# Japan at the 1954 Asian Games

Japan participated in the 1954 Asian Games held in the capital city of Manila, Philippines. This country was ranked 1st with 38 gold medals, 36 silver medals and 24 bronze medals with a total of 98 medals to secure its top spot in the medal tally. Japan sent a total of 151 athletes to the Games, 121 men and 30 women.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Athletics | 17 | 18 | 8 | 43 |
| Swimming | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| Wrestling | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Diving | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Shooting | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Boxing | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Water polo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Basketball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | 38 | 36 | 24 | 98 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Kanji Akagi | Athletics | Men's 400m |
| Gold | Yoshitaka Muroya | Athletics | Men's 800m |
| Gold | Osamu Inoue | Athletics | Men's 5000m |
| Gold | Susumu Takahashi | Athletics | Men's 3000m steeplechase |
| Gold | Masaji Tajima Yoshihiro Takatani Tomio Hosoda Akira Kiyofuji | Athletics | Men's 4×100m relay |
| Gold | Akira Matsui Yoshitaka Muroya Nobuaki Matsuno Kanji Akagi | Athletics | Men's 4×400m relay |
| Gold | Bunkichi Sawada | Athletics | Men's Pole vault |
| Gold | Noriaki Sagawa | Athletics | Men's Long jump |
| Gold | Noriaki Sagawa | Athletics | Men's Triple jump |
| Gold | Yoshio Kojima | Athletics | Men's Hammer throw |
| Gold | Atsuko Nambu | Athletics | Women's 100m |
| Gold | Midori Tanaka | Athletics | Women's 200m |
| Gold | Yoshie Takahashi | Athletics | Women's 80m hurdles |
| Gold | Atsuko Nambu | Athletics | Women's Long jump |
| Gold | Toyoko Yoshino | Athletics | Women's Shot put |
| Gold | Toyoko Yoshino | Athletics | Women's Discus throw |
| Gold | Akiko Kurihara | Athletics | Women's Javelin throw |
| Gold | Kazuma Fujimoto | Boxing | Men's Welterweight 67 kg |
| Gold | Katsuichi Mori | Diving | Men's 10 m platform |
| Gold | Masami Miyamoto | Diving | Women's 3 m springboard |
| Gold | Masami Miyamoto | Diving | Women's 10 m platform |
| Gold | Choji Hosaka | Shooting | Men's 50 m pistol |
| Gold | Masao Fujita | Shooting | Men's Trap |
| Gold | Hiroshi Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle |
| Gold | Yoshihiro Shoji | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle |
| Gold | Yukiyoshi Aoki | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle |
| Gold | Keiji Hase | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke |
| Gold | Mamoru Tanaka | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke |
| Gold | Kenzo Yoshimura Teijiro Tanikawa Yukiyoshi Aoki Hiroshi Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
| Gold | Misako Tamura | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle |
| Gold | Masayo Aoki | Swimming | Women's 200 m breaststroke |
| Gold | Sadako Yamashita Shizue Miyabe Misako Tamura Tomiko Atarashi | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
| Gold | Minoru Iizuka | Wrestling | Men's Bantamweight 57kg |
| Gold | Shigeru Kasahara | Wrestling | Men's Featherweight 62kg |
| Gold | Takeo Shimotori | Wrestling | Men's Lightweight 67kg |
| Gold | Yutaka Kaneko | Wrestling | Men's Welterweight 73kg |
| Gold | Kazua Katsuramoto | Wrestling | Men's Middleweight 79kg |
| Gold | Kenzo Fukuda | Wrestling | Men's Heavyweight +87kg |
| Silver | Yoshitaka Muroya | Athletics | Men's 1500m |
| Silver | Jiro Yamauchi | Athletics | Men's 10,000m |
| Silver | Yukiyoshi Kawata | Athletics | Men's 110m hurdles |
| Silver | Yukio Ishikawa | Athletics | Men's High jump |
| Silver | Toyokichi Matsumoto | Athletics | Men's Pole vault |
| Silver | Yoshiro Sonoda | Athletics | Men's Long jump |
| Silver | Yoshio Iimuro | Athletics | Men's Triple jump |
| Silver | Yoshio Kojima | Athletics | Men's Shot put |
