Japanese Team Roster of 46 for Tokyo Paralympics

Japan will field a team of 20 women and 26 men for track and field competition at the Tokyo Paralympics, spanning most of the Paralympics' duration with a daily schedule from Aug. 27 to Sept. 5. The complete schedule can be found here. Many of Japan's medal chances come in the marathon, including women's T12 world record holder Misato Michishita and veteran Wakako Tsuchiya in the T54 class, and Shinya Wada in the men's T11 class and Tsutomu Nagata in the men's T46 class. A breakdown of who's who on the Japanese team:

Women

100 m

Kaede Maegawa - T63

Momoka Muraoka - T54

Mana Sasaki - T13

Uran Sawada - T12

Chiaki Takada - T11

Saki Takakuwa - T64

Yuka Takamatsu - T38

200 m

Sae Tsuji - T47

400 m

Mana Sasaki - T13

Yuka Takamatsu - T38

Ayumi Takemura - T38

Aimi Toyama - T20

Sae Tsuji - T47

1500 m

Anju Furuya - T20

Sayaka Makita - T20

Moeko Yamamoto - T20

Marathon

Yumiko Fujii - T12

Tsubasa Kina - T54

Misato Michishita - T12

Mihoko Nishijima - T12

Wakako Tsuchida - T54

Long Jump

Kaede Maegawa - T63

Maya Nakanishi - T64

Uran Sawada - T12

Chiaki Takada - T11

Saki Takakuwa - T64

Tomomi Tozawa - T63

Men

100 m

Tomoki Ikoma - T54

Kakeru Ishida - T47

Tomoya Ito - T52

Junta Kosuda - T63

Takeru Matsumoto - T36

Kengo Oshima - T64

Yuki Oya - T52

Atsushi Yamamoto - T63

Yuhei Yasuno - T33

200 m

Kengo Oshima - T64

400 m

Kakeru Ishida - T47

Tomoya Ito - T52

Takeru Matsumoto - T36

Tomoki Sato - T52

Hirokazu Ueyonabaru - T52

800 m

Tomoki Suzuki - T54

1500 m

Daiki Akai - T20

Masayuki Higuchi - T54

Tomoya Ito - T52

Yuki Iwata - T20

Kenya Karasawa - T11

Tomoki Sato - T52

Tomoki Suzuki - T54

Yuji Togawa - T20

Hirokazu Ueyonabaru - T52

Shinya Wada - T11

5000 m

Masayuki Higuchi - T54

Kenya Karasawa - T11

Kozo Kubo - T54

Shinya Wada - T11

Marathon

Tadashi Horikoshi - T12

Yutaka Kumagai - T12

Tsutomu Nagata - T46

Tomoki Suzuki - T54

Shinya Wada - T11

Long Jump

Kanta Kokubo - T20

Junta Kosuda - T63

Atsushi Yamamoto - T63

High Jump

Toru Suzuki - T64

Javelin Throw

Takuya Shiramasa - F46

Akihiro Yamazaki - F46

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