By Sushant Singh
Japan, the host nation of the 2026 Asian Games, has announced its 86-member athletics squad, comprising 45 men and 41 women, for the Aichi Nagoya 2026 Asian Games.
The athletes were announced on June 15 and 16, 2026, subject to the final procedures of the Japanese Olympic Committee (JOC).
At the last edition of the Asian Games in 2023, Japan finished fifth in the athletics medal table, winning a total of 17 medals, including two gold, seven silver and eight bronze.
The team features several prominent athletes, including 2024 Olympic women’s javelin throw champion Haruka Kitaguchi, who holds a lifetime best and Japanese national record of 67.38m.
The squad also includes 2024 Asian Indoor Championships 60m silver medallist Shuhei Tada, while Shunsuke Izumiya has clocked a lifetime best of 13.00s in the 110m hurdles this season and finished second at the Paris Diamond League.
Also part of the squad is Toshikazu Yamanishi, the 2022 World Race Walking Championships champion.
Here is the complete list of athletes:
MEN
100m
Shuhei Tada, Yuki Koike
200m
Souji Mizakubo, Touka Uzawa
400m
Yuki Joseph Nakajima, Shinya Hayashi
800m
Nanaki Manno, Akira Ochiai
1500m
Chito Iizawa, Nagiya Mori
5000m
Mori Nagisa, Yamaguchi Tomonori
10,000m
Mebuki Suzuki, Yamato Yoshii
110m Hurdles
Murata Rashid, Izumiya Shunsuke
400m Hurdles
Daiki Goto, Kazuki Kurokawa
3000m Steeplechase
Ryuji Miura, Ryoma Aoki
High Jump
Ryoichi Akamatsu, Hirokazu Sakai
Pole Vault
Tomoya Karasawa, Masaki Ejima
Long Jump
Yuki Hashioka, Riku Ito
Triple Jump
Masahito Miyao
Discus Throw
Tsuyoshi Yugami, Yuji Tsutsumi
Hammer Throw
Tatsuto Nakagawa, Shota Fukuda
Javelin Throw
Yuta Sakiyama, Rin Suzuki
Half Marathon Race Walk
Toshikazu Yamanishi, Ayato Yoshikawa
Marathon Race Walk
Hayato Katsuki, Motoaki Suwa
Marathon
Yuya Yoshida, Kazuki Yamashita
Decathlon
Yuma Maruyama, Keisuke Okuda
4x100m Relay
Akuto Komuro, Yoshihide Kiryu
4x400m Relay
Kenki Imaizumi, Fuga Sato, Kentaro Shirahata
WOMEN
100m
Midori Oikase, Abigail Fuka Ido
200m
Abigail Fuka Ido, Aiko Iki
400m
Nanako Matsumoto
800m
Rin Kubo, Ayano Shiomi
1500m
Nozomi Tanaka, Mizuki Michishita
5000m
Yuma Yamamoto, Nozomi Tanaka
10,000m
Ririka Hironaka, Nozomi Tanaka
100m Hurdles
Hitomi Nakajima, Mako Fukube
400m Hurdles
Honoka Aoki, Satsuki Umehara
3000m Steeplechase
Miu Saito, Minami Nishiyama
High Jump
Nagisa Takahashi, Yuzuki Ishioka
Pole Vault
Misaki Morota, Akari Osakaya
Long Jump
Misuzu Hata, Ayaka Tara
Triple Jump
Akari Funada
Discus Throw
Nanaka Kori
Hammer Throw
Raika Murakami, MacArthur Joy Iris
Javelin Throw
Haruka Kitaguchi, Sae Takemoto
Half Marathon Race Walk
Ayane Yanai, Ayumi Sugibayashi
Marathon Race Walk
Koko Umeno, Maika Yarai
Marathon
Sayaka Sato, Mikuni Yada
Heptathlon
Yuri Tanaka, Nanaka Kajiki
4x100m Relay
Masumi Aoki, Aika Miura
4x400m Relay
Shizuho Moriyama, Yuzuki Nakao, Aoi Teramoto