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Japan at the 2016 Summer Olympics

{{use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = JPN

| NOCname = Japanese Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 2016

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{URL|www.joc.or.jp }} {{in lang|ja|en}}

| location = Rio de Janeiro

| competitors = 338

| sports = 30

| flagbearer = Keisuke Ushiro{{cite news|title=Wrestler Yoshida named Japan Olympic team captain|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/07/01/olympics/wrestler-yoshida-named-japan-olympic-team-captain/#.V3iqvpN94ch|publisher=The Japan Times|date=1 July 2016|access-date=3 July 2016|archive-date=29 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629211258/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/07/01/olympics/wrestler-yoshida-named-japan-olympic-team-captain/#.V3iqvpN94ch|url-status=dead}}

| rank = 6

| gold = 12

| silver = 8

| bronze = 21

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year = 1912

| app_end_year =

| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

| seealso =

}}

Japan competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's official debut in 1912, Japanese athletes had appeared at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for two editions; they were not invited to the 1948 Summer Olympics in London because of the nation's role in World War II, and were also part of the United States-led boycott, when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics.

As Tokyo was the host city of the 2020 Summer Olympics, a Japanese segment was performed during the closing ceremony. The Olympic flag was handed to Yuriko Koike, the Governor of Tokyo from Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, who passed it to IOC President Thomas Bach before handed it to her. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was present in the ceremony, dressed as Nintendo's Mario character. He travelled underground from Tokyo to Rio using the tunnel that was created in animation by both Nintendo and the Japanese Olympic Committee.{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/21/olympic-closing-ceremony-rio-2016-live/|title=Rio Olympics Closing Ceremony: carnival, costumes, performance art, the Japanese PM dressed as Super Mario. Standard.|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=21 August 2016 |access-date=23 August 2016 |last1=Tyers |first1=Alan }}

Medalists

{{Further|2016 Summer Olympics medal table}}

The following Japanese competitors won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

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class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
Medal

! Name

! Sport

! Event

! Date

{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Kosuke|Hagino}}SwimmingMen's 400 m individual medley{{dts|August 6}}
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Shohei|Ono}}JudoMen's 73 kg{{dts|August 8}}
{{gold medal}}Kenzō Shirai
Yūsuke Tanaka
Koji Yamamuro
Kōhei Uchimura
Ryōhei Katō		GymnasticsMen's artistic team all-around{{dts|August 8}}
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Haruka|Tachimoto}}JudoWomen's 70 kg{{dts|August 10}}
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Mashu|Baker}}JudoMen's 90 kg{{dts|August 10}}
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Kōhei| Uchimura}}GymnasticsMen's artistic individual all-around{{dts|August 10}}
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Rie|Kaneto}}SwimmingWomen's 200 m breaststroke{{dts|August 11}}
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Eri|Tosaka}}WrestlingWomen's freestyle 48 kg{{dts|August 17}}
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Kaori|Icho}}WrestlingWomen's freestyle 58 kg{{dts|August 17}}
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Sara|Dosho}}WrestlingWomen's freestyle 69 kg{{dts|August 17}}
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Misaki|Matsutomo}}
{{sortname|Ayaka|Takahashi}}		BadmintonWomen's doubles{{dts|August 18}}
{{gold medal}}{{sortname|Risako|Kawai}}WrestlingWomen's freestyle 63 kg{{dts|August 18}}
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Masato|Sakai|dab=swimmer}}SwimmingMen's 200 m butterfly{{dts|August 9}}
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Kosuke|Hagino}}SwimmingMen's 200 m individual medley{{dts|August 11}}
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Hisayoshi|Harasawa}}JudoMen's +100 kg{{dts|August 12}}
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Shinobu|Ota}}WrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 59 kg{{dts|August 14}}
{{silver medal}}Jun Mizutani
Koki Niwa
Maharu Yoshimura		Table tennisMen's team{{dts|August 17}}
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Saori|Yoshida}}WrestlingWomen's freestyle 53 kg{{dts|August 18}}
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Rei|Higuchi}}WrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg{{dts|August 19}}
{{silver medal}}{{sortname|Asuka|Cambridge}}
{{sortname|Yoshihide|Kiryū}}
{{sortname|Ryota|Yamagata}}
{{sortname|Shōta|Iizuka}}		AthleticsMen's 4 × 100 m relay{{dts|August 19}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Ami|Kondo}}JudoWomen's 48 kg{{dts|August 6}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Naohisa|Takato}}JudoMen's 60 kg{{dts|August 6}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Hiromi|Miyake}}WeightliftingWomen's 48 kg{{dts|August 6}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Daiya|Seto}}SwimmingMen's 400 m individual medley{{dts|August 6}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Misato|Nakamura}}JudoWomen's 52 kg{{dts|August 7}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Masashi|Ebinuma}}JudoMen's 66 kg{{dts|August 7}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Kaori|Matsumoto}}JudoWomen's 57 kg{{dts|August 8}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Takuya|Haneda}}CanoeingMen's slalom C-1{{dts|August 9}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Takanori|Nagase}}JudoMen's 81 kg{{dts|August 9}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Kosuke|Hagino}}
Naito Ehara
Yuki Kobori
Takeshi Matsuda		SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay{{dts|August 9}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Natsumi|Hoshi}}SwimmingWomen's 200 m butterfly{{dts|August 10}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Ryunosuke|Haga}}JudoMen's 100 kg{{dts|August 11}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Jun|Mizutani}}Table tennisMen's singles{{dts|August 11}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Kanae|Yamabe}}JudoWomen's +78 kg{{dts|August 12}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Kei|Nishikori}}TennisMen's singles{{dts|August 14}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Kenzō|Shirai}}GymnasticsMen's vault{{dts|August 15}}
{{bronze medal}}Yukiko Inui
Risako Mitsui		Synchronized swimmingWomen's duet{{dts|August 16}}
{{bronze medal}}Ai Fukuhara
Kasumi Ishikawa
Mima Ito		Table tennisWomen's team{{dts|August 16}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Nozomi|Okuhara}}BadmintonWomen's singles{{dts|August 19}}
{{bronze medal}}Aika Hakoyama
Aiko Hayashi
Yukiko Inui
Kei Marumo
Risako Mitsui
Kanami Nakamaki
Mai Nakamura
Kano Omata
Kurumi Yoshida		Synchronized swimmingWomen's team{{dts|August 19}}
{{bronze medal}}{{sortname|Hirooki|Arai}}AthleticsMen's 50 km walk{{dts|August 19}}

| style="text-align:left; width:22%; vertical-align:top;"|

{{Clear}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; float:right;"
style="background:#efefef;"

!colspan=7|Medals by sport

align=center

|Sport

| style="background:#f7f6a8;"| {{gold01}}

| style="background:#dce5e5;"| {{silver02}}

| style="background:#ffdab9;"| {{bronze03}}

|Total

align=center

|Wrestling

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 4style="background:#dce5e5;"| 3style="background:#ffdab9;"| 07
align=center

|Judo

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 3style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1style="background:#ffdab9;"| 812
align=center

|Swimming

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 2style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2style="background:#ffdab9;"| 37
align=center

|Gymnastics

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 2style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 13
align=center

|Badminton

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 12
align=center

|Table Tennis

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1style="background:#ffdab9;"| 23
align=center

|Athletics

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1style="background:#ffdab9;"| 12
align=center

|Synchronized swimming

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 22
align=center

|Canoeing

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 11
align=center

|Tennis

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 11
align=center

|Weightlifting

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 11
align=center

!Total

style="background:gold;"| 12style="background:silver;"| 8style="background:#c96;"| 2141

{{Clear}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; float:right"
align=center

!colspan=7|Medals by day

align=center

|Day

| style="background:#f7f6a8;"| {{gold01}}

| style="background:#dce5e5;"| {{silver02}}

| style="background:#ffdab9;"| {{bronze03}}

|Total

align=center

|6 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 45
align=center

|7 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 22
align=center

|8 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 2style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 13
align=center

|9 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1style="background:#ffdab9;"| 34
align=center

|10 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 3style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 14
align=center

|11 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 1style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1style="background:#ffdab9;"| 24
align=center

|12 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1style="background:#ffdab9;"| 12
align=center

|13 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 00
align=center

|14 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1style="background:#ffdab9;"| 12
align=center

|15 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 11
align=center

|16 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 0style="background:#ffdab9;"| 22
align=center

|17 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 3style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1style="background:#ffdab9;"| 04
align=center

|18 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 2style="background:#dce5e5;"| 1style="background:#ffdab9;"| 03
align=center

|19 August

style="background:#f7f6a8;"| 0style="background:#dce5e5;"| 2style="background:#ffdab9;"| 35
align=center

!Total

style="background:gold;"| 12style="background:silver;"| 8style="background:#c96;"| 2141

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Competitors

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| width=78% align=left valign=top |

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes:

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

align=left|Archery134
align=left|Athletics391453
align=left|Badminton459
align=left|Basketball01212
align=left|Boxing202
align=left|Canoeing415
align=left|Cycling8210
align=left|Diving213
align=left|Equestrian7310
align=left|Fencing336
align=left|Field hockey01616
align=left|Football18018
align=left|Golf224
align=left|Gymnastics71219
align=left|Judo7714
align=left|Modern pentathlon213
align=left|Rowing224
align=left|Rugby sevens121224
align=left|Sailing5611
align=left|Shooting538
align=left|Swimming181836
align=left|Synchronized swimming—99
align=left|Table tennis336
align=left|Taekwondo011
align=left|Tennis336
align=left|Triathlon134
align=left|Volleyball01212
align=left|Water polo13013
align=left|Weightlifting347
align=left|Wrestling4610
class="sortbottom"

! Total !! 174 !! 164 !! 338

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Archery

{{main|Archery at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Three Japanese archers qualified for the women's events after having secured a top eight finish in the team recurve at the 2015 World Archery Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.{{cite news|first=Michael|last=Pavitt|title=Olympic gold medallists Italy hold nerve in shoot-off to secure Rio 2016 quota spot at World Archery Championships|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1029010/olympic-gold-medallists-italy-hold-nerve-in-shoot-off-to-secure-rio-2016-quota-spot-at-world-archery-championships|publisher=Inside the Games|date=28 July 2015|access-date=29 July 2015}}{{cite news|title=Rio 2016 team quota places awarded in Copenhagen|url=http://worldarchery.org/news/125067/rio-2016-team-quota-places-awarded-copenhagen|publisher=World Archery Federation|date=28 July 2015|access-date=29 July 2015}} Another Japanese archer also qualified for the men's individual recurve by obtaining one of the eight Olympic places available from the same tournament.{{cite news|title=Ten nations awarded individual spots to Rio 2016|url=http://worldarchery.org/news/125315/ten-nations-awarded-individual-spots-rio-2016|publisher=World Archery Federation|date=30 July 2015|access-date=31 July 2015}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan="2"|Ranking round

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Seed

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Takaharu Furukawa

|align=left|Men's individual

|680

|7

|{{flagIOCathlete|Dielemans|NED|2016 Summer}}
W 7–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nesteng|NOR|2016 Summer}}
W 6–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Rodríguez|ESP|2016 Summer}}
W 7–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ellison|USA|2016 Summer}}
L 2–6

|colspan=3|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yuki Hayashi

|align=left rowspan=3|Women's individual

|591

|59

|{{flagIOCathlete|Wu JX|CHN|2016 Summer}}
L 1–7

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kaori Kawanaka

|650

|10

|{{flagIOCathlete|Psarra|GRE|2016 Summer}}
W 7–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Folkard|GBR|2016 Summer}}
L 0–6

