| Written by Chris Yeager, on 08-18-2008 14:29 |
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Konnichiwa, Philadelphia. If you haven't been able to catch all of the 2008 Summer Olympics up to this point, we'll fill you in on Japan's progress. Japan has maintained a spot in the top 10, having earned 8 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze for a total of 20 medals. We bring you the full breakdown below, highlighting this year's gold medalists and providing video links for those who may have missed their performances on TV.
| Medal |
Name |
Sport |
Event |
Date |
 Gold |
Masato Uchishiba |
Judo |
Men's 66 kg |
8/10 |
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Born June 17, 1978 in Kōshi, Kumamoto, Uchishiba has won gold medals in the men's -66 kg division at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He also holds a silver medal from the 2005 Judo World Championship.
VIEW VIDEO |
| Gold |
Ayumi Tanimoto |
Judo |
Women's 63 kg |
8/12 |
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Tanimoto, born August 4, 1981 in Anjo, Aichi, has won the Women's 63kg category gold medal at the Olympics in 2004 and 2008.
On September 2005, she won the silver medal at the World judo championship games in Cairo, Egypt. She is coached by Toshihiko Koga, a gold medalist at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and a silver medalist at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. VIEW VIDEO |
| Gold |
Masae Ueno |
Judo |
Women's 70 kg |
8/13 |
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Born January 17, 1979 in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō, Ueno has won gold medals for 70kg women's judo in both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. She also holds gold medals in the 2001 World Championchip, 2003 World Championchip, and 2008 Asian Championship. VIEW VIDEO |
| Gold |
Satoshi Ishii |
Judo |
Men's +100 kg |
8/15 |
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22 year-old Satoshi Ishii from Ibaraki, Osaka, has won the All-Japan Judo Championship in 2006 and 2008, a silver medal in the -100 kg division of the 2006 Asian Games, and now a gold medal in the +100 division of the 2008 Olympics. VIEW VIDEO |
| Gold |
Saori Yoshida |
Wrestling |
Women's Freestyle 55 kg |
8/16 |
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Born October 5, 1982 in Tsu Mie, Yoshida has won the gold medal in Women's Freestyle 55 kg at both the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. She has won every world- and international-level tournament she has entered since her 2002 debut and, until January 20th, 2008, held a streak of 119 consecutive victories.VIEW VIDEO |
| Gold |
Kaori Icho |
Wrestling |
Women's Freestyle 63 kg |
8/17 |
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Kaori Icho was born June 14, 1984, in Hachinohe, Aomori. Competing at 63 kg in Women's Freestyle wrestling, she has earned gold medals in the Olympics (2004 and 2008), World Championships (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007) and Asian Championships (2005 and 2008).VIEW VIDEO |
| Gold |
Kosuke Kitajima |
Swimming |
Men's 100 m Breaststroke |
8/11 |
| Gold |
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Men's 200 m Breaststroke |
8/14 |
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A 25 year-old native of Tokyo, Kitajima won gold medals in the 100m and 200m breaststroke events of both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics. He also holds world records in these events and has won numerous unrelated awards -- in an interview following his 2004 victory, he popularized a phrase ("cho-kimochi-ii," or "I feel mega good") that went on to win the 2004 U-Can Neoligisms and Vogue Words contest. VIEW VIDEOS |
 Silver |
Takehiro Kashima
Takuya Nakase
Makoto Okiguchi
Koki Sakamoto
Hiroyuki Tomita
Kohei Uchimura |
Gymnastics |
Team All-Around |
8/12 |
| Silver |
Yuki Ota |
Fencing |
Men's Foil |
8/13 |
| Silver |
Kohei Uchimura |
Gymnastics |
Individual All-Around |
8/14 |
| Silver |
Maki Tsukada |
Judo |
Women's +78 kg |
8/15 |
| Silver |
Chiharu Icho |
Wrestling |
Women's Freestyle 48 kg |
8/16 |
 Bronze |
Ryoko Tani |
Judo |
Women's 48 kg |
8/9 |
| Bronze |
Misato Nakamura |
Judo |
Women's 52 kg |
8/10 |
| Bronze |
Takeshi Matsuda |
Swimming |
Men's 200 m Butterfly |
8/13 |
| Bronze |
Reiko Nakamura |
Swimming |
Women's 200 m Backstroke |
8/16 |
| Bronze |
Kiyofumi Nagai |
Cycling |
Keirin |
8/16 |
| Bronze |
Junichi Miyashita
Kosuke Kitajima
Takuro Fujii
Hisayoshi Sato |
Swimming |
Men's 4 x 100 m
Medley Relay |
8/17 |
| Bronze |
Kyoko Hamaguchi |
Wrestling |
Women's Freestyle 72 kg |
8/17 |
Last update: 08-18-2008 15:08
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