Japan at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Japan took in August 2008 in Beijing for the 20th time in the Olympic Summer Games in part.

  • 28.1 volleyball
  • 28.2 Indoor Volleyball

Medalist

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Badminton

Baseball

  • Pitcher: Yū Darvish ( Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters )
  • Kyūji Fujikawa ( Hanshin Tigers )
  • Hitoki Iwase ( Chunichi Dragons )
  • Kenshin Kawakami ( Chunichi Dragons )
  • Yoshihisa Naruse ( Chiba Lotte Marines)
  • Toshiya Sugiuchi ( Fukuoka Softbank Hawks )
  • Masahiro Tanaka ( Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles )
  • Koji Uehara ( Yomiuri Giants )
  • Tsuyoshi Wada ( Fukuoka Softbank Hawks )
  • Hideaki Wakui ( Saitama Seibu Lions )
  • Shinnosuke Abe ( Yomiuri Giants )
  • Akihiro Yano ( Hanshin Tigers )
  • Tomoya Satozaki ( Chiba Lotte Marines)
  • Takahiro Arai ( Hanshin Tigers )
  • Masahiro Araki ( Chunichi Dragons )
  • Munenori Kawasaki ( Fukuoka Softbank Hawks )
  • Shin'ya Miyamoto ( Yakult Swallows Tōkyō )
  • Shuichi Murata ( Yokohama BayStars )
  • Tsuyoshi Nishioka ( Chiba Lotte Marines)
  • Hiroyuki Nakajima ( Saitama Seibu Lions )
  • Atsunori Inaba ( Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters )
  • Norichika Aoki ( Yakult Swallows Tōkyō )
  • Masahiko Morino ( Chunichi Dragons )
  • Takahiko Satō ( Saitama Seibu Lions )
  • Sen'ichi Hoshino, manager
  • Koichi Tabuchi, Assistant Coach
  • Koji Yamamoto, Hitting Coach
  • Yutaka Ōno, pitching coach

Archery

Ladies

  • Nami Hayakawa
  • Yūki Hayashi
  • Sayoko Kitabatake

Gentlemen

  • Takaharu Furukawa
  • Ryuichi Moriya

Boxing

  • Masatsugu Kawachi Class up to 64 kg ( light welterweight )
  • Satoshi Shimizu Class up to 57 kg ( featherweight )

Fencing

  • Megumi Harada Ladies, Degen
  • Chieko Sugawara Ladies foil
  • Madoka Hisagae Ladies, saber
  • Shogo Nishida Gentlemen, swords
  • Kenta Chida Gentlemen, Foil
  • Yūki Ōta Gentlemen, Foil (Silver)
  • Satoshi Ogawa Gentlemen, saber

Football

  • Gate Shusaku Nishikawa 1 18 Kaito Yamamoto
  • Defense 3 Maya Yoshida 4 Hiroki Mizumoto Yuto Nagatomo 5 Masato Morishige 6 7 Atsuto Uchida Michihiro Yasuda 13
  • Midfield 2 Hajime Hosogai 8 Keisuke Honda Yohei Kajiyama 10 12 Hiroyuki Taniguchi 14 Shinji Kagawa 16 Takuya Honda
  • Storm 9 Yohei Toyoda 11 Shinji Okazaki 15 Takayuki Morimoto 17 Tadanari Lee
  • Coach Yasuharu Sorimachi
  • Results preliminary round United States United States: 0:1 Nigeria Nigeria: 1:2 Netherlands Netherlands: 0:1 excreted as a group Fourth
  • Gate Miho Fukumoto 1 18 Ayumi Kaihori
  • Defense 2 Yukari Kinga 3 Hiromi Ikeda 4 Azusa Iwashimizu Kozue Ando 7 14 Kyoko Yano 16 Rumi Utsugi
  • Midfield 5 Miyuki Yanagita 6 Tomoe Katō Aya Miyama 8 Homare Sawa 10 13 Ayumi Hara Mizuho Sakaguchi 15
  • Storm 9 Eriko Arakawa 11 Shinobu Ōno 12 Karina Maruyama 17 Yuki Nagasato
  • Coach Norio Sasaki
  • Results preliminary round New Zealand New Zealand: 2:2 United States United States: 0:1 Norway Norway: 5:1 quarterfinals People's Republic of China People's Republic of China: 2-0 semifinal United States United States: -: -

Weightlifting

  • Hiromi Miyake Ladies, class up to 48 kg
  • Misaki Oshiro Ladies, class up to 48 kg
  • Rika Saitō Ladies, class up to 69 kg
  • Yasunobu Sekikawa Gentlemen, class to 56 kg
  • Masuharu Yamada Gentlemen, class to 56 kg
  • Yoshito Shintani Gentlemen, class to 69 kg

