title: Japan at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
text: # Japan at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships
  
  Japan competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Daiya Seto | Swimming | Men's 200 metre individual medley | 25 July |
  | Gold | Daiya Seto | Swimming | Men's 400 metre individual medley | 28 July |
  | Silver | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | Swimming | Men's 200 metre freestyle | 23 July |
  | Silver | Daiya Seto | Swimming | Men's 200 metre butterfly | 24 July |
  | Bronze | Yukiko Inui | Artistic swimming | Solo technical routine | 13 July |
  | Bronze | Atsushi Abe Yumi Adachi | Artistic swimming | Mixed duet technical routine | 15 July |
  | Bronze | Yukiko Inui | Artistic swimming | Solo free routine | 17 July |
  | Bronze | Atsushi Abe Yumi Adachi | Artistic swimming | Mixed duet free routine | 20 July |
  | Bronze | Ippei Watanabe | Swimming | Men's 200 metre breaststroke | 26 July |
  | Bronze | Yui Ohashi | Swimming | Women's 400 m individual medley | 28 July |
  
  ## 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 | 91.7284 | 3 Q | 92.3084 | |
  | Yukiko Inui | Solo free routine | 92.5667 | 3 Q | 93.2000 | |
  | Yukiko Inui Megumu Yoshida | Duet technical routine | 91.9210 | 4 Q | 92.1116 | 4 |
  | Yukiko Inui Megumu Yoshida | Duet free routine | 92.4333 | 4 Q | 93.0000 | 4 |
  | Juka Fukumura Yukiko Inui Moeka Kijima Kei Marumo Kano Omata Mayu Tsukamoto Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Okina Kyogoku (R) Akane Yanagisawa (R) | Team technical routine | 92.3274 | 4 Q | 92.7207 | 4 |
  | Juka Fukumura Yukiko Inui Moeka Kijima Okina Kyogoku Mayu Tsukamoto Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Kei Marumo (R) Kano Omata (R) | Team free routine | 92.6667 | 4 Q | 93.3667 | 4 |
  | Juka Fukumura Yukiko Inui Moeka Kijima Hinata Kumagai Okina Kyogoku Kei Marumo Mayu Tsukamoto Akane Yanagisawa Mashiro Yasunaga Megumu Yoshida Kano Omata (R) | Free routine combination | 93.0000 | 4 Q | 93.2333 | 4 |
  
  ### Mixed
  
  | Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Atsushi Abe Yumi Adachi | Duet technical routine | 88.2948 | 3 Q | 88.5113 | |
  | Atsushi Abe Yumi Adachi | Duet free routine | 89.8000 | 3 Q | 90.4000 | |
  
  Legend: (R) = Reserve Athlete
  
  ## Diving
  
  Japan entered seven divers.
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Sho Sakai | 3 m springboard | 375.00 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ken Terauchi | 3 m springboard | 395.80 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Sho Sakai Ken Terauchi | Synchronized 3 metre springboard | 384.09 | 2 Q | — | — | 389.43 | 7 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Sayaka Mikami | 3 m springboard | 291.60 | 8 Q | 307.95 | 7 Q | 323.05 | 5 |
  | Matsuri Arai | 10 metre platform | 304.75 | 11 Q | 312.45 | 10 Q | 321.45 | 9 |
  | Rin Kaneto | 10 metre platform | 333.95 | 5 Q | 285.05 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Haruka Enomoto Hazuki Miyamoto | Synchronized 3 metre springboard | 253.50 | 14 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  ## Open water swimming
  
  Japan qualified two male and two female open water swimmers.
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Taiki Nonaka | Men's 10 km | 1:51:35.3 | 45 |
  | Takeshi Toyoda | Men's 10 km | 1:50:22.0 | 39 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Yumi Kida | Women's 10 km | 1:55:26.7 | 22 |
  | Minami Niikura | Women's 10 km | 1:55:46.8 | 30 |
  
  ### Mixed
  
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Minami Niikura Yumi Kida Takeshi Toyoda Taiki Nonaka | Team | 56:52.1 | 14 |
  
