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Japan at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Japan at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitehttp://www.joc.or.jp/
in Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors96 in 23 sports
Flag bearerYuka Kagami
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
15
Silver
12
Bronze
12
Total
39
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)

Japan participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018. Japan competes in 23 events and brought home 39 medals. It was the rehearsal of the hosting Summer Olympics as Tokyo was the host of the 2020 games which was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021.

Medalists

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Competitors

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Sport Boy Girl Total
Archery 1 1 2
Athletics 8 6 14
Badminton 1 1 2
Cycling 2 2 4
Dancesport 1 1 2
Fencing 2 1 3
Futsal – 10 10
Golf 1 1 2
Gymnastics 2 3 5
Karate 3 3 6
Modern pentathlon 0 1 1
Rowing 1 0 1
Rugby sevens 12 – 12
Sailing 1 0 1
Shooting 0 1 1
Sport climbing 2 1 3
Swimming 4 4 8
Table tennis 1 1 2
Taekwondo 1 0 1
Tennis 1 2 3
Triathlon 1 1 2
Weightlifting 0 1 1
Wrestling 3 2 5
Total 48 43 91

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.[1][2]

Individual
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Tetsuya Aoshima Boys' Individual 654 22  Tolba (EGY)
L 5–6 		did not advance 17
Ruka Uehara Girls' Individual 667 2  Jones (NZL)
L 5–6 		did not advance 17
Team
Athletes Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
 Tetsuya Aoshima (JPN)
 Èlia Canales (ESP) 		Mixed team 1299 19  Naumova (UKR)
 Eyeni (CIV)
L 4–5 		did not advance 17
 Ruka Uehara (JPN)
 Louis Gino Aurelien Juhel (MRI) 		1273 30  Kharitonova (RUS)
 Rezowan (BAN)
L 4–5 		did not advance 17

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Boys
Track & road events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Seiryo Ikeda 100 m 10.82 3 10.30 3 21.12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kosuke Ishida 1500 m 3:57.25 11 11:52[a] 5 16 7
Rintaro Kajiyama 3000 m 8:22.15 5 12:10[a] 8 13 6
Haruto Deguchi 400 m hurdles 51.40 1 51.28 1 1:42.68 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yusuke Iwakawa 5000 m walk 21:49.40 10 23:20.84 12 45:10.24 12
Field Events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kazuki Furusawa Pole vault 5.10 3 5.22 2 10.32 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Koki Wada Long jump 7.46 4 7.66 3 15.12 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kentaro Nakamura Javelin throw 66.31 13 64.55 12 130.86 12
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Takako Niisaka 100 m 12.22 7 11.65 8 23.87 8
Maki Ueda 800 m 2:09.91 8 2:10.06 5 4:19.97 7
Yuki Kanemitsu 1500 m 4:24.41 4 13:13[a] 3 7 4
Miyaka Sugata 3000 m 9:21.16 5 13:59[a] 11 16 9
Field Events
Athlete Event Stage 1 Stage 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Azuki Nakatsugawa Long jump 5.86 6 6.14 5 12.00 5
Yuika Nakamura Javelin throw 43.62 14 DNS - - -

a Cross Country

Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified two players based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.[4][5]

