Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japan competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Japanese athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era since 1912 except for two editions; it was not invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London for its role in World War II, and was also part of the US-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. For the first time in its Olympic history, Japan was represented by more female than male athletes as the Japanese Olympic Committee sent a total of 306 athletes, 139 men and 167 women, to compete in 27 sports.

Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	www.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
in Athens
Competitors	306 (139 men and 167 women) in 31 sports
Flag bearer	Kyoko Hamaguchi[1]
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 16 Silver 9 Bronze 12 Total 37
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Japan left Athens with a total of 37 medals (16 gold, 9 silver, and 12 bronze), finishing fifth in the overall medal rankings.^[2] This was also the nation's most successful Olympics, winning the largest number of gold and overall medals in non-boycotting games and surpassing three gold medals short of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. Ten of these medals were awarded to the athletes in judo, eight in swimming, six in wrestling, four in gymnastics, and two each in athletics and synchronized swimming. Eight Japanese athletes won more than a single Olympic medal in Athens. Japan's team-based athletes came strong and successful in Athens, as the baseball and softball teams managed to produce two bronze medals.

Among the nation's medalists were freestyle wrestlers Saori Yoshida and Kaori Icho, who both claimed their gold medals in women's wrestling for the first time, and judoka Tadahiro Nomura and Ryoko Tani, who both successfully defended Olympic titles in their respective classes. Swimmer Kosuke Kitajima became the most successful Japanese athlete in these games, striking a breaststroke double with two golds and adding a bronze to his career hardware for the team in men's medley relay.^[3] Meanwhile, synchronized swimmers Miya Tachibana and Miho Takeda managed to repeat their silver medals from Sydney in both women's duet and team routines. Takehiro Kashima, Hiroyuki Tomita, and Isao Yoneda claimed two individual medals each in men's artistic gymnastics, including their coveted gold in the team all-around.

On August 29, 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped off Hungary's Adrián Annus hammer throw title after failing the doping test, and the gold medal was subsequently awarded to Koji Murofushi at the conclusion of the Games, making him the nation's first ever Olympic champion in the field event.^[4]

Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Tadahiro Nomura Judo Men's 60 kg August 14  Gold Ryoko Tani Judo Women's 48 kg August 14  Gold Masato Uchishiba Judo Men's 66 kg August 15  Gold Kosuke Kitajima Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke August 15  Gold Takehiro Kashima Hisashi Mizutori Daisuke Nakano Hiroyuki Tomita Naoya Tsukahara Isao Yoneda Gymnastics Men's artistic team all-around August 16  Gold Ayumi Tanimoto Judo Women's 63 kg August 17  Gold Masae Ueno Judo Women's 70 kg August 18  Gold Kosuke Kitajima Swimming Men's 200 m breaststroke August 18  Gold Noriko Anno Judo Women's 78 kg August 19  Gold Keiji Suzuki Judo Men's +100 kg August 20  Gold Maki Tsukada Judo Women's +78 kg August 20  Gold Ai Shibata Swimming Women's 800 m freestyle August 20  Gold Koji Murofushi Athletics Men's hammer throw August 22  Gold Mizuki Noguchi Athletics Women's marathon August 22  Gold Saori Yoshida Wrestling Women's freestyle 55 kg August 23  Gold Kaori Icho Wrestling Women's freestyle 63 kg August 23  Silver Yuki Yokosawa Judo Women's 52 kg August 15  Silver Takashi Yamamoto Swimming Men's 200 m butterfly August 17  Silver Hiroshi Izumi Judo Men's 90 kg August 18  Silver Hiroshi Yamamoto Archery Men's individual August 19  Silver Toshiaki Fushimi Masaki Inoue Tomohiro Nagatsuka Cycling Men's team sprint August 21  Silver Hiroyuki Tomita Gymnastics Men's parallel bars August 23  Silver Chiharu Icho Wrestling Women's freestyle 48 kg August 23  Silver Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda Synchronized swimming Women's duet August 25  Silver Michiyo Fujimaru Saho Harada Naoko Kawashima Kanako Kitao Emiko Suzuki Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda Juri Tatsumi Yoko Yoneda Synchronized swimming Women's team August 27  Bronze Tomomi Morita Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke August 16  Bronze Yuko Nakanishi Swimming Women's 200 m butterfly August 18  Bronze Reiko Nakamura Swimming Women's 200 m backstroke August 20  Bronze Kosuke Kitajima Tomomi Morita Yoshihiro Okumura Takashi Yamamoto Swimming Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay August 21  Bronze Takehiro Kashima Gymnastics Men's pommel horse August 22  Bronze Emi Inui Kazue Ito Yumi Iwabuchi Masumi Mishina Emi Naito Haruka Saito Hiroko Sakai Naoko Sakamoto Rie Sato Yuki Sato Juri Takayama Yukiko Ueno Reika Utsugi Eri Yamada Noriko Yamaji Softball Women's tournament August 23  Bronze Isao Yoneda Gymnastics Men's horizontal bar August 23  Bronze Kyoko Hamaguchi Wrestling Women's freestyle 72 kg August 23  Bronze Ryoji Aikawa Yuya Ando Kosuke Fukudome Hisashi Iwakuma Hitoki Iwase Kenji Jojima Makoto Kaneko Takuya Kimura Masahide Kobayashi Hiroki Kuroda Daisuke Matsuzaka Daisuke Miura Shinya Miyamoto Arihito Muramatsu Norihiro Nakamura Michihiro Ogasawara Naoyuki Shimizu Yoshinobu Takahashi Yoshitomo Tani Koji Uehara Kazuhiro Wada Tsuyoshi Wada Baseball Men's tournament August 25  Bronze Kazuto Seki Kenjiro Todoroki Sailing Men's 470 class August 28  Bronze Chikara Tanabe Wrestling Men's freestyle 55 kg August 28  Bronze Kenji Inoue Wrestling Men's freestyle 60 kg August 29

Medals by sport Sport Total Judo 8 2 0 10 Swimming 3 1 4 8 Wrestling 2 1 3 6 Athletics 2 0 0 2 Gymnastics 1 1 2 4 Synchronized swimming 0 2 0 2 Archery 0 1 0 1 Cycling 0 1 0 1 Baseball 0 0 1 1 Sailing 0 0 1 1 Softball 0 0 1 1 Total 16 9 12 37

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Three Japanese archers qualified each for the men's and women's individual archery, and a spot each for both men's and women's teams.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Takaharu Furukawa	Individual	646	37	Yong Fj (CHN) W 146–143	Jang Y-H (KOR) L 163–166	Did not advance
Yuji Hamano		660	17	Prasad (IND) L 150–155	Did not advance
Hiroshi Yamamoto		664	9	Fisseux (FRA) W 155-147	Frangilli (ITA) W 162–154	Serdyuk (UKR) W 168–160	Im D-H (KOR) W 111–110	Cuddihy (AUS) W 115 (10–115) (9)	Galiazzo (ITA) L 109–111
Takaharu Furukawa Yuji Hamano Hiroshi Yamamoto	Team	1970	5	—		France (FRA) W 254–241	Ukraine (UKR) L 236–242	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yukari Kawasaki	Individual	622	37	Marcinkiewicz (POL) L 106–119	Did not advance
Sayoko Kawauchi		601	53	Burdeyna (UKR) W 137–129	Williamson (GBR) L 150–154	Did not advance
Sayami Matsushita		624	35	Fouace (FRA) W 165–157	Yun M-J (KOR) L 149–173	Did not advance
Yukari Kawasaki Sayoko Kawauchi Sayami Matsushita	Team	1847	14	—		Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 226–240	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japanese athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[5][6] The team was selected based on the results of the 2004 Japan Championships in Athletics.

