Japan, the previous host of the 2020 Olympics at Tokyo, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Japanese athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1912 onwards, except for two occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, to which they were not invited because of the nation's role in World War II, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, due to their participation in the United States-led boycott.
Medalists
The following Japanese competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Natsumi Tsunoda Judo Women's −48 kg Hifumi Abe Judo Men's −66 kg Coco Yoshizawa Skateboarding Women's street Koki Kano Fencing Men's épée Yuto Horigome Skateboarding Men's street Takaaki SuginoShinnosuke OkaDaiki HashimotoKazuma KayaWataru Tanigawa Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around Takanori Nagase Judo Men's 81 kg Shinnosuke Oka Gymnastics Men's artistic individual all-around Kazuki IimuraKyosuke MatsuyamaTakahiro ShikineYudai Nagano Fencing Men's team foil Shinnosuke Oka Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar Kenichiro Fumita Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 60 kg Nao Kusaka Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 77 kg Akari Fujinami Wrestling Women's freestyle 53 kg Rei Higuchi Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg Tsugumi Sakurai Wrestling Women's freestyle 57 kg Ami Yuasa Breaking B-Girls Haruka Kitaguchi Athletics Women's javelin throw Sakura Motoki Wrestling Women's freestyle 62 kg Kotaro Kiyooka Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg Yuka Kagami Wrestling Women's freestyle 76 kg Liz Akama Skateboarding Women's street Tomoyuki Matsushita Swimming Men's 400 m individual medley Sanshiro Murao Judo Men's 90 kg Akira KomataKoki KanoMasaru YamadaKazuyasu Minobe Fencing Men's team épée Uta AbeSoichi HashimotoMiku TashiroSanshiro MuraoRika TakayamaTatsuru SaitoSaki NiizoeTakanori NagaseAaron WolfHaruka FunakuboAkira SoneRyuju NagayamaNatsumi TsunodaHifumi Abe Judo Mixed team Kokona Hiraki Skateboarding Women's park Keiju OkadaMiho Yoshioka Sailing Mixed 470 Sorato Anraku Sport climbing Men's combined Rikuto Tamai Diving Men's 10 m platform Hina HayataMiwa HarimotoMiu Hirano Table tennis Women's team Daichi Takatani Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Taishu Sato Modern pentathlon Men's Ryuju Nagayama Judo Men's −60 kg Yoshiaki OiwaKazuma TomotoToshiyuki TanakaRyuzo Kitajima Equestrian Team eventing Soichi Hashimoto Judo Men's 73 kg Haruka Funakubo Judo Women's 57 kg Sera AzumaYuka UenoKarin MiyawakiKomaki Kikuchi Fencing Women's team foil Yuta WatanabeArisa Higashino Badminton Mixed doubles Hina Hayata Table tennis Women's singles Nami MatsuyamaChiharu Shida Badminton Women's doubles Risa TakashimaSeri OzakiMisaki EmuraShihomi Fukushima Fencing Women's team sabre Hideki Matsuyama Golf Men's individual Shinnosuke Oka Gymnastics Men's parallel bars Nonoka Ozaki Wrestling Women's freestyle 68 kg Yui Susaki Wrestling Women's freestyle 50 kg |style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top"|
Medals by sportSport TotalWrestling81211Judo3238Gymnastics3014Skateboarding2204Fencing2125Breaking1001Athletics1001Table tennis0112Diving0101Modern pentathlon0101Sailing0101Sport climbing0101Swimming0101Badminton0022Equestrian0011Golf0011Total20121345
Medals by genderGenderTotalFemale83718Male127423Mixed0224Total20121345
Medals by dateDate Total27 July101228 July320529 July203530 July100131 July11021 August00112 August01123 August01344 August10125 August10126 August11137 August10128 August11029 August310410 August240611 August2002Total20121345
Multiple medalistsNameSport Total Oka Gymnastics 3 0 1 4 Kano Fencing 1 1 0 2 H. Abe Judo 1 1 0 2 Tsunoda Judo 1 1 0 2 Nagase Judo 1 1 0 2 Murao Judo 0 2 0 2 Funakubo Judo 0 1 1 2 Nagayama Judo 0 1 1 2 Hashimoto Judo 0 1 1 2 Hayata Table tennis 0 1 1 2
Competitors served as Japan's chef de mission.
