Japan’s Paris 2024 Paralympic Medalists

Japan’s Medalists at the Paris 2024 Paralympics

Total   ■ Gold 14  ■ Silver 10  ■ Bronze 17

September 8

■ Bronze  Michishita Misato (Athletics: Women’s marathon T12)

The Tokyo 2020 champion could not retain her title, but achieved a podium finish.

■ Bronze  Suzuki Tomoki (Athletics: Men’s marathon T54)

Was in second place at the 35-kilometer stage, but fell behind to finish third.

September 7

■ Gold  Oda Tokito (Wheelchair tennis: Men’s singles)

Competing in his first Paralympics, the 18-year-old Oda overcame British rival Alfie Hewett to take gold.

■ Gold  Sugiura Keiko (Cycling: Women’s road race C1-3)

Retained her Tokyo 2020 title and extended her record as Japan’s oldest Paralympics gold medalist.

September 6

■ Gold  Kimura Keiichi (Swimming: Men’s 100-meter butterfly S11)

Earned his second gold of the games after the 50-meter freestyle event, retaining his Tokyo 2020 title.

■ Bronze  Tomita Uchū (Swimming: Men’s 100-meter butterfly S11)

Finished in third place behind Kimura to win his second bronze of Paris 2024.

■ Silver  Suzuki Takayuki (Swimming: Men’s 50-meter freestyle S4)

Won silver in the event, as he did at Tokyo 2020, taking medals in all four events he entered at the Paris Paralympics.

■ Bronze  Ogawa Kazusa (Jūdō: Women’s 70-kilogram J2)

Took bronze in the event for the second successive Paralympics.

■ Silver  Oda Tokito, Miki Takuya (Wheelchair tennis: Men’s doubles)

Lost the final to the British pair Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid, who had won silver at the two previous Paralympics.

■ Gold  Seto Yūjirō (Jūdō: Men’s 73-kilogram J2)

Won the final with two waza-ari for an ippon, despite facing larger opponents than when he was in the 66-kilogram class at Tokyo 2020, due to a change in the weight classes.

■ Gold  Hirose Junko (Jūdō: Women’s 57-kilogram J2)

A bronze medalist at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Hirose won gold in Paris with an ippon.

■ Gold  Kamiji Yui (Wheelchair tennis: Women’s singles)

In a rerun of the Tokyo 2020 final, Kamiji lost the first set to reigning champion Diede de Groot of the Netherlands, but came back to win the next two and add a singles gold to her doubles one.

■ Bronze  Satō Tomoki (Athletics: Men’s 100 meters T52)

Picked up his second medal of the games after silver in the 400-meter event.

September 5

■ Gold  Japan national team (Men’s goalball)

Won its first ever medal in the event after a 4-3 extra time victory over Ukraine in the final.

■ Gold  Wada Natsuki (Table tennis: Women’s singles WS11)

Lost the first game in the final against Tokyo 2020 champion Elena Prokofeva, who was competing as a neutral paralympic athlete, but won the next three to secure gold.

■ Gold  Kamiji Yui, Tanaka Manami (Wheelchair tennis: Women’s doubles)

Overcame the Tokyo 2020 champions, Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands, in a three-hour match to win gold.

■ Silver  Hangai Shizuka (Jūdō: Women’s 48-kilogram J1)

Won her first medal at her fourth Paralympics competition.

■ Bronze  Sugimura Hidetaka, Hirose Takayuki, Endō Hiromi (Boccia: Mixed team BC1-BC2)

Defeated South Korea 8-3 in the bronze medal match to secure a team boccia medal for Japan in the third successive Paralympics.

■ Bronze  Furukawa Kanami (Table tennis: Women’s singles WS11)

Finished with bronze after a narrow 3-2 semifinal defeat against Elena Prokofeva.

■ Silver  Fukunaga Ryōta (Athletics: Men’s 400 meters T13)

Won the silver in his first Paralympics appearance.