Hockey

Ladies

  • Kaori Chiba
  • Sachimi Iwao
  • Akemi Katō
  • Rika Komazawa
  • Chinami Kozakura
  • Chie Kimura
  • Tomomi Komori
  • Keiko Miura
  • Sakae Morimoto
  • Miyuki Nakagawa
  • Mayumi Ono
  • Misaki Ozawa
  • Hikari Suwa
  • Toshie Tsukui
  • Yukari Yamamoto

Goal:

  • Ikuko Okamura
  • Nichika Urata
  • Yuka Yoshikawa

Coach:

  • Masashi Onda

Judo

Canoe

  • Canoe Racing
  • Canoe Slalom

Athletics

Modern Pentathlon

  • Yoshihiro Murakami Men

Cycling

Riding

Wrestling

  • Kyoko Hamaguchi Women, Freestyle class to 72 kg ( Bronze)
  • Kenzo Katō Men's Greco- Roman 84 kg class to
  • Chiharu Icho Women, Freestyle class to 48 kg ( Silver)
  • Kaori Icho Women, Freestyle class to 63 kg ( Gold)
  • Kazuhiko Ikematsu Men, freestyle class to 66 kg
  • Shingo Matsumoto Men's Greco- Roman 84 kg class to
  • Tomohiro Matsunaga Men, freestyle class up to 55 kg (Silver)
  • Makoto Sasamoto Men, Greco-Roman class up to 60 kg
  • Saori Yoshida Women, Freestyle class up to 55 kg (Gold)
  • Ken'ichi Yumoto Men, freestyle class up to 60 kg ( Bronze)

Rowing

Swimming

Softball

  • Pitcher: Naho Emoto (Gold)
  • Hiroko Sakai (Gold)
  • Mika Someya (Gold)
  • Yukiko Ueno (Gold)
  • Emi Inui (Gold)
  • Yukiyo Mine ( gold)
  • Motoko Fujimoto (Gold)
  • Megu Hirose (Gold)
  • Sachiko Ito (Gold)
  • Masumi Mishina (Gold)
  • Rei Nishiyama (Gold)
  • Rie Satō (Gold)
  • Ayumi Karino (Gold)
  • Satoko Mabuchi (Gold)
  • Eri Yamada (Gold)
  • Haruka Saitō

Sailing

Synchronized swimming

  • Team Ai Aoki
  • Saho Harada
  • Hiromi Kobayashi
  • Erika Komura
  • Ayako Matsumura
  • Yumiko Ishiguro
  • Naoko Kawashima
  • Emiko Suzuki
  • Masako Tachibana
  • Saho Harada, Emiko Suzuki ( Bronze)

Taekwondo

  • Yoriko Okamoto Women, class to 67 kg

Tennis

Table tennis

Triathlon

Gymnastics

Volleyball

Beach volleyball

Indoor Volleyball

  • Team Tatsuya Fukuzawa Yusuke Ishijima yū Koshikawa Yoshihiko Matsumoto Masaji Ogino Nobuharu Saitō Kunihiro Shimizu Kosuke Tomonaga Katsutoshi Tsumagari Daisuke Usami Takahiro Yamamoto Kota Yamamura
  • Coach Tatsuya Ueta
  • Team Erika Araki Miyuki Kanō Yuki Kawai Saori Kimura Megumi Kurihara Kanako Omura Yuka Sakurai Yuko Sano Sachiko Sugiyama Asako Tajimi Miyauki Takahashi Yoshie Takeshita
  • Coach Shoichi Yanagimoto

Diving

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Albania • Andorra • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Belgium • Bosnia and Herzegovina • Bulgaria • Denmark • Germany • Estonia • Finland • France • Georgia • Greece • Ireland • Iceland • Israel • Italy • Latvia • Liechtenstein • Croatia • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malta • Macedonia • Moldova • Monaco • Montenegro • Netherlands • Norway • Austria • Poland • Portugal • Romania • Russia • San Marino • Sweden • Switzerland • Serbia • Slovakia • Slovenia • Spain • Czech Republic • Turkey • Ukraine • Hungary • United Kingdom • Belarus • Cyprus

American Samoa • Australia • Cook Islands • Fiji • Guam • Kiribati • Marshall Islands • Micronesia • Nauru • New Zealand • Palau • Papua New Guinea • Samoa • Solomon Islands • Tonga • Tuvalu • Vanuatu

