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BOWLING PRIZE MONEY · 8TH OF 33 NATIONS

Japan bowling prize money

Japan's bowlers have won £487,844 between 120 bowlers, 0.7% of all the bowling prize money we hold. Shota Kawazoe leads on £82,876.

PRIZE MONEY£488k
BOWLERS120
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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 £82,876£83k
2 Takeo Sakai 426 0 £25,963£26k
3 Yukio Yamazaki 482 0 £20,607£21k
4 Junichi Yajima 488 0 £20,237£20k
5 Teruyuki Obara 517 0 £18,604£19k
6 Isao Yamamoto 546 0 £17,307£17k
7 Hiroshi Nagatani 705 0 £11,148£11k
8 Hiroko Shimizu 732 0 £10,388£10k
9 Minuro Sendan 745 0 £10,074£10k
10 Shigeyuki Mizuno 748 0 £9,941£10k
11 Yuki Akiyoshi 811 0 £8,430£8k
12 Yoshiki Ohsawa 817 0 £8,333£8k
13 Takuya Miyazawa 819 0 £8,259£8k
14 Akio Ishihara 852 0 £7,657£8k
15 Shuichi Heki 855 0 £7,519£8k
16 Takashi Masuda 859 0 £7,474£7k
17 Masao Uehara 862 0 £7,407£7k
18 Susumu Nakazawa 923 0 £6,593£7k
19 Yoshinari Matsumura 929 0 £6,519£7k
20 Yuka Tsuchiya 941 0 £6,389£6k
21 Shigeo Saito 959 0 £6,148£6k
22 Nobuhlto Fujii 978 0 £5,963£6k
23 Syuichi Heki 1032 0 £5,407£5k
24 Toshifumi Kojima 1060 0 £5,037£5k
25 Tamiki Miike 1086 0 £4,852£5k
26 Katsuya Kamida 1099 0 £4,793£5k
27 Pat Nolan 1115 0 £4,696£5k
28 Yasuyuki Sadamatsu 1152 0 £4,430£4k
29 Naoharu Okabe 1170 0 £4,259£4k
30 Shigeo Saitoh 1190 0 £4,084£4k
31 Yoshimi Kitaoka 1193 0 £4,074£4k
32 Mai Takasaka 1219 0 £3,908£4k
33 Tetsuya Kobayashi 1232 0 £3,825£4k
34 Koichiro Tamaki 1249 0 £3,704£4k
35 Toshihiko Takahashi 1286 0 £3,556£4k
36 takashi Kudo 1311 0 £3,333£3k
37 Fumihiro Yoshida 1373 0 £2,968£3k
38 n-Yuta Saito 1376 0 £2,963£3k
39 Akio Harada 1379 0 £2,963£3k
40 Toshio Umeda 1380 0 £2,963£3k
41 Yoshihiro Sakuraba 1397 0 £2,859£3k
42 Kenichi Kurobe 1431 0 £2,704£3k
43 Tomoyuki Sasaki 1436 0 £2,644£3k
44 Subaru Nagano 1490 0 £2,452£2k
45 Masahiro Suto 1506 0 £2,422£2k
46 Yasuharu Tsuno 1511 0 £2,407£2k
47 ss-Junichi Yajima 1522 0 £2,370£2k
48 Fujii Nobuhito 1556 0 £2,252£2k
49 Shusaku Asato 1557 0 £2,244£2k
50 Hideyaki Okano 1573 0 £2,222£2k
51 Masaaki Takemoto 1589 0 £2,185£2k
52 Hisayoshi Nishida 1649 0 £2,000£2k
53 Takahiro Sakai 1652 0 £2,000£2k
54 Kosuke Shirai 1694 0 £1,852£2k
55 Shigenori Sakata 1706 0 £1,852£2k
56 Ikuya Nakagawa 1729 0 £1,778£2k
57 Masato Hanamoto 1760 0 £1,708£2k
58 n-Takuya Miyazawa 1802 0 £1,630£2k
59 n-Ryo Yamanaka 1866 0 £1,541£2k
60 n-Takuma Echigo 1902 0 £1,481£1k
61 Hideaki Aizawa 1910 0 £1,481£1k
62 Daiki Ikeda 1913 0 £1,481£1k
63 Nobuyuki Chou 1914 0 £1,481£1k
64 Manabu Mochida 1915 0 £1,481£1k
65 Koichi Takahashi 1916 0 £1,481£1k
66 f-Hiroko Shimizu 1952 0 £1,452£1k
67 f-Mai Takasaka 1963 0 £1,422£1k
68 f-Yuki Akiyoshi 1982 0 £1,393£1k
69 Hirotsugu Kawanishi 2006 0 £1,333£1k
70 f-Hiromi Matsunaga 2011 0 £1,333£1k
71 Yuya Katoh 2015 0 £1,333£1k
72 f-Yuka Tsuchiya 2050 0 £1,304£1k
73 Nobuaki Takahashi 2077 0 £1,259£1k
74 Takashi Kudoh 2094 0 £1,222£1k
75 f-Misa Domoto 2099 0 £1,215£1k
76 f-Yumi Nakajima 2110 0 £1,185£1k
77 Yuta Saito 2144 0 £1,119£1k
78 Takashi Taniai 2145 0 £1,119£1k
79 Hideyuki Okano 2149 0 £1,111£1k
80 Shinichiro Tamai 2151 0 £1,111£1k
81 Nobuhito Fujii 2207 0 £1,037£1k
82 Yuka Sasaki 2254 0 £993£993
83 Shuma Sakamoto 2255 0 £993£993
84 Hideaki Hata 2320 0 £926£926
85 Mai Fujita 2322 0 £926£926
86 Hidekazu Wada 2323 0 £926£926
87 Ryoya Tanaka 2324 0 £926£926
88 Seong Yu Kang 2328 0 £926£926
89 Takashi Ishibashi 2329 0 £926£926
90 Kenji Tsushima 2330 0 £926£926
91 Shunsuke Kouchi 2331 0 £926£926
92 Kazuaki Watanabe 2332 0 £926£926
93 Satoshi Tsushima 2333 0 £926£926
94 Kenji Ito 2334 0 £926£926
95 Yuji Toyoda 2335 0 £926£926
96 Urara Himeji 2338 0 £919£919
97 Manae Kameshima 2405 0 £859£859
98 Hayato Hijikata 2406 0 £859£859
99 Tsuguo Tsukahara 2407 0 £859£859
100 ss-Takeo Sakai 2410 0 £856£856
101 Misaki Mukoutani 2531 0 £793£793
102 Rina Asada 2532 0 £793£793
103 Kazuma Noborikawa 2533 0 £793£793
104 Susumu Okuoka 2534 0 £793£793
105 Takashi Sugimachi 2700 0 £741£741
106 Koji Kawazu 2701 0 £741£741
107 Tsubasa Tsuchiya 2702 0 £741£741
108 Masami Matsumoto 2703 0 £741£741
109 Kageyuki Amano 2704 0 £741£741
110 Makoto Endo 2705 0 £741£741
111 Yoichi Nakayama 2706 0 £741£741
112 Yoshinori Minami 2707 0 £741£741
113 Taro Syoji 2708 0 £741£741
114 Kiyoshi Nakarai 2806 0 £741£741
115 Atsushi Miyazaki 2809 0 £741£741
116 Kenji Kiriyama 2815 0 £741£741
117 Mihoko Matsuoka 2831 0 £726£726
118 Akiho Mitzutani 2832 0 £726£726
119 a-Nobuhito Fujii 2862 0 £681£681
120 Daisuke Nakamura 2922 0 £593£593

