Japan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Japan
IPC codeJPN
NPCJapan Paralympic Committee
in Paris, France
August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors176 in 21 sports
Flag bearers Daiki Ishiyama
An Nishida
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
14
Silver
10
Bronze
17
Total
41
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Japan competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Medalists

Main article: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3 29 August
 Gold Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S11 31 August
 Gold Sarina Satomi Badminton Women's singles WH1 2 September
 Gold Japan national wheelchair rugby team
 Wheelchair rugby Mixed tournament 2 September
 Gold Daiki Kajiwara Badminton Men's singles WH2 2 September
 Gold Yui Kamiji
Manami Tanaka		 Wheelchair tennis Women's doubles 5 September
 Gold Natsuki Wada Table tennis Women's individual C11 5 September
 Gold Japan men's national goalball team
 Goalball Men's tournament 5 September
 Gold Yui Kamiji Wheelchair tennis Women's singles 6 September
 Gold Junko Hirose Judo Women's 57 kg J2 6 September
 Gold Yujiro Seto Judo Men's 73 kg J2 6 September
 Gold Keiichi Kimura Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S11 6 September
 Gold Keiko Sugiura Cycling Women's road race C1–3 7 September
 Gold Tokito Oda Wheelchair tennis Men's singles 7 September
 Silver Kenya Karasawa Athletics Men's 5000 metres T11 30 August
 Silver Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle S4 30 August
 Silver Tomoki Sato Athletics Men's 400 metres T52 30 August
 Silver Kota Kubota Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke S8 31 August
 Silver Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki		 Badminton Women's doubles WH1–WH2 1 September
 Silver Keiko Onidani Athletics Women's discus throw F53 2 September
 Silver Ryota Fukunaga Athletics Men's 400 metres T13 5 September
 Silver Shizuka Hangai Judo Women's 48 kg J1 5 September
 Silver Takuya Miki
Tokito Oda		 Wheelchair tennis Men's doubles 6 September
 Silver Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S4 6 September
 Bronze Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle S11 30 August
 Bronze Tomoya Ito Athletics Men's 400 metres T52 30 August
 Bronze Mika Mizuta Shooting R5 Mixed 10 metre air rifle prone SH2 1 September
 Bronze Hiromi Endo Boccia Women's individual BC1 1 September
 Bronze Shuta Kawakami Athletics Men's 100 metres T13 1 September
 Bronze Hiroshi Murayama
Daiki Kajiwara		 Badminton Men's doubles WH1–WH2 1 September
 Bronze Naohide Yamaguchi Swimming Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB14 2 September
 Bronze Takayuki Suzuki Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle S4 3 September
 Bronze Ayano Tsujiuchi Swimming Women's 100 metre freestyle S12 4 September
 Bronze Aira Kinoshita Swimming Women's 200 metre individual medley SM14 4 September
 Bronze Hiromi Endo
Takayuki Hirose
Hidetaka Sugimura		 Boccia Mixed team BC1–2 5 September
 Bronze Kanami Furukawa Table tennis Women's individual C11 5 September
 Bronze Tomoki Sato Athletics Men's 100 metres T52 6 September
 Bronze Kazusa Ogawa Judo Women's 70 kg J2 6 September
 Bronze Uchu Tomita Swimming Men's 100 m butterfly S11 6 September
 Bronze Tomoki Suzuki Athletics Men's marathon T54 8 September
 Bronze Misato Michishita Athletics Women's marathon T12 8 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 2 0 2
Athletics 22 18 40
Badminton 6 6 12
Boccia 4 3 7
Cycling 2 1 3
Equestrian 2 0 2
Football 5-a-side 10 0 10
Goalball 6 6 12
Judo 2 4 6
Paracanoeing 1 3 4
Paratriathlon 3 1 4
Powerlifting 1 0 1
Rowing 1 0 1
Shooting 1 2 3
Swimming 12 10 22
Table tennis 6 3 9
Taekwondo 2 0 2
Wheelchair basketball 0 12 12
Wheelchair fencing 3 1 4
Wheelchair rugby 11 1 12
Wheelchair tennis 4 4 8
Total 101 75 176

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japan secured a quota places in mixed recurve and men's compound event by virtue of their result at the 2023 World Para Archery Championships in Plzeň, Czech Republic and 2023 Asian Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.[1]

Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Oe Yuya Men's individual compound 682 23  Milne (AUS)
L 142–147 		Did not advance =17
Tomohiro Ueyama Men's individual recurve 599 22  Travisani (ITA)
W 6–2 		 Ciszek (POL)
L 3–7 		Did not advance =9

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japanese track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • DQ = Disqualified
  • PR = Paralympic Record
  • AR = Area (or continental) Record
  • NR = National Record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Men
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Shuta Kawakami 100 m T13 10.80 2 Q 10.80 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tatsuya Ito 100 m T52 17.76 4 q 17.91 8
400 m T52 1:09.55 5 Did not advance
Tomoya Ito 100 m T52 17.58 4 q 17.67 7
400 m T52 1:00.42 2 Q 1:01.08 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tomoki Sato 100 m T52 17.20 1 Q 17.44 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400 m T52 58.04 1 Q 56.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Tomoki Ikoma 100 m T54 14.73 5 Did not advance
Kengo Oshima 100 m T64 11.24 NR 5 Did not advance
200 m T64 DNS – Did not advance
Shunsuke Itani 200 m T64 23.67 4 q 23.50 7
Ryota Fukunaga 400 m T13 — 48.07 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Takeru Matsumoto 400 m T36 — 53.63 NR 4
Kenya Karasawa 1500 m T11 4:06.86 3 q 4:04.40 NR 4
5000 m T11 — 14:51.48 NR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Daiki Akai 1500 m T20 — 3:57.58 5
Yuji Togawa 1500 m T20 — 4:02.68 6
Tomoki Suzuki 1500 m T54 3:05.31 5 Q 2:53.99 7
Marathon T54
Shinya Wada 5000 m T11 — 15:16.41 4
Marathon T12
Tadashi Horikoshi Marathon T12
Yutaka Kumagai Marathon T12
Ryota Yoshida Marathon T54
Women
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Uran Sawada 100 m T12 12.90 4 Did not advance
Haruka Kitaura 100 m T34 19.68 4 q 19.81 7
Moe Onodera 100 m T34 19.08 3 Q 18.94 6
800 m T34 — 2:15.85 6
Ayano Yoshida 100 m T34 20.43 5 q 20.07 8
Yuka Takamatsu 100 m T38 14.86 9 Did not advance
Sae Tsuji 100 m T47 12.94 7 Did not advance
400 m T47 1:00.19 4 q 59.13 7
Kaede Maegawa 100 m T63 16.34 5 Did not advance
Tomomi Tozawa 100 m T63 15.85 5 Did not advance
Saki Takakuwa 100 m T64 13.85 6 Did not advance
Mana Sasaki 400 m T13 58.77 3 Q 58.35 7
Moeko Yamamoto 1500 m T20 — 5:16.70 9
Misato Michishita Marathon T12 — 3:04:23 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Tsubasa Kina Marathon T54 — 2:04:53 12
Wakako Tsuchida Marathon T54 — 1:52:39 6
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Takeru Matsumoto
Tomoki Ikoma
Uran Sawada
Sae Tsuji 		4 × 100 m relay 47.09 2 q 48.16 4
Field events
Men
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Daiki Ishiyama Long jump T12 6.75 5
Ryota Fukunaga Long jump T13 6.55 7
Yamato Shimbo Discus throw F37 51.37 4
Yuta Wakoh Javelin throw F13 58.49 7
Shunya Takahashi Javelin throw F46 59.76 6
Akihiro Yamazaki Javelin throw F46 57.67 7
Women
Athlete Event Final
Distance Position
Uran Sawada Long jump T12 4.90 6
Sonomi Sakai Long jump T20 4.87 13
Kaede Maegawa Long jump T63 4.50 6
Tomomi Tozawa Long jump T63 4.58 5
Maya Nakanishi Long jump T64 4.91 7
Saki Takakuwa Long jump T64 5.04 5
Yukiko Saito Shot put F46 11.61 4
Keiko Onidani Discus throw F53 15.78 NR 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japan has qualified eleven para badminton players for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Hiroshi Murayama Singles WH1  Nagashima (JPN)
W 2-0 		 Choi (KOR)
L 0-2 		— 2  Jeong (KOR)
Osamu Nagashima  Murayama (JPN)
L 0-2 		 Choi (KOR)
L 0-2 		— 3 Did not advance
Daiki Kajiwara Singles WH2  Matsumoto (JPN)  Olgiati (SUI) —  Chan (HKG)
W (21-10, 21-10) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Takumi Matsumoto  Kajiwara (JPN)  Olgiati (SUI) —
Daisuke Fujihara Singles SL3  Chyrkov (UKR)
W (19–21, 21–16, 21–17) 		 Bethell (GBR)
L 0-2 		 Czyz (NZL)
Taiyo Imai Singles SU5  Anrimusthi (INA)
L (18–21, 14–21) 		 Fang (TPE)  Anuar (MAS)
Daiki Kajiwara
Hiroshi Murayama 		Doubles WH1–2  Noorlan /
Ramli (MAS)
W (17–21, 21–13, 21–16)
Takumi Matsumoto
Osamu Nagashima 		Doubles WH1–2  Jakobs /
Toupé (FRA)
W 2-1
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sarina Satomi Singles WH1  Yin (CHN)  Gorodetzky (ISR)  Mathez (SUI)
Yuma Yamazaki Singles WH2  Liu (CHN)  Seçkin (TUR) —
Noriko Ito Singles SL3  Yıldız (TUR)
L 0-2 		 Xiao (CHN)  Henpraiwan (THA)
Fujino Haruka Singles SL4  Seansupa (THA)  Sagøy (NOR) —
Mamiko Toyoda Singles SU5  Kameyama (JPN)
W 2-0 		 Rosengren (NOR) —
Kaede Kameyama  Toyoda (JPN)
L 0-2 		 Rosengren (NOR) —
Sarina Satomi
Yuma Yamazaki 		Doubles WH1–2  Jung G-o /
Kwon H-a (KOR)
W 2-0
Mixed
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Taiyo Imai
Noriko Ito 		Doubles SL3–SU5  Setiawan /
Sadiyah (INA)
L (12–21, 23–25)

