Japan at the 2022 World Games

Japan at the
2022 World Games
Japan at the; 2022 World Games
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, United States; 7 July 2022 – 17 July 2022
Competitors	138 (57 men and 81 women) in 23 sports
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 10 Silver 11 Bronze 12 Total 33
World Games appearances
	1981; 1985; 1989; 1993; 1997; 2001; 2005; 2009; 2013; 2017; ; 2025;

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				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
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Wataru Oonuki	Men's recurve	353	8	Bye	Habjan Malavašič W 93–92	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
Athlete	Event	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
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
Athlete	Event	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
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

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

^ "Qualifications for TWG 2022, Birmingham (USA)". International World Games Association. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
^ "Drone Racing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Canoe Marathon Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ "Billiard Sports Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "Dancesport Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ "Dancesport Breaking Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b Brennan, Eliott (16 July 2022). "Ju-jitsu glory for Mochulskyi, Pilz returns to sport climbing summit at World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^ "Finswimming Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ 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.
^ "Flag Football Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "Flying Disc Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ "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.
^ "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ "Lacrosse Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ "Lifesaving Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ Berkeley, Geoff (11 July 2022). "Denmark strike twice with bowling victories at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ "Parkour Results Book" (PDF). 202 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
^ "Colombia top medals table after first day of Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
^ "Powerlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
^ "Racquetball Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ Burke, Patrick (13 July 2022). "Hosts US claim women's softball title at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ "Softball Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b Berkeley, Geoff (15 July 2022). "Jonsson wins all-Swedish archery final at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
^ "Sport Climbing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^ "Squash Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ "Sumo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ "Trampoline Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
^ "Waterski & Wakeboard Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^ Brennan, Eliott (17 July 2022). "Crouin and Gilis claim squash titles at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
^ "Wheelchair Rugby Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[1] "Qualifications for TWG 2022, Birmingham (USA)". International World Games Association. Retrieved 26 March 2022.

[drone_racing_results_book_world_games_2022-2] "Drone Racing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[archery_results_book_world_games_2022-3] "Archery Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[canoe_marathon_results_book_world_games_2022-4] "Canoe Marathon Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[billiard_sports_results_book_world_games_2022-5] "Billiard Sports Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[dancesport_results_book_world_games_2022-6] "Dancesport Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[dancesport_breaking_results_book_world_games_2022-7] "Dancesport Breaking Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[ju_jitsu_glory_mochulskyi_world_games_2022-8] Brennan, Eliott (16 July 2022). "Ju-jitsu glory for Mochulskyi, Pilz returns to sport climbing summit at World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

[finswimming_results_book_world_games_2022-9] "Finswimming Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[mexico_and_usa_flag_football_tournament_world_games_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.

[flag_football_results_book_world_games_2022-11] "Flag Football Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[flying_disc_results_book_world_games_2022-12] "Flying Disc Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[sanchez_terliuga_lead_way_to_medals_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.

[karate_results_book_world_games_2022-14] "Karate Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[lacrosse_results_book_world_games_2022-15] "Lacrosse Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[lifesaving_results_book_world_games_2022-16] "Lifesaving Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[denmark_strike_twice_bowling_world_games_2022-17] Berkeley, Geoff (11 July 2022). "Denmark strike twice with bowling victories at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[egypt_sumo_poor_sportsmanship_world_games_2022-18] Berkeley, Geoff (10 July 2022). "Egyptian sumo team banned from World Games over "poor sportsmanship"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[parkour_results_book_world_games_2022-19] "Parkour Results Book" (PDF). 202 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[colombia_top_medal_table_world_games_2022-20] "Colombia top medals table after first day of Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

[powerlifting_results_book_world_games_2022-21] "Powerlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

[racquetball_results_book_world_games_2022-22] "Racquetball Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

[rhythmic_gymnastics_results_book_world_games_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.

[softball_results_book_world_games_2022-25] "Softball Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.

[jonsson_swedish_final_world_games_2022-26] Berkeley, Geoff (15 July 2022). "Jonsson wins all-Swedish archery final at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

[sport_climbing_results_book_world_games_2022-27] "Sport Climbing Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

[squash_results_book_world_games_2022-28] "Squash Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[sumo_results_book_world_games_2022-29] "Sumo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[trampoline_gymnastics_results_book_world_games_2022-30] "Trampoline Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

[water_skiing_results_book_world_games_2022-31] "Waterski & Wakeboard Results Book" (PDF). 2022 World Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 July 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

[crouin_gilis_claim_squash_titles_world_games_2022-32] Brennan, Eliott (17 July 2022). "Crouin and Gilis claim squash titles at Birmingham 2022 World Games". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

[wheelchair_rugby_results_book_world_games_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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Nations at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham, United States
Africa	Algeria Egypt Mauritius Morocco Namibia Senegal South Africa Tunisia
America	Argentina Aruba Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Haudenosaunee Mexico Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Suriname United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands
Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Malaysia Mongolia Nepal Pakistan Philippines Qatar Singapore South Korea Chinese Taipei Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam
Europe	Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand