichiro Nakagawa	Men's sprint	10.241 70.305	25	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st Round	Repechage	2nd Round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Kazunari Watanabe	Men's keirin	5 R	4	Did not advance
Yuta Wakimoto		6 R	2	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Kazushige Kuboki	Men's omnium	13	18	4:39.889	18	6	4	34	1:05.498	15	12	13.587	13	10	1	12	81	14
Sakura Tsukagoshi	Women's omnium	17	8	3:46.842	16	10	17	8	35.625	6	30	14.638	15	12	0	14	68	16

Mountain biking

Japan has qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of his nation's twenty-third-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. London 2012 Olympian Kohei Yamamoto was named to the Olympic roster on June 9, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kohei Yamamoto	Men's cross-country	1:40:34	21

BMX

Japanese riders qualified for one men's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's thirteenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 31, 2016, signifying the nation's return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus. Japan's top-ranked BMX rider Yoshitaku Nagasako was named to the Olympic roster on June 9, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Yoshitaku Nagasako	Men's BMX	35.286	12	21	8	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japanese divers qualified for four individual spots at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series. Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) announced the Olympic diving team on April 11, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sho Sakai	Men's 3 m springboard	373.70	22	Did not advance
Ken Terauchi		380.85	20	Did not advance
Minami Itahashi	Women's 10 m platform	320.20	10 Q	335.55	8 Q	356.60	8

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has fielded a full squad of four equestrian riders each into the Olympic team jumping and dressage competition by obtaining a top finish each at the FEI qualification event for East Asia and Oceania in Hagen and Perl, Germany, respectively. Two eventing riders have been added to the squad by virtue of the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top finish from Asia & Oceania, and a top two finish from the combined group of Africa, Middle East, Asia, and Oceania.

Dressage

Japanese Olympic selection trials were held on June 1–2, 2016 in Hagen, Germany, after which the final team was named.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Kiichi Harada	Egistar	Individual	68.286	45	Did not advance
Yuko Kitai	Don Lorean		67.271	48	Did not advance
Akane Kuroki	Toots		66.900	50	Did not advance
Masanao Takahashi	Fabriano		62.986	58	Did not advance
Kiichi Harada Yuko Kitai Akane Kuroki Masanao Takahashi	See above	Team	67.486	11	Did not advance		—		67.486	11

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Ryuzo Kitajima	Just Chocolate	Individual	57.70	60	74.40	132.00	42	Withdrew			Did not advance
Yoshiaki Oiwa	The Duke of Cavan		47.00	29	18.00	65.00	17	4.00	69.00	20 Q	8.00	77.00	20	77.00	20

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Daisuke Fukushima	Cornet	Individual	47 #	=68TO	1	TO		Did not advance
Toshiki Masui	Taloubetdarco		16	=64TO	12	TO		Did not advance
Taizo Sugitani	Imothep		16	=64TO	12	TO		Did not advance
Reiko Takeda	Bardolino		4	=27 Q	1	5	=26 Q	Retired			Did not advance
Daisuke Fukushima Toshiki Masui Taizo Sugitani Reiko Takeda	See above	Team	36	14	14	—	13	Did not advance			—					14	13

"TO" indicates that the rider only qualified for the team competition. "#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Following the completion of the Grand Prix finals, Japan has entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Kazuyasu Minobe, Chika Aoki, London 2012 Olympian Nozomi Sato (née Nakano), and Beijing 2008 silver medalist and 2015 World men's foil champion Yuki Ota had claimed their Olympic spots as one of the two highest-ranked fencers coming from the Asian zone in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings. Kenta Tokunan and 2012 Olympian Shiho Nishioka rounded out the Japanese roster to six by virtue of a top three finish at the Asian Zonal Qualifier in Wuxi, China.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kazuyasu Minobe	Men's épée	Bye	Fichera (ITA) W 15–8	Avdeev (RUS) W 15–11	Grumier (FRA) L 8–15	Did not advance
Yuki Ota	Men's foil	Bye	Toldo (BRA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Kenta Tokunan	Men's sabre	—	Anstett (FRA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Nozomi Nakano	Women's épée	Terán (MEX) W 15–12	Logunova (RUS) W 15–14	Shemyakina (UKR) W 11–8	Szász (HUN) L 4–15	Did not advance
Shiho Nishioka	Women's foil	Bye	Nam H-h (KOR) W 15–12	Boubakri (TUN) L 10–15	Did not advance
Chika Aoki	Women's sabre	Grench (PAN) L 5–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan women's	Women's tournament	India D 2–2	Argentina L 0–4	United States L 1–6	Great Britain L 0–2	Australia L 0–2	5	Did not advance			10

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Japan women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved the next highest placement in the 2014–2015 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals, among the countries that have not qualified yet for the Games.

Team roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Yuji Nagai

1. Sakiyo Asano (GK)
2. Nagisa Hayashi
5. Miyuki Nakagawa (C)
6. Maki Sakaguchi
7. Aki Mitsuhashi
8. Ayaka Nishimura
9. Yuri Nagai
10. Mie Nakashima
11. Akane Shibata
13. Yukari Mano
14. Emi Nishikori
16. Mayumi Ono
22. Motomi Kawamura
30. Minami Shimizu
31. Hazuki Nagai
32. Hazuki Yuda

Reserves:

• Kano Nomura
• Yu Asai
• Ryoko Oie (GK)

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	5	5	0	0	12	4	+8	15	Quarter-finals
2	United States	5	4	0	1	14	5	+9	12
3	Australia	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	9
4	Argentina	5	2	0	3	12	6	+6	6
5	Japan	5	0	1	4	3	16	−13	1
6	India	5	0	1	4	3	19	−16	1

Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 11:00 Japan 2–2 India Nishikori  15' Nakashima  28' Report Rani  31' Minz  40' Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 20:30 Argentina 4–0 Japan Barrionuevo  13', 18' Rebecchi  48' Granatto  50' Report Umpires: Melissa Trivic (AUS) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 17:00 United States 6–1 Japan González  1' Bam  5', 52', 60' Reinprecht  29' Witmer  37' Report Nakashima  47' Umpires: Amber Church (NZL) Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 20:30 Japan 0–2 Great Britain Report Owsley  5' White  55' Umpires: Kylie Seymour (AUS) Elena Eskina (RUS)

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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 19:30 Australia 2–0 Japan Williams  17' Smith  55' Report Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Kelly Hudson (NZL)

Football

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	Nigeria L 4–5	Colombia D 2–2	Sweden W 1–0	3	Did not advance			10

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Japan men's football team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at and by progressing to the gold medal match of the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship in Qatar.

Team roster

The following is the Japan squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics. The team of 18 players was officially named on 1 July.

Head coach: Makoto Teguramori

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Masatoshi Kushibiki	(1993-01-29)29 January 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Kashima Antlers
2	2DF	Sei Muroya	(1994-04-05)5 April 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	FC Tokyo
3	3MF	Wataru Endō (c)	(1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Urawa Red Diamonds
4	2DF	Hiroki Fujiharu*	(1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 27)	0	0	Gamba Osaka
5	2DF	Naomichi Ueda	(1994-10-24)24 October 1994 (aged 21)	0	0	Kashima Antlers
6	2DF	Tsukasa Shiotani*	(1988-12-05)5 December 1988 (aged 27)	0	0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
7	3MF	Riki Harakawa	(1993-08-13)13 August 1993 (aged 22)	0	0	Kawasaki Frontale
8	3MF	Ryota Oshima	(1993-01-23)23 January 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Kawasaki Frontale
9	3MF	Shinya Yajima	(1994-01-18)18 January 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Fagiano Okayama
10	3MF	Shoya Nakajima	(1994-08-23)23 August 1994 (aged 21)	0	0	FC Tokyo
11	4FW	Musashi Suzuki	(1994-02-11)11 February 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Albirex Niigata
12	1GK	Kosuke Nakamura	(1995-02-27)27 February 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Kashiwa Reysol
13	4FW	Shinzo Koroki*	(1986-07-31)31 July 1986 (aged 30)	0	0	Urawa Red Diamonds
14	3MF	Yosuke Ideguchi	(1996-08-23)23 August 1996 (aged 19)	0	0	Gamba Osaka
15	2DF	Masashi Kamekawa	(1993-05-28)28 May 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Avispa Fukuoka
16	4FW	Takuma Asano	(1994-11-10)10 November 1994 (aged 21)	0	0	Arsenal
17	2DF	Takuya Iwanami	(1994-06-18)18 June 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Vissel Kobe
18	3MF	Takumi Minamino	(1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Red Bull Salzburg

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Nigeria	3	2	0	1	6	6	0	6	Quarter-finals
2	Colombia	3	1	2	0	6	4	+2	5
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
4	Sweden	3	0	1	2	2	4	−2	1

Source: Rio2016 & FIFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

4 August 2016 (2016-08-04)

22:00 (21:00 UTC–4)

Nigeria	5–4	Japan
Sadiq 6' Etebo 10', 42', 52' (pen.), 66'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Koroki 9' (pen.) Minamino 12' Asano 70' Suzuki 90+5'

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 29,996

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

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7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)

22:00 (21:00 UTC–4)

Japan	2–2	Colombia
Asano 67' Nakajima 74'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)	Gutiérrez 59' Fujiharu 65' (o.g.)

Arena da Amazônia, Manaus

Attendance: 26,603

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10)

19:00

Japan	1–0	Sweden
Yajima 65'	Report (Rio2016) Report (FIFA)

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Attendance: 17,821

Referee: Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Yuta Ikeda (world no. 93), Shingo Katayama (world no. 107), Haru Nomura (world no. 22) and Shiho Oyama (world no. 43) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Yuta Ikeda	Men's	74	69	69	69	281	−3	=21
Shingo Katayama		74	75	76	66	292	+8	54
Haru Nomura	Women's	69	69	72	65	275	−9	=4
Shiho Oyama		70	71	77	74	292	+8	42

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Japan fielded a full squad of five gymnasts in both the men's and women's artistic gymnastics events through a top eight finish each in the team all-around at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow. The men's and women's gymnastics squads, led by London 2012 individual all-around champion Kōhei Uchimura, were named to the Olympic roster at the conclusion of the All-Japan Championships (for men) and NHK Trophy (for women) in Tokyo on June 5, 2016.

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Ryōhei Katō	Team	15.033	14.800	13.996	14.933	15.500 Q	15.000	89.232	6 Q	15.466	14.933	—	15.000	15.500	15.066	—
Kenzō Shirai		15.333 Q	—		15.466 Q	—				16.133	—		15.633	—
Yūsuke Tanaka		15.233	13.366	14.733	—	14.666	—			—		14.933	—	15.900	15.166
Kōhei Uchimura		15.533 Q	14.966	14.700	15.533	15.466	14.300	90.498	2 Q	15.600	15.100	14.800	15.566	15.366	15.166
Koji Yamamuro		—	14.533	14.700	13.200	12.733	14.333	—		—	13.900	14.866	—
Total		46.099	44.299	44.133	45.932	44.832	43.999	269.294	4 Q	47.199	43.933	44.599	46.199	46.766	45.398	274.094

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Ryōhei Katō	All-around	15.266	14.900	14.566	15.058	14.900	13.900	88.590	11
	Parallel bars	—				15.233	—	15.233	7
Kenzō Shirai	Floor	15.366	—					15.366	4
	Vault	—			15.449	—		15.449
Kōhei Uchimura	All-around	15.766	14.900	14.733	15.566	15.600	15.800	92.365
	Floor	15.241	—					15.241	5

