Japan competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 162 athletes—108 men and 54 women. Japanese competitors won 52 medals, 17 gold, 15 silver and 20 bronze, to finish 10th in the medal table.
Medallists Medal Name Sport Event Toshihiro Takada Athletics Men's 400m T52 Choke Yasuoka Athletics Men's 800m T54 Toshihiro Takada Athletics Men's 5000m T52 Yuichi Takahashi Athletics Men's marathon T11 Toshihiro Takada Athletics Men's marathon T52 Wakako Tsuchida Athletics Women's 5000m T54 Kazu Hatanaka Athletics Women's marathon T54 Satoshi Fujimoto Judo Men's 66 kg Junichi Kawai Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S11 Mayumi Narita Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S4 Mayumi Narita Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S4 Mayumi Narita Swimming Women's 200m freestyle S4 Mayumi Narita Swimming Women's 50m breaststroke SB3 Mayumi Narita Swimming Women's 50m backstroke S4 Mayumi Narita Swimming Women's 150m individual medley SM4 Erika Nara Noriko Kajiwara Takako Fujita Mayumi Narita Swimming Women's 4 × 50 m freestyle relay 20pts Shingo Kunieda Satoshi Saida Wheelchair tennis Men's doubles Naomi Isozaki Archery Women's W1/W2 Koichi Minami Kimimasa Onodera Shinji Sakoda Archery Men's team open Choke Yasuoka Athletics Men's 400m T54 Toshie Oi Athletics Men's discus F53 Wakako Tsuchida Athletics Women's marathon T54 Kyoko Sato Athletics Women's discus F32-34/51-53 Takuya Oki Shigeo Yoshihara Cycling Men's tandem sprint B1-3 Makoto Hirose Judo Men's 60 kg Yuji Kato Judo Men's 81 kg Yuji Hanada Swimming Men's 50m freestyle S4 Yuji Hanada Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S4 Junichi Kawai Swimming Men's 100m freestyle S11 Junichi Kawai Swimming Men's 100m butterfly S11 Daisuke Ejima Takayuki Suzuki Daisuke Maeda Yuji Hanada Swimming Men's 4 × 50 m medley relay 20pts Rina Akiyama Swimming Women's 100m backstroke S11 Satoko Fujiwara Tomoko Fukuzawa Table tennis Women's teams class 1–3 Nako Hirasawa Archery Women's W1/W2 Jun Hiromichi Athletics Men's 800m T53 Toshihiro Takada Athletics Men's 1500m T52 Masazumi Soejima Susumu Kangawa Yoshifumi Nagao Choke Yasuoka Athletics Men's 4 × 400 m relay T53/54 Mineho Ozaki Athletics Men's javelin F11 Yuki Kato Athletics Women's 100m T36 Noriko Arai Athletics Women's 200m T34 Eriko Kikuchi Athletics Women's 200m T36 Mutsuhiko Ogawa Cycling Men's tricycle road race CP 1/2 Mieko Asai Masae Komiya Eriko Kumakawa Yuka Naoi Yuki Naoi Madoka Sano Goalball Women's team Keiji Amakawa Judo Men's +100 kg Yuji Hanada Swimming Men's 200m freestyle S4 Hiroshi Karube Swimming Men's 50m breaststroke SB3 Tomotaro Nakamura Swimming Men's 100m breaststroke SB7 Junichi Kawai Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S11 Yoshikazu Sakai Swimming Men's 100m backstroke S12 Junichi Kawai Shusaku Suguichi Kosei Egawa Yoshikazu Sakai Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay 49pts Erika Nara Swimming Women's 50m freestyle S6 Erika Nara Swimming Women's 100m freestyle S6 Mayumi Narita Noriko Kajiwara Erika Nara Takako Fujita Swimming Women's 4 × 50 m medley relay 20pts
Sports Archery Men
|align=left|Koichi Minami |align=left|Men's individual W1 |617 |6 | |W 150–133 |L 95–103 |colspan=3|Did not advance |- |align=left|Kimimasa Onodera |align=left|Men's individual standing |628 |2 | |L 141–142 |colspan=4|Did not advance |- |align=left|Shinji Sakodo |align=left|Men's individual W2 |596 |15 |W 145–144 |L 147–151 |colspan=4|Did not advance |- |align=left|Koichi Minami Kimimasa Onodera Shinji Sakodo |align=left|Men's team open |1840 |3 |colspan=2 |W 226–206 |W 215–0 |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
|align=left|Nako Hirasawa |align=left rowspan=3|Women's individual W1/W2 |613 WR |1 | |W 142–101 |W 96–95 |L 88–96 |W 99–90
|align=left|Naomi Isozaki |593 |3 | |W 129–128 |W 94–85 |W 91–89 |L 83–97