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Saori Nagamine

|621

|39

|{{flagIOCathlete|dos Santos|BRA|2016 Summer}}
L 3–7

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yuki Hayashi
Kaori Kawanaka
Saori Nagamine

|align=left|Women's team

|1862

|9

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCteam|UKR|2016 Summer}}
W 6–2

|{{flagIOCteam|KOR|2016 Summer}}
L 1–5

|colspan=3|Did not advance

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 2016 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):{{cite web|title=iaaf.org – Top Lists|url=http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html|publisher=IAAF|access-date=18 April 2015}}{{cite web|title=IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/media/file/559/IAAF%20Rio%202016%20standards.pdf|publisher=IAAF|access-date=18 April 2015}} The team was selected based on the results of the 2016 Japan Championships in Athletics, and once an athlete wins a medal in race walking and marathon, or attains the top eight position in track and field at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China.{{cite news|first=Takaomi|last=Matsubara|title=Nine Days of Heated Competition! Top-Class Athletes Build Their Future|url=http://www.global.tdk.com/athletic/highlights/|publisher=TDK|access-date=30 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807201201/http://www.global.tdk.com/athletic/highlights/|archive-date=7 August 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news| url=http://en.omriyadat.com/asian-athletics/japan-silver-sprinters-record| title=For Japan's unlikely silver medalists, teamwork trumps speed| date=20 August 2016| access-date=6 September 2016| archive-date=17 September 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917075647/http://en.omriyadat.com/asian-athletics/japan-silver-sprinters-record| url-status=dead}}

On 17 March 2016, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) had selected three runners each in both men's and women's marathon race, with Kayoko Fukushi remarkably going to her fourth consecutive Olympics.{{cite news|title=Fukushi tops list of Rio marathoners|url=http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002817603|publisher=The Japan News|date=17 March 2016|access-date=20 March 2016}} Forty-two further athletes (31 men and 11 women) were added to the nation's track and field roster for the Games, based on their performances achieved at the Japan Championships (24 to 26 June). Among them were sprinters Chisato Fukushima and Shota Iizuka, 2015 Worlds bronze medalist and three-time Olympic race walker Takayuki Tanii, and javelin thrower Ryohei Arai.{{cite news|title=Japan names athletics team for Rio 2016 Olympics|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/rio-olympic-games-2016-japanese-athletics-tea|publisher=IAAF|date=27 June 2016|access-date=28 June 2016}}

{{smalldiv|1=

;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}}

;Track & road events

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Asuka Cambridge

|align=left rowspan=3|100 m

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|10.13

|2 Q

|10.17

|7

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yoshihide Kiryū

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|10.23

|4

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Ryota Yamagata

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|10.20

|2 Q

|10.05

|5

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kenji Fujimitsu

|align=left rowspan=3|200 m

|20.86

|6

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Shota Iizuka

|20.49

|4

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kei Takase

|20.71

|6

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yuzo Kanemaru

|align=left rowspan=2|400 m

|48.38

|8

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Julian Walsh

|46.37

|6

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Sho Kawamoto

|align=left|800 m

|1:49.41

|4

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Kota Murayama

|align=left|5000 m

|14:26.72

|22

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|10000 m

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|29:02.51

|30

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Suguru Osako

|align=left|5000 m

|13:31.45

|16

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|10000 m

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|27:51.94

|17

align=center

|align=left|Yuta Shitara

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|28:55.23

|29

align=center

|align=left|Wataru Yazawa

|align=left|110 m hurdles

|13.88

|3

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yuki Matsushita

|align=left rowspan=2|400 m hurdles

|49.60

|4

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Keisuke Nozawa

|48.62

|1 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|49.20

|6

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kazuya Shiojiri

|align=left|3000 m steeplechase

|8:40.98

|11

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Suehiro Ishikawa

|align=left rowspan=3|Marathon

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|2:17:08

|36

align=center

|align=left|Hisanori Kitajima

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|2:25:11

|94

align=center

|align=left|Satoru Sasaki

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|2:13:57

|16

align=center

|align=left|Isamu Fujisawa

|align=left rowspan=3|20 km walk

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|1:22:03

|21

align=center

|align=left|Daisuke Matsunaga

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|1:20:22

|7

align=center

|align=left|Eiki Takahashi

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|1:24:59

|42

align=center

|align=left|Hirooki Arai

|align=left rowspan=3|50 km walk

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|3:41:24

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Kōichirō Morioka

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|3:58:59

|26

align=center

|align=left|Takayuki Tanii

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|3:51:00

|14

align=center

|align=left|Asuka Cambridge
Shota Iizuka
Yoshihide Kiryū
Ryota Yamagata

|align=left|4 × 100 m relay

|37.68 AS

|1 Q

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|37.60 AS

|{{silver02}}

align=center

|align=left|Nobuya Kato
Takamasa Kitagawa
Tomoya Tamura
Julian Walsh

|align=left|4 × 400 m relay

|3:02.95

|7

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Chisato Fukushima

|align=left|200 m

|23.21

|5

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Misaki Onishi

|align=left rowspan=3|5000 m

|15:29.17

|9

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Ayuko Suzuki

|15:41.81

|12

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Miyuki Uehara

|15:23.41

|7 q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|15:34.97

|15

align=center

|align=left|Hanami Sekine

|align=left rowspan=2|10000 m

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|31:44.44

|20

align=center

|align=left|Yuka Takashima

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|31:36.44

|18

align=center

|align=left|Satomi Kubokura

|align=left|400 m hurdles

|57.34

|5

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Anju Takamizawa

|align=left|3000 m steeplechase

|9:58.59

|17

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kayoko Fukushi

|align=left rowspan=3|Marathon

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|2:29:53

|14

align=center

|align=left|Mai Ito

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|2:37:37

|46

align=center

|align=left|Tomomi Tanaka

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|2:31:12

|19

align=center

|align=left|Kumiko Okada

|align=left|20 km walk

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|1:32:42

|32

;Field events

;Men

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Ryohei Arai

|align=left|Javelin throw

|84.16

|4 Q

|79.47

|11

align=center

|align=left|Takashi Eto

|align=left|High jump

|2.17

|=35

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Daigo Hasegawa

|align=left|Triple jump

|16.17

|29

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Hiroki Ogita

|align=left rowspan=3|Pole vault

|5.45

|21

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Daichi Sawano

|5.60

|=10 q

|5.50

|=7

align=center

|align=left|Seito Yamamoto

|{{abbr|NM|No mark}}

|—

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kohei Yamashita

|align=left|Triple jump

|15.71

|35

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Konomi Kai

|align=left|Long jump

|5.87

|37

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yuki Ebihara

|align=left|Javelin throw

|57.68

|21

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Combined events – Men's decathlon

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!{{Tooltip| 100 m | 100 metres}}

!{{Tooltip| LJ | Long jump }}

!{{Tooltip| SP | Shot put}}

!{{Tooltip| HJ | High jump }}

!{{Tooltip| 400 m | 400 metres}}

!{{Tooltip| 110H | 110 m hurdles}}

!{{Tooltip| DT | Discus throw}}

!{{Tooltip| PV | Pole vault}}

!{{Tooltip| JT | Javelin throw}}

!{{Tooltip| 1500 m | 1500 metres}}

!Final

!Rank

align=center

|rowspan=2 align=left|Akihiko Nakamura

!style="font-size:95%"| Result

|11.04

|7.13

|12.00

|1.92

|48.93

|14.57

|34.91

|4.70

|51.24

|4:18.37

|rowspan=2|7612

|rowspan=2|22

align=center

!style="font-size:95%"|Points

|852

|845

|606

|731

|865

|902

|562

|819

|607

|823

align=center

|rowspan=2 align=left|Keisuke Ushiro

!style="font-size:95%"| Result

|11.30

|6.83

|14.14

|1.98

|50.43

|15.09

|49.90

|4.90

|66.63

|4:46.33

|rowspan=2|7952

|rowspan=2|20

align=center

!style="font-size:95%"|Points

|795

|774

|737

|785

|795

|839

|868

|880

|838

|641

Badminton

{{main|Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has qualified a total of nine badminton players for each of the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: two entries in the women's singles, one in the men's singles, and a pair each in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles.{{cite news|first=Dev|last=Sukumar|title=Provisional List of Olympic Qualifiers Published|url=http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/05/05/provisional-list-of-olympic-qualifiers-published/|publisher=Badminton World Federation|date=5 May 2016|access-date=5 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508130917/http://bwfbadminton.com/2016/05/05/provisional-list-of-olympic-qualifiers-published/|archive-date=8 May 2016|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|title=Japan sending nine badminton players to Rio Olympics|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/05/05/more-sports/japan-sending-nine-badminton-players-rio-olympics/|publisher=The Japan Times|date=5 May 2016|access-date=19 May 2016}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Group Stage

!Elimination

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Sho Sasaki

|align=left|Singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ouseph|GBR|2016 Summer}}
L (15–21, 9–21)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Koukal|CZE|2016 Summer}}
W (21–10, 16–21, 21–12)

|{{n/a}}

|2

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Hiroyuki Endo
Kenichi Hayakawa

|align=left|Doubles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ahsan /
Setiawan|INA|2016 Summer}}
W (21–17, 16–21, 21–14)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chai B /
Hong W|CHN|2016 Summer}}
W (21–18, 14–21, 23–21)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Attri /
Reddy|IND|2016 Summer}}
L (21-23, 11–21)

|2 Q

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ellis /
Langridge|GBR|2016 Summer}}
L (19–21, 17–21)

|colspan=3|Did not advance

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Group Stage

!Elimination

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Nozomi Okuhara

|align=left rowspan=2|Singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Vū T T|VIE|2016 Summer}}
W (21–10, 21–8)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Fanetri|INA|2016 Summer}}
W (21–12, 21–12)

|{{n/a}}

|1 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bae Y-j|KOR|2016 Summer}}
W (21–6, 21–7)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Yamaguchi|JPN|2016 Summer}}
W (11–21, 21–17, 21–10)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sindhu|IND|2016 Summer}}
L (19–21, 10–21)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Li Xr|CHN|2016 Summer}}
W {{abbr|WO|Walkover}}

