Japan competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.[1]
| Japan at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships | |
|---|---|
 | |
| FINA code | JPN |
| National federation | Japan Swimming Federation |
| Website | swim |
| in Fukuoka, Japan | |
| Competitors | 102 in 6 sports |
| Medals Ranked 4th |
|
| World Aquatics Championships appearances | |
Medalists
| Medals by sport | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport |  |  |  | Total |
| Artistic swimming | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| Diving | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Athletes by discipline
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artistic swimming | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Diving | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| High diving | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Open water swimming | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Swimming | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| Water polo | 15 | 15 | 30 |
| Total | 46 | 56 | 102 |
Artistic swimming
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Yotaro Sato | Solo free routine | 167.7478 | 5 Q | 167.9709 | 4 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Yukiko Inui | Solo technical routine | 273.2700 | 1 Q | 276.5717 | |
| Solo free routine | 253.1853 | 1 Q | 254.6062 | | |
| Moe Higa Mashiro Yasunaga | Duet technical routine | 215.2700 | 12 Q | 273.9500 | |
| Duet free routine | 178.1583 | 11 Q | 249.5167 | | |
- Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Tomoka Sato Yotaro Sato | Duet technical routine | 227.7200 | 3 Q | 255.5066 | |
| Duet free routine | Did not start | ||||
| Moka Fujii Ikoi Hirota Moeka Kijima Tomoka Sato Yotaro Sato Hikari Suzuki Akane Yanagisawa Megumu Yoshida | Team acrobatic routine | 224.5167 | 4 Q | 220.5867 | |
| Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Tomoka Sato Ayano Shimada Ami Wada Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida | Team technical routine | 235.2972 | 7 Q | 260.1055 | 4 |
| Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Uta Kobayashi Ayano Shimada Ami Wada Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida | Team free routine | 293.4522 | 3 Q | 317.8085 | |
Diving
Japan entered 9 divers.[2]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Shu Ohkubo | 10 m platform | 336.65 | 29 | Did not advance | |||
| Rikuto Tamai | 1 m springboard | 298.60 | 31 | — | Did not advance | ||
| 10 m platform | 404.50 | 12 Q | 427.70 | 7 Q | Withdrew | ||
| Haruki Suyama | 3 m springboard | 365.60 | 24 | Did not advance | |||
| Yuto Araki Haruki Suyama | 3 m synchro springboard | 359.04 | 8 Q | — | 375.90 | 7 | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Matsuri Arai | 10 m platform | 314.10 | 7 Q | 313.95 | 7 Q | 288.85 | 11 |
| Haruka Enomoto | 3 m springboard | 232.80 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
| Sayaka Mikami | 316.05 | 2 Q | 340.55 | 3 Q | 305.25 | 7 | |
| Matsuri Arai Minami Itahashi | 10 m synchro platform | 289.32 | 6 Q | — | 284.76 | 5 | |
- Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | ||
| Hiroki Ito Minami Itahashi | 10 m synchro platform | 305.34 | |
High diving
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kyohei Arata | Men's high diving | 222.65 | 20 |
Open water swimming
Japan entered 8 open water swimmers.[3][4]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riku Ezawa | Men's 5 km | 59:40.6 | 40 |
| Kaiki Furuhata | Men's 10 km | 1:54:07.7 | 22 |
| Taishin Minamide | Men's 10 km | 1:54:12.6 | 28 |
| Kaito Tsujimori | Men's 5 km | 58:17.2 | 37 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airi Ebina | Women's 10 km | 2:05:08.4 | 28 |
| Ichika Kajimoto | Women's 5 km | 1:00:56.4 | 14 |
| Hanano Kato | Women's 10 km | 2:07:26.4 | 33 |
| Miku Kojima | Women's 5 km | 1:02:28.8 | 35 |
- Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airi Ebina Kaiki Furuhata Ichika Kajimoto Kaito Tsujimori | Team relay | 1:13:38.5 | 7 |
Swimming
Japan entered 39 swimmers.[5]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Yuya Hinomoto | 50 m breaststroke | 27.35 | 15 Q | 27.25 | 11 | Did not advance | |
| Tomoru Honda | 200 m butterfly | 1:54.21 | 1 Q | 1:54.43 | 5 Q | 1:53.66 | |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:16.71 | 14 | — | Did not advance | |||
| Ryosuke Irie | 50 m backstroke | 25.11 | 16 Q | 25.21 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m backstroke | 53.98 | 18 | Did not advance | ||||
| Takeshi Kawamoto | 50 m backstroke | 25.05 | 13 Q | 25.14 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| 50 m butterfly | 23.79 | 35 | Did not advance | ||||
| Katsuhiro Matsumoto | 100 m freestyle | 48.58 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m freestyle | 1:46.44 | 8 Q | 1:45.97 1:46.37 | 8 SO 2 | Did not advance | ||
