Japan at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Japan at the
2023 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Japan
FINA codeJPN
National federationJapan Swimming Federation
Websiteswim.or.jp (in Japanese)
in Fukuoka, Japan
Competitors102 in 6 sports
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
4
Silver
1
Bronze
5
Total
10
World Aquatics Championships appearances

Japan competed at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan from 14 to 30 July.[1]

Medalists

Athletes by discipline

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Championships per discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Artistic swimming 1 13 14
Diving 5 4 9
High diving 1 0 1
Open water swimming 4 4 8
Swimming 20 20 40
Water polo 15 15 30
Total 46 56 102

Artistic swimming

Main article: Artistic swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yotaro Sato Solo free routine 167.7478 5 Q 167.9709 4
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yukiko Inui Solo technical routine 273.2700 1 Q 276.5717 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Solo free routine 253.1853 1 Q 254.6062 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Moe Higa
Mashiro Yasunaga 		Duet technical routine 215.2700 12 Q 273.9500 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Duet free routine 178.1583 11 Q 249.5167 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Tomoka Sato
Yotaro Sato 		Duet technical routine 227.7200 3 Q 255.5066 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Duet free routine Did not start
Moka Fujii
Ikoi Hirota
Moeka Kijima
Tomoka Sato
Yotaro Sato
Hikari Suzuki
Akane Yanagisawa
Megumu Yoshida 		Team acrobatic routine 224.5167 4 Q 220.5867 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Moe Higa
Moeka Kijima
Tomoka Sato
Ayano Shimada
Ami Wada
Akane Yanagisawa
Mashiro Yasunaga
Megumu Yoshida 		Team technical routine 235.2972 7 Q 260.1055 4
Moe Higa
Moeka Kijima
Uta Kobayashi
Ayano Shimada
Ami Wada
Akane Yanagisawa
Mashiro Yasunaga
Megumu Yoshida 		Team free routine 293.4522 3 Q 317.8085 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Japan entered 9 divers.[2]

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Shu Ohkubo 10 m platform 336.65 29 Did not advance
Rikuto Tamai 1 m springboard 298.60 31 — Did not advance
10 m platform 404.50 12 Q 427.70 7 Q Withdrew
Haruki Suyama 3 m springboard 365.60 24 Did not advance
Yuto Araki
Haruki Suyama 		3 m synchro springboard 359.04 8 Q — 375.90 7
Women
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Matsuri Arai 10 m platform 314.10 7 Q 313.95 7 Q 288.85 11
Haruka Enomoto 3 m springboard 232.80 34 Did not advance
Sayaka Mikami 316.05 2 Q 340.55 3 Q 305.25 7
Matsuri Arai
Minami Itahashi 		10 m synchro platform 289.32 6 Q — 284.76 5
Mixed
Athlete Event Final
Points Rank
Hiroki Ito
Minami Itahashi 		10 m synchro platform 305.34 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

High diving

Main article: High diving at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Athlete Event Points Rank
Kyohei Arata Men's high diving 222.65 20

Open water swimming

Main article: Open water swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Japan entered 8 open water swimmers.[3][4]

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Riku Ezawa Men's 5 km 59:40.6 40
Kaiki Furuhata Men's 10 km 1:54:07.7 22
Taishin Minamide Men's 10 km 1:54:12.6 28
Kaito Tsujimori Men's 5 km 58:17.2 37
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Airi Ebina Women's 10 km 2:05:08.4 28
Ichika Kajimoto Women's 5 km 1:00:56.4 14
Hanano Kato Women's 10 km 2:07:26.4 33
Miku Kojima Women's 5 km 1:02:28.8 35
Mixed
Athlete Event Time Rank
Airi Ebina
Kaiki Furuhata
Ichika Kajimoto
Kaito Tsujimori 		Team relay 1:13:38.5 7

