Japan at the 2022 World Games

Sporting event delegation
Japan at the
2022 World Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, United States
7 July 2022 (2022-07-07) – 17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)
Competitors138 (57 men and 81 women) in 23 sports
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
10
Silver
11
Bronze
12
Total
33
World Games appearances
  • 1981
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  • 2001
  • 2005
  • 2009
  • 2013
  • 2017
  • 2022

Japan competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022.[1] Athletes representing Japan won 10 gold medals, 11 silver medals and 12 bronze medals. The country finished in 8th place in the medal table.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Kazumasa Moto Karate Men's kata 8 July
 Gold Yusuke Satake Powerlifting Men's lightweight 8 July
 Gold Yukako Fukushima Powerlifting Women's lightweight 8 July
 Gold Hidetora Hanada Sumo Men's heavyweight 9 July
 Gold Daiki Nakamura Sumo Men's openweight 9 July
 Gold Yuka Okutomi Sumo Women's lightweight 9 July
 Gold Sakura Ishii Sumo Women's middleweight 9 July
 Gold Ami Yuasa Dancesport B-Girls 10 July
 Gold Hinata Yoshihara Water skiing Women's wakeboard 16 July
 Gold Miho Nonaka Sport climbing Women's boulder 15 July
 Silver Hikaru Ono Karate Women's kata 8 July
 Silver Shion Fujisawa Sumo Men's middleweight 9 July
 Silver Daiki Nakamura Sumo Men's heavyweight 9 July
 Silver Miku Yamanaka Sumo Women's lightweight 9 July
 Silver Hiyori Kon Sumo Women's openweight 10 July
 Silver Women's team Softball Women's tournament 13 July
 Silver Kokoro Fujii Sport climbing Men's boulder 15 July
 Silver Masahiro Higuchi Sport climbing Men's lead 16 July
 Silver Natsuki Tanii Sport climbing Women's lead 16 July
 Bronze Miho Miyahara Karate Women's kumite 50 kg 8 July
 Bronze Airi Hisano Sumo Women's heavyweight 9 July
 Bronze Ayumi Fukushima Dancesport B-Girls 10 July
 Bronze Shigeyuki Nakarai Dancesport B-Boys 10 July
 Bronze Naoya Hirano
Takahiro Itaba
Yoshiharu Takasu
Suguru Ando		 Lifesaving Men's 4 × 50 m obstacle relay 10 July
 Bronze Hikari Izumi Parkour Women's freestyle 10 July
 Bronze Hikari Izumi Parkour Women's speed 11 July
 Bronze Ryohei Taniguchi Trampoline gymnastics Men's double mini-trampoline 15 July
 Bronze Yoshiyuki Ogata Sport climbing Men's boulder 15 July
 Bronze Mao Nakamura Sport climbing Women's boulder 15 July
 Bronze Yuki Hiraguchi Cue sports Women's nine-ball pool 16 July

Invitational sports

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Ai Ueda Duathlon Women's individual 16 July
 Silver Mixed team Wheelchair rugby Mixed tournament 17 July
 Bronze Men's team Lacrosse Men's tournament 12 July


Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Sumo 4 4 1 5
Powerlifting 2 0 0 2
Sport climbing 1 3 2 6
Karate 1 1 1 3
Dancesport 1 0 2 3
Water skiing 1 0 0 1
Duathlon 0 1 0 1
Softball 0 1 0 1
Wheelchair rugby 0 1 0 1
Parkour 0 0 2 2
Cue sports 0 0 1 1
Lacrosse 0 0 1 1
Lifesaving 0 0 1 1
Trampoline gymnastics 0 0 1 1
Total 10 11 12 33

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Air sports 1 1 2
Archery 1 0 1
Canoe marathon 1 1 2
Cue sports 1 1 2
Dancesport 3 3 6
Duathlon 1 1 2
Finswimming 1 0 1
Flag football 0 12 12
Flying disc 8 7 15
Karate 2 2 4
Lacrosse 12 12 24
Lifesaving 5 5 10
Parkour 1 1 2
Powerlifting 2 1 3
Racquetball 0 1 1
Rhythmic gymnastics — 2 2
Softball 0 15 15
Sport climbing 3 4 7
Squash 0 2 2
Sumo 5 7 12
Trampoline gymnastics 2 1 3
Water skiing 1 1 2
Wheelchair rugby 7 1 8
Total 57 81 138

