Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Japan at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Japan.svg
Flag of Japan
IPC codeJPN
NPCJapan Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors255
Flag bearer &
Medals
Gold
13
Silver
15
Bronze
23
Total
51
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Japan competed as the host nation of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in their capital Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

Medalists[]

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S4 26 August
 Gold Tomoki Sato Athletics Men's 400 metres T52 27 August
 Gold Naohide Yamaguchi Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB14 29 August
 Gold Tomoki Sato Athletics Men's 1500 metres T52 29 August
 Gold Keiko Sugiura Cycling Women's road time trial C1–3 31 August
 Gold Hidetaka Sugimura Boccia Mixed individual BC2 1 September
 Gold Keiko Sugiura Cycling Women's road race C1–3 3 September
 Gold Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly S11 3 September
 Gold Sarina Satomi Badminton Women's singles WH1 4 September
 Gold Shingo Kunieda Wheelchair tennis Men's singles 4 September
 Gold Daiki Kajiwara Badminton Men's singles WH2 5 September
 Gold Misato Michishita Athletics Women's marathon T12 5 September
 Gold Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki		 Badminton Women's doubles WH1–WH2 5 September
 Silver Miyuki Yamada Swimming Women's 100 metre backstroke S2 25 August
 Silver Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle S11 26 August
 Silver Kenya Karasawa Athletics Men's 5000 metres T11 27 August
 Silver Hideki Uda Paratriathlon Men's PTS4 28 August
 Silver Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle S4 30 August
 Silver Shinya Wada Athletics Men's 1500 metres T11 31 August
 Silver Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB11 1 September
 Silver Miyuki Yamada Swimming Women's 50 metre backstroke S2 2 September
 Silver Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S4 2 September
 Silver Yuki Oya Athletics Men's 100 metres T52 3 September
 Silver Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly S11 3 September
 Silver Yui Kamiji Wheelchair tennis Woman's Singles 3 September
 Silver Badminton Women's singles SU5 4 September
 Silver

Boccia Mixed pairs BC3 4 September
 Silver Men's wheelchair basketball team
  • Renshi Chokai
 Wheelchair basketball Men's tournament 5 September
 Bronze Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3 25 August
 Bronze Shinya Wada Athletics Men's 5000 metres T11 27 August
 Bronze Yujiro Seto Judo Men's 66 kg 27 August
 Bronze Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Athletics Men's 400 metres T52 27 August
 Bronze Satoru Yoneoka
Guide: 		Paratriathlon Men's PTVI 28 August
 Bronze Maki Ito Table tennis Women's individual – Class 11 28 August
 Bronze Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 150 metre individual medley SM4 28 August
 Bronze Japan national wheelchair rugby team
  • Yuki Hasegawa
  • Hitoshi Ogawa
 Wheelchair rugby Mixed tournament 29 August
 Bronze Ogawa Kazusa Judo Women's 70 kg 29 August
 Bronze Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Athletics Men's 1500 metres T52 29 August
 Bronze Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 200 metre individual medley SM11 30 August
 Bronze Mitsuteru Moroishi
Koji Sugeno		 Wheelchair tennis Quad doubles 1 September
 Bronze Japan women's national goalball team
  • Rie Urata
  • Eiko Kakehata
  • Haruka Wakasugi
 Goalball Women's tournament 3 September
 Bronze


Tomoki Suzuki
 Athletics Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay 3 September
 Bronze

Hidetaka Sugimura
 Boccia Mixed team BC1–2 4 September
 Bronze Yui Kamiji
Momoko Ohtani		 Wheelchair tennis Women's doubles 4 September
 Bronze Akiko Sugino Badminton Women's singles SU5 4 September
 Bronze Yuma Yamazaki Badminton Women's singles WH2 4 September
 Bronze
Badminton Women's doubles SL3–SU5 4 September
 Bronze Tadashi Horikoshi Athletics Men's marathon T12 5 September
 Bronze Tsutomu Nagata Athletics Men's marathon T46 5 September
 Bronze Daiki Kajiwara
 Badminton Men's doubles WH1–WH2 5 September
 Bronze
Akiko Sugino		 Badminton Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 5 September

Competitors[]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 26 20 46
Badminton 5 8 13
Boccia 7 3 10
Canoeing 3 3 6
Cycling 4 4 8
Equestrian 4 0 4
Football 5-a-side 10 0 10
Goalball 6 6 12
Judo 7 6 13
Powerlifting 3 1 4
Rowing 3 3 6
Shooting 2 1 3
Sitting volleyball 12 9 21
Swimming 14 13 27
Table tennis 7 4 11
Taekwondo 2 1 3
Triathlon 3 4 7
Wheelchair basketball 12 12 24
Wheelchair fencing 3 3 6
Wheelchair rugby 11 1 12
Wheelchair tennis 6 4 10
Total 153 109 262

Archery[]

Main articles: Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2020 Summer Paralympics - Qualification

Japan fielded nine archers (four men and five women) at the Games, as the host nation is automatically entitled to use the individual quota places.[3]

Men's individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Individual W1 624 9 N/A   (KOR)
W 12910+-12910 		 Türkmenoğlu (TUR)
L 129-133 		Did not advance
Individual Compound 683 17   (ITA)
W 141-136 		 He (CHN)
L 139-146 		Did not advance
Tomohiro Ueyama Individual recurve 609 11   (CZE)
L 0-6 		Did not advance
Women's individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Individual W1 576 9 N/A   (CZE)
W 128-115 		 Chen (CHN)
L 129-132 		Did not advance
Compound 647 22  Van Nest (CAN)
L 130-138 		Did not advance
Recurve 584 8 Bye  Gao (CHN)
W 7-1 		 Wu (CHN)
L 1-7 		Did not advance
Mixed team
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank

