Japan participated at the 1961 Summer Universiade, in Sofia, Bulgaria.^[1] Japan finished second in the medal table with 9 gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 4 bronze medals.^[2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Shunsuke Kaneto	Diving	Men's springboard	unknown
Gold	Tadao Tosa	Diving	Men's platform	unknown
Gold	Takashi Mitsukuri	Gymnastics	Men's individual all-around	unknown
Gold	Keigo Shimizu	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	unknown
Gold	Tatsuo Fujimoto	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	unknown
Gold	Shigeo Fukushima	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	unknown
Gold	Haruo Yoshimuta	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	unknown
Gold	Keigo Shimizu Kiyoshi Fukui Haruo Yoshimuta Tatsuo Fujimoto	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m freestyle relay	unknown
Gold	Shigeo Fukushima Yoshiaki Shikiishi Haruo Yoshimuta Tatsuo Fujimoto	Swimming	Men's 4x100 m medley relay	unknown
Silver	Takayuki Okazaki	Athletics	Men's long jump	September 1
Silver	Kiyoshi Asai Yojiro Muro Takayuki Okazaki Hirotada Hayase	Athletics	Men's 4x100 m relay	September 1
Silver	Fumio Akutagawa Mitsuru Motoi	Tennis	Men's doubles	unknown
Silver	Tomashiro Matsuki	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	unknown
Silver	Yoshiaki Shikiishi	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	unknown
Bronze	Tomio Ota	Athletics	Men's triple jump	September 3
Bronze	Kiyoshi Fukui	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	unknown
Bronze	Tomashiro Matsuki	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	unknown
Bronze	Tatsuo Fujimoto	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	unknown

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Swimming	6	2	3	11
Diving	2	0	0	2
Gymnastics	1	0	0	1
Athletics	0	2	1	3
Tennis	0	1	0	1
Total	9	5	4	18