Japan_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics

Japan	77–88	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 14–30, 28–21, 21–19
Pts: Hachimura 20 Rebs: Watanabe 8 Asts: Baba, Tanaka 5		Pts: Rubio 20 Rebs: Claver 9 Asts: Rubio 9

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Rabah Noujaim (LIB)

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
13:40
v

Slovenia	116–81	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 29–23, 24–18, 27–23, 36–17
Pts: Dončić 25 Rebs: Tobey 11 Asts: Dončić 7		Pts: Hachimura 34 Rebs: Hachimura , Watanabe 7 Asts: Hachimura , Tanaka 3

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Michael Weiland (CAN), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

1 August 2021 (2021-08-01)
13:40
v

Argentina	97–77	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 20–22, 19–15, 32–24
Pts: Scola 23 Rebs: Scola 10 Asts: Campazzo 11		Pts: Baba 18 Rebs: Hachimura 11 Asts: three players 3

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Roberto Vázquez (PUR), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Michael Weiland (CAN)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Japan women's basketball team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The roster was announced on 1 July 2021.^[19]

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Japan women's national basketball team – 2020 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height	Club
PF	0	Moeko Nagaoka	27 – (1993-12-29)29 December 1993	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Toyota Antelopes
C	8	Maki Takada	31 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Denso Iris
SG	12	Naho Miyoshi	27 – (1993-12-21)21 December 1993	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	Toyota Antelopes
PG	13	Rui Machida	28 – (1993-03-08)8 March 1993	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	Fujitsu Red Wave
PG	15	Nako Motohashi	27 – (1993-10-10)10 October 1993	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	Haneda Vickies
SG	20	Nanaka Todo	20 – (2000-11-29)29 November 2000	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits
SG	27	Saki Hayashi	26 – (1995-03-16)16 March 1995	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	JX-Eneos Sunflowers
PF	30	Evelyn Mawuli	26 – (1995-06-02)2 June 1995	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Toyota Antelopes
PG	32	Saori Miyazaki	25 – (1995-08-27)27 August 1995	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	JX-Eneos Sunflowers
PF	52	Yuki Miyazawa	28 – (1993-06-02)2 June 1993	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	Fujitsu Red Wave
SF	88	Himawari Akaho	22 – (1998-08-28)28 August 1998	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	Denso Iris
PF	99	Monica Okoye	22 – (1999-02-07)7 February 1999	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Fujitsu Red Wave

Head coach

Tom Hovasse^[20]

Assistant coach(es)

Toru Ontsuka

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 26 July 2021

Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	260	223	+37	6	Quarterfinals
2	Japan (H)	3	2	1	245	239	+6	5
3	France	3	1	2	239	229	+10	4
4	Nigeria	3	0	3	217	270	−53	3

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

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
10:00
v

Japan	74–70	France
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 21–19, 18–13, 22–21
Pts: Hayashi 12 Rebs: Akaho 9 Asts: Machida 11		Pts: Gruda 18 Rebs: Gruda 9 Asts: Johannès 4

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), James Boyer (AUS), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
13:40
v

United States	86–69	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 28–30, 21–10, 16–13, 21–16
Pts: Wilson 20 Rebs: Stewart 13 Asts: Bird, Stewart 6		Pts: Takada 15 Rebs: Akaho 8 Asts: Machida 11

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Yener Yılmaz (TUR), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Gizella Györgyi (NOR)

2 August 2021 (2021-08-02)
10:00
v

Nigeria	83–102	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 16–21, 19–33, 26–18
Pts: Macaulay 18 Rebs: Chidom, Elonu 7 Asts: Nyingifa 8		Pts: Hayashi 23 Rebs: Akaho 7 Asts: Machida 15

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Juan Fernández (ARG), Andreia Silva (BRA), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

Quarterfinal

4 August 2021 (2021-08-04)
17:20
v

Japan	86–85	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 22–26, 20–26, 25–17
Pts: Miyazawa 21 Rebs: Akaho 7 Asts: Machida 14		Pts: Meesseman 25 Rebs: Meesseman 11 Asts: Allemand 8

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Yu Jung (TPE), Amy Bonner (USA), James Boyer (AUS)

Semifinal

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)
20:00
v

Japan	87–71	France
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 27–12, 27–16, 19–21
Pts: Akaho 17 Rebs: Akaho, Miyazawa 7 Asts: Machida 18		Pts: Gruda 18 Rebs: Williams 8 Asts: Williams 7

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Luis Castillo (ESP), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

Final

8 August 2021 (2021-08-08)
11:30
v

United States	90–75	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 23–14, 27–25, 25–17, 15–19
Pts: Griner 30 Rebs: Stewart 14 Asts: Taurasi 8		Pts: Takada 17 Rebs: Okoye 8 Asts: Machida 6

Saitama Super Arena, Saitama
Referees: Manuel Mazzoni (ITA), Andreia Silva (BRA), Maripier Malo (CAN)

3×3 basketball

Summary

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Team	Event	Group stage								Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	GM / BM	Rank
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's 3×3	Men's 3×3 tournament	Poland L 19–20	Belgium W 18–16	Netherlands L 20–21	Latvia L 18–21	Serbia L 11–21	ROC L 16–19	China W 21–16	6	Latvia L 18–21	Did not advance		6
Japan women's 3×3	Women's 3×3 tournament	ROC L18–21	Romania W 20–8	Mongolia W 19–10	France W 19–15	China L 12–15	Italy W 22–10	United States W 20–18	4	France L 14–16	Did not advance		5

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 3x3 tournament

Japan men's basketball 3x3 team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The players were announced on 3 July 2021.^[21]

Ira Brown
Tomoya Ochiai
Keisei Tominaga
Ryuto Yasuoka

Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	Serbia	7	7	0	138	91	+47	Semifinals
2	Belgium	7	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	126	127	−1	Semifinals
3	Latvia	7	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	133	129	+4	Quarterfinals
4	Netherlands	7	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	3	132	129	+3
5	ROC	7	3	4	116	125	−9
6	Japan (H)	7	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5	123	134	−11
7	Poland	7	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5	120	130	−10
8	China	7	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}	5	119	142	−23

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

Belgium 2–0, Latvia 1–1, Netherlands 0–2
Japan 1–1, 123 PS; Poland 1–1, 120 PS; China 1–1, 119 PS

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
19:05
v

Japan	19–20 (OT)	Poland
Pts: Brown, Tominaga 7		Pts: Pawłowski, Zamojski 7

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
22:25
v

Belgium	16–18 (OT)	Japan
Pts: Bogaerts 5		Pts: Yasuoka 7

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Vlad Ghizdareanu (ROU), Su Yu-yen (TPE)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
19:05
v

Japan	20–21	Netherlands
Pts: Tominaga 10		Pts: Bekkering, Slagter 6

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
22:25
v

Latvia	21–18	Japan
Pts: Lasmanis 7		Pts: Tominaga 9

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
12:00
v

Serbia	21–11	Japan
Pts: Domović Bulut 7		Pts: Yasuoka 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Glenn Tuitt (USA)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
15:00
v

Japan	16–19	ROC
Pts: Brown 7		Pts: Pisklov 7

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Glenn Tuitt (USA), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
15:05
v

China	16–21	Japan
Pts: Gao 8		Pts: Tominaga, Yasuoka 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Markos Michaelides (SUI), Jasmina Juras (SRB)

Quarter-finals

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
22:20
v

Latvia	21–18	Japan
Pts: Krūmiņš 9		Pts: Tominaga 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Jasmina Juras (SRB), Marek Maliszewski (POL)

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's 3x3 tournament

Japan women's national 3x3 team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top three finish at the 2021 Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[22]

Team roster

The players were announced on 3 July 2021.^[21]

Stephanie Mawuli
Risa Nishioka
Mio Shinozaki
Mai Yamamoto

Group play

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Qualification
1	United States	7	6	1	136	98	+38	Semifinals
2	ROC	7	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2	129	90	+39	Semifinals
3	China	7	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2	127	97	+30	Quarterfinals
4	Japan (H)	7	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}	2	130	97	+33
5	France	7	4	3	118	116	+2
6	Italy	7	2	5	98	125	−27
7	Romania	7	1	6	89	142	−53
8	Mongolia	7	0	7	79	141	−62

Source: TOCOG and FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head record; 3) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

