Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	403 in 34 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Shigeyuki Nakarai & Misaki Emura
Flag bearer (closing)	Haruka Kitaguchi
Officials	Mitsugi Ogata, chef de mission
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 20 Silver 12 Bronze 13 Total 45
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Japan, the previous host of the 2020 Olympics at Tokyo, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Japanese athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1912 onwards, except for two occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, to which they were not invited because of the nation's role in World War II, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, due to their participation in the United States-led boycott.

The following Japanese competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Mitsugi Ogata [ja] served as Japan's chef de mission.^[1]

The following is the list of the number of the competitors representing Japan in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	1	4
Artistic swimming	0	9	9
Athletics	29	20	49
Badminton	5	7	12
Basketball	12	12	24
Boxing	2	0	2
Breaking	2	2	4
Canoeing	2	1	3
Cycling	9	9	18
Diving	2	3	5
Equestrian	6	0	6
Fencing	7	7	14
Field hockey	0	16	16
Football	18	18	36
Golf	2	2	4
Gymnastics	6	5	11
Handball	14	0	14
Judo	7	7	14
Modern pentathlon	1	1	2
Rowing	3	2	5
Rugby sevens	12	12	24
Sailing	3	4	7
Shooting	2	1	3
Skateboarding	4	6	10
Sport climbing	2	2	4
Surfing	3	1	4
Swimming	15	14	29
Table Tennis	3	3	6
Tennis	2	4	6
Triathlon	2	1	3
Volleyball	12	14	26
Water polo	12	0	12
Weightlifting	2	1	3
Wrestling	8	6	14
Total	212	191	403

Japan fielded a full squad of men's team recurve by virtue of their bronze-medal victory at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany, obtaining one of three spots available at that competition.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takaharu Furukawa	Men's individual	659	35	Nakanishi (JPN) L 4–6	Did not advance
Junya Nakanishi		663	30	Furukawa (JPN) W 6–4	Unruh (GER) L 4–6	Did not advance
Fumiya Saito		650	49	D'Amour (ISV) W 6–4	D'Almeida (BRA) L 1–7	Did not advance
Takaharu Furukawa Junya Nakanishi Fumiya Saito	Men's team	1972	8	—		Mexico W 5–1	South Korea L 0–6	Did not advance
Satsuki Noda	Women's individual	666	12	Chiu Y-c (TPE) W 6–0	Lopez (FRA) W 6–2	Gökkır (TUR) L 4–6	Did not advance
Junya Nakanishi Satsuki Noda	Mixed team	1329	11 Q	—		Turkey W 5–4	United States L 3–5	Did not advance

Japan fielded a full-squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the open team and women's duet event, by virtue of the five highest rank eligible nations in the combined open team results, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine			Acrobatic routine
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Moe Higa Tomoka Sato	Duet	257.3533	6	249.7271	507.0804	8	—
Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Uta Kobayashi Tomoka Sato Ayano Shimada Ami Wada Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida	Team	284.9017	3	343.0291	627.9308	6	252.7533	880.6841	5

Japanese track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[3][4]