Women

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Sae Miyakawa	Team	14.966	—		13.266	—		15.066	—		13.908	—
Mai Murakami		14.700	14.166	13.833	14.566 Q	57.265	9 Q	14.833	—	13.833	14.466
Aiko Sugihara		14.300	14.400	14.133	14.033	56.866	16	—	14.600	14.300	14.100
Asuka Teramoto		14.800	14.900	13.666	13.700	57.066	12 Q	14.933	14.866	14.466	—
Yuki Uchiyama		—	14.800	13.733	—			—	15.000	—
Total		44.466	44.100	41.699	42.299	172.564	7 Q	44.832	44.466	42.599	42.474	174.371	4

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Mai Murakami	All-around	14.866	13.766	13.900	14.133	56.665	14
	Floor	—			14.533	14.533	7
Asuka Teramoto	All-around	15.100	14.566	14.266	14.033	57.965	8

Rhythmic

Japan has qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the individual and group all-around by finishing in the top 15 (for individual) and top 10 (for group) at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Kaho Minagawa	Individual	16.666	17.341	17.500	17.016	68.52	16	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		5 balls	3 clubs 2 hoops	Total	Rank	5 balls	3 clubs 2 hoops	Total	Rank
Airi Hatakeyama Rie Matsubara Sakura Noshitani Sayuri Sugimoto Kiko Yokota	Team	17.416	17.733	35.149	5 Q	16.550	17.650	34.200	8

Trampoline

Japan has qualified two gymnasts in the men's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the 2015 World Championships in Odense, Denmark. Meanwhile, an additional Olympic berth had been awarded to the Japanese female gymnast, who finished in the top six at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Masaki Ito	Men's	108.465	6 Q	58.800	6
Ginga Munetomo		108.190	7 Q	59.535	4
Rana Nakano	Women's	96.775	13	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has qualified a full squad of 14 judokas (seven men and seven women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games by virtue of their top 22 national finish for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of May 30, 2016. Twelve members of the judo team, highlighted by London 2012 champion Kaori Matsumoto and bronze medalist Masashi Ebinuma, were named to the Olympic roster at the All-Japan Championships on April 3, 2016, while the heavyweight judokas rounded out the selection at the end of IJF World Masters in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Naohisa Takato	−60 kg	Bye	Siccardi (MON) W 101–000	Petřikov (CZE) W 100–000	Papinashvili (GEO) L 000–100	Did not advance	Kim W-j (KOR) W 001–000	Safarov (AZE) W 000–000 S
Masashi Ebinuma	−66 kg	Bye	Chibana (BRA) W 101–000	Ma Db (CHN) W 111–000	Mateo (DOM) W 111–000	An B-u (KOR) L 000–001	Bye	Bouchard (CAN) W 101–000
Shohei Ono	−73 kg	Bye	Murillo (CRC) W 100–000	Scvortov (UAE) W 100–000	Shavdatuashvili (GEO) W 010–000	van Tichelt (BEL) W 111–000	Bye	Orujov (AZE) W 110–000
Takanori Nagase	−81 kg	Bye	Csoknyai (HUN) W 001–000	Kibikal (GAB) W 100–000	Toma (MDA) L 000–001	Did not advance	Valois-Fortier (CAN) W 100–000	Tchrikishvili (GEO) W 001–000
Mashu Baker	−90 kg	Bye	Odenthal (GER) W 100–000	Kukolj (SRB) W 100–000	Iddir (FRA) W 100–000	Cheng Xz (CHN) W 100–000	Bye	Liparteliani (GEO) W 001–000
Ryunosuke Haga	−100 kg	Bye	Borodavko (LAT) W 001–000	Buzacarini (BRA) W 000–000 S	Krpálek (CZE) L 000–000 S	Did not advance	Gviniashvili (GEO) W 000–000 S	Bloshenko (UKR) W 100–000
Hisayoshi Harasawa	+100 kg	—	Okruashvili (GEO) W 000–000 S	Kokauri (AZE) W 100–000	García (CUB) W 100–000	Tangriev (UZB) W 101–000	Bye	Riner (FRA) L 000–000 S

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ami Kondo	−48 kg	Bye	Carrillo (MEX) W 101–000	Galbadrakh (KAZ) W 100–010	Pareto (ARG) L 000–010	Bye	Mönkhbat (MGL) W 001–000
Misato Nakamura	−52 kg	Bye	Tsolmon (MGL) W 100–000	Kuziutina (RUS) W 100–000	Kelmendi (KOS) L 000–000 S	Bye	Miranda (BRA) W 001–000
Kaori Matsumoto	−57 kg	Bye	Dabonne (CIV) W 101–000	Pavia (FRA) W 010–000	Dorjsüren (MGL) L 000–100	Bye	Lien C-l (TPE) W 100–000
Miku Tashiro	−63 kg	Bye	Haecker (AUS) W 111–000	Unterwurzacher (AUT) W 001–000	Agbegnenou (FRA) L 000–000	Bye	Gerbi (ISR) L 000–011	5
Haruka Tachimoto	−70 kg	Zhou C (CHN) W 100–000	Polling (NED) W 002–001	Zupancic (CAN) W 010–000	Koch (GER) W 010–000	Bye	Alvear (COL) W 100–000
Mami Umeki	−78 kg	Bye	Joó (HUN) L 000–002	Did not advance
Kanae Yamabe	+78 kg	Bye	Pakenytė (LTU) W 100–000	Savelkouls (NED) W 101–000	Ortiz (CUB) L 000–001	Bye	Sayit (TUR) W 010–000

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has qualified a total of three modern pentathletes for the following events at the Games. Natsumi Tomonaga finished among the top five in the women's modern pentathlon, while Tomoya Miguchi and Shōhei Iwamoto received spare Olympic berths freed up by China and South Korea, as the highest-ranked eligible individuals, not yet qualified, in the men's event at the 2015 Asia & Oceania Championships.

