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Japan pool prize money

Japan's players have won £1,573,845 between 78 players, 3.5% of all the pool prize money we hold. Naoyuki Oi leads on £401,996.

PRIZE MONEY£1.6m
PLAYERS78
TITLES6
NATION RANK13th

Japan's players

By career pool prize money

Japan's pool players ranked by prize money.
# PLAYER WORLD WINS PRIZE MONEY
1 Naoyuki Oi 43 2 £401,996£402k
2 Chihiro Kawahara 118 1 £189,068£189k
3 Yukio Akagariyama 197 1 £99,536£100k
4 Satoshi Kawabata 205 0 £96,702£97k
5 Kunihiko Takahashi 208 0 £95,617£96k
6 Hayato Hijikata 230 0 £80,780£81k
7 Toru Kuribayashi 246 0 £71,129£71k
8 Akimi Kajitani 256 1 £67,508£68k
9 Kyoko Sone 284 0 £56,371£56k
10 Hiroshi Takenaka 316 0 £49,599£50k
11 Miyuki Sakai 338 0 £44,297£44k
12 Yuki Hiraguchi 349 0 £42,113£42k
13 Tomoo Takano 461 1 £28,317£28k
14 Masaki Tanaka 488 0 £25,791£26k
15 Kenichi Uchigaki 531 0 £23,460£23k
16 Sakura Muramatsu 559 0 £21,025£21k
17 Keiko Yukawa 573 0 £19,843£20k
18 Masato Yoshioka 592 0 £18,828£19k
19 Shintarou Sugaya 737 0 £12,499£12k
20 Yoshioka Masato 810 0 £10,789£11k
21 Miyuki Fuke 826 0 £10,442£10k
22 Yoshihiro Kitatani 830 0 £10,272£10k
23 Samia Konishi 832 0 £10,246£10k
24 Makiko Takagi 948 0 £8,131£8k
25 Yuuki Hiraguchi 1103 0 £6,114£6k
26 Maki Kimura 1137 0 £5,769£6k
27 Miyuki Kuribayashi 1312 0 £4,356£4k
28 Masato Asano 1457 0 £3,471£3k
29 Masami Nouchi 1465 0 £3,405£3k
30 Keisuke Hanawa 1478 0 £3,335£3k
31 Takashi Uraoka 1782 0 £2,254£2k
32 Tomoya Iima 1783 0 £2,250£2k
33 Tadasu Sugihara 1796 0 £2,200£2k
34 Kanji Tokoro 1819 0 £2,108£2k
35 Toshiyuki Sugawara 1826 0 £2,089£2k
36 Masahiro Shimano 1847 0 £2,017£2k
37 Kohei Inoue 1872 0 £1,962£2k
38 Norio Ogawa 1879 0 £1,944£2k
39 Uraoka Takashi 1883 0 £1,927£2k
40 Kazuo Furuta 1902 0 £1,880£2k
41 Utaro Fukumoto 1946 0 £1,777£2k
42 Junko Tsuchiya 1963 0 £1,729£2k
43 Yukiko Oi 1975 0 £1,695£2k
44 Ryouji Hori 2081 0 £1,504£2k
45 Hisataka Kamihashi 2116 0 £1,438£1k
46 Syo Tsuken 2125 0 £1,423£1k
47 Inagawa Yuichi 2127 0 £1,421£1k
48 Tomoko Kubota 2135 0 £1,408£1k
49 Ryoji Aoki 2151 0 £1,391£1k
50 Daisuke Sakai 2190 0 £1,315£1k
51 Teruya Katsuji 2208 0 £1,288£1k
52 Kimura Maki 2245 0 £1,222£1k
53 Keishin Kamihashi 2303 0 £1,128£1k
54 Akio Haraguchi 2419 0 £990£990
55 Kaori Ebe 2438 0 £970£970
56 Izui Saeko 2577 0 £817£817
57 Hiroko Sahara 2580 0 £811£811
58 Hideki Yamakawa 2622 0 £753£753
59 Mariko Niibo 2711 0 £717£717
60 Kaneko Sayuri 2713 0 £715£715
61 Wada Toshiyuki 2740 0 £689£689
62 Kanako Watanabe 2763 0 £670£670
63 Kenji Taguchi 2787 0 £638£638
64 Yuki Komiya 2980 0 £508£508
65 Hidetaka Kitatani 2988 0 £499£499
66 So Onishi 2989 0 £499£499
67 Takayuki Kamata 2990 0 £499£499
68 Koji Kunikata 3094 0 £429£429
69 Tasuku Nishio 3095 0 £429£429
70 Ryosuke Maruoka 3103 0 £423£423
71 Daisaku Nishijima 3151 0 £404£404
72 Satoshi Aoki 3152 0 £404£404
73 Hideki Arita 3176 0 £379£379
74 Midori Akamatsu 3265 0 £366£366
75 Kazuko Shimizu 3282 0 £339£339
76 Kazuko Fujiwara 3496 0 £241£241
77 Kiyomi Mizoguchi 3497 0 £241£241
78 Wu Zhu-Ting 3498 0 £241£241