ROC 2–0, China 1–1, Japan 0–2

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
10:15
v

ROC	21–18	Japan
Pts: O. Frolkina 7		Pts: Shinozaki 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Edmond Ho (HKG), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
14:25
v

Romania	8–20	Japan
Pts: Ursu-Kim 3		Pts: Mawuli 9

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Sara El-Sharnouby (EGY), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
10:15
v

Japan	19–10	Mongolia
Pts: Mawuli, Yamamoto 6		Pts: Chimeddolgor, Solongo 3

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Shi Qirong (CHN), Markos Michaelides (SUI)

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
17:55
v

Japan	19–15	France
Pts: three players 5		Pts: Paget 6

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
10:15
v

Japan	12–15	China
Pts: Mawuli 5		Pts: Wang L. 5

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Marek Maliszewski (POL), Vanessa Devlin (AUS)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
14:25
v

Italy	10–22	Japan
Pts: Consolini 4		Pts: Mawuli 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Cecília Tóth (HUN), Su Yu-yen (TPE)

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
13:30
v

United States	18–20	Japan
Pts: Dolson 7		Pts: Yamamoto 8

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Shi Qirong (CHN)

Quarterfinal

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
21:50
v

Japan	14–16	France
Pts: Shinozaki 7		Pts: Paget 5

Aomi Urban Sports Park, Tokyo
Referees: Evgeny Ostrovskiy (RUS), Cecília Tóth (HUN)

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered six boxers (four men and two women) into the Olympic tournament. Sewon Okazawa (men's welterweight), 2018 world bronze medalist Tsukimi Namiki (women's flyweight), and Sena Irie (women's featherweight) secured the spots on the host nation's squad in their respective weight divisions, either by advancing to the semifinal match or by scoring a box-off triumph, at the 2020 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Amman, Jordan.^[23]^[24] Three more boxers were officially selected by the Japanese Olympic Committee and the Japanese Boxing Federation to take up the host nation places for the Games, including Rio 2016 Olympian Daisuke Narimatsu in the men's lightweight division.^[25]

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Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ryomei Tanaka	Men's flyweight	Finol (VEN) W 5–0	Hu Jg (CHN) W 3–1	Martinez (COL) W 4–1	Paalam (PHI) L 0–5	Did not advance
Daisuke Narimatsu	Men's lightweight	Pezo (PER) W 5–0	Safiullin (KAZ) L WO	Did not advance
Sewon Okazawa	Men's welterweight	Yadav (IND) W 5–0	Iglesias (CUB) L 2–3	Did not advance
Yuito Moriwaki	Men's middleweight	Mousavi (IRI) W 3–2	Khyzhniak (UKR) L 0–5	Did not advance
Tsukimi Namiki	Women's flyweight	Nanziri (UGA) W 5–0	Sousa (BRA) W 5–0	Valencia (COL) W 5–0	Krasteva (BUL) L 0–5	Did not advance
Sena Irie	Women's featherweight	Solorzano (ESA) W 5–0	Hlimi (TUN) W 5–0	Nechita (ROU) W 3–2	Artingstall (GBR) W 3–2	Petecio (PHI) W 5–0

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Slalom

Being the host nation, Japan has been awarded one boat each in all four classes. On October 20, 2019, the slalom canoeists were officially selected to the host nation's roster at the conclusion of the NHK Slalom International Cup, with Rio 2016 bronze medalist Takuya Haneda remarkably going to his fourth straight Olympics.^[26]^[27]

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Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takuya Haneda	Men's C-1	106.57	11	105.15	11	105.15	13 Q	107.82	10 Q	109.30	10
Kazuya Adachi	Men's K-1	97.72	14	92.09	6	92.09	6 Q	101.60	16	Did not advance
Ayano Sato	Women's C-1	161.77	21	151.03	19	151.03	20	Did not advance
Aki Yazawa	Women's K-1	129.87	21	127.91	21	127.91	22 Q	124.73	19	Did not advance

Sprint

Being the host nation, Japan has been awarded a minimum of three boats, with one each in the men's C-1 1000 m, women's C-1 200 m, and women's K-1 500 m. The men's K-4 500 m boat was added to the team roster with a top-ten finish at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary and the women's K-1 200 m with the fastest finish vying for qualification at the 2021 Asian Championships in Pattaya, Thailand.^[28]^[29] With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Championships and the lack of eligible competitors available from the Americas in the canoe sprint regatta, the women's C-2 500 m crew accepted a spare berth from the International Canoe Federation for the Japanese team.^[30]

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takanori Tōme	Men's C-1 1000 m	4:37.208	7 QF	4:38.546	6	Did not advance
Hiroki Fujishima Yūsuke Miyata Momotaro Matsushita Keiji Mizumoto	Men's K-4 500 m	1:32.295	6 QF	1:28.211	7	Did not advance
Teruko Kiriake Manaka Kubota	Women's C-2 500 m	2:16.791	7 QF	2:08.849	5 FB	Bye		2:06.196	14
Yuka Ono	Women's K-1 200 m	45.251	7 QF	45.610	7	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

Japan entered a squad of four riders (two per gender) to compete in their respective Olympic road races. Two of them filled out the places reserved for the host nation, while the remaining male and female rider earned a slot each by finishing in the top 50 (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.^[31]

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Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yukiya Arashiro	Men's road race	6:15:38	35
Nariyuki Masuda	Men's road race	6:25:16	84
Hiromi Kaneko	Women's road race	4:01:08	43
Eri Yonamine	Women's road race	3:55:13	21
Eri Yonamine	Women's time trial	34:34.97	22

Track

Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Japanese riders accumulated spots for both men and women in the sprint, keirin, and omnium, as well as the women's madison, based on their country's results in the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Topping the podium in the women's omnium at the 2020 Worlds, Yumi Kajihara became the first Japanese rider to guarantee a spot on the host nation's track cycling team for the Games.^[32] Five more members on the squad were named on June 4, 2020, with sprint riders Yudai Nitta (London 2012) and Yuta Wakimoto (Rio 2016) booking their spots for the second Olympics.^[33]

Sprint

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Yudai Nitta	Men's sprint	9.728 74.013	26	Did not advance
Yuta Wakimoto	Men's sprint	9.518 75.646	9 Q	Quintero (COL) W 9.997 72.022	Bye	Kenny (GBR) L	Bötticher (GER) W 10.323 69.747	Paul (TTO) L	Kenny (GBR) Awang (MAS) L	Did not advance
Yuka Kobayashi	Women's sprint	10.711 67.221	17 Q	Marchant (GBR) L	Krupeckaitė (LTU) Marozaitė (LTU) W 11.335 63.520	Gros (FRA) L	Voynova (ROC) L	Did not advance

Keirin

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Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Yudai Nitta	Men's keirin	1 QF	Bye	6	Did not advance
Yuta Wakimoto	Men's keirin	1 QF	Bye	1 SF	5 FB	7
Yuka Kobayashi	Women's keirin	2 QF	Bye	6	Did not advance

Omnium

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Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total points	Rank
Eiya Hashimoto	Men's omnium	8	26	16	10	12	18	15	0	54	15
Yumi Kajihara	Women's omnium	2	38	5	32	2	38	11	2	110

Madison

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Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Yumi Kajihara Kisato Nakamura	Women's madison	0	–40	13

Mountain biking

As the host nation, Japanese mountain bikers have already received a quota place each per gender at their disposal for the Games. The mountain biking team was officially named to the host nation's roster on June 5, 2020, with Kohei Yamamoto booking his fourth consecutive trip to the Games on the men's side.^[34]

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Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kohei Yamamoto	Men's cross-country	1:32:35	29
Miho Imai	Women's cross-country	LAP (3 laps)	37

BMX

As the host nation, Japan has already received four quota places each per gender per event at their disposal for the Games.

Race

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Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Yoshitaku Nagasako	Men's race	12	5	Did not advance
Sae Hatakeyama	Women's race	22	6	Did not advance

Freestyle

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Athlete	Event	Seeding		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Rim Nakamura	Men's freestyle	87.67	2	85.10	5
Minato Oike	Women's freestyle	61.45	8	75.40	7

Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan, as the host nation, is automatically entitled to places in all synchronized diving events, but athletes for individual events must qualify through their own performances at 2019 FINA World Championships, the 2019 Asian Cup, and the 2020 FINA World Cup series.