Koji Murofushi originally claimed a silver medal in men's hammer throw. On August 29, 2004, the International Olympic Committee stripped off Hungary's Adrián Annus hammer throw title after failing the doping test. Following the announcement of Annus' disqualification, Murofushi's medal was eventually upgraded to gold.^[4][7]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Shigeru Aburaya	Marathon	—						2:13:11	5
Nobuharu Asahara	100 m	10.33	1 Q	10.24	4	Did not advance
Tomoaki Kunichika	Marathon	—						2:21:13	42
Ryo Matsuda	200 m	24.59	8	Did not advance
Masato Naito	110 m hurdles	13.56	5 q	13.54	6	Did not advance
Ryuji Ono	10000 m	—						29:06.50	19
	3000 m steeplechase	8:29.07	6	—				Did not advance
Jun Osakada	400 m	46.39	5	—		Did not advance
Mitsuhiro Sato	400 m	46.70	6	—		Did not advance
Shingo Suetsugu	100 m	10.27	3 Q	10.19	5	Did not advance
Toshinari Suwa	Marathon	—						2:13:24	6
Shinji Takahira	200 m	21.05	6	Did not advance
Dai Tamesue	400 m hurdles	48.80	3 Q	—		48.46	3	Did not advance
Satoru Tanigawa	110 m hurdles	13.39 NR	3 Q	13.70	7	Did not advance
Takayuki Tanii	20 km walk	—						1:23:38	15
	50 km walk	—						DSQ
Hiroyasu Tsuchie	100 m	10.37	5	Did not advance
Yuki Yamaguchi	400 m	46.16	5	—		Did not advance
Ken Yoshizawa	400 m hurdles	50.95	6	—		Did not advance
Yuki Yamazaki	20 km walk	—						DNF
	50 km walk	—						3:57:00	16
Nobuharu Asahara Shingo Suetsugu Shinji Takahira Hiroyasu Tsuchie	4 × 100 m relay	38.53	5 q	—				38.49	4
Tomohiro Ito Jun Osakada Mitsuhiro Sato Yuki Yamaguchi	4 × 400 m relay	3:02.71	2 Q	—				3:00.99	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Yukifumi Murakami	Javelin throw	78.59	18	Did not advance
Koji Murofushi	Hammer throw	79.55	3 Q	82.91
Daichi Sawano	Pole vault	5.70	15 Q	5.55	=13
Takanori Sugibayashi	Triple jump	15.95	38	Did not advance
Shinichi Terano	Long jump	7.70	29	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kayoko Fukushi	10000 m	—				33:48.66	26
Harumi Hiroyama		—				32:15.12	18
Mayumi Kawasaki	20 km walk	—				1:37:56	40
Mizuki Noguchi	Marathon	—				2:26:20
Megumi Oshima	10000 m	—				31:42.18	13
Naoko Sakamoto	Marathon	—				2:31:43	7
Miho Sugimori	800 m	2:02.82	6	Did not advance
Reiko Tosa	Marathon	—				2:28:44	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Maho Hanaoka	Long jump	6.31	34	Did not advance
Takayo Kondo	Pole vault	4.15	32	Did not advance
Chinatsu Mori	Shot put	15.86	31	Did not advance
Yuka Murofushi	Hammer throw	65.33	27	Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Yuki Nakata	Result	13.94	1.76	11.54	25.76	NM	39.75	2:18.46	4871	28
	Points	987	928	631	818	0	662	845

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shōji Satō	Singles	Bao Cl (CHN) L 6–15, 5–15	Did not advance
Hidetaka Yamada		Hidayat (INA) L 8–15, 10–15	Did not advance
Keita Masuda Tadashi Ohtsuka	Doubles	Bye	Cai Y / Fu Hf (CHN) L 7–15, 17–16, 9–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kaori Mori	Singles	Nieminen (FIN) W 11–5, 11–4	Zhou M (CHN) L 2–11, 4–11	Did not advance
Miho Tanaka		Ponsana (INA) L 7–11, 11–5, 8–11	Did not advance
Kanako Yonekura		Martin (DEN) L 4–11, 7–11	Did not advance
Chikako Nakayama Keiko Yoshitomi	Doubles	Bye	Chankrachangwong / Thungthongkam (THA) L 4–15, 11–15	Did not advance
Seiko Yamada Shizuka Yamamoto		Chin E H / Wong P T (MAS) L 7–15, 9–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tadashi Ohtsuka Shizuka Yamamoto	Doubles	Blair / Munt (GBR) L 15–13, 7–15, 13–15	Did not advance

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Roster

Manager: 33 – Kiyoshi Nakahata

Coaches: 31 – Yutaka Takagi, 32 – Yutaka Ohno

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
OF	1	Kosuke Fukudome	April 26, 1972			Chunichi Dragons
IF	2	Michihiro Ogasawara	October 25, 1973			Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
IF	5	Norihiro Nakamura	July 24, 1973			Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
IF	6	Shinya Miyamoto	November 5, 1970			Yakult Swallows
IF	8	Makoto Kaneko	November 8, 1975			Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
C	9	Kenji Johjima	June 8, 1976			Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
OF	10	Yoshitomo Tani	February 9, 1973			Orix BlueWave
P	11	Naoyuki Shimizu	November 24, 1975			Chiba Lotte Marines
P	13	Hitoki Iwase	November 8, 1974			Chunichi Dragons
P	15	Hiroki Kuroda	February 15, 1975			Hiroshima Toyo Carp
P	16	Yuya Ando	December 27, 1977			Hanshin Tigers
P	17	Daisuke Miura	December 25, 1973			Yokohama BayStars
P	18	Daisuke Matsuzaka	September 13, 1980			Seibu Lions
P	19	Koji Uehara	April 3, 1975			Yomiuri Giants
P	20	Hisashi Iwakuma	April 12, 1981			Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
P	21	Tsuyoshi Wada	February 21, 1981			Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
OF	23	Arihito Muramatsu	December 12, 1972			Orix BlueWave
OF	24	Yoshinobu Takahashi	April 3, 1975			Yomiuri Giants
IF	25	Atsushi Fujimoto	October 4, 1977			Hanshin Tigers
OF	27	Takuya Kimura	April 15, 1972			Hiroshima Toyo Carp
P	30	Masahide Kobayashi	May 24, 1974			Chiba Lotte Marines
OF	55	Kazuhiro Wada	June 19, 1972			Seibu Lions
C	59	Ryoji Aikawa	July 11, 1976			Yokohama BayStars
P	61	Hirotoshi Ishii	September 14, 1977			Yakult Swallows