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  • Participants at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  • Olympic Games ( Japan)
Masato Uchishiba Ayumi Tanimoto Masae Ueno Hiroyuki Tomita Cycle sport Naoki Tsukahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics 400 metres 5000 metres Marathon Mizuki Noguchi Reiko Tosa Dai Tamesue 4 × 100 metres relay 4 × 400 metres relay Daichi Sawano Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kazunari Watanabe Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics Hiroshi Hoketsu Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ai Shibata Softball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics 470 (dinghy) Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics Jun Mizutani Kaii Yoshida Ai Fukuhara Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics Katsuhiro Shiratori Chiaki Kusuhara Mika Saiki Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ken Terauchi Mai Nakagawa Algeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Angola at the 2008 Summer Olympics Benin at the 2008 Summer Olympics Botswana at the 2008 Summer Olympics Burkina Faso at the 2008 Summer Olympics Burundi at the 2008 Summer Olympics DR Congo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Djibouti at the 2008 Summer Olympics Eritrea at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gabon at the 2008 Summer Olympics The Gambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ghana at the 2008 Summer Olympics Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics Guinea-Bissau at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cameroon at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cape Verde at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kenya at the 2008 Summer Olympics Comoros at the 2008 Summer Olympics Lesotho at the 2008 Summer Olympics Liberia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Libya at the 2008 Summer Olympics Madagascar at the 2008 Summer Olympics Malawi at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics Morocco at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mauritania at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mauritius at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mozambique at the 2008 Summer Olympics Namibia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Niger at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nigeria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Congo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rwanda at the 2008 Summer Olympics Zambia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics Seychelles at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sierra Leone at the 2008 Summer Olympics Zimbabwe at the 2008 Summer Olympics Somalia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sudan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swaziland at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tanzania at the 2008 Summer Olympics Togo at the 2008 Summer Olympics Chad at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tunisia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Uganda at the 2008 Summer Olympics Central African Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics Virgin Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics Antigua and Barbuda at the 2008 Summer Olympics Aruba at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bahamas at the 2008 Summer Olympics Barbados at the 2008 Summer Olympics Belize at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bermuda at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bolivia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Brazil at the 2008 Summer Olympics British Virgin Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cayman Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics Chile at the 2008 Summer Olympics Costa Rica at the 2008 Summer Olympics Dominica at the 2008 Summer Olympics Dominican Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ecuador at the 2008 Summer Olympics El Salvador at the 2008 Summer Olympics Grenada at the 2008 Summer Olympics Guatemala at the 2008 Summer Olympics Guyana at the 2008 Summer Olympics Haiti at the 2008 Summer Olympics Honduras at the 2008 Summer Olympics Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nicaragua at the 2008 Summer Olympics Panama at the 2008 Summer Olympics Paraguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics Peru at the 2008 Summer Olympics Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics Saint Lucia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Saint Vincent and the Grenadines at the 2008 Summer Olympics Suriname at the 2008 Summer Olympics Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics Uruguay at the 2008 Summer Olympics Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Olympics United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics Afghanistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bahrain at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bangladesh at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bhutan at the 2008 Summer Olympics China at the 2008 Summer Olympics Chinese Taipei at the 2008 Summer Olympics Hong Kong at the 2008 Summer Olympics Indonesia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Iraq at the 2008 Summer Olympics Yemen at the 2008 Summer Olympics Jordan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cambodia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kazakhstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Qatar at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kyrgyzstan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kuwait at the 2008 Summer Olympics Laos at the 2008 Summer Olympics Lebanon at the 2008 Summer Olympics Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Maldives at the 2008 Summer Olympics Mongolia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Myanmar at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nepal at the 2008 Summer Olympics North Korea at the 2008 Summer Olympics Oman at the 2008 Summer Olympics Timor-Leste at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pakistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Philippines at the 2008 Summer Olympics Saudi Arabia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Singapore at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sri Lanka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Syria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tajikistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics Turkmenistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Uzbekistan at the 2008 Summer Olympics United Arab Emirates at the 2008 Summer Olympics Vietnam at the 2008 Summer Olympics Albania at the 2008 Summer Olympics Armenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Azerbaijan at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 2008 Summer Olympics Bulgaria at the 2008 Summer Olympics Estonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics France at the 2008 Summer Olympics Georgia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ireland at the 2008 Summer Olympics Israel at the 2008 Summer Olympics Croatia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Latvia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Lithuania at the 2008 Summer Olympics Malta at the 2008 Summer Olympics Macedonia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Moldova at the 2008 Summer Olympics Montenegro at the 2008 Summer Olympics Poland at the 2008 Summer Olympics Portugal at the 2008 Summer Olympics Russia at the 2008 Summer Olympics San Marino at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics Switzerland at the 2008 Summer Olympics Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Slovakia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Slovenia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics Czech Republic at the 2008 Summer Olympics Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics Hungary at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyprus at the 2008 Summer Olympics American Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cook Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics Fiji at the 2008 Summer Olympics Guam at the 2008 Summer Olympics Kiribati at the 2008 Summer Olympics Marshall Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics Federated States of Micronesia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Nauru at the 2008 Summer Olympics Palau at the 2008 Summer Olympics Papua New Guinea at the 2008 Summer Olympics Solomon Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics Samoa at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tonga at the 2008 Summer Olympics Tuvalu at the 2008 Summer Olympics Vanuatu at the 2008 Summer Olympics Japan at the 1936 Winter Olympics Japan at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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