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Akane Yamaguchi

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gavnholt|CZE|2016 Summer}}
W (20–22, 21–12, 21–15)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tee J Y|MAS|2016 Summer}}
W (21–18, 21–5)

|{{n/a}}

|1 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Intanon|THA|2016 Summer}}
W (21–19, 21–16)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Okuhara|JPN|2016 Summer}}
L (21–11, 17–21, 10–21)

|colspan=3|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi

|align=left|Doubles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Muskens /
Piek|NED|2016 Summer}}
W (21–9, 21–11)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gutta /
Ponnappa|IND|2016 Summer}}
W (21–15, 21–10)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Supajirakul /
Taerattanachai|THA|2016 Summer}}
W (21–15, 21–15)

|2 Q

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hoo K M /
Woon K W|MAS|2016 Summer}}
W (21–16, 18–21, 21–9)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jung K-e /
Shin S-c|KOR|2016 Summer}}
W (21–16, 21–17)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pedersen /
Rytter Juhl|DEN|2016 Summer}}
W (18–21, 21–9, 21–19)

|{{gold01}}

;Mixed

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Group Stage

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Kenta Kazuno
Ayane Kurihara

|align=left|Doubles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ko S-h /
Kim H-n|KOR|2016 Summer}}
L (23–25, 17–21)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chew /
Subandhi|USA|2016 Summer}}
W (21–6, 21–12)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Arends /
Piek|NED|2016 Summer}}
W (21–14, 21–19)

|2 Q

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zhang N /
Zhao YL|CHN|2016 Summer}}
L (14–21, 12–21)

|colspan=3|Did not advance

Basketball

{{main|Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

=Women's tournament=

{{main|Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

Japan women's basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal match over China and securing the lone outright berth at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championships.{{cite news|title=Jubilant Japan defend title to book Rio trip|url=https://www.fiba.basketball/news/jubilant-japan-defend-title-to-book-rio-trip|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190616153649/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/jubilant-japan-defend-title-to-book-rio-trip|url-status=live|archive-date=16 June 2019|publisher=FIBA|date=5 September 2015|access-date=6 September 2015}}

;Team roster

{{#section:Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|JPN}}

;Group play

{{#section:Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A}}

{{#section:Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A3}}

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{{#section:Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A6}}

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{{#section:Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A9}}

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{{#section:Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A12}}

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{{#section:Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A15}}

;Quarterfinal

{{#section:Basketball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C3}}

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has entered two boxers to compete in each of the following classes into the Olympic boxing tournament. Daisuke Narimatsu had claimed his Olympic spot with a box-off victory in the men's lightweight division at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Qualification Tournament in Qian'an, China, while bantamweight boxer Arashi Morisaka secured an additional place on the Japanese roster with his quarterfinal triumph at the 2016 AIBA World Qualifying Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.{{cite news|title=Ren Cancan leads China to a day of dominance as the AIBA Asian-Oceanian Olympic Qualification Event reaches its conclusion|url=http://www.aiba.org/blog/ren-cancan-leads-china-to-a-day-of-dominance-as-the-aiba-asian-oceanian-olympic-qualification-event-reaches-its-conclusion/|publisher=AIBA|date=3 April 2016|access-date=3 April 2016}}{{cite news|title=World Olympic Qualifier Quarter-Finals see Haiti, Iraq, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan among 23 nations to confirm quota places at Rio 2016|url=http://www.aiba.org/blog/world-olympic-qualifier-quarter-finals-see-haiti-iraq-tajikistan-turkmenistan-among-23-nations-confirm-quota-places-rio-2016/|publisher=AIBA|date=24 June 2016|access-date=24 June 2016}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Arashi Morisaka

|align=left|Men's bantamweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Avagyan|ARM|2016 Summer}}
L 1–2

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Daisuke Narimatsu

|align=left|Men's lightweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Cabrera|VEN|2016 Summer}}
W 2–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Balderas|USA|2016 Summer}}
L 0–3

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Canoeing

{{main|Canoeing at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

=Slalom=

Japanese canoeists have qualified a maximum of one boat in each of the following classes through the 2015 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships and the 2016 Asian Championships.{{cite news|title=Slalom Powerhouses Comfortably Qualify for Rio|url=http://www.canoeicf.com/news/slalom-powerhouses-comfortably-qualify-rio|publisher=International Canoe Federation|date=12 October 2015|access-date=16 October 2015}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6|Preliminary

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Run 1

!Rank

!Run 2

!Rank

!Best

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Takuya Haneda

|align=left|Men's C-1

|98.69

|6

|94.58

|4

|94.58

|5 Q

|98.84

|6 Q

|97.44

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Shota Sasaki
Tsubasa Sasaki

|align=left|Men's C-2

|122.04

|10

|119.04

|10

|119.04

|12

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kazuki Yazawa

|align=left|Men's K-1

|92.23

|9

|98.08

|16

|92.23

|14 Q

|97.19

|11

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Aki Yazawa

|align=left|Women's K-1

|120.17

|18

|128.00

|16

|120.17

|20

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Cycling

{{main|Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

=Road=

Japanese riders qualified for a maximum of two quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 4 national ranking in the 2015 UCI Asia Tour.{{cite news|title=UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-announces-mens-road-olympic-quotas/|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|date=18 January 2016|access-date=20 January 2016}} One additional spot was awarded to the Japanese cyclist in the women's road race by virtue of her top 100 individual placement in the 2016 UCI World Rankings.{{cite news|title=UCI announce women's road cycling quotas for Rio Olympics|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-announce-womens-road-cycling-quotas-for-rio-olympics/|publisher=Cyclingnews.com|date=1 June 2016|access-date=2 June 2016}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Yukiya Arashiro

|align=left rowspan=2|Men's road race

|6:19:43

|27

align=center

|align=left|Kohei Uchima

|colspan=2|Did not finish

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Eri Yonamine

|align=left|Women's road race

|3:56:23

|17

align=center

|align=left|Women's time trial

|46:43.09

|15

=Track=

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Japanese riders have accumulated spots in the men's sprint and men's keirin, as well as both the men's and women's omnium, by virtue of their final individual UCI Olympic rankings in those events. The track cycling team was named to the Olympic roster on 6 April 2016.{{cite news|title=自転車リオ代表に中川ら 女子は塚越、トラック種目|trans-title=Cyclists Nakagawa, Tsukagoshi, and three others will lead the track team for Rio|language=ja|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/news/detail.html?id=7360|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|date=6 April 2016|access-date=7 June 2016}}

;Sprint

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!Round 1

!Repechage 1

!Round 2

!Repechage 2

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!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

align=center

|align=left|Seiichiro Nakagawa

|align=left|Men's sprint

|10.241
70.305

|25

|colspan=8|Did not advance

;Keirin

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!1st Round

!Repechage

!2nd Round

!Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Rank

!Rank

!Rank

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Kazunari Watanabe

|align=left rowspan=2|Men's keirin

|5 R

|4

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yuta Wakimoto

|6 R

|2

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Omnium

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Scratch race

!colspan=3|Individual pursuit

!colspan=2|Elimination race

!colspan=3|Time trial

!colspan=3|Flying lap

!colspan=2|Points race

!rowspan=2|Total points

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Rank

!Points

!Time

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Time

!Rank

!Points

!Time

!Rank

!Points

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Kazushige Kuboki

|align=left|Men's omnium

|13

|18

|4:39.889

|18

|6

|4

|34

|1:05.498

|15

|12

|13.587

|13

|10

|1

|12

|81

|14

align=center

|align=left|Sakura Tsukagoshi

|align=left|Women's omnium

|17

|8

|3:46.842

|16

|10

|17

|8

|35.625

|6

|30

|14.638

|15

|12

|0

|14

|68

|16

=Mountain biking=

Japan has qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of his nation's twenty-third-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 25 May 2016. London 2012 Olympian Kohei Yamamoto was named to the Olympic roster on 9 June 2016.{{cite news|title=ＭＴＢ山本幸平、ＢＭＸ長迫吉拓がリオ五輪代表に|trans-title=MTB rider Kohei Yamamoto and BMX cyclist Yoshitaku Nagasako will go to Rio Olympics|language=ja|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/news/detail.html?id=7360|publisher=Nikkan Sports|date=9 June 2016|access-date=20 June 2016}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Kohei Yamamoto

|align=left|Men's cross-country

|1:40:34

|21

=BMX=

Japanese riders qualified for one men's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's thirteenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 31 May 2016, signifying the nation's return to the sport after an eight-year hiatus. Japan's top-ranked BMX rider Yoshitaku Nagasako was named to the Olympic roster on 9 June 2016.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=2|Seeding

!colspan=2|Quarterfinal

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Yoshitaku Nagasako

|align=left|Men's BMX

|35.286

|12

|21

|8

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Diving

{{main|Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japanese divers qualified for four individual spots at the Olympics through the 2015 FINA World Championships and the 2016 FINA World Cup series. Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC) announced the Olympic diving team on 11 April 2016.{{cite web|title=Rio 2016: Diving – Participating Athletes|url=http://www.fina.org/content/rio-2016-diving-participating-athletes|publisher=FINA|access-date=5 July 2016}}{{cite news|title=シンクロ、飛び込みも代表発表 日本水連|trans-title=Japan announced the athletes in synchronized swimming and diving|language=ja|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/riodejaneiro/news/detail.html?id=7372|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|date=11 April 2016|access-date=14 April 2016}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Preliminaries

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Sho Sakai

|align=left rowspan=2|Men's 3 m springboard

|373.70

|22

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Ken Terauchi

|380.85

|20

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Minami Itahashi

|align=left|Women's 10 m platform

|320.20

|10 Q

|335.55

|8 Q

|356.60

|8

Equestrian

{{main|Equestrian at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has fielded a full squad of four equestrian riders each into the Olympic team jumping and dressage competition by obtaining a top finish each at the FEI qualification event for East Asia and Oceania in Hagen and Perl, Germany, respectively.{{cite news|first=Louise|last=Parkes|title=Japan qualifies dressage team for Rio Olympics|url=http://horsetalk.co.nz/2015/09/14/japan-qualifies-dressage-team-rio-olympics/|access-date=16 September 2015|publisher=Horsetalk.co.nz|date=14 September 2015|archive-date=16 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916215211/http://horsetalk.co.nz/2015/09/14/japan-qualifies-dressage-team-rio-olympics/|url-status=dead}} Two eventing riders have been added to the squad by virtue of the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: a top finish from Asia & Oceania, and a top two finish from the combined group of Africa, Middle East, Asia, and Oceania.{{cite news|title=Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events|url=http://www.fei.org/news/six-nations-make-olympic-and-paralympic-d%C3%A9buts-rio-2016-equestrian-events|publisher=FEI|date=24 March 2016|access-date=26 March 2016}}

=Dressage=

Japanese Olympic selection trials were held on 1–2 June 2016 in Hagen, Germany, after which the final team was named.{{cite news|title=Japanese Olympic Selection Trial Scheduled for 1 - 2 June 2016 in Hagen|url=http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2016/05/25/japanese-olympic-selection-trial-scheduled-1-2-june-2016-hagen|publisher=eurodressage|date=25 May 2016|access-date=25 May 2016}}{{cite news|title=Japanese Team for 2016 Olympic Games Selected|url=http://www.eurodressage.com/equestrian/2016/06/02/japanese-team-2016-olympic-games-selected|publisher=eurodressage|date=2 May 2016|access-date=2 May 2016}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Horse

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Grand Prix

!colspan="2"|Grand Prix Special

!colspan="2"|Grand Prix Freestyle

!colspan="2"|Overall

style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Technical

!Artistic

!Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Kiichi Harada

|align=left|Egistar

|rowspan=4 align=left|Individual

|68.286

|45

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yuko Kitai

|align=left|Don Lorean

|67.271

|48

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Akane Kuroki

|align=left|Toots

|66.900

|50

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Masanao Takahashi

|align=left|Fabriano

|62.986

|58

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kiichi Harada
Yuko Kitai
Akane Kuroki
Masanao Takahashi

|align=left|See above

|align=left|Team

|67.486

|11

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|67.486

|11

=Eventing=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Horse

!rowspan="3"|Event

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Dressage

!colspan="3" rowspan="2"|Cross-country

!colspan="6"|Jumping

!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Total

style="font-size:95%"

