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BOWLING PRIZE MONEY · 8TH OF 33 NATIONS

Japan bowling prize money

Japan's bowlers have won £495,180 between 120 bowlers, 0.7% of all the bowling prize money we hold. Shota Kawazoe leads on £84,123.

PRIZE MONEY£495k
BOWLERS120
TITLES0
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Japan's bowlers

By career bowling prize money

Japan's bowling bowlers ranked by prize money.
# BOWLER WORLD WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Shota Kawazoe 205 0 £84,123£84k
2 Takeo Sakai 426 0 £26,353£26k
3 Yukio Yamazaki 482 0 £20,917£21k
4 Junichi Yajima 488 0 £20,541£21k
5 Teruyuki Obara 517 0 £18,883£19k
6 Isao Yamamoto 546 0 £17,568£18k
7 Hiroshi Nagatani 705 0 £11,316£11k
8 Hiroko Shimizu 732 0 £10,544£11k
9 Minuro Sendan 744 0 £10,226£10k
10 Shigeyuki Mizuno 748 0 £10,090£10k
11 Yuki Akiyoshi 811 0 £8,557£9k
12 Yoshiki Ohsawa 817 0 £8,459£8k
13 Takuya Miyazawa 819 0 £8,383£8k
14 Akio Ishihara 852 0 £7,772£8k
15 Shuichi Heki 854 0 £7,632£8k
16 Takashi Masuda 859 0 £7,586£8k
17 Masao Uehara 862 0 £7,519£8k
18 Susumu Nakazawa 923 0 £6,692£7k
19 Yoshinari Matsumura 929 0 £6,617£7k
20 Yuka Tsuchiya 941 0 £6,485£6k
21 Shigeo Saito 958 0 £6,241£6k
22 Nobuhlto Fujii 978 0 £6,053£6k
23 Syuichi Heki 1032 0 £5,489£5k
24 Toshifumi Kojima 1058 0 £5,113£5k
25 Tamiki Miike 1086 0 £4,925£5k
26 Katsuya Kamida 1099 0 £4,865£5k
27 Pat Nolan 1115 0 £4,767£5k
28 Yasuyuki Sadamatsu 1152 0 £4,496£4k
29 Naoharu Okabe 1171 0 £4,323£4k
30 Shigeo Saitoh 1190 0 £4,145£4k
31 Yoshimi Kitaoka 1193 0 £4,135£4k
32 Mai Takasaka 1219 0 £3,967£4k
33 Tetsuya Kobayashi 1232 0 £3,882£4k
34 Koichiro Tamaki 1263 0 £3,759£4k
35 Toshihiko Takahashi 1288 0 £3,609£4k
36 takashi Kudo 1311 0 £3,383£3k
37 Fumihiro Yoshida 1373 0 £3,012£3k
38 n-Yuta Saito 1377 0 £3,008£3k
39 Akio Harada 1379 0 £3,008£3k
40 Toshio Umeda 1380 0 £3,008£3k
41 Yoshihiro Sakuraba 1397 0 £2,902£3k
42 Kenichi Kurobe 1430 0 £2,744£3k
43 Tomoyuki Sasaki 1436 0 £2,684£3k
44 Subaru Nagano 1491 0 £2,489£2k
45 Masahiro Suto 1506 0 £2,459£2k
46 Yasuharu Tsuno 1511 0 £2,444£2k
47 ss-Junichi Yajima 1519 0 £2,406£2k
48 Fujii Nobuhito 1556 0 £2,286£2k
49 Shusaku Asato 1557 0 £2,278£2k
50 Hideyaki Okano 1575 0 £2,256£2k
51 Masaaki Takemoto 1589 0 £2,218£2k
52 Hisayoshi Nishida 1648 0 £2,030£2k
53 Takahiro Sakai 1651 0 £2,030£2k
54 Kosuke Shirai 1693 0 £1,880£2k
55 Shigenori Sakata 1705 0 £1,880£2k
56 Ikuya Nakagawa 1733 0 £1,805£2k
57 Masato Hanamoto 1760 0 £1,734£2k
58 n-Takuya Miyazawa 1801 0 £1,654£2k
59 n-Ryo Yamanaka 1865 0 £1,564£2k
60 n-Takuma Echigo 1904 0 £1,504£2k
61 Hideaki Aizawa 1911 0 £1,504£2k
62 Daiki Ikeda 1914 0 £1,504£2k
63 Nobuyuki Chou 1915 0 £1,504£2k
64 Manabu Mochida 1916 0 £1,504£2k
65 Koichi Takahashi 1917 0 £1,504£2k
66 f-Hiroko Shimizu 1952 0 £1,474£1k
67 f-Mai Takasaka 1964 0 £1,444£1k
68 f-Yuki Akiyoshi 1982 0 £1,414£1k
69 f-Hiromi Matsunaga 2010 0 £1,353£1k
70 Yuya Katoh 2014 0 £1,353£1k
71 Hirotsugu Kawanishi 2017 0 £1,353£1k
72 f-Yuka Tsuchiya 2050 0 £1,323£1k
73 Nobuaki Takahashi 2077 0 £1,278£1k
74 Takashi Kudoh 2094 0 £1,241£1k
75 f-Misa Domoto 2099 0 £1,233£1k
76 f-Yumi Nakajima 2114 0 £1,203£1k
77 Yuta Saito 2144 0 £1,135£1k
78 Takashi Taniai 2145 0 £1,135£1k
79 Hideyuki Okano 2161 0 £1,128£1k
80 Shinichiro Tamai 2163 0 £1,128£1k
81 Nobuhito Fujii 2207 0 £1,053£1k
82 Yuka Sasaki 2254 0 £1,008£1k
83 Shuma Sakamoto 2255 0 £1,008£1k
84 Hideaki Hata 2320 0 £940£940
85 Mai Fujita 2322 0 £940£940
86 Hidekazu Wada 2323 0 £940£940
87 Ryoya Tanaka 2324 0 £940£940
88 Seong Yu Kang 2328 0 £940£940
89 Takashi Ishibashi 2329 0 £940£940
90 Kenji Tsushima 2330 0 £940£940
91 Shunsuke Kouchi 2331 0 £940£940
92 Kazuaki Watanabe 2332 0 £940£940
93 Satoshi Tsushima 2333 0 £940£940
94 Kenji Ito 2334 0 £940£940
95 Yuji Toyoda 2335 0 £940£940
96 Urara Himeji 2338 0 £932£932
97 Manae Kameshima 2405 0 £872£872
98 Hayato Hijikata 2406 0 £872£872
99 Tsuguo Tsukahara 2407 0 £872£872
100 ss-Takeo Sakai 2410 0 £868£868
101 Misaki Mukoutani 2531 0 £805£805
102 Rina Asada 2532 0 £805£805
103 Kazuma Noborikawa 2533 0 £805£805
104 Susumu Okuoka 2534 0 £805£805
105 Takashi Sugimachi 2700 0 £752£752
106 Koji Kawazu 2701 0 £752£752
107 Tsubasa Tsuchiya 2702 0 £752£752
108 Masami Matsumoto 2703 0 £752£752
109 Kageyuki Amano 2704 0 £752£752
110 Makoto Endo 2705 0 £752£752
111 Yoichi Nakayama 2706 0 £752£752
112 Yoshinori Minami 2707 0 £752£752
113 Taro Syoji 2708 0 £752£752
114 Kiyoshi Nakarai 2806 0 £752£752
115 Atsushi Miyazaki 2809 0 £752£752
116 Kenji Kiriyama 2815 0 £752£752
117 Mihoko Matsuoka 2831 0 £737£737
118 Akiho Mitzutani 2832 0 £737£737
119 a-Nobuhito Fujii 2862 0 £692£692
120 Daisuke Nakamura 2922 0 £602£602

