The Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Japan in FIG international competitions.
History Japan has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 13 times and has won one team medal, a bronze in 1964."Japan Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results" . sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015. Mai Murakami won Japan's first individual Olympic medal in women's artistic gymnastics: a bronze on floor exercise at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The team has also won two medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Team competition results Olympic Games Year Position Squad 1956 6th place 1960 4th place 1964 bronze medal Toshiko Aihara, Ginko Chiba, Keiko Ikeda, Taniko Nakamura, Kiyoko Ono, Hiroko Tsuji 1968 4th place 1972 7th place 1976 8th place 1984 6th place 1988 12th place 1996 12th place 2008 5th place 2012 8th place 2016 4th place 2020 5th place Hitomi Hatakeda, Yuna Hiraiwa, Mai Murakami, Aiko Sugihara 2024 8th place Rina Kishi, Haruka Nakamura, Mana Okamura, Kohane Ushioku
World Championships
Junior World Championships Year Position Squad 2019 11th place Chiaki Hatakeda, Shoko Miyata, Hazuki Watanabe 2023 gold medal Mika Mizuno, Haruka Nakamura, Sara Yamaguchi, Saki Kawakami 2025 silver medal Yume Minamino, Misa Nishiyama, Risora Ogawa, Rinon Muneta
Most decorated gymnasts This list includes all Japanese female artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the Olympic Games or the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. RankGymnastTeamAAVTUBBBFXOlympic TotalWorld TotalTotal1Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda 1964 1962 1966 1966 1966 1954 1958 1962 19581 8 9 2Mai Murakami 2018 2021 2020 2017 2021 20181 5 63Taniko Nakamura-Mitsukuri 1964 1962 1966 1966 1 3 4 4 Aiko Sugihara 2025 2025 0 2 2 5Kōko Tsurumi 2009 2009 0 2 2 6Ginko Abukawa-Chiba, Kiyoko Ono, Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara, Hiroko Tsuji 1964 1962 1 1 2 10 Urara Ashikawa 2021 0 1 1 Hazuki Watanabe 2022 0 1 1 12Taki Shibuya, Hiroko Ikenada, Yasuko Furuyama, Mitsuko Kandori 1966 0 1 1 Miyata Shoko 2022 0 1 1
See also List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Japan Japan at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Japan men's national gymnastics team
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