  ## Swimming
  
  Japan entered 25 swimmers.
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Naito Ehara | 200 m freestyle | 1:47.46 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ryosuke Irie | 100 m backstroke | 53.38 | 5 Q | 53.13 | 6 Q | 53.22 | 6 |
  | Ryosuke Irie | 200 m backstroke | 1:57.60 | 7 Q | 1:57.26 | 8 Q | 1:56.52 | 5 |
  | Kazuki Kohinata | 200 m breaststroke | 2:09.92 | 14 Q | 2:08.42 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Yasuhiro Koseki | 50 m breaststroke | 27.33 | 16 Q | 27.22 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Yasuhiro Koseki | 100 m breaststroke | 58.91 | 3 Q | 58.89 | 4 Q | 58.93 | 4 |
  | Katsuhiro Matsumoto | 200 m freestyle | 1:46.51 | 7 Q | 1:45.56 | =4 Q | 1:45.22 NR | |
  | Naoki Mizunuma | 50 m butterfly | 23.74 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Naoki Mizunuma | 100 m butterfly | 52.23 | 12 Q | 51.71 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Katsumi Nakamura | 50 m freestyle | 22.41 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Katsumi Nakamura | 100 m freestyle | 48.68 | =11 Q | 48.45 | =10 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Daiya Seto | 200 m butterfly | 1:54.56 | 2 Q | 1:55.33 | 3 Q | 1:53.86 | |
  | Daiya Seto | 200 m individual medley | 1:57.90 | 2 Q | 1:57.10 | 3 Q | 1:56.14 | |
  | Daiya Seto | 400 m individual medley | 4:12.27 | 1 Q | — | — | 4:08.95 | |
  | Shinri Shioura | 50 m freestyle | 21.78 | 5 Q | 21.74 | 7 Q | 21.81 | 8 |
  | Shinri Shioura | 100 m freestyle | 48.68 | =11 Q | 48.54 | 13 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Keita Sunama | 200 m backstroke | 1:58.40 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ippei Watanabe | 200 m breaststroke | 2:09.68 | 9 Q | 2:08.04 | 6 Q | 2:06.73 | |
  | Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura Katsuhiro Matsumoto Akira Namba | 4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:14.16 | 9 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Kotaro Takahashi Katsuhiro Matsumoto Keisuke Yoshida Daiya Seto | 4×200 m freestyle relay | 7:09.23 | 9 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Ryosuke Irie Yasuhiro Koseki Naoki Mizunuma Katsumi Nakamura | 4×100 m medley relay | 3:32.34 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:30.35 | 4 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Reona Aoki | 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.81 | 5 Q | 1:06.30 | 3 Q | 1:06.40 | 4 |
  | Reona Aoki | 200 m breaststroke | 2:25.93 | 11 Q | 2:27.95 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Suzuka Hasegawa | 100 m butterfly | 58.71 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Suzuka Hasegawa | 200 m butterfly | 2:10.03 | 12 Q | 2:09.22 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Chihiro Igarashi | 200 m freestyle | 1:59.18 | 16 Q | 1:58.97 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Chihiro Igarashi | 400 m freestyle | 4:13.81 | 20 | — | — | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Hiroko Makino | 100 m butterfly | 58.33 | 16 Q | 58.49 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Hiroko Makino | 200 m butterfly | 2:09.88 | 10 Q | 2:09.60 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Yui Ohashi | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.09 | 9 Q | 2:10.04 | 6 Q | DSQ | DSQ |
  | Yui Ohashi | 400 m individual medley | 4:37.23 | 2 Q | — | — | 4:32.33 | |
  | Rika Omoto | 50 m freestyle | 25.17 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Rika Omoto | 100 m freestyle | 54.89 | 26 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Rika Omoto | 200 m individual medley | 2:10.50 | 5 Q | 2:09.68 | 5 Q | 2:09.32 | 5 |
  | Natsumi Sakai | 50 m backstroke | 28.41 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Natsumi Sakai | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.05 | 10 Q | 59.71 | 8 Q | 59.56 | =6 |
  | Natsumi Sakai | 200 m backstroke | 2:10.40 | 12 Q | 2:10.11 | 11 | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Rio Shirai | 200 m freestyle | 1:58.10 | 12 Q | 1:56.82 | 8 Q | 1:57.14 | 8 |
  | Rio Shirai | 200 m backstroke | 2:14.98 | 31 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
  | Tomomi Aoki Aya Sato Rio Shirai Rika Omoto | 4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:36.17 | 5 Q | — | — | 3:36.79 | 7 |
  | Rio Shirai Chihiro Igarashi Tomomi Aoki Nagisa Ikemoto | 4×200 m freestyle relay | 7:56.00 | 8 Q | — | — | 7:56.31 | 8 |
  | Natsumi Sakai Reona Aoki Hiroko Makino Rika Omoto | 4×100 m medley relay | 3:59.87 | 8 Q | — | — | 3:58.14 | 6 |
  
  ### Mixed
  
  | Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
  | Katsumi Nakamura Katsuhiro Matsumoto Rika Omoto Aya Sato Tomomi Aoki* | 4×100 m freestyle relay | 3:25.41 | 7 Q | 3:24.67 AS | 7 |
  | Natsumi Sakai Yasuhiro Koseki Naoki Mizunuma Rika Omoto | 4×100 m medley relay | DSQ | DSQ | did not advance | did not advance |
  
  Legend: (*) = Swimmers who participated in the heat only.
  