Team W1 1200 4 N/A  RPC (RPC)
L 119-132 		Did not advance

Team compound 1330 10 N/A  Italy (ITA)
L 144-145 		Did not advance

Tomohiro Ueyama 		Team recurve 1193 6 N/A  Brazil (BRA)
W 5-3 		 Italy (ITA)
L 2-6 		Did not advance

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan have secured three quotas in athletics after being in the top four of the 2019 World Para Athletics Marathon Championships and twelve more automatic qualification slots at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.[4]

Men's road & track
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Men's 400m T20 N/A 3:58.78 5
Men's 1500 m T54 3:03.60 4 q 2:53.60 9
Men's 5000 m T54 10:11.49 5 q 10:31.28 8
Tadashi Horikoshi Men's marathon T12 N/A 2:28:01 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 100m T54 14.50 6 Did not advance
Men's 100m T47 11.15 5 q 11.05 5
Men's 400m T47 51.56 5 Did not advance
Tomoya Ito Men's 400m T53 57.16 6 Did not advance
Men's 1500m T20 N/A 4:01.72 8
Kenya Karasawa Men's 1500m T11 4:13.32 1 Q 4:08.84 4
Men's 5000m T11 N/A 15:18.12 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 100 m T63 13.58 5 Did not advance
Men's 5000 m T54 10:21.34 7 Did not advance
Men's marathon T12 N/A 2:31:32 7
Men's 100m T36 12.61 4 Did not advance
Men's 400m T36 N/A 59.15 7
Tsutomu Nagata Men's marathon T46 N/A 2:29:33 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 100 m T64 11.41 5 Did not advance
Men's 200 m T64 23.99 4 Did not advance
Yuki Oya Men's 100m T52 N/A 17.18 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tomoki Sato Men's 400m T52 57.33 1 Q 55.39 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 1500m T52 N/A 3:29.13 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Tomoki Suzuki Men's 800m T54 1:37.85 5 Did not advance
Men's 1500 m T54 2:56.34 7 q 2:53.60 9
Men's marathon T54 N/A 1:30:45 7
Men's 1500 m T20 N/A 4:03.62 9
Hirokazu Ueyonabaru Men's 400m T52 1:01.05 2 Q 59.95 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 1500 m T52 N/A 3:44.17 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shinya Wada Men's 1500m T11 N/A 4:05.27 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 5000m T11 N/A 15:21.03 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's marathon T12 N/A 2:33:05 9
Atsushi Yamamoto Men's 100 m T63 13.20 5 Did not advance
Men's 100 m T33 N/A 22.34 5
Men's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Men's long jump T20 7.01 4
Men's javelin throw T46 5.95 7
Men's high jump T64 58.35 6
Men's high jump T64 1.88 5
Atsushi Yamamoto Men's long jump T63 6.70 4
Men's javelin throw T46 57.69 7
Women's road & track
Athlete Event Heats Semi-final Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Women's marathon T12 N/A N/A 3:17:44 5
Tsubasa Kina Women's marathon T54 N/A 1:42:33 7
Women's 100 m T63 16.57 4 Did not advance
Women's 1500 m T20 4:54.60 6 Did not advance
Misato Michishita Women's marathon T12 N/A 3:00:50 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Momoka Muraoka Women's 100 m T54 17.10 4 q 16.71 6
Women's marathon T12 N/A 3:29:12 8
Women's 100 m T13 12.96 4 Did not advance
Women's 400 m T13 58.48 4 q 58.05 7
Women's 100 m T12 12.71 2 q 12.81 4 Did not advance
Women's 100 m T11 13.66 3 Did not advance
Women's 100 m T64 13.43 5 N/A Did not advance
Women's 100 m T38 14.00 6 Did not advance
Women's 400 m T38 1:07.23 6 Did not advance
Women's 400 m T38 1:08.29 6 Did not advance
Women's 400 m T20 1:00.17 4 q 59.99 7
Women's 100 m T63 16.26 5 q 16.48 8
Women's marathon T54 N/A 1:38:32 4
Sae Tsuji Women's 200 m T47 26.88 4 Did not advance
Women's 200 m T47 59.98 3 Q 58.98 5
Women's 1500 m T20 N/A 4:55.03 7
Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Women's long jump T63 4.23 5
Maya Nakanishi Women's long jump T64 5.27 6
Women's long jump T12 5.15 5
Women's long jump T11 4.74 5
Women's long jump T64 4.88 8
Women's long jump T63 4.39 4

Badminton[]

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification
Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Singles WH1   (KOR)
W (15–21, 21–13, 21–17) 		  (GER)
W (21–8, 21–7) 		N/A 1 Q   (JPN)
W (21–15, 21–16) 		 Qu (CHN)
L (16–21, 11–21) 		  (KOR)
L (20–22, 21–17, 14-21) 		4
 Qu (CHN)
L (9–21, 12–21) 		  (FRA)
W (21–6, 21–12) 		N/A 2 Q   (JPN)
L (15–21, 16–21) 		Did not advance
Daiki Kajiwara Singles WH2   (FRA)
W (21–9, 21–5) 		 Chan (HKG)
W (13–21, 21–12, 21–13) 		N/A 1 Q Bye   (KOR)
W (21–14, 21–15) 		  (KOR)
W (21–18, 21–19) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Singles SL3  Bethell (GBR)
L (11–21, 7–21) 		 Rukaendi (INA)
W (21–5, 21–18) 		N/A 2 Q N/A  Bhagat (IND)
L (11–21, 16–21) 		 Sarkar (IND)
L (20–22, 21–23) 		4
Singles SU5   (TPE)
L (16–21, 21–17, 10–21) 		  (EGY)
W (21–5, 21–4) 		 Cheah (MAS)
L (19–21, 12–21) 		3 N/A Did not advance

