Japan competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022. Athletes representing Japan won 10 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 12 bronze medals. The country finished in 8th place in the medal table.
Medalists
| width=78% align=left valign=top | Medal Name Sport Event Date Kazumasa Moto Karate Men's kata Yusuke Satake Powerlifting Men's lightweight Yukako Fukushima Powerlifting Women's lightweight Hidetora Hanada Sumo Men's heavyweight Daiki Nakamura Sumo Men's openweight Yuka Okutomi Sumo Women's lightweight Sakura Ishii Sumo Women's middleweight Ami Yuasa Dancesport B-Girls Hinata Yoshihara Water skiing Women's wakeboard Miho Nonaka Sport climbing Women's boulder Hikaru Ono Karate Women's kata Shion Fujisawa Sumo Men's middleweight Daiki Nakamura Sumo Men's heavyweight Miku Yamanaka Sumo Women's lightweight Hiyori Kon Sumo Women's openweight Women's team Softball Women's tournament Kokoro Fujii Sport climbing Men's boulder Masahiro Higuchi Sport climbing Men's lead Natsuki Tanii Sport climbing Women's lead Miho Miyahara Karate Women's kumite 50 kg Airi Hisano Sumo Women's heavyweight Ayumi Fukushima Dancesport B-Girls Shigeyuki Nakarai Dancesport B-Boys Naoya HiranoTakahiro ItabaYoshiharu TakasuSuguru Ando Lifesaving Men's 4 × 50 m obstacle relay Hikari Izumi Parkour Women's freestyle Hikari Izumi Parkour Women's speed Ryohei Taniguchi Trampoline gymnastics Men's double mini-trampoline Yoshiyuki Ogata Sport climbing Men's boulder Mao Nakamura Sport climbing Women's boulder Yuki Hiraguchi Cue sports Women's nine-ball pool
Invitational sports
Medal Name Sport Event Date Ai Ueda Duathlon Women's individual Mixed team Wheelchair rugby Mixed tournament Men's team Lacrosse Men's tournament
Medals by sportSport TotalSumo4415Powerlifting2002Sport climbing1326Karate1113Dancesport1023Water skiing1001Duathlon0101Softball0101Wheelchair rugby0101Parkour0022Cue sports0011Lacrosse0011Lifesaving0011Trampoline gymnastics0011Total10111233
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotalAir sports 1 1 2Archery 1 0 1Canoe marathon 1 1 2Cue sports 1 1 2Dancesport 3 3 6Duathlon 1 1 2Finswimming 1 0 1Flag football 0 12 12Flying disc 8 7 15Karate 2 2 4Lacrosse 12 12 24Lifesaving 5 5 10Parkour 1 1 2Powerlifting 2 1 3Racquetball 0 1 1Rhythmic gymnastics 2 2Softball 0 15 15Sport climbing 3 4 7Squash 0 2 2Sumo 5 7 12Trampoline gymnastics 2 1 3Water skiing 1 1 2Wheelchair rugby 7 1 8 Total 57 81 138
Air sports
Japan competed in drone racing.
Archery
Japan competed in archery.
AthleteEventQualificationElimination 1Elimination 2Elimination 3Elimination 4SemifinalFinal / ScoreRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankWataru OonukiMen's recurve3538 Habjan MalavašičW 93–92 RemarL 804–805 did not advance
Canoe marathon
Japan competed in canoe marathon.
Cue sports
Japan won one bronze medal in cue sports.
Dancesport
Japan won three medals in dancesport.
Duathlon
Japan won one silver medal in duathlon.
Finswimming
Japan competed in finswimming.
Flag football
Japan competed in flag football.
Flying disc
Japan competed in the flying disc competition.
Karate
Japan won three medals in karate.
Men AthleteEventElimination roundSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankKazumasa MotoMen's kataW 25.74–23.98W 26.34–22.68W 26.46–25.941 QW 27.12–25.52W 26.60–26.26Soichiro NakanoMen's kumite 67 kgL 0–1D 0–0W 4–03colspan=2 5
Women AthleteEventElimination roundSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHikaru OnoWomen's kataW 25.46–24.28W 25.46–24.00W 25.52–25.061 QW 26.34–25.08L 27.92–27.00Miho MiyaharaWomen's kumite 50 kgW 2–1W 7–2W 1–11 QL 3–4W 4–0
Lacrosse
Japan won the bronze medal in the men's lacrosse tournament.
Lifesaving
Japan won one bronze medal in lifesaving.
Parkour
Japan won two bronze medals in parkour.
Powerlifting
Japan won two gold medals in powerlifting.
Racquetball
Japan competed in racquetball.
Rhythmic gymnastics
Japan competed in rhythmic gymnastics.
Softball
Japan won the silver medal in the softball tournament.
Sport climbing
Japan won six medals in sport climbing.
Squash
Japan competed in squash.
Sumo
Japan won nine medals in sumo.
Trampoline gymnastics
Japan won one bronze medal in trampoline gymnastics.
Water skiing
Japan won one gold medal in water skiing.
Wheelchair rugby
Japan won the silver medal in the wheelchair rugby tournament.
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