Athlete	Event	Fencing (épée one touch)				Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Combined: shooting/running (10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)			Total points	Final rank
		RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points
Shōhei Iwamoto	Men's	9–26	0	36	154	2:08.65	33	315	0	1	300	11:54.59	30	586	1355	30
Tomoya Miguchi		20–15	0	11	220	2:02.62	12	333	19	20	281	12:02.88	31	578	1412	22
Natsumi Tomonaga	Women's	15–20	0	27	190	2:15.63	12	294	2	6	298	12:55.44	15	525	1307	13

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has qualified one boat each in the men's and women's lightweight double sculls, respectively, for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hiroshi Nakano Hideki Omoto	Men's lightweight double sculls	6:34.27	3 R	7:11.20	3 SC/D	7:30.64	3 FC	6:45.81	15
Ayami Oishi Chiaki Tomita	Women's lightweight double sculls	7:15.75	4 R	8:00.50	2 SA/B	7:46.41	6 FB	7:42.87	12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Japan men's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships in Hong Kong.

Team roster

The following is the Japan roster in the men's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Tomohiro Segawa

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points	Union
1	BK	Lomano Lemeki	(1989-01-20)20 January 1989 (aged 27)	14	221	Honda Heat
2	FW	Lote Tuqiri	(1987-11-12)12 November 1987 (aged 28)	20	125	Kubota Spears
3	FW	Yoshitaka Tokunaga	(1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 24)	3	5	Toshiba Brave Lupus
4	FW	Yusaku Kuwazuru (c)	(1985-10-23)23 October 1985 (aged 30)	31	45	Coca-Cola Red Sparks
5	FW	Kameli Soejima	(1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 33)	8	92	Genkai Tangaroa
6	FW	Masakatsu Hikosaka	(1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 25)	12	35	Toyota Verblitz
7	BK	Katsuyuki Sakai	(1988-09-07)7 September 1988 (aged 27)	23	424	Toyota Industries Shuttles
8	BK	Kazushi Hano	(1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 25)	13	45	NTT Communications Shining Arcs
9	BK	Shohei Toyoshima	(1989-01-09)9 January 1989 (aged 27)	11	105	Toshiba Brave Lupus
10	BK	Teruya Goto	(1991-12-18)18 December 1991 (aged 24)	4	15	NEC Green Rockets
11	BK	Kenki Fukuoka	(1992-09-07)7 September 1992 (aged 23)	2	10	Panasonic Wild Knights
12	BK	Kazuhiro Goya	(1993-04-21)21 April 1993 (aged 23)	12	53	Kubota Spears

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	0	73	45	+28	9	Quarter-finals
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	64	40	+24	7
3	New Zealand	3	1	0	2	59	40	+19	5
4	Kenya	3	0	0	3	19	90	−71	3

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

9 August 2016 12:30

New Zealand	12–14	Japan
Try: Curry 6' c A. Ioane 10' m Con: Kaka (1/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Goto 3' c Soejima 12' c Con: Lemeki (1/1) Sakai (1/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)

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9 August 2016 17:00

Great Britain	21–19	Japan
Try: Rodwell (2) 1' c, 2' c Watson 13' c Con: Mitchell (3/3)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Lemeki (2) 6' c, 14' m Sakai 11' c Con: Goya (1/1) Sakai (1/2)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)

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10 August 2016 12:00

Kenya	7–31	Japan
Try: Injera 4' c Con: Oliech (1/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Hano 1' c Lemeki (2) 7' c, 13' m Goya 9' m Penalty try 11' c Con: Goya (3/5)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Matthew O'Brien (Australia)

Quarterfinal

10 August 2016 17:30

Japan	12–7	France
Try: Tuqiri 8' m Goto 7' c Con: Sakai (1/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Cler 4' c Con: Bouhraoua (1/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Semifinal

11 August 2016 14:30

Fiji	20–5	Japan
Try: Ravouvou 1' m Tuisova 6' m Kunatani 9' m Tuwai 10' m Con: Ravouvou (0/3) Kolinisau (0/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Goto 4' m Con: Lemeki (0/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Mike Adamson (Great Britain)

Bronze medal match

11 August 2016 18:30

Japan	14–54	South Africa
Try: Kuwazuru 8' c Goya 11' c Con: Goya (2/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: De Jongh 1' c Speckman (3) 3' c, 10' c, 19' c Afrika (2) 12' c, 15' c Geduld 17' m Kolbe 20' c Con: Afrika (5/6) Geduld (2/2)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)

Women's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Japan women's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 ARFU Women's Sevens Championships in Hong Kong and Japan.

Team roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's rugby sevens tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Keiko Asami

Backs		Forwards
1	Chiharu Nakamura (c)	3	Noriko Taniguchi
7	Marie Yamaguchi	4	Mio Yamanaka
9	Mifuyu Koide	5	Ayaka Suzuki
10	Yume Okuroda	6	Ano Kuwai
11	Yuka Kanematsu	8	Chisato Yokoo
2	Makiko Tomita	12	Kana Mitsugi
		13	Aya Takeuchi

• Reserve Aya Takeuchi was added to the main squad after day 1 after Tomita suffered an injury.

