# Japan at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Japan competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 18 June to 3 July. 58 competitors took part in all 5 sports held at the championships; artistic swimming, open water swimming, swimming, diving, and water polo.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Yukiko Inui | Artistic swimming | Solo technical routine | June 18 |
| Gold | Yukiko Inui | Artistic swimming | Solo free routine | June 22 |
| Silver | Tomoka Sato Yotaro Sato | Artistic swimming | Mixed Duet technical routine | June 20 |
| Silver | Moka Fujii Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Tomoka Sato Hikari Suzuki Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida | Artistic swimming | Free routine combination | June 20 |
| Silver | Moka Fujii Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Tomoka Sato Hikari Suzuki Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida | Artistic swimming | Team technical routine | June 21 |
| Silver | Yu Hanaguruma | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | June 23 |
| Silver | Naoki Mizunuma | Swimming | Men's 100 metre butterfly | June 24 |
| Silver | Tomoka Sato Yotaro Sato | Artistic swimming | Mixed Duet free routine | June 25 |
| Silver | Rin Kaneto Sayaka Mikami | Diving | Women's synchronized 3 metre springboard | July 3 |
| Silver | Rikuto Tamai | Diving | Men's 10 metre platform | July 3 |
| Bronze | Tomoru Honda | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly | June 21 |
| Bronze | Daiya Seto | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley | June 22 |
| Bronze | Moka Fujii Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Tomoka Sato Hikari Suzuki Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida | Artistic swimming | Team free routine | June 24 |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Artistic swimming | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Swimming | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Diving | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |

## Artistic Swimming

Japan entered 13 artistic swimmers.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Yukiko Inui | Solo technical routine | 91.9189 | 1 Q | 92.8662 | |
| Yukiko Inui | Solo free routine | 94.5667 | 1 Q | 95.3667 | |
| Moe Higa Megumu Yoshida | Duet technical routine | 90.0294 | 4 Q | 89.9444 | 4 |
| Moka Fujii Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Tomoka Sato Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Rie Yoshida | Team technical routine | 91.2049 | 2 Q | 92.2261 | |
| Moka Fujii Moe Higa Moeka Kijima Tomoka Sato Hikari Suzuki Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida | Team free routine | 92.7667 | 3 Q | 93.1333 | |
| Moka Fujii Moe Higa Asaka Hosokawa Yuka Kawase Moeka Kijima Hikari Suzuki Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Rie Yoshida | Free routine combination | 92.8333 | 2 Q | 93.5667 | |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Tomoka Sato Yotaro Sato | Duet technical routine | 85.8086 | 2 Q | 86.5939 | |
| Tomoka Sato Yotaro Sato | Duet free routine | 88.9000 | 2 Q | 89.7333 | |

## Diving

Japan entered 9 divers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Shu Ohkubo | 10 m platform | 381.10 | 12 Q | 373.75 | 12 Q | 370.25 | 12 |
| Sho Sakai | 3 m springboard | 401.95 | 5 Q | 360.95 | 12 Q | 424.00 | 6 |
| Haruki Suyama | 3 m springboard | 364.45 | 18 Q | 392.75 | 9 Q | 344.90 | 12 |
| Rikuto Tamai | 1 m springboard | 366.70 | 5 Q | — | — | 326.60 | 11 |
| Rikuto Tamai | 10 m platform | 455.50 | 3 Q | 471.95 | 3 Q | 488.00 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Matsuri Arai | 10 m platform | 270.60 | 17 Q | 316.70 | 5 Q | 307.00 | 6 |
| Haruka Enomoto | 3 m springboard | 273.45 | 14 Q | 280.90 | 10 Q | 281.05 | 10 |
| Minami Itahashi | 10 m platform | 239.75 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sayaka Mikami | 3 m springboard | 209.65 | 6 Q | 297.00 | 6 Q | 294.70 | 7 |
| Rin Kaneto Sayaka Mikami | 3 m synchronized springboard | 275.10 | 5 Q | — | — | 303.00 | |
| Matsuri Arai Minami Itahashi | 10 m synchronized platform | 275.46 | 4 Q | — | — | 297.84 | 4 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| Haruki Suyama Haruka Enomoto | 3 m synchronized springboard | 266.46 | 9 |

## Open water swimming

Japan entered 7 open water swimmers ( 3 male and 4 female)

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Kaiki Furuhata | Men's 5 km | 56:24.6 | 18 |
| Taishin Minamide | Men's 5 km | 56:22.3 | 16 |
| Taishin Minamide | Men's 10 km | 1:54:28.5 | 16 |
| Taishin Minamide | Men's 25 km | 5:09:26.1 | 14 |
| Taiki Nonaka | Men's 10 km | 1:58:42.5 | 29 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Airi Ebina | Women's 5 km | 1:00:00.0 | 11 |
| Airi Ebina | Women's 10 km | 2:05:51.7 | 21 |
| Hanano Kato | Women's 25 km | 5:26:30.9 | 9 |
| Yukimi Moriyama | Women's 5 km | 1:00:03.7 | 13 |
| Yumi Tou | Women's 10 km | 2:10:32.2 | 40 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Airi Ebina Kaiki Furuhata Yukimi Moriyama Taishin Minamide | Team | 1:06:32.9 | 9 |

