Japan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Japan at the
2024 Summer Paralympics

Flag of Japan

IPC code| JPN
NPC| Japan Paralympic Committee
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-8-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-9-8)
Competitors| 176 in 21 sports
Flag bearers | Daiki Ishiyama
An Nishida
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 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

## Medalists

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Main article: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Takayuki Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3 | 29 August
Gold | Keiichi Kimura | Swimming | Men's 50 metre freestyle S11 | 31 August
Gold | Sarina Satomi | Badminton | Women's singles WH1 | 2 September
Gold | Japan national wheelchair rugby team

* Daisuke Ikezaki
* Ryuji Kusaba
* Yukinobu Ike
* Hitoshi Ogawa
* Hidefumi Wakayama
* Yuki Hasegawa
* Kae Kurahashi
* Masayuki Haga
* Shinichi Shimakawa
* Shunya Nakamachi
* Seiya Norimatsu
* Katsuya Hashimoto

| Wheelchair rugby | Mixed tournament | 2 September
Gold | Daiki Kajiwara | Badminton | Men's singles WH2 | 2 September
Gold | Yui Kamiji
Manami Tanaka | Wheelchair tennis | Women's doubles | 5 September
Gold | Natsuki Wada | Table tennis | Women's individual C11 | 5 September
Gold | Japan men's national goalball team

* Yuto Sano
* Haruki Torii
* Yuji Taguchi
* Naoki Hagiwara
* Kazuya Kaneko
* Koji Miyajiki

| Goalball | Men's tournament | 5 September
Gold | Yui Kamiji | Wheelchair tennis | Women's singles | 6 September
Gold | Junko Hirose | Judo | Women's 57 kg J2 | 6 September
Gold | Yujiro Seto | Judo | Men's 73 kg J2 | 6 September
Gold | Keiichi Kimura | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S11 | 6 September
Gold | Keiko Sugiura | Cycling | Women's road race C1–3 | 7 September
Gold | Tokito Oda | Wheelchair tennis | Men's singles | 7 September
Silver | Kenya Karasawa | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres T11 | 30 August
Silver | Takayuki Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle S4 | 30 August
Silver | Tomoki Sato | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T52 | 30 August
Silver | Kota Kubota | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke S8 | 31 August
Silver | Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki | Badminton | Women's doubles WH1–WH2 | 1 September
Silver | Keiko Onidani | Athletics | Women's discus throw F53 | 2 September
Silver | Ryota Fukunaga | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T13 | 5 September
Silver | Shizuka Hangai | Judo | Women's 48 kg J1 | 5 September
Silver | Takuya Miki
Tokito Oda | Wheelchair tennis | Men's doubles | 6 September
Silver | Takayuki Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 50 metre freestyle S4 | 6 September
Bronze | Uchu Tomita | Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle S11 | 30 August
Bronze | Tomoya Ito | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T52 | 30 August
Bronze | Mika Mizuta | Shooting | R5 Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2 | 1 September
Bronze | Hiromi Endo | Boccia | Women's individual BC1 | 1 September
Bronze | Shuta Kawakami | Athletics | Men's 100 metres T13 | 1 September
Bronze | Hiroshi Murayama
Daiki Kajiwara | Badminton | Men's doubles WH1–WH2 | 1 September
Bronze | Naohide Yamaguchi | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB14 | 2 September
Bronze | Takayuki Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 200 metre freestyle S4 | 3 September
Bronze | Ayano Tsujiuchi | Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle S12 | 4 September
Bronze | Aira Kinoshita | Swimming | Women's 200 metre individual medley SM14 | 4 September
Bronze | Hiromi Endo
Takayuki Hirose
Hidetaka Sugimura | Boccia | Mixed team BC1–2 | 5 September
Bronze | Kanami Furukawa | Table tennis | Women's individual C11 | 5 September
Bronze | Tomoki Sato | Athletics | Men's 100 metres T52 | 6 September
Bronze | Kazusa Ogawa | Judo | Women's 70 kg J2 | 6 September
Bronze | Uchu Tomita | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly S11 | 6 September
Bronze | Tomoki Suzuki | Athletics | Men's marathon T54 | 8 September
Bronze | Misato Michishita | Athletics | Women's marathon T12 | 8 September