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships

Japan entered 39 swimmers.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yuya Hinomoto 50 m breaststroke 27.35 15 Q 27.25 11 Did not advance
Tomoru Honda 200 m butterfly 1:54.21 1 Q 1:54.43 5 Q 1:53.66 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
400 m individual medley 4:16.71 14 — Did not advance
Ryosuke Irie 50 m backstroke 25.11 16 Q 25.21 15 Did not advance
100 m backstroke 53.98 18 Did not advance
Takeshi Kawamoto 50 m backstroke 25.05 13 Q 25.14 14 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 23.79 35 Did not advance
Katsuhiro Matsumoto 100 m freestyle 48.58 21 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 1:46.44 8 Q 1:45.97
1:46.37 		8 SO
2 		Did not advance
100 m butterfly 51.48 10 Q 51.16 7 Q 51.20 6
Naoki Mizunuma 50 m butterfly 23.75 33 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 51.93 19 Did not advance
Teppei Morimoto 200 m butterfly 1:55.72 10 Q 1:55.36 10 Did not advance
Katsumi Nakamura 50 m freestyle 22.21 27 Did not advance
So Ogata 200 m individual medley 1:57.88 3 Q 1:57.06 5 Q 1:57.82 8
Shoma Sato 200 m breaststroke 2:11.03 15 Q 2:10.72 14 Did not advance
Daiya Seto 200 m individual medley 1:57.80 2 Q 1:57.15 6 Q 1:56.70 6
400 m individual medley 4:10.89 3 Q — 4:09.41 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Shinri Shioura 50 m freestyle 22.15 23 Did not advance
Hidekazu Takehara 200 m backstroke 1:58.46 16 Q 1:58.10 14 Did not advance
Ippei Watanabe 100 m breaststroke 1:00.28 17 Did not advance
200 m breaststroke 2:10.11 8 Q 2:09.50 8 Q 2:08.78 6
Daiki Yanagawa 200 m backstroke 1:58.14 13 Q 1:57.23 7 Q 1:58.75 8
Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Masahiro Kawane
Tomonobu Gomi
Katsumi Nakamura 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:14.84 13 — Did not advance
Hidenari Mano
Katsuhiro Matsumoto
Taikan Tanaka
Fuyu Yoshida 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:08.70 9 — Did not advance
Ryosuke Irie
Ippei Watanabe
Naoki Mizunuma
Katsuhiro Matsumoto 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:32.36 7 Q — 3:32.58 6
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Reona Aoki 100 m breaststroke 1:06.61 10 Q 1:06.32 9 Did not advance
Hanane Hironaka 200 m backstroke 2:12.57 17 Did not advance
Rikako Ikee 50 m freestyle 25.27 20 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 54.67 16 Q 54.86 15 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 25.50 3 Q 25.72 5 Q 25.78 7
100 m butterfly 58.61 17 Did not advance
Nagisa Ikemoto 200 m freestyle 1:59.23 22 Did not advance
Runa Imai 200 m breaststroke 2:25.27 8 Q 2:24.68 9 Did not advance
Waka Kobori 400 m freestyle 4:07.48 10 — Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:29.54 11 — Did not advance
Hiroko Makino 200 m butterfly 2:09.03 8 Q 2:08.40 9 Did not advance
Airi Mitsui 200 m butterfly 2:08.54 6 Q 2:07.51 7 Q 2:07.15 5
Yukimi Moriyama 1500 m freestyle 16:18.66 13 — Did not advance
Miyu Namba 400 m freestyle 4:10.23 16 — Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:34.62 16 — Did not advance
Mio Narita 200 m individual medley 2:11.69 15 Q 2:12.24 12 Did not advance
400 m individual medley 4:38.05 3 Q — 4:42.14 8
Yui Ohashi 200 m individual medley 2:10.80 9 Q 2:10.32 5 Q 2:11.27 6
Rio Shirai 100 m backstroke 1:00.83 19 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:11.24 13 Q 2:12.45 14 Did not advance
Ai Soma 50 m butterfly 25.96 8 Q 26.18 15 Did not advance
100 m butterfly 58.17 13 Q 58.27 14 Did not advance
Satomi Suzuki 50 m breaststroke 30.29 5 Q 30.33 8 Q 30.44 7
100 m breaststroke 1:06.20 5 Q 1:06.31 8 Q 1:06.67 8
Miki Takahashi 50 m backstroke 27.84 7 Q 28.13 14 Did not advance
Ageha Tanigawa 400 m individual medley 4:40.21 9 — Did not advance
Rikako Ikee
Nagisa Ikemoto
Yume Jinno
Rio Shirai 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:37.71 8 Q — 3:38.61 8
Rio Shirai
Nagisa Ikemoto
Chihiro Igarashi
Kinuko Mochizuki 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:57.22 9 — Did not advance
Rio Shirai
Satomi Suzuki
Ai Soma
Rikako Ikee
Reona Aoki 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:58.58 8 Q — 3:58.02 6
Mixed
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Tomonobu Gomi
Katsumi Nakamura
Nagisa Ikemoto
Yume Jinno 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:26.47 6 Q 3:26.96 7
Ryosuke Irie
Ippei Watanabe
Ai Soma
Rikako Ikee 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:44.79 7 Q 3:45.33 7