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	3	0	0	91	3	+88	9	Quarter-finals
2	Canada	3	2	0	1	83	22	+61	7
3	Brazil (H)	3	1	0	2	29	77	−48	5
4	Japan	3	0	0	3	10	111	−101	3

Source: World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

6 August 2016 12:30

Canada	45–0	Japan
Try: Landry (2) 1' c, 6' c Moleschi 3' c Farella (2) 4' m, 9' m Benn 13' c Watcham-Roy 14' c Con: Landry (3/4) Russell (2/3)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: James Bolabiu (Fiji)

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6 August 2016 17:00

Great Britain	40–0	Japan
Try: Wilson-Hardy 1' c Richardson 4' c Watmore 6' c McLean 7' m Scott 10' c Fisher 16' c Con: Richardson (3/3) McLean (0/1) Scott (2/2)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa)

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7 August 2016 12:00

Brazil	26–10	Japan
Try: Ishibashi 2' m Muhlbauer (2) 10' c, 14' c Araújo 12' c Con: Kochhann (2/3) Balconi (1/1)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Kuwai 7' m Yamaguchi 8' m Con: Okuroda (0/2)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Gabriel Lee (Hong Kong)

Classification semifinal (9–12)

7 August 2016 16:30

Kenya	0–24	Japan
	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Yamaguchi (2) 2' m, 6' c Kuwai 8' m Kanematsu 13' c Con: Okuroda (1/2) Yamanaka (1/2)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Aimee Barrett (South Africa)

Ninth place match

8 August 2016 13:00

Brazil	33–5	Japan
Try: Muhlbauer 5' c Campos 7' m Ishibashi 8' c Scatrut 9' c Cerullo 13' c Con: Kochhann (4/5)	Report (Rio 2016) Report (World Rugby)	Try: Okuroda 3' m Con: Okuroda (0/1)

Deodoro Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referee: Alhambra Nievas (Spain)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japanese sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and Asian qualifying regattas.

A total of eleven Japanese sailors were officially named to the Olympic team on July 1, 2016, with windsurfer Makoto Tomizawa and skiff yachtsman Yukio Makino racing through the Rio regatta at their third straight Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Makoto Tomizawa	RS:X	10	8	18	19	13	22	7	14	18	15	14	2	EL	138	15
Kazuto Doi Kimihiko Imamura	470	15	21	16	16	15	16	22	12	7	17	—		EL	135	17
Yukio Makino Kenji Takahashi	49er	3	15	17	8	8	2	20	12	17	15	16	20	EL	132	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Megumi Iseda	RS:X	23	22	19	22	15	14	27	13	19	13	18	20	EL	198	20
Manami Doi	Laser Radial	21	14	18	24	24	23	2	1	15	21	—		EL	139	20
Ai Kondo Miho Yoshioka	470	1	4	3	7	19	9	12	4	11	1	—		14	66	5
Keiko Miyagawa Sena Takano	49erFX	UFD	15	20	19	18	20	20	19	UFD	19	19	20	EL	210	20

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japanese shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, World Shotgun Championships, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.

In December 2015, the Japanese Olympic Committee had officially announced the names of three shooters to compete at the Games. The remaining Japanese shooters (Akiyama, Ishihara, Mori, Okada, and Sato) had claimed their Olympic spots at the Asian Qualification Tournament in New Delhi, India to round out the team selection.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Teruyoshi Akiyama	25 m rapid fire pistol	564	22	Did not advance
Tomoyuki Matsuda	10 m air pistol	576	22	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	550	19	Did not advance
Eita Mori	25 m rapid fire pistol	570	19	Did not advance
Naoya Okada	10 m air rifle	622.6	20	Did not advance
Toshikazu Yamashita	10 m air rifle	619.5	36	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	617.4	41	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1169	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Naoko Ishihara	Skeet	62	18	Did not advance
Yukie Nakayama	Trap	61	20	Did not advance
Akiko Sato	10 m air pistol	369	42	—		Did not advance
	25 m pistol	565	34	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japanese swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): They must finish in the top two of each individual pool event under both the federation's required standard and an Olympic Qualifying Time at the 2016 Japan Open Swim Trials (April 4 to 10 in Tokyo) to assure their selection to the Olympic team.