Preliminary round

Team	W	L	Tiebreaker
Japan	6	1	1-0
Cuba	6	1	0-1
Canada	5	2	-
Australia	4	3	-
Chinese Taipei	3	4	-
Netherlands	2	5	-
Greece	1	6	1-0
Italy	1	6	0-1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	2	0	3	1	1	4	1	12	13	0
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
WP: Koji Uehara (1-0)   LP: Anthony Massimino (0-1) Home runs: JPN: N. Nakamura in 3rd, 2 RBIs; K. Fukudome in 4th, 1 RBI ITA: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Netherlands	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	1
Japan	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	x	8	11	1
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (1-0)   LP: Diego Markwell (0-1) Home runs: NED: None JPN: A. Fujimoto in 8th, 2 RBIs

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	6	12	2
Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	2
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0)   LP: Vicyohandri Odelín (0-1)   Sv: Hirotoshi Ishii (1S) Home runs: JPN: K. Jojima in 4th, 1 RBI; N. Nakamura in 4th, 1 RBI; K. Wada in 2nd, 2 RBIs CUB: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	9	15	1
Japan	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	9	1
WP: Ryan Rowland-Smith (1-0)   LP: Daisuke Miura (0-1)   Sv: Jeff Williams (1S) Home runs: AUS: D. Nilsson in 8th, 1 RBI JPN: K. Fukudome in 5th, 3 RBIs

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1
Japan	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	1	x	9	11	0
WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (1-0)   LP: Mike Johnson (1-1) Home runs: CAN: None JPN: Y. Takahashi in 1st, 2 RBIs; Y. Tani in 2nd, 1 RBI; K. Wada in 4th, 2 RBIs

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	1
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	4	10	0
WP: Hiroki Kuroda (2-0)   LP: Tsao Chin-Hui (0-1-1) Home runs: TPE: Chen C. F. in 3rd, 3 RBIs JPN: Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBIs

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	6	13	0
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1
WP: Naoyuki Shimizu (1-0)   LP: Meleti Ross Melehes (0-2) Home runs: JPN: K. Fukudome in 7th, 2 RBIs; Y. Takahashi in 7th, 2 RBIs GRE: E. D. Pappas in 7th, 1 RBI

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
WP: Chris Oxspring (2-0)   LP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-1)   Sv: Jeff Williams (2S)

Bronze Medal Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Japan	2	0	4	1	0	0	0	4	0	11	13	0
Canada	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
WP: Tsuyoshi Wada (2-0)   LP: Mike Johnson (1-2) Home runs: JPN: K. Jojima in 1st, 2 RBIs CAN: J. Ware in 5th, 1 RBI

Won Bronze Medal

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Japan women's national basketball team – 2004 Summer Olympics roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr. C 4 Noriko Hamaguchi 30 – (1974-01-15)15 January 1974 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Japan Energy F 5 Mari Konno 24 – (1980-05-18)18 May 1980 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Japan Energy G 6 Taeko Oyama (C) 30 – (1974-06-18)18 June 1974 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Japan Energy G 7 Natsumi Yabuuchi 27 – (1977-07-21)21 July 1977 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Japan Airlines Rabbits F 8 Hiromi Kawabata 25 – (1979-05-23)23 May 1979 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Japan Energy G 9 Kaori Kusuda 30 – (1974-03-29)29 March 1974 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Japan Energy F 10 Ryoko Yano 25 – (1978-12-20)20 December 1978 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Japan Energy C 11 Maki Eguchi 25 – (1978-10-14)14 October 1978 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Chanson Cosmetics G 12 Masami Tachikawa 23 – (1980-11-16)16 November 1980 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Japan Energy G 13 Yuko Oga 21 – (1982-10-17)17 October 1982 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Japan Energy C 14 Naomi Yashiro 26 – (1977-12-30)30 December 1977 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Japan Airlines Rabbits F 15 Mutsuko Nagata 27 – (1976-09-26)26 September 1976 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Chanson Cosmetics	Head coach Tomohide Utsumi Assistant coach(es) Eiki Umezaki Mikiko Hagiwara Legend (C) Team captain nat field describes country of last club before the tournament Age as of August 13, 2004

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	5	5	0	418	313	+105	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	1	389	333	+56	9
3	Brazil	5	3	2	430	361	+69	8
4	Greece (H)	5	2	3	353	392	−39	7
5	Japan	5	1	4	381	485	−104	6
6	Nigeria	5	0	5	335	422	−87	5

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts

14 August 2004 16:45

Japan	62–128	Brazil
Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 3–36, 17–33, 20–33
Pts: Hamaguchi 23 Rebs: Yano 5 Asts: Kusuda, Nagata 2		Pts: Oliveira 25 Rebs: Oliveira 13 Asts: Pinto 7

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 950 Referees: Giampaolo Cicoria (Italy) Abreu Joao (Mozambique)

---

16 August 2004 11:15

Nigeria	73–79	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 24–23, 16–20, 11–14
Pts: Udoka 19 Rebs: Udoka 16 Asts: Four players 1		Pts: Yano 21 Rebs: Kusuda, Yano 6 Asts: Kusuda, Hamaguchi 4

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 400 Referees: Elizabeth Sisk (United States) Dallas Pickering (New Zealand)

---

18 August 2004 11:15

Japan	78–97	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 15–30, 10–26, 33–15
Pts: Oga 21 Rebs: Yano 4 Asts: Kawabata, Tachikawa 2		Pts: Jackson 31 Rebs: Jackson 9 Asts: Tranquilli 5

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 500 Referees: Alejandro Chiti (Argentina) Song Yanping (China)

---

20 August 2004 9:00

Russia	94–71	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 29–21, 21–15, 24–15, 20–20
Pts: Baranova 22 Rebs: Stepanova 12 Asts: Shchegoleva 3		Pts: Hamaguchi 14 Rebs: Yabuuchi 4 Asts: Oyama, Tachikawa 2

Olympic Indoor Hall, Athens Attendance: 185 Referees: Abdelillah Chlif (Morocco) Kim Ja Ok (South Korea)

---

22 August 2004 16:45

Greece	93–91	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 20–26, 16–22, 30–28
Pts: Maltsi 33 Rebs: Maltsi 11 Asts: Kalentzou 3		Pts: Yano 28 Rebs: Kusuda 5 Asts: Kusuda

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 7,223 Referees: Chantal Julien (France) Michael Aylen (Australia)

9th-10th Place Final

24 August 2004 11:15

9th place

Japan	63–82	China
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 17–10, 19–21, 15–31
Pts: Kusuda, Koiso 13 Rebs: Oyama 6 Asts: Kusuda 2		Pts: Sui 25 Rebs: Wang 13 Asts: Miao 5

Helliniko Indoor Arena, Athens Attendance: 253 Referees: Abdellilah Chlif (Morocco) Abreu Joao (Mozambique)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japan sent one boxer to the 2004 Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Toshiyuki Igarashi	Light flyweight	Kebede (ETH) L 21–26	Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Miyuki Shirata	Women's K-1 500 m	2:00.860	7 q	2:03.076	7	Did not advance
Shinobu Kitamoto Yumiko Suzuki	Women's K-2 500 m	1:44.730	4 q	1:47.614	8	Did not advance
Miho Adachi Shinobu Kitamoto Yumiko Suzuki Mikiko Takeya	Women's K-4 500 m	1:36.873	4 q	1:35.493	2 Q	1:40.188	9

