Japan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Japan at the
2004 Summer Paralympics

IPC code| JPN
NPC| Japan Paralympic Committee
Website| www.jsad.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Athens
Competitors| 162 in 15 sports
Medals
Ranked 10th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

* 1964
* 1968
* 1972
* 1976
* 1980
* 1984
* 1988
* 1992
* 1996
* 2000
* 2004
* 2008
* 2012
* 2016
* 2020
* 2024

Japan competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 162 athletes—108 men and 54 women.[1] Japanese competitors won 52 medals, 17 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze, to finish 10th in the medal table.[2]

## Medallists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Toshihiro Takada | Athletics | Men's 400m T52
Gold | Choke Yasuoka | Athletics | Men's 800m T54
Gold | Toshihiro Takada | Athletics | Men's 5000m T52
Gold | Yuichi Takahashi | Athletics | Men's marathon T11
Gold | Toshihiro Takada | Athletics | Men's marathon T52
Gold | Wakako Tsuchida | Athletics | Women's 5000m T54
Gold | Kazu Hatanaka | Athletics | Women's marathon T54
Gold | Satoshi Fujimoto | Judo | Men's 66 kg
Gold | Junichi Kawai | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S11
Gold | Mayumi Narita | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S4
Gold | Mayumi Narita | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S4
Gold | Mayumi Narita | Swimming | Women's 200m freestyle S4
Gold | Mayumi Narita | Swimming | Women's 50m breaststroke SB3
Gold | Mayumi Narita | Swimming | Women's 50m backstroke S4
Gold | Mayumi Narita | Swimming | Women's 150m individual medley SM4
Gold | Erika Nara
Noriko Kajiwara
Takako Fujita
Mayumi Narita | Swimming | Women's 4 × 50 m freestyle relay 20pts
Gold | Shingo Kunieda
Satoshi Saida | Wheelchair tennis | Men's doubles
Silver | Naomi Isozaki | Archery | Women's W1/W2
Silver | Koichi Minami
Kimimasa Onodera
Shinji Sakoda | Archery | Men's team open
Silver | Choke Yasuoka | Athletics | Men's 400m T54
Silver | Toshie Oi | Athletics | Men's discus F53
Silver | Wakako Tsuchida | Athletics | Women's marathon T54
Silver | Kyoko Sato | Athletics | Women's discus F32-34/51-53
Silver | Takuya Oki
Shigeo Yoshihara | Cycling | Men's tandem sprint B1-3
Silver | Makoto Hirose | Judo | Men's 60 kg
Silver | Yuji Kato | Judo | Men's 81 kg
Silver | Yuji Hanada | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S4
Silver | Yuji Hanada | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S4
Silver | Junichi Kawai | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S11
Silver | Junichi Kawai | Swimming | Men's 100m butterfly S11
Silver | Daisuke Ejima
Takayuki Suzuki
Daisuke Maeda
Yuji Hanada | Swimming | Men's 4 × 50 m medley relay 20pts
Silver | Rina Akiyama | Swimming | Women's 100m backstroke S11
Silver | Satoko Fujiwara
Tomoko Fukuzawa | Table tennis | Women's teams class 1–3
Bronze | Nako Hirasawa | Archery | Women's W1/W2
Bronze | Jun Hiromichi | Athletics | Men's 800m T53
Bronze | Toshihiro Takada | Athletics | Men's 1500m T52
Bronze | Masazumi Soejima
Susumu Kangawa
Yoshifumi Nagao
Choke Yasuoka | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m relay T53/54
Bronze | Mineho Ozaki | Athletics | Men's javelin F11
Bronze | Yuki Kato | Athletics | Women's 100m T36
Bronze | Noriko Arai | Athletics | Women's 200m T34
Bronze | Eriko Kikuchi | Athletics | Women's 200m T36
Bronze | Mutsuhiko Ogawa | Cycling | Men's tricycle road race CP 1/2
Bronze | Mieko Asai
Masae Komiya
Eriko Kumakawa
Yuka Naoi
Yuki Naoi
Madoka Sano | Goalball | Women's team
Bronze | Keiji Amakawa | Judo | Men's +100 kg
Bronze | Yuji Hanada | Swimming | Men's 200m freestyle S4
Bronze | Hiroshi Karube | Swimming | Men's 50m breaststroke SB3
Bronze | Tomotaro Nakamura | Swimming | Men's 100m breaststroke SB7
Bronze | Junichi Kawai | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S11
Bronze | Yoshikazu Sakai | Swimming | Men's 100m backstroke S12
Bronze | Junichi Kawai
Shusaku Suguichi
Kosei Egawa
Yoshikazu Sakai | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 49pts
Bronze | Erika Nara | Swimming | Women's 50m freestyle S6
Bronze | Erika Nara | Swimming | Women's 100m freestyle S6
Bronze | Mayumi Narita
Noriko Kajiwara
Erika Nara
Takako Fujita | Swimming | Women's 4 × 50 m medley relay 20pts

