Japan at the Asian Games

Japanese team's successful participation at Asian Games

Sporting event delegation

Japan at the
Asian Games

IOC code| JPN
NOC| Japanese Olympic Committee
Medals
Ranked 2nd|

Gold
1,084
Silver
1,104
Bronze
1,054
Total
3,242
Summer appearances

* 1951
* 1954
* 1958
* 1962
* 1966
* 1970
* 1974
* 1978
* 1982
* 1986
* 1990
* 1994
* 1998
* 2002
* 2006
* 2010
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* 2026

Winter appearances

* 1986
* 1990
* 1996
* 1999
* 2003
* 2007
* 2011
* 2017
* 2025
* 2029

Japan has competed at the Asian Games since their inception in 1951, held in New Delhi, India. The National Olympic Committee of Japan, Japanese Olympic Committee, is responsible for organizing Japan's participation in the Asian Games. The Committee was established in 1911 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1912; it is also the oldest Asian National Olympic Committee.[1][2] Japan has a distinguished achievement among all Asian sport teams, being the only one to have won at least 20 gold medals at every Asian Games.

## Asian Games

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See also: Asian Games and Asian Games medal count

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

### Medals by Games

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Games  | Athlete  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total  | Rank

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1951 New Delhi[3] | 65 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 60 | 1
1954 Manila[4] | 151 | 38 | 36 | 24 | 98 | 1
1958 Tokyo[5] | 287 | 67 | 41 | 30 | 138 | 1
1962 Jakarta[6] | 209 | 73 | 56 | 23 | 152 | 1
1966 Bangkok[7] | 216 | 78 | 53 | 33 | 164 | 1
1970 Bangkok[8] | 221 | 74 | 47 | 23 | 144 | 1
1974 Tehran[9] | 290 | 75 | 49 | 51 | 175 | 1
1978 Bangkok[10] | 306 | 70 | 58 | 49 | 177 | 1
1982 Delhi[11] | 355 | 57 | 52 | 44 | 153 | 2
1986 Seoul[12] | 439 | 58 | 76 | 77 | 211 | 3
1990 Beijing[13] | 543 | 38 | 60 | 76 | 174 | 3
1994 Hiroshima[14] | 678 | 64 | 75 | 79 | 218 | 2
1998 Bangkok[15] | 629 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 181 | 3
2002 Busan[16] | 658 | 44 | 74 | 72 | 190 | 3
2006 Doha[17] | 626 | 50 | 71 | 77 | 198 | 3
2010 Guangzhou[18] | 726 | 48 | 74 | 94 | 216 | 3
2014 Incheon[19] | 711 | 47 | 77 | 76 | 200 | 3
2018 Jakarta & Palembang[20] | 758 | 75 | 56 | 74 | 205 | 2
2022 Hangzhou | 769 | 52 | 67 | 69 | 188 | 2
2026 Nagoya | Future event
Total (20/20) | 8,637 | 1084 | 1104 | 1054 | 3242 | 2

### Medals by sport

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Sport  | Rank  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total

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Archery | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25
Athletics | 1 | 194 | 221 | 171 | 586
Badminton | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 40
Baseball | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7
Beach volleyball | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7
Basketball | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19
Board games | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Bodybuilding | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5
Bowling | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 40
Boxing | 6 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 64
Canoeing | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 39
Cricket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Cue sports | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11
Cycling | 1 | 53 | 54 | 27 | 134
Dancesport | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7
Diving | 2 | 17 | 21 | 33 | 71
Equestrian | 1 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 38
Fencing | 3 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 66
Field hockey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10
Football | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11
Golf | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18
Gymnastics | 2 | 19 | 33 | 51 | 103
Handball | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12
Judo | 1 | 56 | 37 | 30 | 123
Kabaddi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Karate | 1 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 49
Modern pentathlon | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7
Roller sports | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6
Rowing | 2 | 9 | 35 | 12 | 56
Rugby | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9
Sailing | 3 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 54
Sepaktakraw | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10
Shooting | 3 | 54 | 44 | 55 | 153
Soft tennis | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 32
Softball | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8
Squash | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1
Swimming | 1 | 277 | 260 | 161 | 698
Synchronized swimming | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16
Table tennis | 2 | 20 | 18 | 42 | 80
Taekwondo | 15 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13
Tennis | 1 | 27 | 18 | 38 | 83
Triathlon | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14
Volleyball | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 27
Water polo | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17
Weightlifting | 4 | 23 | 19 | 29 | 71
Wrestling | 2 | 67 | 50 | 47 | 164
Wushu | 10 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17
Total | 2 | 1032 | 1038 | 986 | 3055

