This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Japan men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The Japan men's national water polo team has participated in 9 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments.
Abbreviations Apps Appearances Rk Rank Ref Reference Cap No. Water polo cap number Pos Playing position FP Field player GK Goalkeeper ISHOF International Swimming Hall of Fame L/R Handedness L Left-handed R Right-handed Oly debut Olympic debut in water polo (C) Captain p. page pp. pages
Team statistics
Comprehensive results by tournament Notes: Results of Olympic qualification tournaments are not included. Numbers refer to the final placing of each team at the respective Games. At the 1904 Summer Olympics, a water polo tournament was contested, but only American contestants participated. Currently the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Swimming Federation (FINA) consider water polo event as part of unofficial program in 1904. Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Legend
– Champions – Runners-up – Third place – Fourth place – The nation did not participate in the Games – Qualified for forthcoming tournament – Hosts
Men's team 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Years — — — 4 14 — 14 11 12 15 — 11 12 Q 9 Total teams 7 4 6 12 13 14 5 16 18 21 10 16 13 15 16 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Number of appearances Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Legend Year* – As host team
Men's team Apps Recordstreak Activestreak Debut Mostrecent Best finish Confederation 9 4 2 1932 2020* Fourth place Asia – AASF
Best finishes Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Legend Year* – As host team
Men's team Best finish Apps Confederation Fourth place (1932) 9 Asia – AASF
Finishes in the top four Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Legend Year* – As host team
Men's team Total Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place First Last 1 1 (1932) 1932 1932
Medal table Last updated: 5 May 2021.
Player statistics Multiple appearances
The following table is pre-sorted by number of Olympic appearances (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), date of birth (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Top goalscorers
The following table is pre-sorted by number of total goals (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively.
Goalkeepers
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or name of the goalkeeper (in ascending order), respectively.
Last updated: 27 July 2021.
Legend and abbreviation – Hosts Eff % – Save efficiency (Saves / Shots)
Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOFmember Note Ref 1932 Takashige Matsumoto 23 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1936 Jihei Furusho 21 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1960 Mineo Kato 26 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1964 Mineo Kato (2) 30 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1968 1 Tetsunosuke Ishii 24 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1972 1 Yukiharu Oshita 23 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) 1984 1 Etsuji Fujita 23 Starting goalkeeper (Unknown) Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age ISHOFmember Note Ref
Year CapNo. Goalkeeper Birth Age Saves Shots Eff % ISHOFmember Note Ref 2016 1 Katsuyuki Tanamura 27 52 113 46.0% Starting goalkeeper 13 Tomoyoshi Fukushima 23 0 0 — 2020 1 Katsuyuki Tanamura (2) 31 13 Tomoyoshi Fukushima (2) 28 Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2016 (pp. 125–126).
Top sprinters The following table is pre-sorted by number of total sprints won (in descending order), year of the last Olympic appearance (in ascending order), year of the first Olympic appearance (in ascending order), name of the sprinter (in ascending order), respectively.
* Number of sprinters (30+ sprints won, since 2000): 0 Number of sprinters (20–29 sprints won, since 2000): 0 Number of sprinters (10–19 sprints won, since 2000): 0 Number of sprinters (5–9 sprints won, since 2000): 1 Last updated: 15 May 2021.
Legend and abbreviation – Hosts Eff % – Efficiency (Sprints won / Sprints contested)
+ Male players with 5 or more sprints won at the Olympics (statistics since 2000) Rk Sprinter Birth Totalsprintswon Totalsprintscontested Eff % Water polo tournaments(sprints won / contested) Age offirst/last ISHOFmember Note Ref 1 2 3 4 5 1 Mitsuaki Shiga 6 13 46.2% 2016(6/13) 24/24 Source: Official Results Books (PDF): 2016 (pp. 125–126).
See also List of men's Olympic water polo tournament records and statistics Lists of Olympic water polo records and statistics Japan at the Olympics
References
Sources
ISHOF
External links Japan men's national water polo team – Official website Olympic water polo – Official website