# Japan at the 1970 Asian Games

Japan participated in the 1970 Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand from August 24, 1970 to September 4, 1970. This country was ranked 1st with 74 gold, 47 silver and 23 bronze medals, making a total of 144 medals in all.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Masahide Jinno | Athletics | Men's 100 m |
| Gold | Yoshiharu Tomonaga | Athletics | Men's 400 m |
| Gold | Susumu Noro | Athletics | Men's 1500 m |
| Gold | Chikashi Watanabe | Athletics | Men's 110 m hurdles |
| Gold | Yukitaka Shigeta | Athletics | Men's 400 m hurdles |
| Gold | Nobuyoshi Miura | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase |
| Gold | Horishi Waku Kiyoshi Shimada Hiromitsu Inomata Yoshiharu Tomonaga | Athletics | Men's 4 × 400 m relay |
| Gold | Kenji Kimihara | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Gold | Kyoichiro Inoue | Athletics | Men's pole vault |
| Gold | Shinji Ogura | Athletics | Men's long jump |
| Gold | Shigenobu Murofushi | Athletics | Men's hammer throw |
| Gold | Hisao Yamamoto | Athletics | Men's javelin throw |
| Gold | Junichi Onizuka | Athletics | Men's decathlon |
| Gold | Keiko Yamada | Athletics | Women's 200 m |
| Gold | Emiko Konishi Keiko Tsuchida Ritsuko Sato Keiko Yamada | Athletics | Women's 4 × 100 m relay |
| Gold | Michiyo Inaoka | Athletics | Women's high jump |
| Gold | Hiroko Yamashita | Athletics | Women's long jump |
| Gold | Teruko Yagishita | Athletics | Women's discus throw |
| Gold | Nobuko Morita | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
| Gold | Hiroe Yuki | Badminton | Women's singles |
| Gold | Etsuko Takenaka Machiko Aizawa | Badminton | Women's doubles |
| Gold | Etsuko Takenaka Mariko Nishio Machiko Aizawa Hiroe Yuki | Badminton | Women's team |
| Gold | Masato Abe Toru Miyaichi Takao Ono Terue Yoshida | Cycling | Men's team time trial |
| Gold | Takafumi Matsuda | Cycling | Men's 1 km time trial |
| Gold | Kenichi Ono | Cycling | Men's individual pursuit |
| Gold | Tsutomu Irimagawa Seiichi Iwasaki Takafumi Matsuda Shinpei Okajima | Cycling | Men's team 1600 m time trial |
| Gold | Tsutomu Irimagawa Seiichi Iwasaki Takafumi Matsuda Shinpei Okajima | Cycling | Men's team pursuit |
| Gold | Takashi Kioka | Diving | Men's 3 m springboard |
| Gold | Kanoko Mabuchi | Diving | Women's 3 m springboard |
| Gold | Yoko Arimitsu | Diving | Women's 10 m platform |
| Gold | Kazuoki Matsuyama | Sailing | Men's OK |
| Gold | Takao Otani | Sailing | Men's super moth |
| Gold | Akira Yamamura Takashi Yamamura | Sailing | Men's flying dutchman |
| Gold | Kanji Kubo Makoto Shiraishi Shinji Takahashi Yoshihisa Yoshikawa | Shooting | Men's 25 m center fire pistol team |
| Gold | Kanji Kubo | Shooting | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol |
| Gold | Takeo Kamachi Kanji Kubo Makoto Shiraishi Tadamasa Yamamoto | Shooting | Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol team |
| Gold | Isamu Hikari | Shooting | Men's 50 m pistol |
| Gold | Isamu Hikari Takeo Kamachi Shinji Takahashi Yoshihisa Yoshikawa | Shooting | Men's 50 m pistol team |
| Gold | Minoru Ito | Shooting | Men's 10 m air rifle |
| Gold | Minoru Ito Hiroya Okuda Kazuya Ono Kenjiro Tsuba | Shooting | Men's 10 m air rifle team |
| Gold | Takeo Toriyama | Shooting | Men's 50 m rifle prone |
| Gold | Shojiro Sawa | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle |
| Gold | Kunihiro Iwasaki | Swimming | Men's 200 m freestyle |
| Gold | Tadashi Honda | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke |
| Gold | Tadashi Honda | Swimming | Men's 200 m backstroke |
| Gold | Nobutaka Taguchi | Swimming | Men's 100 m breaststroke |
| Gold | Nobutaka Taguchi | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke |
| Gold | Yasuhiro Komazaki | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly |
| Gold | Yasuhiro Komazaki | Swimming | Men's 200 m butterfly |
| Gold | Toru Udo | Swimming | Men's 400 m individual medley |
| Gold | Shojiro Sawa Kunihiro Iwasaki Noboru Waseda Satoshi Maruya | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