| Silver | Fumio Nishiuchi | Athletics | Men's Decathlon |
| Silver | Atsuko Nambu | Athletics | Women's 200m |
| Silver | Miyo Miyashita | Athletics | Women's 80m hurdles |
| Silver | Yoshio Iimuro | Athletics | Women's Triple jump |
| Silver | Kimiko Okamoto Atsuko Nambu Michiko Iwamoto Midori Tanaka | Athletics | Women's 4×100m relay |
| Silver | Miyoko Takahashi | Athletics | Women's High jump |
| Silver | Atsuko Nambu | Athletics | Women's Long jump |
| Silver | Motoko Yoshida | Athletics | Women's Shot put |
| Silver | Taeko Nomura | Athletics | Women's Discus throw |
| Silver | Yasuko Inden | Athletics | Women's Javelin throw |
| Silver | Yutaka Kobashi | Boxing | Men's Light middleweight 71 kg |
| Silver | Katsuichi Mori | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard |
| Silver | Shuko Sakaguchi | Diving | Women's 3 m springboard |
| Silver | Shuko Sakaguchi | Diving | Women's 10 m platform |
| Silver | Tsurukichi Kawaoka | Shooting | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol |
| Silver | Tokusaburo Iwata | Shooting | Men's Trap |
| Silver | Teijiro Tanikawa | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle |
| Silver | Katsuji Yamashita | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle |
| Silver | Shichiro Shintaku | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle |
| Silver | Norihiko Kurahashi | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke |
| Silver | Masaru Furakawa | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke |
| Silver | Tomiko Atarashi | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle |
| Silver | Akiko Miyazaki | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle |
| Silver | Keiko Sadamori | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke |
| Silver | Kazuko Sakamoto | Swimming | Women's 200 breaststroke |
| Silver | Minoru Kubota | Weightlifting | Men's Lightweight 67.5 kg |
| Silver | Yushu Kitano | Wrestling | Men's Flyweight 52kg |
| Silver | Hachiro Arakawa Hirobumi Chige Shunichi Hiroshiga Teruyoshi Kanda Shinichiro Koga Takayoshi Matsufuji Osamu Miyabe Takanao Sado Haosue Tajina Nisei Tashiro | Water polo | Men's Team |
| Bronze | Michio Ueki | Athletics | Men's 800m |
| Bronze | Michio Ueki | Athletics | Men's 1500m |
| Bronze | Takehiko Nakajima | Athletics | Men's 110m hurdles |
| Bronze | Haruo Nagayasu | Athletics | Men's Javelin throw |
| Bronze | Mieko Muro | Athletics | Women's High jump |
| Bronze | Mikiko Tazaki | Athletics | Women's Long jump |
| Bronze | Yuriko Mizoguchi | Athletics | Women's Shot put |
| Bronze | Yuriko Mizoguchi | Athletics | Women's Discus throw |
| Bronze | Hirokazu Arai Jyunya Arai Riichi Arai Takashi Itoyama Takeshi Kinoshita Hitoshi Konno Hisashi Nagashima Shozo Noguchi Hiroshi Saito Shigeuji Saito Shutaro Shoji Takeo Sugiyama | Basketball | Men's Team |
| Bronze | Kichio Miyake | Swimming | Men's Bantamweight 54 kg |
| Bronze | Hiroshi Iwabuchi | Boxing | Men's Lightweight 60 kg |
| Bronze | Hisao Inoue | Boxing | Men's Light welterweight 63.5 kg |
| Bronze | Yutaka Baba | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard |
| Bronze | Kanoko Tsutani | Diving | Women's 3 m springboard |
| Bronze | Kanoko Tsutani | Diving | Women's 10 m platform |
| Bronze | Tsutomu Nagashima | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle |
| Bronze | Takuro Ashida | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke |
| Bronze | Masao Togami | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke |
| Bronze | Shizue Miyabe | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle |
| Bronze | Yoshiko Sato | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle |
| Bronze | Midori Morimae | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke |
| Bronze | Chizuko Urahata | Swimming | Women's 200 m breaststroke |
| Bronze | Yoshio Nanbu | Weightlifting | Bantamweight 56 kg |
| Bronze | Hachiro Fujiwara | Weightlifting | Middleweight 75 kg |