Japan’s Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Medalists
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A full list of Japan’s medal winners at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Japan’s Medalists at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
■ =Gold ■ =Silver ■ =Bronze
| Sugino Akiko, Fujihara Daisuke (September 5) | Mixed doubles SL3-SU5 (badminton) | Defeated India in the bronze-medal match. |
| Japan national team (September 5) | Men’s wheelchair basketball | Lost to the United States in the final in a close contest. |
| Kajiwara Daiki, Murayama Hiroshi (September 5) | Men’s doubles WH1-WH2 (badminton) | The 19-year-old Kajiwara and 47-year-old Murayama worked together to take bronze. |
| Satomi Sarina, Yamazaki Yuma (September 5) | Women’s doubles WH1-WH2 (badminton) | Lost the first game, but made a strong comeback. |
| Michishita Misato (September 5) | Women’s marathon T12 (athletics) | Overcame the disappointment of silver at Rio in 2016 with a gold-winning performance. |
| Kajiwara Daiki (September 5) | Men’s singles WH2 (badminton) | Defeated the world number one to win gold. |
| Nagata Tsutomu (September 5) | Men’s marathon T46 (athletics) | After a work accident that left his right arm paralyzed, he trained to win a medal in his first Paralympics. |
| Horikoshi Tadashi (September 5) | Men’s marathon T12 (athletics) | Improved on his fourth-place finish at Rio in 2016. |
| Kunieda Shingo (September 4) | Men’s singles (wheelchair tennis) | The Paralympic star took gold in front of a home crowd. |
| Itō Noriko, Suzuki Ayako (September 4) | Women’s doubles SL3-SU5 (badminton) | Rallied from falling seven points behind in the early stages of the second game. |
| Yamazaki Yuma (September 4) | Women’s singles WH2 (badminton) | Stopped playing badminton after a spinal injury at high school, but returned to focus on the sport after motherhood |
| Kawamoto Keisuke, Takahashi Kazuki (September 4) | Mixed pairs BC3 (boccia) | Despite beating world-best Greek team in the semifinal, finished with silver. |
| Suzuki Ayako (September 4) | Women’s singles SU5 (badminton) | Applied world championship experience in taking silver. |
| Sugino Akiko (September 4) | Women’s singles SU5 (badminton) | Won an all-Japan bronze medal match. |
| Satomi Sarina (September 4) | Women’s singles WH1 (badminton) | Japan’s first gold in the newly introduced sport. |
| Kamiji Yui, Ōtani Momoko (September 4) | Women’s doubles (wheelchair tennis) | Japan’s first medal in the event. |
| Japan national team (September 4) | Mixed team BC1-2 (boccia) | A second successive medal in the team event for Japan. |
| Kamiji Yui (September 3) | Women’s singles (wheelchair tennis) | Improved on her bronze medal at Rio in 2016. |
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Sawada Uran, Ōshima Kengo, Takamatsu Yuka, Suzuki Tomoki (September 3) |
4x100-meter universal relay (athletics) | Japan took bronze in the first time this event appeared at the games. |
| Kimura Keiichi (September 3) | Men’s 100-meter butterfly S11 (swimming) | A gold medal for the Paralympic veteran. |
| Tomita Uchū (September 3) | Men’s 100-meter butterfly S11 (swimming) | Ensured with his silver that Japan took first and second place in the event. |
| Japan national team (September 3) | Women’s goalball | The team’s first medal since taking gold at London in 2012. |
| Ōya Yūki (September 3) | Men’s 100 meters T52 (athletics) | Won silver in his first Paralympics. |
| Sugiura Keiko (September 3) | Women’s road race C1-3 (cycling) | Matched her time trial gold. |
| Suzuki Takayuki (September 2) | Men’s 50-meter freestyle S4 (swimming) | His fifth medal of the games and his tenth Paralympic medal ever. |
| Yamada Miyuki (September 2) | Women’s 50-meter backstroke S2 (swimming) | The junior high school student won her second silver of the games. |