A total of 34 swimmers (17 per gender) had been selected to the Japanese roster for the Olympics, the second largest in history. Among them were London 2012 medalists Kosuke Hagino and Ryosuke Irie, 2015 World champions Daiya Seto, Natsumi Hoshi and Kanako Watanabe, Olympic veterans Takeshi Matsuda and Takuro Fujii, and rising teen Rikako Ikee.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Naito Ehara	400 m freestyle	3:50.61	31	—		Did not advance
Takuro Fujii	100 m butterfly	52.36	20	Did not advance
Hiromasa Fujimori	200 m individual medley	1:58.88	7 Q	1:58.20	7 Q	1:57.21	4
Kosuke Hagino	200 m freestyle	1:46.19	7 Q	1:45.45	2 Q	1:45.90	7
	200 m individual medley	1:58.79	6 Q	1:57.38	4 Q	1:56.61
	400 m individual medley	4:10.00	3 Q	—		4:06.05
Junya Hasegawa	100 m backstroke	54.17	19	Did not advance
Yasunari Hirai	10 km open water	—				1:53:04.6	8
Ryosuke Irie	100 m backstroke	53.49	8 Q	53.21	7 Q	53.42	7
	200 m backstroke	1:56.61	8 Q	1:56.31	7 Q	1:56.36	8
Masaki Kaneko	200 m backstroke	1:57.19	13 Q	1:56.78	11	Did not advance
Yasuhiro Koseki	100 m breaststroke	58.91	2 Q	59.23	4 Q	59.37	6
	200 m breaststroke	2:08.61	2 Q	2:07.91	4 Q	2:07.80	5
Katsumi Nakamura	50 m freestyle	22.13	18	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.61	17	Did not advance
Masato Sakai	200 m butterfly	1:55.76	6 Q	1:55.32	6 Q	1:53.40
Daiya Seto	200 m butterfly	1:55.79	8 Q	1:55.28	5 Q	1:54.82	5
	400 m individual medley	4:08.47	2 Q	—		4:09.71
Shinri Shioura	50 m freestyle	22.01	=14 Q	22.18	16	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	48.94	27	Did not advance
Ippei Watanabe	100 m breaststroke	1:00.33	18	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:09.63	8 Q	2:07.22 OR	1 Q	2:07.87	6
Kenji Kobase Junya Koga Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:14.17 NR	8 Q	—		3:14.48	8
Naito Ehara Kosuke Hagino Yuki Kobori Takeshi Matsuda	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:07.68	5 Q	—		7:03.50
Takuro Fujii Ryosuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Katsumi Nakamura* Shinri Shioura	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:32.33	3 Q	—		3:31.97	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Suzuka Hasegawa	200 m butterfly	2:07.35	6 Q	2:07.33	9	Did not advance
Natsumi Hoshi	100 m butterfly	58.15	14 Q	58.03	10	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:07.37	7 Q	2:06.74	4 Q	2:05.20
Chihiro Igarashi	200 m freestyle	1:57.88	17	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:07.52	12	—		Did not advance
Rikako Ikee	50 m freestyle	25.45	36	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.50	=16 Q	54.31	12	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:58.49	21	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.27	7 Q	57.05	3 Q	56.86	5
Runa Imai	200 m individual medley	2:11.78	11 Q	2:12.53	15	Did not advance
Rie Kaneto	200 m breaststroke	2:22.86	2 Q	2:22.11	2 Q	2:20.30
Yumi Kida	10 km open water	—				1:57:35.2	12
Yayoi Matsumoto	50 m freestyle	25.73	43	Did not advance
Natsumi Sakai	100 m backstroke	1:01.74	26	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:13.99	26	Did not advance
Sakiko Shimizu	400 m individual medley	4:34.66	7 Q	—		4:38.06	8
Satomi Suzuki	100 m breaststroke	1:06.99	13 Q	1:07.18	12	Did not advance
Miho Takahashi	400 m individual medley	4:37.33	=10	—		Did not advance
Miho Teramura	200 m individual medley	2:10.34	5 Q	2:11.03	9	Did not advance
Miki Uchida	100 m freestyle	54.50	=16 Q	54.39	14	Did not advance
Kanako Watanabe	100 m breaststroke	1:07.22	16 Q	1:07.43	15	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:24.77	13 Q	2:25.10	14	Did not advance
Rikako Ikee Yayoi Matsumoto Miki Uchida Misaki Yamaguchi	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:36.74 NR	7 Q	—		3:37.78	8
Tomomi Aoki Chihiro Igarashi Rikako Ikee Sachi Mochida	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:52.50	7 Q	—		7:56.76	8
Rikako Ikee Natsumi Sakai Miki Uchida Kanako Watanabe	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.82	10	—		Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has fielded a squad of nine synchronized swimmers to compete in both the women's team and duet routine by virtue of their second-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Yukiko Inui Risako Mitsui	Duet	93.1214	4	94.4000	187.5214	3 Q	94.9333	188.0547
Aika Hakoyama Aiko Hayashi Yukiko Inui Kei Marumo Risako Mitsui Kanami Nakamaki Mai Nakamura Kano Omata Kurumi Yoshida	Team	93.7723	3	—			95.4333	189.2056

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has fielded a team of six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Jun Mizutani, Koki Niwa, and London 2012 silver medalists Ai Fukuhara and Kasumi Ishikawa were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players each in their respective singles events based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.

Maharu Yoshimura and Mima Ito were each awarded the third spot to build the men's and women's teams for the Games by virtue of a top 10 national finish in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jun Mizutani	Singles	Bye			Gionis (GRE) W 4–1	Calderano (BRA) W 4–2	Freitas (POR) W 4–2	Ma L (CHN) L 2–4	Samsonov (BLR) W 4–1
Koki Niwa		Bye		Toriola (NGR) W 4–2	Fegerl (AUT) W 4–1	Wong C T (HKG) W 4–3	Zhang Jk (CHN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa Maharu Yoshimura	Team	—				Poland (POL) W 3–2	Hong Kong (HKG) W 3–1	Germany (GER) W 3–1	China (CHN) L 1–3

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ai Fukuhara	Singles	Bye			Dodean (ROU) W 4–0	Ri M-s (PRK) W 4–0	Feng Tw (SIN) W 4–0	Li Xx (CHN) L 0–4	Kim S-i (PRK) L 1–4	4
Kasumi Ishikawa		Bye			Kim S-i (PRK) L 3–4	Did not advance
Ai Fukuhara Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito	Team	—				Poland (POL) W 3–0	Austria (AUT) W 3–0	Germany (GER) L 2–3	Singapore (SIN) W 3–1

