Para judo at the Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games began on 19 October at the Aichi Prefectural Martial Arts Hall in Nagoya, with five categories decided on the opening day. Athletes compete in the J1 (blind) and J2 (visually impaired) classifications.
Japan’s Shizuka Hangai won the women’s J1 -52 kg title, the host nation’s first gold medal of the Games, beating Suvd-Erdene Togtokhbayar of Mongolia in the final. Bonu Babaeva of Uzbekistan and Alfiya Tlekkabyl of Kazakhstan took bronze.
China won two categories. Shiwen Zhu took the men’s J1 -70 kg title ahead of Junaedi of Indonesia, with Kamil Parmar of India and Ibrokhimjon Akbarov of Uzbekistan in bronze. Yijie Shi won the women’s J1 -60 kg, beating Uljon Amrieva of Uzbekistan, with Dheny Marsyelina of Indonesia and Fotima Toirova of Uzbekistan taking bronze.
In the men’s J2 -70 kg, Ibragim Nurmakhanuly of Kazakhstan beat Kerman Nurillaev of Uzbekistan in the final. Japan’s Yujiro Seto and Tetsuya Sakurai took bronze.
Aibike Ulanbek Kyzy of Kyrgyzstan won the women’s J2 -52 kg, beating Kokila of India in the final. Yi Liu of China and Japan’s Yui Fujiwara took bronze.
The competition runs until 21 October. Hong Kong, China has sent 80 athletes to the Games across 10 sports, and judo is not among them.
