Japan at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan is the host nation of the 2020 Summer Paralympics in their capital city of Tokyo from 25 August to 6 September.[1][2]

Japan at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeJPN
NPCJapan Paralympic Committee
in Tokyo
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Paralympics appearances

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan have secured three quotas in athletics after being in the top four of the World Para Athletics Marathon Championships.[3]

Men's track
Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tadashi Horikoshi Men's marathon T12 N/A
Tomoki Suzuki Men's marathon T54 N/A

Women's track
Athlete Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Misato Michishita Women's marathon T12 N/A

Football 5-a-side
Main article: Football 5-a-side at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Goalball
Main article: Goalball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan will compete in swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan have secured an automatic berth for one athlete at the 2019 Asian Para Table Tennis Championships.

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Takashi Asano Men's singles C11

Volleyball

The women's sitting volleyball team finished in 10th place at the 2018 World ParaVolley Championships in the Netherlands but they hope to improve their volleyball skills before the home games.[4]

Wheelchair basketball
Main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Wheelchair rugby
Main article: Wheelchair rugby at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan will compete in wheelchair rugby after automatically qualified as they are host nation. They have also won their first ever world championship title in the 2018 IWRF World Championship after defeating reigning champions Australia in the final.[5]

Wheelchair tennis
Main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Japan have two entries for wheelchair tennis after automatically qualifying by winning gold medals at the 2018 Asian Para Games.[6]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Shingo Kunieda Men's singles
Yui Kamiji Women's singles

See also

References
  1. "Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games". www.paralympic.org. 26 October 2018.
  2. "Paralympic Competition Schedule". tokyo2020.org. 26 October 2018.
  3. "World marathon titles at stake in London". World Para Athletics. 27 April 2019.
  4. "Japan target Sitting Volleyball success at Tokyo 2020". www.worldparavolley.org. 28 August 2018.
  5. "Japan hopes to spread word about wheelchair rugby in 2020". www.japantimes.com.jp. 11 October 2018.
  6. "Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kunieda win gold, qualify for 2020 Paralympics". www.japantime.co.jp. 13 October 2018.
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