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Shinri Suzuki	Men's road race	Did not finish
Yasutaka Tashiro		5:50:35	56
Miyoko Karami	Women's road race	3:30:30	41
Miho Oki		3:25:42	20

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Tomohiro Nagatsuka	Men's sprint	10.646 67.631	14	Withdrew
Toshiaki Fushimi Masaki Inoue Tomohiro Nagatsuka	Men's team sprint	44.355 60.872	3 Q	Netherlands (NED) W 44.081 61.250	—					Germany (GER) L 44.246 61.022

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sayuri Osuga	Women's time trial	35.045	10

Keirin

Athlete	Event	1st round	Repechage	2nd round	Final
		Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Toshiaki Fushimi	Men's keirin	6 R	5	Did not advance

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Makoto Iijima	Men's points race	13	0	16

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kenji Takeya	Men's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	38
Yukari Nakagome	Women's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	22

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japanese divers qualified two spots each in men's springboard and women's platform.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ken Terauchi	3 m springboard	456.15	4 Q	701.79	5 Q	690.00	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Takiri Miyazaki	10 m platform	315.78	12 Q	486.63	12 Q	479.10	11

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Tadayoshi Hayashi	Swanky	Individual	8	=47	17	25	54 Q	Retired			Did not advance
Ryuichi Obata	Oliver Q		14	=66	Eliminated			Did not advance
Taizo Sugitani	Lamalushi		12	=60	16	28	61 Q	9	37	=51 Q	8	=12 Q	12	20	=16	20	=16
Yuka Watanabe	Nike		3	18	3	6	=13 Q	18	24	=37 Q	17	39	Did not advance
Tadayoshi Hayashi Ryuichi Obata Taizo Sugitani Yuka Watanabe	See above	Team	—								36	13	Did not advance			36	13

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, two men and three women, represented Japan in 2004.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Yuki Ota	Individual foil	Bye	Chumacero (MEX) W 15–9	Ganeyev (RUS) L 8–15	Did not advance
Masashi Nagara	Individual sabre	Basmatzian (GRE) W 15–8	Pozdnyakov (RUS) L 9–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Megumi Harada	Individual épée	Wilson (RSA) W 15–6	Cascioli (ITA) L 14–15	Did not advance
Chieko Sugawara	Individual foil	—	Carbone (ARG) W 15–6	Trillini (ITA) L 2–15	Did not advance
Madoka Hisagae	Individual sabre	—	Nagy (HUN) W 15–14	Zagunis (USA) L 13–15	Did not advance

Field hockey

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Field hockey at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's field hockey tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[9]

Head coach: Kazunori Kobayashi

1. Rie Terazono (GK)
2. Keiko Miura (C)
3. Akemi Kato
4. Yukari Yamamoto
5. Sachimi Iwao
6. Chie Kimura
7. Rika Komazawa
8. Sakae Morimoto
9. Kaori Chiba
10. Naoko Saito
11. Tomomi Komori
12. Nami Miyazaki (GK)
13. Akiko Kitada
14. Rika Ishida
15. Emi Sakurai
16. Miyuki Nakagawa

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12	Semi-finals
2	Argentina	4	3	0	1	12	4	+8	9
3	Japan	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	6
4	New Zealand	4	1	0	3	3	9	−6	3
5	Spain	4	0	0	4	3	12	−9	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals for; 5) Head-to-head result.

14 August 2004 10:30 China  3 – 0  Japan Fu Baorong  7' Tang Chunling  39' Chen Qiuqi  67' Report Umpires: Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Renee Cohen (NED)

---

16 August 2004 08:30 Japan  1 – 3  Argentina Komazawa  27' Report Arrondo  19' García  37' Di Giacomo  58' Umpires: Minka Woolley (AUS) Lyn Farrell (NZL)

---

18 August 2004 20:00 Japan  2 – 0  New Zealand Komori  18', 52' Report[dead link] Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

---

20 August 2004 20:00 Spain  1 – 2  Japan Termens  67' Report Morimoto  5' Komazawa  34' Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Ute Conen (GER)

---

5th-8th Place Semifinal

24 August 2004 11:00 Japan  1 – 3  Australia Komori  15' Report Gallagher  27' Faulkner  33' Powell  37' Umpires: Sarah Garnett (NZL) Carolina de la Fuente (ARG)

7th-8th Place Final

27 August 2004 08:30 South Korea  3 – 1  Japan Oh Ko-Woon  12', 18' Kim Jin-Kyoung  19' Report Miura  35+' Umpires: Carolina de la Fuente (ARG) Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS)

Football

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japanese squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[10]

Head coach: Masakuni Yamamoto

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2004 club
1	1GK	Hitoshi Sogahata*	(1979-08-02)2 August 1979 (aged 25)	4	0	Kashima Antlers
2	2DF	Marcus Tulio Tanaka	(1981-04-24)24 April 1981 (aged 23)	0	0	Urawa Red Diamonds
3	2DF	Teruyuki Moniwa	(1981-09-08)8 September 1981 (aged 22)	3	0	FC Tokyo
4	2DF	Daisuke Nasu	(1981-10-10)10 October 1981 (aged 22)	0	0	Yokohama F. Marinos
5	3MF	Yuki Abe	(1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 22)	0	0	JEF United Ichihara
6	3MF	Yasuyuki Konno	(1983-01-25)25 January 1983 (aged 21)	0	0	FC Tokyo
7	3MF	Kōji Morisaki	(1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 23)	0	0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
8	3MF	Shinji Ono*	(1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 24)	42	4	Feyenoord
9	4FW	Daiki Takamatsu	(1981-09-08)8 September 1981 (aged 22)	0	0	Oita Trinita
10	3MF	Daisuke Matsui	(1981-05-11)11 May 1981 (aged 23)	1	0	Kyoto Purple Sanga
11	4FW	Tatsuya Tanaka	(1982-11-27)27 November 1982 (aged 21)	0	0	Urawa Red Diamonds
12	2DF	Naoya Kikuchi	(1984-11-24)24 November 1984 (aged 19)	0	0	Júbilo Iwata
13	3MF	Yūichi Komano	(1981-06-25)25 June 1981 (aged 23)	0	0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
14	3MF	Naohiro Ishikawa	(1981-05-12)12 May 1981 (aged 23)	2	0	FC Tokyo
15	2DF	Yūhei Tokunaga	(1983-09-25)25 September 1983 (aged 20)	0	0	Waseda University
16	4FW	Yoshito Ōkubo	(1982-06-09)9 June 1982 (aged 22)	15	0	Cerezo Osaka
17	4FW	Sōta Hirayama	(1985-06-06)6 June 1985 (aged 19)	0	0	University of Tsukuba
18	1GK	Takaya Kurokawa	(1981-04-07)7 April 1981 (aged 23)	0	0	Shimizu S-Pulse

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Paraguay	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
3	Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Japan	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