Air sports

Japan competed in drone racing.[2]

Archery

Japan competed in archery.[3]

Athlete Event Qualification Elimination 1 Elimination 2 Elimination 3 Elimination 4 Semifinal Final / BM
Score Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Wataru Oonuki Men's recurve 353 8 Bye Slovakia Habjan Malavašič
W 93–92 		Croatia Remar
L 804–805 		did not advance

Canoe marathon

Japan competed in canoe marathon.[4]

Cue sports

Japan won one bronze medal in cue sports.[5]

Dancesport

Japan won three medals in dancesport.[6][7]

Duathlon

Japan won one silver medal in duathlon.[8]

Finswimming

Japan competed in finswimming.[9]

Flag football

Japan competed in flag football.[10][11]

Flying disc

Japan competed in the flying disc competition.[12]

Karate

Japan won three medals in karate.[13][14]

Men
Athlete Event Elimination round Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kazumasa Moto Men's kata  Cención (PAN)
W 25.74–23.98 		 Heydarov (AZE)
W 26.34–22.68 		 Tozaki (USA)
W 26.46–25.94 		1 Q  Busato (ITA)
W 27.12–25.52 		 Quintero (ESP)
W 26.60–26.26 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Soichiro Nakano Men's kumite 67 kg  Xenos (GRE)
L 0–1 		 Figueira (BRA)
D 0–0 		 Pavlov (MKD)
W 4–0 		3 Did not advance 5
Women
Athlete Event Elimination round Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Hikaru Ono Women's kata  Ismail (EGY)
W 25.46–24.28 		 Kokumai (USA)
W 25.46–24.00 		 Lau (HKG)
W 25.52–25.06 		1 Q  Casale (ITA)
W 26.34–25.08 		 Sánchez (ESP)
L 27.92–27.00 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Miho Miyahara Women's kumite 50 kg  Kryva (UKR)
W 2–1 		 Gu (TPE)
W 7–2 		 Alexander (USA)
W 1–1 		1 Q  Tsukii (PHI)
L 3–4 		 Gu (TPE)
W 4–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Lacrosse

Japan won the bronze medal in the men's lacrosse tournament.[15]

Lifesaving

Japan won one bronze medal in lifesaving.[16]

Parkour

Japan won two bronze medals in parkour.[17][18][19]

Powerlifting

Japan won two gold medals in powerlifting.[20][21]

Racquetball

Japan competed in racquetball.[22]

Rhythmic gymnastics

Japan competed in rhythmic gymnastics.[23]

Softball

Japan won the silver medal in the softball tournament.[24][25]

Sport climbing

Japan won six medals in sport climbing.[26][8][27]

Squash

Japan competed in squash.[28]

Sumo

Japan won nine medals in sumo.[29]

Trampoline gymnastics

Japan won one bronze medal in trampoline gymnastics.[26][30]

Water skiing

Japan won one gold medal in water skiing.[31]

Wheelchair rugby

Japan won the silver medal in the wheelchair rugby tournament.[32][33]

References

  1. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2022, Birmingham (USA)". International World Games Association. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Drone Racing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Canoe Marathon Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Billiard Sports Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Dancesport Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Dancesport Breaking Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
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  9. ^ "Finswimming Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  10. ^ Burke, Patrick (14 July 2022). "Mexico and the US win first flag football golds at the Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  11. ^ "Flag Football Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Flying Disc Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Sandra Sanchez and Anzhelika Terliuga lead way to medals on Day 1 of Karate at The World Games". World Karate Federation. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  15. ^ "Lacrosse Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Lifesaving Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  17. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (11 July 2022). "Denmark strike twice with bowling victories at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  18. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  19. ^ "Parkour Results Book" (PDF). 202 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  20. ^ "Colombia top medals table after first day of Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  21. ^ "Powerlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  22. ^ "Racquetball Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  23. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  24. ^ Burke, Patrick (13 July 2022). "Hosts US claim women's softball title at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  25. ^ "Softball Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  26. ^ a b Berkeley, Geoff (15 July 2022). "Jonsson wins all-Swedish archery final at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  27. ^ "Sport Climbing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  28. ^ "Squash Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  29. ^ "Sumo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  30. ^ "Trampoline Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
  31. ^ "Waterski & Wakeboard Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  32. ^ Brennan, Eliott (17 July 2022). "Crouin and Gilis claim squash titles at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  33. ^ "Wheelchair Rugby Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
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