## Sports

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### Archery

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#### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Rank
Koichi Minami | Men's individual W1 | 617  | 6  | —  |  Lear (USA)
W 150–133  |  Sebek (CZE)
L 95–103  | Did not advance
Kimimasa Onodera | Men's individual standing | 628  | 2  | —  |  Rad (IRI)
L 141–142  | Did not advance
Shinji Sakodo | Men's individual W2 | 596  | 15  |  Peemthong (THA)
W 145–144  |  de Pellegrin (ITA)
L 147–151  | Did not advance
Koichi Minami
Kimimasa Onodera
Shinji Sakodo | Men's team open | 1840  | 3  | —  |  Ukraine (UKR)
W 226–206  |  United States (USA)
W 215–0  |  South Korea (KOR)
L 236–223  |

In the men's team open semifinal against United States, a zero score was recorded due to the "infringement of IPC rules".

#### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Score  | Seed  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Opposition
score  | Rank
Nako Hirasawa | Women's individual W1/W2 | 613 WR | 1  | —  |  Hakobyan (ARM)
W 142–101  |  Smith (GBR)
W 96–95  |  Fantato (ITA)
L 88–96  |  Ko (KOR)
W 99–90  |
Naomi Isozaki | 593  | 3  | —  |  Menconi (ITA)
W 129–128  |  Sidkova (CZE)
W 94–85  |  Ko (KOR)
W 91–89  |  Fantato (ITA)
L 83–97  |
Aya Nakanishi | 526  | 13  | —  |  Fantato (ITA)
L 127–154  | Did not advance
Masako Yonezawa | Women's individual standing | 522  | 11  | —  |  Lee K H (KOR)
W 134–126  |  M Olejnik (POL)
L 95–99  | Did not advance
Nako Hirasawa
Naomi Isozaki
Aya Nakanishi | Women's team open | 1732 WR | 1  | —  | Bye  |  Great Britain (GBR)
L 191–197  |  South Korea (KOR)
L 201–213  | 4

### Athletics

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#### Men's track

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Shiro Fukudome | T13  | Marathon | —  | 2:51:56  | 11
Yoshihide Fukuhara | T11  | 10000m | —  | 35:52.89  | 8
Marathon | —  | 2:53:56  | 4
Nobukazu Hanaoka | T54  | 1500m | 3:05.80  | 15 q | 3:05.53  | 8  | Did not advance
Marathon | —  | 1:31:50  | 6
Jun Hiromichi | T53  | 200m | 29.43  | 20  | Did not advance
800m | 1:40.58  | 5 Q | —  | 1:38.84  |
1500m | 3:08.32  | 19 Q | 3:08.34  | 12  | Did not advance
T54  | 10000m | 21:50.31  | 18  | Did not advance
Marathon | —  | 1:40:24  | 16
Kiyoshi Hoshina | T11  | Marathon | —  | 2:56:30  | 5
Tomoya Ito | T52  | 800m | DNS  | Did not advance
1500m | 4:04.88  | 6 Q | —  | DNF
5000m | —  | 13:48.42  | 4
Marathon | —  | 2:20:12  | 4
Susumu Kangawa | T53  | 100m | 16.83  | 18  | Did not advance
200m | 28.29  | 16  | Did not advance
800m | 2:09.10  | 12  | Did not advance
Kenji Kotani | T42  | 200m | —  | 27.59  | 5
Yoshifumi Nagao | T54  | 100m | 14.96  | 10 q | 14.87  | 5 Q | 15.06  | 7
200m | 25.92  | 6 Q | —  | 26.09  | 6
Naohiro Ninomiya | T46  | 1500m | —  | 4:04.49  | 5
5000m | —  | 15:57.16  | 13
Koji Saito | T11  | 100m | 12.09  | 13  | Did not advance
200m | 24.64  | 14  | Did not advance
Hiroki Sasahara | T54  | 10000m | 21:11.38  | 10  | Did not advance
Marathon | —  | 1:33:55  | 9
Masazumi Soejima | T54  | 10000m | 21:12.33  | 11  | Did not advance
Marathon | —  | 1:34:59  | 10
Toshihiro Takada | T52  | 400m | —  |
800m | DNS  | Did not advance
1500m | 4:03.73  | 4 Q | —  | 3:49.76  |
5000m | —  | 13:10.86 PR |
Marathon | —  | 2:00:02  |
Yuichi Takahashi | T11  | 5000m | —  | DNF
10000m | —  | 34:36.69  | 4
Marathon | —  | 2:44:24  |
Masanori Ueda | T51  | 200m | —  | 41.03  | 4
Yasunari Yaezawa | T52  | 100m | —  | 18.65  | 7
200m | 35.21  | 8 Q | N/A  | 34.98  | 8
Shigeki Yano | T11  | 100m | 11.95  | 10 q | 11.86  | 8 B | 11.93  | 4
200m | 24.39  | 11 q | 24.36  | 10  | Did not advance
Choke Yasuoka | T54  | 400m | —  |
800m | 1:34.59 PR | 1 Q | —  | 1:32.45 PR |
1500m | 3:00.43  | 2 Q | 3:22.32  | 17  | Did not advance
5000m | 10:24.95  | 3 Q | —  | 10:26.63  | 10
Marathon | —  | DNS
Susumu Kangawa
Yoshifumi Nagao
Masazumi Soejima
Choke Yasuoka | T53/54  | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:15.25  | 1 Q | —  | 3:16.57  |

