Japan at the 2022 World Games

Japan at the2022 World Games
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, United States7 July 2022 (2022-07-07) – 17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)
Competitors	138 (57 men and 81 women) in 23 sports
MedalsRanked 8th	Gold 10 Silver 11 Bronze 12 Total 33
World Games appearances
1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2022 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 HiranoTakahiro ItabaYoshiharu TakasuSuguru 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	—N/a	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	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	Rank
Wataru Oonuki	Men's recurve	353	8	Bye	Habjan MalavašičW 93–92	RemarL 80^4–80^5	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
		OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	Rank	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	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
		OppositionResult	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	Rank	OppositionResult	OppositionResult	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]

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