Japan competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Japan's team consisted of 116 competitors.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Goalball team Goalball Women's tournament 7 September Shingo Kunieda Wheelchair tennis Men's Singles 8 September Kento Masaki Judo Men's +100 kg 1 September Yasuhiro Tanaka Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB14 6 September Rina Akiyama Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke S11 2 September Tomoya Ito Athletics Men's 200 metres T52 8 September Tomoya Ito Athletics Men's 400 metres T52 3 September Tomoya Ito Athletics Men's 800 metres T52 7 September Tomotaru Nakamura Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB7 1 September Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB11 3 September Shinya Wada Athletics Men's 5000 metres T11 7 September Masaki Fujita Cycling Men's road time trial C3 5 September Kyosuke Oyama Swimming Men's 50 metre butterfly S6 7 September Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly S11 6 September Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3 3 September Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 150 metre individual medley SM4 2 September
Archery
Men
|align=left|Shinichi Saito |align=left|Ind. compound W1 |563 |11 | | (6)L 2–6 |colspan=4|did not advance |- |align=left|Yutaka Ajima |align=left|Ind. recurve W1/W2 |539 |22 | (11)L 0–6 |colspan=5|did not advance
Women
|align=left|Miho Nagano |align=left|Ind. compound open |614 |11 | | (6)W 6–5 | (3)L 4–6 |colspan=3|did not advance
Athletics
Boccia
Individual AthleteEventSeeding matchesRound of 32Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYuriko ShibayamaIndividual BC1W 5–0L 4–6did not advanceTakayuki HiroseIndividual BC2W 12–0L 0–8did not advanceHidetaka SugimuraL 5–5did not advanceKeita KatoIndividual BC3L 1–6L 1–5did not advance
Teams AthleteEventGroup stageQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankTaemi AkimotoYuriko ShibayamaTakayuki HiroseHidetaka SugimuraTeam BC1-2 W 7–6 W 8–31 Q L 2–10did not advance
Cycling
Track
Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeRankMasaki FujitaMen's individual pursuit C33:51.7439did not advanceMasashi IshiiMen's individual pursuit C45:02.1009did not advance
Sprint AthleteEventQualificationQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinalTimeRankOppositionTimeOppositionTimeOppositionTimeRankTatsuyuki OshiroYasufumi Ito (pilot)Men's individual sprint B10.6395 (4)W 10.935, L , W 11.002 (1)L, LBronze medal match (3)L, L4
Time trial AthleteEventTimeRankTatsuyuki OshiroYasufumi Ito (pilot)Men's 1 km time trial B1:04.2666Masaki FujitaMen's 1 km time trial C1–31:14.99820Masashi IshiiMen's 1 km time trial C4–51:09.2416
Road
AthleteEventTimeRankMasaki FujitaMen's road race C1-31:42:5112Men's road time trial C323:55.54Masashi IshiiMen's road time trial C437:07.1111
Equestrian
Individual
AthleteHorseEventTotalScoreRankNobumasa AsakawaRosadoInd. champ. test grade Ib62.82612Ind. freestyle test grade Ib64.25012
Goalball
Women's tournament
Group C
Quarter-final
Semi-final
Final
Judo
Powerlifting
Men AthleteEventResultRankHiroshi Miura48 kg1179Hideki Odo82.5 kg1916Hajime Ujiro75 kg1807
Rowing
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinalsTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMari OhtakeWomen's single sculls6:44.676 R7:02.535 FB6:50.675
Sailing
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsRank1234567891011*Katsuya Nishiyama Shin'ya Yamamoto (sailor) Tsuneo AsoSonar - 3 person keelboat(14)14131314121414141412114
* Due to a lack of wind race 11 was cancelled
Shooting
AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankAkiko SegaMixed 10 m air rifle prone SH259821did not advanceAki TaguchiMixed 10 m air rifle prone SH158944did not advanceMixed 50 m rifle prone SH158122did not advance
Sitting volleyball
Women's tournament Roster
Group A
5th–8th place semi-final
7th/8th place match
Swimming
Table tennis
Men's singles AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinalsOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJunki ItaiSingles class 6L 2–3L 0–33did not advanceYuki KinoshitaSingles class 11L 0–3L 0–33align="center" did not advance
Women's singles AthleteEventPreliminariesSemi-finalsFinalsOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKimie BesshoSingles class 5W 3–0L 0–32did not advance
Wheelchair basketball
Men's tournament
Group B
9th/10th place match
Wheelchair rugby
Group stage
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Wheelchair tennis
See also Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics
References