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Archery | 2 | 0 | 2
Athletics | 22 | 18 | 40
Badminton | 6 | 6 | 12
Boccia | 4 | 3 | 7
Cycling | 2 | 1 | 3
Equestrian | 2 | 0 | 2
Football 5-a-side | 10 | 0 | 10
Goalball | 6 | 6 | 12
Judo | 2 | 4 | 6
Paracanoeing | 1 | 3 | 4
Paratriathlon | 3 | 1 | 4
Powerlifting | 1 | 0 | 1
Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1
Shooting | 1 | 2 | 3
Swimming | 12 | 10 | 22
Table tennis | 6 | 3 | 9
Taekwondo | 2 | 0 | 2
Wheelchair basketball | 0 | 12 | 12
Wheelchair fencing | 3 | 1 | 4
Wheelchair rugby | 11 | 1 | 12
Wheelchair tennis | 4 | 4 | 8
Total | 101 | 75 | 176

## Archery

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Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japan secured a quota places in mixed recurve and men's compound event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic and 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.[1]

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
Oe Yuya | Men's individual compound | 682  | 23  |  Milne (AUS)
L 142–147  | Did not advance  | =17
Tomohiro Ueyama | Men's individual recurve | 599  | 22  |  Travisani (ITA)
W 6–2  |  Ciszek (POL)
L 3–7  | Did not advance  | =9

## Athletics

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Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japanese track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* DQ = Disqualified
* PR = Paralympic Record
* AR = Area (or continental) Record
* NR = National Record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events
Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Shuta Kawakami | 100 m T13 | 10.80  | 2 Q | 10.80  |
Tatsuya Ito | 100 m T52 | 17.76  | 4 q | 17.91  | 8
400 m T52 | 1:09.55  | 5  | Did not advance
Tomoya Ito | 100 m T52 | 17.58  | 4 q | 17.67  | 7
400 m T52 | 1:00.42  | 2 Q | 1:01.08  |
Tomoki Sato | 100 m T52 | 17.20  | 1 Q | 17.44  |
400 m T52 | 58.04  | 1 Q | 56.26  |
Tomoki Ikoma | 100 m T54 | 14.73  | 5  | Did not advance
Kengo Oshima | 100 m T64 | 11.24 NR | 5  | Did not advance
200 m T64 | DNS | –  | Did not advance
Shunsuke Itani | 200 m T64 | 23.67  | 4 q | 23.50  | 7
Ryota Fukunaga | 400 m T13 | —  | 48.07  |
Takeru Matsumoto | 400 m T36 | —  | 53.63 NR | 4
Kenya Karasawa | 1500 m T11 | 4:06.86  | 3 q | 4:04.40 NR | 4
5000 m T11 | —  | 14:51.48 NR |
Daiki Akai | 1500 m T20 | —  | 3:57.58  | 5
Yuji Togawa | 1500 m T20 | —  | 4:02.68  | 6
Tomoki Suzuki | 1500 m T54 | 3:05.31  | 5 Q | 2:53.99  | 7
Marathon T54 |  |  |  |
Shinya Wada | 5000 m T11 | —  | 15:16.41  | 4
Marathon T12 |  |  |  |
Tadashi Horikoshi | Marathon T12 |  |  |  |
Yutaka Kumagai | Marathon T12 |  |  |  |
Ryota Yoshida | Marathon T54 |  |  |  |