| Gold | Akira Iida Kunihiro Iwasaki Noboru Waseda Toshinori Murata | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay |
| Gold | Tadashi Honda Nobutaka Taguchi Satoshi Maruya Shojiro Sawa | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay |
| Gold | Yoshimi Nishigawa | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle |
| Gold | Yoshimi Nishigawa | Swimming | Women's 200 m freestyle |
| Gold | Tae Iguchi | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle |
| Gold | Yukiko Goshi | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke |
| Gold | Hitomi Tanigami | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke |
| Gold | Chieno Shibata | Swimming | Women's 200 m breaststroke |
| Gold | Mayumi Aoki | Swimming | Women's 100 m butterfly |
| Gold | Yoshimi Nishigawa | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley |
| Gold | Shigeko Kawanishi Yukiko Goshi Yukari Takemoto Yoshimi Nishigawa | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |
| Gold | Shigeko Kawanishi Yukiko Goshi Mayumi Aoki Chieno Shibata | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay |
| Gold | Yoshihide Fukao Kenji Kimura Isao Koizumi Yasuaki Mitsumori Jungo Morita Yuzo Nakamura Katsutoshi Nekoda Keiichi Numakura Seiji Oko Tetsuo Sato Kenji Shimaoka Tadayoshi Yokota | Volleyball | Men's tournament |
| Gold | Toshimi Furuta Keiko Hama Takako Iida Toyoko Iwahara Hiroko Jinnouchi Kajiko Kitajima Machiko Kunitimo Fumie Matsushita Hisako Nagano Aiko Onozawa Takako Shirai Eiko Sugawara | Volleyball | Women's tournament |
| Gold | Hiroshi Hashimoto Tatsuo Jihira Shigeharu Kuwabara Hirokatsu Kuwayama Kaoru Matsunaga Naoto Minegishi Koji Nakano Hideo Nishida Yukiharu Oshita Toshio Takahashi Yoshihiro Yasumi | Water polo | Men's tournament |
| Gold | Takeshi Horikoshi | Weightlifting | Men's flyweight |
| Gold | Yoshiyuki Miyake | Weightlifting | Men's featherweight |
| Gold | Nobuyuki Hatta | Weightlifting | Men's middleweight |
| Gold | Masashi Ouchi | Weightlifting | Men's light heavyweight |
| Gold | Hideaki Yanagida | Wrestling | Men's 57 kg |
| Gold | Kikuo Wada | Wrestling | Men's 68 kg |
| Gold | Toshitada Yoshida | Wrestling | Men's 74 kg |
| Gold | Tatsuo Sasaki | Wrestling | Men's 82 kg |
| Silver | Masahide Jinno | Athletics | Men's 200 m |
| Silver | Kenichi Otsuki | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m |
| Silver | Susumu Noro | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase |
| Silver | Chiaki Miyakawa Masahide Jinno Kiyoshi Shimada Hiromitsu Inomata | Athletics | Men's 4 × 100 m relay |
| Silver | Yoshiro Mifune | Athletics | Men's marathon |
| Silver | Hidehiko Tomizawa | Athletics | Men's high jump |
| Silver | Masanori Araya | Athletics | Men's pole vault |
| Silver | Hiroomi Yamada | Athletics | Men's long jump |
| Silver | Yoshihisa Ishida | Athletics | Men's hammer throw |
| Silver | Nobuko Kawano | Athletics | Women's 800 m |
| Silver | Miyako Inoue | Athletics | Women's 1500 m |
| Silver | Ayako Natsume | Athletics | Women's 100 m hurdles |
| Silver | Keiko Yamada | Athletics | Women's 100 m |
| Silver | Kumie Suzuki | Athletics | Women's high jump |
| Silver | Satoe Matsuzaki | Athletics | Women's shot put |
| Silver | Yoko Saito | Athletics | Women's discus throw |
| Silver | Sakiko Hara | Athletics | Women's javelin throw |
| Silver | Junji Honma Shoichi Toganoo | Badminton | Men's doubles |
| Silver | Miyoji Tateyama | Boxing | Men's 51 kg |
| Silver | Tomiharu Tonosaki | Boxing | Men's 60 kg |
| Silver | Masato Abe | Cycling | Men's road race |
| Silver | Toshio Otsubo | Diving | Men's 10 m platform |
| Silver | Yoko Arimitsu | Diving | Women's 3 m springboard |
| Silver | Makoto Shiraishi | Shooting | Men's 25 m center fire pistol |
| Silver | Kunihiro Iwasaki | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle |
| Silver | Noboru Waseda | Swimming | Men's 200 m freestyle |
| Silver | Akira Iida | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle |
| Silver | Akira Iida | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle |
