# Japan at the 2021 Summer World University Games

Japan competed at the 2021 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China held from 28 July to 8 August 2023.

## Medal summary
### Medal by sports

| Rank | Sports | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Judo | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| 2 | Swimming | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | Artistic gymnastics | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Athletics | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| 5 | Rhythmic gymnastics | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Archery | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Table tennis | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | Diving | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Wushu | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Basketball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Rowing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Volleyball | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Tennis | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 14 | Badminton | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Fencing | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 21 | 29 | 43 | 93 |

### Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Hikari Yoshioka | Judo | Women's 48 kg | July 29 |
| Gold | Taiki Nakamura | Judo | Men's 60 kg | July 29 |
| Gold | Hibiki Shiraishi | Judo | Women's 52 kg | July 29 |
| Gold | Shinsei Hattori | Judo | Men's 66 kg | July 29 |
| Gold | Kirari Yamaguchi | Judo | Women's 63 kg | July 30 |
| Gold | Tatsuki Ishihara | Judo | Men's 73 kg | July 30 |
| Gold | Tetsuya Aoshima Waka Sonoda | Archery | Mixed team recurve | July 30 |
| Gold | Mayu Honda | Judo | Women's 70 kg | July 30 |
| Gold | Yoshito Hojo | Judo | Men's 81 kg | July 30 |
| Gold | Kyoka Hayashi Yuka Ishii Saya Nishiyama Yuri Shimada Mio Takii | Rhythmic gymnastics | Women's group 3 ribbons + 2 balls | July 31 |
| Gold | Mizuki Sugimura | Judo | Women's 78 kg | July 31 |
| Gold | Hikari Yoshioka Hibiki Shiraishi Akari Omori Kirari Yamaguchi Mayu Honda Mizuki Sugimura Mao Arai | Judo | Women's team | August 1 |
| Gold | Taiki Nakamura Shinsei Hattori Tatsuki Ishihara Yoshito Hojo Kazuki Nakanishi Kalanikaito Green Yuta Nakamura | Judo | Men's team | August 1 |
| Gold | Ichika Kajimoto | Swimming | Women's 400 m individual medley | August 1 |
| Gold | Takumi Terada | Swimming | Men's 200 m butterfly | August 4 |
| Gold | Kazuma Kaya | Artistic gymnastics | Men's floor | August 5 |
| Gold | Shoko Miyata | Artistic gymnastics | Women's vault | August 5 |
| Gold | Ken Toyoda | Athletics | Men's 110 m hurdles | August 5 |
| Gold | Hikaru Kitagawa | Athletics | Women's half marathon | August 6 |
| Gold | Konosuke Yanagimoto Ikki Imoto Shui Kurokawa Genki Terakado Temma Watanabe | Swimming | Men's 4 x 200 m freestyle relay | August 6 |
| Gold | Kaito Tabuchi | Swimming | Men's 400 mindividual medley | August 7 |
| Silver | Moka Furukawa | Wushu | Women's changquan | July 29 |
| Silver | Rise Shoji | Wushu | Women's taijiquan | July 29 |
| Silver | Akari Omori | Judo | Women's 57 kg | July 29 |
| Silver | Kyoka Hayashi Yuka Ishii Saya Nishiyama Yuri Shimada Mio Takii | Rhythmic gymnastics | Women's group 5 hoops | July 31 |
| Silver | Yuki Kawata | Archery | Men's individual recurve | July 31 |
| Silver | Kalanikaito Green | Judo | Men's 100 kg | July 31 |
| Silver | Yuta Nakamura | Judo | Men's +100 kg | July 31 |
| Silver | Korono Aoi Funaba Sayaka Idesawa Kyoka Motoyi Akari Kimura Kasumi | Table tennis | Women's team | August 1 |
| Silver | Daiki Hashimoto Shohei Kawakami Kazuma Kaya Kazuki Minami Kaito Sugimoto | Artistic gymnastics | Men's team all-around | August 2 |
| Silver | Ayaka Sakaguchi Shoko Miyata Kokoro Fukasawa Kohane Ushioku Chiaki Hatakeda | Artistic gymnastics | Women's team all-around | August 3 |
| Silver | Kaito Tabuchi | Swimming | Men's 1500 m freestyle | August 3 |
| Silver | Kazuki Hamada Yuma Tanigaki | Table tennis | Men's doubles | August 4 |
| Silver | Karen Yamasaki Reo Nishida | Diving | Mixed synchronized 10 m platform | August 4 |
| Silver | Ichika Kajimoto | Swimming | Women's 1500 m freestyle | August 4 |
| Silver | Yu Hanaguruma | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke | August 4 |
| Silver | Yudai Nishi | Athletics | Men's 200 m | August 4 |
| Silver | Haruki Manju Kazuhiro Tateiwa Kento Yoshikawa | Athletics | Men's 20 km walk team | August 5 |
| Silver | Kyoka Idesawa | Table tennis | Women's singles | August 5 |
| Silver | Ayaka Sakaguchi | Artistic gymnastics | Women's vault | August 5 |
| Silver | Kaito Tabuchi | Swimming | Men's 800 m freestyle | August 5 |