12 August 2004

20:30

Paraguay	4 – 3	Japan
Giménez 5' Cardozo 26', 37' Torres 62'	Report	Ono 22' (pen.), 53' (pen.) Ōkubo 81'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 5,381

Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

---

15 August 2004

20:30

Japan	2 – 3	Italy
Abe 21' Takamatsu 90+1'	Report	De Rossi 3' Gilardino 8', 36'

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

Attendance: 9,487

Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

---

18 August 2004

20:30

Japan	1 – 0	Ghana
Ōkubo 37'	Report

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

Attendance: 6,813

Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Eiji Ueda

Japan named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[11]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Nozomi Yamago	(1975-01-16)16 January 1975 (aged 29)	58	0	Saitama Reinas
2	2DF	Kyoko Yano	(1984-06-03)3 June 1984 (aged 20)	7	1	Kanagawa University
3	2DF	Hiromi Isozaki (captain)	(1975-12-22)22 December 1975 (aged 28)	52	4	Tasaki Perule
4	2DF	Yumi Obe	(1975-02-15)15 February 1975 (aged 29)	78	7	YKK AP Tohoku Flappers
5	2DF	Naoko Kawakami	(1977-11-16)16 November 1977 (aged 26)	31	0	Tasaki Perule
6	3MF	Tomoe Sakai	(1978-05-27)27 May 1978 (aged 26)	54	2	NTV Beleza
7	3MF	Emi Yamamoto	(1982-03-09)9 March 1982 (aged 22)	11	0	Tasaki Perule
8	3MF	Tomomi Miyamoto	(1978-12-31)31 December 1978 (aged 25)	48	9	Kunoichi
9	4FW	Eriko Arakawa	(1979-10-30)30 October 1979 (aged 24)	12	5	NTV Beleza
10	4FW	Homare Sawa	(1978-09-06)6 September 1978 (aged 25)	79	48	NTV Beleza
11	4FW	Mio Otani	(1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 25)	37	23	Tasaki Perule
12	2DF	Yasuyo Yamagishi	(1979-11-28)28 November 1979 (aged 24)	45	6	Kunoichi
13	2DF	Aya Shimokozuru	(1982-06-07)7 June 1982 (aged 22)	0	0	Speranza
14	4FW	Karina Maruyama	(1983-03-26)26 March 1983 (aged 21)	16	6	Nippon Sport Science University
15	3MF	Miyuki Yanagita	(1981-04-11)11 April 1981 (aged 23)	25	3	Tasaki Perule
16	3MF	Yayoi Kobayashi	(1981-09-18)18 September 1981 (aged 22)	43	11	NTV Beleza
17	3MF	Kozue Ando	(1982-07-09)9 July 1982 (aged 22)	0	0	Saitama Reinas
18	1GK	Shiho Onodera	(1973-11-18)18 November 1973 (aged 30)	43	11	NTV Beleza

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Nigeria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Japan	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

August 11, 2004
18:00

Sweden	0 – 1	Japan
	Report	Arakawa 24'

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

Attendance: 10.104

Referee: Gaye (Senegal)

---

August 14, 2004
18:00

Japan	0 – 1	Nigeria
	Report	Okolo 55'

Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus

Attendance: 14.126

Referee: Ferreira-James (Guyana)

---

Quarterfinal

August 20, 2004
18:00

United States	2 – 1	Japan
Lilly 43' Wambach 59'	Report	Yamamoto 48'

Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki

Attendance: 1.418

Referee: de Oliveira (Brazil)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Artistic

Men

Team

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Takehiro Kashima	Team	9.150	9.812 Q	—	9.625	9.475	9.737	—		—	9.750	—	9.600	9.737	9.825	—
Hisashi Mizutori		—	9.450	9.650	9.500	—	9.737	—		—		9.625	—
Daisuke Nakano		9.725 Q	—	9.012	—	9.800 Q	9.775 Q	—		9.412	—
Hiroyuki Tomita		8.987	9.750 Q	9.750 Q	9.650	9.787 Q	9.725	57.649	3 Q	—	9.675	9.787	9.687	9.700	9.850	—
Naoya Tsukahara		9.725	9.687	9.700	9.425	9.650	—			9.312	9.650	9.712	—	9.575	—
Isao Yoneda		9.725 Q	8.450	9.625	9.637	9.687	9.800 Q	56.924	10 Q	9.587	—		9.550	—	9.787	—
Total		38.325	38.699	38.725	38.412	38.924	39.049	232.134	1 Q	28.311	29.075	29.124	28.837	29.012	29.462	173.821

Individual finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Takehiro Kashima	Pommel horse	—	9.787	—				9.787
Daisuke Nakano	Floor	9.712	—					9.712	6
	Parallel bars	—				9.762	—	9.762	5
	Horizontal bar	—					8.750	8.750	9
Hiroyuki Tomita	All-around	9.062	9.737	9.762	9.625	9.637	9.662	57.485	6
	Pommel horse	—	9.062	—				9.062	8
	Rings	—		9.800	—			9.800	4
	Parallel bars	—				9.775	—	9.775
Isao Yoneda	All-around	9.650	9.575	9.337	9.700	9.612	9.025	56.899	10
	Floor	9.662	—					9.662	7
	Horizontal bar	—					9.787	9.787

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Manami Ishizaka	All-around	9.125	9.187	8.637	9.262	36.211	33	Did not advance
Kyoko Oshima		8.662	9.362	8.437	8.500	34.961	51	Did not advance

Rhythmic

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank	Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon	Total	Rank
Yukari Murata	Individual	21.775	22.425	22.400	21.550	88.150	18	Did not advance

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Haruka Hirota	Women's	63.00	7 Q	37.20	7

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Fourteen Japanese judoka (seven males and five females) qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tadahiro Nomura	−60 kg	Bye	Lara (DOM) W 1120–0000	Gussenberg (GER) W 1000–0000	Albarracín (ARG) W 1000–0000	Tsagaanbaatar (MGL) W 1000–0000	Bye			Khergiani (GEO) W 0100–0001
Masato Uchishiba	−66 kg	—	Lencina (ARG) W 1011–0000	Dashdavaa (MGL) W 1001–0000	Dzhafarov (RUS) W 1001–0000	Georgiev (BUL) W 1000–0000	Bye			Krnáč (SVK) W 1000–0000
Masahiro Takamatsu	−73 kg	Bye	Kevkhishvili (GEO) L 0010–0101	Did not advance
Masahiko Tomouchi	−81 kg	—	Nossov (RUS) L 0001–0201	Did not advance			Meloni (ITA) L 0001–0102	Did not advance
Hiroshi Izumi	−90 kg	—	Kukharenka (BLR) W 1000–0000	Iliadis (GRE) W 1010–0010	Costa (ARG) W 0001–0000	Hwang (KOR) W 0101–0001	Bye			Zviadauri (GEO) L 0000–1001
Kosei Inoue	−100 kg	Mekić (BIH) W 1010–0000	Kovács (HUN) W 0002–0001	Kelly (AUS) W 1000–0000	van der Geest (NED) L 0010–1020	Did not advance	Bye	Miraliyev (AZE) L 0000–1011	Did not advance
Keiji Suzuki	+100 kg	Bye	Tölzer (GER) W 0120–0010	Papaioannou (GRE) W 1101–0001	Rybak (BLR) W 1011-0100	Bianchessi (ITA) W 1010–0001	Bye			Tmenov (RUS) W 1000–0000