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Uran Sawada | 100 m T12 | 12.90  | 4  | Did not advance
Haruka Kitaura | 100 m T34 | 19.68  | 4 q | 19.81  | 7
Moe Onodera | 100 m T34 | 19.08  | 3 Q | 18.94  | 6
800 m T34 | —  | 2:15.85  | 6
Ayano Yoshida | 100 m T34 | 20.43  | 5 q | 20.07  | 8
Yuka Takamatsu | 100 m T38 | 14.86  | 9  | Did not advance
Sae Tsuji | 100 m T47 | 12.94  | 7  | Did not advance
400 m T47 | 1:00.19  | 4 q | 59.13  | 7
Kaede Maegawa | 100 m T63 | 16.34  | 5  | Did not advance
Tomomi Tozawa | 100 m T63 | 15.85  | 5  | Did not advance
Saki Takakuwa | 100 m T64 | 13.85  | 6  | Did not advance
Mana Sasaki | 400 m T13 | 58.77  | 3 Q | 58.35  | 7
Moeko Yamamoto | 1500 m T20 | —  | 5:16.70  | 9
Misato Michishita | Marathon T12 | —  | 3:04:23  |
Tsubasa Kina | Marathon T54 | —  | 2:04:53  | 12
Wakako Tsuchida | Marathon T54 | —  | 1:52:39  | 6

Mixed
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Takeru Matsumoto
Tomoki Ikoma
Uran Sawada
Sae Tsuji | 4 × 100 m relay | 47.09  | 2 q | 48.16  | 4

Field events
Men
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Distance  | Position
Daiki Ishiyama | Long jump T12 | 6.75  | 5
Ryota Fukunaga | Long jump T13 | 6.55  | 7
Yamato Shimbo | Discus throw F37 | 51.37  | 4
Yuta Wakoh | Javelin throw F13 | 58.49  | 7
Shunya Takahashi | Javelin throw F46 | 59.76  | 6
Akihiro Yamazaki | Javelin throw F46 | 57.67  | 7

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Distance  | Position
Uran Sawada | Long jump T12 | 4.90  | 6
Sonomi Sakai | Long jump T20 | 4.87  | 13
Kaede Maegawa | Long jump T63 | 4.50  | 6
Tomomi Tozawa | Long jump T63 | 4.58  | 5
Maya Nakanishi | Long jump T64 | 4.91  | 7
Saki Takakuwa | Long jump T64 | 5.04  | 5
Yukiko Saito | Shot put F46 | 11.61  | 4
Keiko Onidani | Discus throw F53 | 15.78 NR |

## Badminton

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Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japan has qualified eleven para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Group Stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Hiroshi Murayama | Singles WH1 |  Nagashima (JPN)
W 2-0  |  Choi (KOR)
L 0-2  | —  | 2  |  Jeong (KOR) |  |  |
Osamu Nagashima |  Murayama (JPN)
L 0-2  |  Choi (KOR)
L 0-2  | —  | 3  | Did not advance
Daiki Kajiwara | Singles WH2 |  Matsumoto (JPN) |  Olgiati (SUI) | —  |  |  |  |  Chan (HKG)
W (21-10, 21-10)  |
Takumi Matsumoto |  Kajiwara (JPN) |  Olgiati (SUI) | —  |  |  |  |  |
Daisuke Fujihara | Singles SL3 |  Chyrkov (UKR)
W (19–21, 21–16, 21–17)  |  Bethell (GBR)
L 0-2  |  Czyz (NZL) |  |  |  |  |
Taiyo Imai | Singles SU5 |  Anrimusthi (INA)
L (18–21, 14–21)  |  Fang (TPE) |  Anuar (MAS) |  |  |  |  |
Daiki Kajiwara
Hiroshi Murayama | Doubles WH1–2 |  Noorlan /
Ramli (MAS)
W (17–21, 21–13, 21–16)  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Takumi Matsumoto
Osamu Nagashima | Doubles WH1–2 |  Jakobs /
Toupé (FRA)
W 2-1  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Group Stage  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Sarina Satomi | Singles WH1 |  Yin (CHN) |  Gorodetzky (ISR) |  Mathez (SUI) |  |  |  |
Yuma Yamazaki | Singles WH2 |  Liu (CHN) |  Seçkin (TUR) | —  |  |  |  |
Noriko Ito | Singles SL3 |  Yıldız (TUR)
L 0-2  |  Xiao (CHN) |  Henpraiwan (THA) |  |  |  |
Fujino Haruka | Singles SL4 |  Seansupa (THA) |  Sagøy (NOR) | —  |  |  |  |
Mamiko Toyoda | Singles SU5 |  Kameyama (JPN)
W 2-0  |  Rosengren (NOR) | —  |  |  |  |
Kaede Kameyama |  Toyoda (JPN)
L 0-2  |  Rosengren (NOR) | —  |  |  |  |
Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki | Doubles WH1–2 |  Jung G-o /
Kwon H-a (KOR)
W 2-0  |  |  |  |  |  |