### Medals by individual

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Athlete  | Sport  | Years  | Gender  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze  | Total

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Yoshimi Nishigawa | Swimming | 1970–1974 | F | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10
Kosuke Kitajima | Swimming | 2002–2010 | M | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8
Kunihiro Iwasaki | Swimming | 1966–1970 | M | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8
Takashi Yamamoto | Swimming | 1998–2006 | M | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8
Yoshiko Sato | Swimming | 1954–1962 | F | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9
Ryosuke Irie | Swimming | 2006–2022 | M | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18
Rikako Ikee | Swimming | 2018–2022 | F | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9
Nobutaka Taguchi | Swimming | 1970–1974 | M | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6
Tadashi Honda | Swimming | 1970–1974 | M | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6
Kosuke Hagino | Swimming | 2014–2018 | M | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11
Katsunori Fujiwara | Swimming | 1986–1990 | M | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8
Reiko Miyagi | Tennis | 1958–1966 | F | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8
Tsuyoshi Yanagidate | Swimming | 1974–1978 | M | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7
Kengo Tagata | Bowling | 1986–1998 | M | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7
Takao Ishii | Shooting | 1962–1966 | M | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7
Hiroko Nagasaki | Swimming | 1982–1986 | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6
Shigenobu Murofushi | Athletics | 1966–1986 | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6
Keiichi Miki | Table tennis | 1962–1966 | M | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7
Koji Watanabe | Tennis | 1962–1966 | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5
Miya Tachibana | Synchronized swimming | 1994–2002 | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5
Toyoko Yoshino | Athletics | 1951–1954 | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5
Yasue Hatsuda | Swimming | 1974–1978 | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5
Yoshiaki Oiwa | Equestrian | 2006–2018 | M | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6

## Asian Winter Games

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See also: Asian Winter Games and All-time Asian Winter Games medal table

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

### Medals by Games

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Games  | Athlete  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total  | Rank

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1986 Sapporo[21] | 92 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 58 | 1
1990 Sapporo[22] | 80 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 47 | 1
1996 Harbin[23] | 108 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 32 | 3
1999 Gangwon[24] | 100 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 4
2003 Aomori[25] | 154 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 67 | 1
2007 Changchun[26] | 113 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 2
2011 Astana & Almaty[27] | 103 | 13 | 24 | 17 | 54 | 2
2017 Sapporo & Obihiro | 146 | 27 | 21 | 26 | 74 | 1
2025 Harbin | Future Event
2029 Trojena | Future Event
Total |  | 138 | 144 | 115 | 397 | 1

## East Asian Games

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See also: East Asian Games

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

### Medals by Games

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Games  | Athlete  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total  | Rank

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1993 Shanghai | 253 | 25 | 37 | 55 | 117 | 2
1997 Busan | 258 | 47 | 53 | 53 | 153 | 2
2001 Osaka | 327 | 61 | 65 | 65 | 191 | 2
2005 Macau | 335 | 46 | 56 | 77 | 179 | 2
2009 Hong Kong[28] | 378 | 62 | 58 | 70 | 190 | 2
2013 Tianjin | 436 | 47 | 57 | 75 | 179 | 2
Total |  | 288 | 326 | 395 | 1009 | 2

## East Asian Youth Games

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See also: East Asian Youth Games

### Medals by Games

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Games  | Athlete  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total  | Rank

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2023 Ulaanbaatar | 48 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 2
Total |  | 22 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 2

## Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

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See also: Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and Asian Indoor Games