#### Men's field

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Points  | Rank
Takefumi Anryo | F32/51  | Club throw | 25.63  | 900  | 6
Kenji Kotani | F42  | Long jump | 5.25  | \-  | 4
Toshie Oi | F53  | Discus | 25.03  | \-  |
Shigeo Osemachi | F12  | Javelin | 44.55  | \-  | 10
Mineho Ozaki | F11  | Javelin | 40.90  | \-  |
Long jump | 5.45  | \-  | 13
Toru Suzuki | F44/46  | High jump | 1.80  | \-  | 7

#### Women's track

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Noriko Arai | T34  | 100m | —  | 20.50  | 4
200m | —  | 36.08  |
Kazu Hatanaka | T54  | 5000m | 12:19.66  | 7 Q | —  | DNF
Marathon | —  | 1:49:26  |
Yuki Kato | T36  | 100m | —  | 15.53  |
200m | —  | 32.63  | 4
Yumi Kawashima | T54  | 800m | 1:55.76  | 11  | Did not advance
5000m | 12:53.38  | 9 Q | —  | 12:52.28  | 12
Eriko Kikuchi | T36  | 100m | —  | 15.72  | 4
200m | —  | 32.30  |
Wakako Tsuchida | T54  | 5000m | 11:59.74 PR | 1 Q | —  | 11:59.51 PR |
Marathon | —  | 1:50:13  |
Miki Yoda | T52  | 200m | 42.40  | 6 Q | —  | 43.27  | 5
400m | 1:23.42  | 4 Q | —  | 1:24.13  | 6

#### Women's field

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Final

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Result  | Points  | Rank
Katsuko Nakajima | F37  | Discus | 19.74  | 709  | 10
F37/38  | Shot put | 8.19  | 889  | 10
Kyoko Sato | F32-34/52/53  | Discus | 11.09  | 1289  |
Shot put | 5.01  | 1118  | 4
Mami Sato | F44/46  | Long jump | 3.95  | 982  | 9

### Cycling

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#### Men's road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Takuya Oki
Shigeo Yoshihara | Men's road race / time trial tandem B1-3 | 33:38  | 18
Tatsuyuki Oshiro
Hideki Tanzawa | Men's road race / time trial tandem B1-3 | \-  | 17
Mutsuhiko Ogawa | Men's tricycle road race CP div 1/2 | 48:14  |
Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/2 | 10:32.26  | 5
Akio Sakuma | Men's road race / time trial LC1 | \-  | 13