Mixed
Athlete  | Event  | Group Stage  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Taiyo Imai
Noriko Ito | Doubles SL3–SU5 |  Setiawan /
Sadiyah (INA)
L (12–21, 23–25)  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Boccia

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Main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan entered six athletes into the Paralympics games, after nominated top two individual athletes in men's individual BC4 events; top four in BC1/BC2 team events, through the final world ranking; and through winning the bronze medal in the mixed pairs event for BC3, at the 2024 Paralympic Qualification Tournament in Coimbra, Portugal.

Athlete  | Event  | Pool matches  | Playoffs  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Takayuki Hirose | Men's individual BC2 |  Allard (CAN)
W 6–2  |  Yan (CHN)
L 0–17  |  Yudha (INA)
L 2–5  | 3  | Did not advance  | 18
Hidetaka Sugimura |  Lan (CHN)
W 5–0  |  Lee (MAS)
W 6–5  |  Herlangga (INA)
L 2–3  | 2 Q |  Yan (CHN)
W 5–2  |  Saengampa (THA)
L 3–5  | Did not advance  | 8
Masayuki Arita | Men's individual BC3 |  Carvalho (BRA)
W 5–4  |  Polychronidis (GRE)
L 0–9  |  Menard (FRA)
L 2–4  | 3  | —  | Did not advance  | 12
Shunsuke Uchida | Men's individual BC4 |  Zheng (CHN)
L 1–10  |  Costa (BRA)
W 8–2  |  Leung (HKG)
L 2–8  | 3  | —  | Did not advance  | 11
Yukiro Fujii | Women's individual BC1 |  Flores (ARG)
W 4–2  |  de Oliveira (BRA)
W 6–1  | —  | 1 Q | —  |  Aubert (FRA)
L 3–4  | Did not advance  | 5
Hiromi Endo |  Koza (POL)
W 5–4  |  DeSilva-Andrade (BER)
W 5–1  | —  | 1 Q | —  |  Basic (CRO)
W 7–0  |  Tan (SGP)
L 1–5  |  DeSilva-Andrade (BER)
W 7–0  |
Ayane Ichinoe | Women's individual BC3 |  Callupe (PER)
W 5-1  |  Ntenta (GRE)
W 8–0  |  Ferrando (ARG)
L 3–6  | 2 Q | —  |  Kang S-h (KOR)
L 2–3  | Did not advance  | 7
Masayuki Arita
Ayane Ichinoe | Mixed pairs BC3 |  France
L 3–3*  |  Australia
L 2–5  | —  | 3  | —  | Did not advance  | 9
Takayuki Hirose
Hidetaka Sugimura
Hiromi Endo | Mixed team BC1/BC2 |  Tunisia
W 11–1  |  South Korea
W 5–3  | —  | 1 Q | —  |  Brazil
W 4*–4  |  Indonesia
L 0–9  |  South Korea
W 8–3  |

## Blind football

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Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Summary
Team  | Event  | Group Stage  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Japan men's | Men's tournament |  Colombia
L 0–1  |  Morocco
L 0–1  |  Argentina
L 0–1  | 4  | —  |  Turkey
L 0–2  | 8

Team roster

Coach: Eiji Nakagawa

The following is the Japan squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[2]

No. | Pos. | Player  | Class  | Date of birth (age)

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1 | GK | Daisuke Sato | Sighted |  (1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 40)
2 | DF | Futo Nagamori | B1 |  (2001-02-19)19 February 2001 (aged 23)
3 | DF | Robertoizumi Sasaki | B1 |  (1978-05-01)1 May 1978 (aged 46)
4 | FW | Hiroto Takahashi | B1 |  (1998-10-05)5 October 1998 (aged 25)
6 | MF | Taichi Hirabayashi | B1 |  (2006-10-02)2 October 2006 (aged 17)
8 | FW | Masaki Goto | B1 |  (1985-04-08)8 April 1985 (aged 39)
10 | MF | Ryo Kawamura | B1 |  (1989-02-12)12 February 1989 (aged 35)
11 | MF | Kento Torii | B1 |  (1991-06-09)9 June 1991 (aged 33)
14 | FW | Yuzuki Sonobe | B1 |  (2003-08-31)31 August 2003 (aged 20)
15 | GK | Kenya Izumi | Sighted |  (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 (aged 32)