Singles
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Kodai Naraoka Boys' singles  Chang Ho Kim (FIJ)
W (21–7, 21–5) 		 Cristian Savin (MDA)
W (21–8, 21–13) 		 Dmitriy Panarin (KAZ)
W (21–9, 21–12) 		1 Q  Chen Shiau-cheng (TPE)
W (21–11, 21–11) 		 Lakshya Sen (IND)
L (21–14, 15–21, 22–24) 		 Arnaud Merklé (FRA)
W (21–17, 24–26, 22–20) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hirari Mizui Girls' singles  Léonice Huet (FRA)
W (21–14, 21–16) 		 Halla Bouksani (ALG)
W (21–1, 21–9) 		 Wang Zhiyi (CHN)
L (10–21, 21–17, 16–21) 		2 did not advance 9
Team
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Team Theta
 Kodai Naraoka (JPN)
 Hirari Mizui (JPN)
 Julien Carraggi (BEL)
 Mohamed Mostafa Kamel (EGY)
 Lukas Resch (GER)
 Zecily Fung (AUS)
 Jaqueline Lima  (BRA)
 Tereza Švábíková (CZE) 		Mixed Teams  Sigma (MIX)
L (100–110) 		 Omega (MIX)
L (100–110) 		 Gamma (MIX)
L (107–110) 		4Q  Delta (MIX)
W (110–93) 		 Alpha (MIX)
L (90–110) 		 Zeta (MIX)
W (110–107) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified a boys' and girls' combined team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games Junior Nation Rankings. They also qualified a mixed BMX racing team based on its ranking in the Youth Olympic Games BMX Junior Nation Rankings and two athletes in BMX freestyle based on its performance at the 2018 Urban Cycling World Championship.[6]

  • Boys' combined team – 1 team of 2 athletes
  • Girls' combined team – 1 team of 2 athletes
  • Mixed BMX racing team – 1 team of 2 athletes
  • Mixed BMX freestyle – 1 boy and 1 girl

Dancesport

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Main article: Dancesport at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified two dancers based on its performance at the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship.[7][8]

  • B-Boys – Shigekix
  • B-Girls – Ram

Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified three athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.[9]

Athlete Event Group Stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM / FM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Seiya Asami Boys' épée  Ignacio Pérez Contreras (ARG)
W (5–1) 		 Khasan Baudunov (KGZ)
L (3–4) 		 Paul Veltrup (GER)
L (2–5) 		 Seraphim Hsieh Jarov (CAN)
W (5–3) 		 Artur Tolasov (RUS)
W (5–1) 		— 2 —  Khasan Baudunov (KGZ)
L (1–5) 		Did not advance 6
Hibiki Kato Boys' sabre  Samuel Jarry (FRA)
L (1–5) 		 Andrei Păștin (ROU)
W (5–1) 		 Matias Ríos (ARG)
W (5–1) 		 Hudson Santana (PUR)
L (4–5) 		 Alonso Santamaría (ESP)
L (3–5) 		— 4  Amirhossein Shaker (IRI)
W (15–9) 		 Hyun Jun (KOR)
L (12–15) 		Did not advance 8
Yuka Ueno Girls' foil  Giorgia Salmas (AUS)
W (5–0) 		 Venissia Thépaut (FRA)
W (5–3) 		 Rebeca Cândescu (ROU)
W (5–1) 		 Christelle Joy Ko (HKG)
W (5–1) 		 Anabella Acurero (VEN)
W (5–0) 		 Noha Hany (EGY)
W (5–1) 		1 —  Christelle Joy Ko (HKG)
W (13–3) 		 Anabella Acurero (VEN)
W (8–4) 		 Martina Favaretto (ITA)
W (15–12) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

Futsal

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Main article: Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Girls[10]
Summary
Team Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank
Japan Girls' tournament  Cameroon
W 6–2 		 Chile
W 4–1 		 Dominican Republic
W 6–2 		 Portugal
L 0–2 		2  Spain
W 3–2 		 Portugal
L 1–4 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Group D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal 4 4 0 0 37 2 +35 12 Semi-finals
2  Japan 4 3 0 1 16 7 +9 9
3  Cameroon 4 2 0 2 16 13 +3 6
4  Chile 4 0 1 3 6 27 −21 1
5  Dominican Republic 4 0 1 3 6 32 −26 1
Source: FIFA IOC
Cameroon 2–6 Japan
  • Tchomte 29'
  • Kalieu 35'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (IOC)
  • Maeda 7', 36'
  • Yamakawa 8', 20'
  • Miyamoto 34'
  • Oino 38'
Attendance: 1,260
Referee: Andres Peña (Argentina)
Japan 4–1 Chile
  • Miyamoto 13'
  • Maeda 23'
  • Arai 27'
  • Carrasco 33' (o.g.)
 Report (FIFA)
Report (IOC)
  • Mora 17'
Attendance: 227
Referee: Leandro Lorenzo (Argentina)
Japan 6–2 Dominican Republic
  • Yokoyama 7'
  • Oino 9'
  • Ikeuchi 18'
  • Abe 19'
  • Arai 22'
  • Maeda 27'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (IOC)
  • Collado 3', 4'
Attendance: 2,085
Referee: Tayana Moreno (Venezuela)
Portugal 2–0 Japan
  • Sanheiro 5'
  • Pereira 21'
 Report FIFA)
Report (IOC)
Attendance: 359
Referee: Rafael Villalba (Paraguay)
Semi-finals
Spain 2–3 Japan
  • de las Heras 17', 39'
 Report (FIFA)
Report (IOC)
  • Maeda 21'
  • Arai 24'
  • Oino 32'
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Lance Vanhaitsma (United States)
Finals
Portugal 4–1 Japan
 Report (FIFA)
Report (IOC)
Category:Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls Final on Wikimedia Commons
Category:Futsal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Girls Final on Wikimedia Commons
  • Yamakawa 21'
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Gelareh Nazemi (Iran)

