Japan at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Japan competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. The country's delegation included a women's goalball team, men's and women's sitting volleyball teams, men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, a wheelchair rugby team, and one wheelchair fencer.
Sports
Goalball
The women's goalball team didn't win any medals; they were in seventh place in the preliminary stage.Players
Volleyball
Men's tournament
The men's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.;Players
- Shun Azuma
- Satoshi Kanao
- Susumu Kaneda
- Tetsuo Minakawa
- Kaname Nakayama
- Susumu Takasago
- Yoshihito Takeda
- Tsutomu Tanabe
- Koji Tanaka
- Arata Yamamoto
- Atsushi Yonezawa
- Hitoshi Yoshida
;5–8th Semifinals
;7–8th Classification
Women's tournament
The women's volleyball team didn't win any medals; they were 8th out of 8 teams.;Players
- Sachie Awano
- Junko Fujii
- Noriko Kaneda
- Emi Kaneki
- Yukari Okahira
- Shiori Omura
- Mamiko Osada
- Yoko Saito
- Haruni Sakamoto
- Tomoko Sakamoto
- Kiyoko Tomiya
;5–8th Semifinals
;7th–8th Classification
Wheelchair basketball
Men's tournament
The men's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were 7th out of 12 teams.;Players
- Shingo Fujii
- Reo Fujimoto
- Keisuke Koretomo
- Hiroaki Kozai
- Kazuyuki Kyoya
- Kenzo Maeda
- Fumiharu Miura
- Tetsuya Miyajima
- Noriyuki Mori
- Tomohiko Oshima
- Satoshi Sato
- Akimasa Suzuki
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;Quarterfinals
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;5–8th Classification
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;7th–8th Classification
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Women's tournament
The women's basketball team didn't win any medals; they were defeated by Australia in the bronze medal match.;Players
- Mari Amimoto
- Yuka Betto
- Rie Kawakami
- Tomomi Kosuzuki
- Megumi Mashiko
- Naoko Sugahara
- Tomoe Soeda
- Mika Takabayashi
- Ikumi Takudo
- Kimi Taneda
- Miki Uramoto
- Erika Yoshida
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;Quarterfinals
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;Semifinals
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;Bronze medal game
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