Japan at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Gymnastics Championships
Sporting event delegation
Japan at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships IOC code JPN Medals
Gold
55
Silver
59
Bronze
71
Total
185
Although Japanese gymnasts competed at numerous Olympic Games as early as 1932 , they didn't compete at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships until 1954 . The men's team immediately achieved success, winning silver in the team event and individually Masao Takemoto won gold on floor exercise.[ 1] The women's team won their first team medal, a bronze, in 1962 .
Medalists
Medal
Name
Year
Event
Silver
Akitomo Kaneko , Akira Kono , Masami Kubota , Tetsumi Nabeya , Takashi Ono , Yoshiyuki Oshima , Masao Takemoto
1954 Rome
Men's team
Gold
Masao Takemoto
Men's floor exercise
Gold
Keiko Tanaka
Women's balance beam
Bronze
Masao Takemoto
Men's parallel bars
Silver
Nobuyuki Aihara , Akira Kono , Takashi Ono , Masao Takemoto , Katsumi Terai , Shinsaku Tsukawaki
1958 Moscow
Men's team
Silver
Takashi Ono
Men's all-around
Gold
Masao Takemoto
Men's floor exercise
Silver
Takashi Ono
Silver
Nobuyuki Aihara
Men's rings
Silver
Masao Takemoto
Men's vault
Bronze
Takashi Ono
Bronze
Keiko Tanaka
Women's balance beam
Silver
Takashi Ono
Men's parallel bars
Bronze
Keiko Tanaka
Women's floor exercise
Bronze
Masao Takemoto
Men's horizontal bar
Gold
Nobuyuki Aihara , Yukio Endo , Takashi Mitsukuri , Takashi Ono , Shuji Tsurumi , Haruhiro Yamashita
1962 Prague
Men's team
Bronze
Ginko Abukawa , Keiko Ikeda , Taniko Nakamura , Kiyoko Ono , Toshiko Shirasu , Hiroko Tsuji
Women's team
Silver
Yukio Endo
Men's all-around
Gold
Nobuyuki Aihara
Men's floor exercise
Gold
Yukio Endo
Silver
Yukio Endo
Men's rings
Silver
Haruhiro Yamashita
Men's vault
Bronze
Yukio Endo
Bronze
Keiko Ikeda
Women's balance beam
Bronze
Yukio Endo
Men's parallel bars
Gold
Takashi Ono
Men's horizontal bar
Silver
Yukio Endo
Gold
Shuji Tsurumi , Akinori Nakayama , Takeshi Katō , Yukio Endo , Takashi Mitsukuri , Haruhiro Matsuda
1966 Dortmund
Men's team
Bronze
Keiko Ikeda , Taki Shibuya , Hiroko Ikenada , Taniko Mitsukuri , Yasuko Furuyama , Mitsuko Kandori
Women's team
Silver
Shuji Tsurumi
Men's all-around
Bronze
Akinori Nakayama
Bronze
Keiko Ikeda
Women's all-around
Gold
Akinori Nakayama
Men's floor exercise
Silver
Yukio Endo
Bronze
Takeshi Katō
Men's pommel horse
Silver
Keiko Ikeda
Women's uneven bars
Bronze
Taniko Mitsukuri
Silver
Akinori Nakayama
Men's rings
Gold
Haruhiro Matsuda
Men's vault
Silver
Takeshi Katō
Bronze
Akinori Nakayama
Gold
Akinori Nakayama
Men's horizontal bar
Silver
Yukio Endo
Bronze
Takashi Mitsukuri
Gold
Eizo Kenmotsu , Mitsuo Tsukahara , Akinori Nakayama , Fumio Honma , Takuji Hayata , Takeshi Katō
1970 Ljubljana
Men's team
Gold
Eizo Kenmotsu
Men's all-around
Silver
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Bronze
Akinori Nakayama
Gold
Akinori Nakayama
Men's floor exercise
Silver
Eizo Kenmotsu
Bronze
Takeshi Katō
Silver
Eizo Kenmotsu
Men's pommel horse
Gold
Akinori Nakayama
Men's rings
Silver
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Gold
Mitsuo Tsukahara
Men's vault
Bronze
Takeshi Katō
Gold
Akinori Nakayama
Men's parallel bars
Silver
Eizo Kenmotsu
Gold
Eizo Kenmotsu
Men's horizontal bar
Silver
Akinori Nakayama
Bronze
Takuji Hayata
Gold
Shigeru Kasamatsu , Eizo Kenmotsu , Mitsuo Tsukahara , Hiroshi Kajiyama , Fumio Honma , Sawao Kato
1974 Varna
Men's team
Gold
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Men's all-around
