Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation included a women's goalball team, men's and women's sitting volleyball teams, men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, a wheelchair rugby team, and one wheelchair fencer.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Tomoya Ito Athletics Men's 400m T52 12 September Tomoya Ito Athletics Men's 800m T52 16 September Masashi Ishii Cycling Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4) 9 September Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 50m Breaststroke SB3 11 September Shingo Kunieda Wheelchair tennis Men's Singles 15 September Chieko Kamiya Archery Women's Individual Compound Open 13 September Toshihiro Takada Athletics Men's 400m T52 12 September Toshihiro Takada Athletics Men's 800m T52 16 September Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Athletics Men's Marathon T52 17 September Hiroki Sasahara Athletics Men's Marathon T54 17 September Atsushi Yamamoto Athletics Men's Long Jump F42/44 14 September Tomomi Yamaki Athletics Women's 100m T52 11 September Tomomi Yamaki Athletics Women's 200m T52 15 September Masaki Fujita Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit (LC 3) 9 September Masashi Ishii Cycling Men's Individual Pursuit (CP 4) 7 September Masaki Fujita Cycling Men's 1 km Time Trial (LC 3–4) 7 September Satoshi Fujimoto Judo Men −66 kg 7 September Kyosuke Oyama Swimming Men's 50m Butterfly S6 13 September Junichi Kawai Swimming Men's 50m Freestyle S11 14 September Toshihiro Takada Athletics Men's Marathon T52 17 September Toshie Oi Athletics Men's Discus Throw F53/54 14 September Teruyo Tanaka Athletics Women's 100m T52 15 September Masaki Fujita Cycling Men's Individual Time Trial LC3 12 September Masashi Ishii Cycling Men's Individual Time Trial CP 4 12 September Junichi Kawai Swimming Men's 100m Butterfly S11 9 September Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 150m Individual Medley SM4 14 September Shingo KuniedaSatoshi Saida Wheelchair tennis Men's Doubles Open 14 September
Sports Archery
Men
|align=left|Akira Haraguchi |rowspan=3 align=left|Men's individual recurve standing |557 |20 |L 83–109 |colspan=5|did not advance |- |align=left|Takahiro Hasegawa |611 |7 |Bye |L 94–100 |colspan=4|did not advance |- |align=left|Kimimasa Onodera |620 |5 |Bye |L 96–100 |colspan=4|did not advance |- |align=left|Tsunehiko Naganuma |rowspan=2 align=left|Men's individual recurve W1/W2 |576 |20 |L 80–93 |colspan=5|did not advance |- |align=left|Nobuji Yoshida |560 |22 |W 89–74 |L 98–106 |colspan=4|did not advance |- |align=left|Takahiro Hasegawa Tsunehiko Naganuma Kimimasa Onodera |align=left|Men's team recurve |1807 |4 |colspan=2 |W 188–183 |L 188–201 |L 194–207 |4
Women
|align=left|Chieko Kamiya |align=left|Women's individual compound open |627 |7 |colspan=2 |W 107–106 |W 106–104 |L 98–112
|align=left|Kimiko Konishi |rowspan=2 align=left|Women's individual recurve standing |536 |12 | |L 90–93 |colspan=4|did not advance |- |align=left|Yae Yamakawa |561 |8 | |L 79–85 |colspan=4|did not advance |- |align=left|Aya Nakanishi |rowspan=2 align=left|Women's individual recurve W1/W2 |447 |19 |W 82–78 |W 82–74 |W 90–84 |L 76–82 |L 94–98 |4 |- |align=left|Ayako Saitoh |543 |9 |Bye |W 86–76 |L 90–96 |colspan=3|did not advance |- |align=left|Kimiko Konishi Ayako Saitoh Yae Yamakawa |align=left|Women's team recurve |1640 |3 |colspan=2 |L 167–174 |colspan=3|did not advance
Athletics
Men's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankJun HiromichiT53400m52.787 q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 51.548800m1:40.387 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 1:37.868T545000m10:52.2820did not advanceKota HokinoueT545000m10:14.553 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 10:23.705Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:23:225Tadashi HorikoshiT131500m4:11.3611did not advance5000m16:27.3612did not advanceTomoya ItoT52400m59.211 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 57.25 PR800m1:52.31 WR1 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 1:53.42Hirokai KajisaT12Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 2:56:3121Susumu KangawaT53400m54.6715did not advance800m1:46.6516did not advanceKenji KotaniT54400m50.3218did not advance800mDNF q1:35.8310did not advanceHitoshi MatsunagaT53400m55.3816did not advance800m1:42.5513did not advanceYoshifumi NagaoT54200m26.1411did not advance400m49.7512 Q51.6610did not advanceMasahito NiinoT12Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 2:51:1421Naohiro NinomiyaT461500m4:16.7922did not advance5000m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 15:35.4410Hiroki SasaharaT54800m1:37.425 Q1:41.2817did not advanceMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:23:17Masazumi SoejimaT541500m3:14.1718 Q3:10.6919did not advance5000m10:22.4311did not advanceMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:23:5512Tomoki TagawaT46100m11.3912did not advance200m23.3812did not advanceKoichi TakadaT11100m12.1621did not advanceToshihiro TakadaT52400m1:02.917 q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 1:00.32800m1:58.912 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 1:53.67Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:40:20Yuichi TakahashiT12Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 2:43:3816Hirokazu UeyonabaruT52200m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 32.466400m1:01.114 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 1:02.676800m2:00.846 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 2:00.654Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:40:10Atsushi YamamotoT42100m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 13.685Hiroyuki YamamotoT541500m3:15.9221 q3:10.3716did not advanceMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:23:226Choke YasuokaT54200m26.5718did not advance400m50.2417did not advance800m1:36.512 Q1:40.3913did not advance1500m3:17.2823 Q3:10.5318did not advanceMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:24:0413Naohiro Ninomiya Toru Suzuki Tomoki Tagawa Atsushi YamamotoT42-464x100m relay style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" DSQSusumu Kangawa Kenji Kotani Yoshifumi Nagao Hitoshi MatsunagaT53-544x400m relay3:23.177did not advance
