Japan at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan at the
2018 Asian Games
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp
in Jakarta and Palembang
August 18 (18-08) – September 2 (2-09)
Competitors762
Flag bearers Yukiko Ueno (Opening)
Rikako Ikee (Closing)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
75
Silver
56
Bronze
74
Total
205
Asian Games appearances (overview)

Japan participated in the 2018 Asian Games as a competing nation, in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018.[1]

Medalists[edit]

Further information: 2018 Asian Games medal table


Demonstration events
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Naoki Sugimura
Tsubasa Aihara		 eSports Pro Evolution Soccer tournament 1 Sep

Competitors[edit]

The following is a list of the number of competitors representing Japan that participated at the Games:

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 4 4 8
Artistic swimming — 9 9
Athletics 35 23 58
Badminton 10 10 20
Baseball 23 — 23
Basketball 16 16 32
Bowling 6 6 12
Boxing 7 1 8
Canoeing 11 8 19
Contract bridge 9 3 12
Cycling 14 10 24
Diving 3 4 7
Equestrian 11 1 12
Fencing 12 12 24
Field hockey 18 18 36
Football 20 18 38
Golf 4 3 7
Gymnastics 7 11 18
Handball 15 16 31
Judo 10 10 20
Kabaddi 10 10 20
Karate 4 4 8
Kurash 2 0 2
Modern pentathlon 2 2 4
Paragliding 5 3 8
Pencak silat 1 0 1
Roller sports 2 2 4
Rowing 7 7 14
Rugby sevens 12 12 24
Sailing 7 5 12
Sambo 2 1 3
Sepak takraw 9 9 18
Shooting 9 9 18
Soft tennis 5 5 10
Softball — 17 17
Sport climbing 2 2 4
Squash 3 3 6
Swimming 19 19 38
Table tennis 4 4 8
Taekwondo 3 3 6
Tennis 5 5 10
Triathlon 3 2 5
Volleyball 18 18 36
Water polo 13 13 26
Weightlifting 8 7 15
Wrestling 12 6 18
Wushu 4 2 6
Total 406 353 759

Demonstration events[edit]

Sport Men Women Total
Canoe polo 6 6 12
eSports 3 0 3

Archery[edit]

Main article: Archery at the 2018 Asian Games
Recurve
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Hiroki Muto Men's individual 649 18  Khudoyarov (TJK)
W 6–0 		 Baatarkhuyag (MGL)
W 6–4 		 Kim (KOR)
L 1–7 		Did not advance
Takaharu Furukawa 668 7 Bye  Pathairat (THA)
W 6–2 		 Li (CHN)
W 6–4 		 Kim (KOR)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
Tomoaki Kuraya 646 30 Did not advance
Hiroki Muto
Takaharu Furukawa
Tomoaki Kuraya 		Men's team 1963 6 — Bye  Indonesia
W 6–2 		 Chinese Taipei
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Ayano Kato Women's individual 643 19 Did not advance
Kaori Kawanaka 649 13 Bye  Ghapar (MAS)
W 6–0 		 Tan (TPE)
L 1–7 		Did not advance
Tomomi Sugimoto 663 6 Bye  Tagaeva (TJK)
W 6–0 		 Lestari (INA)
W 6–2 		 Le (TPE)
L 0–6 		Did not advance
Ayano Kato
Kaori Kawanaka
Tomomi Sugimoto 		Women's team 1955 4 —  Bangladesh
W 6–2 		 Indonesia
W 6–0 		 South Korea
L 2–6 		 China
W 6–2 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takaharu Furukawa
Tomomi Sugimoto 		Mixed team 1331 4 — Bye  Iran
W 6–0 		 Bangladesh
W 5–1 		 Mongolia
W 6–2 		 North Korea
W 6–0 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Compound
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Kazune Nakamura
Yumiko Honda 		Mixed team 1366 10 Bye  Iran
L 152–152(17–19) 		Did not advance

Artistic swimming[edit]

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan has fielded a squad of nine artistic swimmers to compete in the women's duet and team events.[2]

Athlete Event Technical routine Free routine Total Rank
Points Rank Points Rank
Yukiko Inui
Megumu Yoshida 		Duet 90.2363 2 92.1000 2 182.3363 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Juka Fukumura
Yukiko Inui
Kei Marumo
Kano Omata
Mayu Tsukamoto
Mashiro Yasunaga
Megumu Yoshida
Moeka KijimaFR
Okina KyogokuTR 		Team 90.9357 2 91.9333 2 182.8690 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

FR: Reserved in free routine; TR: Reserved in technical routine.