Japan's top 15

Shota Kawazoe £84k Takeo Sakai £26k Yukio Yamazaki £21k Junichi Yajima £21k Teruyuki Obara £19k Isao Yamamoto £18k Hiroshi Nagatani £11k Hiroko Shimizu £11k Minuro Sendan £10k Shigeyuki Mizuno £10k Yuki Akiyoshi £8,557 Yoshiki Ohsawa £8,459 Takuya Miyazawa £8,383 Akio Ishihara £7,772 Shuichi Heki £7,632

Where Japan's money was won

Japan prize money by tournament, the top 15 of 19

PBA Japan Cup £271k PBA Dream Bowl £43k USBC Senior Masters £12k Senior U.S. Open £12k USBC Masters £12k PBA Shark Championship £11k PBA United States Bowling Congress Masters £6,541 PBA50 World Championship £5,263 PBA World Championship £4,962 PBA50 Northern California Classic £4,925 PBA Jonesboro Open £4,511 PBA Viper Championship £4,511 PBA Cheetah Championship £3,835 U.S. Open £2,974 PBA Players Championship £2,556

Japan against other nations

Bowling prize money by nation, the countries either side

Nations ranked around Japan by bowling prize money.
# NATION BOWLERS PRIZE MONEY
1 United States 2893 £112,820,929£112.8m
2 Australia 8 £2,491,552£2.5m
3 Venezuela 6 £2,083,348£2.1m
4 Canada 45 £1,498,929£1.5m
5 Sweden 32 £1,439,577£1.4m
6 England 10 £1,164,005£1.2m
7 Finland 19 £718,256£718k
8 Japan 120 £495,180£495k
9 Colombia 14 £358,413£358k
10 Denmark 5 £302,209£302k
11 Puerto Rico 4 £166,466£166k
12 Mexico 8 £156,355£156k
13 Malaysia 12 £117,862£118k
14 Norway 5 £95,449£95k
15 Germany 6 £80,365£80k
16 South Korea 14 £59,709£60k
17 Ireland 2 £46,420£46k
18 Thailand 4 £32,060£32k
19 Singapore 2 £22,556£23k
23 Indonesia 4 £7,114£7k
24 Netherlands 2 £3,474£3k
United States £113m Australia £2.5m Venezuela £2.1m Canada £1.5m Sweden £1.4m England £1.2m Finland £718k Japan £495k Colombia £358k Denmark £302k Puerto Rico £166k Mexico £156k Malaysia £118k Norway £95k Germany £80k South Korea £60k Ireland £46k Thailand £32k Singapore £23k Indonesia £7,114 Netherlands £3,474

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money have Japan's bowlers won?

£495,180 between 120 bowlers, 8th of the 33 nations on our bowling money list.

Who is Japan's highest earning bowler?

Shota Kawazoe, with £84,123.

Where to next

Every nation is ranked on bowling prize money, and across every individual sport on prize money by nation.