Japan participated at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China from 22 to 28 October 2023. Originally scheduled to take place from 9 to 15 October 2022, the event was postponed to 2023 on 17 May 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Japan sent 259 athletes to the game, consisting of 153 men and 106 women, and competed in 20 out of 22 events, excepting only Chess and Go. Japanese athletes won a total of 150 medals - 42 gold medals, 49 silver medals and 59 bronze medals and finished third at the medal table after China and Iran.

The Japanese team entered the opening ceremony in twelfth place, and were led into the stadium by flag bearer, women’s seated volleyball player Mike Hata. The closing ceremony flag-bearer for the Japanese delegation was Aira Kinoshita, who won three gold medals and two silver medals in swimming events at the games.

Background Qualification for Paris The games were seen as especially important for some Japanese athletes, such as the wheelchair tennis players, since winning gold medals in these games secured those athletes a place in the 2024 Paris Paralympics. In the event, Japan dominated the wheelchair tennis, winning a clean sweep in the men’s singles, Tokita Oda taking gold, Takashi Sanada silver, and Takuya Miki bronze. With his gold, Oda won the coveted Paris spot. Japan also won gold in the women’s singles, quad singles, and all three women’s, men’s and quad doubles golds, with Yui Kamiji gaining a Paris qualifying spot with her women’s singles win.

Other athletes securing Paris qualifying spots included Mika Mizuta for SH2 R5 mixed 10m prone air rifle, and Kazuya Okada for SH1 R3 mixed 10m prone air rifle, as well as Katsuyoshi Yagi for men’s class 7 table tennis, and Natsuki Wada for women’s class 11 table tennis.

Records Keigo Oshima set a new Asian record in the men’s 100m (T64) sprint with a time of 11.27 seconds.

Reina Hori set a new Asian record for women’s shot putt (F20) with a distance of 11m93cm.

The mixed 4x100m swimming relay team set a new Asian record with a time of 3 minutes 53.63 seconds.

Keiko Sugiura set two new Asian Para Games records - a new record in the women’s C3 class 3000m individual pursuit, and a new record of 39.995 seconds in the women’s C3 class 500m time trial.

Competitors Sport Men Women TotalArchery 4 1 5Athletics 27 18 45Badminton 7 8 15Blind football 8 8Boccia 4 5 9Canoeing 4 4 8Cycling 2 1 3Goalball 6 6 12Judo 5 7 12Lawn bowls 1 1 2Powerlifting 7 1 8Rowing 3 3 6Shooting 2 2 4Sitting volleyball 8 11 19Swimming 26 17 43Table tennis 14 5 19Taekwondo 4 4Wheelchair basketball 12 12 24Wheelchair fencing 4 1 5Wheelchair tennis 5 3 8 Total 153 106 259