Track and road events

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abdul Hakim Sani Brown	100 m	10.02	2 Q	—		9.96	4	Did not advance
Akihiro Higashida		10.19	5			Did not advance
Ryuichiro Sakai		10.17	5
Towa Uzawa	200 m	20.33	3 Q	—		20.54	6	Did not advance
Shota Iizuka		20.67	5 R	20.72	4	Did not advance
Koki Ueyama		20.84	6 R	20.92	4	Did not advance
Fuga Sato	400 m	46.13	6 R	DNS		Did not advance
Kentaro Sato		45.60	5 R	DNS		Did not advance
Yuki Joseph Nakajima		45.37	6 R	DNS		Did not advance
Tomoki Ota	10000 m	—						29:12.48	24
Jun Kasai								27:53.18	20
Shunsuke Izumiya	110 m hurdles	13.27	3 Q	Bye		13.32	3	Did not advance
Rachid Muratake		13.22	1 Q	Bye		13.26	4 q	13.21	5
Shunya Takayama		13.46	4 R	13.45	3	Did not advance
Daiki Ogawa	400 m hurdles	50.21	6 R	49.25	5	Did not advance
Kaito Tsutsue		50.50	7 R	DNS		Did not advance
Ken Toyoda		53.62	6 R	DNS		Did not advance
Ryuji Miura	3000 m steeplechase	8:12.41	4 Q	—				8:11.72	8
Ryoma Aoki		8:29.03	8					Did not advance
Naoki Koyama	Marathon	—						2:10:33	23
Akira Akasaki								2:07:32	6
Suguru Osako								2:09:25	13
Ryo Hamanishi	20 km walk	—						1:20:33	18
Koki Ikeda								1:19:41	7
Yuta Koga								1:19:50	8
Akihiro Higashida Yoshihide Kiryu Ryuichiro Sakai Abdul Hakim Sani Brown Shoma Yamamoto Hiroki Yanagita	4 × 100 m relay	38.06 SB	4 q	—				37.78 SB	5
Kaito Kawabata Yuki Joseph Nakajima Yudai Nishi Fuga Sato Kentaro Sato Takuho Yoshizu	4 × 400 m relay	2:59.48 NR	4 q	—				2:58.33 AR	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Nozomi Tanaka	1500 m	4:04.28	11 qR	Bye		3:59.70 SB	11	Did not advance
Yume Goto		4:09.41 PB	13 R	4:10.40	11	Did not advance
Nozomi Tanaka	5000 m	15:00.62	9	—				Did not advance
Yuma Yamamoto		15:43.67	17	—				Did not advance
Wakana Kabasawa		15:50.86	19	—				Did not advance
Rino Goshima	10000 m	—						31:29.48	18
Haruka Kokai								31:44.03	19
Yuka Takashima								31:52.07 SB	22
Mako Fukube	100 m hurdles	12.85	4 q	—		12.89	5	Did not advance
Yumi Tanaka		12.90	5 R	12.89	2 Q	12.91	7	Did not advance
Mao Ichiyama	Marathon	—						2:34:13	51
Yuka Suzuki								2:24:02	6
Nanako Fujii	20 km walk	—						1:34:26	32
Kumiko Okada								DNS
Ayane Yanai								DNS

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Masatora Kawano   Kumiko Okada	Marathon walk relay	2:55:40	8
Kazuki Takahashi  Ayane Yanai		2:58:08	13

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ryoichi Akamatsu	Men's high jump	2.27 SB	5 q	2.31 PB	5
Tomohiro Shinno		2.20	23	Did not advance
Yuki Hashioka	Men's long jump	7.81	17	Did not advance
Roderick Genki Dean	Men's javelin throw	82.48	13	Did not advance
Sumire Hata	Women's long jump	6.31	26	Did not advance
Mariko Morimoto	Women's triple jump	13.40	28	Did not advance
Haruka Kitaguchi	Women's javelin throw	62.58	7 Q	65.80 SB
Marina Saito		59.42	21	Did not advance
Momone Ueda		61.08	12 q	61.64 SB	10