Five-time Olympian Ken Terauchi and his Rio 2016 partner Sho Sakai became the first Japanese divers to be selected to the squad after finishing seventh in the men's synchronized springboard at the 2019 FINA World Championships in Gwangju, South Korea.^[35]

Men

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Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ken Terauchi	3 m springboard	430.20	10 Q	424.50	7 Q	359.70	12
Reo Nishida	10 m platform	314.30	25	Did not advance
Rikuto Tamai	10 m platform	374.25	16 Q	413.65	8 Q	431.95	7
Sho Sakai Ken Terauchi	3 m synchronized springboard	—				393.93	5
Hiroki Ito Kazuki Murakami	10 m synchronized platform	—				377.10	8

Women

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Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Haruka Enomoto	3 m springboard	277.85	17 Q	255.40	17	Did not advance
Sayaka Mikami	3 m springboard	317.10	5 Q	273.70	16	Did not advance
Matsuri Arai	10 m platform	268.80	22	Did not advance
Haruka Enomoto Hazuki Miyamoto	3 m synchronized springboard	—				269.40	5
Matsuri Arai Minami Itahashi	10 m synchronized platform	—				291.42	6

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan, as the host nation, automatically received a team of three riders in each of the three sporting disciplines: dressage, eventing, and jumping.

Dressage

Masanao Takahashi and Rubicon have been named the traveling alternates.

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Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Shingo Hayashi	Scolari	Individual	65.714	48	—		Did not advance
Hiroyuki Kitahara	Huracan		66.304	45			Did not advance
Kazuki Sado	Ludwig der Sonnenkönig		62.531	56			Did not advance
Shingo Hayashi Hiroyuki Kitahara Kazuki Sado	See above	Team	6264.5	14	Did not advance		—		Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Ryuzo Kitajima and Feroza Nieuwmoed have been named the reserves.

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Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Yoshiaki Oiwa	Calle	Individual	31.50	21	Eliminated			Did not advance
Toshiyuki Tanaka	Talma d'Allou		32.70	29	30.80	63.50	35	12.00	75.50	34	Did not advance
Kazuma Tomoto	Vinci de la Vigne		26.10	7	1.60	27.50	5	4.00	31.50	7	0.40	31.90	4	31.90	4
Yoshiaki Oiwa Toshiyuki Tanaka Kazuma Tomoto Ryuzo Kitajima (s)	Calle Talma d'Allou Vinci de la Vigne Feroza Nieuwmoed	Team	90.10	4	232.40	322.50	12	16.00+20.00	358.50	11	—			358.50	11

(s) – substituted before jumping – 20 replacement penalties

Jumping

Mike Kawai and As de Mai have been named the traveling alternates.

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Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final			Jump-off
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Daisuke Fukushima	Canyon	Individual	0	=1 Q	0	87.57	=1 Q	0	43.76	6
Koki Saito	Chilensky		0	=1 Q	5	89.82	13	Did not advance
Eiken Sato	Saphyr des Lacs		1	=26 Q	16	84.67	25	Did not advance
Daisuke Fukushima Koki Saito Eiken Sato	See above	Team	Eliminated		Did not advance

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japanese fencers qualified a full squad in the women's team foil for the Games as the highest-ranked nation from Asia and Oceania outside the world's top four in the FIE Olympic Team Rankings.^[36] Rookies Masaru Yamada (men's épée), Takahiro Shikine (men's foil), Kento Yoshida (men's sabre), and Misaki Emura (women's sabre), with Nozomi Satō (women's épée) going to her third consecutive Games, secured additional places on the host nation's roster as one of the two highest-ranked fencers each vying for qualification from Asia and Oceania in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.^[37]^[38]

Eight more fencers were officially named to the host nation's roster on April 25, 2021, including Rio 2016 Olympians Kazuyasu Minobe (men's épée) and Chika Aoki (women's sabre) and American-born Kaito Streets (men's sabre).^[39]

Men

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Koki Kano	Épée	Bye	E Garozzo (ITA) W 15–12	Bida (ROC) L 12–15	Did not advance
Kazuyasu Minobe		Bye	Jurka (CZE) W 15–14	Park S-y (KOR) L 6–15	Did not advance
Masaru Yamada		Bye	Petrov (KGZ) W 15–13	Kurbanov (KAZ) W 15–8	Santarelli (ITA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Koki Kano Kazuyasu Minobe Satoru Uyama Masaru Yamada	Team épée	—		United States (USA) W 45–39	France (FRA) W 45–44	South Korea (KOR) W 45–38	ROC W 45–36
Kyosuke Matsuyama	Foil	Bye	Pauty (FRA) W 15–7	D Garozzo (ITA) L 14–15	Did not advance
Toshiya Saito		Bye	Toldo (BRA) W 15–10	Lefort (FRA) L 4–15	Did not advance
Takahiro Shikine		Bye	Samandi (TUN) W 15–4	Choi (HKG) W 15–6	Abouelkassem (EGY) W 15–13	D Garozzo (ITA) L 9–15	Choupenitch (CZE) L 8–15	4
Kyosuke Matsuyama Yudai Nagano Toshiya Saito Takahiro Shikine	Team foil	—		Bye	Italy (ITA) W 45–43	France (FRA) L 42–45	United States (USA) L 31–45	4
Tomohiro Shimamura	Sabre	Mackiewicz (USA) L 13–15	Did not advance
Kaito Streets		Bounabi (ALG) W 15–9	Dershwitz (USA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Kento Yoshida		Quintero (VEN) L 13–15	Did not advance
Tomohiro Shimamura Kaito Streets Kenta Tokunan Kento Yoshida	Team sabre	—		Egypt (EGY) L 42–45	Did not advance

Women

More information Athlete, Event ...

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Nozomi Satō	Épée	Bye	Kang Y-m (KOR) W 15–14	Beljajeva (EST) L 10–15	Did not advance
Rio Azuma	Foil	Bye	Jeon H-s (KOR) L 10–11	Did not advance
Sera Azuma		Bye	Ryan (CAN) L 11–12	Did not advance
Yuka Ueno		Bye	Mohamed (EGY) W 15–5	Ross (USA) W 15–9	Kiefer (USA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Rio Azuma Sera Azuma Sumire Tsuji Yuka Ueno	Team foil	—			United States (USA) L 36–45	Classification semifinal Egypt (EGY) W 45–27	Fifth place match Canada (CAN) L 31–45	6
Chika Aoki	Sabre	Dayibekova (UZB) L 9–15	Did not advance
Misaki Emura		Bye	Gkountoura (GRE) W 15–8	Brunet (FRA) L 12–15	Did not advance
Norika Tamura		Bye	Qian Jr (CHN) L 8–15	Did not advance
Chika Aoki Misaki Emura Shihomi Fukushima Norika Tamura	Team sabre	—		Tunisia (TUN) W 45–29	ROC L 34–45	Classification semifinal Hungary (HUN) W 45–42	Fifth place match United States (USA) W 45–43	5

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

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

More information Team, Event ...

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	GM / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	Australia L 3–5	Argentina L 1–2	New Zealand D 2–2	Spain L 1–4	India L 3–5	6	did not advance			11
Japan women's	Women's tournament	China L 3–4	New Zealand L 1–2	Australia L 0–1	Argentina L 1–2	Spain L 1–4	6	did not advance			11

Men's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

As the host nation, Japan men's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of obtaining a world ranking equal to or better than thirtieth place by the end of 2018, or not finish lower than sixth at the 2018 Asian Games.^[40]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 8 June 2021.^[41]

Head coach: Siegfried Aikman^[42]

More information No., Pos. ...