Group stage
Pos | Team

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1  |  Colombia | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | +2  | 7  | Semi-finals
2  |  Argentina | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | +1  | 5
3  |  Morocco | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 4  | Fifth place match
4  |  Japan | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 3  | −3  | 0  | Seventh place match

Source: Paris 2024

1 September 2024

11:30

Japan | 0–1|  Colombia

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* Pérez 8'

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 8,900

Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)

* * *

2 September 2024

13:30

Japan | 0–1|  Morocco

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* Sasaki 26' (o.g.)

Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 8,790

Referee: François Carcouët (France)

* * *

3 September 2024

13:30

Argentina | 1–0|  Japan

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* Fernández 10'

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Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 8,890

Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)

Seventh place match

5 September 2024

10:30

Turkey | 2–0|  Japan

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* Şatay 22'
* Aslan 29'

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Eiffel Tower Stadium, Paris

Attendance: 8,979

Referee: Ellen Dayane Grosskopf (Brazil)

## Cycling

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Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japan entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[3]

### Road

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Kazuhei Kimura
Pilot: Kiaki Miura | Men's road race B |  |  |  |
Men's road time trial B |  |  |
Shota Kawamoto | Men's road race C1–3 |  |  |  |
Men's road time trial C2 |  |  |  |

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Keiko Sugiura | Women's road time trial C1-3 |  |  |  |
Women's road race C1-3 |  |  |

### Track

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Kazuhei Kimura
Pilot: Kiaki Miura | Men's time trial B |  |  |  |
Men's pursuit B | 4:28.676  | 10  | Did not advance
Shota Kawamoto | Men's time trial C1-3 | 1:07.375  | 6 Q | 1:07.659  | 6
Men's pursuit C2 | 3:29.875  | 4 QB | Bronze medal contest
Robertson (GBR)
L3:33.488-3:30.497  | 4

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Keiko Sugiura | Women's time trial C1-3 | 39.449  | 7  | Did not advance
Women's pursuit C1-3 | 3:53.549  | 5  | Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QB=Final Bronze medal; QG=Final Gold medal; QF=Final

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan entered two para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, by virtue of the nations individual final world para dressage rankings.

Individual
Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Total

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Score  | Rank
Sho Inaba | Huzette BH | Individual championship test grade II |  |
Individual freestyle test grade II |  |
Soshi Yoshigoe | Javyro | Individual championship test grade II |  |
Individual freestyle test grade II |  |

## Goalball

[edit]

Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

The Japanese men's and women's goalball teams qualified for the paralympic games.

Summary
Team  | Event  | Group Stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Japan men's | Men's tournament |  China
L 6–7  |  Ukraine
L 8–9  |  Egypt
W 11–1  | 3 Q |  United States
W 6–4  |  China
W 13–5  |  Ukraine
W 4–3 (a.e.t.)  |
Japan women's | Women's tournament |  South Korea
W 3–1  |  Canada
W 2–1  |  France
W 6–0  | 1 Q |  Brazil
L 0–2  | —  |  Canada
L 0–1  | 6

### Men's tournament

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Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

The Japanese men's goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 World Games in Birmingham, Great Britain.[4]

Team roster

Coach: Rikiya Kudo

The following is the Japan squad in the goalball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[5]

No. | Player  | Class  | Date of birth (age)

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1 | Yuto Sano | B3 |  (2000-06-20)20 June 2000 (aged 24)
2 | Haruki Torii | B3 |  (2004-08-07)7 August 2004 (aged 20)
4 | Yuji Taguchi | B2 |  (1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (aged 33)
5 | Naoki Hagiwara | B3 |  (1996-10-28)28 October 1996 (aged 27)
7 | Kazuya Kaneko | B3 |  (2000-02-08)8 February 2000 (aged 24)
8 | Koji Miyajiki | B3 |  (1995-03-20)20 March 1995 (aged 29)

