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This is a list of Japanese sportspeople not otherwise included in more specific Japanese sportspeople lists. Mao Asada – figure skater, Olympic silver medalist, multiple world champion; Ando Miki – figure skater, multiple world champion; Antonio Inoki; Arakawa Shizuka – figure skater, Olympic champion, world champion
Japanese athletes have won 542 medals at the Summer Olympic Games (except art competitions), with the most gold medals won in judo, gymnastics, wrestling, and swimming, as of the end of the 2020 Summer Olympics. Japan has also won 76 medals at the Winter Olympic Games. Its most successful Olympics is the 2020 Games hosted in Tokyo. The Japanese ...
Pages in category "Olympic athletes for Japan" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 552 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Wim Ruska (Netherlands, 1940–2015), two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time Olympic World Champion. Hitoshi Saitō (Japan, 1961–2015), two-time Olympic gold medalist and World Champion. Coached 2004 Japanese Olympic judo team. Yasuhirō Yamashita (Japan, 1957–), four-time World Champion and one-time Olympic gold medalist. Compiled a ...
Japan, the previous host of the 2020 Olympics at Tokyo, competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Japanese athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games from 1912 onwards, except for two occasions: the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, to which they were not invited because of the nation's role in World War II, and the 1980 Summer ...
Pages in category "Olympic gold medalists for Japan" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 284 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Yuzuru Hanyu (羽生 結弦, Hanyū Yuzuru, Hiragana: はにゅう ゆづる; born December 7, 1994) is a Japanese figure skater and ice show producer. Universally regarded as one of the greatest figure skaters in history [note 1] for his well-rounded skills, achievements, innovations, longevity, popularity, and impact on the sport, he started skating at four years old and competed in the men ...
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896, with women competing for the time at the 1928 Olympic Games. [1] Japanese female artistic gymnasts first competed at the 1956 Olympic Games.