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	FW	Koji Yamasaki	(1996-02-27)27 February 1996 (aged 25)	97	28	Gifu Asahi Club
4	MF	Genki Mitani	(1990-06-12)12 June 1990 (aged 31)	168	6	Vercosta Fukui
5	MF	Seren Tanaka	(1992-11-09)9 November 1992 (aged 28)	103	8	Gifu Asahi Club
6	MF	Hiromasa Ochiai	(1994-02-09)9 February 1994 (aged 27)	75	5	Tochigi Liebe
7	FW	Kazuma Murata	(1991-11-28)28 November 1991 (aged 29)	120	33	Tochigi Liebe
9	FW	Kenta Tanaka	(1988-05-04)4 May 1988 (aged 33)	154	80	HGC
11	FW	Kenji Kitazato	(1989-05-19)19 May 1989 (aged 32)	162	50	Alder Hanno
12	MF	Yuma Nagai	(1996-03-18)18 March 1996 (aged 25)	11	0	Gifu Asahi Club
13	DF	Manabu Yamashita (Captain)	(1989-02-04)4 February 1989 (aged 32)	186	1	Oyabe Redox
14	MF	Kaito Tanaka	(1995-11-01)1 November 1995 (aged 25)	45	5	Indicator Light Fullertel
15	MF	Ken Nagayoshi	(1999-10-26)26 October 1999 (aged 21)	12	0	Tenri University Bears
17	FW	Kentaro Fukuda	(1995-07-27)27 July 1995 (aged 25)	69	15	Gifu Asahi Club
20	DF	Masaki Ohashi	(1993-05-08)8 May 1993 (aged 28)	94	0	Tochigi Liebe
25	DF	Shota Yamada	(1994-12-21)21 December 1994 (aged 26)	102	32	Gifu Asahi Club
29	DF	Hirotaka Zendana	(1993-02-14)14 February 1993 (aged 28)	119	30	Tenri University Bears
30	GK	Takashi Yoshikawa	(1994-11-29)29 November 1994 (aged 26)	94	0	Gifu Asahi Club
31	FW	Kota Watanabe	(1996-10-30)30 October 1996 (aged 24)	74	8	Vercosta Fukui
32	DF	Yoshiki Kirishita	(1998-12-27)27 December 1998 (aged 22)	55	4	Tochigi Liebe

Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	4	1	0	22	9	+13	13	Quarter-finals
2	India	5	4	0	1	15	13	+2	12
3	Argentina	5	2	1	2	10	11	−1	7
4	Spain	5	1	2	2	9	10	−1	5
5	New Zealand	5	1	1	3	11	16	−5	4
6	Japan (H)	5	0	1	4	10	18	−8	1

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts

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24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)
09:30
v

Japan	3–5	Australia
Ke. Tanaka 22', 27' Kirishita 26'	Report	Brand 11' Craig 14' Govers 31' Zalewski 38' Beale 50'

North Pitch
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Lim Hong-Zhen (SGP)

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
19:00
v

Japan	1–2	Argentina
Ke. Tanaka 60'	Report	Tolini 5' Keenan 19'

South Pitch
Umpires:
Raghu Prasad (IND)
Peter Wright (RSA)

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27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
11:45
v

Japan	2–2	New Zealand
Yamasaki 3' Ke. Tanaka 40'	Report	Wilson 11' Lane 41'

North Pitch
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Germán Montes de Oca (ARG)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
20:45
v

Japan	1–4	Spain
Zendana 2'	Report	Lleonart 3', 55' Quemada 23' Alegre 28'

North Pitch
Umpires:
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)
Martin Madden (GBR)

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30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
18:30
v

Japan	3–5	India
Ke. Tanaka 19' Watanabe 33' Murata 59'	Report	Harmanpreet 13' Gurjant 17', 56' Shamsher 34' Nilakanta 51'

North Pitch
Umpires:
David Tomlinson (NZL)
Lim Hong Zhen (SGP)

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

As the host nation, Japan women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of obtaining a world ranking equal to or better than thirtieth place by the end of 2018, or not finish lower than sixth at the 2018 Asian Games.^[43]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 8 June 2021.^[44]

Head coach: Xavier Arnau

More information No., Pos. ...

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	DF	Yu Asai	(1996-01-08)8 January 1996 (aged 25)	78	{{{goals}}}	Coca-Cola Red Sparks
3	DF	Kimika Hoshi	(1996-01-26)26 January 1996 (aged 25)	46	{{{goals}}}	Sony H.C. BRAVIA Ladies
6	DF	Emi Nishikori	(1993-01-09)9 January 1993 (aged 28)	73	{{{goals}}}	Coca-Cola Red Sparks
7	FW	Kana Nomura	(1990-03-23)23 March 1990 (aged 31)	128	{{{goals}}}	Southern Metropolis Silver Shooting Stars
8	MF	Yukari Mano (captain)	(1994-03-04)4 March 1994 (aged 27)	124	{{{goals}}}	Sony H.C. BRAVIA Ladies
9	FW	Yuri Nagai	(1992-05-26)26 May 1992 (aged 29)	179	{{{goals}}}	Sony H.C. BRAVIA Ladies
10	MF	Hazuki Nagai	(1994-08-15)15 August 1994 (aged 26)	173	{{{goals}}}	Sony H.C. BRAVIA Ladies
11	DF	Shihori Oikawa	(1989-03-12)12 March 1989 (aged 32)	133	{{{goals}}}	Tokyo Verdy Hockey Team
13	DF	Miki Kozuka	(1996-01-13)13 January 1996 (aged 25)	65	{{{goals}}}	GlaxoSmithKline Orange United
14	MF	Maho Segawa	(1996-06-23)23 June 1996 (aged 25)	46	{{{goals}}}	Tokyo Verdy Hockey Team
15	FW	Mai Toriyama	(1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 26)	15	{{{goals}}}	Southern Metropolis Silver Shooting Stars
16	DF	Natsuha Matsumoto	(1995-07-31)31 July 1995 (aged 25)	43	{{{goals}}}	Coca-Cola Red Sparks
17	FW	Aki Yamada	(1992-11-24)24 November 1992 (aged 28)	27	{{{goals}}}	Coca-Cola Red Sparks
18	FW	Aki Mitsuhashi	(1989-09-12)12 September 1989 (aged 31)		{{{goals}}}
19	FW	Kanon Mori	(1996-05-01)1 May 1996 (aged 25)	28	{{{goals}}}	Coca-Cola Red Sparks
25	FW	Kaho Tanaka	(1997-10-25)25 October 1997 (aged 23)		{{{goals}}}
29	MF	Sakurako Omoto	(1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 23)	31	{{{goals}}}	Coca-Cola Red Sparks
32	GK	Sakiyo Asano	(1987-05-26)26 May 1987 (aged 34)	111	{{{goals}}}	Gifu Morning Ladies

Group play

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	13	1	+12	15	Quarterfinals
2	Spain	5	3	2	9	8	+1	9
3	Argentina	5	3	2	8	8	0	9
4	New Zealand	5	2	3	8	7	+1	6
5	China	5	2	3	9	16	−7	6
6	Japan (H)	5	0	5	6	13	−7	0

Source: Tokyo 2020 and FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.
(H) Hosts

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25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)
11:45
v

Japan	3–4	China
Nomura 21' Y. Nagai 31' H. Nagai 45+'	Report	Gu 10', 35' Zhang Y. 20' Liang 52'

North Pitch
Umpires:
Ayanna McClean (TTO)
Michelle Meister (GER)

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26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
20:45
v

Japan	1–2	New Zealand
Oikawa 18'	Report	Merry 26' Ralph 29'

North Pitch
Umpires:
Irene Presenqui (ARG)
Annelize Rostron (RSA)

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28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
18:30
v

Japan	0–1	Australia
	Report	M. Fitzpatrick 33'

North Pitch
Umpires:
Maggie Giddens (USA)
Liu Xiaoying (CHN)

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29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
20:45
v

Japan	1–2	Argentina
Mori 19'	Report	Gorzelany 10' M. Granatto 45'

North Pitch
Umpires:
Kelly Hudson (NZL)
Ayanna McClean (TTO)

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31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
10:00
v

Japan	1–4	Spain
Mori 6'	Report	Barrios 25' García Grau 38' Mejías 55' Bonastre 57'

South Pitch
Umpires:
Sarah Wilson (GBR)
Maggie Giddens (USA)

Football (soccer)

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

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

More information Team, Event ...

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Bronze medal match
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	South Africa W 1–0	Mexico W 2–1	France W 4–0	1 Q	New Zealand W 0–0 (4–2)	Spain L 0–1	Mexico L 1–3	4
Japan women's	Women's tournament	Canada D 1–1	Great Britain L 0–1	Chile W 1–0	3 Q	Sweden L 1–3	Did not advance		8

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Japan men's football team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

Japan's final squad was announced on 22 June 2021.^[45]

Head coach: Hajime Moriyasu

More information No., Pos. ...