Japan's top 15

Shota Kawazoe £83k Takeo Sakai £26k Yukio Yamazaki £21k Junichi Yajima £20k Teruyuki Obara £19k Isao Yamamoto £17k Hiroshi Nagatani £11k Hiroko Shimizu £10k Minuro Sendan £10k Shigeyuki Mizuno £9,941 Yuki Akiyoshi £8,430 Yoshiki Ohsawa £8,333 Takuya Miyazawa £8,259 Akio Ishihara £7,657 Shuichi Heki £7,519

Where Japan's money was won

Japan prize money by tournament, the top 15 of 19

PBA Japan Cup £267k PBA Dream Bowl £42k USBC Senior Masters £12k Senior U.S. Open £12k USBC Masters £12k PBA Shark Championship £11k PBA United States Bowling Congress Masters £6,444 PBA50 World Championship £5,185 PBA World Championship £4,889 PBA50 Northern California Classic £4,852 PBA Jonesboro Open £4,444 PBA Viper Championship £4,444 PBA Cheetah Championship £3,778 U.S. Open £2,930 PBA Players Championship £2,519

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 £111,149,499£111.1m
2 Australia 8 £2,454,640£2.5m
3 Venezuela 6 £2,052,484£2.1m
4 Canada 45 £1,476,722£1.5m
5 Sweden 32 £1,418,250£1.4m
6 England 10 £1,146,760£1.1m
7 Finland 19 £707,616£708k
8 Japan 120 £487,844£488k
9 Colombia 14 £353,103£353k
10 Denmark 5 £297,732£298k
11 Puerto Rico 4 £164,000£164k
12 Mexico 8 £154,038£154k
13 Malaysia 12 £116,116£116k
14 Norway 5 £94,035£94k
15 Germany 6 £79,175£79k
16 South Korea 14 £58,825£59k
17 Ireland 2 £45,732£46k
18 Thailand 4 £31,585£32k
19 Singapore 2 £22,222£22k
23 Indonesia 4 £7,009£7k
24 Netherlands 2 £3,422£3k
United States £111m Australia £2.5m Venezuela £2.1m Canada £1.5m Sweden £1.4m England £1.1m Finland £708k Japan £488k Colombia £353k Denmark £298k Puerto Rico £164k Mexico £154k Malaysia £116k Norway £94k Germany £79k South Korea £59k Ireland £46k Thailand £32k Singapore £22k Indonesia £7,009 Netherlands £3,422

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money have Japan's bowlers won?

£487,844 between 120 bowlers, 8th of the 33 nations on our bowling money list.

Who is Japan's highest earning bowler?

Shota Kawazoe, with £82,876.

Where to next

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