Japan at the 2022 Asian Games
Japan competed at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. The event was scheduled to be held in September 2022 but due to COVID-19 pandemic cases rising in China the event was postponed and rescheduled to September–October 2023. Japan competed with 772 athletes.
With Nagoya and Aichi Prefecture hosting the 2026 Asian Games, a Japanese segment was performed at the closing ceremony.
Background
Inauguration ceremony
On September 15, 2023, the Japanese Olympic Committee held a team inauguration ceremony in Tokyo in the presence of Prince and Princess Akishino. About 720 people from a total of 1,137 delegates, including 771 players and 366 managers and coaches, excluding players participating in overseas training camps, attended the ceremony.Medalists
The following Japan competitors won medals at the Games.;By sport events
;Timeline
Competitors
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Artistic swimming | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Athletics | 36 | 23 | 59 |
| Badminton | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Baseball | 24 | 24 | |
| Basketball | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Boxing | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| Breakdancing | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| Bridge | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Canoeing | 10 | 5 | 15 |
| Chess | 2 | 2 | |
| Cricket | 15 | 15 | |
| Cycling | 14 | 9 | 22 |
| Diving | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Equestrian | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| Esports | 12 | 12 | |
| Fencing | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Field hockey | 18 | 18 | 36 |
| Football | 22 | 21 | 43 |
| Go | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Golf | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Gymnastics | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| Handball | 16 | 16 | 32 |
| Judo | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| Kabaddi | 10 | 10 | |
| Karate | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Kurash | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Marathon swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Modern pentathlon | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Roller skating | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Rowing | 9 | 9 | 18 |
| Rugby sevens | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Sailing | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Sepak takraw | 12 | 12 | 24 |
| Shooting | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Skateboarding | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Softball | 17 | 17 | |
| Soft tennis | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Climbing | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Squash | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Swimming | 21 | 17 | 38 |
| Table tennis | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Taekwondo | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Tennis | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Triathlon | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Volleyball | 14 | 16 | 30 |
| Water polo | 13 | 11 | 24 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Wrestling | 12 | 6 | 18 |
| Wushu | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Total | 430 | 343 | 772 |
Archery
;RecurveAthletics
;Track & road events;Field events
Badminton
Men
Women
Mixed
Bridge
Cycling
Road
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Yukiya Arashiro | Men's road race | 4:31:11 | 7 |
| Yuma Koishi | Men's road race | 4:32:50 | 25 |
| Yuma Koishi | Men's time trial | 51:27.95 | 7 |
| Maho Kakita | Women's road race | 3:36:07 | 6 |
| Eri Yonamine | Women's road race | 3:36:07 | 13 |
| Eri Yonamine | Women's time trial | 25:35.59 |
Track
;Sprint;Keirin
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Repechage | Round 2 | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Rank | Rank |
| Shinji Nakano | Men's keirin | 1 Q | 1 F | 4 | |
| Kaiya Ota | Men's keirin | 1 Q | 5 | 7 | |
| Riyu Ohta | Women's keirin | 1 Q | 3 Q | 6 | |
| Mina Sato | Women's keirin | 1 Q | 1 Q |
;Omnium
;Madison
| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
| Shunsuke Imamura Naoki Kojima | Men's madison | 54 | 0 | |
| Maho Kakita Tsuyaka Uchino | Women's madison | 50 | 0 |
;Team
Fencing
;Men;Women
Football
Both of Japan men's team and women's team were drawn in Group D at the Games.Men's tournament
;Roster;Group D
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;Round of 16
;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Final
Women's tournament
;Roster;Group D
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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Final
Gymnastics
Artistic
;Men;Qualification & Team Final
;Individual finals
;Women
;Qualification & Team Final
;Individual finals
Handball
;SummaryKey:
- ET – After extra time
- P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Men's tournament
;Group D----
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;Main round
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;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game
Women's tournament
;Group B----
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;Semifinal
;Gold medal game
Kurash
Rowing
Shooting
Sport climbing
;Speed;Combined