| 100 m butterfly | 51.48 | 10 Q | 51.16 | 7 Q | 51.20 | 6 | |
| Naoki Mizunuma | 50 m butterfly | 23.75 | 33 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly | 51.93 | 19 | Did not advance | ||||
| Teppei Morimoto | 200 m butterfly | 1:55.72 | 10 Q | 1:55.36 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| Katsumi Nakamura | 50 m freestyle | 22.21 | 27 | Did not advance | |||
| So Ogata | 200 m individual medley | 1:57.88 | 3 Q | 1:57.06 | 5 Q | 1:57.82 | 8 |
| Shoma Sato | 200 m breaststroke | 2:11.03 | 15 Q | 2:10.72 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Daiya Seto | 200 m individual medley | 1:57.80 | 2 Q | 1:57.15 | 6 Q | 1:56.70 | 6 |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:10.89 | 3 Q | — | 4:09.41 | | ||
| Shinri Shioura | 50 m freestyle | 22.15 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| Hidekazu Takehara | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.46 | 16 Q | 1:58.10 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Ippei Watanabe | 100 m breaststroke | 1:00.28 | 17 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:10.11 | 8 Q | 2:09.50 | 8 Q | 2:08.78 | 6 | |
| Daiki Yanagawa | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.14 | 13 Q | 1:57.23 | 7 Q | 1:58.75 | 8 |
| Katsuhiro Matsumoto Masahiro Kawane Tomonobu Gomi Katsumi Nakamura | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:14.84 | 13 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Hidenari Mano Katsuhiro Matsumoto Taikan Tanaka Fuyu Yoshida | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:08.70 | 9 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Ryosuke Irie Ippei Watanabe Naoki Mizunuma Katsuhiro Matsumoto | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:32.36 | 7 Q | — | 3:32.58 | 6 | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Reona Aoki | 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.61 | 10 Q | 1:06.32 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| Hanane Hironaka | 200 m backstroke | 2:12.57 | 17 | Did not advance | |||
| Rikako Ikee | 50 m freestyle | 25.27 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
| 100 m freestyle | 54.67 | 16 Q | 54.86 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
| 50 m butterfly | 25.50 | 3 Q | 25.72 | 5 Q | 25.78 | 7 | |
| 100 m butterfly | 58.61 | 17 | Did not advance | ||||
| Nagisa Ikemoto | 200 m freestyle | 1:59.23 | 22 | Did not advance | |||
| Runa Imai | 200 m breaststroke | 2:25.27 | 8 Q | 2:24.68 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| Waka Kobori | 400 m freestyle | 4:07.48 | 10 | — | Did not advance | ||
| 800 m freestyle | 8:29.54 | 11 | — | Did not advance | |||
| Hiroko Makino | 200 m butterfly | 2:09.03 | 8 Q | 2:08.40 | 9 | Did not advance | |
| Airi Mitsui | 200 m butterfly | 2:08.54 | 6 Q | 2:07.51 | 7 Q | 2:07.15 | 5 |
| Yukimi Moriyama | 1500 m freestyle | 16:18.66 | 13 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Miyu Namba | 400 m freestyle | 4:10.23 | 16 | — | Did not advance | ||
| 800 m freestyle | 8:34.62 | 16 | — | Did not advance | |||
| Mio Narita | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.69 | 15 Q | 2:12.24 | 12 | Did not advance | |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:38.05 | 3 Q | — | 4:42.14 | 8 | ||
| Yui Ohashi | 200 m individual medley | 2:10.80 | 9 Q | 2:10.32 | 5 Q | 2:11.27 | 6 |
| Rio Shirai | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.83 | 19 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m backstroke | 2:11.24 | 13 Q | 2:12.45 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| Ai Soma | 50 m butterfly | 25.96 | 8 Q | 26.18 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m butterfly | 58.17 | 13 Q | 58.27 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| Satomi Suzuki | 50 m breaststroke | 30.29 | 5 Q | 30.33 | 8 Q | 30.44 | 7 |
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.20 | 5 Q | 1:06.31 | 8 Q | 1:06.67 | 8 | |
| Miki Takahashi | 50 m backstroke | 27.84 | 7 Q | 28.13 | 14 | Did not advance | |
| Ageha Tanigawa | 400 m individual medley | 4:40.21 | 9 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Rikako Ikee Nagisa Ikemoto Yume Jinno Rio Shirai | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:37.71 | 8 Q | — | 3:38.61 | 8 | |
| Rio Shirai Nagisa Ikemoto Chihiro Igarashi Kinuko Mochizuki | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:57.22 | 9 | — | Did not advance | ||
| Rio Shirai Satomi Suzuki Ai Soma Rikako Ikee Reona Aoki | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:58.58 | 8 Q | — | 3:58.02 | 6 | |
- Mixed
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Tomonobu Gomi Katsumi Nakamura Nagisa Ikemoto Yume Jinno | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:26.47 | 6 Q | 3:26.96 | 7 |
| Ryosuke Irie Ippei Watanabe Ai Soma Rikako Ikee | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:44.79 | 7 Q | 3:45.33 | 7 |