Japan entered twelve badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kodai Naraoka	Singles	Coelho (BRA) W 2–0	Hyeok-jin (KOR) W 2–0	—		1Q	Chou (TPE) L 0–2	Did not advance
Kenta Nishimoto		Panarin (KAZ) W 2–0	Yang (CAN) W 2–0	—		1Q	Vitidsarn (THA) L 1–2	Did not advance
Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	Doubles	Lee / Wang (TPE) L 0–2	Chiu / Yuan (USA) W 2–0	Liu / Ou (CHN) L 0–2	Astrup / Rasmussen (DEN) L 0–2	4	—	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Akane Yamaguchi	Singles	Thet Htar (MYA) W 2–0	Li (CAN) W 2–1	—	1Q	Katethong (THA) W 2–0	An (KOR) L 1–2	Did not advance		8
Aya Ohori		Arın (TUR) W 2–0	Castillo (PER) W 2–0	—	1Q	Yeo (SIN) W 2–1	Marin (ESP) L 0–2	Did not advance		7
Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	Doubles	Mapasa / Yu (AUS) W 2–0	Crasto / Ponnappa (IND) W 2–0	Kim / Kong (KOR) L 0–2	2Q	—	Fruergaard / Thygesen (DEN) W 2–0	Liu / Tan (CHN) L 0–2	Tan / Muralitharan (MAS) W 2–0
Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara		Rahayu / Ramadhanti (INA) W 2–0	Tan / Muralitharan (MAS) L 1–2	Chen / Jia (CHN) L 0–2	3	—	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	Mixed doubles	Christiansen / Bøje (DEN) W W/O	Ye / Lee (TPE) W 2–0	Tang / Tse (HKG) W 2–1	1Q	Puavaranukroh / Taerattanachai (THA) W 2–0	Siwei / Yaqiong (CHN) L 0–2	Seo / Chae (KOR) W 2–0

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	Germany L 77–97	France L 90–94 (OT)	Brazil L 84-102	4	Did not advance			11
Japan women's	Women's tournament	United States L 76–102	Germany L 64–75	Belgium L 58–85	4	Did not advance			12

The Japanese men's basketball team, qualified for the games by virtue of their results through the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Okinawa, as the highest rank from Asian zone.^[5]

Team roster

A 16-player roster was announced on 26 June 2024.^[6] The final squad was announced on 8 July 2024.^[7]

Japan men's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PG 2 Yuki Togashi (C) 30 – (1993-07-30)30 July 1993 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Chiba Jets Funabashi SF 4 Akira Jacobs 20 – (2004-04-13)13 April 2004 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Hawaii Rainbow Warriors PG 5 Yuki Kawamura 23 – (2001-05-02)2 May 2001 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) Yokohama B-Corsairs SG 6 Makoto Hiejima 33 – (1990-08-11)11 August 1990 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Utsunomiya Brex PG 7 Kai Toews 25 – (1998-09-17)17 September 1998 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Alvark Tokyo PF 8 Rui Hachimura 26 – (1998-02-08)8 February 1998 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) Los Angeles Lakers F 12 Yuta Watanabe 29 – (1994-10-13)13 October 1994 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) Chiba Jets Funabashi SG 18 Yudai Baba 28 – (1995-11-07)7 November 1995 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) Nagasaki Velca F/C 24 Josh Hawkinson 29 – (1995-06-23)23 June 1995 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) Sun Rockers Shibuya PG 30 Keisei Tominaga 23 – (2001-02-01)1 February 2001 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Indiana Pacers PF 34 Hugh Watanabe 25 – (1998-12-23)23 December 1998 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) Ryukyu Golden Kings SF 91 Hirotaka Yoshii 26 – (1998-06-04)4 June 1998 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Alvark Tokyo	Head coach Tom Hovasse[8] Assistant coach(es) Corey Gaines Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the competition Age – describes age on 27 July 2024

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	268	221	+47	6	Quarterfinals
2	France (H)	3	2	1	243	241	+2	5
3	Brazil	3	1	2	241	248	−7	4
4	Japan	3	0	3	251	293	−42	3

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The Japanese women's basketball team, qualified by placing in the top three at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Sopron, Hungary.

Team roster

An 18-player roster was announced on 24 May 2024.^[9] The final roster was revealed on 25 June 2024.^[10]