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympian Mayu Hamada qualified automatically for the women's lightweight category (57 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mayu Hamada	Women's −57 kg	Ben Ali (TUN) W 9–0	Malak (EGY) L 0–3 SUD	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Asia's tennis star and London 2012 quarterfinalist Kei Nishikori (world no. 6), along with Misaki Doi (world no. 48) and Nao Hibino (world no. 69), qualified directly among the top 56 eligible players for their respective singles events based on the ATP and WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016. Having been directly entered to the singles, Doi also opted to play with her rookie partner Eri Hozumi in the women's doubles. Following the withdrawal of several tennis players from the Games, Yūichi Sugita (world no. 106) and Taro Daniel (world no. 108) received a spare ITF Olympic places to join Nishikori in the men's singles.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Taro Daniel	Men's singles	Sock (USA) W 6–4, 6–4	Edmund (GBR) W 6–4, 7–5	del Potro (ARG) L 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 2–6	Did not advance
Kei Nishikori		Ramos (ESP) W 6–2, 6–4	Millman (AUS) W 7–6(7–4), 6–4	Martin (SVK) W 6–2, 6–2	Monfils (FRA) W 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–6(8–6)	Murray (GBR) L 1–6, 4–6	Nadal (ESP) W 6–2, 6–7(1–7), 6–3
Yūichi Sugita		Baker (USA) W 5–7, 7–5, 6–4	Simon (FRA) L 6–7(3–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Misaki Doi	Women's singles	Shvedova (KAZ) W 6–3, 6–4	Stosur (AUS) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Nao Hibino		Begu (ROU) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Muguruza (ESP) L 1–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Misaki Doi Eri Hozumi	Women's doubles	—	Garcia / Mladenovic (FRA) W 6–0, 0–6, 6–4	Kasatkina / Kuznetsova (RUS) L 4–6, 6–1, 1–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has qualified a total of four triathletes for the following events at the Games. Incoming four-time Olympian Hirokatsu Tayama and Ai Ueda secured their Olympic spots in the men's and women's triathlon, respectively, as a result of their gold medal triumph at the 2016 Asian Championships in Hatsukaichi. Meanwhile, Ueda's teammates Yurie Kato and 2010 Youth Olympic gold medalist Yuka Sato were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the women's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Hirokatsu Tayama	Men's	17:34	0:47	Lapped
Yurie Kato	Women's	20:06	0:56	1:07:13	0:42	35:53	2:07:50	46
Yuka Sato		19:08	0:58	1:01:24	0:38	37:53	2:00:01	15
Ai Ueda		21:10	0:57	1:04:50	0:37	36:03	2:03:37	39

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Indoor

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Japan women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by picking up the continental spot as the highest-ranked Asian team at the first meet of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tokyo.

Team roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Masayoshi Manabe

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2015–16 club
1	Miyu Nagaoka	25 July 1991	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	298 cm (117 in)	Hisamitsu Springs
2	Haruka Miyashita	1 September 1994	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	61 kg (134 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	272 cm (107 in)	Okayama Seagulls
3	Saori Kimura (C)	19 August 1986	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	293 cm (115 in)	Toray Arrows
5	Arisa Satō (L)	18 July 1989	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)	52 kg (115 lb)	275 cm (108 in)	266 cm (105 in)	Hitachi Rivale
6	Yurie Nabeya	15 December 1993	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Denso Airybees
7	Mai Yamaguchi	3 July 1983	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	292 cm (115 in)	Okayama Seagulls
9	Haruyo Shimamura	4 March 1992	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	299 cm (118 in)	290 cm (110 in)	NEC Red Rockets
11	Erika Araki	3 August 1984	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	304 cm (120 in)	301 cm (119 in)	Toyota Queenseis
12	Yuki Ishii	8 May 1991	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	302 cm (119 in)	286 cm (113 in)	Hisamitsu Springs
16	Saori Sakoda	18 December 1987	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	279 cm (110 in)	Toray Arrows
18	Kotoki Zayasu	11 January 1990	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	57 kg (126 lb)	270 cm (110 in)	255 cm (100 in)	Hisamitsu Springs
20	Kanami Tashiro	25 March 1991	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	283 cm (111 in)	273 cm (107 in)	Toray Arrows

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	5	5	0	15	15	0	MAX	377	272	1.386	Quarter-finals
2	Russia	5	4	1	12	12	4	3.000	393	323	1.217
3	South Korea	5	3	2	9	10	7	1.429	384	372	1.032
4	Japan	5	2	3	6	7	9	0.778	347	364	0.953
5	Argentina	5	1	4	2	3	14	0.214	319	407	0.784
6	Cameroon	5	0	5	1	2	15	0.133	328	410	0.800

Source: FIVB
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host

6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 09:30	Japan	1–3	South Korea	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,760 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Patricia Rolf (USA)
	(25–19, 15–25, 17–25, 21–25) Result Statistics

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8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 11:35	Japan	3–0	Cameroon	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,400 Referees: Rogerio Espicalsky (BRA), Hernán Casamiquela (ARG)
	(25–20, 25–15, 25–17) Result Statistics

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10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 22:35	Brazil	3–0	Japan	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 8,759 Referees: Susana Rodríguez (ESP), Luís Macias (MEX)
	(25–18, 25–18, 25–22) Result Statistics

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12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 20:30	Russia	3–0	Japan	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,448 Referees: Mohammad Shahmiri (IRI), Heike Kraft (GER)
	(25–14, 30–28, 25–18) Result Statistics

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14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 20:30	Japan	3–0	Argentina	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 5,939 Referees: Denny Cespedes (DOM), Fabrizio Pasquali (ITA)
	(25–23, 25–16, 26–24) Result Statistics

Quarterfinal

16 August 2016 (2016-08-16) 14:00	Japan	0–3	United States	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho, Rio de Janeiro Attendance: 7,226 Referees: Paulo Turci (BRA), Heike Kraft (GER)
	(16–25, 23–25, 22–25) Result Statistics

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• FT – After full time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	Greece L 7–8	Australia L 8–16	Brazil L 6–8	Hungary L 7–17	Serbia L 8–12	6	Did not advance			12

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Japan men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing a lone outright berth at the Asian Championships in Foshan, China, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the men's tournament for the first time since 1984.

