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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)
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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. The Japanese Olympic Committee sent a total of 306 athletes, 139 men and 167 women, to compete in 27 sports. For the first time in its Olympic history, Japan was represented by more female than male athletes.

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]

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

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]

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

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

Roster

Manager: 33 – Kiyoshi Nakahata

Coaches: 31 – Yutaka Takagi, 32 – Yutaka Ohno

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

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 – 15 January 1974 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Japan Energy F 5 Mari Konno 24 – 18 May 1980 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Japan Energy G 6 Taeko Oyama (C) 30 – 18 June 1974 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Japan Energy G 7 Natsumi Yabuuchi 27 – 21 July 1977 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Japan Airlines Rabbits F 8 Hiromi Kawabata 25 – 23 May 1979 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Japan Energy G 9 Kaori Kusuda 30 – 29 March 1974 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Japan Energy F 10 Ryoko Yano 25 – 20 December 1978 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Japan Energy C 11 Maki Eguchi 25 – 14 October 1978 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Chanson Cosmetics G 12 Masami Tachikawa 23 – 16 November 1980 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Japan Energy G 13 Yuko Oga 21 – 17 October 1982 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Japan Energy C 14 Naomi Yashiro 26 – 30 December 1977 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) Japan Airlines Rabbits F 15 Mutsuko Nagata 27 – 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

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9th-10th Place Final

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Roster

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

Head coach: Kazunori Kobayashi

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.

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5th-8th Place Semifinal

7th-8th Place Final

Roster

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

Head coach: Masakuni Yamamoto

* 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

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Roster

Head coach: Eiji Ueda

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

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

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Quarterfinal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• Japanese Olympic Committee