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ryoko Tani	−48 kg	Bye	Karagiannopoulou (GRE) W 0220–0001	Haddad (ALG) W 1011–0001	Dumitru (ROU) W 0211–0001	Bye			Jossinet (FRA) W 0112–0001
Yuki Yokosawa	−52 kg	Ri S-S (PRK) W 1000–0000	Diédhiou (SEN) W 0101–0100	Singleton (GBR) W 1001–0000	Savón (CUB) W 1000–0000	Bye			Xian Dm (CHN) L 0000–1000
Kie Kusakabe	−57 kg	Fleming (VEN) W 1000–0000	Erdenet-Od (MGL) W 0020–0002	Bönisch (GER) L 0000–0200	Did not advance	Bye	Fernández (ESP) L 0001–0010	Did not advance
Ayumi Tanimoto	−63 kg	Dhahri (TUN) W 1000–0000	Maza (ECU) W 1000–0000	Chisholm (CAN) W 1000–0000	Krukower (ARG) W WO	Bye			Heill (AUT) W 0200–0000
Masae Ueno	−70 kg	Schutz (USA) W 1000–0001	Sraka (SVK) W 0012–0001	Jacques (BEL) W 1000–0000	Arlove (AUS) W 1002–0000	Bye			Bosch (NED) W 1000–0001
Noriko Anno	−78 kg	Bye	Pinto (VEN) W 1011–0000	Morico (ITA) W 0101–0001	Lebrun (FRA) W 0010–0000	Bye			Liu X (CHN) W 1010–0001
Maki Tsukada	+78 kg	Bye	Malone (AUS) W 1000–0000	Prokofyeva (UKR) W 1012–0100	Donguzashvili (RUS) W 0210–0000	Bye			Beltrán (CUB) W 1000–0100

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The Japanese rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kazushige Ura Daisaku Takeda	Lightweight double sculls	6:24.08	4 R	6:17.26	1 SA/B	6:18.51	3 FA	6:24.98	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Akiko Iwamoto Kahori Uchiyama	Lightweight double sculls	7:14.04	5 R	7:07.07	4 FC	7:37.46	13

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japanese sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Motokazu Kenjo	Mistral	16	23	18	23	OCS	4	12	12	15	19	28	170	19
Kazuto Seki Kenjiro Todoroki	470	3	7	21	18	7	12	1	9	5	17	11	90

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Masako Imai	Mistral	12	14	17	11	5	16	17	10	16	17	18	135	17
Maiko Sato	Europe	24	16	24	16	23	11	23	10	24	22	23	192	24
Mitsuko Satake Yuka Yoshisako	470	DSQ	17	16	10	8	12	4	12	3	18	1	101	11

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Kunio Suzuki	Laser	30	22	39	OCS	29	25	30	28	22	29	—					27	281	35
Kenji Nakamura Masato Takaki	49er	12	14	19	OCS	4	2	19	4	2	14	4	7	17	18	14	15	146	15

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Nine Japanese shooters (three men and six women) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Masaru Nakashige	10 m air pistol	576	=23	Did not advance
	50 m pistol	537	38	Did not advance
Shuji Tazawa	10 m air pistol	573	=30	Did not advance
	25 m rapid fire pistol	573	15	Did not advance
Masaru Yanagida	10 m air rifle	594	=9	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	591	=24	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1159	=16	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michiko Fukushima	10 m air pistol	378	25	Did not advance
	25 m pistol	577	=13	Did not advance
Yoko Inada	10 m air pistol	382	=10	Did not advance
Megumi Inoue	Double trap	109	3 Q	140	5
Yukari Konishi	25 m pistol	575	=19	Did not advance
Hiromi Misaki	10 m air rifle	392	=22	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	569	24	Did not advance
Taeko Takeba	Trap	59	8	Did not advance

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

In the final game of the preliminary round, Yukiko Ueno of Japan pitched the first perfect game in Olympic softball history as Japan defeated China 2-0. Two days later, Japan again defeated China in the 3rd/4th semifinal to guarantee a medal. Their loss in the bronze medal game left them with the bronze.

Team Roster

Japan
Position	No.	Player	Birth	Club in 2004
IF	3	Masumi Mishina	MAR/12/1982	Hitachi Takasaki
IF	4	Emi Naito	OCT/06/1979	Toyota Industries Corp.
IF	5	Rie Sato	AUG/14/1980	Leo Palace 21
OF	7	Yumi Iwabuchi	SEP/10/1979	Hitachi Takasaki
OF	8	Eri Yamada	MAR/08/1984	Hitachi Software
P	12	Naoko Sakamoto	MAY/11/1985	Hitachi Takasaki
P	15	Yuki Sato	NOV/03/1980	Leo Palace 21
P	17	Yukiko Ueno	JUL/22/1982	Hitachi Takasaki
P	18	Juri Takayama	OCT/21/1976	Toyota Industries Corp.
IF	19	Kazue Ito	DEC/22/1977	Hitachi Takasaki
P	21	Hiroko Sakai	NOV/03/1978	Toda Chūō General Hospital
C	23	Emi Inui	OCT/26/1983	Hitachi Takasaki
C	25	Noriko Yamaji	SEP/17/1970	Taiyo Yuden
OF	26	Haruka Saito	MAR/14/1970	Hitachi Software
IF	28	Reika Utsugi	JUN/01/1963	Hitachi Takasaki
Bench Coaches
Team Manager	30	Taeko Utsugi	APR/06/1953
Coach		Mitsufumi Urano	JAN/25/1953
Coach		Yoshimi Kobayashi	AUG/11/1968

Preliminary Round

Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	Pct
United States	7	7	0	41	0	1.000
Australia	7	6	1	22	14	0.857
Japan	7	4	3	17	8	0.571
China	7	3	4	15	20	0.429
Canada	7	3	4	6	14	0.429
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	3	13	0.286
Greece	7	2	5	6	24	0.286
Italy	7	1	6	8	24	0.143

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	4	7	0
Japan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
WP: Tanya Harding (1-0)   LP: Yukiko Ueno (0-1) Home runs: AUS: N.Titcume in 4th, 1 RBI JPN: None

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Japan	1	4	0	0	1	0	X	6	13	0
WP: Hiroko Sakai (1-0)   LP: Lin Su-Hua (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	0
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
WP: Cat Osterman (1-0)   LP: Juri Takayama (0-1)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
WP: Lauren Bay (2-1)   LP: Yukiko Ueno (0-2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Japan	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	6	12	1
Greece	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
WP: Hiroko Sakai (2-0)   LP: Sarah Farnworth (2-3)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Japan	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	1	8	1
WP: Yukiko Ueno (1-2)   LP: Jennifer Spediacci (1-2)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	2	8	0
WP: Yukiko Ueno (2-2)   LP: Lu Wei (2-2)

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	R	H	E
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
China	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
WP: Yukiko Ueno (3-2)   LP: Lu Wei (2-3)