Medalists

The following Japan competitors won medals at the Games. Medal Name Sport Event Date Reina Hori Athletics Women's shot put F20 Shunsuke Itani Athletics Men's 200 m T64 Aira Kinoshita Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle S14 Tatsuya Ito Athletics Men's 100 m T52 Junko Hirose Judo Women's -57 kg J2 Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S4 Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S11 Naohide Yamaguchi Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S14 Akito Minai Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM10 Kota Kubota Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S8 Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S11 Naohide YamaguchiAira KinoshitaMami InoueKeichi Nakajima Swimming Mixed 4x100 m relay S14 Shota Kawamoto Cycling Men's 3000 m individual pursuit C2 Masaki Fujita Cycling Men's 3000 m individual pursuit C3 Natsuki Wada Table tennis Women's singles Class 11 Katsuyoshi Yagi Table tennis Men's singles Class 7 Daisuke IshitoKoji Sugeno Wheelchair tennis Quad doubles Yui KamijiManami Tanaka Wheelchair tennis Women's doubles Naohide Yamaguchi Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB14 Mikika Serizawa Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB14 Sonomi Sakai Athletics Women's long jump T20 Koji Sugeno Wheelchair tennis Quad singles Yui Kamiji Wheelchair tennis Women's singles Kengo Oshima Athletics Men's 100 m T64 Saki Takakuwa Athletics Women's 100 m T63/64 Masaki Fujita Cycling Men's time trial C1-3 Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM11 Anku Matsuda Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S14 Sarina Satomi Badminton Women's singles WH1 Kanon Fukuda Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8 Daiki Kajiwara Badminton Men's singles WH2 Tokito Oda Wheelchair tennis Men's singles Hiroaki KozaiKoki MaruyamaRyohei MiyamotoNaohiro MurakamiYoshinobu TakamatsuRyuga AkaishiKei AkitaRenshi ChokaiTakuya FurusawaShota HoriuchiAkinobu ItoRin Kawahara Wheelchair basketball Men's tournament Naohide Yamaguchi Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM14 Aira Kinoshita Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM14 An Nishida Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly S7 Akito Minai Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S9 Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S4 Taiyo Kawabuchi Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S10 Hajime Kondo Athletics Men's long jump T63 Kenta Okawachi Athletics Men's 1500 m T20 Moeko Yamamoto Athletics Women's 1500 m T20 Monika Seryu Canoeing Women's KL1 Kengo Oshima Athletics Men's 200 m T64 Mana Sasaki Athletics Women's 100 m T13 Keiko Sugiura Cycling Women's 3000 m individual pursuit C1-3 Shizuka Hangai Judo Women's -48 kg J1 Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S11 Mitsuya Tanaka Taekwondo Men's -58 kg K44 Haruka Kitaura Athletics Women's 800 m T34 Minako Tsuchiya Judo Women's -70 kg J1 Genki Saito Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S13 Aira Kinoshita Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S14 Taiyo Kawabuchi Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM9 Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S11 Takeru Matsumoto Athletics Men's 400 m T36 Koyo Iwabuchi Table tennis Men's singles Class 9 Mahiro Funayama Table tennis Men's singles Class 10 Takeshi Takemori Table tennis Men's singles Class 11 Yuri Tomono Table tennis Women's singles Class 8 Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB11 Eigo TanakaTakayuki SuzukiMami InoueKeichi Nakajima Swimming Mixed 4x50 m medley relay Akito Minai Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S10 Yamato Shimbo Athletics Men's discus throw F37 Haruka Kitaura Athletics Women's 100 m T34 Rio Kawaguchi Athletics Women's long jump T20 Daisuke Ishito Wheelchair tennis Quad singles Kakeru Ishida Athletics Men's 100 m T47 Shunsuke Itani Athletics Men's 100 m T64 Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM11 Aira Kinoshita Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly S14 Onta Uezono Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S10 Mikuni Utsugi Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB8 Kota KubotaMikuni UtsugiTaiyo KawabuchiKanon Fukuda Swimming Mixed 4x100 medley relay Mayo HaginoMari AmimotoMayumi TsuchidaChihiro KitadaMiho OtsuChinami ShimizuHotaru TatsuokaKotone UsuiAmane YanagimotoIzumi ZaimaChihiro FuruyaYui Ishikawa Wheelchair basketball Women's tournament Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Athletics Men's 400 m T52 Tomohiro Ueyama Archery Men's recurve individual Kazuya KanekoYuto SanoYuta KawashimaKoji MiyajikiYuji TaguchiHaruki Torii Goalball Men's tournament Eiko KakehataMasae