Daiki Kajiwara 		Doubles WH1–WH2   /
Wandschneider (GER)
W (21–12, 21–9) 		 Qu /
Mai (CHN)
L (13–21, 10–21) 		N/A 2 Q N/A  Qu /
Mai (CHN)
L (8–21, 17–21) 		  /
 (THA)
W (21–18, 21–19) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sarina Satomi Singles WH1   (KOR)
W (21–12, 21–7) 		  (CHN)
L (11–21, 22–24) 		2 Q  Suter-Erath (SUI)
W (21–8, 21–9) 		  (CHN)
W (21–18, 21–18) 		 Pookkham (THA)
W (14–21, 21–19, 21-13) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yuma Yamazaki Singles WH2   (KOR)
W (22–20, 21–16) 		  (TUR)
L (15–21, 21–13, 16–21) 		2 Q   (RPC)
W (23–25, 21–7, 21–8) 		  (CHN)
L (12–21, 13–21) 		  (TUR)
W (21–16, 21–8) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  (CHN)
L (6–21, 8–21) 		 Wetwithan (THA)
L (14–21, 17–21) 		3 Did not advance
Singles SL4   (THA)
W (21–17, 21–10)1 		 Ma (CHN)
L (25–27, 8–21) 		2 N/A Did not advance
Singles SU5  Kohli (IND)
W (21–7, 21–4) 		  (TUR)
W (21–12, 21–8) 		1 Q Bye   (JPN)
W (21–2, 21–13) 		 Yang (CHN)
L (17–21, 9–21) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
 Sugino (JPN)
L 1–2
(22–20, 15–21, 16–21) 		  (DEN)
W (22–20, 21–13) 		2 Q  Kohli (IND)
W (21–11, 21–15) 		 Yang (CHN)
L (2–21, 13–21) 		 Sugino (JPN)
L (16–21, 21–6, 13-21) 		4
Akiko Sugino   (JPN)
W (20–22, 21–15, 21–16) 		  (DEN)
W (15–21, 21–13, 21–15) 		1 Q   (POR)
W (21–5, 21–12) 		  (JPN)
L (11–21, 11–21) 		  (JPN)
W (21–16, 6–21, 21-13) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki 		Doubles WH1–WH2   /
 (KOR)
W(21–12, 21–5) 		 Pookkham /
Wetwithan (THA)
W (21–16, 21–9) 		1 Q N/A  Pookkham /
Wetwithan (THA)
W (21–17, 21–16) 		  /
Liu (CHN)
W (16–21, 21–16, 21-13) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Doubles SL3–SU5   /
 (THA)
W (21–11, 21–17) 		 Oktila /
Sadiyah (INA)
L (4–21, 8–21) 		2 Q N/A  Cheng /
Ma (CHN)
L (6–21, 12–21) 		  /
Noël (FRA)
W (21–16, 21–18) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

*1 from Thailand retired during the match between Ma Huihui from China, though the result doesn't count.

Mixed
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank

Akiko Sugino 		Doubles SL3–SU5  Susanto /
Oktila (INA)
L (12–21, 11–21) 		  /
Seibert (GER)
W (25–23, 21–11) 		2 Q  Mazur /
Noël (FRA)
L (10–21, 11–21) 		 Bhagat /
Kohli (IND)
W (23–21, 21–19) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Boccia[]

Main article: Boccia at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Individual BC1   (ARG)
W 8-5 		 Zhang (CHN)
L 2-6 		  (MEX)
L 1-9 		 Smith (GBR)
L 1-11 		4 Did not advance
Individual BC2   (POR)
W 7-2 		  (HKG)
L 1-6 		  (SVK)
W 4-3 		N/A 2 Did not advance
Hidetaka Sugimura   (RUS)
W 12-0 		  (CAN)
W 6-4 		  (POR)
W 6-1 		N/A 1 Q   (SVK)
W 8-1 		 Santos (BRA)
W 3-2 		 Vongsa (THA)
W 6-1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Individual BC3   (BRA)
W 4-2 		 Howon (KOR)
L 5-5* 		  (HKG)
L 2-3 		N/A 3 Did not advance
 Polychronidis (GRE)
L 2-7 		  (POR)
W 9-0 		 Costa (POR)
W 3-2 		N/A 2 Did not advance
Individual BC4   (COL)
L 2-4 		 McGuire (GBR)
L 2-3 		  (HKG)
L 3-5 		N/A 4 Did not advance
Takumi Nakamura

Hidetaka Sugimura
 		Team BC1–2  Slovakia
W 8-2 		 Portugal
W 5-4 		 South Korea
L 5-6 		 Brazil
W 6-4 		1 Q N/A  Thailand
L 3-8 		 Portugal
W 4-3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kazuki Takahashi

Keiko Tanaka 		Pairs BC3  Australia
W 3-2 		 Hong Kong
L 4-4* 		 Portugal
W 7-0 		 Brazil
W 3*-3 		2 Q N/A  Greece
W 5-1 		 South Korea
L 4-4* 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Road[]

