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Japanese Olympic Athletes in Weightlifting*
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Weightlifting 1948
Featherweight M
JPN
Kotaro Ishikawa
Weightlifting 1952
Bantamweight M
JPN
Isamu Shiraishi
Weightlifting 1956
Bantamweight M
JPN
Yoshio Nanbu
Yukio Furuyama
Featherweight M
JPN
Hiroyoshi Shiratori
Takahiro Yamaguchi
Lightweight M
JPN
Kenji Onuma
Weightlifting 1960
Bantamweight M
JPN
Shigeo Kogure
Yoshinobu Miyake
Featherweight M
JPN
Yoshinobu Fujishima
Yukio Furuyama
Lightweight M
JPN
Kenji Onuma
Hiroshi Yamazaki
Light-heavyweight M
JPN
Minoru Kubota
Weightlifting 1964
Bantamweight M
JPN
Yukio Furuyama
Shiro Ichinoseki
Featherweight M
JPN
Yoshinobu Miyake
Hiroshi Fukuda
Lightweight M
JPN
Hiroshi Yamazaki
Middleweight M
JPN
Sadahiro Miwa
Masashi Ouchi
Weightlifting 1968
Bantamweight M
JPN
Shiro Ichinoseki
Featherweight M
JPN
Yoshinobu Miyake
Uoshiyuki Miyake
Lightweight M
JPN
Takeo Kimura
Nobuyuki Hatta
Middleweight M
JPN
Masashi Ouchi
Sadahiro Miwa
Weightlifting 1972
Flyweight M
JPN
Kyujiro Saito
Tetsuhide Sasaki
Bantamweight M
JPN
Koji Miki
Hiroshi Ono
Featherweight M
JPN
Yoshinobu Miyake
Kenkichi Ando
Lightweight M
JPN
Masao Kato
Yusako Ono
Middle-heavyweight M
JPN
Ryoichi Goto
Weightlifting 1976
Flyweight M
JPN
Takeshi Horikoshi
Masatomo Takeuchi
Bantamweight M
JPN
Kenkichi Ando
Jiro Hosotani
Featherweight M
JPN
Kazumasa Hirai
Takashi Saito
Lightweight M
JPN
Yusako Ono
Yatsuo Shimaya
Light-heavyweight M
JPN
Sueo Fujishiro
Weightlifting 1984
Flyweight M
JPN
Kazushito Manabe
Hidemi Miyashita
Bantamweight M
JPN
Masahiro Ichiba
Takashi Kotaka
Featherweight M
JPN
Yosuke Muraki
Kaoru Wabiko
Lightweight M
JPN
Yasushige Sasaki
Choji Taira
Light-heavyweight M
JPN
Ryoji Isaoka
Weightlifting 1988
Flyweight M
JPN
Kazushito Manabe
Yoshinori Namiki
Bantamweight M
JPN
Takeshi Ichiba
Toru Hara
Featherweight M
JPN
Yosuke Muraki
Kazushige Oguri
Lightweight M
JPN
Choji Taira
Yasushige Sasaki
Light-heavyweight M
JPN
Ryoji Isaoka
Heavyweight 100 kg M
JPN
Nobutaka Tomatsu
Weightlifting 1992
Flyweight M
JPN
Atsushi Irei
Hiroshi Watanabe
Bantamweight M
JPN
Katsuhisa Nitta
Katsuhiko Sakuma
Featherweight M
JPN
Kazuo Sato
Yosuke Muraki
Lightweight M
JPN
Noriaki Horikoshi
Middleweight M
JPN
Hideo Mizuno
Light-heavyweight M
JPN
Ryoji Isaoka
Heavyweight 100 kg M
JPN
Yoshimitsu Nishimoto
Weightlifting 1996
Flyweight M
JPN
Toshiyuki Notomi
Bantamweight M
JPN
Hiroshi Ikehata
Featherweight M
JPN
Masato Tachibana
Yoshihisa Miyaji
Lightweight M
JPN
Noriaki Horikoshi
Heavyweight 100 kg M
JPN
Yoshimitsu Nishimoto
Heavyweight M
JPN
Hisaya Yoshimoto
Weightlifting 2000
Flyweight W
JPN
Kaori Niyanagi
Featherweight W
JPN
Mari Nakaga
Lightweight W
JPN
Yuriko Takahashi
Bantamweight M
JPN
Koki Tagashira
Yasuji Kikuzuma
Featherweight M
JPN
Hiroshi Iketani
Lightweight M
JPN
Yoshihisa Miyaji
Super-heavyweight M
JPN
Hisaya Yoshimoto
Weightlifting 2004
Flyweight W
JPN
Hiromi Miyake
Bantamweight M
JPN
Masaharu Yamada
Featherweight M
JPN
Toshio Imamura
Super-heavyweight M
JPN
Takanobu Iwazaki
Weightlifting 2008
Flyweight W
JPN
Hiromi Miyake
Misaki Oshiro
Light-heavyweight W
JPN
Rika Saito
Bantamweight M
JPN
Masaharu Yamada
Yasunobu Sekikawa
Lightweight M
JPN
Yoshito Shintani
Weightlifting 2012
Flyweight W
JPN
Honami Mizouchi
Hiromi Miyake
Featherweight W
JPN
Kanae Yagi
Super-heavyweight W
JPN
Mami Shimamoto
Super-heavyweight M
JPN
Kazuomi Ota
Weightlifting 2016
Flyweight W
JPN
Hiromi Miyake
Featherweight W
JPN
Kanae Yagi
Lightweight W
JPN
Mikiko Ando
Middleweight W
JPN
Namika Matsumoto
Bantamweight M
JPN
Hiroaki Takao
Featherweight M
JPN
Yoichi Itokazu
Yosuke Nakayama
Weightlifting 2020
Flyweight W
JPN
Hiromi Miyake
Featherweight W
JPN
Kanae Yagi
Lightweight W
JPN
Mikiko Ando
Bantamweight M
JPN
Yoichi Itokazu
Featherweight M
JPN
Mitsunori Konnai
Lightweight M
JPN
Masanori Miyamoto
Light-heavyweight M
JPN
Toshiki Yamamoto
* The list above only shows a selection of Japanese weightlifters - All possible medalists are included in the list.
This information about Japanese weightlifters at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the
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