Japan at the Asian Games

Japan at the Asian Games
Flag of Japan IOC code  JPN NOC Japanese Olympic Committee
Asian Games history
Asian Games
1951 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Asian Winter Games
1986 1990 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2005 2007 2009 (M) 2009 2013
Asian Beach Games
2008 2010 2012 2014
Asian Youth Games
2009 2013
East Asian Games history
East Asian Games
1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

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. 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.

Asian Games

See also: Asian Games and Asian Games medal count

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

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1951 New Delhi	1	24	21	15	60
1954 Manila	1	38	36	24	98
1958 Tokyo	1	67	41	30	138
1962 Jakarta	1	73	65	23	161
1966 Bangkok	1	78	53	33	164
1970 Bangkok	1	74	47	23	144
1974 Tehran	1	75	49	51	175
1978 Bangkok	1	70	58	49	177
1982 Delhi	2	57	52	44	153
1986 Seoul	3	58	76	77	211
1990 Beijing	3	38	60	76	174
1994 Hiroshima	2	64	75	79	218
1998 Bangkok	3	52	61	68	181
2002 Busan	3	44	74	72	190
2006 Doha	3	50	71	77	198
2010 Guangzhou	3	48	74	94	216
2014 Incheon	3	47	76	77	200
2018 Jakarta	Future event
Total	2	957	980	913	2850

Medals by sport

Sport	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Archery	2	7	9	7	23
Athletics	1	187	219	161	567
Badminton	5	6	7	21	34
Baseball	3	1	2	3	6
Basketball	4	2	3	12	17
Board games	9	0	0	1	1
Bodybuilding	11	0	3	2	5
Bowling	2	16	15	8	39
Boxing	6	13	13	37	63
Canoeing	4	4	14	18	36
Cricket	5	0	0	1	1
Cue sports	5	4	3	4	11
Cycling	1	50	49	21	120
Dancesport	3	0	3	4	7
Diving	2	17	21	32	70
Equestrian	1	15	11	8	34
Fencing	3	11	13	34	58
Football	5	2	5	4	11
Golf	3	7	4	5	16
Gymnastics	2	19	30	47	96
Handball	4	0	5	5	10
Hockey	5	0	3	5	8
Judo	1	47	34	29	110
Kabaddi	6	0	0	1	1
Karate	1	23	9	4	36
Modern pentathlon	4	0	2	3	5
Roller sports	4	1	0	0	1
Rowing	2	8	35	10	53
Rugby union	2	2	3	0	5
Sailing	3	16	22	12	50
Sepaktakraw	8	0	0	9	9
Shooting	3	54	43	54	151
Soft tennis	3	5	10	13	28
Softball	1	3	3	0	6
Swimming	1	258	239	149	646
Synchronized swimming	2	6	8	0	14
Table tennis	2	20	18	42	80
Taekwondo	15	0	3	8	11
Tennis	1	27	18	34	79
Triathlon	1	5	5	1	11
Volleyball	1	17	7	8	32
Water polo	3	4	8	3	15
Weightlifting	4	23	19	28	70
Wrestling	1	66	47	41	154
Wushu	10	1	6	9	16
Total	2	957	980	913	2850

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	3	0	9
Nobutaka Taguchi	Swimming	1970–1974	M	6	0	0	6
Tadashi Honda	Swimming	1970–1974	M	6	0	0	6
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

Asian Winter Games

See also: Asian Winter Games and All-time Asian Winter Games medal table

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

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1986 Sapporo	1	29	23	6	58
1990 Sapporo	1	18	16	13	47
1996 Harbin	3	8	14	10	32
1999 Gangwon	4	6	14	9	29
2003 Aomori	1	24	23	20	67
2007 Changchun	2	13	9	14	36
2011 Astana / Almaty	2	13	24	17	54
2017 Sapporo	Future event
Total	1	111	123	89	323

East Asian Games

See also: 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	2	62	58	70	190
2013 Tianjin	2	47	57	75	179
2017 Incheon	Future event
Total	2	288	326	395	1009

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

See also: Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games and Asian Indoor Games

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Asian Indoor Games
2005 Bangkok	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	5	9	2	3	14
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2013 Incheon	9	3	4	8	15
2017 Ashgabat	Future event
Total		31	24	37	92

Asian Beach Games

See also: Asian Beach Games

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2008 Bali	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 Nha Trang	Future event
2018 Goa	Future event
Total	5	13	12	15	40

Asian Youth Games

See also: Asian Youth Games

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2009 Singapore	6	5	6	4	15
2013 Nanjing	3	7	5	6	18
2017 Hambantota	Future event
2021 Surabaya	Future event
Total	5	12	11	10	33

Asian Para Games

See also: 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	Future event
Total	3	70	88	88	246

Asian Youth Para Games

See also: Asian Youth Para Games

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

Medals by Games

Games	Rank	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2009 Tokyo	1	65	26	22	113
2013 Kuala Lumpur	1	39	20	25	84
2017 Nanjing	Future event
Total	1	104	46	47	197

See also

• Japan at the Olympics