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 sport teams, being the only one to have won at least 20 gold medals at every Asian Games.
Japan at the Asian Games | |
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IOC code | JPN |
NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
Medals Ranked 2nd |
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Summer appearances | |
Winter appearances | |
Asian Games
edit- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
editGames | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1951 New Delhi[3] | 65 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 60 | 1 |
1954 Manila[4] | 151 | 38 | 36 | 24 | 98 | 1 |
1958 Tokyo[5] | 287 | 67 | 41 | 30 | 138 | 1 |
1962 Jakarta[6] | 209 | 73 | 56 | 23 | 152 | 1 |
1966 Bangkok[7] | 216 | 78 | 53 | 33 | 164 | 1 |
1970 Bangkok[8] | 221 | 74 | 47 | 23 | 144 | 1 |
1974 Tehran[9] | 290 | 75 | 49 | 51 | 175 | 1 |
1978 Bangkok[10] | 306 | 70 | 58 | 49 | 177 | 1 |
1982 Delhi[11] | 355 | 57 | 52 | 44 | 153 | 2 |
1986 Seoul[12] | 439 | 58 | 76 | 77 | 211 | 3 |
1990 Beijing[13] | 543 | 38 | 60 | 76 | 174 | 3 |
1994 Hiroshima[14] | 678 | 64 | 75 | 79 | 218 | 2 |
1998 Bangkok[15] | 629 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 181 | 3 |
2002 Busan[16] | 658 | 44 | 74 | 72 | 190 | 3 |
2006 Doha[17] | 626 | 50 | 71 | 77 | 198 | 3 |
2010 Guangzhou[18] | 726 | 48 | 74 | 94 | 216 | 3 |
2014 Incheon[19] | 711 | 47 | 77 | 76 | 200 | 3 |
2018 Jakarta & Palembang[20] | 758 | 75 | 56 | 74 | 205 | 2 |
2022 Hangzhou | 769 | 52 | 67 | 69 | 188 | 2 |
2026 Nagoya | Future event | |||||
Total (20/20) | 8,637 | 1084 | 1104 | 1054 | 3242 | 2 |
Medals by sport
editSport | 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 |
Field 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 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
Roller sports | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Rowing | 2 | 9 | 35 | 12 | 56 |
Rugby | 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 | 1038 | 986 | 3055 |
Medals by individual
editAthlete | Sport | Years | Gender | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 | 2006–2022 | M | 6 | 10 | 2 | 18 |
Rikako Ikee | Swimming | 2018–2022 | F | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
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
edit- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
editGames | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1986 Sapporo[21] | 92 | 29 | 23 | 6 | 58 | 1 |
1990 Sapporo[22] | 80 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 47 | 1 |
1996 Harbin[23] | 108 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 32 | 3 |
1999 Gangwon[24] | 100 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 4 |
2003 Aomori[25] | 154 | 24 | 23 | 20 | 67 | 1 |
2007 Changchun[26] | 113 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 36 | 2 |
2011 Astana & Almaty[27] | 103 | 13 | 24 | 17 | 54 | 2 |
2017 Sapporo & Obihiro | 146 | 27 | 21 | 26 | 74 | 1 |
2025 Harbin | Future Event | |||||
2029 Trojena | Future Event | |||||
Total | 138 | 144 | 115 | 397 | 1 |
East Asian Games
edit- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
editGames | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
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1993 Shanghai | 253 | 25 | 37 | 55 | 117 | 2 |
1997 Busan | 258 | 47 | 53 | 53 | 153 | 2 |
2001 Osaka | 327 | 61 | 65 | 65 | 191 | 2 |
2005 Macau | 335 | 46 | 56 | 77 | 179 | 2 |
2009 Hong Kong[28] | 378 | 62 | 58 | 70 | 190 | 2 |
2013 Tianjin | 436 | 47 | 57 | 75 | 179 | 2 |
Total | 288 | 326 | 395 | 1009 | 2 |
East Asian Youth Games
editMedals by Games
editGames | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 Ulaanbaatar | 48 | 22 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 2 |
Total | 22 | 6 | 13 | 41 | 2 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
editMedals by Games
editGames | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Asian Indoor Games | ||||||
2005 Bangkok | 30 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 7 |
2007 Macau | 102 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7 |
2009 Hanoi | 94 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 11 |
Asian Martial Arts Games | ||||||
2009 Bangkok | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 5 |
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | ||||||
