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| Association | Nippon Badminton Association |
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| Confederation | Badminton Asia |
| Chairman | Tamisuke Watanuki |
| BWF ranking | |
| Current ranking | 3 (3 April 2024) |
| Highest ranking | 1 (4 October 2018) |
| Sudirman Cup | |
| Appearances | 17 (first in 1989) |
| Best result | Runners-up (2015, 2019, 2021) |
| Thomas Cup | |
| Appearances | 16 (first in 1964) |
| Best result | Champions (2014) |
| Uber Cup | |
| Appearances | 26 (first in 1966) |
| Best result | Champions (1966, 1969, 1972, 1978, 1981, 2018) |
| Asian Mixed Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2017) |
| Best result | Champions (2017) |
| Asian Men's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1965) |
| Best result | Runners-up (2016) |
| Asian Women's Team Championships | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2016) |
| Best result | Champions (2018, 2020) |
The Japan national badminton team (Japanese: 日本代表バドミントンチーム) represents Japan in international badminton team competitions. The Japanese women's team have won the Uber Cup 6 times, with their most recent being the 2018 Uber Cup. The men's team won their first Thomas Cup title in 2014. The mixed team were runners-up three times at the Sudirman Cup.
The Japanese badminton team has been prestigious in the Olympics, having won a gold medal in the 2016 Summer Olympics and a silver and 2 bronze medals.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  China (CHN) | 20 | 12 | 15 | 47 |
| 2 |  Indonesia (INA) | 8 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 |  South Korea (KOR) | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| 4 |  Denmark (DEN) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 |  Japan | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 |  Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
 India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 11 |  Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 |  Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 39 | 39 | 43 | 121 | |
| Medal | Name | Games | Sport | Event |
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 Silver |
Mizuki Fujii Reika Kakiiwa |
2012 London |  Badminton |
Women's doubles |
 Gold |
Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi |
2016 Rio de Janeiro | Badminton |
Women's doubles |
 Bronze |
Nozomi Okuhara | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Badminton |
Women's singles |
| Bronze |
Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino |
2020 Tokyo | Badminton |
Mixed doubles |
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| Year | Result |
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 2000 |
Group stage - 7th of 24 |
 2002 |
Did not enter |
 2004 |
Group stage - 14th of 20 |
 2006 |
Group stage - 5th of 28 |
 2007 |
Group stage - 5th of 25 |
 2008 |
Group stage - 6th of 21 |
 2009 |
Group stage - 6th of 21 |
 2010 |
Group stage - 5th of 24 |
 2011 |
Group stage - 5th of 22 |
| 2012 |
Runner-up
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 2013 |
Fourth place |
| 2014 |
Semi-finalist
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 2015 |
Fourth place |
 2016 |
Semi-finalist
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 2017 |
Semi-finalist
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| 2018 |
Semi-finalist
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 2019 |
Semi-finalist
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| 2020 |
Cancelled |
| 2021 |
Cancelled |
| 2022 |
Semi-finalist
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 2023 |
Quarter-finalist - 5th of 38 |
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| Name | DoB/Age | Ranking of event | Team | ||
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| Kodai Naraoka | (2001-06-30) 30 June 2001 (age 23) | 6 | - | - | A |
| Kenta Nishimoto | (1994-08-30) 30 August 1994 (age 29) | 10 | - | - | A |
| Koki Watanabe | (1999-01-29) 29 January 1999 (age 25) | 20 | - | - | B |
| Kanta Tsuneyama | (1996-06-21) 21 June 1996 (age 28) | 29 | - | - | A |
| Takuma Obayashi | (1999-08-07) 7 August 1999 (age 24) | 33 | - | - | B |
| Yushi Tanaka | (1999-10-05) 5 October 1999 (age 24) | 47 | - | - | B |
| Koo Takahashi | (2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 (age 22) | 54 | - | - | B |
| Riku Hatano | (2001-06-19) 19 June 2001 (age 23) | 104 | - | - | B |
| Shogo Ogawa | (2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 23) | 145 | - | - | B |
| Takuro Hoki | (1995-08-14) 14 August 1995 (age 28) | - | 7 | - | A |
| Yugo Kobayashi | (1995-07-10) 10 July 1995 (age 29) | - | 7 | - | A |
| Kenya Mitsuhashi | (1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 (age 27) | - | 25 | - | A |
| Hiroki Okamura | (1998-12-06) 6 December 1998 (age 25) | - | 25 | - | A |
| Kazuki Shibata | (1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 26) | - | 80 | - | B |
| Naoki Yamada | (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 24) | - | 80 | - | B |
| Takumi Nomura | (1997-08-07) 7 August 1997 (age 26) | - | 125 | - | B |
| Yuichi Shimogami | (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 26) | - | 125 | 282 | B |
| Mahiro Kaneko | (1999-12-10) 10 December 1999 (age 24) | - | 637 | - | B |
| Shunya Ota | (2004-04-09) 9 April 2004 (age 20) | - | 637 | - | B |
| Yuta Watanabe | (1997-06-13) 13 June 1997 (age 27) | - | - | 5 | A |
| Hiroki Midorikawa | (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000 (age 24) | - | - | 12 | A |
| Yuki Kaneko | (1994-07-22) 22 July 1994 (age 30) | - | - | 25 | A |
| Hiroki Nishi | (2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 (age 21) | - | 333 | 33 | B |
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