Men
Athlete Event Result Rank
Road time trial C3 36:47.63 7
Road race C1-3 2:11:06 7
Road time trial C2 39:08.26 9
Road race C1-3 2:28:51 28
Women
Athlete Event Result Rank
Road time trial C1-3 33:09.02 15
Road race C1-3 1:37:24 15
Keiko Sugiura Road time trial C1-3 25:55.76 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Road race C1-3 1:12:55 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Track[]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Individual pursuit C3 3:38.366 8 Did not advance
Time trial C1-3 N/A 1:12.306 14
Individual pursuit C2 3:36.117 4  Liang (CHN)
L 3:38.947 		4
Time trial C1-3 N/A 1:08.531 6
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Individual pursuit C1-3 4:52.254 15 Did not advance
Time trial C1-3 N/A 41.706 7
Keiko Sugiura Individual pursuit C1-3 4:02.834 5 Did not advance
Time trial C1-3 N/A 39.869 4

Equestrian[]

Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Horse Event Result Rank
Exclusive 67.529 15
Charmander 66.824 7 Q
67.434 8
Huzette 65.951 14
Hashtag 63.823 10
(GII)
(GIII)
(GIV) 		See above 198.378 15

Football 5-a-side[]

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Roster

The following is the Japan squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[5]

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No. Pos. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 GK Sighted (1984-06-17)17 June 1984 (aged 37)
2 B1 (1990-05-23)23 May 1990 (aged 31)
3 B1 (1978-05-02)2 May 1978 (aged 43)
7 B1 (1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 43)
8 B1 (1975-11-20)20 November 1975 (aged 45)
9 B1 (1984-12-13)13 December 1984 (aged 36)
10 B1 (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 32)
11 FW B1 (1978-10-09)9 October 1978 (aged 42)
13 GK Sighted (1994-02-21)21 February 1994 (aged 27)
14 B1 (2003-09-01)1 September 2003 (aged 17)
Group stage
Pos Team
  • v
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Semi finals
2  China 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 4 6 −2 3 5th–6th place match
4  France 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9 0 7th–8th place match
Source: TOCOG
Japan 4–0 France
  • Goal 4', 9'
  • Goal 19', 27' (pen.)
 Report
, Tokyo
Referee: Lucio Morgado (Brazil)
Brazil 4–0 Japan
  • Goal 5'
  • Goal 25'
  • Goal 36', 39'
 Report
, Tokyo
Referee: Germinal Lubrano (Argentina)
Japan 0–2 China
Report Goal 12', 18'
, Tokyo
Referee: François Carcouët (France)
Fifth place match
Japan 1–0 Spain
Goal 20' Report
, Tokyo
Referee: Rafael Gonzalez (Mexico)

Goalball[]

Main article: Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Under goalball rules, as the host nation, Japan gets one of the ten slots for the men's, and women's, competitions. There are up to six athletes on the court at a time; three athletes per team are allowed on the court at one time.

Men[]

The following is the Japan roster in the men's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[6]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 B3 (2002-06-20)20 June 2002 (aged 19)
4 B2 (1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (aged 30)
5 B1 (1997-01-05)5 January 1997 (aged 24)
7 B3 (2002-02-08)8 February 2002 (aged 19)
8 B3 (1995-03-20)20 March 1995 (aged 26)
9 B2 (1994-09-24)24 September 1994 (aged 26)
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 4 3 0 1 37 15 +22 9 Quarter-finals
2  Brazil 4 3 0 1 35 17 +18 9
3  United States 4 2 0 2 25 35 −10 6
4  Lithuania 4 1 1 2 24 31 −7 4
5  Algeria 4 0 1 3 20 43 −23 1
Source: TOCOG
(H) Host
25 August 2021
13:15
Algeria  4–13  Japan Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Bas Spaans (Netherlands), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
3
1 		Report 7
3
2
1
27 August 2021
13:15
Japan  11–1  United States Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Woradet Kultawongwattana (Thailand)
6
3
2 		Report Walker 1
28 August 2021
14:45
Lithuania  2–10  Japan Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Warrick Jackes (Australia), Bas Spaans (Netherlands)
Montvydas 1
Pavliukianec 1 		Report 4
3
2
1
29 August 2021
09:00
Japan  3–8  Brazil Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Launel Scott (Canada)
2
1 		Report 5
Moreno 3
Quarter-final
31 August 2021
13:15
Japan  4–7  China Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Reza Dehghan (Iran), Svitlana Moroz (Ukraine)
4 Report 6
Cai Changgui 1

Women[]

The following is the Japan roster in the women's goalball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[7]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 B1 (1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 31)
2 Rie Urata B1 (1977-07-01)1 July 1977 (aged 44)
3 Eiko Kakehata B3 (1993-02-19)19 February 1993 (aged 28)
6 B2 (2001-02-02)2 February 2001 (aged 20)
7 B1 (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 (aged 23)
8 Haruka Wakasugi B1 (1995-08-23)23 August 1995 (aged 26)
Group stage