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan entered six athletes into the Paralympics games, after nominated top two individual athletes in men's individual BC4 events; top four in BC1/BC2 team events, through the final world ranking; and through winning the bronze medal in the mixed pairs event for BC3, at the 2024 Paralympic Qualification Tournament in Coimbra, Portugal.

Athlete Event Pool matches Playoffs Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Takayuki Hirose Men's individual BC2  Allard (CAN)
W 6–2 		 Yan (CHN)
L 0–17 		 Yudha (INA)
L 2–5 		3 Did not advance 18
Hidetaka Sugimura  Lan (CHN)
W 5–0 		 Lee (MAS)
W 6–5 		 Herlangga (INA)
L 2–3 		2 Q  Yan (CHN)
W 5–2 		 Saengampa (THA)
L 3–5 		Did not advance 8
Masayuki Arita Men's individual BC3  Carvalho (BRA)
W 5–4 		 Polychronidis (GRE)
L 0–9 		 Menard (FRA)
L 2–4 		3 — Did not advance 12
Shunsuke Uchida Men's individual BC4  Zheng (CHN)
L 1–10 		 Costa (BRA)
W 8–2 		 Leung (HKG)
L 2–8 		3 — Did not advance 11
Yukiro Fujii Women's individual BC1  Flores (ARG)
W 4–2 		 de Oliveira (BRA)
W 6–1 		— 1 Q —  Aubert (FRA)
L 3–4 		Did not advance 5
Hiromi Endo  Koza (POL)
W 5–4 		 DeSilva-Andrade (BER)
W 5–1 		— 1 Q —  Basic (CRO)
W 7–0 		 Tan (SGP)
L 1–5 		 DeSilva-Andrade (BER)
W 7–0 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Ayane Ichinoe Women's individual BC3  Callupe (PER)
W 5-1 		 Ntenta (GRE)
W 8–0 		 Ferrando (ARG)
L 3–6 		2 Q —  Kang S-h (KOR)
L 2–3 		Did not advance 7
Masayuki Arita
Ayane Ichinoe 		Mixed pairs BC3  France
L 3–3* 		 Australia
L 2–5 		— 3 — Did not advance 9
Takayuki Hirose
Hidetaka Sugimura
Hiromi Endo 		Mixed team BC1/BC2  Tunisia
W 11–1 		 South Korea
W 5–3 		— 1 Q —  Brazil
W 4*–4 		 Indonesia
L 0–9 		 South Korea
W 8–3 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Blind football

Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Summary
Team Event Group Stage Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament  Colombia
L 0–1 		 Morocco
L 0–1 		 Argentina
L 0–1 		4 —  Turkey
L 0–2 		8
Team roster

Coach: Eiji Nakagawa

The following is the Japan squad in the football 5-a-side tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[2]

No. Pos. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 GK Daisuke Sato Sighted (1984-06-16)16 June 1984 (aged 40)
2 DF Futo Nagamori B1 (2001-02-19)19 February 2001 (aged 23)
3 DF Robertoizumi Sasaki B1 (1978-05-01)1 May 1978 (aged 46)
4 FW Hiroto Takahashi B1 (1998-10-05)5 October 1998 (aged 25)
6 MF Taichi Hirabayashi B1 (2006-10-02)2 October 2006 (aged 17)
8 FW Masaki Goto B1 (1985-04-08)8 April 1985 (aged 39)
10 MF Ryo Kawamura B1 (1989-02-12)12 February 1989 (aged 35)
11 MF Kento Torii B1 (1991-06-09)9 June 1991 (aged 33)
14 FW Yuzuki Sonobe B1 (2003-08-31)31 August 2003 (aged 20)
15 GK Kenya Izumi Sighted (1992-07-25)25 July 1992 (aged 32)
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Colombia 3 2 1 0 2 0 +2 7 Semi-finals
2  Argentina 3 1 2 0 1 0 +1 5
3  Morocco 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 4 Fifth place match
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 0 3 −3 0 Seventh place match
Source: Paris 2024
Japan 0–1 Colombia
Report
  • Pérez 8'
Attendance: 8,900
Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)
Japan 0–1 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 8,790
Referee: François Carcouët (France)
Argentina 1–0 Japan
 Report
Attendance: 8,890
Referee: Tom Jozef de Bruyne (Belgium)
Seventh place match
Turkey 2–0 Japan
 Report
Attendance: 8,979
Referee: Ellen Dayane Grosskopf (Brazil)

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japan entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.[3]

Road

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Kazuhei Kimura
Pilot: Kiaki Miura 		Men's road race B
Men's road time trial B
Shota Kawamoto Men's road race C1–3
Men's road time trial C2
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Keiko Sugiura Women's road time trial C1-3
Women's road race C1-3

Track

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Kazuhei Kimura
Pilot: Kiaki Miura 		Men's time trial B
Men's pursuit B 4:28.676 10 Did not advance
Shota Kawamoto Men's time trial C1-3 1:07.375 6 Q 1:07.659 6
Men's pursuit C2 3:29.875 4 QB Bronze medal contest
 Robertson (GBR)
L3:33.488-3:30.497 		4
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Keiko Sugiura Women's time trial C1-3 39.449 7 Did not advance
Women's pursuit C1-3 3:53.549 5 Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QB=Final Bronze medal; QG=Final Gold medal; QF=Final

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan entered two para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, by virtue of the nations individual final world para dressage rankings.

Individual
Athlete Horse Event Total
Score Rank
Sho Inaba Huzette BH Individual championship test grade II
Individual freestyle test grade II
Soshi Yoshigoe Javyro Individual championship test grade II
Individual freestyle test grade II

Goalball

Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

The Japanese men's and women's goalball teams qualified for the paralympic games.

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament  China
L 6–7 		 Ukraine
L 8–9 		 Egypt
W 11–1 		3 Q  United States
W 6–4 		 China
W 13–5 		 Ukraine
W 4–3 (a.e.t.) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Japan women's Women's tournament  South Korea
W 3–1 		 Canada
W 2–1 		 France
W 6–0 		1 Q  Brazil
L 0–2 		—  Canada
L 0–1 		6

Men's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's tournament

The Japanese men's goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 World Games in Birmingham, Great Britain.[4]

