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Japan
Career
1932 - 2026
Best year
1932
Total points
605
Best results
2x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#3
10-year rank
#8
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Masaji Kiyokawa |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 30 | Daichi Suzuki |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 18 | Toshio Irie |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 18 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2009 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 10 | Junya Koga |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Junya Koga |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Junya Koga |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Junya Koga |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Nobuhiro Toyada |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Keiji Hase |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Keiji Hase |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kazuo Tomita |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Yushiro Hayashi |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Tadashi Honda |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Tadashi Honda |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kenji Ikeda |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kenji Ikeda |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Daichi Suzuki |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Hajime Itoi |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Atsushi Nishikori |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Junichi Miyashita |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kazuo Tomita |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Keisuke Ito |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Shigeo Fukushima |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Tadashi Honda |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Tadashi Honda |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Tsuyoshi Takahashi |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Hidetoshi Takahashi |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kazuya Ikeda |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Kodai Nishiono |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Takahiro Yamazaki |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2026 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Yumeki Kojima |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 1 | 7 | Junya Koga |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 6 | Kentaro Kawatsu |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 6 | Masaji Kiyokawa |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 6 | Tomomi Morita |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 6 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2009 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Junya Koga |
| 2017 | World Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Junya Koga |
| 2009 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2011 | World Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 6 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kosuke Hagino |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Takeshi Kawamoto |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Shunichi Nakao |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Nobuhiro Toyada |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Takeshi Kawamoto |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Men | 1 | 4 | Junya Koga |
| 2025 | Asian Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Rui Yoshida |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Norihiko Kurahashi |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Hideo Ninomiya |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Keisuke Ito |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kishio Tanaka |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Koji Hoshino |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Tsuyoshi Takahashi |
| 1982 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Hidetoshi Takahashi |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Shigemori Maruyama |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Hajime Itoi |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Eiji Komine |
| 2010 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Junya Koga |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2026 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Hidekazu Takehara |
| 1958 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kazuo Watanabe |
| 1962 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Kazuo Tomita |
| 1966 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Yushiro Hayashi |
| 1970 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Koji Hoshino |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Keita Soraoka |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Hajime Itoi |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Takashi Nakano |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 1987 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Daichi Suzuki |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Junya Koga |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2014 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2018 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 2 | 4 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2011 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 3 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Takahiro Yamazaki |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Takeshi Kawamoto |
| 2009 | Asian Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Nobuhiro Toyada |
| 2012 | Asian Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Keita Sunama |
| 2016 | Asian Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Keita Sunama |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 50m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 1954 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Takuro Ashida |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Toshimitsu Yamamoto |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Keita Soraoka |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Tomomi Morita |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Masafumi Yamaguchi |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Kosuke Hagino |
| 1974 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Toshimitsu Yamamoto |
| 1978 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Kenji Ikeda |
| 1986 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Shigemori Maruyama |
| 1990 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Hajime Itoi |
| 1994 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Ryuji Horii |
| 2002 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Naoya Sonoda |
| 2006 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Takashi Nakano |
| 2014 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Kosuke Hagino |
| 2018 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Keita Sunama |
| 2022 | Asian Games | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Hidekazu Takehara |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Hajime Itoi |
| 2002 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Tomomi Morita |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Tomomi Morita |
| 1991 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Hajime Itoi |
| 1993 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Hajime Itoi |
| 1995 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Ryuji Horii |
| 2006 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Tomomi Morita |
| 2010 | Pan Pacific Championship | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 2 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Ryosuke Irie |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Masaki Kaneko |
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