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Keisuke Osako	(1999-07-28)28 July 1999 (aged 21)	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
2	2DF	Hiroki Sakai*	(1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 31)	Urawa Red Diamonds
3	2DF	Yuta Nakayama	(1997-02-16)16 February 1997 (aged 24)	PEC Zwolle
4	2DF	Ko Itakura	(1997-01-27)27 January 1997 (aged 24)	Groningen
5	2DF	Maya Yoshida* (captain)	(1988-08-24)24 August 1988 (aged 32)	Sampdoria
6	3MF	Wataru Endō*	(1993-02-09)9 February 1993 (aged 28)	VfB Stuttgart
7	4FW	Takefusa Kubo	(2001-06-04)4 June 2001 (aged 20)	Real Madrid
8	3MF	Koji Miyoshi	(1997-03-26)26 March 1997 (aged 24)	Antwerp
9	4FW	Daizen Maeda	(1997-10-20)20 October 1997 (aged 23)	Yokohama F. Marinos
10	3MF	Ritsu Dōan	(1998-06-16)16 June 1998 (aged 23)	PSV
11	4FW	Kaoru Mitoma	(1997-05-20)20 May 1997 (aged 24)	Kawasaki Frontale
12	1GK	Kosei Tani	(2000-11-22)22 November 2000 (aged 20)	Shonan Bellmare
13	3MF	Reo Hatate	(1997-11-21)21 November 1997 (aged 23)	Kawasaki Frontale
14	2DF	Takehiro Tomiyasu	(1998-11-05)5 November 1998 (aged 22)	Bologna
15	2DF	Daiki Hashioka	(1999-05-17)17 May 1999 (aged 22)	Sint-Truiden
16	4FW	Yuki Soma	(1997-02-25)25 February 1997 (aged 24)	Nagoya Grampus
17	3MF	Ao Tanaka	(1998-09-10)10 September 1998 (aged 22)	Kawasaki Frontale
18	4FW	Ayase Ueda	(1998-08-28)28 August 1998 (aged 22)	Kashima Antlers
19	4FW	Daichi Hayashi	(1997-05-23)23 May 1997 (aged 24)	Sagan Tosu
20	2DF	Koki Machida	(1997-08-25)25 August 1997 (aged 23)	Kashima Antlers
21	2DF	Ayumu Seko	(2000-06-07)7 June 2000 (aged 21)	Cerezo Osaka
22	1GK	Zion Suzuki	(2002-08-21)21 August 2002 (aged 18)	Urawa Red Diamonds

* Overage player

Group play

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	7	1	+6	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Mexico	3	2	1	8	3	+5	6	Advance to knockout stage
3	France	3	1	2	5	11	−6	3
4	South Africa	3	0	3	3	8	−5	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

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Japan	1–0	South Africa
Kubo 71'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)

22 July 2021 (2021-07-22)

20:00

Tokyo Stadium, Chōfu

Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

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Japan	2–1	Mexico
Kubo 6' Dōan 11' (pen.)	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Alvarado 85'

25 July 2021 (2021-07-25)

20:00

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

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France	0–4	Japan
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Kubo 27' Sakai 34' Miyoshi 70' Maeda 90+1'

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)

20:30

Referee: Iván Barton (El Salvador)

Quarterfinal

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Japan	0–0 (a.e.t.)	New Zealand
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)
Penalties
Ueda Itakura Nakayama Yoshida	4–2	Wood Cacace Lewis McCowatt

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)

18:00

Kashima Stadium, Kashima

Referee: Ismail Elfath (United States)

Semifinal

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Japan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Asensio 115'

3 August 2021 (2021-08-03)

20:00

Referee: Kevin Ortega (Peru)

Bronze medal match

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Mexico	3–1	Japan
Córdova 13' (pen.) Vásquez 22' Vega 58'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Mitoma 78'

6 August 2021 (2021-08-06)

18:00

Referee: Bamlak Tessema Weyesa (Ethiopia)

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Japan women's football team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The final squad of 22 athletes was announced on 18 June 2021.^[46]

Head coach: Asako Takakura

More information No., Pos. ...

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Sakiko Ikeda	(1992-09-08) 8 September 1992 (age 31)	18	0	Urawa Reds
2	2DF	Risa Shimizu	(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 27)	37	1	Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
3	2DF	Saori Takarada	(1999-12-27) 27 December 1999 (age 24)	7	1	Washington Spirit
4	2DF	Saki Kumagai (captain)	(1990-10-17) 17 October 1990 (age 33)	114	1	Lyon
5	2DF	Moeka Minami	(1998-12-07) 7 December 1998 (age 25)	15	1	Urawa Reds
6	3MF	Hina Sugita	(1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 (age 27)	23	2	INAC Kobe Leonessa
7	3MF	Emi Nakajima	(1990-09-27) 27 September 1990 (age 33)	85	14	INAC Kobe Leonessa
8	3MF	Narumi Miura	(1997-07-03) 3 July 1997 (age 26)	24	1	Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
9	4FW	Yuika Sugasawa	(1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 33)	75	24	Urawa Reds
10	4FW	Mana Iwabuchi	(1993-03-18) 18 March 1993 (age 31)	77	35	Aston Villa
11	4FW	Mina Tanaka	(1994-04-28) 28 April 1994 (age 29)	47	23	INAC Kobe Leonessa
12	4FW	Jun Endo	(2000-05-24) 24 May 2000 (age 23)	17	1	Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
13	3MF	Yuzuho Shiokoshi	(1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 (age 26)	3	2	Urawa Reds
14	3MF	Yui Hasegawa	(1997-01-29) 29 January 1997 (age 27)	46	11	Milan
15	4FW	Yuka Momiki	(1996-04-09) 9 April 1996 (age 28)	38	14	OL Reign
16	2DF	Asato Miyagawa	(1998-02-24) 24 February 1998 (age 26)	14	0	Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
17	2DF	Nanami Kitamura	(1999-11-25) 25 November 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
18	1GK	Ayaka Yamashita	(1995-09-29) 29 September 1995 (age 28)	40	0	Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
19	2DF	Shiori Miyake	(1995-10-13) 13 October 1995 (age 28)	25	0	INAC Kobe Leonessa
20	3MF	Honoka Hayashi	(1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 25)	6	0	AIK
21	3MF	Momoka Kinoshita	(2003-03-02) 2 March 2003 (age 21)	4	1	Nippon TV Tokyo Verdy Beleza
22	1GK	Chika Hirao	(1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 (age 27)	2	0	Albirex Niigata

Group play

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Great Britain	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Canada	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5
3	Japan (H)	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Chile	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: TOCOG and FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

More information 1–1, Canada ...

Japan	1–1	Canada
Iwabuchi 84'	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Sinclair 6'

21 July 2021 (2021-07-21)

19:30

Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

Attendance: 0^[47]

Referee: Edina Alves Batista (Brazil)

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Japan	0–1	Great Britain
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	White 74'

24 July 2021 (2021-07-24)

19:30

Sapporo Dome, Sapporo

Attendance: 0^[47]

Referee: Anastasia Pustovoitova (Russia)

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Chile	0–1	Japan
	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Tanaka 77'

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)

20:00

Miyagi Stadium, Rifu

Attendance: 1,326^[47]

Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)

Quarterfinal

More information Sweden, 3–1 ...

Sweden	3–1	Japan
Eriksson 7' Blackstenius 53' Asllani 68' (pen.)	Report (TOCOG) Report (FIFA)	Tanaka 23'

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)

19:00

Attendance: 0^[47]

Referee: Lucila Venegas (Mexico)

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan entered two male and two female golfers into the Olympic tournament.