Quarterfinal


Semi-final


Bronze medal match


Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
−60 kg   (BRA)
W 10–01 		 Bologa (ROU)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Çiftçi (TUR)
L 00–10 		Did not advance =7
Yujiro Seto −66 kg  Gauto (ARG)
W 11–00 		 Kuranbaev (UZB)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye   (MGL)
W 10–01 		  (GEO)
W 11–01 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
−73 kg  Ramírez (ARG)
W 10–00 		  (RPC)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Bareikis (LTU)
L 01–11 		Did not advance =7
Aramitsu Kitazono[8] −81 kg  Solovey (UKR)
WD 		Did not advance
−90 kg   (ALG)
W 10–00 		 Latchoumanaya (FRA)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye   (BRA)
L 00–10 		Did not advance =7
−100 kg Bye   (GER)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Khalilov (UZB)
L 00–10 		Did not advance =7
Kento Masaki +100 kg Bye  Chikoidze (GEO)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye   (CUB)
L 00–10 		Did not advance =7
Women
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
−48 kg Bye  Hajiyeva (AZE)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Taşın (AZE)
W 10–01 		 Ivanytska (UKR)
L 00–11 		=5
-52 kg Bye   (AZE)
W 10–00 		 Abdellaoui (ALG)
L 00–10 		Bye  Stepaniuk (RPC)
L 00–10 		=5
Junko Hirose -57 kg   (BLR)
W 10–00 		 Samandarova (UZB)
L 00–11 		Did not advance Bye  González (ARG)
W 10–00 		 Çelik  (TUR)
L 01–10 		=5
-63 kg   (USA)
W 10–00 		 Huseynova (AZE)
L 00–10 		Did not advance Bye  Payno (ESP)
L 00–10 		Did not advance =7
-70 kg   (GRE)
W 10–00 		  (USA)
W w/o 		 Kaldani (GEO)
L 00-10 		Bye   (RPC)
W 01-00 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
+70 kg N/A   (BRA)
L 00-10 		Did not advance N/A   (UKR)
L 00-10 		Did not advance =7

Paracanoeing[]

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Men's va'a VL3 58.458 5 SF 54.992 5 FB 57.028 10
Men's kayak KL1 1:00.765 6 SF 58.259 5 FB 58.509 12
Men's kayak KL2 47.757 6 SF 46.290 5 FB 47.325 11
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Women's kayak KL3 55.777 5 SF 52.948 7 Did not advance
Women's va'a VL2 1:14.310 5 SF 1:08.477 4 Did not advance
Women's kayak KL1 1:00.180 4 SF 1:00.489 2 FA 57.998 7

Paratriathlon[]

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Swim Trans 1 Bike Trans 2 Run Total Time Rank
Hideki Uda Men's PTS4 12:52 1:11 30:30 0:52 18:20 1:03:45 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Satoru Yoneoka
Guide: 		Men's PTVI 11:49 1:22 29:34 0:54 18:40 1:02:20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's PTWC 12:04 1:24 36:12 1:02 14:08 1:04:50 7

Powerlifting[]

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Total lifted Rank
Men's -49 kg 127 9
Men's -59 kg 145 10
Men's -72 kg 162 6
Women's -79 kg 80 8

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan qualified two boats in the women's single sculls and mixed coxed four events for the games. Women's single sculls crews qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 FISA Asian & Oceanian Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, while mixed coxed four received the bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Women's single sculls 13:50.29 5 R 12:41.10 5 FB 14:14.59 11




; 		Mixed coxed four 8:14.09 6 R 7:52.35 5 FB 8:36.89 12

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Daisuke Sasaki 629.4 28 Did not advance
623.0 45 Did not advance
610.1 30 Did not advance
628.6 32 Did not advance

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Five Japanese swimmers have qualified to compete in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships slot allocation method.[9][10]

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Men's 50m freestyle S5 37.45 16 Did not advance
Men's 50m backstroke S5 41.97 10 Did not advance
Men's 50m butterfly S5 37.80 8 Q 37.24 7
Keiichi Kimura Men's 100m backstroke SB11 1:14.05 3 Q 1:11.78 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 100m butterfly S11 1:02.25 1 Q 1:02.57 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 200m individual medley SM11 2:32.60 3 Q 2:29.87 5
Takayuki Suzuki Men's 50m freestyle S4 38.25 1 Q 37.70 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 100m freestyle S4 1:27.48 2 Q 1:21.58 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 200m freestyle S4 3:03.47 2 Q 2:55.15 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 50m breaststroke SB3 51.75 5 Q 49.32 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 150m individual medley SM4 2:45.77 3 Q 2:40.53 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 200m individual medley SM14
Uchu Tomita Men's 400m freestyle S11 4:35.77 2 Q 4:31.69 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 100m butterfly S11 1:03.32 2 Q 1:03.59 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's 200m individual medley SM11 2:32.87 4 Q 2:28.44 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Naohide Yamaguchi Men's 100m breaststroke SB14
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Women's 100m backstroke S14 1:13.12 8 Q 1:12.58 7
Women's 100m butterfly S14 1:12.08 12 Did not advance
Women's 200m individual medley SM14 2:36.60 7 Q 2:37.86 8
Women's 50m freestyle S11 31.08 5 Q 30.85 7
Women's 100m freestyle S11 1:13.76 8 Q 1:13.80 8
Women's 100m butterfly S14 1:10.53 7 Q 1:10.25 7
Women's 400m freestyle S7 N/A 5:34.12 6

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan as host nation, entered five athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. qualified from 2019 ITTF Asian Para Championships which was held in Taichung, Taiwan and four others via World Ranking allocation.[11]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Individual C2  Cha (KOR)
L 2-3 		 Riapoš (SVK)
L 0-3 		N/A 3 Did not advance
 Pereira Stroh (BRA)
L 2-3 		 Ballestrino (AUS)
W 3-1 		  (EGY)
L 0-3 		3 Did not advance
 Liao (CHN)
L 0-3 		  (SLO)
W 3-0 		N/A 2 Q   (EGY)
L 1-3 		Did not advance
  (GBR)
W 3-2 		  (UKR)
L 1-3 		 Nozdrunov (RPC)
L 2-3 		3 Did not advance
 Von Einem (AUS)
W 3-1 		  (KOR)
L 1-3 		N/A 2 Q  Palos (HUN)
L 2-3 		Did not advance
 Palos (HUN)
L 1-3 		  (KOR)
L 1-3 		N/A 3 Did not advance
 Van Acker (BEL)
L 2-3 		  (VEN)
W 3-0 		N/A 2 Q  Creange (FRA)
L 0-3 		Did not advance

