Japan at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Japan competed in the 2016 Asian Beach Games in Danang, Vietnam from September 24 to October 5, 2016. The delegation was bannered by 54 athletes.^[1] Japan send their representatives in 7 sports including beach soccer, beach volleyball, beach handball, beach wrestling, vovinam, pétanque, and bodybuilding.^[2]

Japan at the 2016 Asian Beach Games
IOC code	JPN
NOC	Japanese Olympic Committee
Website	https://www.joc.or.jp
in Danang, Vietnam September 24 (24-09) – October 5 (5-10)
Competitors	54 in 7 sports
Medals Ranked 25th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 7 Total 10
Asian Beach Games appearances
2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

The Japanese beach soccer team won the gold medal,^[3] being the Japanese team's only gold medal in this game.^[4] Bodybuilding took home one silver and two bronze medals, followed by beach sambo which won one silver and one bronze. Beach wrestling won two bronze medals, while pétanque and vovinam bagged one bronze medal each.^[5][6]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Shingo Terukina Yusuke Kawai Shotaro Haraguchi Yuki Nakahara Naoya Matsuo Teruki Tabata Takaaki Oba Takuya Akaguma Takasuke Goto Ozu Moreira Beach soccer Tournaments October 2  Silver Takahiro Mizoguchi Bodybuilding Men's 158 cm September 27  Silver Haruka Murase Beach sambo Men's 74 kg October 2  Bronze Ayumi Goma Pétanque Women's singles September 28  Bronze Hiroaki Inoue Bodybuilding Men's 172 cm September 28  Bronze Shunsuke Taguchi Bodybuilding Men's 180 cm September 28  Bronze Hikaru Aono Beach wrestling Women's 50 kg September 30  Bronze Miku Saito Beach wrestling Women's +70 kg October 1  Bronze Takehiro Yamashita Beach sambo Men's 74 kg October 1  Bronze Yoshimi Sadamatsu Vovinam Dragon tiger form October 1

Medals by sport Sport Total Beach soccer 1 0 0 1 Bodybuilding 0 1 2 3 Beach sambo 0 1 1 2 Beach wrestling 0 0 2 2 Pétanque 0 0 1 1 Vovinam 0 0 1 1 Total 1 2 7 10

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Sport Men Women Total Bodybuilding 3 0 3 Beach handball 10 10 20 Beach sambo 4 1 5 Beach soccer 10 0 10 Beach volleyball 2 2 4 Beach wrestling 1 2 3 Pétanque 4 4 8 Vovinam 0 1 1 Total 34 20 54

Beach soccer

Main article: Beach soccer at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Result

Team	Event	Group stage			Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Gold medal match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Japan men's	Men's tournament	Afghanistan W 11–0	China W 7–2	1 Q	UAE W 6–2	Lebanon W 6–5	Oman W 4–3

Team

Shingo Terukina
Yusuke Kawai
Shotaro Haraguchi
Yuki Nakahara
Naoya Matsuo
Teruki Tabata
Takaaki Oba
Takuya Akaguma
Takasuke Goto
Ozu Moreira

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Men's tournament

Team	Event	Group stage			Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Gold medal match
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Masato Kurasaka Momota Shimada	Men's tournament	Al-Shereiqi/Al-Housni L 13–21, 13-21	Sukto/Khaolumtarn W 21-19, 21-17	3	did not advance

Women's tournament

Group Stage

Team	Event	Group stage
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Azusa Futami Reika Murakami	Women's tournament	Tang/Wang L 22-20, 13-21, 10-15	Lakmini/ Weerasinghe W 21–16, 21–13	Numwong/ Naraphornrapat L 17–21, 8–21	Gorre/Arocha W 21-13, 21-5	Tứ/Lê W 21–16, 18–21, 15–11	3 Q

Knockout Stage

Team	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	Gold medal match	Rank
Azusa Futami Reika Murakami	Ratnasari/Eka W 19-21, 21-18, 15–8	Mashkova/ Tsimbalova L 15-21, 14-15	did not advance

Pétanque

Main article: Pétanque at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Men

1. Shooting
Haruki Kato

2. Singles
Takayuki Watabe

3. Doubles
Hiroshi Katata
Yoshihiro Noda

Women

1. Shooting
Keiko Katata

2. Singles
Ayumi Goma

3. Doubles
Akemi Kinoshita
Rieko Ujihara

Vovinam

Main article: Vovinam at the 2016 Asian Beach Games

Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Yoshimi Sadamatsu	Dragon-tiger form	261

References

1. 第5回アジアビーチゲームズ. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
2. 日本代表選手団. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
3. アジアビーチゲームズ　ビーチサッカー日本代表、延長戦を制し初の金メダル獲得！. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
4. Noriko Nagano (2016-10-25). 【祝　アジアビーチゲームズ初優勝　スペシャル対談】ビーチサッカー日本代表　茂怜羅オズ×後藤崇介「ビーチサッカー日本代表　出場全選手が大会を振り返る！」. Soccer King (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
5. 貞松慶美（日本ボビナム協会）が銅メダル〜第5回アジアビーチゲームズ. Vovinam Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
6. 日本選手団結果 10月1日. Vovinam Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.