Bronze Medal Game

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	R	H	E
Australia	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	4	0
Japan	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
WP: Tanya Harding (4-0)   LP: Juri Takayama (1-2)

Won Bronze Medal

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japanese swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Genki Imamura	200 m breaststroke	2:14.10	11 Q	2:12.86	11	Did not advance
Kosuke Kitajima	100 m breaststroke	1:00.03 OR	1 Q	1:00.01 OR	1 Q	1:00.08
	200 m breaststroke	2:11.97	2 Q	2:10.86	3 Q	2:09.44 OR
Takeshi Matsuda	400 m freestyle	3:49.05 AS	8 Q	—		3:48.96 AS	8
	1500 m freestyle	15:16.42	13	—		Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:58.23	12 Q	1:58.13	14	Did not advance
Jiro Miki	200 m individual medley	2:00.93	4 Q	2:01.09	8 Q	2:02.16	8
	400 m individual medley	4:16.32	4 Q	—		4:19.97	7
Takahiro Mori	200 m individual medley	2:01.33	9 Q	2:00.57	7 Q	2:00.60	6
Tomomi Morita	100 m backstroke	54.41	1 Q	54.62	3 Q	54.36 AS
	200 m backstroke	2:01.19	16 Q	1:59.52	8 Q	1:58.40 AS	5
Yoshihiro Okumura	100 m freestyle	50.24	27	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:49.54	13 Q	1:49.49	10	Did not advance
Susumu Tabuchi	400 m individual medley	4:22.46	18	—		Did not advance
Takashi Yamamoto	100 m butterfly	52.71	10 Q	52.81	9	Did not advance
	200 m Butterfly	1:57.36	2 Q	1:56.69	4 Q	1:54.56 AS
Kosuke Kitajima Tomomi Morita Yoshihiro Okumura Takashi Yamamoto	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:37.04	4 Q	—		3:35.22

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Misa Amano	200 m individual medley	2:17.88	17	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:45.61	10	—		Did not advance
Noriko Inada	100 m backstroke	1:01.67	5 Q	1:01.74	11	Did not advance
Tomoko Nagai	100 m freestyle	55.76	12 Q	56.03	16	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:00.73	13 Q	2:00.09	13	Did not advance
Reiko Nakamura	100 m backstroke	1:01.39	2 Q	1:01.24	8 Q	1:01.05	4
	200 m backstroke	2:11.14	2 Q	2:10.14	3 Q	2:09.88
Yuko Nakanishi	100 m butterfly	1:00.16	17 Q	59.53	14	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:10.04	2 Q	2:08.83	2 Q	2:08.04
Junko Onishi	100 m butterfly	59.22	7 Q	59.24	8 Q	59.83	8
Yukiko Osada	200 m butterfly	2:11.20	8 Q	2:11.35	13	Did not advance
Ai Shibata	400 m freestyle	4:07.63	4 Q	—		4:07.51	5
	800 m freestyle	8:30.08	3 Q	—		8:24.54
Masami Tanaka	100 m breaststroke	1:09.44	10 Q	1:09.11	9	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:26.91	5 Q	2:26.38	2 Q	2:25.87	4
Aya Terakawa	200 m backstroke	2:13.55	10 Q	2:12.21	7 Q	2:12.90	8
Sachiko Yamada	400 m freestyle	4:09.10	8 Q	—		4:10.91	6
	800 m freestyle	8:36.48	12	—		Did not advance
Noriko Inada* Tomoko Nagai Reiko Nakamura Junko Onishi Masami Tanaka	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:05.99	6 Q	—		4:04.83	5

Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Nine Japanese synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's team.

Athlete	Event	Technical routine		Free routine (preliminary)			Free routine (final)
		Points	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank	Points	Total (technical + free)	Rank
Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda	Duet	49.000	2	49.000	98.000	2 Q	49.417	98.417
Michiyo Fujimaru Saho Harada Naoko Kawashima Kanako Kitao Emiko Suzuki Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda Juri Tatsumi Yoko Yoneda	Team	49.167	2	—			49.334	98.501

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Eight Japanese table tennis players (five men and three women) qualified for the following events.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Shu Arai	Singles	Liu S (ARG) L 1–4	Did not advance
Koji Matsushita		Brown (AUS) W 4–0	Heister (NED) W 4–0	Ryu S-M (KOR) L 0–4	Did not advance
Ryo Yuzawa		Lin J (DOM) L 1–4	Did not advance
Shu Arai Ryo Yuzawa	Doubles	—	Boudjadja / Djaziri (ALG) W 4–0	Boll / Fejer-Konnerth (GER) L 0–4	Did not advance
Akira Kito Toshio Tasaki		—	Bye	Gionis / Kreanga (GRE) W 4–3	Grujić / Karakašević (SCG) L 1–4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ai Fujinuma	Singles	Bye	Wu X (DOM) W 4–0	Liu J (AUT) W 4–3	Zhang Xl (SIN) L 2–4	Did not advance
Ai Fukuhara		Bye	Miao (AUS) W 4-3	Gao (USA) W 4–0	Kim K-A (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Aya Umemura		Bye		Schöpp (GER) W 4–2	Li Jw (SIN) L 2–4	Did not advance
Ai Fujinuma Aya Umemura	Doubles	Bye			Lau S F / Lin L (HKG) W 4–2	Guo Y / Niu Jf (CHN) L 2–4	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Japan has qualified one taekwondo jin.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Yoriko Okamoto	Women's +67 kg	Chen Z (CHN) L 5–7	Did not advance		Carmona (VEN) L 2–5	Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shinobu Asagoe	Women's singles	Schiavone (ITA) L 3–6, 6–7(4–7)	Did not advance
Akiko Morigami		Benešová (CZE) W 6–1, 6–4	Kuznetsova (RUS) L 6–7(5–7), 2–6	Did not advance
Saori Obata		Matevžič (SLO) L 6–7(3–7), 5–7	Did not advance
Ai Sugiyama		Zheng J (CHN) W 4–6, 6–3, 8–6	Perebiynis (UKR) W 7–5, 6–4	Šprem (CRO) W 7–6(8–6), 6–1	Molik (AUS) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Shinobu Asagoe Ai Sugiyama	Women's doubles	—	Dementieva / Myskina (RUS) W 5–7, 7–5, 6–3	Kostanić / Šprem (CRO) W 6–3, 7–5	Navratilova / Raymond (USA) W 6–4, 4–6, 6–4	Martínez / Ruano Pascual (ESP) L 3–6, 0–6	Suárez / Tarabini (ARG) L 3–6, 3–6	4
Akiko Morigami Saori Obata		—	Czink / Kapros (HUN) W 3–6, 7–5, 6–3	Suárez / Tarabini (ARG) L 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Five Japanese triathletes qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Hiroyuki Nishiuchi	Men's	18:20	0:18	1:05:34	0:19	33:49	1:57:43.51	32
Hirokatsu Tayama		18:03	0:17	1:01:43	0:17	33:42	1:53:28.41	13
Machiko Nakanishi	Women's	19:40	0:18	1:10:45	0:23	38:26	2:08:51.06	20
Kiyomi Niwata		20:35	0:22	1:09:54	0:23	37:13	2:07:42.79	14
Akiko Sekine		20:37	0:20	1:09:49	0:23	37:08	2:07:34.02	12