The following is the list of the number of the competitors representing Japan in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 1 4Artistic swimming 0 9 9Athletics 29 20 49Badminton 5 7 12Basketball 12 12 24Boxing 2 0 2Breaking 2 2 4Canoeing 2 1 3Cycling 9 9 18Diving 2 3 5Equestrian 6 0 6Fencing 7 7 14Field hockey 0 16 16Football 18 18 36Golf 2 2 4Gymnastics 6 5 11Handball 14 0 14Judo 7 7 14Modern pentathlon 1 1 2Rowing 3 2 5Rugby sevens 12 12 24Sailing 3 4 7Shooting 2 1 3Skateboarding 4 6 10Sport climbing 2 2 4Surfing 3 1 4Swimming 15 14 29Table Tennis 3 3 6Tennis 2 4 6Triathlon 2 1 3Volleyball 12 14 26Water polo 13 0 13Weightlifting 2 1 3Wrestling 8 6 14 Total 213 191 404
Archery
Japan fielded a full squad of men's team recurve by virtue of their bronze-medal victory at the 2023 World Championships in Berlin, Germany, obtaining one of three spots available at that competition.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankTakaharu FurukawaMen's individual65935L 4–6 Did not advanceJunya Nakanishi66330W 6–4L 4–6 Did not advanceFumiya Saito65049W 6–4L 1–7 Did not advanceTakaharu FurukawaJunya NakanishiFumiya SaitoMen's team19728colspan=2 W 5–1L 0–6 Did not advanceSatsuki NodaWomen's individual66612W 6–0W 6–2L 4–6 Did not advanceJunya NakanishiSatsuki NodaMixed team132911 Qcolspan=2 W 5–4L 3–5Did not advance
Artistic swimming
Japan fielded a full-squad of eight artistic swimmers to compete in the open team and women's duet event, by virtue of the five highest rank eligible nations in the combined open team results, at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar.
AthleteEventTechnical routineFree routineAcrobatic routinePointsRankPointsTotal (technical + free)RankPointsTotal RankMoe HigaTomoka SatoDuet257.35336249.7271507.08048 colspan="3" Moe HigaMoeka KijimaUta KobayashiTomoka SatoAyano ShimadaAmi WadaMashiro YasunagaMegumu YoshidaTeam284.90173343.0291627.93086252.7533880.68415
Athletics
Japanese track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):
Track and road events Men AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankAbdul Hakim Sani Brown100 m10.022 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=3 9.964Did not advanceAkihiro Higashida10.195Did not advanceRyuichiro Sakai10.175Towa Uzawa200 m20.333 Qcolspan=2 20.546Did not advanceShota Iizuka20.675 R20.724Did not advanceKoki Ueyama20.846 R20.924Did not advanceFuga Sato400 m46.136 RDid not advanceKentaro Sato45.605 RDid not advanceYuki Joseph Nakajima45.376 RDid not advanceTomoki Ota10000 mrowspan=2 colspan=6 29:12.4824Jun Kasai27:53.1820Shunsuke Izumiya110 m hurdles13.273 Qcolspan=2 13.323Did not advance Rachid Muratake13.221 Qcolspan=2 13.264 q13.215Shunya Takayama13.464 R13.453Did not advanceDaiki Ogawa400 m hurdles50.216 R49.255Did not advance Kaito Tsutsue50.507 RDid not advance Ken Toyoda53.626 RDid not advance Ryuji Miura3000 m steeplechase8:12.414 Qrowspan=2 colspan=4 8:11.72 8Ryoma Aoki8:29.038Did not advanceNaoki KoyamaMarathonrowspan=3 colspan=6 2:10:3323Akira Akasaki 2:07:326Suguru Osako 2:09:2513Ryo Hamanishi20 km walkrowspan=3 colspan=6 1:20:3318Koki Ikeda 1:19:417Yuta Koga 1:19:508Akihiro HigashidaYoshihide KiryuRyuichiro SakaiAbdul Hakim Sani BrownShoma YamamotoHiroki Yanagita4 × 100 m relay38.06 4 qcolspan=4 37.78 5Kaito KawabataYuki Joseph NakajimaYudai NishiFuga SatoKentaro SatoTakuho Yoshizu4 × 400 m relay2:59.48 4 qcolspan=4 2:58.33 6
