Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics


Japan competed as the host nation of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in their capital Tokyo from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
SwimmingMen's 100 metre freestyle S426 August
AthleticsMen's 400 metres T5227 August
SwimmingMen's 100 metre breaststroke SB1429 August
AthleticsMen's 1500 metres T5229 August
CyclingWomen's road time trial C1–331 August
BocciaMixed individual BC2
CyclingWomen's road race C1–3
SwimmingMen's 100 metre butterfly S11
BadmintonWomen's singles WH1
Wheelchair tennisMen's singles
BadmintonMen's singles WH2
AthleticsWomen's marathon T12

BadmintonWomen's doubles WH1–WH2
SwimmingWomen's 100 metre backstroke S225 August
SwimmingMen's 400 metre freestyle S1126 August
AthleticsMen's 5000 metres T1127 August
ParatriathlonMen's PTS428 August
SwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle S430 August
AthleticsMen's 1500 metres T1131 August
SwimmingMen's 100 metre breaststroke SB11
SwimmingWomen's 50 metre backstroke S2
SwimmingMen's 50 metre freestyle S4
AthleticsMen's 100 metres T52
SwimmingMen's 100 metre butterfly S11
Wheelchair tennisWoman's Singles
BadmintonWomen's singles SU5

BocciaMixed pairs BC3

Wheelchair basketballMen's tournament
SwimmingMen's 50 metre breaststroke SB325 August
AthleticsMen's 5000 metres T1127 August
JudoMen's 66 kg27 August
AthleticsMen's 400 metres T5227 August

Guide: Kohei Tsubaki
ParatriathlonMen's PTVI28 August
Table tennisWomen's individual – Class 1128 August
SwimmingMen's 150 metre individual medley SM428 August
Japan national wheelchair rugby team
Wheelchair rugbyMixed tournament29 August
JudoWomen's 70 kg29 August
AthleticsMen's 1500 metres T5229 August
SwimmingMen's 200 metre individual medley SM1130 August

Wheelchair tennisQuad doubles

GoalballWomen's tournament

AthleticsMixed 4 × 100 metres relay

BocciaMixed team BC1–2

Wheelchair tennisWomen's doubles
BadmintonWomen's singles SU5
BadmintonWomen's singles WH2

BadmintonWomen's doubles SL3–SU5
AthleticsMen's marathon T12
AthleticsMen's marathon T46

BadmintonMen's doubles WH1–WH2

BadmintonMixed doubles SL3–SU5

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery336
Athletics262046
Badminton5813
Boccia7310
Canoeing336
Cycling448
Equestrian404
Football 5-a-side10010
Goalball6612
Judo7613
Powerlifting314
Rowing336
Shooting213
Sitting volleyball12921
Swimming141327
Table tennis7411
Taekwondo213
Triathlon347
Wheelchair basketball121224
Wheelchair fencing336
Wheelchair rugby11112
Wheelchair tennis6410
Total153109262

Archery

Japan fielded nine archers at the Games, as the host nation is automatically entitled to use the individual quota places.
;Men's individual
;Women's individual
;Mixed team

Athletics

Japan have secured three quotas in athletics after being in the top four of the 2019 World Para Athletics Marathon Championships and twelve more automatic qualification slots at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships.
;Men's road & track
;Men's field
;Women's road & track
;Women's field

Badminton

;Men
;Women
  • Nipada Saensupa from Thailand retired during the match between Ma Huihui from China, though the result doesn't count.
;Mixed

Cycling

Road

;Men
AthleteEventResultRank
Masaki FujitaRoad time trial C336:47.637
Masaki FujitaRoad race C1-32:11:067
Shota KawamotoRoad time trial C239:08.269
Shota KawamotoRoad race C1-32:28:5128

;Women
AthleteEventResultRank
Miho FujiiRoad time trial C1-333:09.0215
Miho FujiiRoad race C1-31:37:2415
Keiko SugiuraRoad time trial C1-325:55.76
Keiko SugiuraRoad race C1-31:12:55

