Japan at the 2025 World Games

Japan at the
2025 World Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
in Chengdu, China
7 August 2025 (2025-08-07) – 17 August 2025 (2025-08-17)
Competitors26 (9 men and 17 women) in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 9th
Gold
7
Silver
12
Bronze
5
Total
24
World Games appearances

Japan competed at the 2025 World Games held in Chengdu, China from 7 to 17 August 2025.[1] Athletes representing Japan won seven gold medals, 12 silver medals and five bronze medals. The country finished in 9th place in the medal table.


Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Kakeru Nishiyama Karate Men's kata 8 August
 Gold Japan men's national softball team
  • Kaito Masaki
  • Ryuji Okawa
  • Shota Onodera
  • Koki Sato
  • Yasuke Sakuraba
  • Tei Hamamoto
  • Fumiya Ueda
  • Fuga Nagai
  • Taiyo Kataoka
  • Yusuke Morita
  • Kanta Nishida
  • Kazuya Toriyama
  • Hiroki Ikeda
  • Kotaro Yasumi
  • Seii Kurowa
 Softball Men's tournament 10 August
 Gold Mutsuhiro Shiohata Parkour Men's freestyle 12 August
 Gold Satomi Watanabe Squash Women's singles 12 August
 Gold Riri Kitazume
Mizuki Saito		 Aerobic gymnastics Mixed pairs 15 August
 Gold Yusuke Satake Powerlifting Men's equipped lightweight 16 August
 Gold Yuki Hashimoto Air sports Drone racing 16 August
 Silver Maho Ono Karate Women's kata 8 August
 Silver Hiromu Hashimoto Karate Men's kumite 60 kg 8 August
 Silver Yugo Kozaki Karate Men's kumite 67 kg 8 August
 Silver Tomohiro Araya Wushu Men's taijiquan/taijijian combined 9 August
 Silver Sarara Shimada Karate Women's kumite 61 kg 9 August
 Silver Yusei Sakiyama Karate Men's kumite 75 kg 9 August
 Silver Shota Tezuka Wakeboarding Men's Freestyle 10 August
 Silver Saki Tanaka
Hikaru Mori		 Trampoline gymnastics Women's synchronised 10 August
 Silver Ayaka Miyashita Billiard sports Women's carom three cushion 13 August
 Silver Nene Nagai Parkour Women's freestyle 13 August
 Silver Kyota Ushiyama Powerlifting Men's classic lightweight 14 August
 Silver Issin Hishikawa (Issin) Dancesport B-Boys 17 August
 Bronze Tsubasa Kama Karate Women's kumite 68 kg 9 August
 Bronze Rikito Shimada Karate Men's kumite 84 kg 9 August
 Bronze Nanoha Kida Wushu Women's changquan/daoshu/gunshu combined 9 August
 Bronze Japan women's national softball team
 Softball Women's tournament 17 August
 Bronze Shigeyuki Nakarai (Shigekix) Dancesport B-Boys 17 August
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Karate 1 5 2 8
Parkour 1 1 0 2
Powerlifting 1 1 0 2
Softball 1 0 1 2
Aerobic gymnastics 1 0 0 1
Air sports 1 0 0 1
Squash 1 0 0 1
Dancesport 0 1 1 2
Wushu 0 1 1 2
Billiard sports 0 1 0 1
Trampoline gymnastics 0 1 0 1
Wakeboarding 0 1 0 1
Total 7 12 5 24

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Freediving 0 1 1
Wushu 2 2 4
Total 2 3 5


Freediving

Main article: Freediving at the 2025 World Games
Athlete Event Score Rank
Ozeki Yasuko Women's Dynamic no Fins
Women's Dynamic with Fins

Lacrosse

Main article: Lacrosse at the 2025 World Games

Summary

Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Japan women Women's tournament

Powerlifting

Main article: Powerlifting at the 2025 World Games
Classic
Athlete Event Exercises Total weight Total points Rank
Squat Bench
press 		Deadlift
Kyota Ushiyama Men's lightweight 247.5 180.0 290.0 717.5 111.95 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Equipped
Athlete Event Exercises Total weight Total points Rank
Squat Bench
press 		Deadlift
Yusuke Satake Men's lightweight 310.0 217.5 272.5 800.0 107.63 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yukako Fukushima Women's lightweight 185.0 112.5 162.5 460.0 102.38 4
Norihiro Otani Men's middleweight 300.0 24.0 245.0 785.0 97.64 7

Racquetball

Main article: Racquetball at the 2025 World Games
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Michimune Kono Men's singles
Harumi Kajino Women's singles
Michimune Kono
Harumi Kajino 		Double

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2025 World Games

Men

Team Event Group play Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Japan men Men's tournament  Venezuela (VEN) W 3–10  Czech Republic (CZE) W 2–8  Argentina (ARG) W 7–5 1  Canada (CAN) W 1–6  United States (USA) Cancelled 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Women

Team Event Group play Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Japan women Women's tournament  Australia (AUS) W 3–10  Puerto Rico (PUR) W 0–7  Canada (CAN) L 1–2 2  United States (USA) L 6–7  Canada (CAN) W 11–1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2025 World Games
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semi-finals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Men's singles
Women's singles
Women's singles

Wushu

Main article: Wushu at the 2025 World Games

Japan qualified four athlete at the 2023 World Wushu Championships.

Taolu
Athlete Event First routine Second routine Final score
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tomohiro Araya Men's taijiquan and taijijian combined
Ryo Murakami
Nanoha Kida Women's changquan & jianshu and qiangshu combined
Shiho Saito Women's taijiquan and taijijian combined

References

  1. ^ "Qualifications for TWG 2025, Chengdu (CHN)". theworldgames. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
  2. ^ "TWG Sports". theworldgames. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
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