Japan women's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. PF 3 Stephanie Mawuli 25 – (1998-11-25)25 November 1998 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Basket Zaragoza C 8 Maki Takada 34 – (1989-08-23)23 August 1989 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Denso Iris PG 12 Asami Yoshida 36 – (1987-10-09)9 October 1987 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Aisin Wings PG 13 Rui Machida 31 – (1993-03-08)8 March 1993 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) Fujitsu Red Wave SG 15 Nako Motohashi 30 – (1993-10-10)10 October 1993 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Tokyo Haneda Vickies SG 23 Mai Yamamoto 24 – (1999-10-23)23 October 1999 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) Toyota Antelopes SF 27 Saki Hayashi (C) 29 – (1995-03-16)16 March 1995 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Fujitsu Red Wave PF 30 Evelyn Mawuli 29 – (1995-06-02)2 June 1995 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Denso Iris PG 32 Saori Miyazaki 28 – (1995-08-27)27 August 1995 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Eneos Sunflowers PF 52 Yuki Miyazawa 31 – (1993-06-02)2 June 1993 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Fujitsu Red Wave SF 75 Nanako Todo 23 – (2000-11-29)29 November 2000 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Toyota Boshoku Sunshine Rabbits PF 88 Himawari Akaho 25 – (1998-08-28)28 August 1998 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Denso Iris	Head coach Toru Onzuka[11] Assistant coach(es) Kakeru Konno Yoshikazu Suzuki Legend (C) Team captain Club – describes last club before the tournament Age – describes age on 28 July 2024

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	276	218	+58	6	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	3	2	1	226	220	+6	5
3	Belgium	3	1	2	228	228	0	4
4	Japan	3	0	3	198	262	−64	3

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Japan entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Shudai Harada (men's featherweight) and Sewon Okazawa (men's welterweight) qualified for Paris by advancing to the finals round in their respective division, at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.^[12]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shudai Harada	Men's 57 kg	Bye	González (COL) W 5–0	Ibáñez (BUL) L 0–5	Did not advance
Sewon Okazawa	Men's 71 kg	Bye	Ishaish (JOR) L 2–3	Did not advance

Japan entered four breakdancers to compete in the B-Boy and B-Girl dual battles for Paris 2024. Shigeyuki Nakarai (Shigekix) qualified for the games after he won the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.^[13] Later on, Hiroto Ono (Hiro10), Ami Yuasa (Ami) and Ayumi Fukushima (Ayumi) outlasted from 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary.

Athlete	Nickname	Event	Round-robin		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
			Votes	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shigeyuki Nakarai	Shigekix	B-Boys	38	2 Q	Menno (NED) W 3–0	Phil Wizard (CAN) L 0–3	Victor (USA) L 0–3	4
Hiroto Ono	Hiro10		8	4	Did not advance
Ami Yuasa	Ami	B-Girls	52	1 Q	Syssy (FRA) W (8–1, 9–0, 8–1)	India (NED) W (3–6, 6–3, 8–1)	Nicka (LTU) W (6–3, 5–4, 5–4)
Ayumi Fukushima	Ayumi		31	2 Q	India (NED) L (5–4, 3–6, 2–7)	Did not advance		5

Japan entered two boats into the slalom competition, for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in London, Great Britain.^[14] They also qualified a boat in the men's C-1 class of their result in the 2023 Asian Canoe Slalom Olympic Qualifiers.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Takuya Haneda	Men's C-1	96.82	11	99.59	11	96.82	13 Q	103.11	13	Did not advance
Yuuki Tanaka	Men's K-1	103.21	21	91.78	14	91.78	20 Q	101.90	14	Did not advance
Haruka Okazaki	Women's C-1	122.50	20	130.42	18	122.5	20	Did not advance
Aki Yazawa	Women's K-1	106.01	20	107.16	22	106.01	21 Q	110.50	17	Did not advance

Kayak cross

Athlete	Event	Time trial		Round 1	Repechage	Heat	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Yuuki Tanaka	Men's KX-1	81.35	34	2 Q	Bye	3	Did not advance			20
Haruka Okazaki	Women's KX-1	84.16	36	4 R	3	Did not advance				37
Aki Yazawa		79.96	31	3 R	3	Did not advance				36

Japan entered one male and one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympic. Japan secured those quota through the UCI Nation Ranking.^[15]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yukiya Arashiro	Men's road race	6:28:31	56
Eri Yonamine	Women's road race	4:04:23	26