| Moroishi Mitsuteru, Sugeno Kōji (September 2) | Quad doubles (wheelchair tennis) | Defeated a British pair to take bronze in the early hours of September 2. |
| Sugimura Hidetaka (September 1) | Mixed individual BC2 (boccia) | Contributed to Japan’s team silver in 2016 before winning individual gold. |
| Kimura Keiichi (September 1) | Men’s 100-meter breaststroke SB11 (swimming) | Added to his six medals at previous Paralympics. |
| Sugiura Keiko (August 31) | Women’s time trial C1-3 (cycling) | After serious injury in a 2016 amateur cycling race, she registered as a paracyclist. Won gold at her first Paralympics at the age of 50. |
| Wada Shin’ya (August 31) | Men’s 1500 meters T11 (athletics) | Followed up his 5000-meter bronze with silver. |
| Tomita Uchū (August 30) | Men’s 200-meter individual medley SM11 (swimming) | His second medal, after winning silver in the 400-meter freestyle. |
| Suzuki Takayuki (August 30) | Men’s 200-meter freestyle S4 (swimming) | His fourth medal of the games, and his first silver. |
| Satō Tomoki (August 29) | Men’s 1500 meters T52 (athletics) | Set a new Paralympic record to win his second gold. |
| Ueyonabaru Hirokazu (August 29) | Men’s 1500 meters T52 (athletics) | Secured his second bronze at the Tokyo Paralympics. |
| Yamaguchi Naohide (August 29) | Men’s 100-meter breaststroke SB14 (swimming) | Making his first Paralympic appearance at 20, beat his own world record time. |
| Ogawa Kazusa (August 29) | Women’s 70-kilogram (jūdō) | Took the bronze in her first ever Paralympics. |
| Japan national team (August 29) | Wheelchair rugby | Matched the bronze medal win in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics. |
| Suzuki Takayuki (August 28) | Men’s 150-meter individual medley SM4 (swimming) | His third medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. |
| Itō Maki (August 28) | Women’s singles class 11 (table tennis) | Japan’s first Paralympics table tennis medal since 2000. |
| Yoneoka Satoru (August 28) | Men’s PTVI (triathlon) | Only began the triathlon seriously in 2021, winning the Asia Triathlon Championships before earning bronze at the Paralympics. |
| Uda Hideki (August 28) | Men’s PTS4 (triathlon) | A top soccer player until university level, his powerful legs helped him secure silver. |
| Satō Tomoki (August 27) | Men’s 400 meters T52 (athletics) | Set a new Paralympic record, but fell just short of beating his personal best. |
| Ueyonabaru Hirokazu (August 27) | Men’s 400 meters T52 (athletics) | At 50 years old, won his first medal since winning a silver in the marathon at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics. |
| Seto Yūjirō (August 27) | Men’s 66-kilogram (jūdō) | Proceeded through the repechage competition to win a bronze. |
| Karasawa Ken’ya (August 27) | Men’s 5000 meters T11 (athletics) | The training he completed alongside a full-time job bore fruit with a silver medal win. |
| Wada Shin’ya (August 27) | Men’s 5000 meters T11 (athletics) | Matched his bronze medal at the 2012 London Paralympics. |
| Tomita Uchū (August 26) | Men’s 400-meter freestyle S11 (swimming) | The late bloomer, in his first Paralympics at 32, improved considerably on his personal best to take silver. |
| Suzuki Takayuki (August 26) | Men’s 100-meter freestyle S4 (swimming) | Followed his bronze the previous day with gold. |
| Suzuki Takayuki (August 25) | Men’s 50-meter breaststroke SB3 (swimming) | In his fifth Paralympics, the veteran won his first medal since 2008 in Beijing. |
| Yamada Miyuki (August 25) | Women’s 100-meter backstroke S2 (swimming) | Winner of Japan’s first medal at the Tokyo Paralympics. The 14-year-old is also the youngest ever Japanese Paralympic medalist. |
(Originally published in Japanese. Banner photo: Kimura Keiichi (left) and Tomita Uchū embrace after the men’s 100-meter butterfly (S11) event. © Jiji.)