Professional Padel in Japan
Japan's professional game is led by its women. The national side took the women's title at the first FIP Asia Padel Cup, beating Iran in the final in Doha, and the players who did it — Kotomi Ozawa, Saki Tsukamoto, Nagomi Utsumi and Mako Mizunuma — are the ones who have carried Japan furthest up the world rankings. Ozawa is the central figure: twice an All Japan champion and the youngest player to take that title, she moved to Europe to train and set out to become the first Asian woman to make a full-time living on the professional tour. The men's pathway is thinner and more individual. Kazuki Tomita has been the most visible of them, carrying a signature racket and a large online following onto the European circuit, but no Japanese man has yet followed Ozawa's route to a settled professional base abroad. Of the country's 17 ranked players the balance still tilts towards the women, and the clearest test of whether that holds comes through Asian competition, where padel joined the Asian Games programme at Aichi-Nagoya — a home Games.
17 ranked players · Highest ranked Japanese players: Kazuki Tomita #317 · Kotomi Ozawa #125
Japanese Padel Players Competing This Week
No Japanese player is in a tournament draw this week.
Draws are usually published a day or two before play starts.
Latest Results for Japanese Padel Players
Carla Fernandez Gonzalez
#65
Nerea Guerra Santana
#71Saki Tsukamoto
#189Kae Tokumoto
#2731FIP Silver Bali Island Sports
Alba Perez Momha
#74Venise Chan
#279Chifumi Sato
#189Albina Khabibulina
#1000FIP Silver Bali Island Sports
Adrian Ronco Lopez
#132
Miguel Gonzalez
#178Kazuki Tomita
#317Iqbal Bilal Saputra
#859FIP Silver Bali Island Sports
Saki Tsukamoto
#189Kae Tokumoto
#2731Helena Rousselet Novillo
#227Sahabeh Fard
#470FIP Silver Bali Island Sports
Japanese Professional Padel Rankings
Ranking page →| JP | Men | World | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazuki Tomita |
▲5
#317
|
116 |
| 2 | Shungo Kusakabe |
▼1
#461
|
64 |
| 3 | Hayato Nakayashiki |
▼3
#492
|
57 |
| 4 | Taiga Sherr-Oshima |
▼5
#501
|
55 |
| 5 | Ko Momokawa |
▲5
#675
|
34 |
| 6 | Ryosuke Gomi |
▲2
#770
|
27 |
| 7 | Hirokazu Kitao |
▼9
#1175
|
13 |
| 8 | Asao Igarashi |
▼9
#1175
|
13 |
| JP | Women | World | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kotomi Ozawa |
▼1
#125
|
323 |
| 2 | Yoshino Kushima |
▼1
#155
|
228 |
| 3 | Chifumi Sato |
▲3
#189
|
154 |
| 4 | Saki Tsukamoto |
▲6
#189
|
154 |
| 5 | Sayaka Yoshimoto |
▲2
#242
|
96 |
| 6 | Rio Yamada |
▲11
#446
|
34 |
| 7 | Aki Kitao |
▼4
#526
|
26 |
| 8 | Rieko Maruyama |
▼7
#750
|
15 |
| 9 | Kae Tokumoto |
▼2599
#2731
|
0 |
Leading Padel Pairs Japan
History of padel in Japan
Padel reached Japan in 2013 on a single court in Tokorozawa, and had to be explained before it could be sold: the first players were recruited out of tennis, often over barbecues rather than at trials. A decade on, Japan runs its own federation, holds a seat on the international board and has won an Asian title.
Read the full historyJapanese Padel — Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the highest-ranked Japanese padel player?
Kazuki Tomita is the highest-ranked Japanese man, at world #317, and Kotomi Ozawa is the highest-ranked Japanese woman, at world #125. Both positions update every week with the official tour rankings.
See the full Japan ranking →What have Japanese padel players won?
No Japanese player has won a title at a professional tournament in our records. Japanese players compete on the international circuit, and every result they post is listed on this page.
Which Japanese padel players are competing this week?
No Japanese player is in a tournament draw this week. Draws are usually published a day or two before play starts, and this page updates as soon as they are.
Japanese players competing this week →Where can I see the latest results for Japanese padel players?
On this page. It tracks completed matches involving ranked Japanese players across the professional tour — the tournament, the round, the opponents and the set scores — and updates as results come in.
Latest results →Are there professional padel tournaments in Japan?
The professional tour has not staged an event in Japan in the last three months. Japanese players compete on the international circuit, and their matches are listed above wherever they are played.
Tournament details →How many Japanese players are included in the world padel rankings?
17 Japanese players hold a world padel ranking — 8 men and 9 women. All of them are listed on this page, with their world rank, points and weekly movement.
Every ranked Japanese player →When did padel arrive in Japan?
Padel arrived in Japan in October 2013, when Seiritsu Co. Ltd opened the country's first club in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, about an hour north of central Tokyo. The sport was completely unknown at the time, and it took more than two years to build even a small regular playing group, most of whom were recruited from tennis.
Who governs padel in Japan?
The Japan Padel Association, formalised in 2016 and affiliated to the International Padel Federation. Its president, Koji Nakatsuka, sits on the FIP board, having been re-elected for a second consecutive term in October 2024. The association also runs the national competitive structure, including the Japan Padel Tour and the All Japan Padel Championship.
Has Japan won an international padel title?
Yes. Japan won the women's competition at the first FIP Asia Padel Cup, held in Doha in October 2025, beating Iran in the final. It is the country's most significant result in the sport. Japan also finished eleventh of sixteen nations at the 2024 World Championships in Doha.
Why are Japanese women ranked higher than Japanese men in padel?
The women's national team travelled to international competition earlier, from 2018, and produced the country's Asian title. Kotomi Ozawa's decision to base herself in Europe gave the women's game a professional example the men's side has not yet matched. The gap has been persistent rather than incidental, and closing it is the main problem facing Japanese men's padel.
Is padel part of the Asian Games?
Yes. Padel was added to the Asian Games programme for the Aichi-Nagoya edition in 2026, which places the sport in front of a mainstream Japanese audience on home soil. For the Japan Padel Association it also provides a target that domestic sports funding structures recognise, which matters for facility investment.
How many padel courts are there in Japan?
Japan counted roughly 21 facilities and 44 courts as of late 2024, with about a thousand registered competitive athletes. The numbers are modest by European standards, and the constraint is structural: land in Japanese cities is expensive and scarce, and padel competes for participants against tennis and badminton, both with far longer institutional histories.
Does Japan host international padel tournaments?
Yes. The FIP Bronze Tokyo event was staged in July 2025 at Padel and Futsal Hare Nochi Hare in Chiba, and was won by Diego Arredondo Garcia and Sergio Alba. Hosting ranked events matters for a country at Japan's stage of development, because it lets domestic players earn ranking points without travelling to Europe.