Volleyball

Beach

See also: Beach volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chiaki Kusuhara Ryoko Tokuno	Women's	Pool A  May – Walsh (USA) L 0 – 2 (9–21, 16–21)  Celbová – Nováková (CZE) L 0 – 2 (21–23, 12–21)  Kadijk – Leenstra (NED) W 2 – 1 (15–21, 21–17, 15–13)	3	Did not advance

Indoor

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[12]

Head coach: Shoichi Yanagimoto

No.	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2004 club
1	Tomoko Yoshihara (C)	2 April 1970	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	295 cm (116 in)	Pioneer Red Wings
2	Chie Tsuji	9 August 1969	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	285 cm (112 in)	Mobara Alcas
3	Ikumi Narita (L)	1 January 1976	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	299 cm (118 in)	276 cm (109 in)	Hisamitsu Springs
4	Miki Sasaki	15 December 1976	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	317 cm (125 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Pioneer Red Wings
5	Kanako Omura	15 December 1976	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	319 cm (126 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Hisamitsu Springs
7	Yoshie Takeshita	18 March 1978	1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	280 cm (110 in)	270 cm (110 in)	JT Marvelous
9	Miyuki Takahashi	25 December 1978	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	285 cm (112 in)	280 cm (110 in)	NEC Red Rockets
12	Sachiko Sugiyama	19 October 1979	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	305 cm (120 in)	NEC Red Rockets
13	Ai Otomo	24 March 1982	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	312 cm (123 in)	305 cm (120 in)	NEC Red Rockets
14	Kana Oyama	19 June 1984	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	308 cm (121 in)	287 cm (113 in)	Toray Arrows
16	Megumi Kurihara	31 July 1984	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	285 cm (112 in)	NEC Red Rockets
18	Saori Kimura	19 August 1986	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	298 cm (117 in)	293 cm (115 in)	Shimokitazawa Seitoku

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	Pts	SW	SL	SR	SPW	SPL	SPR	Qualification
1	Brazil	5	5	0	10	15	2	7.500	410	326	1.258	Quarterfinals
2	Italy	5	4	1	9	14	3	4.667	392	305	1.285
3	South Korea	5	3	2	8	9	7	1.286	355	352	1.009
4	Japan	5	2	3	7	6	10	0.600	346	343	1.009
5	Greece	5	1	4	6	5	12	0.417	349	383	0.911
6	Kenya	5	0	5	5	0	15	0.000	236	379	0.623

Source: FIVB

14 August 2004 14:00	Japan	0–3	Brazil	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Frank Leuthaeusser (GER), Patrick Richard (FRA)
	(21–25, 22–25, 21–25) result

16 August 2004 14:00	Italy	3–0	Japan	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Mahmoud Abdel Nagid (EGY), Fernando Nava (Mex)
	(25–16, 25–13, 25–17) result

18 August 2004 16:35	Japan	3–1	Greece	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Francisco Medina Guzmán (CUB), Valdir Dellaqua (BRA)
	(25–10, 20–25, 25–21, 25–22) result

20 August 2004 14:00	South Korea	3–0	Japan	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Frank Leuthaeusser (GER), Patrick Richard (FRA)
	(25–21, 26–24, 25–21) result

22 August 2004 11:00	Japan	3–0	Kenya	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Georgios Karampetsos (GRE), Umit Sokullu (TUR)
	(25–8, 25–17, 25–14) result

Quarterfinal

24 August 2004 14:00	China	3–0	Japan	Peace and Friendship Stadium Referees: Abdullah Al Khelaifi (EGY, Georgios Karampetsos (GRE)
	(20–25, 22–25, 20–25) result

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Four Japanese weightlifters qualified for the following events:

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Masaharu Yamada	Men's −56 kg	102.5	DNF	—	—	—	DNF
Toshio Imamura	Men's −62 kg	120	=12	150	=12	270	11
Takanobu Iwazaki	Men's +105 kg	170	14	215	12	385	12
Hiromi Miyake	Women's −48 kg	77.5	=9	97.5	8	175	9

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chikara Tanabe	−55 kg	Abdullayev (AZE) W 3–1 PP	Dutt (IND) W 3–1 PP	—	1 Q	Kim H-S (KOR) W 4–0 ST	Abas (USA) L 0–3 PO	Kardanov (GRE) W 3–0 PO
Kenji Inoue	−60 kg	Zakhartdinov (UZB) L 1–3 PP	Jung Y-H (KOR) W 3–1 PP	Cikel (AUT) W 4–0 ST	1 Q	Bye	Mostafa-Jokar (IRI) L 1–3 PP	Fedoryshyn (UKR) W 3–1 PP
Kazuhiko Ikematsu	−66 kg	Jessey (NGR) W 5–0 VT	Baek J-K (KOR) W 3–1 PP	—	1 Q	Spiridonov (KAZ) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Taskoudis (GRE) W 3–1 PP	5
Kunihiko Obata	−74 kg	Maan (IND) W 3–0 PO	Fundora (CUB) L 0–3 PO	—	2	Did not advance			12
Hidekazu Yokoyama	−84 kg	Khodaei (IRI) L 1–3 PP	Kumar (IND) W 3–1 PP	—	2	Did not advance			10

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Masatoshi Toyota	−55 kg	Majoros (HUN) L 1–3 PP	Ramírez (DOM) W 4–0 ST	—	2	Did not advance			10
Makoto Sasamoto	−60 kg	Guzman (PER) W 4–0 ST	Štefanek (SCG) W 3–1 PP	—	1 Q	Nazaryan (BUL) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	Koizhaiganov (KAZ) W 3–0 PO	5
Katsuhiko Nagata	−74 kg	Kobonov (KGZ) L 1–3 PP	Yli-Hannuksela (FIN) L 0–3 PO	—	3	Did not advance			16
Shingo Matsumoto	−84 kg	Abrahamian (SWE) L 0–3 PO	Kenjeev (KGZ) W 3–1 PP	Bátky (SVK) W 3–1 PP	2	Did not advance			7

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Chiharu Icho	−48 kg	Belisle (CAN) W 4–0 ST	Wagner (GER) W 5–0 VT	1 Q	Bye	Berthenet (FRA) W 4–1 SP	Merleni (UKR) L 1–3 PP
Saori Yoshida	−55 kg	Sun Dm (CHN) W 4–0 ST	Giampiccolo (ITA) W 4–0 ST	1 Q	Bye	Gomis (FRA) W 3–1 PP	Verbeek (CAN) W 3–0 PO
Kaori Icho	−63 kg	Holovchenko (UKR) W 4–0 ST	Kartashova (RUS) W 3–1 PP	1 Q	Bye	Legrand (FRA) W 3–0 PO	McMann (USA) W 3–1 PP
Kyoko Hamaguchi	−72 kg	Montgomery (USA) W 3–1 PP	Zlateva (BUL) W 4–0 ST	1 Q	Bye	Wang X (CHN) L 1–3 PP	Saenko (UKR) W 3–0 PO

See also

• Japan at the 2002 Asian Games
• Japan at the 2004 Summer Paralympics