| Silver | Koji Hoshino | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke |
| Silver | Koji Hoshino | Swimming | Men's 200 m backstroke |
| Silver | Satoshi Maruya | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly |
| Silver | Satoshi Maruya | Swimming | Men's 200 m butterfly |
| Silver | Junhachiro Tsutsumi | Swimming | Men's 400 m individual medley |
| Silver | Shigeko Kawanishi | Swimming | Women's 100 m freestyle |
| Silver | Shigeko Kawanishi | Swimming | Women's 200 m freestyle |
| Silver | Kikuyo Ishii | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke |
| Silver | Chieno Shibata | Swimming | Women's 100 m breaststroke |
| Silver | Hitomi Tanigami | Swimming | Women's 200 m breaststroke |
| Silver | Kazuyo Banno | Swimming | Women's 100 m butterfly |
| Silver | Yukari Takemoto | Swimming | Women's 200 m individual medley |
| Silver | Kenkichi Ando | Weightlifting | Men's bantamweight |
| Silver | Hideki Fujimoto | Weightlifting | Men's middle heavyweight |
| Silver | Yoshiyuki Matsuhashi | Wrestling | Men's 48 kg |
| Silver | Kiyomi Kato | Wrestling | Men's 52 kg |
| Silver | Kiyoshi Abe | Wrestling | Men's 62 kg |
| Silver | Shizuo Yada | Wrestling | Men's 100 kg |
| Silver | Yorihide Isogai | Wrestling | Men's +100 kg |
| Bronze | Yoshitake Tsuchiya | Athletics | Men's 800 m |
| Bronze | Masazumi Aoki | Athletics | Men's shot put |
| Bronze | Toji Hayashi | Athletics | Men's discus throw |
| Bronze | Nobuko Kawano | Athletics | Women's 400 m |
| Bronze | Keiko Tsuchida | Athletics | Women's long jump |
| Bronze | Yoko Saito | Athletics | Women's shot put |
| Bronze | Ippei Kojima | Badminton | Men's singles |
| Bronze | Junji Honma Ippei Kojima Hiroshi Taniguchi Shoichi Toganoo | Badminton | Men's team |
| Bronze | Ippei Kojima Etsuko Takenaka | Badminton | Mixed doubles |
| Bronze | Shigeaki Abe Yoshikuni Awano Seiji Igarashi Isao Kimura Akira Kodama Satoshi Mori Fumihiko Moroyama Kazufumi Sakai Kenji Soda Atsushi Somatomo Masatomo Taniguchi Kunihiko Yokoyama | Basketball | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Yoshimitsu Aragaki | Boxing | Men's 48 kg |
| Bronze | Yasutsune Uehara | Boxing | Men's 63.5 kg |
| Bronze | Yoshitsugu Kawabe | Boxing | Men's 67 kg |
| Bronze | Masato Abe Toru Miyaichi Takao Ono Terue Yoshida | Cycling | Men's team road race |
| Bronze | Toshiaki Hayashi | Diving | Men's 10 m platform |
| Bronze | Saburo Amemiya Susumu Chiba Masaji Fuji Shunji Furuta Toshiaki Ichinose Kazuo Kawamura Kyoichi Nagaya Hideji Okabe Satokazu Otsuka Haruo Satake Norio Takahashi Michinori Ueda Akihito Wada | Field hockey | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Minoru Ito Hiroya Okuda Kazuya Ono Takeo Toriyama | Shooting | Men's 50 m rifle prone team |
| Bronze | Minoru Ito Hiroya Okuda Kazuya Ono Kenjiro Tsuba | Shooting | Men's 50 m rifle three positions team |
| Bronze | Kazuya Ono | Shooting | Men's 50 m rifle three positions |
| Bronze | Toshinori Murata | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle |
| Bronze | Toshinori Murata | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle |
| Bronze | Eiko Goshi | Swimming | Women's 400 m freestyle |
| Bronze | Koichi Tani | Wrestling | Men's 90 kg |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Swimming | 22 | 16 | 3 | 41 |
| Athletics | 19 | 17 | 6 | 42 |
| Shooting | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| Cycling | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Wrestling | 4 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Weightlifting | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Diving | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Badminton | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Sailing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Volleyball | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Water polo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Basketball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Field hockey | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 74 | 47 | 23 | 144 |