Japan's top 15

Naoyuki Oi £402k Chihiro Kawahara £189k Yukio Akagariyama £100k Satoshi Kawabata £97k Kunihiko Takahashi £96k Hayato Hijikata £81k Toru Kuribayashi £71k Akimi Kajitani £68k Kyoko Sone £56k Hiroshi Takenaka £50k Miyuki Sakai £44k Yuki Hiraguchi £42k Tomoo Takano £28k Masaki Tanaka £26k Kenichi Uchigaki £23k

Where Japan's money was won

Japan prize money by tournament, the top 15 of 95

World Pool Championship £111k World 10-Ball Championship £84k Women's World 9-BAll Championship £82k All Japan Open Championship £66k China Open £62k Women's China Open £61k US Open 9-Ball Championship £54k Women's All Japan Open Championship £39k Women's World 10-Ball Championship £37k World 8-Ball Championship £35k Japan Open £30k Oneida World Women's 8-Ball Championship £19k World Pool Masters £19k European Open £17k World Cup 10-Ball £17k

Japan's titles

6 wins, newest first

Pool titles of Japan's players.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PRIZE
Carabao International Open Naoyuki Oi £15,038£15k
Women's 2025 China Open Chihiro Kawahara £27,068£27k
TAOM Maxrack Nineball Helsinki Open Naoyuki Oi £6,556£7k
All Japan Open Championship 2018 Tomoo Takano £11,989£12k
Women's All Japan Open Championship 2013 Akimi Kajitani £11,338£11k
WPA World 9-Ball Championship 2011 Yukio Akagariyama £27,068£27k

Japan against other nations

Pool prize money by nation, the countries either side

Nations ranked around Japan by pool prize money.
# NATION PLAYERS PRIZE MONEY
1 United States 2045 £31,995,030£32.0m
2 Philippines 130 £10,980,117£11.0m
3 Germany 102 £5,586,408£5.6m
4 Chinese Taipei 103 £5,262,286£5.3m
5 Great Britain 101 £5,206,129£5.2m
6 China 140 £5,093,858£5.1m
7 Canada 107 £3,106,234£3.1m
8 Austria 25 £2,327,737£2.3m
9 Poland 50 £2,310,924£2.3m
10 Netherlands 32 £2,202,787£2.2m
11 Spain 52 £2,016,907£2.0m
12 Finland 39 £1,700,332£1.7m
13 Japan 78 £1,573,845£1.6m
14 South Korea 25 £1,204,030£1.2m
15 Scotland 9 £1,118,050£1.1m
16 Ireland 6 £855,562£856k
17 Albania 9 £810,582£811k
18 Greece 27 £810,306£810k
19 Sweden 28 £799,660£800k
20 Russia 41 £797,454£797k
21 Singapore 25 £763,889£764k
22 Estonia 16 £437,520£438k
23 Vietnam 49 £396,223£396k
24 Hungary 7 £337,912£338k
25 Indonesia 47 £332,920£333k
United States £32m Philippines £11m Germany £5.6m Chinese Taipei £5.3m Great Britain £5.2m China £5.1m Canada £3.1m Austria £2.3m Poland £2.3m Netherlands £2.2m Spain £2.0m Finland £1.7m Japan £1.6m South Korea £1.2m Scotland £1.1m Ireland £856k Albania £811k Greece £810k Sweden £800k Russia £797k Singapore £764k Estonia £438k Vietnam £396k Hungary £338k Indonesia £333k

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money have Japan's players won?

£1,573,845 between 78 players, 13th of the 99 nations on our pool money list.

Who is Japan's highest earning player?

Naoyuki Oi, with £401,996 and 2 titles.

How many pool titles has Japan won?

6 titles in the tournaments we hold, most recently Naoyuki Oi at the Carabao International Open.

Where to next

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