Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan is the host nation of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in their capital city of Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September 2021.[1][2]

Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Japan
IPC code	JPN
NPC	Japan Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo
Competitors	28 in 9 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Paralympics appearances
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Athletics

Japan have secured three quotas in athletics after being in the top four of the 2019 World Para Athletics Marathon Championships and twelve more automatic qualification slots at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.[3]

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tadashi Horikoshi	Men's marathon T12	N/A
Tomoya Ito	Men's 100m T52
	Men's 400m T52
	Men's 1500m T52
Kenya Karasawa	Men's 5000m T11
Yuki Oya	Men's 100m T52
Tomoki Sato	Men's 400m T52
	Men's 1500m T52
Tomoki Suzuki	Men's marathon T54	N/A
Hirokazu Ueyonabaru	Men's 400m T52
	Men's 1500m T52
Shinya Wada	Men's 1500m T11

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Points	Rank
Toru Suzuki	Men's high jump T64
Atsushi Yamamoto	Men's long jump T63

Women's track

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Misato Michishita	Women's marathon T12	N/A
Mana Sasaki	Women's 400m T13

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Points	Rank
Kaede Maegawa	Women's long jump T63
Maya Nakanishi	Women's long jump T64
Chiaki Takada	Women's long jump T11
Tomomi Tozawa	Women's long jump T63

Badminton

Boccia

Cycling

Equestrian

Football 5-a-side

Goalball

Judo

Paracanoeing

Paratriathlon

Powerlifting

Rowing

Shooting

Swimming

Five Japanese swimmers have qualified to compete in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships slot allocation method.[4][5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Keiichi Kimura	Men's 100m butterfly S11
	Men's 200m individual medley SM11
Takayuki Suzuki	Men's 50m freestyle S4
	Men's 100m freestyle S4
	Men's 200m freestyle S4
	Men's 50m breaststroke SB3
Dai Tokairin	Men's 200m individual medley SM14
Uchu Tomita	Men's 400m freestyle S11
	Men's 100m butterfly S11
Naohide Yamaguchi	Men's 100m breaststroke SB14

Table tennis

Japan have secured quotas for five table tennis players including an automatic berth for one athlete at the 2019 Asian Para Table Tennis Championships.

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Takashi Asano	Men's singles C11
Koyo Iwabuchi	Men's singles C9
Takeshi Takemori	Men's singles C11
Katsuyoshi Yagi	Men's singles C7

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kanami Furukawa	Women's singles C11

Taekwondo

Volleyball

The women's sitting volleyball team finished in 10th place at the 2018 World ParaVolley Championships in the Netherlands but they hope to improve their volleyball skills before the home games.[6]

Wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair fencing

Wheelchair rugby

Japan will compete in wheelchair rugby after automatically qualified as they are host nation. They have also won their first ever world championship title in the 2018 IWRF World Championship after defeating reigning champions Australia in the final.[7]

Wheelchair tennis

Japan have two entries for wheelchair tennis after automatically qualifying by winning gold medals at the 2018 Asian Para Games.[8]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Shingo Kunieda	Men's singles
Yui Kamiji	Women's singles

See also

• Japan at the Paralympics
• Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org. 26 October 2018.
2. "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 26 October 2018.
3. "World marathon titles at stake in London". World Para Athletics. 27 April 2019.
4. "Medallists by Event" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 15 September 2019.
5. "World Championships Slot Allocation Method" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 14 October 2019.
6. "Japan target Sitting Volleyball success at Tokyo 2020". www.worldparavolley.org. 28 August 2018.
7. "Japan hopes to spread word about wheelchair rugby in 2020". www.japantimes.com.jp. 11 October 2018.
8. "Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kunieda win gold, qualify for 2020 Paralympics". www.japantime.co.jp. 13 October 2018.