### Medals by Games

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Games  | Athlete  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total  | Rank

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Asian Indoor Games
2005 Bangkok | 30 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 7
2007 Macau | 102 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7
2009 Hanoi | 94 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 11
Asian Martial Arts Games
2009 Bangkok | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 5
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2013 Incheon | 82 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9
2017 Ashgabat | 60 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 20
Total |  | 33 | 29 | 47 | 109 |

## Asian Beach Games

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See also: Asian Beach Games

### Medals by Games

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Games  | Athlete  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total  | Rank

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2008 Bali | 80 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5
2010 Muscat | 46 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10
2012 Haiyang | 85 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8
2014 Phuket | 95 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 8
2016 Danang | 54 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25
Total |  | 14 | 14 | 22 | 50 | 7

## Asian Youth Games

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See also: Asian Youth Games

### Medals by Games

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Games  | Athlete  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total  | Rank

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2009 Singapore[29] | 38 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6
2013 Nanjing[30] | 62 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3
2025 Manama | Future event
Total |  | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 5

## Asian Para Games

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See also: Asian Para Games and All-time Asian Para Games medal table

### Medals by Games

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Games  | Delegation  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total  | Rank

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2010 Guangzhou | 225 | 32 | 39 | 32 | 103 | 2
2014 Incheon | 298 | 38 | 49 | 56 | 143 | 3
2018 Jakarta | 303 | 45 | 70 | 83 | 198 | 4
2022 Hangzhou | 259 | 42 | 49 | 59 | 150 | 3
Total |  | 157 | 217 | 230 | 594 | 4

### Sports

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Medals per sport

Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total

Archery 2 2 1 5

Athletics 32 44 36 112

Badminton 1 1 11 13

Blind Football 0 1 0 1

Boccia 0 1 1 2

Cycling Road 8 9 4 21

Goalball 1 1 2 4

Judo 3 8 15 26

Lawn Bowls 0 0 1 1

Para Dance Sport 0 0 1 1

Para Football 7-a-side 0 1 1 2

Para Sailing 0 1 0 1

Para Shooting 0 0 1 1

Para Tenpin Bowling 0 5 1 6

Powerlifting 0 0 2 2

Rowing 0 3 1 4

Sitting Volleyball 0 1 2 3

Swimming 54 62 67 183

Table Tennis 2 3 13 18

Wheelchair Basketball 2 4 0 6

Wheelchair Fencing 0 2 7 9

Wheelchair Rugby 1 0 0 1

Wheelchair Tennis 9 9 4 22

Total 115 158 171 444

Medals per year

Year Gold Silver Bronze Total

2018 45 70 83 198

2014 38 49 56 143

2010 32 39 32 103

Total 115 158 171 444

## Asian Youth Para Games

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See also: Asian Youth Para Games

*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

### Medals by Games

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Games  | Delegation  | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total  | Rank

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2009 Tokyo | 214 | 65 | 26 | 22 | 113 | 1
2013 Kuala Lumpur | 169 | 39 | 20 | 25 | 84 | 1
2017 Dubai | 146 | 43 | 29 | 26 | 98 | 1
2021 Manama | 85 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 55 | 3
Total |  | 177 | 86 | 87 | 350 | 1

## See also

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* Japan at the Olympics

## References

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2. ^ "Council - Member countries". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
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National sports teams of Japan

Men|

* A1GP
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* Bandy
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* U-18
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* U-17
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* 3x3
* U-23 3x3
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* Ice hockey
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Women|

* Baseball
* Basketball
* U-19
* U-17
* 3x3
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* Wheelchair
* Beach handball
* Cricket
* Field hockey
* U-21
* Floorball
* Flag football
* Football
* U-23
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* U-17
* Futsal
* Goalball
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* W-J
* Ice hockey
* F U-18
* Rugby union
* 7s
* Softball
* U-18
* Squash
* Tennis
* Volleyball
* U-23
* U-21
* U-19
* Water polo

Mixed|

* Badminton
* Baseball5
* Boxing
* Tennis
* Wheelchair handball

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* Asian Para Games
* Universiade
* Youth Olympics

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