Japanese riders obtained a full spots for men's track events and women's sprint, keirin, team pursuit, madison, and omnium; following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / BM
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Kaiya Ota	Men's sprint	9.350 77.005	8 Q	Vigier (FRA) W 9.946 72.391	Bye	Paul (TTO) L 10.173 72.369	Helal (FRA) W 10.076 71.457	Hoffman (NZL) W 9.774 73.665	Bye	Carlin (GBR) W,L, L	Did not advance	5th place final Rudyk (POL)  Obara (JPN)  Turnbull (GBR) L	7
Yuta Obara		9.483 75.925	16 Q	Paul (TTO) L 9.917 72.823	Dörnbach (GER)  Vigier (FRA) W 9.829 73.253	Hoffman (NZL) L 10.074 73.327	Ortega (COL) W 9.835 73.208	Lavreysen (NED) L 10.009 73.134	Hoffman (NZL)  Paul (TTO) W 10.043 71.692	Richardson (AUS) L, L	Did not advance	5th place final  Rudyk (POL)  Turnbull (GBR)  Ota (JPN) L	6
Mina Sato	Women's sprint	10.257 70.196	7 Q	Kouamé (FRA) W 11.023 65.318	Bye	Mitchell (CAN) W 10.816 66.568	Bye	Hinze (GER) L 10.870 66.433	Mitchell (CAN)  Clonan (AUS) L 10.724 67.841	Did not advance
Riyu Ohta		10.659 67.549	20 Q	Gros (FRA) L 11.202 65.449	Genest (CAN)  Asri (MAS) L 11.312 65.538	Did not advance

Team sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Kaiya Ota  Shinji Nakano  Yuta Obara  Yoshitaku Nagasako	Men's team sprint	42.174 64.020	4 Q	France (FRA) 42.569 63.426	2 Q5-6	Germany (GER) 42.078 64.167	5

Qualification legend: FA=Gold medal final; FB=Bronze medal final

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Shunsuke Imamura  Eiya Hashimoto  Kazushige Kuboki	Men's team pursuit	3:53.489	10	Did not advance
Maho Kakita  Mizuki Ikeda  Tsuyaka Uchino  Yumi Kajihara	Women's team pursuit	4:13.818	10	Did not advance

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Kaiya Ota	Men's keirin	3 R	1 Q	4 Q	DSQ	Did not advance
Shinji Nakano		2 Q	Bye	4 Q	3 FA	DNF
Mina Sato	Women's keirin	2 Q	Bye	5	Did not advance
Riyu Ohta		5 R	1 Q	4 SF	6 FB	9

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Kazushige Kuboki	Men's omnium	5	32	15	12	10	22	5	47	6	113
Yumi Kajihara	Women's omnium	16	10	17	8	21	1	5	25	16	44

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Shunsuke Imamura  Eiya Hashimoto  Kazushige Kuboki	Men's madison	32	20	5
Maho Kakita  Tsuyaka Uchino	Women's madison	1	–	12

Japanese mountain bikers secured one female quota places for the Olympics through 2023 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Urara Kawaguchi	Women's cross-country	-3 LAP	32

Freestyle

Japanese riders received a single quota spot in the men's BMX freestyle for Paris 2024, finishing among the top two at the 2022 UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.^[16][17]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rimu Nakamura	Men's freestyle	87.03	6 Q	90.89	5

Race

Japanese riders secured a single quota place in the women's BMX race for Paris 2024 by topping the field of nations vying for qualification at the 2023 Asian Championships in Tagaytay, Philippines.^[18][19]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Sae Hatakeyama	Women's race	20	20 Q	22	8	Did not advance

Japanese divers secured five quota places for Paris 2024 by advancing to the top twelve final each of the men's individual platform, women's individual springboard and platform, respectively at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, and through 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar and unused quota reallocation.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sakai Sho	Men's 3 m springboard	389.15	11	410.15	14	Did not advance
Rikuto Tamai	Men's 10 m platform	497.15	2	477.00	3	507.65
Sayaka Mikami	Women's 3 m springboard	258.35	21	Did not advance
Haruka Enomoto		299.10	6	244.20	18	Did not advance
Matsuri Arai	Women's 10 m platform	280.65	16	300.50	8	314.45	9