#### Men's track

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Time  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
Takuya Oki
Shigeo Yoshihara | Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3 | —  | 1:06.93  | 4
Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3 | 5:06.20  | 16  | Did not advance
Men's sprint tandem B1-3 | 10.997  | 5 Q |  Storey (GBR) /
Gordon (GBR)
W/O |  Modra (AUS) /
Short (AUS)
L 0–2  |  Biddle (AUS) /
Stewart (AUS)
W 2–1  | 3
Tatsuyuki Oshiro
Shigeo Yoshihara | Men's 1km time trial tandem B1-3 | —  | 1:05.91  | 4
Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-3 | 4:57.42  | 15  | Did not advance
Men's sprint tandem B1-3 | 11.237  | 8 Q |  Modra (AUS) /
Short (AUS)
L 0–2  | N/A  |  Janowski (FRA) /
Senmartin (FRA)
W 11.286  | 7
Akio Sakuma | Men's 1km time trial LC1-4 | —  | 1:16.92  | 26
Men's individual pursuit LC1 | 5:36.29  | 12  | Did not advance

Despite being in the bronze medal match, Shigeo Yoshihara and Takuya Oki won the event against Anthony Biddle and Kial Stewart, in the gold medal match, Slovakian cyclists Vladislav Janovjak and Juraj Petrovic were disqualified and were stripped of the silver medals after Petrovic was tested positive for glucocorticosteroid and methylprednisolone.

### Goalball

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The women's goalball team won a bronze medal after defeating Finland.

#### Players

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* Mieko Asai
* Masae Komiya
* Eriko Kumakawa
* Yuka Naoi
* Yuki Naoi
* Madoka Sano

#### Results

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Game  | Match  | Score  | Rank

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1  | Japan vs.  Canada (CAN) | 0 – 2 | 3 Q
2  | Japan vs.  United States (USA) | 1 – 6
3  | Japan vs.  Finland (FIN) | 2 – 1
4  | Japan vs.  Netherlands (NED) | 1 – 1
5  | Japan vs.  Germany (GER) | 6 – 3
6  | Japan vs.  Brazil (BRA) | 4 – 3
7  | Japan vs.  Greece (GRE) | 2 – 1
Semifinals  | Japan vs.  United States (USA) | 1 – 3 | L
Bronze medal final  | Japan vs.  Finland (FIN) | 2 – 1  |

### Judo

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#### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminary  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage
round 1  | Repechage
round 2  | Final/
Bronze medal contest

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Keiji Amakawa | Men's +100kg |  A Silva (BRA)
W 1012-0020S  |  Akaev (RUS)
L 0001S-0002S  | —  |  Looi (MAS)
W 1000–0000  | —  |  Campos Ariza (ESP)
W 0201S-0001S
Satoshi Fujimoto | Men's 66kg |  Kail (GBR)
W 0051–0000  |  Viera (URU)
W 1000–0000  |  Shabashov (RUS)
W 1010–0000  | —  |  Garcia del Valle (ESP)
W 0010-0000
Makoto Hirose | Men's 60kg | Bye  |  Zasyadkovych (UKR)
W 1022–0000S  |  Rahmati (IRI)
W 1000–0000  | —  |  Perez (CUB)
W/O
Yuji Kato | Men's 81kg | Bye  |  Junk (GER)
W 1010–0000  |  Vincze (HUN)
W 0010–0001  | —  |  Jonard (FRA)
L 0000-1000
Yoshikazu Matsumoto | Men's 100kg |  Szott (USA)
L 0001C-0011  | —  |  Papachristos (GRE)
L 0001S-1001S  | Did not advance
Eiji Miyauchi | Men's 90kg |  Mirhassan Nattaj (IRI)
W 0200C-0022K  |  Cugnon (FRA)
L 0001S-1011S  | —  |  Stoskus (LTU)
L 0001-1000S  | Did not advance

Sergio Arturo Perez was disqualified and stripped of his gold medal after being found to be tested positive for an inflammatory drug prednisolone. Makoto Hirose was awarded a silver medal.

#### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage  | Final/
Bronze medal contest

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Masami Akatsuka | Women's 48kg |  Arndt (GER)
L 1000–0000  | —  |  Potapova (RUS)
L 0000–1010

### Powerlifting

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#### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Result  | Rank

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Hajime Ujiro | 67.5kg | 147.5  | 8

### Shooting

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#### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Total  | Rank
Takashi Matsumoto | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 596  | 22  | Did not advance
Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 572  | 16  | Did not advance
Kenji Ohashi | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 556  | 12  | Did not advance
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 | 511  | 17  | Did not advance
Hitomi Suzuki | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 595  | 18  | Did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 | 575  | 23  | Did not advance

#### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Total  | Rank
Yukiko Kinoshita | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 585  | 26  | Did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 | 594  | 9  | Did not advance
Akiko Sakuraoka | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 599  | 7 Q | 103.9  | 702.9  | 8
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 | 589  | 17  | Did not advance
Aki Terai | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 599  | 8 Q | 103.7  | 702.7  | 7

### Swimming

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#### Men

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Chikara Ara | S8  | 100m butterfly | 1:19.96  | 11  | Did not advance
SB8  | 100m breaststroke | 1:20.80  | 6 Q | 1:20.34  | 5
Kosei Egawa | S12  | 50m freestyle | 26.83  | 10  | Did not advance
100m freestyle | 59.47  | 11  | Did not advance
400m freestyle | 4:58.86  | 9  | Did not advance
100m butterfly | 1:05.04  | 6 Q | 1:04.90  | 6
Daisuke Ejima | S7  | 100m backstroke | 1:19.19  | 3 Q | 1:19.99  | 5
50m butterfly | 36.61  | 8 Q | 35.91  | 7
SM7  | 200m individual medley | DSQ  | Did not advance
Yuji Hanada | S4  | 50m freestyle | 38.43 PR | 2 Q | 37.54  |
100m freestyle | 1:22.77 PR | 2 Q | 1:24.62  |
200m freestyle | 3:02.97  | 2 Q | 3:05.65  |
Hiroshi Hosokawa | S7  | 50m freestyle | 33.10  | 15  | Did not advance
400m freestyle | 5:29.21  | 9  | Did not advance
100m backstroke | 1:22.76  | 7 Q | 1:22.94  | 7
Hiroshi Karube | SB3  | 50m breaststroke | 54.78  | 3 Q | 55.18  |
SM4  | 150m individual medley | 3:14.88  | 13  | Did not advance
Junichi Kawai | S11  | 50m freestyle | 27.22  | 1 Q | 26.64  |
100m freestyle | 1:05.16  | 4 Q | 1:00.86  |
100m backstroke | 1:18.05  | 5 Q | 1:12.11  |
100m butterfly | 1:08.51  | 1 Q | 1:06.76  |
SM11  | 200m individual medley | N/A  | 2:36.77  | 4
Jumpei Kimura | SB6  | 100m breaststroke | N/A  | 1:41.96  | 6
Daisuke Maeda | S6  | 50m freestyle | 35.14  | 14  | Did not advance
100m freestyle | 1:16.14  | 12  | Did not advance
50m butterfly | 38.31  | 11  | Did not advance
Tomotaro Nakamura | SB7  | 100m breaststroke | 1:25.02  | 2 Q | 1:25.72  |
Yoshikazu Sakai | S12  | 100m freestyle | 58.90  | 7 Q | 59.05  | 7
400m freestyle | 4:46.16  | 7 Q | 4:44.48  | 7
100m backstroke | 1:06.55  | 4 Q | 1:04.99  |
100m butterfly | 1:04.09  | 5 Q | 1:04.05  | 5
SM12  | 200m individual medley | 2:27.85  | 6 Q | 2:27.93  | 6
Ryuji Sakimoto | S9  | 400m freestyle | 4:59.14  | 13  | Did not advance
100m backstroke | 1:13.96  | 17  | Did not advance
Koshiro Sugita | S12  | 100m butterfly | 1:20.73  | 12  | Did not advance
SB12  | 100m breaststroke | 1:20.14  | 13  | Did not advance
SM12  | 200m individual medley | 2:44.97  | 12  | Did not advance
Shusaku Sugiuchi | S13  | 50m freestyle | 27.44  | 11  | Did not advance
100m freestyle | 1:00.85  | 10  | Did not advance
100m butterfly | 1:08.61  | 8 Q | 1:07.97  | 8
SB13  | 100m breaststroke | 1:16.23  | 4 Q | 1:14.48  | 4
Takayuki Suzuki | S5  | 100m freestyle | 1:29.21  | 7 Q | 1:29.99  | 7
SM4  | 150m individual medley | 2:57.71  | 6 Q | 2:58.61  | 8
Takuro Yamada | S9  | 50m freestyle | 28.03  | 10  | Did not advance
400m freestyle | 4:40.18  | 9  | Did not advance
Yuji Hanada
Hiroshi Karube
Daisuke Maeda
Takayuki Suzuki | N/A  | 4 × 50 m freestyle relay (20pts) | 2:37.96  | 2 Q | 2:39.78  | 4
Chikara Ara
Jumpei Kimura
Ryuji Sakimoto
Takuro Yamada | N/A  | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (34pts) | 4:33.01  | 10  | Did not advance
Kosei Egawa
Junichi Kawai
Yoshikazu Sakai
Shusaku Sugiuchi | N/A  | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay (49pts) | N/A  | 3:57.73  |
4 × 100 m medley relay (49pts) | N/A  | 4:23.66  | 4
Daisuke Ejima
Yuji Hanada
Daisuke Maeda
Takayuki Sakai | N/A  | 4 × 50 m medley relay (20pts) | 2:44.30  | 1 Q | 2:42.52  |
Chikara Ara
Hiroshi Hosokawa
Ryuji Sakimoto
Takuro Yamada | N/A  | 4 × 100 m medley relay (34pts) | 4:54.41  | 9  | Did not advance