2013 Incheon | 82 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 9 |
2017 Ashgabat | 60 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 20 |
Total | 33 | 29 | 47 | 109 |
Asian Beach Games
editMedals by Games
editGames | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 Bali | 80 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 |
2010 Muscat | 46 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
2012 Haiyang | 85 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
2014 Phuket | 95 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 8 |
2016 Danang | 54 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 |
Total | 14 | 14 | 22 | 50 | 7 |
Asian Youth Games
editMedals by Games
editGames | Athlete | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 Singapore[29] | 38 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 6 |
2013 Nanjing[30] | 62 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 3 |
2025 Tashkent | Future event | |||||
Total | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 5 |
Asian Para Games
editMedals by Games
editGames | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2010 Guangzhou | 225 | 32 | 39 | 32 | 103 | 2 |
2014 Incheon | 298 | 38 | 49 | 56 | 143 | 3 |
2018 Jakarta | 303 | 45 | 70 | 83 | 198 | 4 |
2022 Hangzhou | 259 | 42 | 49 | 59 | 150 | 3 |
Total | 157 | 217 | 230 | 594 | 4 |
Sports
editMedals per sport
Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total
Archery 2 2 1 5
Athletics 32 44 36 112
Badminton 1 1 11 13
Blind Football 0 1 0 1
Boccia 0 1 1 2
Cycling Road 8 9 4 21
Goalball 1 1 2 4
Judo 3 8 15 26
Lawn Bowls 0 0 1 1
Para Dance Sport 0 0 1 1
Para Football 7-a-side 0 1 1 2
Para Sailing 0 1 0 1
Para Shooting 0 0 1 1
Para Tenpin Bowling 0 5 1 6
Powerlifting 0 0 2 2
Rowing 0 3 1 4
Sitting Volleyball 0 1 2 3
Swimming 54 62 67 183
Table Tennis 2 3 13 18
Wheelchair Basketball 2 4 0 6
Wheelchair Fencing 0 2 7 9
Wheelchair Rugby 1 0 0 1
Wheelchair Tennis 9 9 4 22
Total 115 158 171 444
Medals per year
Year Gold Silver Bronze Total
2018 45 70 83 198
2014 38 49 56 143
2010 32 39 32 103
Total 115 158 171 444
Asian Youth Para Games
edit- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by Games
editGames | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 Tokyo | 214 | 65 | 26 | 22 | 113 | 1 |
2013 Kuala Lumpur | 169 | 39 | 20 | 25 | 84 | 1 |
2017 Dubai | 146 | 43 | 29 | 26 | 98 | 1 |
2021 Manama | 85 | 30 | 11 | 14 | 55 | 3 |
Total | 177 | 86 | 87 | 350 | 1 |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Council – Member countries". ocasia.org. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2012.
- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - New Delhi 1951". Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - Tokyo 1958". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - Jakarta 1962". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1966". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - Bangkok 1970". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - Tehran 1974". Archived from the original on 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
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- ^ "MenuMedalStanding | Medals | Sports". Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-02-26. Medals - 2014 Incheon Asian Games
- ^ "2018 Asian Games medal table". 2018 Asian Games. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1986". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - Sapporo 1990". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - Harbin 1996". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - Kangwon 1999". Archived from the original on 2010-06-17. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - Aomori 2003". Archived from the original on 2010-06-16. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ "Overall Medal Standings - Changchun 2007". Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2015-01-29.
- ^ Overall Medal Standings - Astana-Almaty 2011 Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Overall Medal Standings - Hong Kong 2009 Archived 2009-12-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Overall Medal Standings - Singapore 2009 Archived 2010-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Overall Medal Standings - Nanjing 2013 Archived 2013-09-12 at the Wayback Machine