Japan entered a squad of three jumping riders and three eventing riders into the Olympic equestrian. Japanese jumping squad entered the competition by securing the last of two available team spots at the International Equestrian Federation (FEI)-designated Olympic qualifier for Group G in Valkenswaard, Netherlands. Meanwhile, Japanese eventing squad entered the competition, through getting the re-allocation spots, at the Groups F and G qualification event in Millstreet, Ireland.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Yoshiaki Oiwa	MGH Grafton Street	Individual	25.50	8	0.00	25.50	5	0.40	25.90	5	4.40	30.30	7	30.30	7
Kazuma Tomoto	Vinci de la Vigne JRA		27.40	18	0.00	27.40	8	0.00	27.40	7	0.00	27.40	5	27.40	5
Ryuzo Kitajima	Cekatinka JRA		34.50	37	6.40	34.50	28	Withdrawn
Yoshiaki Oiwa Kazuma Tomoto Ryuzo Kitajima Toshiyuki Tanaka (reserve)	MGH Grafton Street Vinci de la Vigne JRA Cekatinka JRA Jefferson JRA	Team	87.40	5	6.40	93.80	3	2.00	115.80	3	—			115.80

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Takashi Haase Shibayama	Karamell M&M	Individual	0	20 Q	Retired
Eiken Sato	Chadellano		Retired
Taizo Sugitani	Quincy 194		9	54	Did not advance
Takashi Haase Shibayama Eiken Sato Taizo Sugitani	See above	Team	51	16	Did not advance

Reserve is Mike Kawai on Saxo de la Cour.

Japan entered eighteen fencers into the Olympic competition. Kento Yoshida and Miho Yoshimura qualified for the games, by nominated one of two highest ranked individual fencers for Asian & Oceanian zone; meanwhile, the nations men's and women's foil team, and also men's épée team, qualified for the games after becoming one the four highest ranked worldwide team; meanwhile, women's sabre team qualified after becoming the highest ranked team, eligible for Asia & Oceania zone; through the release of the FIE Official ranking for Paris 2024.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Koki Kano	Men's épée	Bye	Kim (KOR) W 14–12	Wang (CHN) W 15–4	Kurbanov (KAZ) W 15–6	Andrásfi (HUN) W 14–13	Borel (FRA) W 15–9
Kazuyasu Minobe		Bye	Yasseen (EGY) W 9–8	Borel (FRA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Masaru Yamada		Bye	Hang (HKG) W 15–9	Di Veroli (ITA) W 15–11	Borel (FRA) L 11–12	Did not advance
Koki Kano Kazuyasu Minobe Masaru Yamada	Men's team épée	—			Venezuela (VEN) W 39–33	Czech Republic (CZE) W 45–37	Hungary (HUN) L 25–26
Kazuki Iimura	Men's foil	Bye	Abouelkassem (EGY) W 15–8	Massialas (USA) W15–8	Pauty (FRA) W 15–14	Cheung (HKG) L 11–15	Itkin (USA) L 12–15	4
Kyosuke Matsuyama		Bye	Mertine (FRA) W 15–6	Macchi (ITA) L 11–15	Did not advance
Takahiro Shikine		Bye	Pauty (FRA) L 9–15	Did not advance
Kazuki Iimura Kyosuke Matsuyama Takahiro Shikine Yudai Nagano	Men's team foil	—			Canada (CAN) W 45–26	France (FRA) W 45–37	Italy (ITA) W 45–36
Kento Yoshida	Men's sabre	Bye	Pakdaman (IRI) L 11–15	Did not advance
Miho Yoshimura	Women's épée	Uwihoreye (RWA) W 15–7	Sun (CHN) W 14–13	Kharkova (UKR) L 10–15	Did not advance
Sera Azuma	Women's foil	Bye	Chan (HKG) L 14–15	Did not advance
Karin Miyawaki			Lacheray (FRA) L 10–15	Did not advance
Yuka Ueno			Călugăreanu (ROU) L 13–15	Did not advance
Sera Azuma Karin Miyawaki Yuka Ueno	Women's team foil	—			Poland (POL) W 45–30	Italy (ITA) L 39–45	Canada (CAN) W 33–32
Misaki Emura	Women's sabre	Bye	Kravatska (UKR) W 15–14	Choi (KOR) L 7–15	Did not advance
Shihomi Fukushima		Bye	Kharlan (UKR) L 9–15	Did not advance
Risa Takashima		Bye	Ilieva (BUL) L 10–15	Did not advance
Misaki Emura Shihomi Fukushima Seri Ozaki Risa Takashima	Women's team sabre	—			Hungary (HUN) W 45–37	Ukraine (UKR) L 32–45	France (FRA) W 45–40