Athletics[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Ryota Yamagata 100 m 10.19 2Q 10.10 1Q 10.00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Asuka Cambridge 10.23 2Q 10.36 3 Did not advance
Shōta Iizuka 200 m 21.08 2Q 20.64 2Q 20.68 7
Yuki Koike 21.30 2Q 20.35 1Q 20.23 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Julian Walsh 400 m 46.20 2Q 46.01 2 45.89 5
Sho Kawamoto 800 m 1:48.07 4Q — 1:50.87 7
Takumi Murashima 1:48.86 3 — Did not advance
Ryoji Tatezawa 1500 m 3:50.75 4Q — 3:49.40 9
Taioh Kanai 110 m hurdles 13.81 2Q — 13.74 7
Shunya Takayama 13.84 1Q — 13.48 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takatoshi Abe 400 m hurdles 49.71 3Q — 49.12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takayuki Kishimoto 50.95 10 — Did not advance
Kazuya Shiojiri 3000 m steeplechase — 8:29.42 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kosei Yamaguchi — 8:47.41 9
Hiroto Inoue Marathon — 2:18:22 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hayato Sonoda — 2:19:04 4
Eiki Takahashi 20 km walk — 1:27:31 5
Toshikazu Yamanishi — 1:22:10 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hayato Katsuki 50 km walk — 4:03:30 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Satoshi Maruo — 4:14:13 4
Ryota Yamagata
Shuhei Tada
Yoshihide Kiryū
Asuka Cambridge 		4 × 100 m relay 38.20 1 — 38.16 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Julian Walsh
Yuki Koike
Takatoshi Abe
Shōta Iizuka 		4 × 400 m relay 3:06.11 1 — 3:01.94 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Yuki Hashioka Long jump 8.03 1Q 8.05 4
Shotaro Shiroyama 7.74 6Q 7.98 5
Kohei Yamashita Triple jump — 16.46 4
Naoto Tobe High jump 2.15 1Q 2.24 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takashi Eto 2.15 1Q 2.24 6
Seito Yamamoto Pole vault — 5.70 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Kosei Takekawa — 5.00 11
Masateru Yugami Discus throw — 57.62 6
Ryohei Arai Javelin throw — 75.24 7
Combined events – Decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Akihiko Nakamura Result 10.95 7.34 11.43 1.97 48.87 14.45 36.84 4.80 51.35 4:24.75 7738 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Points 872 896 572 776 867 917 601 849 609 779
Keisuke Ushiro Result 11.39 7.09 14.49 1.97 50.29 15.09 45.09 4.90 63.07 4:44.11 7878 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Points 776 835 758 776 801 839 774 880 784 655
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Chisato Fukushima 100 m 11.99 4 Did not advance
200 m DNS Did not advance
Kana Ichikawa 100 m 11.94 5Q 12.01 8 Did not advance
Yume Kitamura 800 m 2:05.31 2Q — 2:03.88 4
Ayano Shiomi 2:04.46 2Q — 2:04.57 4
Rina Nabeshima 5000 m — 15:40.37 4
Minami Yamanouchi — 15:52.48 6
Yuka Hori 10000 m — 32:42.73 7
Masumi Aoki 100 m hurdles 13.48 3Q — 13.63 5
Hitomi Shimura 13.87 8Q — 13.74 7
Eri Utsunomiya 400 m hurdles 57.99 2Q — 58.97 7
Yukari Ishizawa 3000 m steeplechase — 10:13.53 8
Keiko Nogami Marathon — 2:36:27 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hanae Tanaka — 2:42:35 9
Kumiko Okada 20 km walk — 1:34:02 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Midori Mikase
Kana Ichikawa
Nodoka Seko
Masumi Aoki 		4 × 100 m relay 44.95 5 — 44.93 5
Ayaka Kawata
Yume Kitamura
Eri Utsunomiya
Ayano Shiomi 		4 × 400 m relay — 3:34.14 5
Field events
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Hitomi Katsuyama Hammer throw 62.95 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Akane Watanabe 62.45 4
Marina Saito Javelin throw 56.46 4
Risa Miyashita 51.05 9
Combined events - Heptathlon
Athlete Event 110H HJ SP 200 m LJ JT 800 m Final Rank
Meg Hemphill Result 13.69 1.64 11.97 25.37 5.97 43.71 2:25.00 5654 6
Points 1023 783 659 853 840 739 757
Yuki Yamasaki Result 14.02 1.70 12.13 24.75 5.89 46.48 2:17.75 5873 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Points 976 855 670 910 816 792 854
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Jun Kimura
Ayaka Kawata
Eri Utsunomiya
Jun Yamashita 		4 × 400 m relay — 3:21.90 5