Men's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankToshie OiF53-54Discus throw26.211032Mineho OzakiF11-12Javelin throw44.469086Toru SuzukiF44/46High jump1.939655Koichi TakadaF11Long jump5.74-5Atsushi YamamotoF42/44Long jump5.84989
Women's track AthleteClassEventHeatsFinalResultRankResultRankYuki KatoT36100m style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 15.424200m style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 33.535Maya NakanishiT44100m13.935 q14.246200m style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 28.984Uran SawadaT13100m14.1816did not advanceTeruyo TanakaT52100m style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 21.33200m style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 40.364Tomomi YamakiT52100m style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 21.00200m style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 37.44
Women's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankMariko FujitaF35-36Discus throw15.517219Shot put6.627449Uran SawadaF13Long jump4.93-9
Boccia
AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOpponentOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankTakayuki KitaniMixed individual BC1 L 2–55did not advance L 4–8 W 4–3 L 2–6Takayuki HiroseMixed individual BC2 L 0–102did not advance W 4–3 W 8–1Risa Kainuma L 2–83did not advance L 2–5 W 4–2Keizo Uchida W 5–41 QL 1–3did not advance W 6–0 W 6–2Takayuki Hirose Risa Kainuma Takayuki Kitani Keizo UchidaMixed team BC1-2 L 4–73did not advance L 4–7
Cycling
Men's road AthleteEventTimeRankMasaki FujitaMen's road race LC3/LC4/CP31:41:0319Men's road time trial LC338:38.96Masashi IshiiMen's road race LC1/LC2/CP4DNFMen's road time trial CP436:10.20Mutsuhiko OgawaMixed road race49:474Mixed road time trial25:35.808Tatsuyuki Oshiro Hitoshi Takahashi (pilot)Men's road race B&VI 1–32:29:1813Men's road time trial B&VI 1–335:10.0014
Men's track AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankOppositionTimeRankMasaki FujitaMen's individual pursuit LC33:52.252 Qalign="center" colspan="4" L 3:59.02Men's time trial LC3-4align="center" colspan="6" 1:17.314Masashi IshiiMen's individual pursuit CP43:37.8481 Qalign="center" colspan="4" L 3:40.157Men's time trial CP4align="center" colspan="6" 1:08.77 WRTatsuyuki Oshiro Hitoshi TakahashiMen's sprint B&VI 1–310.4824 Q W 12.168 W 12.431Q L 0–2q L 1–24Men's time trial B&VI 1–3align="center" colspan="6" 1:04.5935
Equestrian
AthleteHorseEventTotalScoreRankYutaka ShibuyaEleganceMixed individual championship test grade III48.32012Mixed individual freestyle test grade III48.72812
Goalball
The women's goalball team didn't win any medals; they were in seventh place in the preliminary stage. Players Akiko Adachi Mieko Kato Masae Komiya Yuki Naoi Tomoe Takada Rie Urata
Tournament
Judo
Men AthleteEventFirst RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage round 1Repechage round 2Final/Bronze medal contestOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultSatoshi FujimotoMen's 66kgBye W 0101-0000 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" L 0000-0100 Yusuke HatsuseMen's 90kgBye L 0001-0010 style="text-align:center;" L 0000-1000did not advanceHaruka HiroseMen's 100kg W 0002-0001 L 0001-1001 style="text-align:center;" Bye W 0100-0010 L 0001-0100Makoto HiroseMen's 60kg W 1010-0000 L 0001–1000 style="text-align:center;" Bye L 0101-1000Did not advanceTakayuki KimuraMen's 73kg L 0000-1001did not advanceKenji OgaMen's 81kg W 0210-0001 L 0000-0010 style="text-align:center;" Bye L 0000-1010
Women AthleteEventFirst RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal/Bronze medal contestOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMasami AkatsukaWomen's 48kg L 0000–1000 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" L 0000-0200Did not advanceRikei KomatsuWomen's +70kg style="text-align:center;" L 0010-1011 L 0000-1011 style="text-align:center;" L 0000-0201Minako TsuchiyaWomen's 52kg style="text-align:center;" L 0000-1010 style="text-align:center;" Bye L 0000-0200
Powerlifting
Men AthleteEventResultRankHideki Odo75kg187.58
Rowing
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMiho Hamada Megumi MatsumotoMixed double sculls4:52.9612 R5:09.869 FB5:01.306
Shooting
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreTotalRankKiyoto MatayoshiMen's 10m air rifle standing SH157520did not advanceMen's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1113510did not advanceMixed 10m air rifle prone SH159620did not advanceMixed 50m rifle prone SH157928did not advanceKenji OhashiMen's 10m air pistol SH155521did not advanceMixed 50m pistol SH151913did not advanceAki TaguchiMixed 10m air rifle prone SH15995 Q103.0702.08Mixed 50m rifle prone SH158318did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreTotalRankYukiko KinoshitaMixed 10m air rifle prone SH258523did not advanceMixed 10m air rifle standing SH257522did not advanceIzumi TakehiWomen's 10 metre air rifle standing SH137520did not advanceWomen's 50 metre rifle 3 positions SH154513did not advanceMixed 10m air rifle prone SH159434did not advance
Swimming
Men