Kabaddi - Team Japan

General
Japan have competed at every edition of the Asian Games to feature kabaddi since the sport was introduced in Beijing in 1990. Their best result remains a bronze medal won at the 2010 Games in Guangzhou, after they were knocked out in the semifinals by eventual champions India. At the 2018 Games in Indonesia, they won two and lost three of their group matches and did not progress to the knockout round.

At the second edition of the World Cup [international format] in 2007, the team defeated Sri Lanka in the quarterfinals before losing to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the last four. At the 2016 edition of the tournament, the Japanese team failed to progress to the knockout round despite posting group match victories over Poland and the United States of America.