Water polo
- Summary
| Team | Event | Group stage | Playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
 Japan | Men's tournament |  Hungary L 8–16 |  Argentina W 20–9 |  Croatia L 12–17 | 3 QP |  Serbia L 10–16 | — |  AustraliaL 15–16 |  CanadaW 23–11 | 11 |
| Japan | Women's tournament |  New Zealand L 16–17 | Hungary L 21–26 | Canada L 12–17 | 4 | — | — | Argentina W 21–11 |  ChinaL 10–18 | 14 |
Men's tournament
- Team roster
The following is the Japanese roster.[6]
Head coach: Yoshinori Shiota
- 1 Katsuyuki Tanamura GK
- 2 Seiya Adachi FP
- 3 Taiyo Watanabe FP
- 4 Daichi Ogihara FP
- 5 Ikkei Nitta FP
- 6 Toi Suzuki FP
- 7 Kiyomu Date FP
- 8 Mitsuru Takata FP
- 9 Atsushi Arai FP
- 10 Yusuke Inaba FP
- 11 Keigo Okawa FP
- 12 Kenta Araki FP
- 13 Towa Nishimura GK
- Masayuki Yamamoto FP
- Ren Sasano FP
- Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 31 | +18 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 29 | +22 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Japan (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 42 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 65 | −38 | 0 |
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
| 17 July 2023 19:00 | Report | Hungary | 16–8 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Nicola Johnson (AUS) |
| Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 3–1, 6–1 | |||||
| Jansik, Zalánki 4 | Goals | Suzuki, Takata 2 | |||
| 19 July 2023 19:00 | Report | Japan | 20–9 | Argentina | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Zhang Liang (CHN), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 6–1, 4–2, 4–2, 6–4 | |||||
| Watanabe 5 | Goals | Martino 3 | |||
| 21 July 2023 19:00 | Report | Croatia | 17–12 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michiel Zwartt (NED) |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–3, 8–3, 2–3 | |||||
| Kharkov 4 | Goals | Adachi 4 | |||
- Playoffs
| 23 July 2023 18:30 | Report | Japan | 10–16 | Serbia | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
| Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 2–7, 3–3 | |||||
| Inaba 4 | Goals | Radulović, Rašović 3 | |||
- 9–12th place semifinals
| 25 July 2023 13:30 | Report | Australia | 16–15 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: David Gómez (ESP), Darren Spiritsanto (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–7, 4–3, 3–2 | |||||
| Pavillard 4 | Goals | Adachi, Takata 4 | |||
- Eleventh place game
| 27 July 2023 09:00 | Report | Canada | 11–23 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Vojin Putniković (SRB), Darren Spiritosanto (USA) |
| Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–6, 2–8, 3–3 | |||||
| Djerkovic 3 | Goals | Inaba 5 | |||
Women's tournament
- Team roster
The following is the Japanese roster.[7]
Head coach: Yoji Omoto
- 1 Minami Shioya GK
- 2 Yumi Arima FP
- 3 Akari Inaba FP
- 4 Eruna Ura FP
- 5 Kako Kawaguchi FP
- 6 Hikaru Shitara FP
- 7 Ai Sunabe FP
- 8 Eri Kitamura FP
- 9 Yuka Yamai FP
- 10 Fuka Nishiyama FP
- 11 Momoe Inoue FP
- 12 Kyoko Kudo FP
- 13 Yuka Kawatashiro GK
- Manami Noda FP
- Kiyoka Goto FP
- Group play
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | PSW | PSL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 36 | +24 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 34 | +6 | 6 | Playoffs |
| 3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 33 | 52 | −19 | 3 | |
| 4 | Japan (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 0 |
Source: Sportresult
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host
| 16 July 2023 19:00 | Report | New Zealand | 17–16 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Jennifer McCall (USA), Matan Schwartz (ISR) |
| Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–3, 4–5, 4–3 | |||||
| Doyle 5 | Goals | Ura 5 | |||
| 18 July 2023 19:00 | Report | Japan | 21–26 | Hungary | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Matan Schwartz (ISR), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| Score by quarters: 4–5, 6–8, 5–7, 6–6 | |||||
| Arima 7 | Goals | Hajdú 5 | |||
| 20 July 2023 19:00 | Report | Canada | 17–12 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Nicola Johnson (AUS) |
| Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–3, 5–4, 4–4 | |||||
| Lemay-Lavoie 5 | Goals | Arima, Kawaguchi 4 | |||
- 13–16th place semifinals
| 22 July 2023 10:30 | Report | Argentina | 11–21 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |
| Score by quarters: 0–8, 3–4, 5–4, 3–5 | |||||
| Bacigalupo 3 | Goals | Arima, Nishiyama 4 | |||
- 13th place game
| 24 July 2023 10:30 | Report | China | 18–10 | Japan | Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA) |
| Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–3, 4–3, 5–1 | |||||
| Lu, Yan J. 3 | Goals | Ura 3 | |||
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