!colspan="3"|Qualifier

!colspan="3"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Ryuzo Kitajima

|align=left|Just Chocolate

|align=left rowspan=2|Individual

|57.70

|60

|74.40

|132.00

|42

|colspan=3|Withdrew

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yoshiaki Oiwa

|align=left|The Duke of Cavan

|47.00

|29

|18.00

|65.00

|17

|4.00

|69.00

|20 Q

|8.00

|77.00

|20

|77.00

|20

=Jumping=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Horse

!rowspan="3"|Event

!colspan="8"|Qualification

!colspan="5"|Final

!rowspan=2 colspan="2"|Total

style="font-size:95%"

!colspan="2"|Round 1

!colspan="3"|Round 2

!colspan="3"|Round 3

!colspan="2"|Round A

!colspan="3"|Round B

style="font-size:95%"

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Total

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Daisuke Fukushima

|align=left|Cornet

|align=left rowspan=4|Individual

|47 #

|=68TO

|1

|colspan=2 {{n/a|TO}}

|colspan=10|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Toshiki Masui

|align=left|Taloubetdarco

|16

|=64TO

|12

|colspan=2 {{n/a|TO}}

|colspan=10|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Taizo Sugitani

|align=left|Imothep

|16

|=64TO

|12

|colspan=2 {{n/a|TO}}

|colspan=10|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Reiko Takeda

|align=left|Bardolino

|4

|=27 Q

|1

|5

|=26 Q

|colspan=3|Retired

|colspan=7|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Daisuke Fukushima
Toshiki Masui
Taizo Sugitani
Reiko Takeda

|align=left|See above

|align=left|Team

|36

|14

|14

|{{n/a}}

|13

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|colspan=5 {{n/a}}

|14

|13

"TO" indicates that the rider only qualified for the team competition. "#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.

Fencing

{{main|Fencing at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Following the completion of the Grand Prix finals, Japan has entered four fencers into the Olympic competition. Kazuyasu Minobe, Chika Aoki, London 2012 Olympian Nozomi Sato (née Nakano), and Beijing 2008 silver medalist and 2015 World men's foil champion Yuki Ota had claimed their Olympic spots as one of the two highest-ranked fencers coming from the Asian zone in the FIE Adjusted Official Rankings.{{cite news|title=Russia top as Olympic qualification by ranking ends|url=http://rio2016.fie.org/media/news/view-news/1337|publisher=FIE|date=5 April 2016|access-date=6 April 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417101111/http://rio2016.fie.org/media/news/view-news/1337|archive-date=17 April 2016|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|title=Ota makes Japan's Olympic fencing team|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/04/05/more-sports/ota-makes-japans-olympic-fencing-team/|publisher=The Japan Times|date=5 April 2016|access-date=5 April 2016}} Kenta Tokunan and 2012 Olympian Shiho Nishioka rounded out the Japanese roster to six by virtue of a top three finish at the Asian Zonal Qualifier in Wuxi, China.

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Kazuyasu Minobe

|align=left|Men's épée

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Fichera|ITA|2016 Summer}}
W 15–8

|{{flagIOCathlete|Avdeev|RUS|2016 Summer}}
W 15–11

|{{flagIOCathlete|Grumier|FRA|2016 Summer}}
L 8–15

|colspan=3|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yuki Ota

|align=left|Men's foil

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Toldo|BRA|2016 Summer}}
L 13–15

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kenta Tokunan

|align=left|Men's sabre

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Anstett|FRA|2016 Summer}}
L 13–15

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Nozomi Nakano

|align=left|Women's épée

|{{flagIOCathlete|Terán|MEX|2016 Summer}}
W 15–12

|{{flagIOCathlete|Logunova|RUS|2016 Summer}}
W 15–14

|{{flagIOCathlete|Shemyakina|UKR|2016 Summer}}
W 11–8

|{{flagIOCathlete|Szász|HUN|2016 Summer}}
L 4–15

|colspan=3|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Shiho Nishioka

|align=left|Women's foil

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nam H-h|KOR|2016 Summer}}
W 15–12

|{{flagIOCathlete|Boubakri|TUN|2016 Summer}}
L 10–15

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Chika Aoki

|align=left|Women's sabre

|{{flagIOCathlete|Grench|PAN|2016 Summer}}
L 5–15

|colspan=6|Did not advance

Field hockey

{{main|Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

;Summary

{{smalldiv|1=

Key:

}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6|Group Stage

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Japan women's

|align=left|Women's tournament

|{{fhw|IND}}
D 2–2

|{{fhw|ARG}}
L 0–4

|{{fhw|USA}}
L 1–6

|{{fhw|GBR}}
L 0–2

|{{fhw|AUS}}
L 0–2

|5

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|10

=Women's tournament=

{{main|Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

Japan women's field hockey team qualified for the Olympics by having achieved the next highest placement in the 2014–2015 FIH Hockey World League Semifinals, among the countries that have not qualified yet for the Games.{{cite news|url=http://www.fih.ch/news/japan-women-qualify-for-rio-2016-hockey-event/|title=Japan women qualify for Rio 2016 hockey event|publisher=FIH|date=22 October 2015|access-date=23 October 2015}}

;Team roster

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads|JPN}}

;Group play

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B}}

{{#section:Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B3}}

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{{#section:Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B6}}

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{{#section:Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B9}}

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{{#section:Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B12}}

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{{#section:Field hockey at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|B15}}

Football

{{main|Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

;Summary

{{smalldiv|1=

Key:

}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Group Stage

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Japan men's

|align=left|Men's tournament

|{{fbo|NGR}}
L 4–5

|{{fbo|COL}}
D 2–2

|{{fbo|SWE}}
W 1–0

|3

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|10

=Men's tournament=

{{main|Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

Japan men's football team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at and by progressing to the gold medal match of the 2016 AFC U-23 Championship in Qatar.{{cite news|title=Japan, Korea Republic secure Rio spots|url=https://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2016/m=1/news=japan-claim-asia-s-first-rio-ticket-2756975.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127021549/http://www.fifa.com/mensolympic/news/y=2016/m=1/news=japan-claim-asia-s-first-rio-ticket-2756975.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2016|publisher=FIFA|date=26 January 2016|access-date=27 January 2016}}

;Team roster

{{#section:Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads|JPN}}

;Group play

{{Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Group tables|Group B|showteam=JPN}}

{{#lst:Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B|B2}}

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{{#lst:Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B|B4}}

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{{#lst:Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B|B5}}

Golf

{{main|Golf at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Yuta Ikeda (world no. 93), Shingo Katayama (world no. 107), Haru Nomura (world no. 22) and Shiho Oyama (world no. 43) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.{{cite news |title=Olympic Rankings – Men |url=http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/qualification-system/ogr-men/ |publisher=International Golf Federation |date=11 July 2016 |access-date=13 July 2016 |archive-date=24 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824190021/http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/qualification-system/ogr-men/ |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=Olympic Rankings – Women |url=http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/qualification-system/ogr-women/ |publisher=International Golf Federation |date=11 July 2016 |access-date=13 July 2016 |archive-date=20 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720201658/http://www.igfgolf.org/olympic-games/qualification-system/ogr-women/ |url-status=dead }}

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!colspan=3|Total

style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Score

!Score

!Score

!Score

!Par

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Yuta Ikeda

|align=left rowspan=2|Men's

|74

|69

|69

|69

|281

|−3

|=21

align=center

|align=left|Shingo Katayama

|74

|75

|76

|66

|292

| +8

|54

align=center

|align=left|Haru Nomura

|align=left rowspan=2|Women's

|69

|69

|72

|65

|275

|−9

|=4

align=center

|align=left|Shiho Oyama

|70

|71

|77

|74

|292

| +8

|42

Gymnastics

{{main|Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

=Artistic=

Japan fielded a full squad of five gymnasts in both the men's and women's artistic gymnastics events through a top eight finish each in the team all-around at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow.{{cite news|title=Japan women provisionally fourth at worlds qualifying|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/10/24/more-sports/gymnastics/japan-women-provisionally-fourth-at-worlds-qualifying/|publisher=The Japan Times|date=24 October 2015|access-date=25 October 2015}}{{cite news|title=Gymnastics: Uchimura-powered Japan top qualifying, book Rio ticket|url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/gymnastics-uchimura-powered-japan-top-qualifying-book-rio-ticket|publisher=AsiaOne|date=27 October 2015|access-date=27 October 2015|archive-date=16 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916211122/http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/gymnastics-uchimura-powered-japan-top-qualifying-book-rio-ticket|url-status=dead}} The men's and women's gymnastics squads, led by London 2012 individual all-around champion Kōhei Uchimura, were named to the Olympic roster at the conclusion of the All-Japan Championships (for men) and NHK Trophy (for women) in Tokyo on 5 June 2016.{{cite news|first=Nick|last=Zaccardi|title=Kohei Uchimura leads historically decorated Japan Olympic team|url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/06/05/kohei-uchimura-kenzo-shirai-japan-olympic-gymnastics-team-roster/|publisher=NBC Olympics|date=5 June 2016|access-date=6 June 2016}}

;Men

;Team

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan =8|Qualification

!colspan =8|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!colspan=6|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

!colspan=6|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}

!{{Tooltip| PH | Pommel horse }}

!{{Tooltip| R | Rings}}

!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}

!{{Tooltip| PB | Parallel bars}}

!{{Tooltip| HB | Horizontal bar}}

!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}

!{{Tooltip| PH | Pommel horse }}

!{{Tooltip| R | Rings}}

!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}

!{{Tooltip| PB | Parallel bars}}

!{{Tooltip| HB | Horizontal bar}}

align=center

|align=left|Ryōhei Katō

|align=left rowspan=6|Team

|15.033

|14.800

|13.996

|14.933

|15.500 Q

|15.000

|89.232

|6 Q

|15.466

|14.933

|{{n/a}}

|15.000

|15.500

|15.066

|rowspan=5 colspan=2 {{n/a}}

align=center

|align=left|Kenzō Shirai

|15.333 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|15.466 Q

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|16.133

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|15.633

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

align=center

|align=left|Yūsuke Tanaka

|15.233

|13.366

|14.733

|{{n/a}}

|14.666

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|14.933

|{{n/a}}

|15.900

|15.166

align=center

|align=left|Kōhei Uchimura

|15.533 Q

|14.966

|14.700

|15.533

|15.466

|14.300

|90.498

|2 Q

|15.600

|15.100

|14.800

|15.566

|15.366

|15.166

align=center

|align=left|Koji Yamamuro

|{{n/a}}

|14.533

|14.700

|13.200

|12.733

|14.333

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|{{n/a}}

|13.900

|14.866

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

align=center

|align=left|Total

|46.099

|44.299

|44.133

|45.932

|44.832

|43.999

|269.294

|4 Q

|47.199

|43.933

|44.599

|46.199

|46.766

|45.398

|274.094

|{{gold01}}

;Individual finals

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan =6|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}