Golf

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Main article: Golf at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Total Rank Score Par Rank
Kagetsu Tsuruse Girls' Individual 79 (+9) 22 77 (+7) 156 19 79 (+9) 235 28 235 +25 27
Ryou Hitsatsune Boys' Individual 75 (+5) 20 68 (-2) 143 1 70 (0) 213 4 213 +3 5
Team
Athletes Event Round 1
(Fourball) 		Round 2
(Foursome) 		Round 3
(Individual Stroke) 		Total
Score Rank Score Rank Girl Boy Total Rank Score Par Rank
Kagetsu Tsuruse
Ryou Hitsatsune 		Mixed team 64 (-6) 6 74 (+4) 15 76 70 146 (+6) 11 284 +4 9

Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Artistic

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Japan qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[11]

Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Takeru Kitazono Qualification 13.500 14.133 13.700 14.100 14.266 13.600 83.299 1 Q
All-around 13.833 13.966 13.466 14.233 13.000 13.800 83.299 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Floor 13.633 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Parallel bars 12.666 6
Rings 13.533 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Parallel bars 14.166 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Horizontal bar 13.566 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
V UB BB F
Chiharu Yamada Qualification 13.100 9.733 11.166 12.566 46.565 21
Floor 12.000 6

Rhythmic

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Japan qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[11]

Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank Hoop Ball Clubs Ribbon Total Rank
Aino Yamada Individual 14.900 14.850 15.450 14.250 59.450 6 Q 15.500 15.300 15.000 12.400 58.200 8

Trampoline

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Japan qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Junior Championship.[11]

  • Boys' trampoline – 1 quota
  • Girls' trampoline – 1 quota
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Routine 1 Routine 2 Total Rank Score Rank
Takumi Fujimoto Boys 50.975 12 Did not advance
Yuki Okuno Girls 42.440 50.395 92.835 6 Q 50.760 5

Karate

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Main article: Karate at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified three athlete based on the rankings in the Buenos Aires 2018 Olympic Standings.[12] Later, they qualified three more athletes based on its performance at one of the Karate Qualification Tournaments.[13]

Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Masaki Yamaoka Boys' 61 kg  Pedropablo de la Roca (GUA)
W (4–0) 		 Alireza Farajikouhikheili (IRI)
W (5–0) 		 Oussama Edari (MAR)
D (0–0) 		1  Fahik Veseli (MKD)
W (8–0) 		 Mohammed Al-Assiri (KSA)
L (0–8) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kotaro Nakamura Boys' 68 kg  Yassine Sekouri (MAR)
L (2–8) 		 Abilmansur Batyrgali (KAZ)
L (0–3) 		 Juan Salsench (ARG)
D (0–0) 		3 Did not advance
Keisei Sakiyama Boys' +68 kg  Tomáš Kósa (SVK)
W (1–0) 		 Navid Mohammadi (IRI)
W (2–0) 		 Sean McCarthy Crean (IRL)
L (1–2) 		3 Did not advance
Rinka Tahata Girls' 53 kg  Aika Okazaki (THA)
D (3–3) 		 Tânia de Barros (POR)
W (2–0) 		 Fatemeh Khonakdartarsi (IRI)
W (1–0) 		1  Dildora Alikulova (UZB)
W (2–0) 		 Yasmin Nasr Elgewily (EGY)
L (1–2) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kokoro Sakaji Girls' 59 kg  Marta Ossipova (EST)
W (4–0) 		 Zsófia Baranyi (HUN)
W (1–0) 		 Ivana Perović (SRB)
W (1–0) 		1  Mobina Heydariozomcheloei (IRI)
D (0–0) 		 Anna Chernysheva (RSA)
W (3–0) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Sakura Sawashima Girls' +59 kg  Laura Lyck (DEN)
W (2–0) 		 Negin Altooni (IRI)
L (1–5) 		 Janessa Fonseca (PUR)
W (3–0) 		1  Lauren Salisbury (GBR)
W (9–1) 		 Annika Sælid (NOR)
L (0–3) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualification Regatta.[14]

  • Boys' single sculls – 1 athlete

Rugby sevens

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Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Boys' tournament

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Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament
Summary
Team Event Group Stage Bronze medal game
Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Opposition
score 		Rank Opposition
score 		Rank
Japan Boys' tournament  South Africa
W 14–12 		 Argentina
L 0–45 		 Samoa
W 29–0 		 United States
D 17–17 		 France
L 14–29 		3  South Africa
W 28–5 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Group Stage
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
1  Argentina 5 5 0 0 180 38 +142 15
2  France 5 4 0 1 111 65 +46 13
3  Japan 5 2 1 2 74 103 −29 10
4  South Africa 5 2 0 3 79 84 −5 9
5  United States 5 0 2 3 67 120 −53 7
6  Samoa 5 0 1 4 48 149 −101 6
Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.
13 October 2018
13:15
South Africa 12–14 Japan
Try: Maubane 3'c
Kellerman 7'm
Con: Hattingh (1/2) 3'		ReportTry: Nakanishi 6'c
Konishi 11'c
Con: Yamada (2/2) 7', 12'
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)
13 October 2018
17:10
Argentina 45–0 Japan
Try: Cinti Luna (2) 2'c, 9'c
Vanni 4'm
González 6'c
Mendy 8'c
Graziano 11'm
Moneta 13'c
Con: Roger (2/3) 3', 6'
Elicagaray (3/4) 8', 9', 13'		Report
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
14 October 2018
10:05
Japan 29–0 Samoa
Try: Fujii (3) 0'm, 1'm, 4'c
Konishi 10'c
Nakanishi 13'm
Con: Yamada (2/5) 5', 10'		Report
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
14 October 2018
12:45
United States 17–17 Japan
Try: Sione 3'c
Kruse 10'm
Green 13'm
Con: Sione (1/3) 3'		ReportTry: Konishi 4'c
Nakanashi 6'm
Yamada 8'm
Con: Konishi (1/1) 5'
Ishida (0/1)
Uemura (0/1)
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)
15 October 2018
11:55
France 29–14 Japan
Try: Dridi 1'c
Dulon 4'm
Randle 6'c
Trouabal 11'm
Tani 13'm
Con: Bellot (1/2) 2'
Tiberghien (1/2) 7'
Germain (0/1)		ReportTry: Konishi 3'c
Fujii 9'c
Con: Konishi (1/1) 4'
Yamada (1/1) 9'
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
Bronze medal match
15 October 2018
15:10
Japan 28–5 South Africa
Try: Fujii 2'c
Nakanishi 3'c
Konishi (2) 8'c, 12'c
Con: Konishi (4/4) 2', 3', 9', 12'		ReportTry: Maubane 13'm
Con: Braude (0/1)
Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2018 Singapore Open (Asian Techno 293+ Qualifiers).[15][16]