## Swimming

Japan entered 18 swimmers.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Yu Hanaguruma | 200 m breaststroke | 2:09.86 | 6 Q | 2:08.75 | 3 Q | 2:08.38 | |
| Tomoru Honda | 200 m butterfly | 1:54.94 | 3 Q | 1:54.01 | 2 Q | 1:53.61 | |
| Tomoru Honda | 400 m individual medley | 4:12.24 | 6 Q | — | — | 4:12.20 | 7 |
| Ryosuke Irie | 50 m backstroke | 24.85 | 8 Q | Withdrew | Withdrew | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ryosuke Irie | 100 m backstroke | 53.16 | 2 Q | 52.85 | 7 Q | 52.83 | 7 |
| Katsuhiro Matsumoto | 100 m freestyle | 48.83 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Katsuhiro Matsumoto | 200 m freestyle | 1:46.72 | 10 Q | 1:46.63 | =12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Katsuhiro Matsumoto | 100 m butterfly | 51.78 | 11 Q | 51.57 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Naoki Mizunuma | 50 m butterfly | 23.60 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Naoki Mizunuma | 100 m butterfly | 51.46 | 5 Q | 50.81 NR | 2 Q | 50.94 | |
| Ryuya Mura | 100 m breaststroke | 59.90 | =7 Q | 59.64 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ryuya Mura | 200 m breaststroke | 2:10.20 | 8 Q | 2:09.69 | 8 Q | 2:08.86 | 4 |
| Daiya Seto | 200 m individual medley | 1:58.29 | 3 Q | 1:56.74 | 3 Q | 1:56.22 | |
| Daiya Seto | 400 m individual medley | 4:10.51 | 4 Q | — | — | 4:11.93 | 6 |
| Takumi Terada | 200 m butterfly | 1:56.70 | 15 Q | 1:56.07 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ryosuke Irie Ryuya Mura Naoki Mizunuma Katsuhiro Matsumoto | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:34.17 | 9 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Reona Aoki | 50 m breaststroke | 30.80 | 12 Q | 30.71 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Reona Aoki | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.35 | 16 Q | 1:06.07 | 5 Q | 1:06.38 | 5 |
| Kina Hayashi | 200 m butterfly | 2:08.63 | 3 Q | 2:08.32 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Waka Kobori | 400 m freestyle | 4:08.55 | 11 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Chiho Mizuguchi | 200 m butterfly | 2:11.65 | 16 Q | 2:12.54 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Miyu Namba | 400 m freestyle | 4:08.07 | 9 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Miyu Namba | 800 m freestyle | 8:32.91 | 10 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Miyu Namba | 1500 m freestyle | 16:20.45 | 10 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yui Ohashi | 200 m individual medley | 2:12.22 | 12 Q | 2:12.05 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Yui Ohashi | 400 m individual medley | 4:39.52 | 6 Q | — | — | 4:37.99 | 5 |
| Rika Omoto | 50 m freestyle | 25.38 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Rika Omoto | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.28 | 8 Q | 2:10.65 | 7 | 2:10.01 | 4 |
| Ageha Tanigawa | 400 m individual medley | 4:40.70 | 8 Q | — | — | 4:44.28 | 8 |
| Momoka Yoshii Miyu Namba Aoi Masuda Waka Kobori | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:58.67 | 7 Q | — | — | 8:00.03 | 8 |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ryosuke Irie Reona Aoki Naoki Mizunuma Rika Omoto | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:45.08 | 6 Q | 3:45.28 | 7 |

## Water polo
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Japan | Men's tournament | Germany W 12–11 | Greece L 7–18 | Croatia L 13–21 | 3 P/off | Montenegro L 9–10 | — | Australia W 15–7 | Georgia W 16–15 | 9 |

### Team roster

The following is Japanese roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament.
Head coach: Yoshinori Shiota
* 1 Katsuyuki Tanamura GK
* 2 Seiya Adachi FP
* 3 Taiyo Watanabe FP
* 4 Daichi Ogihara FP
* 5 Yuki Maita FP
* 6 Toi Suzuki FP
* 7 Kiyomu Date FP
* 8 Mitsuru Takata FP
* 9 Atsushi Arai FP
* 10 Yusuke Inaba FP
* 11 Keigo Okawa FP
* 12 Kenta Araki FP
* 13 Tomoyoshi Fukushima GK

### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 0 | |
* 1 2 Greece 8–8 Croatia
| 21 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Germany | 11–12 | Japan | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |
| Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |||
| 21 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Schütze 3 | Goals | Inaba 5 | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Adil Aimbetov (KAZ) |
| 23 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Japan | 7–18 | Greece | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |
| Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |||
| 23 June 2022 19:30 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Argyropoulos 6 | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |
| 25 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Japan | 13–21 | Croatia | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), David Gómez (ESP) |
| Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), David Gómez (ESP) |||
| 25 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Inaba 5 | Goals | Kharkov, Krapić 5 | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), David Gómez (ESP) |

### Playoffs

| 27 June 2022 14:00 | Report | Montenegro | 10–9 | Japan | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED) |||
| 27 June 2022 14:00 | Report | Perković 3 | Goals | Takata 2 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Michiel Zwart (NED) |

### 9–12th place semifinals

| 29 June 2022 17:00 | Report | Japan | 15–7 | Australia | Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |
| Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |||
| 29 June 2022 17:00 | Report | Date 4 | Goals | seven players 1 | Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Ivan Raković (SRB), Veselin Mišković (MNE) |

### Ninth place game

| 1 July 2022 18:30 | Report | Japan | 16–15 | Georgia | Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Ivan Raković (SRB) |
| Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Ivan Raković (SRB) |||
| 1 July 2022 18:30 | Report | Adachi 5 | Goals | Bitadze, Vapenski 4 | Szeged Tiszavirág Pool, Szeged Referees: Veselin Mišković (MNE), Ivan Raković (SRB) |