!{{Tooltip| PH | Pommel horse }}

!{{Tooltip| R | Rings}}

!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}

!{{Tooltip| PB | Parallel bars}}

!{{Tooltip| HB | Horizontal bar}}

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Ryōhei Katō

|align=left|All-around

|15.266

|14.900

|14.566

|15.058

|14.900

|13.900

|88.590

|11

align=center

|align=left|Parallel bars

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|15.233

|{{n/a}}

|15.233

|7

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Kenzō Shirai

|align=left|Floor

|15.366

|colspan=5 {{n/a}}

|15.366

|4

align=center

|align=left|Vault

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|15.449

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|15.449

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Kōhei Uchimura

|align=left|All-around

|15.766

|14.900

|14.733

|15.566

|15.600

|15.800

|92.365

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|Floor

|15.241

|colspan=5 {{n/a}}

|15.241

|5

;Women

;Team

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=6|Qualification

!colspan=6|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!colspan=4|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

!colspan=4|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}

!{{Tooltip| UB | Uneven bars}}

!{{Tooltip| BB | Balance beam}}

!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}

!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}

!{{Tooltip| UB | Uneven bars}}

!{{Tooltip| BB | Balance beam}}

!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}

align=center

|align=left|Sae Miyakawa

|align=left rowspan=6|Team

|14.966

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|13.266

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|15.066

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|13.908

|rowspan=5 colspan=2 {{n/a}}

align=center

|align=left|Mai Murakami

|14.700

|14.166

|13.833

|14.566 Q

|57.265

|9 Q

|14.833

|{{n/a}}

|13.833

|14.466

align=center

|align=left|Aiko Sugihara

|14.300

|14.400

|14.133

|14.033

|56.866

|16

|{{n/a}}

|14.600

|14.300

|14.100

align=center

|align=left|Asuka Teramoto

|14.800

|14.900

|13.666

|13.700

|57.066

|12 Q

|14.933

|14.866

|14.466

|{{n/a}}

align=center

|align=left|Yuki Uchiyama

|{{n/a}}

|14.800

|13.733

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|{{n/a}}

|15.000

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

align=center

|align=left|Total

|44.466

|44.100

|41.699

|42.299

|172.564

|7 Q

|44.832

|44.466

|42.599

|42.474

|174.371

|4

;Individual finals

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=4|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!{{Tooltip| V | Vault}}

!{{Tooltip| UB | Uneven bars}}

!{{Tooltip| BB | Balance beam}}

!{{Tooltip| F | Floor}}

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Mai Murakami

|align=left|All-around

|14.866

|13.766

|13.900

|14.133

|56.665

|14

align=center

|align=left|Floor

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|14.533

|14.533

|7

align=center

|align=left|Asuka Teramoto

|align=left|All-around

|15.100

|14.566

|14.266

|14.033

|57.965

|8

= Rhythmic =

Japan has qualified a squad of rhythmic gymnasts for the individual and group all-around by finishing in the top 15 (for individual) and top 10 (for group) at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.{{cite news|title=Rhythmic Gymnastics: 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Test Event and The World Games 2017 qualifiers confirmed|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/figNews/view?id=1297|publisher=FIG|date=12 September 2015|access-date=17 September 2015}}

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6|Qualification

!colspan=6|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Hoop

!Ball

!Clubs

!Ribbon

!Total

!Rank

!Hoop

!Ball

!Clubs

!Ribbon

!Total

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Kaho Minagawa

|align=left|Individual

|16.666

|17.341

|17.500

|17.016

|68.52

|16

|colspan=6|Did not advance

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2" |Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="4"|Qualification

!colspan="4"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!5 balls

!3 clubs
2 hoops

!Total

!Rank

!5 balls

!3 clubs
2 hoops

!Total

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Airi Hatakeyama
Rie Matsubara
Sakura Noshitani
Sayuri Sugimoto
Kiko Yokota

|align=left|Team

|17.416

|17.733

|35.149

|5 Q

|16.550

|17.650

|34.200

|8

=Trampoline=

Japan has qualified two gymnasts in the men's trampoline by virtue of a top eight finish at the 2015 World Championships in Odense, Denmark.{{cite news|title=Trampoline Gymnastics: 2016 Olympic Games, 2016 Olympic Test Event and The World Games 2017 qualifiers confirmed|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/figNews/view?id=1403|publisher=FIG|date=1 December 2015|access-date=3 December 2015}} Meanwhile, an additional Olympic berth had been awarded to the Japanese female gymnast, who finished in the top six at the 2016 Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite news|title=Final nations qualify for 2016 Olympic Games in Trampoline|url=http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/figNews/view?id=1519|publisher=FIG|date=19 April 2016|access-date=20 April 2016}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Masaki Ito

|align=left rowspan=2|Men's

|108.465

|6 Q

|58.800

|6

align=center

|align=left|Ginga Munetomo

|108.190

|7 Q

|59.535

|4

align=center

|align=left|Rana Nakano

|align=left|Women's

|96.775

|13

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Judo

{{main|Judo at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has qualified a full squad of 14 judokas (seven men and seven women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games by virtue of their top 22 national finish for men and top 14 for women in the IJF World Ranking List of 30 May 2016.{{cite news|url=http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913|title=IJF Officially Announces Qualified Athletes for Rio 2016 Olympic Games|date=23 June 2016|publisher=International Judo Federation|access-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804171231/http://www.intjudo.eu/News/cikk3913|archive-date=4 August 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} Twelve members of the judo team, highlighted by London 2012 champion Kaori Matsumoto and bronze medalist Masashi Ebinuma, were named to the Olympic roster at the All-Japan Championships on 3 April 2016, while the heavyweight judokas rounded out the selection at the end of IJF World Masters in Guadalajara, Mexico.{{cite news|title=Japan announces team for Rio, Ono is in|url=http://www.100judo.com/post/japan-announces-team-for-rio-ono-is-in|publisher=100judo.com|date=4 April 2016|access-date=31 May 2016}}{{cite news|title=柔道、２１歳のベイカー茉秋優勝 原沢と山部は３位|trans-title=Judo: 21-year-old Mashu Baker scores a victory; Hasegawa and Yamabe finished third|language=ja|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/riodejaneiro/news/detail.html?id=7510|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|date=30 May 2016|access-date=31 May 2016}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Repechage

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Naohisa Takato

|align=left|−60 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Siccardi|MON|2016 Summer}}
W 101–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Petřikov|CZE|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Papinashvili|GEO|2016 Summer}}
L 000–100

|Did not advance

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kim W-j|KOR|2016 Summer}}
W 001–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Safarov|AZE|2016 Summer}}
W 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Masashi Ebinuma

|align=left|−66 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chibana|BRA|2016 Summer}}
W 101–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ma Db|CHN|2016 Summer}}
W 111–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mateo|DOM|2016 Summer}}
W 111–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|An B-u|KOR|2016 Summer}}
L 000–001

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bouchard|CAN|2016 Summer}}
W 101–000

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Shohei Ono

|align=left|−73 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Murillo|CRC|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Scvortov|UAE|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Shavdatuashvili|GEO|2016 Summer}}
W 010–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|van Tichelt|BEL|2016 Summer}}
W 111–000

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Orujov|AZE|2016 Summer}}
W 110–000

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|Takanori Nagase

|align=left|−81 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Csoknyai|HUN|2016 Summer}}
W 001–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kibikal|GAB|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Toma|MDA|2016 Summer}}
L 000–001

|Did not advance

|{{flagIOCathlete|Valois-Fortier|CAN|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tchrikishvili|GEO|2016 Summer}}
W 001–000

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Mashu Baker

|align=left|−90 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Odenthal|GER|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kukolj|SRB|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Iddir|FRA|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Cheng Xz|CHN|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Liparteliani|GEO|2016 Summer}}
W 001–000

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|Ryunosuke Haga

|align=left|−100 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Borodavko|LAT|2016 Summer}}
W 001–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Buzacarini|BRA|2016 Summer}}
W 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Krpálek|CZE|2016 Summer}}
L 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|Did not advance

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gviniashvili|GEO|2016 Summer}}
W 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bloshenko|UKR|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Hisayoshi Harasawa

|align=left|+100 kg

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Okruashvili|GEO|2016 Summer}}
W 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kokauri|AZE|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|García|CUB|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tangriev|UZB|2016 Summer}}
W 101–000

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Riner|FRA|2016 Summer}}
L 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|{{silver02}}

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Repechage

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Ami Kondo

|align=left|−48 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Carrillo|MEX|2016 Summer}}
W 101–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Galbadrakh|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
W 100–010

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pareto|ARG|2016 Summer}}
L 000–010

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mönkhbat|MGL|2016 Summer}}
W 001–000

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Misato Nakamura

|align=left|−52 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tsolmon|MGL|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kuziutina|RUS|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kelmendi|KOS|2016 Summer}}
L 000–000 {{abbr|S|Decision by shido}}

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Miranda|BRA|2016 Summer}}
W 001–000

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Kaori Matsumoto

|align=left|−57 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Dabonne|CIV|2016 Summer}}
W 101–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pavia|FRA|2016 Summer}}
W 010–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Dorjsüren|MGL|2016 Summer}}
L 000–100

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lien C-l|TPE|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Miku Tashiro

|align=left|−63 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Haecker|AUS|2016 Summer}}
W 111–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Unterwurzacher|AUT|2016 Summer}}
W 001–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Agbegnenou|FRA|2016 Summer}}
L 000–000

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gerbi|ISR|2016 Summer}}
L 000–011

|5

align=center

|align=left|Haruka Tachimoto

|align=left|−70 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zhou C|CHN|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Polling|NED|2016 Summer}}
W 002–001

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zupancic|CAN|2016 Summer}}
W 010–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Koch|GER|2016 Summer}}
W 010–000

|{{n/a|Bye}}

{{flagIOCathlete|Alvear|COL|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|Mami Umeki

|align=left|−78 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Joó|HUN|2016 Summer}}
L 000–002

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kanae Yamabe

|align=left|+78 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Pakenytė|LTU|2016 Summer}}
W 100–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Savelkouls|NED|2016 Summer}}
W 101–000

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ortiz|CUB|2016 Summer}}
L 000–001

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sayit|TUR|2016 Summer}}
W 010–000

|{{bronze03}}

Modern pentathlon

{{main|Modern pentathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has qualified a total of three modern pentathletes for the following events at the Games. Natsumi Tomonaga finished among the top five in the women's modern pentathlon, while Tomoya Miguchi and Shōhei Iwamoto received spare Olympic berths freed up by China and South Korea, as the highest-ranked eligible individuals, not yet qualified, in the men's event at the 2015 Asia & Oceania Championships.{{cite news|title=Modern Pentathlon has its first 12 athletes for the Rio 2016 Games |url=http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/news/modern-pentathlon-has-its-first-12-athletes-for-the-rio-2016-games |access-date=11 June 2015 |publisher=Rio 2016 |date=8 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612135648/http://www.rio2016.com/en/news/news/modern-pentathlon-has-its-first-12-athletes-for-the-rio-2016-games |archive-date=12 June 2015 }}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=4|Fencing
(épée one touch)

!colspan=3|Swimming
(200 m freestyle)

!colspan=3|Riding
(show jumping)

!colspan=3|Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)

!rowspan=2|Total points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

style="font-size:95%"

