# Japan at the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games

Japan participated in the 2009 Asian Martial Arts Games in Bangkok, Thailand on August 1 – August 9 2009. The nation finished fifth in the medal table after collected 9 gold, 2 silver, and 3 bronze medals.

## Medal table

| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| Judo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Karate | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 9 | 2 | 3 | 14 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Daisuke Asano | Judo | Men's extra lightweight, -60 kg | August 2 |
| Gold | Yuki Hayano | Judo | Men's half lightweight, -66 kg | August 2 |
| Gold | Chie Iwata | Judo | Women's lightweight, -57 kg | August 2 |
| Gold | Rina Kozawa | Judo | Women's half middleweight, -63 kg | August 2 |
| Gold | Kanae Yamabe | Judo | Women's heavyweight, +78 kg | August 3 |
| Gold | Masahiko Ota | Karate | Men's -60 kg | August 6 |
| Gold | Shinji Nagaki | Karate | Men's -67 kg | August 7 |
| Gold | Ryosuke Shimizu | Karate | Men's -84 kg | August 8 |
| Gold | Sayuri Maejima | Karate | Women's -61 kg | August 8 |
| Silver | Shun Saito | Judo | Men's middleweight, -90 kg | August 3 |
| Silver | Miki Kobayashi | Karate | Women's -55 kg | August 7 |
| Bronze | Shinji Kanaoka | Judo | Men's lightweight, -73 kg | August 2 |
| Bronze | Kenta Kai | Karate | Men's -75 kg | August 7 |
| Bronze | Taisei Hojo | Taekwondo | Men's lightweight, -72 kg | August 5 |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Judo | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Karate | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Muaythai | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Taekwondo | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 12 | 7 | 19 |

## Judo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Repechage | Gold medal match |
| Daisuke Asano | -60 kg | Sivanvilay W | Thanaphon W | Kim K Y W | Bye | Tömörkhüleg W |
| Yuki Hayano | -66 kg | Norkobilov W | Al Shaleh W | Nguyễn W | Bye | Davaasüren W |
| Shinji Kanaoka | -73 kg | Bye | Yadav W | Bang G M L | Al Mawirdi W | DNQ |
| Shun Saito | -90 kg | Bye | Chiang C A W | Al Dikan W | Bye | Kwon Y W L |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Repechage | Gold medal match |
| Chie Iwata | -57 kg | Bye | Pandini W | Isakova W | Bye | Ten W |
| Rina Kozawa | -63 kg | Bye | Bye | Anggraeni W | Bye | Abdurahmanova W |
| Kanae Yamabe | +78 kg | Bye | Protaeng W | Shekerova W | Bye | Kim N Y W |

## Karate
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Repechage | Gold medal match |
| Masahiko Ota | -60 kg | Ramasamy 3-2 W | Xayakone 8-1 W | Hashim 5-2 W | Bye | Lee J H 4-2 W |
| Shinji Nagaki | -67 kg | Othman 1-0 W | Amiri 3-0 W | Hadid 3-1 W | Bye | Nguyễn 9-1 W |
| Kenta Kai | -75 kg | Nguyễn 9-4 W | Wong W K 8-4 W | Al Hamwi 4-6 L | Yen T Y 15-7 W | DNQ |
| Ryosuke Shimizu | -84 kg | Mahamut 7-4 W | Jin M K 8-3 W | Al Sabsabi 10-2 W | Bye | Salim 4-1 W |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Repechage | Gold medal match | Rank |
| Miki Kobayashi | -55 kg | Jang S Y 7-3 W | Nagarkoti 8-0 W | Lưu 9-3 W | Bye | Chen D 2-3 L | |
| Sayuri Maejima | -61 kg | Soriano 5-0 W | Phommachan 8-0 W | Bùi 5-4 W | Bye | Chan K M 8-3 W | |

## Muaythai

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Repechage | Gold medal match | Rank |
| Masayuki Uchida | 57–60 kg | Sahu 5-0 W | Kholmuratov 0-5 L | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 4 |
| Kenta Miyagawa | 60–63.5 kg | Bye | Zhang X L 0-5 L | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 4 |

## Taekwondo
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Repechage | Gold medal match | Rank |
| Taisei Hojo | -72 kg | Bye | Win T L 4-3 W | Talal 2-5 L | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Kenta Miyagawa | -78 kg | Baykuziyev 1-2 L | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 5 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Repechage | Gold medal match | Rank |
| Erika Kasahara | -51 kg | Soe S M 4-0 W | Sangnarin 4-5 L | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 4 |
| Honami Kobayashi | -55 kg | Kuan I W 3-8 L | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 5 |