Japan competed in the 2012 Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, China from June 12 to June 22, 2012. The delegation was bannered by 82 athletes. Japan send their representatives in 7 sports including beach soccer, beach volleyball, beach handball, sport climbing, dragon boat, roller speed skating, and water skiing.
The delegation collected a gold, three silver, and two bronze medals at the game. The medals came from only two sports, sport climbing and water skiing. The only gold for the country achieved by Atsushi Shimizu in men's bouldering event at sport climbing. The sport also got three silver medals from Tsukuru Hori, Sachi Anma, and Akiyo Noguchi. While the bronze came from sport climber Yuka Kobayashi and water skier Hiroko Komori.
Medalists
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Atsushi Shimizu Sport climbing Men's bouldering June 19 Tsukuru Hori Sport climbing Men's bouldering June 19 Akiyo Noguchi Sport climbing Women's bouldering June 19 Sachi Anma Sport climbing Men's lead June 20 Yuka Kobayashi Sport climbing Women's lead June 20 Hiroko Komori Waterskiing Women's tricks June 22 | style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|
Medals by sportSport TotalSport climbing1314Waterskiing0011 Total 1 3 2 6
Competitors SportMenWomenTotalBeach handball 10 9 19Beach soccer 10 0 10Beach volleyball 4 4 8Dragon boat 15 16 31Roller speed skating 4 0 4Sport climbng 4 3 7Waterskiing 0 3 3 Total 47 35 82
Beach handball Beach soccer Beach volleyball Roller speed skating Sport climbing Waterskiing
See also Japan at the Asian Games
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