Badminton[edit]

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Asian Games

Nippon Badminton Association announced its squad of 20 players (10 men's and 10 women's) on 6 June 2018.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Kento Momota Singles Bye  B Shrestha (NEP)
W (21–9, 21–10) 		 A S Ginting (INA)
L (18–21, 18–21) 		Did not advance
Kenta Nishimoto Bye  K Byambajav (MGL)
W (21–11, 21–6) 		 H Z Shaheed (MDV)
W (21–7, 21–10) 		 Son W-h (KOR)
W (21–17, 21–11) 		 J Christie (INA)
L (15–21, 21–15, 19–21) 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda 		Doubles —  T Isriyanet /
K Namdash (THA)
W (21–11, 21–16) 		 Ong Y S /
Teo E Y (MAS)
L (14–21, 17–21) 		Did not advance
Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko 		—  M I S Bhatti /
A Sarwar (PAK)
W (21–8, 21–16) 		 M F Gideon /
K S Sukamuljo (INA)
L (16–21, 21–19, 18–21) 		Did not advance
Kento Momota
Kenta Nishimoto
Riichi Takeshita
Kanta Tsuneyama
Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko
Yuta Watanabe
Takuro Hoki 		Team —  Malaysia
W 3–0 		 South Korea
W 3–0 		 Indonesia
L 1–3 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Akane Yamaguchi Singles  S Lidaa (AFG)
W (21–0, 21–3) 		 N Tamang (NEP)
W (21–7, 21–12) 		 Chen YF (CHN)
W (21–19, 21–11) 		 P V Sindhu (IND)
L (17–21, 21–15, 10–21) 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nozomi Okuhara  M A Shahrurunaz (MDV)
W (21–2, 21–5) 		 He BJ (CHN)
W (21–10, 21–12) 		 Tai T-y (TPE)
L (15–21, 10–21) 		Did not advance
Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi 		Doubles Bye  G Saddique /
S Waqas (PAK)
W (21–3, 21–3) 		 Kim H-r /
Kong H-y (KOR)
W (21–10, 21–7) 		 G Polii /
A Rahayu (INA)
W (21–15, 21–17) 		 Chen QC /
Jia YF (CHN)
L (20–22, 20–22) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota 		Bye  D D Haris /
R A Pradipta (INA)
W (21–13, 21–17) 		 Lee S-h /
Shin S-c (KOR)
W (21–13, 21–17) 		 Chen QC /
Jia YF (CHN)
L (17–21, 8–21) 		Did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Akane Yamaguchi
Nozomi Okuhara
Sayaka Sato
Aya Ohori
Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
Arisa Higashino
Koharu Yonemoto 		Team — Bye  India
W 3–1 		 Indonesia
W 3–1 		 China
W 3–1 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino 		Mixed  Choi S-g /
Shin S-c (KOR)
W (12–21, 22–20, 21–15) 		 R Azam /
S Waqas (PAK)
W (21–7, 21–9) 		 Wang YL /
Huang DP (CHN)
L (17–21, 21–18, 17–21) 		Did not advance
Takuro Hoki
Koharu Yonemoto 		Bye  Đỗ T Đ /
Phạm N T (VIE)
W (21–12, 21–13) 		 Zheng SW /
Huang YQ (CHN)
L (13–21, 15–21) 		Did not advance

Baseball[edit]

Main article: Baseball at the 2018 Asian Games

Japan participated in the baseball competition at the Games, and the team were drawn in the group A.[4]

