Japan at the Asian Games

Japan has competed at the Asian Games since their inception in 1951, held in New Delhi, India. The National Olympic Committee of Japan, Japanese Olympic Committee, is responsible for organizing Japan's participation in the Asian Games. The Committee was established in 1911 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee in 1912; it is also the oldest Asian National Olympic Committee.[1][2] Japan has a distinguished achievement among all Asian countries, being the only one to have won at least 20 gold medals at every Asian Games.

Japan at the Asian Games
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 1,032 Silver 1,037 Bronze 985 Total 3,054
Asian Games appearances (overview)
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Summer appearances
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Winter appearances
1986 1990 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011 2017

Asian Games

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

Medals by Games Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total 1951 New Delhi[3] 1 24 21 15 60 1954 Manila[4] 1 38 36 24 98 1958 Tokyo[5] 1 67 41 30 138 1962 Jakarta[6] 1 73 56 23 152 1966 Bangkok[7] 1 78 53 33 164 1970 Bangkok[8] 1 74 47 23 144 1974 Tehran[9] 1 75 49 51 175 1978 Bangkok[10] 1 70 58 49 177 1982 Delhi[11] 2 57 52 44 153 1986 Seoul[12] 3 58 76 77 211 1990 Beijing[13] 3 38 60 76 174 1994 Hiroshima[14] 2 64 75 79 218 1998 Bangkok[15] 3 52 61 68 181 2002 Busan[16] 3 44 74 72 190 2006 Doha[17] 3 50 71 77 198 2010 Guangzhou[18] 3 48 74 94 216 2014 Incheon[19] 3 47 77 76 200 2018 Jakarta & Palembang 2 75 56 74 205 2022 Hangzhou Future event 2026 Nagoya Future event Total 2 1032 1037 985 3054 Medals by sport Sport Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total Archery 2 8 9 8 25 Athletics 1 194 221 171 586 Badminton 5 7 8 25 40 Baseball 3 1 3 3 7 Beach volleyball 2 1 3 3 7 Basketball 4 2 4 13 19 Board games 9 0 0 1 1 Bodybuilding 11 0 3 2 5 Bowling 2 18 15 7 40 Boxing 6 13 13 38 64 Canoeing 4 6 14 19 39 Cricket 5 0 0 1 1 Cue sports 5 4 3 4 11 Cycling 1 53 54 27 134 Dancesport 3 0 3 4 7 Diving 2 17 21 33 71 Equestrian 1 18 12 8 38 Fencing 3 13 13 40 66 Hockey 5 2 3 5 10 Football 5 2 5 4 11 Golf 3 9 4 5 18 Gymnastics 2 19 33 51 103 Handball 4 0 6 6 12 Judo 1 56 37 30 123 Kabaddi 7 0 0 1 1 Karate 1 30 10 9 49 Modern pentathlon 4 0 2 3 5 Roller sports 3 4 2 0 6 Rowing 2 9 35 12 56 Rugby union 1 4 5 0 9 Sailing 3 20 22 12 54 Sepaktakraw 8 0 1 9 10 Shooting 3 54 44 55 153 Soft tennis 3 7 11 14 32 Softball 1 5 3 0 8 Squash 8 0 0 1 1 Swimming 1 277 260 161 698 Synchronized swimming 2 6 10 0 16 Table tennis 2 20 18 42 80 Taekwondo 15 0 3 10 13 Tennis 1 27 18 38 83 Triathlon 1 8 5 1 14 Volleyball 1 16 5 6 27 Water polo 3 4 9 4 17 Weightlifting 4 23 19 29 71 Wrestling 2 67 50 47 164 Wushu 10 1 7 9 17 Total 2 1032 1037 985 3054 Medals by individual Athlete Sport Years Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total Yoshimi Nishigawa Swimming 1970–1974 F 10 0 0 10 Kosuke Kitajima Swimming 2002–2010 M 7 1 0 8 Kunihiro Iwasaki Swimming 1966–1970 M 7 1 0 8 Takashi Yamamoto Swimming 1998–2006 M 7 1 0 8 Yoshiko Sato Swimming 1954–1962 F 7 0 2 9 Ryosuke Irie Swimming 2006–2014 M 6 8 0 14 Rikako Ikee Swimming 2018–2018 F 6 2 0 8 Nobutaka Taguchi Swimming 1970–1974 M 6 0 0 6 Tadashi Honda Swimming 1970–1974 M 6 0 0 6 Kosuke Hagino Swimming 2014-2018 M 5 3 3 11 Katsunori Fujiwara Swimming 1986–1990 M 5 3 0 8 Reiko Miyagi Tennis 1958–1966 F 5 3 0 8 Tsuyoshi Yanagidate Swimming 1974–1978 M 5 2 0 7 Kengo Tagata Bowling 1986–1998 M 5 1 1 7 Takao Ishii Shooting 1962–1966 M 5 1 1 7 Hiroko Nagasaki Swimming 1982–1986 F 5 1 0 6 Shigenobu Murofushi Athletics 1966–1986 M 5 1 0 6 Keiichi Miki Table tennis 1962–1966 M 5 0 2 7 Koji Watanabe Tennis 1962–1966 M 5 0 0 5 Miya Tachibana Synchronized swimming 1994–2002 F 5 0 0 5 Toyoko Yoshino Athletics 1951–1954 F 5 0 0 5 Yasue Hatsuda Swimming 1974–1978 F 5 0 0 5 Yoshiaki Oiwa Equestrian 2006–2018 M 4 1 1 6 Asian Winter Games *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. Medals by Games Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total 1986 Sapporo[20] 1 29 23 6 58 1990 Sapporo[21] 1 18 16 13 47 1996 Harbin[22] 3 8 14 10 32 1999 Gangwon[23] 4 6 14 9 29 2003 Aomori[24] 1 24 23 20 67 2007 Changchun[25] 2 13 9 14 36 2011 Astana & Almaty[26] 2 13 24 17 54 2017 Sapporo & Obihiro 1 27 21 26 74 Total 1 138 144 115 397 East Asian Games *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. Medals by Games Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total 1993 Shanghai 2 25 37 55 117 1997 Busan 2 47 53 53 153 2001 Osaka 2 61 65 65 191 2005 Macau 2 46 56 77 179 2009 Hong Kong[27] 2 62 58 70 190 2013 Tianjin 2 47 57 75 179 Total 2 288 326 395 1009 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Medals by Games Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total Asian Indoor Games 2005 Bangkok[28] 7 6 2 6 14 2007 Macau 7 8 7 11 26 2009 Hanoi 11 5 9 9 23 Asian Martial Arts Games 2009 Bangkok[29] 5 9 2 3 14 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2013 Incheon[30] 9 3 4 8 15 2017 Ashgabat Future event Total 31 24 37 92 Asian Beach Games Medals by Games Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total 2008 Bali[31] 5 3 3 3 9 2010 Muscat 10 2 1 3 6 2012 Haiyang 8 1 3 2 6 2014 Phuket 8 7 5 7 19 2016 Danang 25 1 2 7 10 Total 7 14 14 22 50 Asian Youth Games Medals by Games Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total 2009 Singapore[32] 6 5 6 4 15 2013 Nanjing[33] 3 7 5 6 18 2021 Surabaya Future event Total 5 12 11 10 33 Asian Para Games Medals by Games Games Rank Gold Silver Bronze Total 2010 Guangzhou 2 32 39 32 103 2014 Incheon 3 38 49 56 143 2018 Jakarta 4 45 70 83 198 Total 3 115 158 171 444 Asian Youth Para Games *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. 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