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan women's	Women's tournament	Germany L 0–2	China L 0–5	Belgium L 0–3	France W 1–0	Netherlands L 1–5	5	Did not advance

Japan women's national field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top three at the 2024 FIH Olympic Qualifiers.^[20]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 14 June 2024.^[21]

Head coach: Jude Menezes^[22]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Eika Nakamura	(1996-03-04)4 March 1996 (aged 28)	54	0	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
5	DF	Yu Asai	(1996-01-08)8 January 1996 (aged 28)	124	8	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
7	DF	Miyu Suzuki	(1999-01-08)8 January 1999 (aged 25)	74	7	Sony HC Bravia Ladies
9	FW	Yuri Nagai (Captain)	(1992-05-26)26 May 1992 (aged 32)	232	78	Sony HC Bravia Ladies
10	MF	Hazuki Nagai	(1994-08-15)15 August 1994 (aged 29)	219	65	Sakai Town
11	DF	Shihori Oikawa	(1989-03-12)12 March 1989 (aged 35)	186	55	Tokyo Verdy Hockey Team
13	DF	Miki Kozuka	(1996-01-13)13 January 1996 (aged 28)	116	2	GlaxoSmithKline Orange United
17	FW	Shiho Kobayakawa	(1999-04-12)12 April 1999 (aged 25)	49	11	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
19	FW	Kanon Mori	(1996-05-01)1 May 1996 (aged 28)	62	22	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
21	FW	Mai Toriyama	(1995-04-13)13 April 1995 (aged 29)	61	16	Nanto Bank SHOOTING STARS
23	MF	Saki Tanaka	(1998-09-18)18 September 1998 (aged 25)	18	2	GlaxoSmithKline Orange United
25	DF	Kana Urata	(1998-12-27)27 December 1998 (aged 25)	51	9	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
26	MF	Amiru Shimada	(1998-06-23)23 June 1998 (aged 26)	50	7	Nanto Bank SHOOTING STARS
29	MF	Sakurako Omoto	(1998-03-19)19 March 1998 (aged 26)	77	2	Coca–Cola Red Sparks
36	FW	Miyu Hasegawa	(2001-11-20)20 November 2001 (aged 22)	28	9	Sony HC Bravia Ladies
37	DF	Rika Ogawa	(1994-07-28)28 July 1994 (aged 29)	23	2	Sony HC Bravia Ladies

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	19	5	+14	15	Quarter-finals
2	Belgium	5	4	0	1	13	4	+9	12
3	Germany	5	3	0	2	12	7	+5	9
4	China	5	2	0	3	15	10	+5	6
5	Japan	5	1	0	4	2	15	−13	3
6	France (H)	5	0	0	5	4	24	−20	0

28 July 2024 (2024-07-28) 10:30 v Germany  2–0  Japan Stapenhorst  12' Lorenz  56' Report Pitch 2 Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRE) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

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29 July 2024 (2024-07-29) 10:30 v Japan  0–5  China Report Zhong  16' Li  19' Ma  23' Gu  24', 55' Pitch 2 Umpires: Annelize Rostron (RSA) Wanri Venter (RSA)

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31 July 2024 (2024-07-31) 17:00 v Belgium  3–0  Japan Brasseur  28' Englebert  29' Ballenghien  52' Report Pitch 1 Umpires: Gabriel Labate (ARG) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

