Japan men's national water polo team

The Japan men's national water polo team is the representative for Japan in international men's water polo.

Japan

FINA code	JPN
Nickname(s)	ポセイドン ジャパン(Poseidon Japan)[1]
Association	Japan Swimming Federation
Confederation	AASF (Asia)
Head coach	Yoji Omoto
Asst coach	Keiji Oi Yoshinori Shiota
Captain	Keigo Okawa
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current	8 (as of February 2020)
Highest	6 (2018)
Olympic Games
Appearances	8 (first in 1932)
Best result	4th place (1932)
World Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 2001)
Best result	10th place (2017)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2018)
Best result	7th place (2018)
World League
Appearances	14 (first in 2006)
Best result	4th place (2018)
Asian Games
Appearances	16 (first in 1954)
Best result	(1958, 1962, 1966, 1970)
Asian Swimming Championships
Best result	(2016)
Asian Water Polo Championship
Best result	(2015)
Media
Website	swim.or.jp

Results

Olympic Games

• 1932 – 4th place[2]
• 1936 – 14th place
• 1960 – 14th place
• 1964 – 11th place
• 1968 – 12th place
• 1972 – 15th place
• 1984 – 11th place
• 2016 – 12th place
• 2020 – Qualified

World Championship

• 2001 – 16th place[2]
• 2003 – 15th place
• 2005 – 14th place
• 2007 – 16th place
• 2011 – 11th place
• 2015 – 13th place
• 2017 – 10th place
• 2019 – 11th place

World Cup

• 2018 – 7th place[2]

World League

• 2006 – 15th place[2]
• 2007 – 16th place
• 2008 – 11th place
• 2009 – 7th place
• 2010 – 11th place
• 2011 – 10th place
• 2012 – 11th place
• 2013 – 7th place
• 2014 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
• 2015 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
• 2016 – 6th place
• 2017 – 8th place
• 2018 – 4th place
• 2019 – 6th place

Asian Games

• 1954 – Silver medal
• 1958 – Gold medal
• 1962 – Gold medal
• 1966 – Gold medal
• 1970 – Gold medal
• 1974 – Silver medal
• 1978 – Silver medal
• 1982 – Silver medal
• 1990 – Silver medal
• 1994 – Silver medal
• 1998 – 4th
• 2002 – Silver medal
• 2006 – Silver medal
• 2010 – Silver medal
• 2014 – Silver medal
• 2018 – Silver medal

Asian Swimming Championships

• 2012 – Silver medal[3]
• 2016 – Gold medal

Asian Water Polo Championship

• 2009 – Bronze medal[3]
• 2012 – Bronze medal
• 2015 – Gold medal

Current squad

Roster for the 2019 World Championships.[4]

Head coach: Yoji Omoto

№	Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	L/R	Date of birth	Club
1	Katsuyuki Tanamura	GK	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)			3 August 1989
2	Seiya Adachi	FP	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)			24 June 1995
3	Harukiirario Koppu	FP				28 December 1998
4	Mitsuaki Shiga	FP	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)			16 September 1991
5	Yoshida Takuma	FP				11 October 1994
6	Atsuto Iida	FP	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)			24 December 1993
7	Yusuke Shimizu	FP	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)			7 September 1988
8	Mitsuru Takata	FP				8 December 1995
9	Atsushi Arai	FP	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)			3 February 1994
10	Yusuke Inaba	FP				11 April 2000
11	Keigo Okawa (C)	FP	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)			11 March 1990
12	Kenta Araki	FP				6 April 1995
13	Tomoyoshi Fukushima	GK	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)			3 June 1993

References

1. http://www.poseidonjapan.net/
2. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
3. "Competitions for Water polo". asiaswimmingfederation.org. Asia Swimming Federation. 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019.
4. "2019 World Championships roster" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

External links

• Official website