Japan men's national water polo team
Men's national water polo team representing Japan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Japan men's national water polo team is the representative for Japan in international men's water polo.
FINA codeJPN
Nickname(s)ポセイドン ジャパン(Poseidon Japan)[1]
AssociationJapan Swimming Federation
ConfederationAASF (Asia)
| |
| FINA code | JPN |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | ポセイドン ジャパン(Poseidon Japan)[1] |
| Association | Japan Swimming Federation |
| Confederation | AASF (Asia) |
| Head coach | Yoshinori Shiota |
| Asst coach | Yohsuke Murase Mitsuaki Shiga |
| Captain | Yusuke Inaba |
| FINA ranking (since 2008) | |
| Current | 9 (as of 9 August 2021) |
| Highest | 8 (2016, 2017, 2018) |
| Olympic Games (team statistics) | |
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1932) |
| Best result | 4th place (1932) |
| World Championship | |
| Appearances | 12 (first in 2001) |
| Best result | 9th place (2022, 2025) |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2018) |
| Best result | 7th place (2018) |
| World League | |
| Appearances | 15 (first in 2006) |
| Best result | 4th place (2018) |
| Asian Games | |
| Appearances | 17 (first in 1954) |
| Best result |  (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 2023) |
| Asian Swimming Championships | |
| Best result | (2016) |
| Asian Water Polo Championship | |
| Best result | (2015) |
| Media | |
| Website | swim.or.jp |
Results
Olympic Games
World Championship
World Cup
World League
- 2006 – 15th place[2]
- 2007 – 16th place
- 2008 – 11th place
- 2009 – 7th place
- 2010 – 11th place
- 2011 – 10th place
- 2012 – 11th place
- 2013 – 7th place
- 2014 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
- 2015 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
- 2016 – 6th place
- 2017 – 8th place
- 2018 – 4th place
- 2019 – 6th place
- 2020 – 5th place
Asian Games
- 1954 –
Silver medal - 1958 –
Gold medal - 1962 – Gold medal
- 1966 – Gold medal
- 1970 – Gold medal
- 1974 –
Silver medal - 1978 – Silver medal
- 1982 – Silver medal
- 1990 – Silver medal
- 1994 – Silver medal
- 1998 – 4th
- 2002 – Silver medal
- 2006 – Silver medal
- 2010 – Silver medal
- 2014 – Silver medal
- 2018 – Silver medal
- 2023 – Gold medal
Asian Swimming Championships
Asian Water Polo Championship
Current squad
Roster for the 2025 World Championships.[4][5]
Head coach: Yoshinori Shiota
- 1 Towa Nishimura GK
- 2 Seiya Adachi FP
- 3 Taiyo Watanabe FP
- 4 Toshiyuki Maeda FP
- 5 Enishi Ura FP
- 6 Toi Suzuki FP
- 7 Kiyomu Date FP
- 8 Mitsuru Takata FP
- 9 Ikkei Nitta FP
- 10 Yusuke Inaba FP
- 11 Daichi Ogihara FP
- 12 Kenta Araki FP
- 13 Ren Sasano GK
- 14 Jun Lowrey FP
- 15 Yuki Moriya FP
