Japan at the Asian Games
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IOC code | JPN |
NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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Summer appearances | |
Winter appearances | |
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 |
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India 1951 New Delhi[3] | 65 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 60 | 1 |
Philippines 1954 Manila[4] | 151 | 38 | 36 | 24 | 98 | 1 |
Japan 1958 Tokyo[5] | 287 | 67 | 41 | 30 | 138 | 1 |
Indonesia 1962 Jakarta[6] | 209 | 73 | 56 | 23 | 152 | 1 |
Thailand 1966 Bangkok[7] | 216 | 78 | 53 | 33 | 164 | 1 |
Thailand 1970 Bangkok[8] | 221 | 74 | 47 | 23 | 144 | 1 |
Iran 1974 Tehran[9] | 290 | 75 | 49 | 51 | 175 | 1 |
Thailand 1978 Bangkok[10] | 306 | 70 | 58 | 49 | 177 | 1 |
India 1982 Delhi[11] | 355 | 57 | 52 | 44 | 153 | 2 |
South Korea 1986 Seoul[12] | 439 | 58 | 76 | 77 | 211 | 3 |
China 1990 Beijing[13] | 543 | 38 | 60 | 76 | 174 | 3 |
Japan 1994 Hiroshima[14] | 678 | 64 | 75 | 79 | 218 | 2 |
Thailand 1998 Bangkok[15] | 629 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 181 | 3 |
South Korea 2002 Busan[16] | 658 | 44 | 74 | 72 | 190 | 3 |
Qatar 2006 Doha[17] | 626 | 50 | 71 | 77 | 198 | 3 |
China 2010 Guangzhou[18] | 726 | 48 | 74 | 94 | 216 | 3 |
South Korea 2014 Incheon[19] | 711 | 47 | 77 | 76 | 200 | 3 |
Indonesia 2018 Jakarta & Palembang[20] | 758 | 75 | 56 | 74 | 205 | 2 |
China 2022 Hangzhou | 769 | 52 | 67 | 69 | 188 | 2 |
Japan 2026 Nagoya | Future event | |||||
Total (20/20) | 8,637 | 1084 | 1104 | 1054 | 3242 | 2 |
Medals by sport
Medals by individual
Athlete | Sport | Years | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
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Japan 1986 Sapporo[21] | 92 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 58 | 1 |
Japan 1990 Sapporo[22] | 80 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 47 | 1 |
China 1996 Harbin[23] | 108 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 32 | 3 |
South Korea 1999 Gangwon[24] | 100 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 4 |
Japan 2003 Aomori[25] | 154 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 67 | 1 |
China 2007 Changchun[26] | 113 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 2 |
Kazakhstan 2011 Astana & Almaty[27] | 103 | 13 | 24 | 17 | 54 | 2 |
Japan 2017 Sapporo & Obihiro | 146 | 27 | 21 | 26 | 74 | 1 |
China 2025 Harbin | Future Event | |||||
Saudi Arabia 2029 Trojena | Future Event | |||||
Total | 138 | 144 | 115 | 397 | 1 |
East Asian Games
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
Games | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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China 1993 Shanghai | 253 | 25 | 37 | 55 | 117 | 2 |
South Korea 1997 Busan | 258 | 47 | 53 | 53 | 153 | 2 |
Japan 2001 Osaka | 327 | 61 | 65 | 65 | 191 | 2 |
Macau 2005 Macau | 335 | 46 | 56 | 77 | 179 | 2 |
Hong Kong 2009 Hong Kong[28] | 378 | 62 | 58 | 70 | 190 | 2 |
China 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 |
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Mongolia 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 |
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Asian Indoor Games | ||||||
Thailand 2005 Bangkok | 30 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
Macau 2007 Macau | 102 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7 |
Vietnam 2009 Hanoi | 94 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 11 |
Asian Martial Arts Games | ||||||
Thailand 2009 Bangkok | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | ||||||
South Korea 2013 Incheon | 82 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 |
Turkmenistan 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 |
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Indonesia 2008 Bali | 80 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
Oman 2010 Muscat | 46 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
China 2012 Haiyang | 85 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
Thailand 2014 Phuket | 95 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 8 |
Vietnam 2016 Danang | 54 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
Total | 14 | 14 | 22 | 50 | 7 |
Asian Youth Games
Medals by Games
Games | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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Singapore 2009 Singapore[29] | 38 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 |
China 2013 Nanjing[30] | 62 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3 |
Uzbekistan 2025 Tashkent | Future event | |||||
Total | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 5 |
Asian Para Games
Medals by Games
Games | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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China 2010 Guangzhou | 225 | 32 | 39 | 32 | 103 | 2 |
South Korea 2014 Incheon | 298 | 38 | 49 | 56 | 143 | 3 |
Indonesia 2018 Jakarta | 303 | 45 | 70 | 83 | 198 | 4 |
China 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 |
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Japan 2009 Tokyo | 214 | 65 | 26 | 22 | 113 | 1 |
Malaysia 2013 Kuala Lumpur | 169 | 39 | 20 | 25 | 84 | 1 |
United Arab Emirates 2017 Dubai | 146 | 43 | 29 | 26 | 98 | 1 |
Bahrain 2021 Manama | 85 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 55 | 3 |
Total | 177 | 86 | 87 | 350 | 1 |
See also
References
- ↑ "National Olympic Committee – Japan". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Council – Member countries". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - New Delhi 1951". Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Manila 1954". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Tokyo 1958". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Jakarta 1962". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1966". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1970". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Tehran 1974". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1978". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - New Delhi 1982". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Seoul 1986". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Beijing 1990". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Hiroshima 1994". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1998". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Busan 2002". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Doha 2006". Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ↑ Overall Medal Standings - Guangzhou 2010[permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "MenuMedalStanding | Medals | Sports". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-02-26. Medals - 2014 Incheon Asian Games
- ↑ "2018 Asian Games medal table". 2018 Asian Games. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1986". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1990". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Harbin 1996". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Kangwon 1999". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Aomori 2003". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ↑ "Overall Medal Standings - Changchun 2007". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ↑ Overall Medal Standings - Astana-Almaty 2011 Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Overall Medal Standings - Hong Kong 2009 Archived 2009-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Overall Medal Standings - Singapore 2009 Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Overall Medal Standings - Nanjing 2013 Archived 2013-09-12 at the Wayback Machine