Bronze
Eizo Kenmotsu
Gold
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Men's floor exercise
Silver
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Bronze
Eizo Kenmotsu
Men's pommel horse
Gold
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Men's vault
Bronze
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Gold
Eizo Kenmotsu
Men's parallel bars
Bronze
Eizo Kenmotsu
Men's horizontal bar
Gold
Hiroshi Kajiyama , Shigeru Kasamatsu , Eizo Kenmotsu , Junichi Shimizu , Shinzo Shiraishi , Mitsuo Tsukahara
1978 Strasbourg
Men's team
Silver
Eizo Kenmotsu
Men's all-around
Silver
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Men's floor exercise
Gold
Junichi Shimizu
Men's vault
Gold
Eizo Kenmotsu
Men's parallel bars
Silver
Hiroshi Kajiyama
Gold
Shigeru Kasamatsu
Men's horizontal bar
Silver
Hiroshi Kajiyama , Shigeru Kasamatsu , Nobuyuki Kajitani , Toshiomi Nishikii , Koji Gushiken , Eizo Kenmotsu
1979 Fort Worth
Men's team
Bronze
Koji Gushiken
Men's pommel horse
Silver
Nobuyuki Kajitani , Koji Gushiken , Koji Sotomura , Kiyoshi Goto , Kyoji Yamawaki , Toshiro Kanai
1981 Moscow
Men's team
Bronze
Koji Gushiken
Men's all-around
Bronze
Koji Gushiken
Men's floor exercise
Gold
Koji Gushiken
Men's parallel bars
Bronze
Nobuyuki Kajitani
Bronze
Koji Gushiken , Koji Sotomura , Nobuyuki Kajitani , Mitsuaki Watanabe , Noritoshi Hirata , Shinji Morisue
1983 Budapest
Men's team
Silver
Koji Gushiken
Men's all-around
Gold
Koji Gushiken
Men's rings
Bronze
Koji Sotomura
Men's parallel bars
Bronze
Hiroyuki Konishi
1985 Montreal
Men's pommel horse
Bronze
Kyoji Yamawaki
Men's rings
Bronze
Koji Gushiken
Men's parallel bars
Bronze
Mitsuaki Watanabe
Men's horizontal bar
Bronze
Yukio Iketani
1989 Stuttgart
Men's horizontal bar
Bronze
Daisuke Nishikawa
1991 Indianapolis
Men's floor exercise
Bronze
Yutaka Aihara
Men's vault
Silver
Yoshiaki Hatakeda , Daisuke Nishikawa , Hikaru Tanaka , Toshiharu Sato , Masayuki Matsunaga , Hiromasa Masuda , Masayoshi Maeda
1995 Sabae
Men's team
Silver
Yoshiaki Hatakeda
Men's pommel horse
Bronze
Hikaru Tanaka
Men's parallel bars
Silver
Yoshiaki Hatakeda
Men's horizontal bar
Bronze
Naoya Tsukahara
1997 Lausanne
Men's all-around
Bronze
Naoya Tsukahara
Men's parallel bars
Silver
Naoya Tsukahara
1999 Tianjin
Men's all-around
Silver
Naoya Tsukahara
Men's parallel bars
Bronze
Takehiro Kashima
2002 Debrecen
Men's pommel horse
Bronze
Takehiro Kashima , Hiroyuki Tomita , Naoya Tsukahara , Tatsuya Yamada
2003 Anaheim
Men's team
Bronze
Hiroyuki Tomita
Men's all-around
Gold
Takehiro Kashima
Men's pommel horse
Gold
Takehiro Kashima
Men's horizontal bar
Gold
Hiroyuki Tomita
2005 Melbourne
Men's all-around
Silver
Hisashi Mizutori
Bronze
Takehiro Kashima
Men's pommel horse
Bronze
Hisashi Mizutori , Takehito Mori , Takuya Nakase , Eichi Sekiguchi , Hiroyuki Tomita , Naoya Tsukahara
2006 Aarhus
Men's team
Silver
Hiroyuki Tomita
Men's all-around
Silver
Hiroyuki Tomita
Men's parallel bars
Silver
Hisashi Mizutori , Hiroyuki Tomita , Yosuke Hoshi , Makoto Okiguchi , Takuya Nakase , Shun Kuwahara
2007 Stuttgart
Men's team
Bronze
Hisashi Mizutori
Men's all-around
Bronze
Hisashi Mizutori
Men's floor exercise
Bronze
Hisashi Mizutori
Men's horizontal bar
Gold
Kōhei Uchimura
2009 London
Men's all-around
Bronze
Kōko Tsurumi
Women's all-around
Silver
Kōko Tsurumi
Women's uneven bars
Bronze
Kazuhito Tanaka
Men's parallel bars
Silver
Kōhei Uchimura , Koji Yamamuro , Koji Uematsu , Kazuhito Tanaka , Kenya Kobayashi , Tatsuki Nakashima