  ## Water polo
  
  ### Men's tournament
  
  **Team roster**
  
  * Katsuyuki Tanamura
  * Seiya Adachi
  * Harukiirario Koppu
  * Mitsuaki Shiga
  * Takuma Yoshida
  * Atsuto Iida
  * Yusuke Shimizu
  * Mitsuru Takata
  * Atsushi Arai
  * Yusuke Inaba
  * Keigo Okawa (C)
  * Kenta Araki
  * Tomoyoshi Fukushima
  * Coach: Yoji Omoto
  
  **Group D**
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
  | 2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 3 | Playoffs |
  | 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 | Playoffs |
  | 4 | Brazil | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 0 | |
  | 15 July 2019 20:30 | Report | Germany | 9–9 | Japan | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
  | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |||
  | 15 July 2019 20:30 | Report | Stamm 3 | Goals | Arai 3 | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), Daniel Flahive (AUS) |
  | 17 July 2019 16:30 | Report | Japan | 7–9 | Italy | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
  | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |||
  | 17 July 2019 16:30 | Report | Arai, Inaba 2 | Goals | Figlioli 4 | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Sebastien Dervieux (FRA), Jaume Teixidó (ESP) |
  | 19 July 2019 11:10 | Report | Brazil | 9–11 | Japan | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
  | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |||
  | 19 July 2019 11:10 | Report | Guimarães 3 | Goals | Shiga, Yoshida 3 | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Nenad Periš (CRO), Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ) |
  
  **Playoffs**
  
  | 21 July 2019 17:00 | Report | Spain | 15–7 | Japan | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Dion Willis (RSA) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Dion Willis (RSA) |||
  | 21 July 2019 17:00 | Report | Munarriz 6 | Goals | Adachi 2 | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS), Dion Willis (RSA) |
  
  **9th–12th place semifinals**
  
  | 23 July 2019 11:00 | Report | Montenegro | 14–7 | Japan | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |||
  | 23 July 2019 11:00 | Report | Ivović, Murišić 3 | Goals | Arai, Inaba 2 | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Germán Moller (ARG), Alessandro Severo (ITA) |
  
  **Eleventh place game**
  
  | 25 July 2019 09:30 | Report | Japan | 15–5 | South Africa | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Juan Menéndez (CUB) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Juan Menéndez (CUB) |||
  | 25 July 2019 09:30 | Report | Shimizu, Inaba 3 | Goals | Evezard 2 | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Viktor Salnichenko (KAZ), Juan Menéndez (CUB) |
  
  ### Women's tournament
  
  **Team roster**
  
  * Rikako Miura
  * Yumi Arima
  * Akari Inaba
  * Shino Magariyama
  * Chiaki Sakanoue
  * Miku Koide
  * Maiko Hashida
  * Yuki Niizawa
  * Minori Yamamoto
  * Misaki Noro
  * Marina Tokumoto
  * Kotori Suzuki (C)
  * Minami Shioya
  * Coach: Makihiro Motomiya
  
  **Group D**
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 22 | +11 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
  | 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 4 | Playoffs |
  | 3 | China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 2 | Playoffs |
  | 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 0 | |
  | 14 July 2019 19:10 | Report | Japan | 6–8 | China | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |
  | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |||
  | 14 July 2019 19:10 | Report | Arima 3 | Goals | Chen, Wang X. 2 | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Michael Goldenberg (USA) |
  | 16 July 2019 17:50 | Report | Japan | 7–9 | Italy | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |
  | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |||
  | 16 July 2019 17:50 | Report | Arima 3 | Goals | Bianconi 5 | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Arkadiy Voevodin (RUS) |
  | 18 July 2019 11:10 | Report | Japan | 7–9 | Australia | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
  | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |||
  | 18 July 2019 11:10 | Report | three players 2 | Goals | Buckling 3 | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), Stanko Ivanovski (MNE) |
  
  **13th–16th place semifinals**
  
  | 20 July 2019 12:00 | Report | Cuba | 9–21 | Japan | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), John Waldow (NZL) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), John Waldow (NZL) |||
  | 20 July 2019 12:00 | Report | Bernal 3 | Goals | Arima 5 | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: Gabriella Várkonyi (HUN), John Waldow (NZL) |
  
  **13th place game**
  
  | 22 July 2019 09:30 | Report | South Africa | 2–21 | Japan | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |||
  | 22 July 2019 09:30 | Report | Moir, Hallendorff 1 | Goals | Arima 5 | Nambu University Aquatics Center, Gwangju Referees: John Waldow (NZL), Ni Shi Wei (CHN) |
  