Team roster

Coach: Rikiya Kudo

The following is the Japan squad in the goalball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[5]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 Yuto Sano B3 (2000-06-20)20 June 2000 (aged 24)
2 Haruki Torii B3 (2004-08-07)7 August 2004 (aged 20)
4 Yuji Taguchi B2 (1991-02-16)16 February 1991 (aged 33)
5 Naoki Hagiwara B3 (1996-10-28)28 October 1996 (aged 27)
7 Kazuya Kaneko B3 (2000-02-08)8 February 2000 (aged 24)
8 Koji Miyajiki B3 (1995-03-20)20 March 1995 (aged 29)
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 20 11 +9 9 Quarter-finals
2  Ukraine 3 2 0 1 16 17 −1 6
3  Japan 3 1 0 2 25 17 +8 3
4  Egypt 3 0 0 3 8 24 −16 0
Source: Paris 2024
China 7–6 Japan
  • Yang 2', 5', 5', 8', 11', 22'
  • Hu 14'
 Report
Referee:
Claude Dagenais (Canada)
Raquel Aguado (Spain)
Japan 8–9 Ukraine
 Report
Referee:
Manar Obeidat (Jordan)
Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
Egypt 1–11 Japan
 Report
Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Manar Obeidat (Jordan)
Quarter-finals
United States 4–6 Japan
 Report
Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
Semi-finals
China 5–13 Japan
 Report
Referee:
Antonios Christodoulos (Greece)
Raquel Aguado (Spain)
Gold medal match
5 September 2024
19:30 		Ukraine  3–4 (a.e.t.)  Japan South Paris Arena, Paris
Referees:
Antonios Christodoulos (Greece)
Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
Strelchyk 4', 21'
Oliinyk 8' 		Report Kaneko 2'
Miyajiki 2'
Sano 15', 25'

Women's tournament

Main article: Goalball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Women's tournament

The Japanese women's goalball team qualified for the paralympic games by virtue of the results at the 2023 Asia-Pacific Championships in Hangzhou, China.

Team roster

Coach: Mihoko Tsuji

The following is the Japan squad in the goalball tournament of the 2024 Summer Paralympics.[6]

No. Player Class Date of birth (age)
1 Yuki Temma B1 (1990-07-26)26 July 1990 (aged 34)
2 Minami Arai B3 (2003-01-22)22 January 2003 (aged 21)
4 Saki Amuro B1 (1993-03-05)5 March 1993 (aged 31)
6 Norika Hagiwara B2 (2001-03-03)3 March 2001 (aged 23)
7 Rieko Takahashi B1 (1998-03-20)20 March 1998 (aged 26)
9 Masae Komiya B1 (1975-05-08)8 May 1975 (aged 49)
Group stage
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Quarter-finals
2  Canada 3 1 1 1 11 2 +9 4
3  South Korea 3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4
4  France (H) 3 0 0 3 1 22 −21 0
Source: Paris 2024[7]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of wins; 4) goals against; 5) head-to-head goal difference.
(H) Hosts
South Korea 1–3 Japan
 Report
Referee:
Linda Welborn (United States)
Patrik Larsson (Sweden)
Japan 2–1 Canada
 Report
Referee:
Raquel Aguado (Spain)
Linda Welborn (United States)
France 0–6 Japan
Report
Referee:
Linda Welborn (United States)
Janice Dawson (Canada)
Quarter-finals
Japan 0–2 Brazil
Report
Referee:
Juha Vuokila (Finland)
Romualdas Vaitiekus (Lithuania)
Fifth place match
Japan 0–1 Canada
Report
Referee:
Sarah Kuper (Germany)
Linda Welborn (United States)

Paracanoeing

Main article: Paracanoeing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan earned quota places for the following events through the 2024 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.

Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yuta Takagi Men's KL1
Monika Seryu Women's KL1
Saki Komatsu Women's VL2
Shiho Miyajima Women's VL2
Women's VL3

Paratriathlon

Main article: Paratriathlon at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Men
Athlete Class Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Time Rank
L1 L2 L3 L4 L1 L2 L3 L4
Jumpei Kimura Men's PTWC
Giuseppe Romele Men's PTVI
Hideki Uda Men's PTS4
Women
Athlete Class Swim T1 Bike T2 Run Time Rank
L1 L2 L3 L4 L1 L2 L3 L4
Yukako Hata Women's PTS2

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Attempts (kg) Result (kg) Rank
1 2 3 4
Kazuhito Sato Men's +107 kg

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Takuya Mori PR1 men's single sculls 10:19.75 5 R 10:23.78 4 FB

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japan entered three para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships and 2022 Asian Para Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.[8]

Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Kazuya Okada R3 – 10 m air rifle prone SH1
R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1
Mika Mizuta R5 – 10 m air rifle prone SH2
Akiko Sega

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Japan secured five quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Men
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
  50 m freestyle S11
Taiyo Kawabuchi 400 m freestyle S9 4:26.51 7 Q
200 m individual medley SM9
  100 m backstroke S8
  100 m breaststroke SB14
Naohide Yamaguchi 100 m butterfly S14 57.74 5 Q
Shunya Murakami 100 m butterfly S14 1:00.15 12 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
  200 m individual medley SM14

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Japan entered seven athletes for the Paralympic games. Katsuyoshi Yagi and Natsuki Wada qualified for Paris 2024 by virtue of their gold medal results, in their respective class, at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou;[9] meanwhile the other athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kazuki Shichino Individual C4
Katsuyoshi Yagi Individual C7
Koyo Iwabuchi Individual C9
Mahiro Funayama Individual C10
Mahiro Funayama
Katsuyoshi Yagi 		Men's doubles MD18 —  Chojnowski /
Grudzien (POL)
L 1–3 		Did not advance
Genki Saito
Kazuki Shichino 		Doubles MD8  Addis /
Chen (AUS)
W 3–0 		 Chaiwut /
Glinbancheun (THA)
L 0–3 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Yuri Tomono Individual C8
Natsuki Wada Individual C11
Kanami Furukawa
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Koyo Iwabuchi
Yuki Tomono 		Doubles XD17  Simion /
Ciripan (ROM)
W 3–0 		 Manara /
Rauen (BRA)
L 1–3 		Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan entered two athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Mitsuya Tanaka and Shunsuke Kudo, qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in their respective class.

Athlete Event First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage 1 Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Mitsuya Tanaka Men's –58 kg  Mahata (NEP)
W 19–3 		 Zeynalov (AZE)
L 5-6 		—  Martin Villalobos (ESP)
L 7-8 		Did not advance
Shunsuke Kudo Men's –70 kg Bye  Samorano (ARG)
W 4-5 		 Çelik (TUR)
L 10-15 		Bye  López (MEX)
L 5-3 		5

Wheelchair basketball

Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan women has qualified to compete by virtue of their top four results at the 2024 IWBF Women's Repechage in Osaka.

Women's tournament

Squad Group stage Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Japan women's  Netherlands  Germany  United States

Wheelchair fencing

Main article: Wheelchair fencing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Shintaro Kano Men's épée A
Men's foil A
Men's sabre A
Naoki Yasu Men's foil A
Men's épée A
Michinobu Fujita Men's épée B
Men's foil B
Anri Sakurai Women's épée B
Women's foil B

Wheelchair rugby

Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan has qualified to compete at the Paralympic games, by virtue of their gold medal results, at the 2023 Asian-Oceanian Wheelchair Rugby Championships in Tokyo.

Standings
Squad Group stage Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
Japan national team

Wheelchair tennis

Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Japan entered two players into the Paralympics by virtue of the gold medal results in the respective gender single events at the 2022 Asian Para Games in Hangzhou, China.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Daisuke Arai Men's singles Bye  Shikosana (RSA)
W 6–1, 6–0 		 Hewett (GBR)
L 5–7, 2–6 		Did not advance
Takuya Miki Bye  Ding (CHN)
W 6–2, 6–1 		 Reid (GBR)
L 1–6, 1–6 		Did not advance
Tokito Oda Bye  Bartram (GBR)
W 6–2, 7–6 		 Rodrigues (BRA)
W 6–0, 6–1 		 Egberink (NED)
W 6–4, 6–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Takashi Sanada Bye  Stroud (USA)
W 6–1, 6–2 		 Houdet (FRA)
L 2–6, 5–7 		Did not advance
Daisuke Arai
Takashi Sanada 		Men's doubles — Bye
Takuya Miki
Tokito Oda 		— Bye 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yui Kamiji Women's singles —  Venter (RSA)
 
Momoko Ohtani —  Mörch (FRA)
 
Saki Takamuro —  Moreno (ARG)
 
Manami Tanaka —  Khanthasit (THA)
 
Yui Kamiji
Manami Tanaka 		Women's doubles — Bye
Momoko Ohtani
Saki Takamuro 		—  Mathewson /
Phelps (USA)
 

See also

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