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Sporting event delegation
Japan at the
2022 World Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
in Birmingham, United States
7 July 2022 (2022-07-07) – 17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)
Competitors138 (57 men and 81 women) in 23 sports
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
10
Silver
11
Bronze
12
Total
33
World Games appearances

Japan competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022. 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

Further information: 2022 World Games § Medal table, and List of 2022 World Games medal winners
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 Hirano
Takahiro Itaba
Yoshiharu Takasu
Suguru 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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 — 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

Main article: Air sports at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in drone racing.

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in archery.

Athlete Event Qualification Elimination 1 Elimination 2 Elimination 3 Elimination 4 Semifinal Final / BM
Score Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Wataru Oonuki Men's recurve 353 8 Bye Slovakia Habjan Malavašič
W 93–92 		Croatia Remar
L 80–80 		did not advance

Canoe marathon

Main article: Canoe marathon at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in canoe marathon.

Cue sports

Main article: Cue sports at the 2022 World Games

Japan won one bronze medal in cue sports.

Dancesport

Main article: Dancesport at the 2022 World Games

Japan won three medals in dancesport.

Duathlon

Main article: Duathlon at the 2022 World Games

Japan won one silver medal in duathlon.

Finswimming

Main article: Finswimming at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in finswimming.

Flag football

Main article: Flag football at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in flag football.

Flying disc

Main article: Flying disc at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in the flying disc competition.

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2022 World Games

Japan won three medals in karate.

Men
Athlete Event Elimination round Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		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 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
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
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		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 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Lacrosse

Main article: Lacrosse at the 2022 World Games

Japan won the bronze medal in the men's lacrosse tournament.

Lifesaving

Main article: Lifesaving at the 2022 World Games

Japan won one bronze medal in lifesaving.

Parkour

Main article: Parkour at the 2022 World Games

Japan won two bronze medals in parkour.

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2022 World Games

Japan won two gold medals in powerlifting.

Racquetball

Main article: Racquetball at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in racquetball.

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in rhythmic gymnastics.

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2022 World Games

Japan won the silver medal in the softball tournament.

Sport climbing

Main article: Sport climbing at the 2022 World Games

Japan won six medals in sport climbing.

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2022 World Games

Japan competed in squash.

Sumo

Main article: Sumo at the 2022 World Games

Japan won nine medals in sumo.

Trampoline gymnastics

Main article: Trampoline gymnastics at the 2022 World Games

Japan won one bronze medal in trampoline gymnastics.

Water skiing

Main article: Water skiing at the 2022 World Games

Japan won one gold medal in water skiing.

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2022 World Games

Japan won the silver medal in the wheelchair rugby tournament.

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Nations at the 2022 World Games
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