!{{abbr|RR|Ranking round}}

!{{abbr|BR|Bonus round}}

!Rank

!MP points

!Time

!Rank

!MP points

!Penalties

!Rank

!MP points

!Time

!Rank

!MP Points

align=center

|align=left|Shōhei Iwamoto

|align=left rowspan=2|Men's

|9–26

|0

|36

|154

|2:08.65

|33

|315

|0

|1

|300

|11:54.59

|30

|586

|1355

|30

align=center

|align=left|Tomoya Miguchi

|20–15

|0

|11

|220

|2:02.62

|12

|333

|19

|20

|281

|12:02.88

|31

|578

|1412

|22

align=center

|align=left|Natsumi Tomonaga

|align=left|Women's

|15–20

|0

|27

|190

|2:15.63

|12

|294

|2

|6

|298

|12:55.44

|15

|525

|1307

|13

Rowing

{{main|Rowing at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has qualified one boat each in the men's and women's lightweight double sculls, respectively, for the Olympics at the 2016 Asia & Oceania Continental Qualification Regatta in Chungju, South Korea.{{cite news|title=ボート、日本が男女で五輪出場枠 アジア予選|trans-title=Rowing: Japan has entered men's and women's lightweight double sculls for the Olympics at the Asian regatta|language=ja|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/riodejaneiro/news/detail.html?id=7423|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|date=25 April 2016|access-date=25 April 2016}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Repechage

!colspan="2"|Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Hiroshi Nakano
Hideki Omoto

|align=left|Men's lightweight double sculls

|6:34.27

|3 R

|7:11.20

|3 SC/D

|7:30.64

|3 FC

|6:45.81

|15

align=center

|align=left|Ayami Oishi
Chiaki Tomita

|align=left|Women's lightweight double sculls

|7:15.75

|4 R

|8:00.50

|2 SA/B

|7:46.41

|6 FB

|7:42.87

|12

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Rugby sevens

{{main|Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

=Men's tournament=

{{main|Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

Japan men's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 ARFU Men's Sevens Championships in Hong Kong.{{cite news|first=Rich|last=Freeman|title=Japanese men qualify for Rio Olympics in rugby sevens|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/11/08/more-sports/rugby/japanese-men-qualify-rio-olympics-rugby-sevens/|publisher=The Japan Times|date=8 November 2015|access-date=9 November 2015|archive-date=17 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025027/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/11/08/more-sports/rugby/japanese-men-qualify-rio-olympics-rugby-sevens/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|first=Liam|last=Morgan|title=Japan come from behind to secure Rio 2016 berth with narrow win over Hong Kong at Asia Rugby sevens qualifier|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1031518/japan-come-from-behind-to-secure-rio-2016-berth-with-narrow-win-over-hong-kong-at-asia-rugby-sevens-qualifier|publisher=Inside the Games|date=8 November 2015|access-date=9 November 2015}}

;Team roster

{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads|JPN}}

;Group play

{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|C}}

{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|C2}}

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{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|C3}}

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{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|C5}}

;Quarterfinal

{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|D2}}

;Semifinal

{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|G1}}

;Bronze medal match

{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|H1}}

=Women's tournament=

{{main|Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

Japan women's rugby sevens team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 ARFU Women's Sevens Championships in Hong Kong and Japan.{{cite news|title=Japan poised to take final regional spot qualification spot at Women's Asian Olympic Qualifier|url=http://ur7s.com/news/japan-poised-to-take-final-regional-spot-qualification-spot-at-womens-asian-olympic-qualifier|publisher=Ultimate Rugby 7s|date=29 November 2015|access-date=30 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130231616/http://ur7s.com/news/japan-poised-to-take-final-regional-spot-qualification-spot-at-womens-asian-olympic-qualifier|archive-date=30 November 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

;Team roster

{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads|JPN}}

;Group play

{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C}}

{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C2}}

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{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C3}}

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{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C5}}

;Classification semifinal (9–12)

{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|E2}}

;Ninth place match

{{#section:Rugby sevens at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|E4}}

Sailing

{{main|Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japanese sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and Asian qualifying regattas.{{cite news|url=http://www.sailing.org/news/38621.php |title=Men's And Women's RS:X Rio 2016 Olympic Places Picked Up At Santander 2014 |publisher=ISAF |access-date=18 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140920203558/http://www.sailing.org/news/38621.php |archive-date=20 September 2014 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.sailing.org/news/39491.php|title=Olympic spots decided at Asian Olympic qualifier|publisher=ISAF|date=12 March 2016|access-date=16 March 2016}}

A total of eleven Japanese sailors were officially named to the Olympic team on 1 July 2016, with windsurfer Makoto Tomizawa and skiff yachtsman Yukio Makino racing through the Rio regatta at their third straight Games.{{cite news|title=セーリング吉田、結果ついてくる リオ五輪代表|trans-title=Sailing: Yoshida will improve her Olympic results in Rio|language=ja|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/riodejaneiro/news/detail.html?id=7637|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|date=1 July 2016|access-date=3 July 2016}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=13|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

style="font-size:95%"

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!11

!12

!M*

align=center

|align=left|Makoto Tomizawa

|align=left|RS:X

|10

|8

|18

|19

|13

|22

|7

|14

|18

|15

|14

|2

|EL

|138

|15

align=center

|align=left|Kazuto Doi
Kimihiko Imamura

|align=left|470

|15

|21

|16

|16

|15

|16

|22

|12

|7

|17

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|EL

|135

|17

align=center

|align=left|Yukio Makino
Kenji Takahashi

|align=left|49er

|3

|15

|17

|8

|8

|2

|20

|12

|17

|15

|16

|20

|EL

|132

|18

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=13|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

style="font-size:95%"

!1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

!7

!8

!9

!10

!11

!12

!M*

align=center

|align=left|Megumi Iseda

|align=left|RS:X

|23

|22

|19

|22

|15

|14

|27

|13

|19

|13

|18

|20

|EL

|198

|20

align=center

|align=left|Manami Doi

|align=left|Laser Radial

|21

|14

|18

|24

|24

|23

|2

|1

|15

|21

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|EL

|139

|20

align=center

|align=left|Ai Kondo
Miho Yoshioka

|align=left|470

|1

|4

|3

|7

|19

|9

|12

|4

|11

|1

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|14

|66

|5

align=center

|align=left|Keiko Miyagawa
Sena Takano

|align=left|49erFX

|UFD

|15

|20

|19

|18

|20

|20

|19

|UFD

|19

|19

|20

|EL

|210

|20

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japanese shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, World Shotgun Championships, and Asian Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 March 2016.{{cite web|url=http://www.issf-sports.org/competitions/ogqualification/quota_places_by_nation_and_number.ashx|title=Quota Places by Nation and Number|date=30 May 2016|website=www.issf-sports.org/|publisher=ISSF|access-date=30 May 2016}}

In December 2015, the Japanese Olympic Committee had officially announced the names of three shooters to compete at the Games.{{cite news|title=リオ射撃代表に松田、山下 男子ピストルとライフル|trans-title=Yamashita and Matsuda has been selected to compete in the men's pistol and rifle at Rio|language=ja|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/riodejaneiro/news/detail.html?id=6965|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|date=21 November 2015|access-date=1 January 2016}}{{cite news|title=射撃、中山由起枝がリオ五輪代表 ３６歳、４度目の出場へ|trans-title=Shooting: Yukie Nakayama has been named to the Rio Olympic team, will compete in fourth Olympics at age 36|language=ja|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/news/detail.html?id=7010|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|date=9 December 2015|access-date=1 January 2016}} The remaining Japanese shooters (Akiyama, Ishihara, Mori, Okada, and Sato) had claimed their Olympic spots at the Asian Qualification Tournament in New Delhi, India to round out the team selection.

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Teruyoshi Akiyama

|align=left|25 m rapid fire pistol

|564

|22

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Tomoyuki Matsuda

|align=left|10 m air pistol

|576

|22

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|50 m pistol

|550

|19

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Eita Mori

|align=left|25 m rapid fire pistol

|570

|19

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Naoya Okada

|align=left|10 m air rifle

|622.6

|20

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Toshikazu Yamashita

|align=left|10 m air rifle

|619.5

|36

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|50 m rifle prone

|617.4

|41

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|50 m rifle 3 positions

|1169

|22

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Naoko Ishihara

|align=left|Skeet

|62

|18

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yukie Nakayama

|align=left|Trap

|61

|20

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Akiko Sato

|align=left|10 m air pistol

|369

|42

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|25 m pistol

|565

|34

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japanese swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):{{cite web|title=Swimming World Rankings |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 |publisher=FINA |access-date=14 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106131744/http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805 |archive-date= 6 January 2011 }}{{cite news|title=Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System |url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/rio2016/2014-07%20-%20Rio%202016%20-%20Qualification%20System%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Swimming%20-%20EN.pdf |work=Rio 2016 |publisher=FINA |access-date=23 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221025939/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/rio2016/2014-07%20-%20Rio%202016%20-%20Qualification%20System%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Swimming%20-%20EN.pdf |archive-date=21 February 2015 }} They must finish in the top two of each individual pool event under both the federation's required standard and an Olympic Qualifying Time at the 2016 Japan Open Swim Trials (4 to 10 April in Tokyo) to assure their selection to the Olympic team.{{cite news|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/previews-of-upcoming-olympic-qualifying-meets-from-around-the-world/|title=Previews Of Upcoming Olympic Qualifying Meets From Around The World|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=4 April 2016|access-date=5 April 2016}}

A total of 34 swimmers (17 per gender) had been selected to the Japanese roster for the Olympics, the second largest in history. Among them were London 2012 medalists Kosuke Hagino and Ryosuke Irie, 2015 World champions Daiya Seto, Natsumi Hoshi and Kanako Watanabe, Olympic veterans Takeshi Matsuda and Takuro Fujii, and rising teen Rikako Ikee.{{cite news|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/japan-announces-34-swimmer-olympic-team/|title=Japan Announces 34-Swimmer Olympic Team|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=11 April 2016|access-date=12 April 2016}}