Group stage
Pos | Team

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1  |  China | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 20  | 11  | +9  | 9  | Quarter-finals
2  |  Ukraine | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 16  | 17  | −1  | 6
3  |  Japan | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 25  | 17  | +8  | 3
4  |  Egypt | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 8  | 24  | −16  | 0

Source: Paris 2024

29 August 2024

09:00

China | 7–6|  Japan

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* Yang 2', 5', 5', 8', 11', 22'
* Hu 14'

| Report |

* Kaneko 2', 14', 16'
* Miyajiki 3', 6'
* Sano 12'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Claude Dagenais (Canada)
Raquel Aguado (Spain)

* * *

30 August 2024

17:30

Japan | 8–9|  Ukraine

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* Miyajiki 3', 3', 5', 6', 13', 17'
* Sano 11'
* Kaneko 23'

| Report |

* Zhyhalin 0', 1'
* Oliinyk 2', 8', 13', 16', 21'
* Strelchyk 13', 17'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Manar Obeidat (Jordan)
Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)

* * *

1 September 2024

09:00

Egypt | 1–11|  Japan

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* Mohamed 6'

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* Sano 6', 6'
* Kaneko 7', 8', 8', 10'
* Miyajiki 12', 13', 13', 14'
* Torii 13'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Manar Obeidat (Jordan)

Quarter-finals

2 September 2024

19:30

United States | 4–6|  Japan

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* Young 1', 16'
* Merren 4', 16'

| Report |

* Kaneko 2', 3', 21'
* Miyajiki 9', 15', 15'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)

Semi-finals

4 September 2024

18:00

China | 5–13|  Japan

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* Yang 1', 8', 17'
* Yu Deyi 21', 23'

| Report |

* Miyajiki 0', 1', 1', 6', 8'
* Kaneko 7', 7' (pen.), 7', 13', 16', 16' (pen.), 20' (pen.), 22' (pen.)

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Antonios Christodoulos (Greece)
Raquel Aguado (Spain)

Gold medal match
5 September 2024
19:30  | Ukraine | 3–4 (a.e.t.) |  Japan | South Paris Arena, Paris
Referees:
Antonios Christodoulos (Greece)
Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)

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Strelchyk 4', 21'
Oliinyk 8' | Report | Kaneko 2'
Miyajiki 2'
Sano 15', 25'
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### Women's tournament

[edit]

Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

The Japanese women's goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 Asia-Pacific Championships in Hangzhou, China.

Team roster

Coach: Mihoko Tsuji

The following is the Japan squad in the goalball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[6]

No. | Player  | Class  | Date of birth (age)

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1 | Yuki Temma | B1 |  (1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 34)
2 | Minami Arai | B3 |  (2003-01-22)22 January 2003 (aged 21)
4 | Saki Amuro | B1 |  (1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 31)
6 | Norika Hagiwara | B2 |  (2001-03-03)3 March 2001 (aged 23)
7 | Rieko Takahashi | B1 |  (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 (aged 26)
9 | Masae Komiya | B1 |  (1975-05-08)8 May 1975 (aged 49)

Group stage
Pos | Team

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* e

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1  |  Japan | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 11  | 2  | +9  | 9  | Quarter-finals
2  |  Canada | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 11  | 2  | +9  | 4
3  |  South Korea | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 7  | 4  | +3  | 4
4  |  France (H) | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 22  | −21  | 0

Source: Paris 2024[7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
(H) Hosts

29 August 2024

19:00

South Korea | 1–3|  Japan

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* Sim Seon-hwa 3'

| Report |

* Hagiwara 7', 17', 23'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Linda Welborn (United States)
Patrik Larsson (Sweden)

* * *

30 August 2024

14:45

Japan | 2–1|  Canada

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* Hagiwara 10', 22'

| Report |

* Reinke 0'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Raquel Aguado (Spain)
Linda Welborn (United States)