|align=left|Aya Nakanishi |526 |13 | |L 127–154 |colspan=4|Did not advance |- |align=left|Masako Yonezawa |align=left|Women's individual standing |522 |11 | |W 134–126 |L 95–99 |colspan=4|Did not advance |- |align=left|Nako Hirasawa Naomi Isozaki Aya Nakanishi |align=left|Women's team open |1732 WR |1 |colspan=2 |Bye |L 191–197 |L 201–213 |4
Athletics Men's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankShiro FukudomeT13Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 2:51:5611Yoshihide FukuharaT1110000m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 35:52.898Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 2:53:564Nobukazu HanaokaT541500m3:05.8015 q3:05.538 Did not advanceMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:31:506Jun HiromichiT53200m29.4320Did not advance800m1:40.585 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 1:38.841500m3:08.3219 Q3:08.3412Did not advanceT5410000m21:50.3118Did not advanceMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:40:2416Kiyoshi HoshinaT11Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 2:56:305Tomoya ItoT52800mDNSDid not advance1500m4:04.886 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" DNF5000m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 13:48.424Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 2:20:124Susumu KangawaT53100m16.8318Did not advance200m28.2916Did not advance800m2:09.1012Did not advanceKenji KotaniT42200m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 27.595Yoshifumi NagaoT54100m14.9610 q14.875 Q15.067200m25.926 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 26.096Naohiro NinomiyaT461500m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 4:04.4955000m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 15:57.1613Koji SaitoT11100m12.0913Did not advance200m24.6414Did not advanceHiroki SasaharaT5410000m21:11.3810Did not advanceMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:33:559Masazumi SoejimaT5410000m21:12.3311Did not advanceMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:34:5910Toshihiro TakadaT52400m style="text-align:center;" colspan="5" 800mDNSDid not advance1500m4:03.734 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 3:49.765000m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 13:10.86 PRMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 2:00:02Yuichi TakahashiT115000m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" DNF10000m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 34:36.694Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 2:44:24Masanori UedaT51200m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 41.034Yasunari YaezawaT52100m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 18.657200m35.218 QN/A34.988Shigeki YanoT11100m11.9510 q11.868 B11.934200m24.3911 q24.3610Did not advanceChoke YasuokaT54400m style="text-align:center;" colspan="5" 800m1:34.59 PR1 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 1:32.45 PR1500m3:00.432 Q3:22.3217Did not advance5000m10:24.953 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 10:26.6310Marathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" DNSSusumu Kangawa Yoshifumi Nagao Masazumi Soejima Choke YasuokaT53/544 × 400 m relay3:15.251 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 3:16.57
Men's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankTakefumi AnryoF32/51Club throw25.639006Kenji KotaniF42Long jump5.25-4Toshie OiF53Discus25.03-Shigeo OsemachiF12Javelin44.55-10Mineho OzakiF11Javelin40.90-Long jump5.45-13Toru SuzukiF44/46High jump1.80-7