Team roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the men's water polo tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Yoji Omoto

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Date of birth	2016 club
1	Katsuyuki Tanamura	GK	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	3 August 1989	Bourbon WP Club
2	Seiya Adachi	D	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	24 June 1995	Nippon Sport
3	Atsushi Arai	D	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	3 February 1994	Nippon Sport
4	Mitsuaki Shiga	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	16 September 1991	All-Nittaidai
5	Akira Yanase	CF	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	95 kg (209 lb)	11 August 1988	All-Nittaidai
6	Atsuto Iida	CB	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	24 December 1993	Nippon Sport
7	Yusuke Shimizu (c)	CF	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	7 September 1988	Bourbon WP Club
8	Yuki Kadono	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	14 September 1990	All-Nittaidai
9	Koji Takei	D	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	78 kg (172 lb)	30 July 1990	All-Nittaidai
10	Kenya Yasuda	CB	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	29 March 1989	Bourbon WP Club
11	Keigo Okawa	CB	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	11 March 1990	All-Nittaidai
12	Shota Hazui	D	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	77 kg (170 lb)	30 September 1986	Bourbon WP Club
13	Tomoyoshi Fukushima	GK	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	3 June 1993	Nippon Sport

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	5	2	3	0	57	43	+14	7	Quarter-finals
2	Greece	5	2	2	1	41	40	+1	6
3	Brazil (H)	5	3	0	2	40	39	+1	6
4	Serbia	5	2	2	1	49	44	+5	6
5	Australia	5	2	1	2	44	40	+4	5
6	Japan	5	0	0	5	36	61	−25	0

Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Hosts

6 August 2016 13:00	Report	Greece	8–7	Japan	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Sergey Naumov (RUS), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE)
		Score by quarters: 2–2, 2–1, 0–4, 4–0
		Vlachopoulos 3	Goals	three players 2

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8 August 2016 19:30	Report	Japan	8–16	Brazil	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Francesc Buch (ESP)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 1–3, 4–4, 1–4
		three players 2	Goals	Vrlić 5

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10 August 2016 09:00	Report	Australia	8–6	Japan	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Francesc Buch (ESP), Joseph Peila (USA)
		Score by quarters: 1–2, 2–1, 3–2, 2–1
		Kayes 4	Goals	Okawa, Takei 2

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12 August 2016 09:00	Report	Hungary	17–7	Japan	Maria Lenk Aquatic Center, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Stanko Ivanovski (MNE), Masoud Rezvani (IRI)
		Score by quarters: 5–1, 6–2, 2–2, 4–2
		Kis 5	Goals	Takei 3

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14 August 2016 19:30	Report	Serbia	12–8	Japan	Olympic Aquatics Stadium, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Nenad Peris (CRO), Benjamin Mercier (FRA)
		Score by quarters: 2–5, 3–0, 4–2, 3–1
		Filipović 6	Goals	Takei 5

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japanese weightlifters have qualified three men's and four women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by June 20, 2016.

The weightlifting team was named to the Olympic roster on May 28, 2016, with London 2012 silver medalist Hiromi Miyake remarkably going to her fourth straight Games. Two further places were added to the Japanese weightlifting squad, as a response to Azerbaijan's omission from the ranking list published at the World Championships, due to "multiple positive cases" of doping on the nation's weightlifters.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hiroaki Takao	−56 kg	111	12	138	11	249	11
Yōichi Itokazu	−62 kg	133	4	169	4	302	4
Yōsuke Nakayama		121	11	145	12	266	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hiromi Miyake	−48 kg	81	8	107	3	188
Kanae Yagi	−53 kg	81	6	105	6	186	6
Mikiko Ando	−58 kg	94	7	124	4	218	5
Namika Matsumoto	−63 kg	90	10	115	9	205	9

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Japan has qualified a total of ten wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Majority of Olympic berths were awarded to Japanese female wrestlers, who finished among the top six at the 2015 World Championships, while five more had booked their Olympic spots by progressing to the top two finals at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• VB – Victory by injury.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rei Higuchi	−57 kg	Yang K-i (PRK) W 4–1 SP	Lachinau (BLR) W 4–0 ST	Bonne (CUB) W 3–1 PP	Rahimi (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Khinchegashvili (GEO) L 1–3 PP
Sosuke Takatani	−74 kg	Ilyasov (AUS) W 5–0 VB	Khadjiev (FRA) W 3–1 PP	Usserbayev (KAZ) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance				7

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shinobu Ota	−59 kg	Sourian (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Kebispayev (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	Berge (NOR) W 3–0 PO	Bayramov (AZE) W 5–0 VT	Bye		Borrero (CUB) L 0–4 ST
Tomohiro Inoue	−66 kg	Bye	Štefanek (SRB) L 0–4 ST	Did not advance		Bye	Stäbler (GER) W 3–1 PP	Bolkvadze (GEO) L 0–3 PO	5

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Eri Tosaka	−48 kg	Bye	Eshimova (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	Augello (USA) W 3–1 PP	Sun Yn (CHN) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Stadnik (AZE) W 3–1 PP
Saori Yoshida	−53 kg	Bye	Synyshyn (AZE) W 3–0 PO	Sambou (SEN) W 3–0 PO	Argüello (VEN) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Maroulis (USA) L 1–3 PP
Kaori Icho	−58 kg	Bye	Amri (TUN) W 4–0 ST	Yeşilırmak (TUR) W 3–1 PP	Ratkevich (AZE) W 4–0 ST	Bye		Koblova (RUS) W 3–1 PP
Risako Kawai	−63 kg	Bye	Michalik (POL) W 3–0 PO	Grigorjeva (LAT) W 3–0 PO	Trazhukova (RUS) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Mamashuk (BLR) W 3–0 PO
Sara Dosho	−69 kg	Stadnyk (UKR) W 3–1 PP	Tosun (TUR) W 4–0 ST	Yeats (CAN) W 3–1 PP	Fransson (SWE) W 3–1 PP	Bye		Vorobieva (RUS) W 3–1 PP
Rio Watari	−75 kg	Bye	Ferreira (BRA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					14

See also

• Japan at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

External links

• Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)