* * *

1 September 2024

19:00

France | 0–6|  Japan

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| Report |

* Hagiwara 1'
* Komiya 10', 18'
* Temma 11'
* Arai 12'
* Amuro 22'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Linda Welborn (United States)
Janice Dawson (Canada)

Quarter-finals

3 September 2024

18:00

Japan | 0–2|  Brazil

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| Report |

* Vitorino 0', 16'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)

Fifth place match

4 September 2024

11:45

Japan | 0–1|  Canada

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| Report |

* Burk 4'

South Paris Arena, Paris

Referee:
Sarah Kuper (Germany)
Linda Welborn (United States)

## Paracanoeing

[edit]

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan earned quota places for the following events through the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Yuta Takagi | Men's KL1 |  |  |  |  |  |
Monika Seryu | Women's KL1 |  |  |  |  |  |
Saki Komatsu | Women's VL2 |  |  |  |  |  |
Shiho Miyajima | Women's VL2 |  |  |  |  |  |
Women's VL3 |  |  |  |  |  |

## Paratriathlon

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Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Men
Athlete  | Class  | Swim  | T1  | Bike  | T2  | Run  | Time  | Rank

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L1  | L2  | L3  | L4  | L1  | L2  | L3  | L4
Jumpei Kimura | Men's PTWC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Giuseppe Romele | Men's PTVI |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hideki Uda | Men's PTS4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

Women
Athlete  | Class  | Swim  | T1  | Bike  | T2  | Run  | Time  | Rank

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L1  | L2  | L3  | L4  | L1  | L2  | L3  | L4
Yukako Hata | Women's PTS2 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Powerlifting

[edit]

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Attempts (kg)  | Result (kg)  | Rank

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1  | 2  | 3  | 4
Kazuhito Sato | Men's +107 kg |  |  |  |  |

## Rowing

[edit]

Main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Takuya Mori | PR1 men's single sculls | 10:19.75  | 5 R | 10:23.78  | 4 FB |  |

## Shooting

[edit]

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japan entered three para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[8]

Mixed
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Kazuya Okada | R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1 |  |  |  |
R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1 |  |  |  |
Mika Mizuta | R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2 |  |  |  |
Akiko Sega |  |  |  |

## Swimming

[edit]

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan secured five quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
| 50 m freestyle S11 |  |  |  |
Taiyo Kawabuchi | 400 m freestyle S9 | 4:26.51  | 7 Q |  |
200 m individual medley SM9 |  |  |  |
| 100 m backstroke S8 |  |  |  |
| 100 m breaststroke SB14 |  |  |  |
Naohide Yamaguchi | 100 m butterfly S14 | 57.74  | 5 Q |  |
Shunya Murakami | 100 m butterfly S14 | 1:00.15  | 12  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
| 200 m individual medley SM14 |  |  |  |

## Table tennis

[edit]

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japan entered seven athletes for the Paralympic games. Katsuyoshi Yagi and Natsuki Wada qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou;[9] meanwhile the other athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Kazuki Shichino | Individual C4 |  |  |  |  |  |
Katsuyoshi Yagi | Individual C7 |  |  |  |  |  |
Koyo Iwabuchi | Individual C9 |  |  |  |  |  |
Mahiro Funayama | Individual C10 |  |  |  |  |  |
Mahiro Funayama
Katsuyoshi Yagi | Men's doubles MD18 | —  |  Chojnowski /
Grudzien (POL)
L 1–3  | Did not advance
Genki Saito
Kazuki Shichino | Doubles MD8 |  Addis /
Chen (AUS)
W 3–0  |  Chaiwut /
Glinbancheun (THA)
L 0–3  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Yuri Tomono | Individual C8 |  |  |  |  |  |
Natsuki Wada | Individual C11 |  |  |  |  |  |
Kanami Furukawa |  |  |  |  |  |

Mixed
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Koyo Iwabuchi
Yuki Tomono | Doubles XD17 |  Simion /
Ciripan (ROM)
W 3–0  |  Manara /
Rauen (BRA)
L 1–3  | Did not advance

## Taekwondo

[edit]

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan entered two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Mitsuya Tanaka and Shunsuke Kudo, qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class.