Team Event Round 1 Round 2 Super / Consolation Final / BM
Oppositions
scores 		Rank Oppositions
scores 		Rank Oppositions
scores 		Rank Opposition
score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament Bye  Pakistan: W 15–0 (F/6)
 China: W 17–2 (F/5)
 Thailand: W 24–0 (F/5) 		1 Q  South Korea: L 1–5
 Chinese Taipei: W 5–0 		2 Q  South Korea: L 0–3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Roster

The following is the Japan roster (Samurai team) for the men's baseball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games. The team of 24 players was officially named on 18 June 2018.[5] The team remain of 23 players after Shunpei Yoshikawa withdrawal from the Games.[6]

Manager
Akio Ishii
Coaches
Yuji Tanahashi
Shigeki Wakabayashi
Masanori Sugiura
Pos. No. Player Date of birth (age) Bats Throws Club
OF 1 Koji Chikamoto (1994-11-09)9 November 1994 (aged 23) Japan Osaka Gas Okayama
IF 2 Jumpei Horimai (1993-04-18)18 April 1993 (aged 25) Japan Toshiba Iwate
IF 3 Sho Aoyagi (1989-12-07)7 December 1989 (aged 28) Japan Osaka Gas Okayama
IF 4 Shoji Kitamura (1994-01-23)23 January 1994 (aged 24) Japan Toyota Ishikawa
OF 5 Momotaro Matsumoto (1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 23) Japan Honda Hokkaido
OF 6 Asahi Sato (1992-10-09)9 October 1992 (aged 25) Japan Toshiba Ibaragi
IF 7 Tsuyoshi Tamura (1993-09-06)6 September 1993 (aged 24) Japan JR West Okayama
IF 8 Michiori Okabe (1992-06-04)4 June 1992 (aged 26) Japan Jx-Eneos Tokyo
IF 9 Shohei Morishita (1994-06-23)23 June 1994 (aged 24) Japan Hitachi Tokyo
IF 10 Junya Kino (1992-10-20)20 October 1992 (aged 25) Japan NTT East Kanagawa
P 11 Yuichiro Okano (1994-04-16)16 April 1994 (aged 24) Japan Toshiba Miyagi
IF 12 Yuki Jibiki (1990-06-25)25 June 1990 (aged 28) Japan Tokyo Gas Chiba
P 13 Yudai Aranishi (1992-08-25)25 August 1992 (aged 26) Japan Honda Kumamoto
P 15 Isamu Usui (1994-04-02)2 April 1994 (aged 24) Japan Tokyo Gas Kanagawa
P 17 Makoto Hori (1995-02-27)27 February 1995 (aged 23) Japan NTT East Tokyo
P 18 Takumi Takahashi (1994-06-20)20 June 1994 (aged 24) Japan Japan Life Insurance Gumma
P 19 Katsutoshi Satake (1983-10-14)14 October 1983 (aged 34) Japan Toyota Kanagawa
P 20 Akiyoshi Katsuno (1997-06-12)12 June 1997 (aged 21) Japan Mitsubishi H.I. Gifu
C 23 Takehiro Tsujino (1993-06-16)16 June 1993 (aged 25) Japan Honda Ibaragi
OF 24 Kohei Sasagawa (1994-04-21)21 April 1994 (aged 24) Japan Tokyo Gas Ibaragi
C 27 Ryo Kinami (1992-04-10)10 April 1992 (aged 26) Japan Nippon Express Tokyo
P 34 Ryoga Tomiyama (1997-05-03)3 May 1997 (aged 21) Japan Toyota Wakayama
C 36 Takeshi Hosoyamada (1986-04-29)29 April 1986 (aged 32) Japan Toyota Kagoshima
Round 2 – Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 56 2 1.000 — Super round
2  China 3 2 1 33 20 .667 1
3  Pakistan 3 1 2 11 32 .333 2 Consolation round
4  Thailand 3 0 3 1 47 .000 3
Source: OCA