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships
Summary
Team Event Group stage Playoff Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
 Japan Men's tournament  Hungary
L 8–16 		 Argentina
W 20–9 		 Croatia
L 12–17 		3 QP  Serbia
L 10–16 		—  Australia
L 15–16 		 Canada
W 23–11 		11
 Japan Women's tournament  New Zealand
L 16–17 		 Hungary
L 21–26 		 Canada
L 12–17 		4 — —  Argentina
W 21–11 		 China
L 10–18 		14

Men's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament
Team roster

The following is the Japanese roster.[6]

Head coach: Yoshinori Shiota

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 49 31 +18 9 Quarterfinals
2  Croatia 3 2 0 0 1 51 29 +22 6 Playoffs
3  Japan (H) 3 1 0 0 2 40 42 −2 3
4  Argentina 3 0 0 0 3 27 65 −38 0
Source: Sportresult[dead link]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host


17 July 2023
19:00 		Report[dead link] Hungary  16–8  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
Score by quarters: 4–4, 3–2, 3–1, 6–1
Jansik, Zalánki 4 Goals Suzuki, Takata 2
19 July 2023
19:00 		Report[dead link] Japan  20–9  Argentina Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Zhang Liang (CHN), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 6–1, 4–2, 4–2, 6–4
Watanabe 5 Goals Martino 3
21 July 2023
19:00 		Report[dead link] Croatia  17–12  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Georgios Stavridis (GRE), Michiel Zwartt (NED)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 3–3, 8–3, 2–3
Kharkov 4 Goals Adachi 4
Playoffs
23 July 2023
18:30 		Report[dead link] Japan  10–16  Serbia Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Tamás Kovács-Csatlós (HUN), Veselin Mišković (MNE)
Score by quarters: 3–3, 2–3, 2–7, 3–3
Inaba 4 Goals Radulović, Rašović 3
9–12th place semifinals
25 July 2023
13:30 		Report[dead link] Australia  16–15  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
David Gómez (ESP), Darren Spiritsanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 5–3, 4–7, 4–3, 3–2
Pavillard 4 Goals Adachi, Takata 4
Eleventh place game
27 July 2023
09:00 		Report[dead link] Canada  11–23  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Vojin Putniković (SRB), Darren Spiritosanto (USA)
Score by quarters: 3–6, 3–6, 2–8, 3–3
Djerkovic 3 Goals Inaba 5

Women's tournament

Main article: Water polo at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships – Women's tournament
Team roster

The following is the Japanese roster.[7]

Head coach: Yoji Omoto

Group play
Pos Team
 Pld W PSW PSL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 60 36 +24 9 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 0 1 40 34 +6 6 Playoffs
3  New Zealand 3 1 0 0 2 33 52 −19 3
4  Japan (H) 3 0 0 0 3 49 60 −11 0
Source: Sportresult[dead link]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference.
(H) Host


16 July 2023
19:00 		Report[dead link] New Zealand  17–16  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Jennifer McCall (USA), Matan Schwartz (ISR)
Score by quarters: 5–5, 4–3, 4–5, 4–3
Doyle 5 Goals Ura 5
18 July 2023
19:00 		Report[dead link] Japan  21–26  Hungary Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Matan Schwartz (ISR), Frank Ohme (GER)
Score by quarters: 4–5, 6–8, 5–7, 6–6
Arima 7 Goals Hajdú 5
20 July 2023
19:00 		Report[dead link] Canada  17–12  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Nicola Johnson (AUS)
Score by quarters: 5–1, 3–3, 5–4, 4–4
Lemay-Lavoie 5 Goals Arima, Kawaguchi 4
13–16th place semifinals
22 July 2023
10:30 		Report[dead link] Argentina  11–21  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Alessia Ferrari (ITA), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
Score by quarters: 0–8, 3–4, 5–4, 3–5
Bacigalupo 3 Goals Arima, Nishiyama 4
13th place game
24 July 2023
10:30 		Report[dead link] China  18–10  Japan Marine Messe Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Referees:
Adil Aimbetov (KAZ), Lee-Anne Stewart (RSA)
Score by quarters: 4–3, 5–3, 4–3, 5–1
Lu, Yan J. 3 Goals Ura 3

References

  1. ^ "Competition Athletes | FINA Official". FINA - Fédération Internationale De Natation.
  2. ^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Diving Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  3. ^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Men" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  4. ^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Open Water Swimming Entry List - Women" (PDF). Omega Timing. 12 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  5. ^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Swimming Entry List" (PDF). Omega Timing. 23 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  6. ^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Men's Water Polo Team Roster JPN" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  7. ^ "20th World Aquatics World Championships Women's Water Polo Team Roster JPN" (PDF). waterpolo.sportresult.com. Omega Timing. 15 July 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.