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List of flag bearers for Japan at the Olympics

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Japan at the
Olympics
IOC codeJPN
NOCJapanese Olympic Committee
Websitewww.joc.or.jp (in Japanese and English)
Medals
Gold
206
Silver
191
Bronze
221
Total
618
Summer appearances
Winter appearances
Japan at the 1912 Summer Olympics

This is a list of flag bearers who have represented Japan at the Olympics.[1]

Flag bearers carry the national flag of their country at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

# Event year Season Flag bearer Sport
1 1912 Summer Yahiko Mishima Athletics [2]
2 1920 Summer Gensabulo Noguchi Athletics
3 1928 Winter Subaru Takahashi Cross-country skiing
4 1928 Summer Yonetaro Nakazawa Athletics
5 1932 Summer Mikio Oda Athletics
6 1936 Winter Kazuyoshi Oimatsu Figure skating
7 1936 Summer Kenkichi Oshima Athletics
8 1952 Summer Bunkichi Sawada Athletics
9 1956 Winter Hiroshi Yoshizawa Ski jumping & Nordic combined
10 1956 Summer Shozo Sasahara Wrestling
11 1960 Winter Junko Ueno Figure skating
12 1960 Summer Takashi Ono Gymnastics
13 1964 Winter Sadao Kikuchi Ski jumping
14 1964 Summer Makoto Fukui Swimming
15 1968 Winter Takaaki Kaneiri Ice hockey
16 1968 Summer Yukio Endo Gymnastics
17 1972 Winter Mineyuki Mashiko Ski jumping
18 1972 Summer Masatoshi Shinomaki Judo
19 1976 Winter Masaki Suzuki Speed skating
20 1976 Summer Katsutoshi Nekoda Volleyball
21 1980 Winter Osamu Wakabayashi Ice hockey
22 1984 Winter Tadayuki Takahashi Figure skating
23 1984 Summer Shigenobu Murofushi Athletics
24 1988 Winter Seiko Hashimoto Speed skating
25 1988 Summer Mikako Kotani Synchronized swimming
26 1992 Winter Tsutomu Kawasaki Short track speed skating
27 1992 Summer Kumi Nakada Volleyball
28 1994 Winter Reiichi Mikata Nordic combined
29 1996 Summer Ryoko Tamura Judo
30 1998 Winter Hiroyasu Shimizu Speed skating
31 2000 Summer Kosei Inoue Judo
32 2002 Winter Eriko Sanmiya Speed skating
33 2004 Summer Kyoko Hamaguchi Wrestling
34 2006 Winter Joji Kato Speed skating
35 2008 Summer Ai Fukuhara Table tennis
36 2010 Winter Tomomi Okazaki Speed skating
37 2012 Summer Saori Yoshida Wrestling
38 2014 Winter Ayumi Ogasawara Curling
39 2016 Summer Keisuke Ushiro Athletics
40 2018 Winter Noriaki Kasai Ski jumping [3][2]
41 2020 Summer Rui Hachimura Basketball [4]
Yui Susaki Wrestling
42 2022 Winter Akito Watabe Nordic combined [5]
Arisa Go Speed skating
43 2024 Summer Misaki Emura Fencing [6]
Shigeyuki Nakarai Breaking

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Japan. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Flagbearers for Japan". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. ^ "The Flagbearers for the PyeongChang 2018 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. ^ "The flagbearers for the Tokyo 2020 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  5. ^ "The flagbearers for the Beijing 2022 Opening Ceremony" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Paris 2024: Opening ceremony flagbearers information" (PDF). olympics.com. IOC. Retrieved 27 July 2024.