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Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Hideki Matsuyama	Men's	69	64	67	69	269	−15	=4
Rikuya Hoshino	Men's	71	68	73	66	278	−6	=38
Nasa Hataoka	Women's	70	68	67	69	274	−10	=9
Mone Inami	Women's	70	65	68	65	268	−16

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Artistic

Japan fielded a full squad of four gymnasts each in both the men's and women artistic gymnastics events, respectively. The men's team secured a berth in the team all-around by winning a bronze at the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Doha, Qatar, while the women's team claimed one of the nine spots available at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.^[48]^[49] The women's team was named on 15 May 2021 at the conclusion of the NHK Cup.^[50] The full men's team was announced on 6 June 2021.^[51]

Men
Team

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Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Daiki Hashimoto	Team	14.700	14.766	13.866	14.866	15.300	15.033 Q	88.531	1 Q	14.600	14.800	13.833	14.833	—	15.100	—
Kazuma Kaya		13.933	14.833 Q	14.366	13.200	15.100	14.033	85.465	9	—	14.566	14.100	—	15.000	14.200
Takeru Kitazono		14.666	13.916	13.333	14.700	14.900	14.433 Q	85.948	7 Q	14.600	14.200	—	14.166	15.000	14.500
Wataru Tanigawa		14.466	13.833	14.300	13.666	15.241	13.400	84.906	13	14.500	—	14.500	15.233	14.666	—
Total		43.832	42.515	42.532	43.232	45.641	43.499	262.251	1 Q	43.700	43.566	42.433	44.232	44.666	43.800	262.397

Individual finals

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Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Daiki Hashimoto	All-around	See team results								14.833	15.166	13.533	14.700	15.300	14.933	88.465
Daiki Hashimoto	Horizontal bar	—					15.033	15.033	1 Q	—					15.066	15.066
Kohei Kameyama	Pommel horse	—	15.266	—				15.266	2 Q	—	14.600	—				14.600	5
Kazuma Kaya	Pommel horse	—	14.833	—				14.833	7 Q	—	14.900	—				14.900
Takeru Kitazono	All-around	See team results								14.566	14.500	13.500	14.666	15.066	14.400	86.698	5
Takeru Kitazono	Horizontal bar	—					14.433	14.433	6 Q	—					12.333	12.333	6
Kōhei Uchimura	Horizontal bar	—					13.866	13.866	20	Did not advance

Women
Team

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Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Hitomi Hatakeda	Team	12.266	14.133	13.000	13.333	52.732	39	—	14.100	13.333	12.800	—
Yuna Hiraiwa		13.733	11.700	13.533	12.666	51.632	49	13.900	—	13.566	—
Mai Murakami		14.433	12.133	13.366	13.933 Q	53.965	23 Q	14.266	12.700	13.833	14.066
Aiko Sugihara		14.266	13.366	11.566	13.333	52.531	41	14.183	13.333	—	13.200
Total		42.432	39.632	39.999	40.599	162.662	8 Q	42.349	40.133	40.732	40.066	163.280	5

Individual finals

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Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank	V	UB	BB	F	Total	Rank
Urara Ashikawa	Balance beam	—		13.900	—	13.900	12 Q*	—		13.733	—	13.733	6
Mai Murakami	All-around	See team results						14.533	13.733	13.766	14.000	56.032	5
Mai Murakami	Floor exercise	—			13.933	13.933	8 Q	—			14.166	14.166

Rhythmic

As the host nation, Japan automatically received a guaranteed place in the group all-around competition at the Games. One rhythmic gymnast was added to the roster by finishing in the top sixteen of the individual all-around at the 2019 World Championships in Baku.^[52] Chisaki Oiwa qualified an additional spot through the 2021 World Cup series.^[53] The athletes for the group all-around were announced on 2 July 2021.^[54]

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Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
Athlete	Event	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Chisaki Oiwa	Individual	23.100	19.600	23.600	21.250	87.550	19	Did not advance
Sumire Kita	Individual	23.150	23.900	24.550	21.200	92.800	11	Did not advance

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Athletes	Event	Qualification				Final
Athletes	Event	5 apps	3+2 apps	Total	Rank	5 apps.	3+2 apps	Total	Rank
Sakura Noshitani Sayuri Sugimoto Ayuka Suzuki Nanami Takenaka Kiko Yokota	Group	40.400	39.325	79.725	7 Q	42.750	29.750	72.500	8

Trampoline

Japan qualified one gymnast each for the men's and women's trampoline by finishing in the top eight, respectively, at the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo.^[55] Japan qualified an additional spot in both men's and women's trampoline through the 2019–2020 Trampoline World Cup series.

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Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Daiki Kishi	Men's	111.540	6 Q	57.815	7
Ryosuke Sakai	Men's	62.250	15	Did not advance
Hikaru Mori	Women's	63.775	13	Did not advance
Megu Uyama	Women's	103.585	5 Q	54.655	5

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

ET: After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

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Team	Event	Group stage						Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	GM / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	Denmark L 30–47	Sweden L 26–28	Egypt L 29–33	Bahrain L 30–32	Portugal W 31–30	6	Did not advance
Japan women's	Women's tournament	Netherlands L 21–32	Montenegro W 29–26	South Korea L 24–27	Angola L 25–28	Norway L 25–37	6	Did not advance

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Japan men's handball team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The squad was announced on 8 July 2021.^[56]

Head coach: Dagur Sigurðsson

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
10	LW	Naoki Sugioka	(1994-04-18)18 April 1994 (aged 27)	1.77 m	33	37	Toyota Auto Body
12	GK	Yuta Iwashita	(1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 30)	1.83 m	20	1	Toyota Boshoku Kyushu
13	P	Kenya Kasahara	(1988-05-15)15 May 1988 (aged 33)	1.97 m	77	64	Toyota Auto Body
15	LB	Adam Yuki Baig	(1999-04-12)12 April 1999 (aged 22)	1.94 m	43	79	Chuo University
18	LB	Kohei Narita	(1989-06-15)15 June 1989 (aged 32)	1.91 m	93	136	Wakunaga Pharmaceutical
19	RB	Shinnosuke Tokuda	(1995-12-06)6 December 1995 (aged 25)	1.78 m	63	224	Toyoda Gosei
20	RB	Jin Watanabe	(1990-01-17)17 January 1990 (aged 31)	1.83 m	95	305	Toyota Auto Body
21	LW	Remi Anri Doi	(1989-09-28)28 September 1989 (aged 31)	1.80 m	60	145	Zeekstar Tokyo
22	GK	Motoki Sakai	(1995-11-10)10 November 1995 (aged 25)	1.92 m	25	3	Toyoda Gosei
25	RW	Hiroki Motoki	(1992-02-14)14 February 1992 (aged 29)	1.82 m	86	235	Osaki Osol
31	LB	Tatsuki Yoshino	(1994-07-13)13 July 1994 (aged 27)	1.83 m	46	181	Toyota Auto Body
33	CB	Yuto Agarie	(1993-07-06)6 July 1993 (aged 28)	1.83 m	69	238	Zeekstar Tokyo
38	CB	Kotaro Mizumachi	(1995-03-13)13 March 1995 (aged 26)	1.83 m	8	12	Toyoda Gosei
41	RB	Rennosuke Tokuda	(1998-05-15)15 May 1998 (aged 23)	1.80 m	11	20	Grupa Azoty Tarnów
43	P	Shuichi Yoshida	(2001-03-26)26 March 2001 (aged 20)	1.91 m	10	23	Grupa Azoty Tarnów

Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	4	1	174	139	+35	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarter-finals
2	Egypt	5	4	1	154	134	+20	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Sweden	5	4	1	144	142	+2	8^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Bahrain	5	1	4	129	149	−20	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Portugal	5	1	4	143	156	−13	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}
6	Japan (H)	5	1	4	146	170	−24	2^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Source: Tokyo 2020 and IHF
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; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

Denmark 2 Pts, +2 GD; Egypt 2 Pts, 0 GD, Sweden 2 Pts, −2 GD
Bahrain 2 Pts, +1 GD; Portugal 2 Pts, 0 GD, Japan 2 Pts, −1 GD

24 July 2021 21:30	Denmark	47–30	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Holm, Saugstrup 9	(25–14)	Motoki 8
	1× 1×	Report	1× 4×

26 July 2021 21:30	Japan	26–28	Sweden	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Motoki 6	(14–17)	Wanne 8
	1× 4×	Report	1× 1×

28 July 2021 14:15	Japan	29–33	Egypt	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Tokuda 8	(11–18)	El-Ahmar 8
	1× 7×	Report	2×

30 July 2021 11:00	Bahrain	32–30	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Raluy, Sabroso (ESP)
	Al-Sayyad, Habib 7	(17–16)	Motoki 7
	2× 4×	Report	4×

1 August 2021 09:00	Portugal	30–31	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	four players 4	(14–16)	R. Tokuda 6
	2× 4×	Report	2× 2×

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Japan women's handball team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

The squad was announced on 28 June 2021.^[57] On 30 July, Kaho Sunami was replaced by Mana Horikawa.^[58]