;Men

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Naito Ehara

|align=left|400 m freestyle

|3:50.61

|31

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Takuro Fujii

|align=left|100 m butterfly

|52.36

|20

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Hiromasa Fujimori

|align=left|200 m individual medley

|1:58.88

|7 Q

|1:58.20

|7 Q

|1:57.21

|4

align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Kosuke Hagino

|align=left|200 m freestyle

|1:46.19

|7 Q

|1:45.45

|2 Q

|1:45.90

|7

align=center

|align=left|200 m individual medley

|1:58.79

|6 Q

|1:57.38

|4 Q

|1:56.61

|{{silver02}}

align=center

|align=left|400 m individual medley

|4:10.00

|3 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|4:06.05

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|Junya Hasegawa

|align=left|100 m backstroke

|54.17

|19

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Yasunari Hirai

|align=left|10 km open water

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|1:53:04.6

|8

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Ryosuke Irie

|align=left|100 m backstroke

|53.49

|8 Q

|53.21

|7 Q

|53.42

|7

align=center

|align=left|200 m backstroke

|1:56.61

|8 Q

|1:56.31

|7 Q

|1:56.36

|8

align=center

|align=left|Masaki Kaneko

|align=left|200 m backstroke

|1:57.19

|13 Q

|1:56.78

|11

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Yasuhiro Koseki

|align=left|100 m breaststroke

|58.91

|2 Q

|59.23

|4 Q

|59.37

|6

align=center

|align=left|200 m breaststroke

|2:08.61

|2 Q

|2:07.91

|4 Q

|2:07.80

|5

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Katsumi Nakamura

|align=left|50 m freestyle

|22.13

|18

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|100 m freestyle

|48.61

|17

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Masato Sakai

|align=left|200 m butterfly

|1:55.76

|6 Q

|1:55.32

|6 Q

|1:53.40

|{{silver02}}

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Daiya Seto

|align=left|200 m butterfly

|1:55.79

|8 Q

|1:55.28

|5 Q

|1:54.82

|5

align=center

|align=left|400 m individual medley

|4:08.47

|2 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|4:09.71

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Shinri Shioura

|align=left|50 m freestyle

|22.01

|=14 Q

|22.18

|16

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|100 m freestyle

|48.94

|27

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Ippei Watanabe

|align=left|100 m breaststroke

|1:00.33

|18

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m breaststroke

|2:09.63

|8 Q

|2:07.22 {{OlyR|swimming}}

|1 Q

|2:07.87

|6

align=center

|align=left|Kenji Kobase
Junya Koga
Katsumi Nakamura
Shinri Shioura

|align=left|4 × 100 m freestyle relay

|3:14.17 NR

|8 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|3:14.48

|8

align=center

|align=left|Naito Ehara
Kosuke Hagino
Yuki Kobori
Takeshi Matsuda

|align=left|4 × 200 m freestyle relay

|7:07.68

|5 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|7:03.50

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Takuro Fujii
Ryosuke Irie
Yasuhiro Koseki
Katsumi Nakamura*
Shinri Shioura

|align=left|4 × 100 m medley relay

|3:32.33

|3 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|3:31.97

|5

;Women

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Suzuka Hasegawa

|align=left|200 m butterfly

|2:07.35

|6 Q

|2:07.33

|9

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Natsumi Hoshi

|align=left|100 m butterfly

|58.15

|14 Q

|58.03

|10

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m butterfly

|2:07.37

|7 Q

|2:06.74

|4 Q

|2:05.20

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Chihiro Igarashi

|align=left|200 m freestyle

|1:57.88

|17

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|400 m freestyle

|4:07.52

|12

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=4|Rikako Ikee

|align=left|50 m freestyle

|25.45

|36

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|100 m freestyle

|54.50

|=16 Q

|54.31

|12

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m freestyle

|1:58.49

|21

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|100 m butterfly

|57.27

|7 Q

|57.05

|3 Q

|56.86

|5

align=center

|align=left|Runa Imai

|align=left|200 m individual medley

|2:11.78

|11 Q

|2:12.53

|15

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Rie Kaneto

|align=left|200 m breaststroke

|2:22.86

|2 Q

|2:22.11

|2 Q

|2:20.30

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|Yumi Kida

|align=left|10 km open water

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|1:57:35.2

|12

align=center

|align=left|Yayoi Matsumoto

|align=left|50 m freestyle

|25.73

|43

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Natsumi Sakai

|align=left|100 m backstroke

|1:01.74

|26

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m backstroke

|2:13.99

|26

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Sakiko Shimizu

|align=left|400 m individual medley

|4:34.66

|7 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|4:38.06

|8

align=center

|align=left|Satomi Suzuki

|align=left|100 m breaststroke

|1:06.99

|13 Q

|1:07.18

|12

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Miho Takahashi

|align=left|400 m individual medley

|4:37.33

|=10

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Miho Teramura

|align=left|200 m individual medley

|2:10.34

|5 Q

|2:11.03

|9

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Miki Uchida

|align=left|100 m freestyle

|54.50

|=16 Q

|54.39

|14

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Kanako Watanabe

|align=left|100 m breaststroke

|1:07.22

|16 Q

|1:07.43

|15

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|200 m breaststroke

|2:24.77

|13 Q

|2:25.10

|14

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Rikako Ikee
Yayoi Matsumoto
Miki Uchida
Misaki Yamaguchi

|align=left|4 × 100 m freestyle relay

|3:36.74 NR

|7 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|3:37.78

|8

align=center

|align=left|Tomomi Aoki
Chihiro Igarashi
Rikako Ikee
Sachi Mochida

|align=left|4 × 200 m freestyle relay

|7:52.50

|7 Q

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|7:56.76

|8

align=center

|align=left|Rikako Ikee
Natsumi Sakai
Miki Uchida
Kanako Watanabe

|align=left|4 × 100 m medley relay

|3:59.82

|10

|colspan=2 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Synchronized swimming

{{main|Synchronized swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has fielded a squad of nine synchronized swimmers to compete in both the women's team and duet routine by virtue of their second-place finish at the FINA Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=Etchells|title=Ukraine land first-ever Olympic synchronised swimming team event berth at Rio 2016 qualifier|url=http://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1035136/ukraine-land-first-ever-olympic-synchronised-swimming-team-event-berth-at-rio-2016-qualifier|publisher=Inside the Games|date=7 March 2016|access-date=8 March 2016}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Technical routine

!colspan=3|Free routine (preliminary)

!colspan=3|Free routine (final)

style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Total (technical + free)

!Rank

!Points

!Total (technical + free)

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Yukiko Inui
Risako Mitsui

|align=left|Duet

|93.1214

|4

|94.4000

|187.5214

|3 Q

|94.9333

|188.0547

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Aika Hakoyama
Aiko Hayashi
Yukiko Inui
Kei Marumo
Risako Mitsui
Kanami Nakamaki
Mai Nakamura
Kano Omata
Kurumi Yoshida

|align=left|Team

|93.7723

|3

|colspan=3 {{n/a}}

|95.4333

|189.2056

|{{bronze03}}

Table tennis

{{main|Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has fielded a team of six athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Jun Mizutani, Koki Niwa, and London 2012 silver medalists Ai Fukuhara and Kasumi Ishikawa were automatically selected among the top 22 eligible players each in their respective singles events based on the ITTF Olympic Rankings.{{cite news|first=Ian |last=Marshall |title=Olympic Games Singles Ranking Announced, Another Step Nearer Final Line Up |url=http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=44228&Competition_ID=2440& |publisher=ITTF |date=5 May 2016 |access-date=6 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707205954/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=44228&Competition_ID=2440& |archive-date= 7 July 2016 }}

Maharu Yoshimura and Mima Ito were each awarded the third spot to build the men's and women's teams for the Games by virtue of a top 10 national finish in the ITTF Olympic Rankings.{{cite news|title=Team Quota Places for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games |url=http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/2016OG/2016_OG_qualified_teams.pdf |publisher=ITTF |access-date=27 May 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617011132/http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/2016OG/2016_OG_qualified_teams.pdf |archive-date=17 June 2016 }}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Preliminary

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Jun Mizutani

|align=left rowspan=2|Singles

|colspan=3 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gionis|GRE|2016 Summer}}
W 4–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Calderano|BRA|2016 Summer}}
W 4–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Freitas|POR|2016 Summer}}
W 4–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ma L|CHN|2016 Summer}}
L 2–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Samsonov|BLR|2016 Summer}}
W 4–1

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Koki Niwa

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Toriola|NGR|2016 Summer}}
W 4–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Fegerl|AUT|2016 Summer}}
W 4–1

|{{flagIOCathlete|Wong C T|HKG|2016 Summer}}
W 4–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Zhang Jk|CHN|2016 Summer}}
L 1–4

|colspan=3|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Jun Mizutani
Koki Niwa
Maharu Yoshimura

|align=left|Team

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCteam|POL|2016 Summer}}
W 3–2

|{{flagIOCteam|HKG|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1

|{{flagIOCteam|GER|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1

|{{flagIOCteam|CHN|2016 Summer}}
L 1–3

|{{silver02}}

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Ai Fukuhara

|align=left rowspan=2|Singles

|colspan=3 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Dodean|ROU|2016 Summer}}
W 4–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ri M-s|PRK|2016 Summer}}
W 4–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Feng Tw|SIN|2016 Summer}}
W 4–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Li Xx|CHN|2016 Summer}}
L 0–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kim S-i|PRK|2016 Summer}}
L 1–4

|4

align=center

|align=left|Kasumi Ishikawa

|colspan=3 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kim S-i|PRK|2016 Summer}}
L 3–4

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Ai Fukuhara
Kasumi Ishikawa
Mima Ito

|align=left|Team

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCteam|POL|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0

|{{flagIOCteam|AUT|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0

|{{flagIOCteam|GER|2016 Summer}}
L 2–3

|{{flagIOCteam|SIN|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1

|{{bronze03}}

Taekwondo

{{main|Taekwondo at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. 2012 Olympian Mayu Hamada qualified automatically for the women's lightweight category (57 kg) by finishing in the top 6 WTF Olympic rankings.{{cite news|url=http://www.worldtaekwondofederation.net/second-tranche-of-24-taekwondo-athletes-earn-berths-to-rio-olympics-on-day-2-of-grand-prix-final-egypt-iran-china-and-korea-grab-golds/|title=Second Tranche of 24 Taekwondo Athletes Earn Berths to Rio Olympics On Day 2 of Grand Prix Final, Egypt, Iran, China and Korea Grab Golds|publisher=World Taekwondo Federation|date=7 December 2015|access-date=7 December 2015|archive-date=9 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209193451/http://www.worldtaekwondofederation.net/second-tranche-of-24-taekwondo-athletes-earn-berths-to-rio-olympics-on-day-2-of-grand-prix-final-egypt-iran-china-and-korea-grab-golds/|url-status=dead}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%;"
rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!Repechage

!colspan=2|Final / {{tooltip|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Mayu Hamada

|align=left|Women's −57 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ben Ali|TUN|2016 Summer}}
W 9–0

|{{flagIOCathlete|Malak|EGY|2016 Summer}}
L 0–3 {{abbr|SUD|Decision by sudden death}}

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Tennis

{{main|Tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament. Asia's tennis star and London 2012 quarterfinalist Kei Nishikori (world no. 6), along with Misaki Doi (world no. 48) and Nao Hibino (world no. 69), qualified directly among the top 56 eligible players for their respective singles events based on the ATP and WTA World Rankings as of 6 June 2016. Having been directly entered to the singles, Doi also opted to play with her rookie partner Eri Hozumi in the women's doubles.{{cite news|url=http://www.itftennis.com/news/232270.aspx|title=ITF announces updated entries for Rio 2016 Olympics|publisher=International Tennis Federation|date=19 July 2016|access-date=29 July 2016|archive-date=24 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824185413/http://www.itftennis.com/news/232270.aspx|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/06/06/more-sports/tennis/nishikori-doi-represent-japan-rio/#.V1biFZN94cg|title=Nishikori, Doi to represent Japan in Rio|publisher=The Japan Times|date=7 June 2016|access-date=7 June 2016|archive-date=13 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813021905/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/06/06/more-sports/tennis/nishikori-doi-represent-japan-rio/#.V1biFZN94cg|url-status=dead}} Following the withdrawal of several tennis players from the Games, Yūichi Sugita (world no. 106) and Taro Daniel (world no. 108) received a spare ITF Olympic places to join Nishikori in the men's singles.