#### Women

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Rina Akiyama | S11  | 100m backstroke | 1:28.10  | 5 Q | 1:23.63  |
50m freestyle | 36.77  | 11  | Did not advance
100m freestyle | 1:23.84  | 10  | Did not advance
SB11  | 100m breaststroke | 1:47.00  | 7 Q | 1:46.99  | 8
SM11  | 200m individual medley | N/A  | 3:26.92  | 6
Takako Fujita | S5  | 50m freestyle | 53.27  | 9  | Did not advance
100m freestyle | 1:50.82  | 11  | Did not advance
200m freestyle | 3:57.69  | 9  | Did not advance
SB3  | 50m breaststroke | 1:17.03  | 9  | Did not advance
Noriko Kajiwara | SB4  | 100m breaststroke | 2:01.50  | 2 Q | 2:01.15  | 4
Yuri Kitamura | SB5  | 100m breaststroke | N/A  | 2:07.64  | 6
Erika Nara | S6  | 50m butterfly | 53.34  | 13  | Did not advance
50m freestyle | 37.66  | 1 Q | 37.65  |
100m freestyle | 1:25.52  | 5 Q | 1:22.87  |
400m freestyle | 6:13.77  | 2 Q | 6:14.65  | 5
Mayumi Narita | S4  | 50m backstroke | 51.08  | 1 Q | 49.54 WR |
50m freestyle | 44.90  | 1 Q | 39.22 WR |
100m freestyle | 1:32.70  | 1 Q | 1:25.07 WR |
200m freestyle | 3:20.50  | 1 Q | 3:02.00 WR |
SB3  | 50m breaststroke | 57.24  | 1 Q | 56.20 WR |
SM4  | 150m individual medley | 2:51.67 WR | 1 Q | 2:45.20 WR |
Mitsuki Yamauchi | SB9  | 100m breaststroke | 1:28.68  | 5 Q | 1:28.70  | 5
Miyuki Yasuda | S7  | 50m freestyle | 38.34  | 11  | Did not advance
100m freestyle | 1:26.13  | 13  | Did not advance
400m freestyle | 6:13.36  | 8 Q | 6:18.23  | 8
Takako Fujita
Noriko Kajiwara
Erika Nara
Mayumi Narita | N/A  | 4 × 50 m freestyle relay (20pts) | N/A  | 3:00.62 WR |
4 × 50 m medley relay (20pts) | N/A  | 3:33.11  |

### Table tennis

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#### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Nobuhiro Minami | Men's singles 2 |  Molliens (FRA)
W 3–1  |  Kim K M (KOR)
L 0–3  |  Kristjansson (ISL)
W 3–0  | 3  | Did not advance
Hatsuo Ono | Men's singles 6 |  Rosenmeier (DEN)
L 1–3  |  Buzin (RUS)
L 0–3  |  P du Plooy (RSA)
L 0–3  | 4  | Did not advance
Shigekazu Tomioka | Men's singles 9 |  Leibovitz (USA)
W 3–0  |  Rahbari (IRI)
W 3–0  |  Rakic (CRO)
W 3–0  | 1 Q |  Lu (CHN)
L 1–3  | Did not advance
Nobuhiro Minami
Toshihiko Oka | Men's teams 5 |  Czech Republic (CZE)
L 1–3  |  Germany (GER)
L 2–3  | —  | 3  | Did not advance
Hatsuo Ono
Shigekazu Tomioka | Men's teams 9 |  Austria (AUT)
L 0–3  |  United States (USA)
L 2–3  | —  | 3  | Did not advance

#### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Preliminaries  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Kimie Bessho | Women's singles 5 |  Pivarciova (CZE)
L 1–3  |  Hoffmann (MEX)
L 2–3  |  Gu G (CHN)
W 3–1  | 3  | Did not advance
Satoko Fujiwara | Women's singles 3 |  Pintar (SLO)
L 0–3  |  Moll (RSA)
W 3–0  | —  | 2 Q |  Mariage (FRA)
L 3–2  | Did not advance
Tomoko Fukuzawa | Women's singles 3 |  Mariage (FRA)
L 0–3  |  Paardekam (NED)
W 3–0  |  M Y Silva (CUB)
W 3–1  | 2 Q |  Gay (FRA)
L 0–3  | Did not advance
Yasuko Kudo | Women's singles 10 |  Partyka (POL)
L 0–3  |  Zakova (CZE)
W 3–0  |  le Morvan (FRA)
W 3–1  | 2 Q | —  |  Matouskova (CZE)
L 2–3  |  Lu Y Q (CHN)
L 2–3  | 4
Satoko Fujiwara
Tomoko Fukuzawa | Women's teams 1-3 | No preliminaries | —  |  Great Britain (GBR)
W 3–1  |  France (FRA)
L 1–3  |

### Volleyball

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The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals: they were 7th out 8 teams.

#### Players

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* Satoshi Kanao
* Masahiko Kato
* Yosuke Kurita
* Kaname Nakayama
* Yoshihito Takeda
* Tadashi Tamura
* Tsutomu Tanabe
* Koji Tanaka
* Koki Todo
* Arata Yamamoto
* Atsushi Yonezawa
* Hitoshi Yoshida

#### Results

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No eliminations occur in the preliminaries for ranking purposes

Game  | Match  | Score  | Rank

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1  | Japan vs.  Iran (IRI) | 0 – 3 | 8
2  | Japan vs.  Germany (GER) | 0 – 3
3  | Japan vs.  Finland (FIN) | 0 – 3
Quarterfinals  | Japan vs.  Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH) | 0 – 3 | L
Semifinals  | Japan vs.  United States (USA) | 2 – 3 | L
7th-8th classification  | Japan vs.  Greece (GRE) | 3 – 1  | 7

### Wheelchair basketball

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#### Men's team

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The men's basketball team didn't win any medals: they were 8th out of 12 teams.

#### Players

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* Shingo Fujii
* Reo Fujimoto
* Yasuyuki Hasegawa
* Yasuhiro Jimbo
* Keisuke Koretomo
* Kazuyuki Kyoya
* Katsumi Miyake
* Noriyuki Mori
* Tomohiko Oshima
* Takao Sugasawa
* Hisanobu Sugiura
* Naoki Yasu

#### Results

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Game  | Match  | Score  | Rank

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1  | Japan vs.  Netherlands (NED) | 47 – 76 | 4 Q
2  | Japan vs.  United States (USA) | 46 – 54
3  | Japan vs.  Germany (GER) | 58 – 79
4  | Japan vs.  Iran (IRI) | 79 – 57
5  | Japan vs.  Greece (GRE) | 73 – 32
Quarterfinals  | Japan vs.  Canada (CAN) | 48 – 50 | L
7th-8th classification  | Japan vs.  United States (USA) | 56 – 79 | 8

#### Women's team

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The women's basketball team didn't win any medals: they were 5th out of 8 teams.

#### Players

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* Sachiko Goto
* Yasuko Hatano
* Rie Kawakami
* Megumi Mashiko
* Sachiko Minamikawa
* Junko Sako
* Tomoe Soeda
* Naoko Sugahara
* Mika Takabayashi
* Kyoko Tsukamoto
* Chika Uemara
* Erika Yoshida

#### Results

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Game  | Match  | Score  | Rank

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1  | Japan vs.  Canada (CAN) | 28 – 51 | 3 Q
2  | Japan vs.  Germany (GER) | 36 – 50
3  | Japan vs.  Mexico (MEX) | 45 – 29
Quarterfinals  | Japan vs.  United States (USA) | 33 – 70 | L
Semifinals  | Japan vs.  Netherlands (NED) | 54 – 52  | W
5th-6th classification  | Japan vs.  Mexico (MEX) | 53 – 47  | 5

### Wheelchair fencing

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#### Men

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition  | Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Toyoaki Hisakawa | Men's épée B |  Chung (HKG) | L 0–5  | 5 Q |  Komar (UKR)
L 9–15  | Did not advance
Komar (UKR) | L 2–5
Park (KOR) | W 5–3
Sarri (ITA) | L 3–5
Soler (ESP) | W 5–3
Men's foil B |  Hui (HKG) | L 1–5  | 5  | Did not advance
Rodgers (USA) | L 3–5
Shenkevych (UKR) | L 1–5
Lewonowski (POL) | L 1–5