Women's track AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankNoriko AraiT34100m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 20.504200m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 36.08Kazu HatanakaT545000m12:19.667 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" DNFMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:49:26Yuki KatoT36100m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 15.53200m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 32.634Yumi KawashimaT54800m1:55.7611Did not advance5000m12:53.389 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 12:52.2812Eriko KikuchiT36100m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 15.724200m style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 32.30Wakako TsuchidaT545000m11:59.74 PR1 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 11:59.51 PRMarathon style="text-align:center;" colspan="4" 1:50:13Miki YodaT52200m42.406 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 43.275400m1:23.424 Q style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" 1:24.136
Women's field AthleteClassEventFinalResultPointsRankKatsuko NakajimaF37Discus19.7470910F37/38Shot put8.1988910Kyoko SatoF32-34/52/53Discus11.091289Shot put5.0111184Mami SatoF44/46Long jump3.959829
Cycling Men's road AthleteEventTimeRankTakuya Oki Shigeo YoshiharaMen's road race / time trial tandem B1-333:3818Tatsuyuki Oshiro Hideki TanzawaMen's road race / time trial tandem B1-3-17Mutsuhiko OgawaMen's tricycle road race CP div 1/248:14Men's tricycle time trial CP div 1/210:32.265Akio SakumaMen's road race / time trial LC1-13
Men's track AthleteEventQualificationQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeTimeOppositionTimeRankTakuya Oki Shigeo YoshiharaMen's 1km time trial tandem B1-3align="center" colspan="4" 1:06.934Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-35:06.2016Did not advanceMen's sprint tandem B1-310.9975 Q / W/O / L 0–2 / W 2–13Tatsuyuki Oshiro Shigeo YoshiharaMen's 1km time trial tandem B1-3align="center" colspan="4" 1:05.914Men's individual pursuit tandem B1-34:57.4215Did not advanceMen's sprint tandem B1-311.2378 Q / L 0–2N/A / W 11.2867Akio SakumaMen's 1km time trial LC1-4align="center" colspan="4" 1:16.9226Men's individual pursuit LC15:36.2912Did 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 The women's goalball team won a bronze medal after defeating Finland.
Players Mieko Asai Masae Komiya Eriko Kumakawa Yuka Naoi Yuki Naoi Madoka Sano
Results GameMatchScoreRank1 Japan vs. 0 – 23 Q2 Japan vs. 1 – 63 Japan vs. 2 – 14 Japan vs. 1 – 15 Japan vs. 6 – 36 Japan vs. 4 – 37 Japan vs. 2 – 1Semifinals Japan vs. 1 – 3LBronze medal final Japan vs. 2 – 1
Judo Men AthleteEventPreliminaryQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage round 1Repechage round 2Final/Bronze medal contestOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultKeiji AmakawaMen's +100kg W 1012-0020S L 0001S-0002S style="text-align:center;" W 1000–0000 style="text-align:center;" W 0201S-0001S Satoshi FujimotoMen's 66kg W 0051–0000 W 1000–0000 W 1010–0000 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" W 0010-0000 Makoto HiroseMen's 60kgBye W 1022–0000S W 1000–0000 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" W/O Yuji KatoMen's 81kgBye W 1010–0000 W 0010–0001 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" L 0000-1000 Yoshikazu MatsumotoMen's 100kg L 0001C-0011 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" L 0001S-1001SDid not advanceEiji MiyauchiMen's 90kg W 0200C-0022K L 0001S-1011S style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" L 0001-1000SDid 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 AthleteEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal/Bronze medal contestOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMasami AkatsukaWomen's 48kg L 1000–0000 style="text-align:center;" colspan="2" L 0000–1010
Powerlifting Men AthleteEventResultRankHajime Ujiro67.5kg147.58
Shooting Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreTotalRankTakashi MatsumotoMixed 10m air rifle prone SH159622Did not advanceMen's 10m air rifle standing SH157216Did not advanceKenji OhashiMen's 10m air pistol SH155612Did not advanceMixed 50m pistol SH151117Did not advanceHitomi SuzukiMixed 10m air rifle prone SH259518Did not advanceMixed 10m air rifle standing SH257523Did not advance
Women