2010 Rotterdam
Men's team
Gold
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's all-around
Silver
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's floor exercise
Bronze
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's parallel bars
Silver
Kōhei Uchimura , Kazuhito Tanaka , Kenya Kobayashi , Koji Yamamuro , Makoto Okiguchi , Yusuke Tanaka
2011 Tokyo
Men's team
Gold
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's all-around
Bronze
Koji Yamamuro
Gold
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's floor exercise
Bronze
Koji Yamamuro
Men's rings
Bronze
Makoto Okiguchi
Men's vault
Bronze
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's horizontal bar
Gold
Kōhei Uchimura
2013 Antwerp
Men's all-around
Silver
Ryohei Kato
Gold
Kenzō Shirai
Men's floor exercise
Bronze
Kōhei Uchimura
Gold
Kohei Kameyama
Men's pommel horse
Gold
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's parallel bars
Bronze
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's horizontal bar
Silver
Kohei Kameyama , Ryohei Kato , Shogo Nonomura , Kenzō Shirai , Yusuke Tanaka , Kōhei Uchimura , Kazuyuki Takeda
2014 Nanning
Men's team
Gold
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's all-around
Bronze
Yusuke Tanaka
Silver
Kenzō Shirai
Men's floor exercise
Bronze
Ryohei Kato
Men's parallel bars
Silver
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's horizontal bar
Gold
Naoto Hayasaka , Ryohei Kato , Kazuma Kaya , Kenzō Shirai , Yusuke Tanaka , Kōhei Uchimura , Tomomasa Hasegawa
2015 Glasgow
Men's team
Gold
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's all-around
Gold
Kenzō Shirai
Men's floor exercise
Bronze
Kazuma Kaya
Men's pommel horse
Gold
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's horizontal bar
Bronze
Kenzō Shirai
2017 Montreal
Men's all-around
Gold
Kenzō Shirai
Men's floor exercise
Gold
Kenzō Shirai
Men's vault
Gold
Mai Murakami
Women's floor exercise
Bronze
Kazuma Kaya , Kenzō Shirai , Yusuke Tanaka , Wataru Tanigawa , Kōhei Uchimura , Kakeru Tanigawa
2018 Doha
Men's team
Silver
Mai Murakami
Women's all-around
Silver
Kenzō Shirai
Men's floor exercise
Bronze
Kenzō Shirai
Men's vault
Bronze
Mai Murakami
Women's floor exercise
Silver
Kōhei Uchimura
Men's horizontal bar
Bronze
Daiki Hashimoto , Yuya Kamoto , Kazuma Kaya , Kakeru Tanigawa , Wataru Tanigawa , Shogo Nonomura
2019 Stuttgart
Men's team
Bronze
Kazuma Kaya
Men's parallel bars
Silver
Daiki Hashimoto [ 2]
2021 Kitakyushu
Men's all-around
Silver
Kazuki Minami
Men's floor exercise
Silver
Kazuma Kaya
Men's pommel horse
Silver
Hidenobu Yonekura
Men's vault
Gold
Urara Ashikawa
Women's balance beam
Bronze
Mai Murakami
Gold
Mai Murakami [ 3]
Women's floor exercise
Silver
Daiki Hashimoto
Men's horizontal bar
Silver
Ryosuke Doi , Daiki Hashimoto , Yuya Kamoto , Kakeru Tanigawa , Wataru Tanigawa , Kazuma Kaya
2022 Liverpool
Men's team
Gold
Daiki Hashimoto
Men's all-around
Bronze
Wataru Tanigawa
Silver
Daiki Hashimoto
Men's floor exercise
Bronze
Ryosuke Doi
Gold
Hazuki Watanabe
Women's balance beam
Bronze
Shoko Miyata
Silver
Daiki Hashimoto
Men's horizontal bar
Gold
Kenta Chiba , Daiki Hashimoto , Kazuma Kaya , Kazuki Minami , Kaito Sugimoto , Teppei Miwa
2023 Antwerp
Men's team
Gold
Daiki Hashimoto
Men's all-around
Silver
Kazuki Minami
Men's floor exercise
Bronze
Kaito Sugimoto
Men's parallel bars
Gold
Daiki Hashimoto
Men's horizontal bar
Medal tables
By gender
By event
Junior World medalists
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