# Japan at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Japan competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London. Japan's team consisted of 116 competitors.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Goalball team | Goalball | Women's tournament | 7 September |
| Gold | Shingo Kunieda | Wheelchair tennis | Men's Singles | 8 September |
| Gold | Kento Masaki | Judo | Men's +100 kg | 1 September |
| Gold | Yasuhiro Tanaka | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB14 | 6 September |
| Gold | Rina Akiyama | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke S11 | 2 September |
| Silver | Tomoya Ito | Athletics | Men's 200 metres T52 | 8 September |
| Silver | Tomoya Ito | Athletics | Men's 400 metres T52 | 3 September |
| Silver | Tomoya Ito | Athletics | Men's 800 metres T52 | 7 September |
| Silver | Tomotaru Nakamura | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB7 | 1 September |
| Silver | Keiichi Kimura | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke SB11 | 3 September |
| Bronze | Shinya Wada | Athletics | Men's 5000 metres T11 | 7 September |
| Bronze | Masaki Fujita | Cycling | Men's road time trial C3 | 5 September |
| Bronze | Kyosuke Oyama | Swimming | Men's 50 metre butterfly S6 | 7 September |
| Bronze | Keiichi Kimura | Swimming | Men's 100 metre butterfly S11 | 6 September |
| Bronze | Takayuki Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 50 metre breaststroke SB3 | 3 September |
| Bronze | Takayuki Suzuki | Swimming | Men's 150 metre individual medley SM4 | 2 September |

## Archery
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank |
| Shinichi Saito | Ind. compound W1 | 563 | 11 | — | Murphy (CAN) (6) L 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yutaka Ajima | Ind. recurve W1/W2 | 539 | 22 | Rodriguez (ESP) (11) L 0–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank |
| Miho Nagano | Ind. compound open | 614 | 11 | — | van Nest (CAN) (6) W 6–5 | Clarke (GBR) (3) L 4–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Boccia
### Individual

| Athlete | Event | Seeding matches | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Yuriko Shibayama | Individual BC1 | Bye | Richardson (CAN) W 5–0 | Smith (GBR) L 4–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Takayuki Hirose | Individual BC2 | Bye | Mello de Faria (BRA) W 12–0 | Murray (GBR) L 0–8 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Hidetaka Sugimura | Individual BC2 | Bye | Vongsa (THA) L 5–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Keita Kato | Individual BC3 | Hanson (USA) L 1–6 | Cilissen (BEL) L 1–5 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Teams

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Taemi Akimoto Yuriko Shibayama Takayuki Hirose Hidetaka Sugimura | Team BC1-2 | Hong Kong (HKG) W 7–6 | Spain (ESP) W 8–3 | 1 Q | Portugal (POR) L 2–10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Cycling
### Track
#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Masaki Fujita | Men's individual pursuit C3 | 3:51.743 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Masashi Ishii | Men's individual pursuit C4 | 5:02.100 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Sprint

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank |
| Tatsuyuki Oshiro Yasufumi Ito (pilot) | Men's individual sprint B | 10.639 | 5 | Oost/Bos (NED) (4) W 10.935, L REL, W 11.002 | Kappes/MacLean (GBR) (1) L, L | Bronze medal match Porto/Villanueva (ESP) (3) L, L | 4 |

#### Time trial

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Tatsuyuki Oshiro Yasufumi Ito (pilot) | Men's 1 km time trial B | 1:04.266 | 6 |
| Masaki Fujita | Men's 1 km time trial C1–3 | 1:14.998 | 20 |
| Masashi Ishii | Men's 1 km time trial C4–5 | 1:09.241 | 6 |

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Masaki Fujita | Men's road race C1-3 | 1:42:51 | 12 |
| Masaki Fujita | Men's road time trial C3 | 23:55.54 | |
| Masashi Ishii | Men's road time trial C4 | 37:07.11 | 11 |

## Equestrian
### Individual

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Nobumasa Asakawa | Rosado | Ind. champ. test grade Ib | 62.826 | 12 |
| Nobumasa Asakawa | Rosado | Ind. freestyle test grade Ib | 64.250 | 12 |

## Goalball
### Women's tournament
#### Group C

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| Sweden | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| United States | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| Australia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 17 | −10 | 0 | Eliminated |
| 31 August 2012 09:00 | Australia | 1 – 3 | Japan | Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| 31 August 2012 09:00 | Esdaile 1 | Report | Adacho 2 Komiya 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Yasser Omar (EGY) |
| 1 September 2012 15:00 | Japan | 2 – 1 | United States | Copper Box, London |
| 2 September 2012 11:30 | Sweden | 0 – 0 | Japan | Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Collonny (USA), Christl Däntler (GER) |
| 2 September 2012 11:30 | | Report | | Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Collonny (USA), Christl Däntler (GER) |
| 3 September 2012 19:45 | Japan | 0 – 1 | Canada | Copper Box, London |

#### Quarter-final

| 5 September 2012 10:30 | Japan | 2 – 0 | Brazil | Copper Box, London |
| 5 September 2012 10:30 | | Report | | Copper Box, London |

#### Semi-final

| 6 September 2012 15:00 | Sweden | 3 – 4 (a.e.t.) | Japan | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Launel Scott (CAN) |
| 6 September 2012 15:00 | Gustavsson 1 Jälmestål 1 Wåglund 1 | Report | Komiya 2 Adachi 1 Urata 1 | Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Launel Scott (CAN) |

#### Final

| 7 September 2012 15:00 | China | 0 – 1 | Japan | Copper Box, London |
| 7 September 2012 15:00 | | Report | Adachi 1 | Copper Box, London |

## Powerlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank |
| Hiroshi Miura | 48 kg | 117 | 9 |
| Hideki Odo | 82.5 kg | 191 | 6 |
| Hajime Ujiro | 75 kg | 180 | 7 |

## Rowing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mari Ohtake | Women's single sculls | 6:44.67 | 6 R | 7:02.53 | 5 FB | 6:50.67 | 5 |

## Sailing

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11* | Net points | Rank |
| Katsuya Nishiyama Shin'ya Yamamoto (sailor) Tsuneo Aso | Sonar - 3 person keelboat | (14) | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | — | 121 | 14 |
* Due to a lack of wind race 11 was cancelled

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Akiko Sega | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 598 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aki Taguchi | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 | 589 | 44 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Aki Taguchi | Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1 | 581 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Sitting volleyball
### Women's tournament
#### Roster

The following is the Japanese roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
| № | Name | Date of birth | 2012 club |
| 1 | Michiyo Nichiie | 12 March 1967 | Soul |
| 2 | Sachie Awano | 13 September 1988 | Hyogo LSC |
| 3 | Yukari Okahira | 9 March 1968 | Hyogo LSC |
| 4 | Junko Fujii | 3 April 1966 | Saitama Red Beads Venus |
| 5 | Yoko Saito | 21 September 1972 | Tokyo Planets Megumi |
| 6 | Shiori Ogata | 5 November 1985 | Tokyo Planets Megumi |
| 7 | Emi Kaneki | 6 March 1982 | Kobe Jets |
| 8 | Noriko Kaneda | 21 February 1964 | Tochigi Thunders |
| 9 | Satoko Kikuchi | 28 April 1980 | Hyogo LSC |
| 10 | Mamiko Osada | 23 July 1967 | Tokyo Planets Megumi |
| 11 | Harumi Sakamoto | 15 June 1967 | Tokyo Planets Megumi |

#### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | Pts | SW | SL | SR | SPW | SPL | SPR |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 9.000 | 241 | 167 | 1.443 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1.750 | 251 | 201 | 1.249 |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 190 | 218 | 0.872 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0.000 | 129 | 225 | 0.573 |

#### 7th/8th place match
## Swimming
## Table tennis
### Men's singles

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Junki Itai | Singles class 6 | Fernandez (FRA) L 2–3 | Chen (CHN) L 0–3 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yuki Kinoshita | Singles class 11 | Palos (HUN) L 0–3 | Son (KOR) L 0–3 | 3 | — | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women's singles

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kimie Bessho | Singles class 5 | Makishi (ARG) W 3–0 | Abuawad (JOR) L 0–3 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Wheelchair basketball
### Men's tournament
#### Group B

| Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| Canada | 5 | 5 | 0 | 362 | 280 | +82 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | 339 | 303 | +36 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| Great Britain | 5 | 3 | 2 | 365 | 301 | +64 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| Poland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 327 | 341 | −14 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| Japan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 273 | 330 | −57 | 6 | Eliminated |
| Colombia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 223 | 334 | −111 | 5 | Eliminated |
* 30 August 2012 13:00
* Report
| Japan | 53–68 | Canada |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 10–19, 10–18, 22–15 |||
| Pts: Fujimoto 16 Rebs: Fujimoto 11 Asts: Kozai 5 | | Pts: Anderson 32 Rebs: Anderson 13 Asts: Peter, Anderson 3 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Cristian Roja (ITA)
* 31 August 2012 10:45
* Report
| Poland | 78–53 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 22–10, 21–19, 14–14 |||
| Pts: Filipski 24 Rebs: Luszynski 17 Asts: Filipski 10 | | Pts: Fujimoto 18 Rebs: Fujimoto 9 Asts: Kozai 4 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Cristian Salguero (ARG)
* 1 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Japan | 49–64 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 7–13, 13–11, 11–26 |||
| Pts: Fujimoto 13 Rebs: Kozai 8 Asts: Kozai 7 | | Pts: Köhler 16 Rebs: Böhme 12 Asts: Bienek 8 |
* Basketball Arena, London Referees: Nureddin Bilmez (TUR)
* 2 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| Colombia | 49–63 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 11–13, 8–13, 16–15 |||
| Pts: Sanz Londoño 14 Rebs: Hawkins 17 Asts: Sanz Londoño, Chaparro 5 | | Pts: Fujimoto 27 Rebs: Fujimoto 14 Asts: Fujii, Kozai 7 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Juan Uruñuela (ESP)
* 3 September 2012 15:15
* Report
| Japan | 55–71 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 10–21, 13–14, 18–11 |||
| Pts: Fujimoto 20 Rebs: Kozai, Fujimoto 5 Asts: Kozai 7 | | Pts: Bywater 19 Rebs: Munn 9 Asts: Bywater, Pollock 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Matt Wells (AUS)

#### 9th/10th place match

* 5 September 2012 10:45
* Report
| Italy | 60–64 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 18–18, 14–15, 15–11 |||
| Pts: Cavagnini 31 Rebs: Cavagnini 6 Asts: Raimondi 5 | | Pts: Masubuchi 14 Rebs: Fujimoto 10 Asts: Fujimoto 5 |
* North Greenwich Arena, London Referees: Mati Quintana (ARG)

## Wheelchair rugby
### Group stage

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| United States (USA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 190 | 136 | +54 | 6 | Semifinals |
| Japan (JPN) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 159 | +5 | 4 | Semifinals |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 157 | −17 | 2 | Eliminated |
| France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 150 | 192 | −42 | 0 | Eliminated |