Japan competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025. Athletes representing Japan won seven gold medals, 12 silver medals and five bronze medals. The country finished in 9th place in the medal table.
Medalists Medal Name Sport Event Date Kakeru Nishiyama Karate Men's kata Softball Men's tournament Mutsuhiro Shiohata Parkour Men's freestyle Satomi Watanabe Squash Women's singles Riri KitazumeMizuki Saito Aerobic gymnastics Mixed pairs Yusuke Satake Powerlifting Men's equipped lightweight Yuki Hashimoto Air sports Drone racing Maho Ono Karate Women's kata Hiromu Hashimoto Karate Men's kumite 60 kg Yugo Kozaki Karate Men's kumite 67 kg Tomohiro Araya Wushu Men's taijiquan/taijijian combined Sarara Shimada Karate Women's kumite 61 kg Yusei Sakiyama Karate Men's kumite 75 kg Shota Tezuka Wakeboarding Men's Freestyle Saki TanakaHikaru Mori Trampoline gymnastics Women's synchronised Ayaka Miyashita Billiard sports Women's carom three cushion Nene Nagai Parkour Women's freestyle Kyota Ushiyama Powerlifting Men's classic lightweight Issin Hishikawa (Issin) Dancesport B-Boys Tsubasa Kama Karate Women's kumite 68 kg Rikito Shimada Karate Men's kumite 84 kg Nanoha Kida Wushu Women's changquan/daoshu/gunshu combined Softball Women's tournament Shigeyuki Nakarai (Shigekix) Dancesport B-Boys
Medals by sportSport TotalKarate 1 5 28Parkour 1 1 02Powerlifting 1 1 02Softball 1 0 12Aerobic gymnastics 1 0 01Air sports 1 0 01Squash 1 0 01Dancesport 0 1 12Wushu 0 1 12Billiard sports 0 1 01Trampoline gymnastics 0 1 01Wakeboarding 0 1 01 Total 7 12 5 24
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotalFreediving 0 1 1Wushu 2 2 4 Total 2 3 5
Flag football
Women TeamEventGroup playQuarterfinalsSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJapan womenWomen's tournamentL 41–24L 26–24W 33–63L 32–27Consolation semifinalsL 28–227th place gameW 0–337
Freediving
AthleteEventScoreRankOzeki YasukoWomen's Dynamic no FinsWomen's Dynamic with Fins
Gymnastics Parkour
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankMutsuhiro ShiohataMen's freestyle27.51 Q28.8
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankNene NagaiWomen's freestyle21.32 Q22.9
Lacrosse
Summary TeamEventPreliminary roundSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJapan womenWomen's tournament
Powerlifting
Classic AthleteEventExercisesTotal weightTotal pointsRankSquatBenchpressDeadliftKyota UshiyamaMen's lightweight247.5180.0290.0717.5111.95
Equipped AthleteEventExercisesTotal weightTotal pointsRankSquatBenchpressDeadliftYusuke SatakeMen's lightweight310.0217.5272.5800.0107.63Yukako FukushimaWomen's lightweight185.0112.5162.5460.0102.384Norihiro OtaniMen's middleweight300.024.0245.0785.097.647
Racquetball
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMichimune KonoMen's singlesHarumi KajinoWomen's singlesMichimune KonoHarumi KajinoDouble
Softball
Men TeamEventGroup playSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJapan menMen's tournament W 3–10 W 2–8 W 7–51 W 1–6 Cancelled
Women TeamEventGroup playSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJapan womenWomen's tournament W 3–10 W 0–7 L 1–22 L 6–7 W 11–1
Squash
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16 / Quarterfinals / Semi-finals / Final / / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankRyunosuke TsukueMen's singlesW 0–3L 3–1Classification roundW 3–0Classification roundL 1–311Satomi WatanabeWomen's singlesW 3–0W 3–1W 3–0W 3–0W 3–0Risa SugimotoWomen's singlesL 0–3Classification roundL 3–1Classification roundW 3–0Classification roundW 1–3Classification FinalW 0–325
Wushu
Japan qualified four athlete at the 2023 World Wushu Championships.
Taolu AthleteEventFirst routineSecond routineFinal scoreResultRankResultRankResultRankTomohiro ArayaMen's taijiquan and taijijian combined Ryo MurakamiNanoha KidaWomen's changquan & jianshu and qiangshu combinedShiho SaitoWomen's taijiquan and taijijian combined
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