26 August
9:00 		Japan  15–0 (F/6)  Pakistan Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 200
Umpires: Huang Jun-jeh (TPE)
WP: Yudai Aranishi Boxscore LP: Tariq Nadeem
HR: Kohei Sasagawa (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Pakistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 — — — 0 4 1
 Japan 0 4 8 1 1 1 — — — 15 15 0
27 August
14:00 		Japan  17–2 (F/5)  China Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 150
Umpires: Chu Hsu-kuang (TPE)
WP: Akiyoshi Katsuno Boxscore LP: Gong Haicheng
HR: Shohei Morishita (1), Momotaro Matsumoto (2), Tsuyoshi Tamura (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 China 0 0 0 2 0 — — — — 2 5 0
 Japan 13 1 2 0 1 — — — — 17 17 0
28 August
9:00 		Thailand  0–24 (F/5)  Japan Rawamangun Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 130
Umpires: Sujeewa Wijayanayake (SRI)
LP: Alex Clark Boxscore WP: Takumi Takahashi
HR: Tsuyoshi Tamura (2), Yuki Jibiki (1), Michiori Okabe (1), Asahi Sato (1), Kohei Sasagawa (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 4 4 5 3 8 — — — — 24 19 1
 Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 — — — — 0 0 2
Super round
Pos Team
 Pld W L RF RA PCT GB Qualification
1  South Korea 3 2 1 16 4 .667[a] — Gold medal match
2  Japan 3 2 1 23 7 .667[a] —
3  Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 3 6 .667[a] — Bronze medal match
4  China 3 0 3 3 28 .000 2
Source: OCA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tied on head-to-head wins (1). Team quality balance: KOR +0.167, JPN +0.056, TPE −0.222.


30 August
12:00 		Japan  1–5  South Korea Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 637
Umpires: Chu Hsu-kuang (TPE)
LP: Katsutoshi Satake Boxscore WP: Lee Yong-chan
HR: Kim Ha-seong (1), Park Byung-ho (1), Hwang Jae-gyun (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 South Korea 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 5 14 1
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1
31 August
18:30 		Chinese Taipei  0–5  Japan Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 500
Umpires: Park Hi-young (KOR)
LP: Lin Hua-ching Boxscore WP: Yuichiro Okano
Sv: Yudai Aranishi
HR: Tsuyoshi Tamura (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 7 0
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2
Final
1 September
16:00 		South Korea  3–0  Japan Gelora Bung Karno Baseball Field, Jakarta
Attendance: 1,700
Umpires: Huang Jun-jeh (TPE)
WP: Yang Hyeon-jong
Sv: Jung Woo-ram 		Boxscore LP: Ryoga Tomiyama
HR: Park Byung-ho (1)
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
 South Korea 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 X 3 4 2

Basketball[edit]

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games
Summary
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinals / Pl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Japan men's Men's tournament —  Chinese Taipei
L 65−71 		 Qatar
W 82−71 		 Hong Kong
W 88−82 		2 Q  Iran
L 67−93 		 Philippines
L 80−113 		 Indonesia
W 84−66 		7
Japan women's Women's tournament —  Hong Kong
W 121−44 		 China
L 73−105 		 Mongolia
W 107−35 		 Thailand
W 91−41 		2 Q  Kazakhstan
W 104−57 		 China
L 74−86 		 Chinese Taipei
W 76−63 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Japan men's Men's 3x3 tournament    Nepal
W 22−11 		 Jordan
W 22−7 		 Maldives
W Disq. 		 Qatar
W 21−15 		 Syria
W 21−13 		1 Q  Thailand
L 13−21 		Did not advance
Japan women's Women's 3x3 tournament —  Mongolia
W 22−1 		 Chinese Taipei
W 14−10 		   Nepal
W 21−4 		1 Q  Indonesia
W 15−6 		 Thailand
W 21−16 		 China
L 10−21 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

5x5 basketball[edit]

Japan men's team will compete in group C at the Games, while the women's team in group Y.[7]

Men's tournament[edit]

Main article: Basketball at the 2018 Asian Games – Men
Roster

The following is the Japan roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 2018 Asian Games.[8]

Japan men's national basketball team - 2018 Asian Games roster
Players Coaches
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Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SG 3 Naoto Tsuji 28 – (1989-09-08)8 September 1989 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Kawasaki Brave Thunders Japan
PG 4 Taichi Nakamura 21 – (1997-06-29)29 June 1997 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Toyama Grouses Japan
C 8 Atsuya Ota 34 – (1984-04-06)6 April 1984 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) San-en NeoPhoenix Japan
PG 9 Leo Vendrame 24 – (1993-11-14)14 November 1993