Head coach: Ulrik Kirkely

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No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	P	Kaho Sunami	(1993-01-05)5 January 1993 (aged 28)	1.66 m	45	74	Sony Semiconductor
4	RB	Yui Sunami	(1991-06-07)7 June 1991 (aged 30)	1.62 m	59	160	Hokkoku Bank
5	LB	Sayo Shiota	(1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 32)	1.72 m	66	62	Hokkoku Bank
9	CB	Aya Yokoshima	(1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 31)	1.62 m	55	160	Hokkoku Bank
11	P	Mana Horikawa	(1994-03-04)4 March 1994 (aged 27)	1.74 m	17	2	lzumi Maple Reds
12	GK	Minami Itano	(1993-02-02)2 February 1993 (aged 28)	1.74 m	26	1	lzumi Maple Reds
18	LW	Yuki Tanabe	(1989-08-25)25 August 1989 (aged 31)	1.70 m	59	196	Thüringer HC
21	RW	Ayaka Ikehara	(1990-09-24)24 September 1990 (aged 30)	1.58 m	43	101	Odense Håndbold
24	LB	Nozomi Hara	(1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 30)	1.70 m	78	224	MIE violet' IRIS
25	CB	Mana Ohyama	(1992-12-07)7 December 1992 (aged 28)	1.65 m	45	105	Hokkoku Bank
27	LB	Haruno Sasaki	(1995-02-26)26 February 1995 (aged 26)	1.72 m	23	80	Hokkoku Bank
28	P	Shiori Nagata	(1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 33)	1.71 m	109	92	Omron
30	GK	Sakura Hauge	(1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 34)	1.74 m	49	5	ESBF Besançon
34	LW	Maharu Kondo	(1996-01-24)24 January 1996 (aged 25)	1.58 m	0	0	lzumi Maple Reds
40	RB	Shio Fujii	(1985-03-27)27 March 1985 (aged 36)	1.64 m	121	613	Osaka Lovvits
81	CB	Mayuko Ishitate	(1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (aged 34)	1.67 m	96	201	MIE violet' IRIS

Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	5	0	0	170	123	+47	10	Quarter-finals
2	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	169	143	+26	8
3	Montenegro	5	2	0	3	139	142	−3	4
4	South Korea	5	1	1	3	147	165	−18	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Angola	5	1	1	3	130	156	−26	3^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Japan (H)	5	1	0	4	124	150	−26	2

South Korea 31–31 Angola

25 July 2021 09:00	Netherlands	32–21	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	Abbingh 7	(18–10)	Fujii 5
	2×	Report	1× 3×

27 July 2021 09:00	Japan	29–26	Montenegro	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Alpaidze, Berezkina (RUS)
	Hara, Ikehara 6	(14–13)	Brnović 6
	1× 8× 1×	Report	2× 3×

29 July 2021 14:15	Japan	24–27	South Korea	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Kondo 7	(11–12)	Ryu 9
	1× 3×	Report	3×

31 July 2021 09:00	Angola	28–25	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: García, Paolantoni (ARG)
	three players 5	(15–13)	Hara 6
	1× 2×	Report	1× 1×

2 August 2021 21:30	Norway	37–25	Japan	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo Referees: El-Saied, El-Saied (EGY)
	Frafjord 6	(16–11)	Ohyama, Yokoshima 5
	3×	Report	2× 1×

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

As the host nation, Japanese judoka have already received fourteen quota places (seven in each gender) at their disposal for the Games.^[59]

On November 24, 2019, Akira Sone (women's +78 kg) became the first judoka to be selected to the host nation's squad for the Games, following her triumph at the IJF Grand Slam Cup in Osaka.^[60] Twelve more judoka were officially named to the roster on February 27, 2020, with Shohei Ono looking to defend his Olympic title in the men's 73-kg division on the home soil.^[61] Meanwhile, Hifumi Abe trounced the reigning world champion Joshiro Maruyama to lock the men's 66 kg spot in a gruelling 24-minute playoff at the Kodokan Judo Institute on December 13, 2020, completing the host nation's judo roster for the rescheduled Games.^[62]

Men

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Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Naohisa Takato	−60 kg	—	Bye	Verstraeten (BEL) W 01–00	Chkhvimiani (GEO) W 10–00	Smetov (KAZ) W 01–00	Bye	Yang Y-w (TPE) W 10–00
Hifumi Abe	−66 kg	—	Bye	Le Blouch (FRA) W 10–00	Yondonperenlei (MGL) W 01–00	Cargnin (BRA) W 10–00	Bye	Margvelashvili (GEO) W 01–00
Shohei Ono	−73 kg	Bye	Raicu (ROU) W 10–00	Çiloğlu (TUR) W 10–00	Orujov (AZE) W 10–00	Tsend-Ochir (MGL) W 01–00	Bye	Shavdatuashvili (GEO) W 01–00
Takanori Nagase	−81 kg	Bye	Albayrak (TUR) W 10–00	Parlati (ITA) W 10–00	Ressel (GER) W 01–00	Casse (BEL) W 01–00	Bye	Mollaei (MGL) W 01–00
Shoichiro Mukai	−90 kg	Bye	Feuillet (MRI) W 10–00	Tóth (HUN) L 00–10	Did not advance
Aaron Wolf	−100 kg	—	Bye	Khurramov (UZB) W 10–00	Paltchik (ISR) W 01–00	Liparteliani (GEO) W 01–00	Bye	Cho G-h (KOR) W 10–00
Hisayoshi Harasawa	+100 kg	—	Bye	Kim M-j (KOR) W 01–00	Khammo (UKR) W 10–00	Krpálek (CZE) L 00–01	Bye	Riner (FRA) L 00–10	5

Women

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Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Funa Tonaki	−48 kg	Bye	Csernoviczki (HUN) W 10–00	Pareto (ARG) W 10–00	Bilodid (UKR) W 01–00	Bye	Krasniqi (KOS) L 00–01
Uta Abe	−52 kg	Bye	Pimenta (BRA) W 10–00	Giles (GBR) W 01–00	Giuffrida (ITA) W 01–00	Bye	Buchard (FRA) W 10–00
Tsukasa Yoshida	−57 kg	Bye	Lu Tj (CHN) W 10–00	Nelson-Levy (ISR) W 01–00	Gjakova (KOS) L 00–01	Bye	Liparteliani (GEO) W 10–00
Miku Tashiro	−63 kg	Renshall (GBR) W 01–00	Ozdoba-Błach (POL) L 00–10	Did not advance
Chizuru Arai	−70 kg	Bye	Pérez (PUR) W 10–00	Scoccimarro (GER) W 10–00	Taimazova (ROC) W 10–00	Bye	Polleres (AUT) W 01–00
Shori Hamada	−78 kg	Bye	Pacut (POL) W 10–00	Babintseva (ROC) W 11–00	Wagner (GER) W 10–00	Bye	Malonga (FRA) W 10–00
Akira Sone	+78 kg	Bye	Hershko (ISR) W 11–00	Sayit (TUR) W 10–00	Kindzerska (AZE) W 10–00	Bye	Ortíz (CUB) W 10–00

Mixed

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Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shoichiro Mukai Shohei Ono Aaron Wolf Uta Abe Chizuru Arai Akira Sone Tsukasa Yoshida	Team	Bye	Germany (GER) W 4–2	ROC W 4–0	Bye	France (FRA) L 1–4

Karate

Main articles: Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Karate at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

As the host nation, Japanese karateka have already received eight quota places (four in each gender) at their disposal for the Games.^[63] With the cancellation of the last qualifying tournaments before the April 6, 2020 cutoff because of the coronavirus pandemic, World Karate Federation officially named the Japanese karateka to take up the host nation places based on the country's selection criteria. Among the country's karateka were three-time world champion Ryo Kiyuna in the men's individual kata and multiple world medalist Ayumi Uekusa in the women's +61-kg kumite.^[64]

