Japan men's national water polo team

The Japan men's national water polo team is the representative for Japan in international men's water polo.

Japan
FINA codeJPN
Nickname(s)ポセイドン ジャパン(Poseidon Japan)[1]
AssociationJapan Swimming Federation
ConfederationAASF (Asia)
Head coachYoji Omoto
Asst coachKeiji Oi
Yoshinori Shiota
CaptainKeigo Okawa
FINA ranking (since 2008)
Current9 (as of 9 August 2021)
Highest8 (2016, 2017, 2018)
Olympic Games (team statistics)
Appearances8 (first in 1932)
Best result4th place (1932)
World Championship
Appearances10 (first in 2001)
Best result9th place (2022)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2018)
Best result7th place (2018)
World League
Appearances14 (first in 2006)
Best result4th place (2018)
Asian Games
Appearances16 (first in 1954)
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970)
Asian Swimming Championships
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2016)
Asian Water Polo Championship
Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2015)
Media
Websiteswim.or.jp

Results

Olympic Games
Main article: Japan men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

World Championship

World Cup

World League
  • 2006 – 15th place[2]
  • 2007 – 16th place
  • 2008 – 11th place
  • 2009 – 7th place
  • 2010 – 11th place
  • 2011 – 10th place
  • 2012 – 11th place
  • 2013 – 7th place
  • 2014 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
  • 2015 – Intercontinental Preliminary round
  • 2016 – 6th place
  • 2017 – 8th place
  • 2018 – 4th place
  • 2019 – 6th place
  • 2020 – 5th place

Asian Games
  • 1954 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1958 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1962 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1966 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1970 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal
  • 1974 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1978 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1982 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1990 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1994 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 1998 – 4th
  • 2002 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2006 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2010 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2014 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal
  • 2018 – 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver medal

Asian Swimming Championships

Asian Water Polo Championship
  • 2009 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal[3]
  • 2012 – 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze medal
  • 2015 – 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold medal

Current squad

Roster for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Head coach: Yoji Omoto[4]

No. Player Pos. L/R Height Weight Date of birth (age) Apps OG/
Goals		 Club Ref
1 Katsuyuki Tanamura 10GK 2R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1989-08-03)3 August 1989 (aged 31) 142 1/0 Japan Bourbon [5]
2 Seiya Adachi 50D 2R 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (1995-06-24)24 June 1995 (aged 26) 48 1/1 Romania CSM Digi Oradea [6]
3 Harukiirario Koppu 20CB 2R 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1998-12-28)28 December 1998 (aged 22) 141 0/0 Japan DSK Dragons [7]
4 Mitsuaki Shiga 50D 2R 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) 76 kg (168 lb) (1991-09-16)16 September 1991 (aged 29) 136 1/3 Japan Kingfisher74 [8]
5 Takuma Yoshida 50D 2R 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 77 kg (170 lb) (1994-10-11)11 October 1994 (aged 26) 122 0/0 Japan Kingfisher74 [9]
6 Toi Suzuki 50D 2R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (1999-10-20)20 October 1999 (aged 21) 112 0/0 Japan Nippon Sport [10]
7 Yusuke Shimizu 40CF 1L 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 95 kg (209 lb) (1988-09-07)7 September 1988 (aged 32) 1/1 Japan Bourbon [11]
8 Mitsuru Takata 50D 2R 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1995-12-08)8 December 1995 (aged 25) 72 0/0 Japan Kingfisher74 [12]
9 Atsushi Arai 50D 2R 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) 66 kg (146 lb) (1994-02-03)3 February 1994 (aged 27) 18 1/4 Japan Kingfisher74 [13]
10 Yusuke Inaba 50D 2R 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) (2000-04-11)11 April 2000 (aged 21) 42 0/0 Japan Bourbon [14]
11 Keigo Okawa (C) 50D 2R 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 90 kg (198 lb) (1990-03-11)11 March 1990 (aged 31) 118 1/9 Japan Kingfisher74 [15]
12 Kenta Araki 40CF 2R 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 94 kg (207 lb) (1995-04-06)6 April 1995 (aged 26) 18 0/0 Japan Kingfisher74 [16]
13 Tomoyoshi Fukushima 10GK 2R 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 80 kg (176 lb) (1993-06-03)3 June 1993 (aged 28) 112 1/0 Japan Kingfisher74 [17]
Average 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 27 years, 29 days 90

Note: Age as of 23 July 2021
Source: Japan Men | Tokyo 2020 Olympics Archived 2021-07-22 at the Wayback Machine

See also

References
  1. http://www.poseidonjapan.net/
  2. "HistoFINA – Water polo medalists and statistics" (PDF). fina.org. FINA. September 2019. pp. 4, 14, 25, 40, 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. "Competitions for Water polo". asiaswimmingfederation.org. Asia Swimming Federation. 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019.
  4. "OMOTO Yoji". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. "TANAMURA Katsuyuki". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. "ADACHI Seiya". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. "KOPPU Harukiirario". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. "SHIGA Mitsuaki". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. "YOSHIDA Takuma". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  10. "SUZUKI Toi". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  11. "SHIMIZU Yusuke". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  12. "TAKATA Mitsuru". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  13. "ARAI Atsushi". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  14. "INABA Yusuke". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  15. "OKAWA Keigo". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  16. "ARAKI Kenta". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  17. "FUKUSHIMA Tomoyoshi". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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