N/A  Brazil (BRA)
L 0-2 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Individual C8  Mao (CHN)
L 0-3 		  (GER)
W 3-2 		N/A 2 Q   (CHN)
L 0-3 		Did not advance
Individual C10  Partyka (POL)
L 0-3 		  (TUR)
L 0-3 		N/A 3 Did not advance
Individual C11   (UKR)
W 3-1 		 Ferney (FRA)
L 0-3 		 Wong (HKG)
L 1-3 		3 Did not advance
Maki Ito  Ng (HKG)
L 1-3 		 Lysiak (POL)
W 3-0 		 Prokofeva (RPC)
L 0-3 		2 Q N/A  Ferney (FRA)
L 0-3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

N/A  Poland (POL)
L 0-2 		Did not advance

Taekwondo[]

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan as the host nation qualified three athletes to compete in three events at the Paralympics competition.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Men's –61 kg Bye  Torquato (BRA)
L 24–58 		Did not advance   (BRA)
L 15–20 		Did not advance
Men's –75 kg Bye   (RPC)
L 23–31 		Did not advance   (SEN)
W 52–31 		 Samorano (ARG)
L 22–42 		Did not advance
Shoko Ota Women's +58 kg Bye  Naimova (UZB)
L 12–37 		Did not advance   (FRA)
W WWD 		 Watson (AUS)
L 12-32 		Did not advance

Sitting Volleyball[]

Main article:

The women's sitting volleyball team finished in 10th place at the in the Netherlands but they hope to improve their volleyball skills before the home games.[12]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM / Cl.
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Men's tournament  
L 0–3 		 Egypt
L 0–3 		 Bosnia and Herzegovina
L 0–3 		4 Did not advance Seventh place match
 
L 0–3 		8
Women's tournament  
L 0–3 		 
L 0–3 		 
L 0–3 		4 Did not advance Seventh place match
 
L 0–3 		8

Men's tournament[]

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1   3 3 0 3 9 0 MAX 225 151 1.490 Semifinals
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2 1 2 6 3 2.000 205 176 1.165
3  Egypt 3 1 2 1 3 6 0.500 193 174 1.109 Fifth place match
4   3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 103 225 0.458 Seventh place match
Source: TOCOG
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
14:00
v 		  0–3   Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Khalid Shanishah (LBA), Christina Fiebich (USA)
(6–25, 17–25, 15–25)
Results Statistics
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
18:30
v 		  0–3  Egypt Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Marie-Claude Richer (CAN), Huang Xiao (CHN)
(11–25, 7–25, 6–25)
Results Statistics
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
20:30
v 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  3–0   Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Barbara Pakuła (POL), Kim Jong-heun (KOR)
(25–13, 25–15, 25–13)
Results Statistics
Seventh place match
2 September 2021 (2021-09-02)
13:30
v 		  0–3   Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Ute Fischer (GER), Vanessa Redes (BRA)
(14–25, 18–25, 19–25)
Results Statistics

Women's tournament[]

Main article: Sitting volleyball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament
Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W L Pts SW SL SR SPW SPL SPR Qualification
1  Brazil 3 3 0 3 9 3 3.000 289 237 1.219 Semifinals
2  Canada 3 2 1 2 8 4 2.000 278 243 1.144
3  Italy 3 1 2 1 5 6 0.833 227 232 0.978 Fifth place match
4  Japan (H) 3 0 3 0 0 9 0.000 143 225 0.636 Seventh place match
Source: TOCOG
(H) Host
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
10:00
v 		Japan  0–3  Italy Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Toomas Murulo (EST), Ute Fischer (GER)
(23–25, 11–25, 10–25)
Results Statistics
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
20:30
v 		Japan  0–3  Brazil Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Christina Fiebich (GER), Haris Helac (BIH)
(13–25, 16–25, 16–25)
Results Statistics
1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
20:30
v 		Canada  3–0  Japan Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Huang Xiao (CHN), Sari Mannersuo (FIN)
(25–19, 25–15, 25–20)
Results Statistics
Seventh place match
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
13:30
v 		Japan  0–3  Rwanda Makuhari Messe, Tokyo
Referees: Sari Mannersuo (FIN), Barbara Pakuła (POL)
(19–25, 21–25, 22–25)
Results Statistics

Wheelchair basketball[]

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Men's tournament[]

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament
Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the men's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [13]

Japan men's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts. Club Ctr.
1 32 – (1989-02-16)16 February 1989 2.0 Japan
2 Renshi Chokai 22 – (1999-02-02)2 February 1999 2.5 Japan
6 24 – (1996-12-03)3 December 1996 1.5 Japan
7 25 – (1996-05-08)8 May 1996 3.0 Japan
8 20 – (2000-09-11)11 September 2000 2.5 Japan
10 32 – (1988-11-29)29 November 1988 4.0 Japan
11 35 – (1986-07-26)26 July 1986 2.0 Japan
13 37 – (1983-09-22)22 September 1983 4.5 Japan
21 21 – (1999-11-20)20 November 1999 4.0 Japan
25 31 – (1990-02-22)22 February 1990 3.5 Japan
26 25 – (1996-06-28)28 June 1996 1.0 Japan
55 33 – (1988-07-14)14 July 1988 3.5 Japan
Head coach

