Don't know how to say soccer in Japanese? Want to learn how to speak basketball, baseball, volleyball and other sport-related words in the Japanese language? In this article we are going to see everything about sports in Japanese.
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list of sports in japanese
Our list of sports in Japanese is quite extensive, so we recommend using CTRL + F to find the name of the sport you want. It is worth ing that some sports have more than one way of referring to themselves in Japanese, a way imported from another language and the traditional way with ideograms.
- Archery (ācherī) - archery
- Archery (ācherī) - Archery shooting
- Ice hockey (aisuhokkē) - ice hockey
- American football (amefuto) - American football
- American football (amerikanfuttobōru) - American football
- Aerobics (earobikusu) - aerobic gymnastics
- カーリング (kāringu) - curling
- Kayak (kayakku) - kayak
- クリケット (kuriketto) - cricket
- クロスカントリースキー (kurossukantorīsukī) - cross-country skiing
- ゲーム (gēmu) - game
- Golf (gorufu) - golf
- Cycling (saikuringu) - cycling
- サッカー (sakkā) - football/ soccer
- Jump (janpu) - jump
- シュノーケリング (shunōkeringu) - snorkeling
- ジョギング (jōgingu) - Jogging
- シンクロナイズドスケーティング (shinkuronazudosukētingu) - synchronized artistic skating
- スイミング (suimingu) - swimming
- スキー (sukī) - ski
- スケート (sukēto) - skating
- スケートアグレッシブ (sukētoagureshivu) - Aggressive skate
- スケートストリート (sukētosutorīto) - street skate
- スケートパーク (sukētopāku) - skate park
- Skateboarder (スケートボーダー) - skateboard
- スケートボード (sukētobōdo) - skateboard
- スケートランニング (sukētoranningu) - speed skating
- スノーシューティング (sunōshūtingu) - ski shooting
- スノーシュート (sunōshūto) - alpine skiing
- Snowboard (sunōbōdo) - snowboard
- Dancing (danshingu) - Dance
- Dance sport (dansusupōtsu) - dance sport
- Tennis (tenisu) - tennis
- テニス (tenisu) - Tennis
- Triathlon (toraiasuron) - triathlon
- Basketball (basukettobōru) - basketball
- Bton (badominton) - bton
- Volleyball (barēbōru) - Volleyball
- バレーボール (barēbōru) - Volleyball
- Futsal (futtosaru) - futsal
- Breakdance (bureikudansu) - street dance
- フレンチブル (furenchiburū) - beach volleyball
- Bowling (bōringu) - bowling
- Boxing (bokushingu) - boxing
- Hockey (hokkē) - Hockey
- Marathon (marason) - street race
- Marathon (marason) - Marathon
- ラグビー (ragubī) - rugby
- ラグビー (ragubī) - Rugby
- ラクロス (rakurosu) - lacrosse
- Rafting (rafutingu) - rafting
- Running (ranningu) - race
- Wrestling (resuringu) - Free fighting
- Horse riding (jōba) - Equestrianism
- Gymnastics (taisō) - gymnastics
- Physical Education (taiiku) - Physical Education
- Table tennis (takkyuu) - table tennis
- 将棋 (shōgi) - Shogi/Japanese Chess
- 射撃 (shageki) - Shooting
- Swimming (suiei) - swimming
- Mountain climbing (tōzan) - Climbing
- 碁 (gō) - Go (board game)
- 競走 (kyōsō) - race
- Horse racing (kyōba) - horse race
- 試合 (shiai) - Game/Event
- 運動 (undō) - exercise
- 野球 (yakyu) - baseball
- Fishing (tsuri) - fishing
- Track and Field (rikujō kyōgi) - athletics
Related to Sports in Japanese
In addition to sports names, we are going to share a list of vocabulary and that are related to the vast majority of sports:
- Athlete (senshu) - player
- チーム (chīmu) - team
- 試合 (shiai) - game/match
- 勝つ (katsu) - win
- to lose (makeru) - to lose
- Score (sukōa) - score
- Draw (hikiwake) - draw
- ホームラン (hōmuran) - home run
- Three-base (surībēsu) - triple
- グランドスラム (gurandosuramu) - grand slam
- Save (sēbu) - save
- Goal (gōru) - goal
- アシスト (ashisuto) - assistance
- (pasu) -
- シュート (shūto) - shoot
- Set (setto) - set
- Match (matchi) - match
- Swing (suingu) - swing
- スイミング (suimingu) - swimming
- Training (torēningu) - training
- 試験 (shiken) - test/examination
- 練習 (renshuu) - practice
- 練習試合 (renshuu shiai) - practice match
- Start (sutāto) - start
Martial Arts in Japanese
Martial Arts are also very popular sports in Japan, so we've separated them here. We also recommend reading our specific articles on martial arts below:
List of Japanese Martial Arts:
- Judo (jūdō) - judo
- 剣道 (kendō) - Japanese fencing
- Karate (karate) - karate
- Kenjutsu - art of traditional Japanese swordsmanship
- Wado (wadō) - modern Japanese martial art
- Sumo (sumō) - sumo wrestling
- Budō - general Japanese martial art
- Iaidō - Japanese martial art of drawing the sword
- 古武道 (kobudō) - ancient Japanese martial art
- 武者修行 (mushashugyō) - traditional Japanese martial training
- 忍術 (ninjutsu) - ninja espionage techniques
- 忍者 (ninja) - spy or Japanese warrior
- Bushido (bushidō) - code of conduct of Japanese warriors
- 合気道 (Aikidō) - Way of Harmonization
- 弓道 (Kyūdō) - Way of the Bow
- Martial Arts (Bujutsu) - Japanese War Art Systems
- Shorin-Ryu Karate - Small School Karate
- 居合道 (Iaidō) - Art of Drawing Your Sword
- Jiu-jitsu - Art of Flexibility
- 武者修行 (mushashugyō) - traditional Japanese martial training
- Wado (wadō) - modern Japanese martial art
- Sumo (sumō) - sumo wrestling
Types of Diving in Japanese
There are so many sports categories that we need to make a list just for diving and water sports:
- Skydiving - scuba diving
- Skin diving - scuba-free diving
- Scuba Diving (sukyūbasuimingu) - free diving
- Scuba Today - one-day dive
- Open Water Swimming - swimming in open waters
- Scuba Diving - diving
- Fry (furai) - backstroke
- Butterfly - such as butterfly
- Synchronised Swimming - synchronized swimming