Women AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankNozomi Tanaka1500 m4:04.2811 colspan=2 3:59.70 11Did not advanceYume Goto4:09.41 13 R4:10.4011 Did not advanceNozomi Tanaka5000 m15:00.629colspan=4 Did not advanceYuma Yamamoto15:43.6717colspan=4 Did not advanceWakana Kabasawa15:50.86 19colspan=4 Did not advanceRino Goshima10000 mrowspan=3 colspan=6 31:29.4818Haruka Kokai31:44.03 19Yuka Takashima31:52.07 22Mako Fukube100 m hurdles12.854 qcolspan=2 12.895Did not advanceYumi Tanaka12.905 R12.892 Q12.917Did not advanceMao IchiyamaMarathonrowspan=3 colspan=6 2:34:1351Yuka Suzuki2:24:026Honami MaedaNanako Fujii20 km walk colspan="6" rowspan="3" 1:34:2632Kumiko OkadaAyane Yanai
Mixed AthleteEvent FinalTimeRank Masatora Kawano Kumiko OkadaMarathon walk relay2:55:40 8 Kazuki Takahashi Ayane Yanai2:58:0813
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionRyoichi AkamatsuMen's high jump2.27 5 q2.31 5Tomohiro Shinno2.2023Did not advanceYuki HashiokaMen's long jump7.8117Did not advanceRoderick Genki DeanMen's javelin throw82.4813Did not advanceSumire HataWomen's long jump6.3126Did not advanceMariko MorimotoWomen's triple jump13.4028Did not advanceHaruka KitaguchiWomen's javelin throw62.587 Q65.80 Marina Saito59.4221Did not advanceMomone Ueda61.0812 q61.64 10
Badminton
Japan entered twelve badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.
Men Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Kodai Naraoka Singles W 2–0 W 2–0 colspan=2 1Q L 0–2Did not advance Kenta Nishimoto W 2–0 W 2–0 colspan=2 1Q L 1–2Did not advance Takuro HokiYugo Kobayashi Doubles L 0–2 W 2–0 L 0–2 L 0–2 4 Did not advance
Women Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Akane Yamaguchi Singles W 2–0 W 2–1 1Q W 2–0 L 1–2 Did not advance 8 Aya Ohori W 2–0 W 2–0 1Q W 2–1 L 0–2 Did not advance 7 Nami MatsuyamaChiharu Shida Doubles W 2–0 W 2–0 L 0–2 2Q W 2–0 L 0–2 W 2–0 Mayu MatsumotoWakana Nagahara W 2–0 L 1–2 L 0–2 3 Did not advance
Mixed Athlete Event Group stage Quarter-final Semi-final Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Yuta WatanabeArisa Higashino Mixed doubles W W 2–0 W 2–1 1Q W 2–0 L 0–2 W 2–0
Basketball
5×5 basketball Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJapan men'sMen's tournamentL 77–97L 90–94 (OT)L 84–1024Did not advance11Japan women'sWomen's tournamentL 76–102L 64–75L 58–854Did not advance12
Men's tournament
The Japanese men's basketball team, qualified for the games by virtue of their results through the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Okinawa, as the highest rank from Asian zone.
Team roster
Group play
Women's tournament
The Japanese women's basketball team, qualified by placing in the top three at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Sopron, Hungary.
Team roster
Group play
Boxing
Japan entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Shudai Harada (men's featherweight) and Sewon Okazawa (men's welterweight) qualified for Paris by advancing to the finals round in their respective division, at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankShudai HaradaMen's 57 kgW 5–0L 0–5Did not advanceSewon OkazawaMen's 71 kgL 2–3 Did not advance
Breaking
Japan entered four breakdancers to compete in the B-Boy and B-Girl dual battles for Paris 2024. Shigeyuki Nakarai (Shigekix) qualified for the games after he won the gold medal at the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. Later on, Hiroto Ono (Hiro10), Ami Yuasa (Ami) and Ayumi Fukushima (Ayumi) outlasted from 2024 Olympic Qualifier Series in Shanghai, China and Budapest, Hungary.