Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team

The Japan women's national artistic gymnastics team represents Japan in FIG international competitions.

Japan

Continental union	Asian Gymnastics Union
National federation	Japan Gymnastics Association
Olympic Games
Appearances	13
Medals	Bronze: 1964
World Championships
Medals	Bronze: 1962, 1966
Junior World Championships
Medals	Gold: 2023

History

Japan has participated in the Olympic Games women's team competition 13 times and has won one team medal, a bronze in 1964.^[1] Mai Murakami won Japan's first individual Olympic medal in women's artistic gymnastics: a bronze on floor exercise at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.^[2] The team has also won two medals at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Olympic Games team competition results

• 1956 — 6th place
• 1960 — 4th place
• 1964 — bronze medal
• 1968 — 4th place
• 1972 — 7th place
• 1976 — 8th place
• 1984 — 6th place
• 1988 — 12th place
• 1996 — 12th place
• 2008 — 5th place
• 2012 — 8th place
• 2016 — 4th place
• 2020 — 5th place
• 2024 –

  To be named

World Championships results

See also: Japan at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Junior World Championships

• 2019 — 11th place

  Chiaki Hatakeda, Shoko Miyata, Hazuki Watanabe

• 2023 – gold medal

  Mizuno Mika, Nakamura Haruka, Yamaguchi Sara

Most decorated gymnasts

This list includes all Japanese female artistic gymnasts who have won a medal at the Olympic Games or the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Rank	Gymnast	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX	Olympic Total	World Total	Total
1	Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda	1964 1962 1966	1966		1966	1954 1958 1962	1958	1	8	9
2	Mai Murakami		2018			2021	2020 2017 2021 2018	1	5	6
3	Taniko Nakamura-Mitsukuri	1964 1962 1966			1966			1	3	4
4	Kōko Tsurumi		2009		2009			0	2	2
5	Ginko Abukawa-Chiba, Kiyoko Ono, Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara, Hiroko Tsuji	1964 1962						1	1	2
9	Urara Ashikawa					2021		0	1	1
	Hazuki Watanabe					2022		0	1	1
11	Taki Shibuya, Hiroko Ikenada, Yasuko Furuyama, Mitsuko Kandori	1966						0	1	1
	Miyata Shoko					2022		0	1	1

See also

• List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Japan
• Japan at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• Japan men's national gymnastics team

References

1. "Japan Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results" Archived 2015-10-16 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
2. "Japan's Mai Murakami wins bronze in women's floor exercise". The Japan Times. August 2, 2021.