Athlete  | Event  | First round  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage 1  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Mitsuya Tanaka | Men's –58 kg |  Mahata (NEP)
W 19–3  |  Zeynalov (AZE)
L 5-6  | —  |  Martin Villalobos (ESP)
L 7-8  | Did not advance
Shunsuke Kudo | Men's –70 kg | Bye  |  Samorano (ARG)
W 4-5  |  Çelik (TUR)
L 10-15  | Bye  |  López (MEX)
L 5-3  | 5

## Wheelchair basketball

[edit]

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan women has qualified to compete by virtue of their top four results at the 2024 IWBF Women's Repechage in Osaka.

### Women's tournament

[edit]

Squad  | Group stage  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Japan women's |  Netherlands |  Germany |  United States |  |  |  |

## Wheelchair fencing

[edit]

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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

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Opposition  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Shintaro Kano | Men's épée A |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Men's foil A |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Men's sabre A |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Naoki Yasu | Men's foil A |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Men's épée A |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Michinobu Fujita | Men's épée B |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Men's foil B |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Anri Sakurai | Women's épée B |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Women's foil B |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Wheelchair rugby

[edit]

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan has qualified to compete at the Paralympic games, by virtue of their gold medal results, at the 2023 Asian-Oceanian Wheelchair Rugby Championships in Tokyo.

Standings
Squad  | Group stage  | Semifinal  | Final  | Rank

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result
Japan national team |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## Wheelchair tennis

[edit]

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan entered two players into the Paralympics by virtue of the gold medal results in the respective gender single events at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China.

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Daisuke Arai  | Men's singles | Bye  |  Shikosana (RSA)
W 6–1, 6–0  |  Hewett (GBR)
L 5–7, 2–6  | Did not advance
Takuya Miki | Bye  |  Ding (CHN)
W 6–2, 6–1  |  Reid (GBR)
L 1–6, 1–6  | Did not advance
Tokito Oda | Bye  |  Bartram (GBR)
W 6–2, 7–6  |  Rodrigues (BRA)
W 6–0, 6–1  |  Egberink (NED)
W 6–4, 6–1  |  |  |
Takashi Sanada | Bye  |  Stroud (USA)
W 6–1, 6–2  |  Houdet (FRA)
L 2–6, 5–7  | Did not advance
Daisuke Arai
Takashi Sanada | Men's doubles | —  | Bye  |  |  |  |  |
Takuya Miki
Tokito Oda | —  | Bye  |  |  |  |  |
Yui Kamiji | Women's singles | —  |  Venter (RSA)
|  |  |  |  |
Momoko Ohtani | —  |  Mörch (FRA)
|  |  |  |  |
Saki Takamuro  | —  |  Moreno (ARG)
|  |  |  |  |
Manami Tanaka | —  |  Khanthasit (THA)
|  |  |  |  |
Yui Kamiji
Manami Tanaka | Women's doubles | —  | Bye  |  |  |  |
Momoko Ohtani
Saki Takamuro  | —  |  Mathewson /
Phelps (USA)
|  |  |  |

## See also

[edit]

* Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
* Japan at the Paralympics

## References

[edit]

1. ^ "Olszewska serves two thrillers to grab Paris 2024 quota and reach final". World Archery. 21 July 2023.
2. ^ "Football 5-a-side – Team Japan". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Olympics. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
3. ^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
4. ^ "Blind football and goalball teams book tickets to Paris 2024 at IBSA World Games". International Paralympic Committee. 31 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
5. ^ "Goalball – Team Japan". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Olympics. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
6. ^ "Goalball – Team Japan". Paris 2024 Paralympics. Olympics. Retrieved 8 September 2024.
7. ^ "Goalball – Women – Competition Summary" (pdf). Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. 1 September 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
8. ^ "Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023" (PDF). Paralympics. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
9. ^ "Mixed Fortunes for Asian stars as Paralympic Games Gold Medallists Set Sights on Paris". International Table Tennis Federation. 28 October 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

## External links

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* Paris 2024 team roster at the Japanese Paralympic Committee (in Japanese)

* v
* t
* e

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Other|

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