Kazuyuki Kyoya

Assistant coach(es)
Shimpei Oikawa
Legend
  • Age - describes age on 24 August 2021
Groupstage


Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 5 5 0 375 272 +103 10 Quarter-finals
2  Japan (H) 5 4 1 312 298 +14 9
3  Turkey 5 3 2 353 327 +26 8
4  Canada 5 2 3 307 333 −26 7
5  South Korea 5 1 4 305 332 −27 6 9th/10th place playoff
6   5 0 5 256 346 −90 5 11th/12th place playoff
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host
26 August 2021 (2021-08-26)
20:30
  56–63  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 13–12, 15–15, 13–12
Pts: Hernandez 21
Rebs: Diaz, Hernandez 8
Asts: Leep 6		 Pts: Akita 24
Rebs: Chokai 17
Asts: Chokai 10
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 40
Referees: Yap Poh Boon
28 August 2021 (2021-08-28)
20:30
South Korea  66–54  
Scoring by quarter: 19–10, 16–17, 18–10, 13–17
Pts: Lee C. 14
Rebs: Lee Y. 13
Asts: Oh 11		 Pts: Hernandez 21
Rebs: Sanz 8
Asts: Hernandez 9
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Attendance: 0
Referees: Hiroki Ono
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
20:30
Spain  79–61  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 26–12, 12–17, 19–14
Pts: García 27
Rebs: García 12
Asts: García 17		 Pts: Furusawa 15
Rebs: Chokai, Fujimoto 5
Asts: Akaishi 5
Ariake Arena
Referees: Mauricio Gamez
30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)
14:45
Turkey  55–67  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 15–19, 17–17, 11–22
Pts: Toprak 17
Rebs: Gürbulak 9
Asts: Gürbulak 6		 Pts: Kozai 22
Rebs: Chokai 14
Asts: Chokai 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Gustavo Mathias
Quarter-final
1 September 2021 (2021-09-01)
20:45
Japan  61–55  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 21–16, 12–9, 14–16
Pts: Kozai 20
Rebs: Chokai 12
Asts: Chokai 9		 Pts: O'Neill-Thorne 18
Rebs: Auprince, O'Neill-Thorne 5
Asts: O'Neill-Thorne 7
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 190
Referees: Darrell Hargreaves
Semi-final
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
20:45
Japan  79–68  Great Britain
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 18–13, 19–12, 27–20
Pts: Chokai 20
Rebs: Chokai 8
Asts: Chokai 8		 Pts: Choudhry 26
Rebs: Manning 7
Asts: Choudhry 11
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 347
Referees: Darrell Hargreaves
Gold medal match
5 September 2021 (2021-09-05)
12:30
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States  64–60  Japan 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 14–9, 13–19, 19–14
Pts: Serio 28
Rebs: Bell, Williams 7
Asts: Serio 9		 Pts: Kozai 18
Rebs: Chokai 18
Asts: Kozai 5
Ariake Arena
Attendance: 62
Referees: Juan Urunuela

Women's tournament[]

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament
Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's wheelchair basketball tournament of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. [14]

Japan women's national wheelchair basketball team - 2020 Summer Paralympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Pts. Club Ctr.
2 24 – (1996-12-04)4 December 1996 1.0 Japan
4 23 – (1998-08-04)4 August 1998 2.5 Japan
5 39 – (1981-09-10)10 September 1981 2.5 Japan
7 44 – (1977-03-11)11 March 1977 4.0 Japan
10 28 – (1993-03-09)9 March 1993 1.5 Japan
12 38 – (1982-11-02)2 November 1982 4.0 Japan
14 38 – (1982-11-08)8 November 1982 3.0 Japan
15 32 – (1988-11-15)15 November 1988 4.5 Japan
18 32 – (1989-01-12)12 January 1989 4.5 Japan
19 26 – (1994-10-06)6 October 1994 1.0 Japan
22 28 – (1993-06-10)10 June 1993 2.0 Japan
88 32 – (1989-04-01)1 April 1989 2.5 Japan
Head coach

Yoshiaki Iwasa

Assistant coach(es)
Kaori Tachibana, Sayaka Yamasaki
Legend
  • Age - describes age on 24 August 2021
Groupstage