#### Women

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Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition  | Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Tomoko Tani | Women's épée A |  Krajnyak (HUN) | L 2–5  | 6  | Did not advance
Polasik (POL) | W 5–3
Assmann (FRA) | L 1–5
Presutto (ITA) | L 0–5
Gilmore (USA) | L 4–5
Women's foil A |  Fan (HKG) | L 0–5  | 6  | Did not advance
Picot (FRA) | L 1–5
Rossek (GER) | L 2–5
Frelik (POL) | L 1–5
Gilmore (USA) | W 5–1

### Wheelchair rugby

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The men's rugby team didn't win any medals: they were 8th out of 8 teams.

#### Players

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* Masahiro Fukui
* Satoshi Ito
* Masanao Kawamura
* Hiroyuki Misaka
* Kenichi Mori
* Takuo Murohashi
* Shinichi Nakazato
* Koichi Ogino
* Yoshito Sato
* Shinichi Shimakawa
* Yoshinobu Takahashi
* Manabu Tamura

#### Results

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Game  | Match  | Score  | Rank

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1  | Japan vs.  United States (USA) | 39 – 54 | 4 Q
2  | Japan vs.  Australia (AUS) | 47 – 48
3  | Japan vs.  New Zealand (NZL) | 35 – 47
Quarterfinals  | Japan vs.  Great Britain (GBR) | 42 – 50 | L
Semifinals  | Japan vs.  Belgium (BEL) | 35 – 36 | L
7th-8th classification  | Japan vs.  Germany (GER) | 40 – 41 | 8

### Wheelchair tennis

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#### Men

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result
Shingo Kunieda | Open  | Men's singles |  Onasie (INA)
W 6–0, 6–0  |  Kulik (POL)
W 6–0, 6–2  |  Wikstrom (SWE)
W 6–3, 4–6, 6–3  |  Hall (AUS)
L 2–6, 6–0, 4–6  | Did not advance
Hidekazu Nakano |  Stuurman (NED)
L 3–6, 1–6  | Did not advance
Satoshi Saida |  Batycki (POL)
W 6–0, 6–0  |  Gatelli (ITA)
W 6–0, 6–2  |  Mistry (GBR)
W 6–2, 6–1  |  Ammerlaan (NED)
L 4–6, 6–3, 6–7  | Did not advance
Ryoichi To |  Welch (USA)
L 1–6, 0–6  | Did not advance
Shingo Kunieda
Satoshi Saida | Men's doubles | —  | Bye  |  Batycki (POL) /
Kulik (POL)
W 6–0, 6–0  |  Hatt (GBR) /
Mistry (GBR)
W 6–1, 6–1  |  Bonaccurso (AUS) /
Hall (AUS)
W 4–6, 6–4, 7–6  |  Jeremiasz (FRA) /
Majdi (FRA)
W 6–1, 6–2
Hidekazu Nakano
Ryoichi To | —  |  Gatelli (ITA) /
Mazzei (ITA)
L 6–7, 7–6, 3–6  | Did not advance

#### Women

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result
Chiyoko Ohmae | Open  | Women's singles |  Ochoa (ESP)
W 6–2, 6–1  |  Peters (NED)
L 3–6, 2–6  | Did not advance
Mie Yaosa |  Gravellier (FRA)
L 1–6, 2–6  | Did not advance
Chiyoko Ohmae
Mie Yaosa | Women's doubles | —  | Bye  |  Clark (USA) /
Verfuerth (USA)
W 7–5, 6–3  |  Smit (NED) /
Vergeer (NED)
L 2–6, 0–6  |  Erath (SUI) /
Kalt (SUI)
L 5–7, 3–6

#### Quads

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Athlete  | Class  | Event  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Finals

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Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result
Masao Takashima | Open  | Quads' singles |  Weinberg (ISR)
L 2–6, 3–6  | Did not advance
Hiroshi Toma |  Hunter (CAN)
L 1–6, 2–6  | Did not advance
Masao Takashima
Hiroshi Toma | Quads' doubles | —  |  Hunter (CAN) /
McPhate (CAN)
L 3–6, 0–6  | Did not advance

## See also

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* Japan at the Paralympics
* Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
2. ^ "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.

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