Japan at the Asian Games
Japanese team's successful participation at Asian Games
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Japan has competed at the Asian Games since their inception in 1951, held in New Delhi, India. The National Olympic Committee of Japan, Japanese Olympic Committee, is responsible for organizing Japan's participation in the Asian Games. The Committee was established in 1911 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1912; it is also the oldest Asian National Olympic Committee.[1][2] Japan has a distinguished achievement among all Asian sport teams, being the only one to have won at least 20 gold medals at every Asian Games.
Asian Games
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
| Games | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1951 New Delhi[3] | 65 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 60 | 1 |
 1954 Manila[4] | 151 | 38 | 36 | 24 | 98 | 1 |
 1958 Tokyo[5] | 287 | 67 | 41 | 30 | 138 | 1 |
 1962 Jakarta[6] | 209 | 73 | 56 | 23 | 152 | 1 |
 1966 Bangkok[7] | 216 | 78 | 53 | 33 | 164 | 1 |
| 1970 Bangkok[8] | 221 | 74 | 47 | 23 | 144 | 1 |
 1974 Tehran[9] | 290 | 75 | 49 | 51 | 175 | 1 |
| 1978 Bangkok[10] | 306 | 70 | 58 | 49 | 177 | 1 |
| 1982 Delhi[11] | 355 | 57 | 52 | 44 | 153 | 2 |
 1986 Seoul[12] | 439 | 58 | 76 | 77 | 211 | 3 |
 1990 Beijing[13] | 543 | 38 | 60 | 76 | 174 | 3 |
| 1994 Hiroshima[14] | 678 | 64 | 75 | 79 | 218 | 2 |
| 1998 Bangkok[15] | 629 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 181 | 3 |
| 2002 Busan[16] | 658 | 44 | 74 | 72 | 190 | 3 |
 2006 Doha[17] | 626 | 50 | 71 | 77 | 198 | 3 |
| 2010 Guangzhou[18] | 726 | 48 | 74 | 94 | 216 | 3 |
| 2014 Incheon[19] | 711 | 47 | 77 | 76 | 200 | 3 |
| 2018 Jakarta & Palembang[20] | 758 | 75 | 56 | 74 | 205 | 2 |
| 2022 Hangzhou | 769 | 52 | 67 | 69 | 188 | 2 |
| 2026 Nagoya | Future event | |||||
| Total (20/20) | 8,637 | 1084 | 1104 | 1054 | 3242 | 2 |
Medals by sport
| Sport | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Archery | 2 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 25 |
 Athletics | 1 | 194 | 221 | 171 | 586 |
 Badminton | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 40 |
 Baseball | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Beach volleyball | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
 Basketball | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 19 |
 Bodybuilding | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
 Bowling | 2 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 40 |
 Boxing | 6 | 13 | 13 | 38 | 64 |
 Bridge | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Canoeing | 4 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 39 |
 Cricket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Cue sports | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | 1 | 53 | 54 | 27 | 134 |
 Dancesport | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
 Diving | 2 | 17 | 21 | 33 | 71 |
 Equestrian | 1 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 38 |
 Fencing | 3 | 13 | 13 | 40 | 66 |
 Field hockey | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
 Football | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Go | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Golf | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | 2 | 19 | 33 | 51 | 103 |
 Handball | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
 Judo | 1 | 56 | 37 | 30 | 123 |
 Kabaddi | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Karate | 1 | 30 | 10 | 9 | 49 |
.svg){kind=small} Modern pentathlon | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
 Roller sports | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
 Rowing | 2 | 9 | 35 | 12 | 56 |
 Rugby | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
 Sailing | 3 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 54 |
 Sepaktakraw | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 |
 Shooting | 3 | 54 | 44 | 55 | 153 |
 Soft tennis | 3 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 32 |
 Softball | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
 Squash | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Swimming | 1 | 277 | 260 | 161 | 698 |
 Synchronized swimming | 2 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
 Table tennis | 2 | 20 | 18 | 42 | 80 |
 Taekwondo | 15 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
 Tennis | 1 | 27 | 18 | 38 | 83 |
 Triathlon | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Volleyball | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 27 |
 Water polo | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
 Weightlifting | 4 | 23 | 19 | 29 | 71 |
 Wrestling | 2 | 67 | 50 | 47 | 164 |
 Wushu | 10 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 |
| Total | 2 | 1032 | 1038 | 986 | 3055 |
Medals by individual
| Athlete | Sport | Years | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshimi Nishigawa | Swimming | 1970–1974 | F | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Kosuke Kitajima | Swimming | 2002–2010 | M | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Kunihiro Iwasaki | Swimming | 1966–1970 | M | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Takashi Yamamoto | Swimming | 1998–2006 | M | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Yoshiko Sato | Swimming | 1954–1962 | F | 7 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Ryosuke Irie | Swimming | 2006–2022 | M | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