Pos Team
 Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   4 4 0 248 204 +44 8 Quarter-finals
2  Canada 4 3 1 267 185 +82 7
3  Japan (H) 4 2 2 216 215 +1 6
4  Great Britain 4 1 3 212 218 −6 5
5  Australia 4 0 4 180 301 −121 4 9th/10th place playoff
Source: TOCOG
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host
25 August 2021 (2021-08-25)
17:00
Australia  47–73  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 14–18, 11–18, 8–21
Pts: Merritt 18
Rebs: Merritt 19
Asts: Merritt 4		 Pts: Kitada 16
Rebs: Amimoto 11
Asts: Amimoto 11
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Celine Villard
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
9:00
Canada  61–35  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 13–8, 18–6, 20–11, 10–10
Pts: Dandeneau 19
Rebs: Ouellet, Young 10
Asts: Young 6		 Pts: Fujii 10
Rebs: Amimoto 8
Asts: Amimoto 5
Ariake Arena
Referees: Hsieh Shu-fei
27 August 2021 (2021-08-27)
20:30
Great Britain  35–53  
Scoring by quarter: 7–18, 10–12, 4–8, 14–15
Pts: Love 8
Rebs: Love 8
Asts: Freeman 6		 Pts: Miller 21
Rebs: Miller 18
Asts: Lang 9
Musashino Forest Sport Plaza
Referees: Shunsuke Nikaido
29 August 2021 (2021-08-29)
11:15
Japan  54–59  
Scoring by quarter: 12–9, 14–13, 16–15, 12–22
Pts: Fujii 16
Rebs: Amimoto 8
Asts: Amimoto, Hagino 4		 Pts: Lang 27
Rebs: Lang 17
Asts: Lang 8
Ariake Arena
Referees: Gustavo Mathias
Quarter-final
31 August 2021 (2021-08-31)
20:45
  82–24  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 28–6, 18–6, 20–8, 16–4
Pts: Beijer 38
Rebs: 17
Asts: Kramer 9		 Pts: four players 4
Rebs: Kitada 6
Asts: Amimoto 4
Ariake Arena
Referees: Sebastien Gauthier
5th–6th classification playoff
3 September 2021 (2021-09-03)
15:00
Canada  68–49  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–4, 16–13, 19–14, 11–18
Pts: Lalonde 20
Rebs: Young 13
Asts: Young 8		 Pts: Kitada 20
Rebs: Kitada 8
Asts: Fujii 7
Ariake Arena
Referees: Geghard Tahmasian

Wheelchair fencing[]

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby[]

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan national wheelchair rugby team qualified for the Games automatically as the host nation quotas.

Team roster
  • Team event – 1 team of 12 player
Squad Group stage Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Japan national team  France
W 53–51 		 Australia
W 60–51 		 Denmark
W 57–53 		1  Great Britain
L 49–55 		 Australia
W 60–52 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Group stage
Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 3 3 0 0 170 155 +15 6 Semi-finals
2  Australia 3 1 0 2 156 159 −3 2
3   3 1 0 2 151 153 −2 2 Fifth place Match
4   3 1 0 2 155 165 −10 2 Seventh place Match
Source: Tokyo2020
(H) Host
Japan 53–51 
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo
Japan 60–51 
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo
Australia 53–57 Japan
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo
Semi final
Japan 49-55 Great Britain
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo
Bronze medal match
Japan 60-52 Australia
Yoyogi National Stadium, Tokyo

Wheelchair tennis[]

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan qualified twelve players entries for wheelchair tennis. Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta. Meanwhile ten other athletes qualified by world rankings.[15]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Men's singles   (ISR)
W 6-1, 6-1 		 Olsson (SWE)
L 0-6, 2-6 		Did not advance
Shingo Kunieda N/A   (ISR)
W 6-0, 6-1 		  (CHN)
W 6-0, 6-1 		 Houdet (FRA)
W 7-6, 6-3 		 Reid (GBR)
W 6-3, 6-2 		 Egberink (NED)
W 6-1, 6-2 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
  (ESP)
W 6-1, 6-2 		  (ARG)
W 6-3, 6-1 		  (FRA)
L 2-6, 3-6 		Did not advance
Takashi Sanada   (NED)
W 6-1, 6-1 		  (KOR)
W 6-2, 6-1 		 Reid (GBR)
L 2-6, 1-6 		Did not advance

Men's doubles N/A   /
 (THA)
W 7-6, 6-3 		 Fernández /
 (ARG)
L 7-6, 6-3 		Did not advance
Shingo Kunieda
Takashi Sanada 		N/A Bye  Cattanéo /
 (FRA)
W 6-1, 6-1 		  /
 (NED)
W 7-6, 6-3 		 Hewett /
Reid (GBR)
L 2-6, 1-6 		 Egberink /
Scheffers (NED)
L 3-6, 2-6 		4
Yui Kamiji Women's singles N/A   (ARG)
W 6-0, 6-1 		  (BRA)
W 6-0, 6-0 		 Zhu (CHN)
W 7-5, 6-1 		 van Koot (NED)
W 6-2, 6-2 		 de Groot (NED)
L 3-6, 6-7 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Momoko Ohtani N/A   (RSA)
W 6-1, 6-2 		  (RPC)
W 7-5, 6-1 		 de Groot (NED)
L 3-6, 2-6 		Did not advance
N/A  Montjane (RSA)
L 2-6, 1-6 		Did not advance
N/A   (MAR)
W 6-1, 6-2 		 Whiley (GBR)
L 1-6, 0-6 		Did not advance
Yui Kamiji
Momoko Ohtani 		Women's doubles N/A Bye   /
 (CHN)
W 6-0, 6-0 		 de Groot /
van Koot (NED)
L 4-6, 2-6 		  /
Zhu (CHN)
W 6-2, 7-6 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

N/A Bye   /
Zhu (CHN)
L 2-6, 1-6 		Did not advance
Mitsuteru Moroishi Quad singles N/A  Alcott (AUS)
L 6-0, 6-2 		Did not advance
Koji Sugeno N/A   (KOR)
W 6-0, 6-0 		 Wagner (USA)
W 6-4, 6-2 		 Schröder (NED)
L 2-6, 3-6 		 Vink (NED)
L 1-6, 4-6 		4
Mitsuteru Moroishi
Koji Sugeno 		Quad doubles N/A   /
Weinberg (ISR)
W 7-5, 6-2 		 Alcott /
Davidson (AUS)
L 2-6, 4-6 		  /
Lapthorne (GBR)
W 7-5, 3-6, 7-5 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

See also[]

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