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Taro Daniel

|align=left rowspan=3|Men's singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sock|USA|2016 Summer}}
W 6–4, 6–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Edmund|GBR|2016 Summer}}
W 6–4, 7–5

|{{flagIOCathlete|del Potro|ARG|2016 Summer}}
L 6–7(4–7), 6–1, 2–6

|colspan=4|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Kei Nishikori

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ramos|ESP|2016 Summer}}
W 6–2, 6–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Millman|AUS|2016 Summer}}
W 7–6(7–4), 6–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Martin|SVK|2016 Summer}}
W 6–2, 6–2

|{{flagIOCathlete|Monfils|FRA|2016 Summer}}
W 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 7–6(8–6)

|{{flagIOCathlete|Murray|GBR|2016 Summer}}
L 1–6, 4–6

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nadal|ESP|2016 Summer}}
W 6–2, 6–7(1–7), 6–3

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Yūichi Sugita

|{{flagIOCathlete|Baker|USA|2016 Summer}}
W 5–7, 7–5, 6–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Simon|FRA|2016 Summer}}
L 6–7(3–7), 2–6

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Misaki Doi

|align=left rowspan=2|Women's singles

|{{flagIOCathlete|Shvedova|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
W 6–3, 6–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Stosur|AUS|2016 Summer}}
L 3–6, 4–6

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Nao Hibino

|{{flagIOCathlete|Begu|ROU|2016 Summer}}
W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3

|{{flagIOCathlete|Muguruza|ESP|2016 Summer}}
L 1–6, 1–6

|colspan=5|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Misaki Doi
Eri Hozumi

|align=left|Women's doubles

|{{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Garcia /
Mladenovic|FRA|2016 Summer}}
W 6–0, 0–6, 6–4

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kasatkina /
Kuznetsova|RUS|2016 Summer}}
L 4–6, 6–1, 1–6

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Triathlon

{{main|Triathlon at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has qualified a total of four triathletes for the following events at the Games. Incoming four-time Olympian Hirokatsu Tayama and Ai Ueda secured their Olympic spots in the men's and women's triathlon, respectively, as a result of their gold medal triumph at the 2016 Asian Championships in Hatsukaichi.{{cite news|title=トライアスロン、田山寛豪がＶ アジア選手権、４度目五輪へ|trans-title=Hirokatsu Tayama wins the men's title at the Asian Triathlon Championships, will go to his fourth Olympics|language=ja|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/riodejaneiro/news/detail.html?id=7439|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|date=30 April 2016|access-date=30 April 2016}} Meanwhile, Ueda's teammates Yurie Kato and 2010 Youth Olympic gold medalist Yuka Sato were ranked among the top 40 eligible triathletes in the women's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of 15 May 2016.{{cite news|title=National Federations select athletes for Rio Olympics|url=http://www.triathlon.org/news/article/athletes_selected_for_rio_olympics|publisher=International Triathlon Union|date=18 May 2016|access-date=26 May 2016}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!Event

!Swim (1.5 km)

!Trans 1

!Bike (40 km)

!Trans 2

!Run (10 km)

!Total Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Hirokatsu Tayama

|align=left|Men's

|17:34

|0:47

|colspan=5|Lapped

align=center

|align=left|Yurie Kato

|align=left rowspan=3|Women's

|20:06

|0:56

|1:07:13

|0:42

|35:53

|2:07:50

|46

align=center

|align=left|Yuka Sato

|19:08

|0:58

|1:01:24

|0:38

|37:53

|2:00:01

|15

align=center

|align=left|Ai Ueda

|21:10

|0:57

|1:04:50

|0:37

|36:03

|2:03:37

|39

Volleyball

{{main|Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

=Indoor=

==Women's tournament==

{{main|Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament}}

Japan women's volleyball team qualified for the Olympics by picking up the continental spot as the highest-ranked Asian team at the first meet of the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Tokyo.{{cite news|title=Netherlands, Italy, Korea and Japan book Rio tickets|url=http://rio2016.fivb.com/en/news/netherlands-italy-korea-and-japan-book-rio?id=61289|publisher=FIVB|date=21 May 2016|access-date=23 May 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160604161753/http://rio2016.fivb.com/en/news/netherlands-italy-korea-and-japan-book-rio?id=61289|archive-date=4 June 2016|url-status=dead}}

;Team roster

{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team rosters|JPN}}

;Group play

{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A}}

{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A1}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A4}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A9}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A11}}

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{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|A14}}

;Quarterfinal

{{#section:Volleyball at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|C2}}

Water polo

{{main|Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

;Summary

{{smalldiv|1=

Key:

}}

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6|Group Stage

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Opposition
Score

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Japan men's

|align=left|Men's tournament

|{{wp|GRE}}
L 7–8

|{{wp|AUS}}
L 8–16

|{{wp|BRA}}
L 6–8

|{{wp|HUN}}
L 7–17

|{{wp|SRB}}
L 8–12

|6

|colspan=3|Did not advance

|12

=Men's tournament=

{{main|Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament}}

Japan men's water polo team qualified for the Olympics by winning the gold medal and securing a lone outright berth at the Asian Championships in Foshan, China, signifying the nation's Olympic comeback to the men's tournament for the first time since 1984.{{cite news|url=http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002639828|title=Japan ends long Olympic drought in water polo|publisher=Yomiuri Shimbun|date=21 December 2015|access-date=22 December 2015}}

;Team roster

{{#section:Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's team rosters|JPN}}

;Group play

{{#section:Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A}}

{{#section:Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A3}}

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{{#section:Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A5}}

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{{#section:Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A7}}

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{{#section:Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A10}}

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{{#section:Water polo at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|A15}}

Weightlifting

{{main|Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japanese weightlifters have qualified three men's and four women's quota places for the Rio Olympics based on their combined team standing by points at the 2014 and 2015 IWF World Championships. The team must allocate these places to individual athletes by 20 June 2016.

The weightlifting team was named to the Olympic roster on 28 May 2016, with London 2012 silver medalist Hiromi Miyake remarkably going to her fourth straight Games.{{cite news|title=Rehabbing Miyake named in Olympic weightlifting team|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/05/28/olympics/rehabbing-miyake-named-in-olympic-weightlifting-team/|publisher=The Japan Times|date=28 May 2016|access-date=5 June 2016}} Two further places were added to the Japanese weightlifting squad, as a response to Azerbaijan's omission from the ranking list published at the World Championships, due to "multiple positive cases" of doping on the nation's weightlifters.{{cite news|title=重量挙げ高尾と中山を代表に追加 リオ五輪男子|trans-title=Weightlifting: Takao and Nakayama were added to the team of weightlifters|language=ja|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/riodejaneiro/news/detail.html?id=7636/|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|date=1 July 2016|access-date=3 July 2016}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Snatch

!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Hiroaki Takao

|align=left|−56 kg

|111

|12

|138

|11

|249

|11

align=center

|align=left|Yōichi Itokazu

|align=left rowspan=2|−62 kg

|133

|4

|169

|4

|302

|4

align=center

|align=left|Yōsuke Nakayama

|121

|11

|145

|12

|266

|12

;Women

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Snatch

!colspan="2"|Clean & Jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Hiromi Miyake

|align=left|−48 kg

|81

|8

|107

|3

|188

|{{bronze03}}

align=center

|align=left|Kanae Yagi

|align=left|−53 kg

|81

|6

|105

|6

|186

|6

align=center

|align=left|Mikiko Ando

|align=left|−58 kg

|94

|7

|124

|4

|218

|5

align=center

|align=left|Namika Matsumoto

|align=left|−63 kg

|90

|10

|115

|9

|205

|9

Wrestling

{{main|Wrestling at the 2016 Summer Olympics}}

Japan has qualified a total of ten wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. Majority of Olympic berths were awarded to Japanese female wrestlers, who finished among the top six at the 2015 World Championships, while five more had booked their Olympic spots by progressing to the top two finals at the 2016 Asian Qualification Tournament.{{cite news|title=Wrestling for Rio 2016|url=https://unitedworldwrestling.org/rio-2016|access-date=19 September 2015|publisher=United World Wrestling}}{{cite news|title=吉田Ｖ13、登坂も３連覇 リオ代表事実上決める|trans-title=Yoshida climbs to her 13th straight victory, three athletes will compete for Rio|language=ja|url=http://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/riodejaneiro/news/detail.html?id=6821|publisher=Japanese Olympic Committee|date=10 September 2015|access-date=10 September 2015}}

{{smalldiv|1=

Key:

  • VT – Victory by fall.
  • VB – Victory by injury.
  • PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

}}

;Men's freestyle

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Qualification

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size: 95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Rei Higuchi

|align=left|−57 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Yang K-i|PRK|2016 Summer}}
W 4–1 SP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Lachinau|BLR|2016 Summer}}
W 4–0 ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bonne|CUB|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Rahimi|IRI|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Khinchegashvili|GEO|2016 Summer}}
L 1–3 PP

|{{silver02}}

align=center

|align=left|Sosuke Takatani

|align=left|−74 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ilyasov|AUS|2016 Summer}}
W 5–0 VB

|{{flagIOCathlete|Khadjiev|FRA|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Usserbayev|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
L 1–3 PP

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|7

;Men's Greco-Roman

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Qualification

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size: 95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Shinobu Ota

|align=left|−59 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sourian|IRI|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Kebispayev|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Berge|NOR|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bayramov|AZE|2016 Summer}}
W 5–0 VT

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Borrero|CUB|2016 Summer}}
L 0–4 ST

|{{silver02}}

align=center

|align=left|Tomohiro Inoue

|align=left|−66 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Štefanek|SRB|2016 Summer}}
L 0–4 ST

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Stäbler|GER|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Bolkvadze|GEO|2016 Summer}}
L 0–3 PO

|5

;Women's freestyle

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!Qualification

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!Repechage 1

!Repechage 2

!colspan=2|Final / {{abbr|BM|Bronze medal match}}

style="font-size: 95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Eri Tosaka

|align=left|−48 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Eshimova|KAZ|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Augello|USA|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sun Yn|CHN|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Stadnik|AZE|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|Saori Yoshida

|align=left|−53 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Synyshyn|AZE|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sambou|SEN|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Argüello|VEN|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Maroulis|USA|2016 Summer}}
L 1–3 PP

|{{silver02}}

align=center

|align=left|Kaori Icho

|align=left|−58 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Amri|TUN|2016 Summer}}
W 4–0 ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Yeşilırmak|TUR|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ratkevich|AZE|2016 Summer}}
W 4–0 ST

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Koblova|RUS|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|Risako Kawai

|align=left|−63 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Michalik|POL|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Grigorjeva|LAT|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|{{flagIOCathlete|Trazhukova|RUS|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mamashuk|BLR|2016 Summer}}
W 3–0 PO

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|Sara Dosho

|align=left|−69 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Stadnyk|UKR|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Tosun|TUR|2016 Summer}}
W 4–0 ST

|{{flagIOCathlete|Yeats|CAN|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{flagIOCathlete|Fransson|SWE|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|colspan=2 {{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Vorobieva|RUS|2016 Summer}}
W 3–1 PP

|{{gold01}}

align=center

|align=left|Rio Watari

|align=left|−75 kg

|{{n/a|Bye}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ferreira|BRA|2016 Summer}}
L 1–3 PP

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|14

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