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1 August 2024 (2024-08-01) 19:45 v Japan  1–0  France Toriyama  12' Pitch 1 Umpires: Rachel Williams (GBR) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

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3 August 2024 (2024-08-03) 10:30 v Netherlands  5–1  Japan Jansen  4' Matla  9', 40' Burg  14' Veen  53' Report Kobayakawa  23' Pitch 2 Umpires: Rachel Williams (GBR) Sarah Wilson (GBR)

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	Paraguay W 5–0	Mali W 1–0	Israel W 1–0	1 Q	Spain L 0–3	Did not advance		5
Japan women's	Women's tournament	Spain L 1–2	Brazil W 2–1	Nigeria W 3–1	2 Q	United States L 0–1	Did not advance		5

Japan men's football team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the finals of the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in Doha, Qatar.

Team roster

Japan announced their final squad on 3 July 2024.^[23] Kodai Sano withdrew on 23 July after being recalled by his club and was replaced by Asahi Uenaka in the alternative list.^[24] On the following day, Kaito Suzuki replaced the injured Riku Handa, while Takashi Uchino was called-up as an alternate player.^[25]

Head coach: Gō Ōiwa

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Leo Kokubo	(2001-01-23)23 January 2001 (aged 23)	Benfica
2	2DF	Kaito Suzuki	(2002-08-25)25 August 2002 (aged 21)	Júbilo Iwata
3	2DF	Ryūya Nishio	(2001-05-16)16 May 2001 (aged 23)	Cerezo Osaka
4	2DF	Hiroki Sekine	(2002-08-11)11 August 2002 (aged 21)	Kashiwa Reysol
5	2DF	Seiji Kimura	(2001-08-24)24 August 2001 (aged 22)	Sagan Tosu
6	3MF	Sota Kawasaki	(2001-07-30)30 July 2001 (aged 22)	Kyoto Sanga
7	3MF	Rihito Yamamoto	(2001-12-12)12 December 2001 (aged 22)	Sint-Truiden
8	3MF	Joel Chima Fujita (captain)	(2002-02-16)16 February 2002 (aged 22)	Sint-Truiden
9	4FW	Shōta Fujio	(2001-05-02)2 May 2001 (aged 23)	Machida Zelvia
10	3MF	Koki Saito	(2001-08-10)10 August 2001 (aged 22)	Sparta Rotterdam
11	4FW	Mao Hosoya	(2001-09-07)7 September 2001 (aged 22)	Kashiwa Reysol
12	1GK	Taishi Brandon Nozawa	(2002-12-25)25 December 2002 (aged 21)	FC Tokyo
13	3MF	Ryotaro Araki	(2002-01-29)29 January 2002 (aged 22)	FC Tokyo
14	3MF	Shunsuke Mito	(2002-09-28)28 September 2002 (aged 21)	Sparta Rotterdam
15	2DF	Kota Takai	(2004-09-04)4 September 2004 (aged 19)	Kawasaki Frontale
16	2DF	Ayumu Ohata	(2001-04-27)27 April 2001 (aged 23)	Urawa Red Diamonds
17	4FW	Yu Hirakawa	(2001-01-03)3 January 2001 (aged 23)	Machida Zelvia
18	4FW	Kein Sato	(2001-07-11)11 July 2001 (aged 23)	Werder Bremen
19	4FW	Asahi Uenaka	(2001-11-01)1 November 2001 (aged 22)	Yokohama F. Marinos
20	3MF	Fuki Yamada	(2001-07-10)10 July 2001 (aged 23)	Tokyo Verdy
21	2DF	Takashi Uchino	(2001-03-07)7 March 2001 (aged 23)	Fortuna Düsseldorf

Players in bold have been capped at full international level.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	7	0	+7	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
3	Mali	3	0	1	2	1	3	−2	1
4	Israel	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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Quarterfinal

Japan women's football team qualified for the Olympics by winning the third round match of the 2024 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and in Tokyo.^[30]

Team roster

• Women's team event – one team of 18 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Japan	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Brazil	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3
4	Nigeria	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0