Japan men's national water polo team

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Japan
Flag of Japan.svg
FINA codeJPN
Nickname(s)ポセイドン ジャパン(Poseidon Japan)[1]
AssociationJapan Swimming Federation
ConfederationAASF (Asia)
Head coachYoji Omoto
Asst coachKeiji Oi
Yoshinori Shiota
CaptainKeigo Okawa
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current9 (as of 9 August 2021)
Highest8 (2016, 2017, 2018)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances8 (first in 1932)
Best result4th place (1932)
World Championship
Appearances8 (first in 2001)
Best result10th place (2017)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best result7th place (2018)
World League
Appearances14 (first in 2006)
Best result4th place (2018)
Asian Games
Appearances16 (first in 1954)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970)
Asian Swimming Championships
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2016)
Asian Water Polo Championship
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2015)
Media
Websiteswim.or.jp

The Japan men's national water polo team is the representative for Japan in international men's water polo.

Results[]

Olympic Games[]

Main article: Japan men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
  • 1932 – 4th place[2]
  • 1936 – 14th place
  • 1960 – 14th place
  • 1964 – 11th place
  • 1968 – 12th place
  • 1972 – 15th place
  • 1984 – 11th place
  • 2016 – 12th place
  • 2020 – 10th place

World Championship[]

World Cup[]

World League[]

  • 2006 – 15th place[2]
  • 2007 – 16th place
  • 2008 – 11th place
  • 2009 – 7th place
  • 2010 – 11th place
  • 2011 – 10th place
  • 2012 – 11th place
  • 2013 – 7th place
  • 2014 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
  • 2015 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
  • 2016 – 6th place
  • 2017 – 8th place
  • 2018 – 4th place
  • 2019 – 6th place
  • 2020 – 5th place

Asian Games[]

  • 1954 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1958 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1962 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1966 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1970 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1974 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1978 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1982 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1990 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1994 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1998 – 4th
  • 2002 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2006 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2010 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2014 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2018 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal

Asian Swimming Championships[]

  • 2012 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silver medal[3]
  • 2016 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal

Asian Water Polo Championship[]

  • – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal[3]
  • 2012 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2015 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal

Current squad[]

Roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Yoji Omoto[4]

No. Player Pos. L/R Height Weight Date of birth (age) Apps OG/
Goals 		Club Ref
1 Katsuyuki Tanamura 10GK 2R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 31) 142 1/0 Japan [5]
2 Seiya Adachi 50D 2R 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (1995-06-24)24 June 1995 (aged 26) 48 1/1 Romania CSM Digi Oradea [6]
3 Harukiirario Koppu 20CB 2R 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1998-12-28)28 December 1998 (aged 22) 141 0/0 Japan [7]
4 Mitsuaki Shiga 50D 2R 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (1991-09-16)16 September 1991 (aged 29) 136 1/3 Japan [8]
5 Takuma Yoshida 50D 2R 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 77 kg (170 lb) (1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 26) 122 0/0 Japan [9]
6 Toi Suzuki 50D 2R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (1999-10-20)20 October 1999 (aged 21) 112 0/0 Japan Nippon Sport [10]
7 Yusuke Shimizu 40CF 1L 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1988-09-07)7 September 1988 (aged 32) 1/1 Japan [11]
8 Mitsuru Takata 50D 2R 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1995-12-08)8 December 1995 (aged 25) 72 0/0 Japan [12]
9 Atsushi Arai 50D 2R 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 66 kg (146 lb) (1994-02-03)3 February 1994 (aged 27) 18 1/4 Japan [13]
10 Yusuke Inaba 50D 2R 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 21) 42 0/0 Japan [14]
11 Keigo Okawa (C) 50D 2R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (198 lb) (1990-03-11)11 March 1990 (aged 31) 118 1/9 Japan [15]
12 Kenta Araki 40CF 2R 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 94 kg (207 lb) (1995-04-06)6 April 1995 (aged 26) 18 0/0 Japan [16]
13 Tomoyoshi Fukushima 10GK 2R 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (176 lb) (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 (aged 28) 112 1/0 Japan [17]
Average 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 27 years, 29 days 90

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: Japan Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympics

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.poseidonjapan.net/
  2. ^ a b c d "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Competitions for Water polo". asiaswimmingfederation.org. Asia Swimming Federation. 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Water Polo - OMOTO Yoji". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ^ "TANAMURA Katsuyuki". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ^ "ADACHI Seiya". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. ^ "KOPPU Harukiirario". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ^ "SHIGA Mitsuaki". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. ^ "YOSHIDA Takuma". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  10. ^ "SUZUKI Toi". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  11. ^ "SHIMIZU Yusuke". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  12. ^ "TAKATA Mitsuru". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  13. ^ "ARAI Atsushi". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  14. ^ "INABA Yusuke". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  15. ^ "OKAWA Keigo". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  16. ^ "ARAKI Kenta". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  17. ^ "FUKUSHIMA Tomoyoshi". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

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