# Japan at the 2002 Asian Games

Japan participated in the 2002 Asian Games held in Busan, South Korea from September 29, 2002 to October 14, 2002. This country was ranked 3rd with 44 gold medals, 74 silver medals and 72 bronze medals with a total of 190 medals to secure its third spot in the medal tally.

## Participation details
### List of medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Miya Tachibana | Artistic swimming | Women's solo | 30 September |
| Gold | Miya Tachibana Miho Takeda | Artistic swimming | Women's duet | 30 September |
| Gold | Kosuke Kitajima | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | 30 September |
| Gold | Shunishi Fujita Yoshihiro Okumura Daisuke Hosokawa Yosuke Ichikawa | Swimming | Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | 30 September |
| Gold | Shunichi Fujita | Swimming | Men's 400 metre freestyle | 2 October |
| Gold | Kosuke Kitajima | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | 2 October |
| Gold | Atsushi Nishikori | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke | 3 October |
| Gold | Takashi Yamamoto | Swimming | Men's100 metre butterfly | 3 October |
| Gold | Sachiko Yamada | Swimming | Women's 400 metre freestyle | 3 October |
| Gold | Atsushi Nishikori Kosuke Kitajima Takashi Yamamoto Yoshihiro Okumara | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay | 4 October |
| Gold | Reiko Nakamura | Swimming | Women's 200 metre backstroke | 4 October |
| Gold | Shingo Suetsugu | Athletics | Men's 200 Metres | 10 October |
| Gold | Naomi Arai Masumi Mishina Owain Doull Emi Naito Yumi Iwabuchi Sachiko Ito Yuka Suzuki Mikiko Tanaka Yukiko Ueno Juri Takayama Kazue Ito Hiroko Sakai Noriko Yamaji Haruka Saito Reika Utsugi | Softball | Women's tournament | 6 October |
| Silver | Jiro Miki | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley | 30 September |
| Silver | Yoshihiro Okamura | Swimming | Men's 200 metre freestyle | 1 October |
| Silver | Takashi Yamamoto | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly | 1 October |
| Silver | Daisuke Kimura | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | 2 October |
| Silver | Naoki Nagura Yoshihiro Okumura Daisuke Hosokawa Hiroki Akabe | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | 2 October |
| Silver | Tomoko Nagai | Swimming | Women's 100 metre freestyle | 2 October |
| Silver | Noriko Inada | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke | 2 October |
| Silver | Kohei Kawamoto | Swimming | 100 metre butterfly | 3 October |
| Silver | Takahiro Mori | Swimming | Men's 400 metre individual medley | 4 October |
| Silver | Aya Terakawa | Swimming | Women's 200 metre backstroke | 4 October |
| Silver | Takashi Nakano | Swimming | Men's 200 metre backstroke | 5 October |
| Silver | Sachiko Yamada | Swimming | Women's 800 metre freestyle | 5 October |
| Silver | Yōsuke Fujigayai Teruyuki Moniwa Shohei Ikeda Daisuke Nasu Yūichi Komano Yoshito Ōkubo Kazuyuki Morisaki Daisuke Matsui Ryoichi Arai Tatsuya Tanaka Yuichi Nemoto Keita Suzuki Naohiro Ishikawa Hikaru Mita Takuya Nozawa Hayuma Tanaka Satoshi Nakayama | Football | Men's Tournament | 13 October |
| Bronze | Emi Otsuki | Diving | Women's synchronized 10 metre platform | 9 October |
| Bronze | Ryoko Nishii | Diving | Women's 3 metre springboard | 10 October |
| Bronze | Yoshihisa Yamaguchi | Swimming | Men's 100 metre breaststroke | 30 September |
| Bronze | Tomoko Nagai | Swimming | Women's 200 metre freestyle | 30 September |
| Bronze | Yosuke Ichikawa | Swimming | Men's 200 metre freestyle | 1 October |
| Bronze | Takeshi Matsuda | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly | 1 October |
| Bronze | Fumiko Kawamabe | Swimming | Women's 100 metre breaststroke | 1 October |
| Bronze | Aya Terakawa | Swimming | Women's 100 metre backstroke | 2 October |
| Bronze | Daisuke Hosokawa | Swimming | Men's 100 metre freestyle | 3 October |
| Bronze | Tomomi Morita | Swimming | Men's 100 metre backstroke | 3 October |
| Bronze | Fumiko Kawamabe | Swimming | Women's 200 metre breaststroke | 3 October |
| Bronze | Shinya Taniguchi | Swimming | Men's 400 metre individual medley | 4 October |
| Bronze | Issei Nakanishi | Swimming | Men's 50 metre freestyle | 5 October |
| Bronze | Naoya Sonoda | Swimming | Men's 200 metre backstroke | 5 October |

### Bronze medalists

* Baseball - Japan (JPN) *Nozomi Yamago *Yuka Miyazaki *Yoshie Kasajima *Yasuyo Yamagishi *Tomoe Sakai *Yumi Obe *Yayoi Kobayashi *Mai Nakachi *Tomomi Miyamoto *Homare Sawa *Mio Otani *Mai Aizawa *Kanako Ito *Mito Isaka *Naoko Kawakami *Miyuki Yanagita *Karina Maruyama *Miho Fukumoto
* Football - Japan (JPN) *Go Kida *Yohsuke Shinomiya *Kenta Kurihara *Kazunari Tsuruoka *Satoshi Kubota *Keiichi Hirano *Takeshi Koyama *Takayuki Gotoh *Hiroya Tani *Kazuhiro Semba *Koji Onuma *Koji Yamamoto *Kanehisa Arime *Masanori Yasuda *Toshiyuki Kitagawa *Shingo Maeda *Takashi Yoshiura *Kazuhiro Hatakeyama *Hisao Arakane *Shiro Teramoto *Katsuhiro Nishiura *Daisuke Mori

## Baseball
### group play

| Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | Pct |
| South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 13 | 0.750 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 0.500 |
| China | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 29 | 0.250 |
| Philippines | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 44 | 0.000 |

## Football
### Men's Tournament
#### Grouplay

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| Palestine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |

#### Gold medal match
## Field Hockey
### Men's Tournament
#### Grouplay

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 7 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 0 |
* 30 September 12:30
| Japan | 0–4 | South Korea |
* Gangseo Hockey Stadium, Busan
* 2 October 12:30
| India | 3–0 | Japan |
* Gangseo Hockey Stadium, Busan

### Women's Tournament

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 6 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 0 |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Kayo Kitada | Women's −48 kg | Bye | Bye | Bye | Zinura Djuraeva | | | | |
| Yuki Yokosawa | Women's –52 kg | Bye | Bye | Aye Aye Thin | Hansakda Khouanpasa | Lee Eun-hee | Bye | | |
| Kie Kusakabe | Women's –57 kg | Bye | Bye | Bye | Aiman Kaliyeva | Yang Hsien-tzu | Bye | Hong Ok-song | |