September 4

■ Bronze  Kinoshita Aira (Swimming: Women’s 200-meter individual medley SM14)

Finished the butterfly leg in fifth, the backstroke in fourth, and the breastroke in third, holding on to that position through the final freestyle leg.

■ Bronze  Tsujiuchi Ayano (Swimming: Women’s 100-meter freestyle S12)

Was in sixth place at the 50-meter point, but worked her way to a podium finish.

September 3

■ Bronze  Suzuki Takayuki (Swimming: Men’s 200-meter freestyle S4)

Won a tight battle for third place, picking up his third medal of Paris 2024.

September 2

■ Gold  Kajiwara Daiki (Badminton: Men’s singles WH2)

Retained his Paralympic title with a dominant performance.

■ Silver  Onidani Keiko (Athletics: Women’s discus throw F53)

Set a new Asian record in winning the silver medal.

■ Gold  Japan national team (Wheelchair rugby)

Edged out world number one Australia 52-51 in the semifinal before overcoming the United States 48-41 to take gold.

■ Bronze  Yamaguchi Naohide (Swimming: Men’s 100-meter breaststroke SB14)

The Tokyo 2020 champion led early on, but dropped back into third place by the finish.

■ Gold  Satomi Sarina (Badminton: Women’s singles WH1)

Defeated Sujirat Pookkham of Thailand in the final as she did at Tokyo 2020.

September 1

■ Bronze  Kajiwara Daiki, Murayama Hiroshi (Badminton: Men’s doubles WH1-WH2)

Won the bronze medal match, defeating Matsumoto Takumi and Nagashima Osamu, another Japanese pair.

■ Silver  Satomi Sarina, Yamazaki Yuma (Badminton: Women’s doubles WH1-WH2)

Fell short of matching their Tokyo 2020 gold, losing 2-0 to a Chinese pair in the final.

■ Bronze  Kawakami Shūta (Athletics: Men’s 100 meters T13)

Finished a fraction of a second ahead of the fourth-place athlete to secure bronze.

■ Bronze  Endō Hiromi (Boccia: Women’s individual BC1)

Won a medal in the first women’s individual event; previously events were mixed.

■ Bronze  Mizuta Mika (Shooting: Mixed 10-meter air rifle prone SH2)

Became Japan’s first Paralympics shooting medalist.

August 31

■ Gold  Kimura Keiichi (Swimming: Men’s 50-meter freestyle S11)

Won gold at his fifth Paralympics with a new Japanese record.

■ Silver  Kubota Kōta (Swimming: Men’s 100-meter backstroke S8)

Won his first medal at his second Paralympics.

August 30

■ Silver  Satō Tomoki (Athletics: Men’s 400 meters T52)

Took gold in the same wheelchair event at Tokyo 2020, but finished second in Paris behind the Belgian newcomer Maxime Carabin.

■ Bronze  Itō Tomoya (Athletics: Men’s 400 meters T52)

The 61-year-old medalist is the oldest member on Japan’s Paralympics roster.

■ Bronze  Tomita Uchū (Swimming: Men’s 400-meter freestyle S11)

Achieved another podium finish after winning silver at Tokyo 2020.

■ Silver  Suzuki Takayuki (Swimming: Men’s 100-meter freestyle S4)

Suzuki picked up the silver, although tired from his previous day’s gold-medal race.

■ Silver  Karasawa Ken’ya (Athletics: Men’s 5,000 meters T11)

Matched his silver in the event at Tokyo 2020.

August 29

■ Gold  Suzuki Takayuki (Swimming: Men’s 50-meter breaststroke SB3)

Competing in his sixth consecutive Paralympics at the age of 37, Suzuki won gold 16 years after finishing first in the same event at the Beijing Olympics.

(Originally published in Japanese. Banner photo: Oda Tokito celebrates winning gold in the wheelchair tennis men’s singles event. © Reuters.)