Track

;Men
;Women

Equestrian

AthleteHorseEventResultRank
Sho InibaExclusiveIndividual test grade III67.52915
Mitsuhide MiyajiCharmanderIndividual test grade II66.8247
Mitsuhide MiyajiCharmanderIndividual freestyle test grade II67.4348
Katsuji TakashimaHuzetteIndividual test grade IV65.95114
Sochie YoshigoeHashtagIndividual test grade II63.82310
Mitsuhide Miyaji
Sho Iniba
Katsuji Takashima
See aboveTeam test198.37815

Football 5-a-side

;Roster
;Group stage
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----
;Fifth place match

Goalball

Under goalball rules, as the host nation, Japan gets one of the ten slots for the men's, and [Japan Japan women's national goalball team|women's national goalball team|women's], competitions. There are up to six athletes on the court at a time; three athletes per team are allowed on the court at one time.

Men

;Group stage
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----
----
;Quarter-final

Women

;Group stage
----
----
----
;Quarterfinal
;Semi-final
;Bronze medal match

Judo

;Men
;Women

Paracanoeing

;Men
;Women

Paratriathlon

AthleteEventSwimTrans 1BikeTrans 2RunTotal TimeRank
Hideki UdaMen's PTS412:521:1130:300:5218:201:03:45
Satoru Yoneoka
Guide: Kohei Tsubaki
Men's PTVI11:491:2229:340:5418:401:02:20
Jumpei KimuraMen's PTWC12:041:2436:121:0214:081:04:507
Wakako TsuchidaWomen's PTWC15:481:4542:031:1417:381:22:329
Yukako HataWomen's PTS211:552:1641:301:5330:231:28:046
Mami TaniWomen's PTS513:061:4139:191:2426:531:22:2310
Atsuko Maruo
Guide: Hideki Kikuchi
Women's PTVI14:011:2834:291:0226:071:20:5911

Powerlifting

AthleteEventTotal liftedRank
Hiroshi MiuraMen's -49 kg1279
Tomihiro KoseMen's -59 kg14510
Hajime UjiroMen's -72 kg1626
Chika SakamotoWomen's -79 kg808

Rowing

Japan qualified two boats in the women's single sculls and mixed coxed four events for the games. Women's single sculls crews qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2021 FISA Asian & Oceanian Qualification Regatta in Tokyo, while mixed coxed four received the bipartite commission invitation allocation quotas.
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; R=Repechage

Shooting

;Mixed

Swimming

Five Japanese swimmers have qualified to compete in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics via the 2019 World Para Swimming Championships slot allocation method.
;Men
;Women

Table tennis

Japan as host nation, entered five athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Takashi Asano qualified from 2019 ITTF Asian Para Championships which was held in Taichung, Taiwan and four others via World Ranking allocation.
;Men
;Women

Taekwondo

Japan as the host nation qualified three athletes to compete in three events at the Paralympics competition.

Sitting volleyball

The women's sitting volleyball team finished in 10th place at the 2018 World ParaVolley Championships in the Netherlands but they hope to improve their volleyball skills before the home games.
;Summary

Men's tournament

;Group play
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----
;Seventh place match

Women's tournament

;Group play
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----
;Seventh place match

Wheelchair basketball

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group stage
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----
----
;Quarter-final
;Semi-final
;Gold medal match

Women's tournament

;Roster
;Group stage
----
----
----
;Quarter-final
;5th–6th classification playoff

Wheelchair rugby

Japan national wheelchair rugby team qualified for the Games automatically as the host nation quotas.
;Team roster
  • Team event – 1 team of 12 player
;Group stage
----
----
;Semi final
;Bronze medal match

Wheelchair tennis

Japan qualified twelve players entries for wheelchair tennis. Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji qualified by winning the gold medal at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta. Meanwhile ten other athletes qualified by world rankings.