  • Boys' Techno 293+ – 1 boat

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Aoi Takagi Girls' 10m air rifle 615.1 15 did not advance
Team
Athletes Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Points Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
 Aoi Takagi (JPN)
 Maximilian Ulbrich (GER) 		Mixed 10 metre air rifle 825.1 7 Q  Martínez López (MEX)
 Wadlegger (AUT)
L 7–10 		did not advance

Sport climbing

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Main article: Sport climbing at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified two sport climbers based on its performance at the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships. They also qualified a female climber based on its performance at the 2017 Asian Youth Sport Climbing Championships.[17][18]

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

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Boys
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Keisuke Yoshida 200 m freestyle 1:48.97 1 Q — 1:48.75 5
400 m freestyle 3:51.68 1 Q — 3:48.68 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
800 m freestyle — 7:53.85 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Taku Taniguchi 50 m breaststroke 28.28 3 Q 28.22 4 28.20 4
100 m breaststroke 1:01.68 3 Q 1:02.08 5 Q 1:01.40 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
200 m breaststroke 2:16.67 8 Q — 2:15.21 5
Yu Hanaguruma 50 m breaststroke 29.18 16 Q 29.01 14 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:02.22 4 Q 1:01.99 4 Q 1:01.62 4
200 m breaststroke 2:13.58 1 Q — 2:11.63 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shinnosuke Ishikawa 50 m butterfly 24.64 16 Q 24.76 14 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 53.57 7 Q 52.67 4 Q 52.52 4
200 m butterfly 2:01.47 7 Q — 1:59.42 6
Keisuke Yoshida
Taku Taniguchi
Shinnosuke Ishikawa
Yu Hanaguruma 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay — 3:26.80 6
Keisuke Yoshida
Yu Hanaguruma
Shinnosuke Ishikawa
Taku Taniguchi 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:45.34 3 Q — DSQ
Girls
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mayuka Yamamoto 50 m freestyle 25.80 6 Q 25.62 7 Q 25.39 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 m freestyle 55.95 4 Q 56.37 9 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 26.84 3 Q 27.12 8 Q 27.17 7
Nagisa Ikemoto 50 m freestyle 26.52 18 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 55.51 2 Q 55.25 4 Q 55.37 4
200 m freestyle 2:01.18 6 Q — 1:59.89 5
Shiori Asaba 50 m breaststroke 33.46 25 Did not advance
100 m breaststroke 1:09.27 3 Q 1:09.50 6 Q 1:09.57 8
200 m breaststroke 2:29.12 1 Q — 2:26.80 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Miku Kojima 200 m individual medley 2:15.37 3 Q — 2:15.09 4
Miku Kojima
Mayuka Yamamoto
Nagisa Ikemoto
Shiori Asaba 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay — 3:49.27 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Keisuke Yoshida
Taku Taniguchi
Mayuka Yamamoto
Nagisa Ikemoto
Shinnosuke Ishikawa[a] 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:35.95 6 Q 3:34.18 7
Miku Kojima
Taku TaniguchI
Shinnosuke Ishikawa
Nagisa Ikemoto
Yu Hanaguruma[b] 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:54.14 2 Q 3:51.74 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
  • a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.
  • b Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the Asian Continental Qualifier.[20]

Taekwondo

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Main article: Taekwondo at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Hidetaka Maeda Boys' 55 kg  Mason Yarrow (GBR)
W (29–6) 		 Georgii Popov (RUS)
L (13–34) 		did not advance

Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Athlete Event First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Naoki Tajima Boys' singles  Arnaud Bovy (BEL)
W (6–4, 6-2) 		 Hugo Gaston (FRA)
L (3–6, 2-6) 		did not advance
Naoki Tajima
 Mu Tao (CHN) 		Boys' doubles  Filip Cristian Jianu
Daniel Michalski (MIX)
W (6–7, 6-3) 		—  Sebastián Báez
Facundo Díaz Acosta (ARG)
L (0–6, 1-6) 		did not advance
Yuki Naito Girls' singles  Wang Xiyu (CHN)
W (7–6, 7-5) 		 Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS)
W (7–6, 3-6, 6-4) 		 Camila Osorio (COL)
L (7–6, 3-6, 1-6) 		did not advance
Naho Sato  Viktoriia Dema (UKR)
L (1–6, 4-6) 		did not advance
Yuki Naito
Naho Sato 		Girls' doubles  Georgia Drummy
Ana Makatsaria (MIX)
W (6–1, 7-5) 		—  Margaryta Bilokin
Viktoriia Dema (UKR)
W (7–5, 5-7) 		 Wang Xinyu
Wang Xiyu (CHN)
W (6–4, 4-6) 		 Kaja Juvan
Iga Świątek (MIX)
L (7–6, 5-7) 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Yuki Naito
Naoki Tajima 		Mixed doubles  Ana Makatsaria
Patrick Sydow (MIX)
W (6–0, 6-1) 		 Iga Świątek
Daniel Michalski (POL)
W w/o 		 Joanna Garland
Tseng Chun-hsin (TPE)
W (6–1, 6-0) 		 Clara Burel
Hugo Gaston (FRA)
W (6–1, 7-5) 		 Camila Osorio
Nicolás Mejía (COL)
L (6–2, 6-3) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Naho Sato
 Gilbert Soares Klier Júnior (BRA) 		Mixed doubles  Georgia Drummy
Delmas N'tcha (MIX)
W (6–1, 6-1) 		 Oksana Selekhmeteva
Carlos López Montagud (MIX)
L (4-6, 7-68, [6]-[10]) 		did not advance

Triathlon

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Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[21]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Time Rank
Teppei Tokuyama Boys 9:59 0:29 29:10 0:34 17:38 57:50 23
Maki Uchida Girls 9:32 0:55 32:16 0:32 22:05 1:05:20 25
Relay
Athlete Event Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km,
Run 1.8 km) 		Total Group Time Rank
Asia 1
 Lee Jung-won (KOR)
 Teppei Tokuyama (JPN)
 Emma Ada Middleditch (SGP)
 Daniil Zubtsov (KAZ) 		Mixed Relay 22:57 (8)
21:44 (9)
24:01 (7)
23:15 (10) 		1:31:57 10
Asia 2
 Maki Uchida (JPN)
 Hung Tik Long (HKG)
 Yu Xinying (CHN)
 Chong Xian Hao (MAS) 		23:40 (13)
24:22 (14)
25:21 (11)
23:26 (11) 		1:36:49 1P 13

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Japan qualified one athlete based on its performance at the 2018 Asian Youth Championships.[22]

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Sumire Hashimoto Girls' -63 kg 75 7 95 8 170 8

Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Boys
Athlete Event Group Stage Final / BM / FM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank
Hayato Fujita freestyle 55 kg  Vladyslav Ostapenko (UKR)
L (4–10) 		 Robert Howard (USA)
L (2–13) 		3  Gavin Whitt (GUM)
W (10–0) 		5
Wataru Sasaki Greco-Roman 51 kg  Mehdi Jouini (TUN)
W (9–0) 		 Axel Salas (MEX)
W (10–1) 		1  Giorgi Tokhadze (GEO)
W (11–7) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Shu Yamada Greco-Roman 71 kg  Lynch Santos (GUM)
W (8–0) 		 Stepan Starodubtsev (RUS)
L (2–4) 		2  Lamjed Maafi (TUN)
W (4–0) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Girls
Athlete Event Group Stage Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank
Nonoka Ozaki freestyle 57 kg  Andrea López (MEX)
W (8–2) 		 Kaetlyn-Rae Quintanilla (GUM)
W (10–0) 		 Anastasia Blayvas (GER)
W (10–0) 		 Hala Ahmed (EGY)
W (10–0) 		1  Anna Szél (HUN)
W (10–0) 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Yuka Kagami freestyle 73 kg  Milaimys Marín (CUB)
L (1–4) 		 Ioana Ludgate (ASA)
W (10–0) 		 Julia Fridlund (SWE)
W (12–2) 		 Anika White (CAN)
W (10–0) 		2  Kseniya Dzibuk (BLR)
W (8–0) 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

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