Japan national badminton team

Japan national badminton team

Type	National sport association
Headquarters	Tokyo
Location	Japan
Chairman	Tamisuke Watanuki
Affiliations	BAC, BWF
Website	www.badminton.or.jp

The Japan national badminton team represents Japan in international badminton team competitions.

Summer Olympic Games[]

As of the 2020 Olympics

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	20	12	15	47
2	Indonesia (INA)	8	6	7	21
3	South Korea (KOR)	6	7	7	20
4	Denmark (DEN)	2	3	4	9
5	Japan	1	1	2	4
6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	1	0	2
7	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
8	Malaysia (MAS)	0	6	3	9
9	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	2	3
	India (IND)	0	1	2	3
11	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
12	Russia (RUS)	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		39	39	43	121

List of medalists[]

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Silver	Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa	2012 London	Badminton	Women's doubles
Gold	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Badminton	Women's doubles
Bronze	Nozomi Okuhara	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Badminton	Women's singles
Bronze	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	2020 Tokyo	Badminton	Mixed doubles

Participation in BWF competitions[]

Thomas Cup[1] Year Result 1964 First round inter-zone (4th) 1967 Final round inter-zone (3rd) 1979 Semi-finalists 1982 Quarter-finalists 1984 Group stage − 7th 1990 Group stage − 5th / 6th 2004 Quarter-finalists 2006 Quarter-finalists 2008 Quarter-finalists 2010 Semi-finalists 2012 Semi-finalists 2014 Champions 2016 Quarter-finalists 2018 Runners-up 2020 Semi-finalists

Uber Cup[2] Year Result 1966 Champions 1969 Champions 1972 Champions 1975 Runners-up 1978 Champions 1981 Champions 1984 Group stage − 7th 1986 Fourth place 1988 Fourth place 1990 Fourth place 1992 Group stage − 5th / 6th 1994 Group stage − 6th 1996 Group stage − 5th 1998 Group stage − 5th 2000 Group stage − 5th 2002 Group stage − 6th 2004 Semi-finalists 2006 Quarter-finalists 2008 Group stage − 9th 2010 Semi-finalists 2012 Semi-finalists 2014 Runners-up 2016 Semi-finalists 2018 Champions 2020 Runners-up

Sudirman Cup[3] Year Result 1989 7th - Group 2 (Promoted) 1991 6th - Group 1 (Relegated) 1993 9th - Group 2 1995 10th - Group 2 1997 12th - Group 2 1999 10th - Group 2 2001 8th - Group 2 2003 9th - Group 2 2005 10th - Group 2 2007 9th - Group 2 (Promoted) 2009 7th - Group 1 2011 Quarter-finalists 2013 Quarter-finalists 2015 Runners-up 2017 Semi-finalists 2019 Runners-up 2021 Runners-up

**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Participation in Badminton Asia Team Championships[]

Men's team Year Result 2016 Runner-up 2018 Quarter-finalist 2020 Semi-finalist

Women's team Year Result 2016 Runner-up 2018 Champions 2020 Champions

Mixed team Year Result 2017 Champions 2019 Runner-up

Squad[]

The following players were selected to represent Japan at the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup.

References[]