Japan at the Asian Games

Japanese team's successful participation at Asian Games
Sporting event delegation
Japan at the
Asian Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
1,084
Silver
1,104
Bronze
1,054
Total
3,242
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
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
Qatar 2030 Doha Future event
Saudi Arabia 2034 Riyadh Future event
Total 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
Beach volleyball 2 1 3 3 7
Basketball 4 2 4 13 19
Board games 9 0 0 1 1
Bodybuilding 11 0 3 2 5
Bowling 2 18 15 7 40
Boxing 6 13 13 38 64
Canoeing 4 6 14 19 39
Cricket 5 0 0 1 1
Cue sports 5 4 3 4 11
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
Golf 3 9 4 5 18
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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