| Rikako Ikee | Swimming | 2018–2022 | F | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Nobutaka Taguchi | Swimming | 1970–1974 | M | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Tadashi Honda | Swimming | 1970–1974 | M | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kosuke Hagino | Swimming | 2014–2018 | M | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Katsunori Fujiwara | Swimming | 1986–1990 | M | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Reiko Miyagi | Tennis | 1958–1966 | F | 5 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| Tsuyoshi Yanagidate | Swimming | 1974–1978 | M | 5 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Kengo Tagata | Bowling | 1986–1998 | M | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Takao Ishii | Shooting | 1962–1966 | M | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Hiroko Nagasaki | Swimming | 1982–1986 | F | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Shigenobu Murofushi | Athletics | 1966–1986 | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Keiichi Miki | Table tennis | 1962–1966 | M | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Koji Watanabe | Tennis | 1962–1966 | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Miya Tachibana | Synchronized swimming | 1994–2002 | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Toyoko Yoshino | Athletics | 1951–1954 | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yasue Hatsuda | Swimming | 1974–1978 | F | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Yoshiaki Oiwa | Equestrian | 2006–2018 | M | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Asian Winter Games
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
| Games | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 Sapporo[21] | 92 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 58 | 1 |
| 1990 Sapporo[22] | 80 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 47 | 1 |
| 1996 Harbin[23] | 108 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 32 | 3 |
| 1999 Gangwon[24] | 100 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 4 |
| 2003 Aomori[25] | 154 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 67 | 1 |
| 2007 Changchun[26] | 113 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 2 |
 2011 Astana & Almaty[27] | 103 | 13 | 24 | 17 | 54 | 2 |
| 2017 Sapporo & Obihiro | 146 | 27 | 21 | 26 | 74 | 1 |
| 2025 Harbin | 151 | 10 | 12 | 15 | 37 | 3 |
| 2029 Almaty | Future Event | |||||
| Total | 148 | 156 | 130 | 434 | 1 | |
East Asian Games
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
| Games | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 Shanghai | 253 | 25 | 37 | 55 | 117 | 2 |
| 1997 Busan | 258 | 47 | 53 | 53 | 153 | 2 |
| 2001 Osaka | 327 | 61 | 65 | 65 | 191 | 2 |
 2005 Macau | 335 | 46 | 56 | 77 | 179 | 2 |
 2009 Hong Kong[28] | 378 | 62 | 58 | 70 | 190 | 2 |
| 2013 Tianjin | 436 | 47 | 57 | 75 | 179 | 2 |
| Total | 288 | 326 | 395 | 1009 | 2 |
East Asian Youth Games
Medals by Games
| Games | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2023 Ulaanbaatar | 48 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 2 |
| Total | 22 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 2 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Medals by Games
| Games | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asian Indoor Games | ||||||
| 2005 Bangkok | 30 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
| 2007 Macau | 102 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7 |
 2009 Hanoi | 94 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 11 |
| Asian Martial Arts Games | ||||||
| 2009 Bangkok | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | ||||||
| 2013 Incheon | 82 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 |
 2017 Ashgabat | 60 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 20 |
| Total | 33 | 29 | 47 | 109 | ||
Asian Beach Games
Medals by Games
| Games | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 Bali | 80 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
 2010 Muscat | 46 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| 2012 Haiyang | 85 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2014 Phuket | 95 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 8 |
| 2016 Danang | 54 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
| 2026 Sanya | 27 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 |
| Total | 14 | 15 | 24 | 53 | 9 |
Asian Youth Games
Medals by Games
| Games | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 2009 Singapore[29] | 38 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 |
| 2013 Nanjing[30] | 62 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3 |
 2025 Manama[31] | 49 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 16 |
 2029 Tashkent | Future event | |||||
| Total | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 5 | |
Asian Para Games
Medals by Games
| Games | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 Guangzhou | 225 | 32 | 39 | 32 | 103 | 2 |
| 2014 Incheon | 298 | 38 | 49 | 56 | 143 | 3 |
| 2018 Jakarta | 303 | 45 | 70 | 83 | 198 | 4 |
| 2022 Hangzhou | 259 | 42 | 49 | 59 | 150 | 3 |
| Total | 157 | 217 | 230 | 594 | 4 |
Sports
Medals per sport
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Archery 2 2 1 5
Athletics 32 44 36 112
Badminton 1 1 11 13
Blind Football 0 1 0 1
Boccia 0 1 1 2
Cycling Road 8 9 4 21
Goalball 1 1 2 4
Judo 3 8 15 26
Lawn Bowls 0 0 1 1
Para Dance Sport 0 0 1 1
Para Football 7-a-side 0 1 1 2
Para Sailing 0 1 0 1
Para Shooting 0 0 1 1
Para Tenpin Bowling 0 5 1 6
Powerlifting 0 0 2 2
Rowing 0 3 1 4
Sitting Volleyball 0 1 2 3
Swimming 54 62 67 183
Table Tennis 2 3 13 18
Wheelchair Basketball 2 4 0 6
Wheelchair Fencing 0 2 7 9
Wheelchair Rugby 1 0 0 1
Wheelchair Tennis 9 9 4 22
Total 115 158 171 444
Medals per year
Year Gold Silver Bronze Total
2018 45 70 83 198
2014 38 49 56 143
2010 32 39 32 103
Total 115 158 171 444
Asian Youth Para Games
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
| Games | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 Tokyo | 214 | 65 | 26 | 22 | 113 | 1 |
 2013 Kuala Lumpur | 169 | 39 | 20 | 25 | 84 | 1 |
 2017 Dubai | 146 | 43 | 29 | 26 | 98 | 1 |
| 2021 Manama | 85 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 55 | 3 |
| Total | 177 | 86 | 87 | 350 | 1 |