Kumite

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Athlete	Event	Group stage					Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Naoto Sago	Men's −67 kg	El-Sawy (EGY) W 4–3	Farzaliyev (AZE) L 0–1	Assadilov (KAZ) L 0–3	Şamdan (TUR) L 1–2	4	Did not advance
Ken Nishimura	Men's −75 kg	Scott (USA) W 2–0	Horuna (UKR) L 1–2	Abdelaziz (EGY) W 8–7	Hárspataki (HUN) L 1–3	3	Did not advance
Ryutaro Araga	Men's +75 kg	Arkania (GEO) W 3–2	Yuldashev (KAZ) W 4–2	Aktaş (TUR) W 5–3	Horne (GER) W WO	1 Q	Hamedi (KSA) L 0–2	Did not advance
Miho Miyahara	Women's −55 kg	Plank (AUT) W 6–2	Sayed (EGY) L 3–5	Zhangbyrbay (KAZ) W 11–2	Terliuga (UKR) L 0–4	3	Did not advance
Mayumi Someya	Women's −61 kg	Çoban (TUR) L 4–0	Heurtault (FRA) W 6–3	Yin Xy (CHN) L 2–4	Garcés (VEN) L 5–8	4	Did not advance
Ayumi Uekusa	Women's +61 kg	Semeraro (ITA) L 3–4	Zaretska (AZE) L 1–4	Hocaoğlu (TUR) W 5–4	Berultseva (KAZ) W 5–1	3	Did not advance

Kata

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Athlete	Event	Elimination round		Ranking round		Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Rank
Ryo Kiyuna	Men's kata	28.33	1 Q	28.72	1 Q	Quintero (ESP) W 28.72–27.66
Kiyou Shimizu	Women's kata	27.70	1 Q	27.86	1 Q	Sánchez (ESP) L 27.88–28.06

Modern pentathlon

Main articles: Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japanese athletes qualified for the following spots to compete in modern pentathlon. Rio 2016 Olympians Shōhei Iwamoto and Natsumi Tomonaga confirmed places each in the men's and women's event, respectively, with the former finishing fourth and the latter second among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 Asia & Oceania Championships in Kunming, China.^[65]^[66]

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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
Athlete	Event	RR	BR	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Shōhei Iwamoto	Men's	12–23	1	30	173	2:03.75	20	303	21	20	279	11:52.87	31	588	1343	28
Rena Shimazu	Women's	14–21	0	30	184	2:10.65	9	289	48	24	252	12:34.40	17	546	1271	23
Natsumi Takamiya	Women's	14–21	1	28	185	2:11.54	11	287	EL	31	0	2:11.54	26	513	985	34

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan qualified two boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Rowing crews in the men's single sculls and women's lightweight double sculls confirmed Olympic places for their boats at the 2021 FISA Asia & Oceania Olympic Qualification Regatta in Tokyo.

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Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ryuta Arakawa	Men's single sculls	7:02.79	2 QF	Bye		7:26.04	3 SA/B	6:59.26	6 FB	6:50.91	11
Chiaki Tomita Ayami Oishi	Women's lightweight double sculls	7:22.47	3 R	7:34.45	3 SA/B	—		6:56.52	5 FB	6:54.94	10

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 2020 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Japan men's rugby sevens team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

Japan's 12-man squad plus one alternate was named on 6 July 2021.^[67]

Head coach: Kensuke Iwabuchi

More information No., Pos. ...

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Events	Points
1	FW	Jose Seru	(1991-02-09)9 February 1991 (aged 30)	3	0
2	FW	Lote Tuqiri	(1987-11-12)12 November 1987 (aged 33)	26	145
3	FW	Colin Bourke	(1984-10-15)15 October 1984 (aged 36)	2	27
4	BK	Kazushi Hano	(1991-06-21)21 June 1991 (aged 30)	16	80
5	FW	Kameli Soejima	(1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 38)	21	222
6	FW	Masakatsu Hikosaka	(1991-01-18)18 January 1991 (aged 30)	13	40
7	BK	Brackin Karauria-Henry	(1988-07-31)31 July 1988 (aged 33)	8	150
8	BK	Chihito Matsui (c)	(1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 26)	11	35
9	BK	Ryota Kano	(1992-05-10)10 May 1992 (aged 29)	10	37
10	BK	Yoshikazu Fujita	(1993-09-08)8 September 1993 (aged 27)	20	150
11	BK	Kippei Ishida	(2000-04-28)28 April 2000 (aged 21)	5	20
12	BK	Naoki Motomura	(1992-04-11)11 April 1992 (aged 29)	14	95
13	BK	Kazuhiro Goya	(1993-04-12)12 April 1993 (aged 28)	15	65

Group play

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji	3	3	0	85	40	+45	9	Quarter-finals
2	Great Britain	3	2	1	65	33	+32	7
3	Canada	3	1	2	50	64	−14	5
4	Japan (H)	3	0	3	31	94	−63	3

Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
9:00

Fiji	24–19	Japan
Try: Wainiqolo 1' c Masi 4' m Nacuqu (2) 10' c, 11' m Con: Bolaca (1/2) 1' Nacuqu (1/1) 10' Nasoko (0/1)	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Matsui 2' c Tuqiri 7' c Soejima 8' m Con: Fujita (2/3) 3', 7'

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

26 July 2021 (2021-07-26)
16:30

Great Britain	34–0	Japan
Try: Bibby 1' m Mitchell 2' m Glover 7' c Harris 8' m Waddleton 9' m Davis 12' c Con: Bibby (2/6) 7', 12'	(Tokyo 2020)

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
9:00

Canada	36–12	Japan
Try: Braid (3) 2' c, 3' m, 9' m Sauder 5' c Berna 10' m Douglas 12' c Con: Hirayama (2/5) 2', 5' Kay (1/1) 12'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Hano 8' m Matsui 13' c Con: Bourke (0/1) Goya (1/1) 13'

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

9–12th place playoff

27 July 2021 (2021-07-27)
17:00

Kenya	21–7	Japan
Try: Otieno 3' c Oluoch 5' c Amonde 12' c Con: Olindi (3/3) 4', 5', 12'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Matsui 1' c Con: Kano (1/1) 2'

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

11th place match

28 July 2021 (2021-07-28)
9:00

South Korea	19–31	Japan
Try: Coquillard 1' c Jang 4' m Jeong 10' c Con: Coquillard (2/3) 1', 10'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Tuqiri 2' c Hikosaka 5' c Kano 7' m Matsui 8' c Hano 11' m Con: Kano (3/4) 2', 6', 8' Fujita (0/1)

Tokyo Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Richard Haughton (England)

Women's tournament

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Japan women's rugby sevens team automatically qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.

Team roster

Japan's squad of 12 players was named on 19 June 2021.^[68]

Head coach: Hare Makiri

Wakaba Hara
Yume Hirano
Haruka Hirotsu
Marin Kajiki
Mifuyu Koide
Mio Yamanaka
Riho Kurogi
Hana Nagata
Mei Otani
Raichel Bativakalolo (c)
Mayu Shimizu (c)
Miyu Shirako
Honoka Tsutsumi

Group play

More information Pos, Pld ...

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	59	33	+26	9	Quarter-finals
2	Australia	3	2	1	86	24	+62	7
3	China	3	1	2	53	54	−1	5
4	Japan (H)	3	0	3	7	94	−87	3

Source: Tokyo 2020 and World Rugby
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
10:30

Australia	48–0	Japan
Try: Caslick 1' c Tonegato (3) 3' m, 7' +1 m, 10' m Hayes (2) 6' c, 8' c Levi (2) 11' c, 14' m Con: Williams (3/3) 1', 6', 8' Hinds (1/2) 12'	(Tokyo 2020)

29 July 2021 (2021-07-29)
18:00

United States	17–7	Japan
Try: Maher 1' m Matyas 4' m Ramsey 9' c Con: Canett-Oca (0/2) Heavirland (1/1) 9'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Koide 13' c Con: Yamanaka (1/1) 13'

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
10:00

China	29–0	Japan
Try: Xu (2) 1' c, 5' m Wang 2' c Tang 8' m Yang 13' m Con: Chen (2/4) 1', 2' Yu (0/1)	(Tokyo 2020)

9–12th place playoff

30 July 2021 (2021-07-30)
17:00

Kenya	21–17	Japan
Try: Okulu 3' c Omondi 7' c Atieno 14' +1 c Con: Okulu (3/3) 3', 8', 14' +1	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Hara 1' m Koide 8' m Kajiki 10' c Con: Yamanaka (1/3) 10'

11th place match

31 July 2021 (2021-07-31)
9:00

Brazil	21–12	Japan
Try: Kochhann 2' c Silva 7' c Fioravanti 13' c Con: Cerullo (2/2) 2', 7' Kochhann (1/1) 13'	(Tokyo 2020)	Try: Hirotsu 3' c Hara 6' m Con: Yamanaka (1/2) 4'