| Silver | Yua Emura Maho Hayashi Mona Tateyama Azusa Asahina Saori Yasue Maika Miura Ufuoma Tanaka Minami Ikematsu Maho Awatani Sayaka Suzuoki Miyu Okamoto Nanami Morioka | Basketball | Women's tournament | August 5 |
| Silver | Kaito Sugimoto | Artistic gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | August 5 |
| Silver | Ayaka Sakaguchi | Artistic gymnastics | Women's floor | August 5 |
| Silver | Hikaru Kitagawa Rio Einaga Saki Harada | Athletics | Women's half marathon team | August 6 |
| Silver | Mao Kadoya Chika Yonezawa | Rowing | Lightweight women's double sculls | August 6 |
| Silver | Taiyo Yasuhara | Athletics | Men's 5000 m | August 6 |
| Silver | Kodai Nishiono | Swimming | Men's 200 m backstroke | August 6 |
| Silver | Sayaka Yokota Sae Nakajima Saki Ishikura Angelina Kobayashi Kurumi Takama Hiroyo Yamanaka Haruna Kawabata Tsukasa Nakagawa Yoshino Sato Haruka Oyama Furi Kosa Ameze Miyabe | Volleyball | Women's tournament | August 6 |
| Silver | Reo Nishida Karen Yamasaki | Diving | Mixed team | August 7 |
| Bronze | Tohma Ebina | Wushu | Men's taijijian | July 29 |
| Bronze | Moka Furukawa | Wushu | Women's jianshu | July 30 |
| Bronze | Rise Shoji | Wushu | Women's taijijian | July 30 |
| Bronze | Reina Matsusaka | Rhythmic gymnastics | Women's individual all-around | July 30 |
| Bronze | Kyoka Hayashi Yuka Ishii Saya Nishiyama Yuri Shimada Mio Takii | Rhythmic gymnastics | Women's group all-around | July 30 |
| Bronze | Kazuki Nakanishi | Judo | Men's 90 kg | July 31 |
| Bronze | Reina Matsusaka | Rhythmic gymnastics | Women's individual clubs | July 31 |
| Bronze | Yuta Tanaka Shodai Miyagawa Yuma Tanigaki Jo Yokotani Kazuki Hamada | Table tennis | Men's team | August 1 |
| Bronze | Ikki Imoto | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle | August 1 |
| Bronze | Momoka Yoshii Hazuki Yamamoto Riru Kubota Shiho Matsumoto | Swimming | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | August 1 |
| Bronze | Yuito Yamamoto | Athletics | Men's 10,000 m | August 2 |
| Bronze | Tamaki Terayama | Fencing | Women's individual épée | August 2 |
| Bronze | Tamon Yoshida | Fencing | Men's individual sabre | August 2 |
| Bronze | Hana Kondo Shuta Yamada | Diving | Mixed synchronized 3 m springboard | August 3 |
| Bronze | Shuta Yamada Reo Nishida | Diving | Men's synchronized 10 m platform | August 3 |
| Bronze | Shodai Miyagawa Kyoka Idesawa | Table tennis | Mixed doubles | August 3 |
| Bronze | Atsushi Shobu | Athletics | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | August 3 |
| Bronze | Kazuma Kaya | Artistic gymnastics | Men's individual all-around | August 4 |
| Bronze | Aoi Kurono Akari Motoi | Table tennis | Women's doubles | August 4 |
| Bronze | Ayaka Sakaguchi | Artistic gymnastics | Women's individual all-around | August 4 |
| Bronze | Yamato Fukasawa | Swimming | Men's 200 m breaststroke | August 4 |
| Bronze | Momoka Yoshii Shiho Matsumoto Kanon Nagao Ichika Kajimoto | Swimming | Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | August 4 |
| Bronze | Haruki Manju | Athletics | Men's 20 km walk | August 5 |
| Bronze | Misaki Matsuda Ikumi Yamazaki | Tennis | Women's doubles | August 5 |
| Bronze | Shinji Hazawa Ryotaro Taguchi | Tennis | Men's doubles | August 5 |
| Bronze | Ayaka Sakaguchi | Artistic gymnastics | Women's balance beam | August 5 |
| Bronze | Kazuma Kaya | Artistic gymnastics | Men's parallel bars | August 5 |
| Bronze | Risa Yamazaki | Athletics | Women's 5000 m | August 5 |
| Bronze | Shoko Miyata | Artistic gymnastics | Women's floor | August 5 |
| Bronze | Kaito Sugimoto | Artistic gymnastics | Men's horizontal bar | August 5 |
| Bronze | Reishi Yoshida Kotaro Shinohara Rei Matsunaga | Athletics | Men's half marathon team | August 6 |
| Bronze | Tomoya Fujiwara Lisa-Marie Rioux | Tennis | Mixed doubles | August 6 |
| Bronze | Anri Nagata Lisa-Marie Rioux Ikumi Yamazaki Misaki Matsuda | Tennis | Women's team | August 6 |
| Bronze | Tomoya Fujiwara Hikaru Shiraishi Shinji Hazawa Shotaro Taguchi | Tennis | Men's team | August 6 |
| Bronze | Reina Iwamoto Arisa Kano Haruka Umetsu | Fencing | Women's team foil | August 6 |
| Bronze | Kai Kaneto Reo Nishida Shuta Yamada | Diving | Men's team | August 7 |
| Bronze | Yuto Takiguchi Rio Uemura | Badminton | Mixed doubles | August 7 |
| Bronze | Moe Aoki Machi Nagasako | Badminton | Women's doubles | August 7 |
| Bronze | Toma Noda | Badminton | Men's singles | August 7 |
| Bronze | Chiho Mizuguchi | Swimming | Women's 200 m butterfly | August 7 |
| Bronze | Ei Kamikawabata | Swimming | Men's 400 m individual medley | August 7 |
| Bronze | Natsuki Hiroshita Haruna Ogata Yumi Shuno Shiho Matsumoto Hazuki Yamamoto | Swimming | Women's 4 x 100 m medley relay | August 7 |
| Bronze | Juran Mizohata Riku Matsuyama Genki Terakado Yamato Fukasawa Konosuke Yanagimoto Yu Hanaguruma Takumi Terada Reo Miura | Swimming | Men's 4 x 100 m medley relay | August 7 |