Judo at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games reached its second day on 1 October, with Japan fielding Ishihara Tatsuki (men's -73 kg), Fujiwara Sotaro (men's -81 kg), Shirakane Mio (women's -57 kg), Tanioka Narumi (women's -63 kg) and Maeda Rin (women's -70 kg). When the preliminaries finished, Fujiwara, Tanioka and Maeda had reached the finals, Ishihara had moved into the bronze-medal contest and Shirakane had fought her way through the repechage. In the medal contests that followed, Fujiwara, Tanioka and Maeda won gold and Ishihara and Shirakane took bronze: three golds and two bronzes for Japan on the day.
Men's -73 kg: Ishihara Tatsuki
- Round of 16 vs
ABDURAKHMANOV Bakhitzhan (Kazakhstan) — won by yuko. - Quarter-final vs
LKHAMAA Enkhdul (Mongolia) — won by ippon. - Semi-final vs
AHADOV Shakhram (Uzbekistan) — lost by yuko. - Bronze-medal contest vs
ALOEV Mukhamed (Bahrain) — won by ippon.
Men's -81 kg: Fujiwara Sotaro
- Round of 16 vs
BIN ABDUL MAJEED Amir Daniel (Malaysia) — won by ippon. - Quarter-final vs GERBEKOV Askerbii (Bahrain) — won by yuko.
- Semi-final vs
LEE Joonhwan (Korea) — won by waza-ari in golden score. - Final vs ALMAT Adilet (Kazakhstan) — won by ippon.
Women's -57 kg: Shirakane Mio
- Round of 16 vs
FEBRIANY Dinny (Indonesia) — won by ippon. - Quarter-final vs
KIM Hyon A (North Korea) — lost by yuko. - Repechage vs
MOURYA Yamini (India) — won by ippon. - Bronze-medal contest vs AMINOVA Shukurjon (Uzbekistan) — won by yuko.
Women's -63 kg: Tanioka Narumi
- Quarter-final vs
ZHANG Wen (China) — won by yuko. - Semi-final vs KUYULOVA Esmigul (Kazakhstan) — won by ippon.
- Final vs KIM Ji Hye (North Korea) — won by waza-ari.
Women's -70 kg: Maeda Rin
- Quarter-final vs TANG Jing (China) — opponent disqualified for biting (hansoku-make).
- Semi-final vs MUN Song Hui (North Korea) — won by yuko.
- Final vs ASKHAT Azhar (Kazakhstan) — won by two waza-ari.
Day one: two golds and a bronze
- Men's -60 kg: Kondo Hayato — a gold medal, beating SMETOV Yeldos (Kazakhstan) in the final.
- Women's -48 kg: Kondo Mitsuki — a gold medal, beating ABUZHAKYNOVA Abiba (Kazakhstan) in the final.
- Women's -52 kg: Fujishiro Kokoro — a bronze medal, beating SARSENOVA Meruyert (Kazakhstan) in the bronze-medal contest.
- Men's -66 kg: Hattori Shinsei — out in the round of 16, beaten by BOQIEV Sukhrob (Bahrain) by ippon.
Where Japan stands
With day one's two golds (Kondo Hayato, men's -60 kg; Kondo Mitsuki, women's -48 kg) and a bronze for Fujishiro Kokoro (women's -52 kg), Japan has five golds and three bronzes after two days. The individual tournament closes on 2 October with the men's -90 kg, -100 kg and +100 kg and the women's -78 kg and +78 kg; the mixed team event follows on 3 October.