KomiyaYuki TemmaMinami AraiRieko TakahashiNorika Hagiwara Goalball Women's tournament Sarina SatomiYuma Yamazaki Badminton Women's doubles WH1-WH2 Takashi Sanada Wheelchair tennis Men's singles Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S12 Daiki Kubo Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S10 Mikuni Utsugi Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S9 Genki Saito Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM13 Kotaro OgiwaraKota KubotaKanon FukudaMikuni Utsugi Swimming Mixed 4x100 m freestyle relay Daisuke Nakagawa Athletics Men's 1500 m T20 Kohji Oyama Archery Men's open W1 Misaki Ari Athletics Women's 1500 m T20 Takeshi TakemoriKoya Kato Table tennis Men's doubles Class 22 Koyo IwabuchiHayuma Abe Table tennis Men's doubles Class 18 Kanami FurukawaMaki Ito Table tennis Women's doubles Class 22 Saki Komatsu Canoeing Women's VL2 Hiromi Tatsumi Canoeing Men's KL2 Yuka Takamatsu Athletics Women's 400 m T37/38 Keiko Onidani Athletics Women's discus throw F53 Tomomi Ishiura Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S11 Ema Maeda Swimming Women's 100 m breaststroke SB9 Mami Inoue Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle S14 Tae Kawabe Swimming Women's 50 m freestyle S10 Akito Minai Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S10 Daiki Ishiyama Athletics Men's 100 m T12 Niina Kanno Athletics Women's 400 m T20 Daiki Ishiyama Athletics Men's long jump T12 Shota Kawamoto Cycling Men's 1000 m time trial C1-3 Keiko Sugiura Cycling Women's 500 m time trial C1-3 Yujiro Seto Judo Men's -73 kg J2 Shunsuke Kudo Taekwondo Men's -70 kg K44 Maori Yui Swimming Women's 200 m freestyle S5 Yuta Wakoh Athletics Men's javelin throw F13 Kanon Fukuda Swimming Women's 200 m individual medley SM9 Kotaro Ogiwara Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S8 Masayuki Arita Boccia Men's individual BC3 Anri Sakurai Wheelchair fencing Women's individual épée Kazuki Shichino Table tennis Men's singles Class 4 Takuro Chihara Table tennis Men's singles Class 6 Nozomi Nakamura Table tennis Women's singles Class 10 Kanami Furukawa Table tennis Women's singles Class 11 Yuto Sato Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke SB14 Taiyo Kawabuchi Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S9 Moe Onodera Athletics Women's 100 m T34 Daisuke Fujihara Badminton Men's singles SL3 Genki Saito Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke S13 Kotone Matsunaga Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S10 Chika ShigesadaTomohiro Ueyama Archery Mixed team recurve Takuya MikiTakashi Sanada Wheelchair tennis Men's doubles Mamiko Toyoda Badminton Women's singles SU5 Keiko Sugiura Cycling Women's time trial C1-3 Shota Kawamoto Cycling Men's time trial C1-3 Kanon Fukuda Swimming Women's 100 m freestyle S9 Michinobu FujitaShintaro KanoNaoki YasuAkira Tsunoda Wheelchair fencing Men's team foil Keichi Nakajima Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S14 Mami Inoue Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly S14 Takeru Matsumoto Athletics Men's 100 m T36 Takafumi Igusa Athletics Men's 1500 m T38 Koto Matayoshi Athletics Men's long jump T64 Mamiko Toyoda Badminton Women's singles SU5 Daisuke Fujihara Badminton Men's singles SL3 Masaki Fujita Cycling Men's road race C1-3 Mika Mizuta Shooting Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 Genki SaitoKazuki Shichino Table tennis Men's doubles Class 8 Nozomi NakamuraYuri Tomono Table tennis Women's doubles Class 20 Kanami FurukawaTakashi Asano Table tennis Mixed doubles Class 22 Sachie AkakuraJunko FujiiMika HataHikari YoshimotoSatoko KikuchiMichiyo NishiieMizuho FujimotoMamiko OsadaKasumi IihoshiMikiko SumitomoMika Okuda Sitting volleyball Women's tournament Takuya Miki Wheelchair tennis Men's singles Keichi Nakajima Swimming Men's 200 m individual medley SM14 Manami Urata Swimming Women's 400 m freestyle S9 Ema Maeda Swimming Women's 100 m backstroke S9 Tae Kawabe Swimming Women's 100 m butterfly S10 Sae Tsuji Athletics Women's 400 m T47 Uran SawadaYuya SambongiYuka TakamatsuTomoki Ikoma Athletics 4x100 m universal relay Takuya Mori Rowing Men's single sculls PR1

Medal summary Medal by sport Medals by sportSport TotalSwimming19181956Athletics9121233Wheelchair tennis5229Cycling3159Table tennis27716Badminton2147Judo1214Wheelchair basketball1102Archery0213Goalball0202Canoeing0123Taekwondo0112Wheelchair fencing0022Boccia0011Rowing0011Shooting0011Sitting volleyball0011Total 42 49 59150

Medal by day Medals by dayDayDate Total1October 23 3 7 9192October 24 9 6 11263October 25 8 8 8244October 26 10 12 13355October 27 9 11 16366October 28 3 6 312Total 42 49 59150

See also Japan at the 2022 Asian Games

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