How many FIDE-rated chess players are in Japan?

#	Player	Standard↓	Rapid	Blitz	Δ 1M	Games
1	Tran, Thanh TuIM · 36 yrs	2402	2359	2407	0	0
2	Aoshima, MiraiFM · 31 yrs	2355	—	2331	0	0
3	Otsuka, ShouFM · 26 yrs	2322	2106	—	−17	7
4	Kojima, ShinyaIM · 38 yrs	2307	2282	2281	0	0
5	Nanjo, RyosukeIM · 38 yrs	2301	2353	2270	0	0
6▲4	Nakahara, KanCM · 21 yrs	2244	2033	1997	+73	25
7▼1	Watanabe, AkiraFM · 54 yrs	2206	—	—	0	0
8▼1	Matsumura, CocoroCM · 18 yrs	2202	2134	2131	0	0
9▼1	Schweizer, Simon · 30 yrs	2190	2174	2166	−10	2
10▼1	Yamada, KoheiFM · 38 yrs	2182	2193	2001	0	0
11	Baba, MasahiroFM · 42 yrs	2157	2098	2223	0	0
12	Kobayashi, AtsuhikoCM · 34 yrs	2130	2093	—	0	0
13	Averbukh, AlexCM · 44 yrs	2126	2124	—	0	0
14	Higashino, Tetsuo · 52 yrs	2117	2063	—	0	0
15	Moritani, Sho · 15 yrs	2105	1942	1955	0	0
16▲7	Dryglas, Maciej · 44 yrs	2088	1992	2026	+52	16
17▼1	Yonemitsu, Kohei · 24 yrs	2080	2034	1988	0	0
18▼1	Jones, StephenFM · 84 yrs	2054	2163	—	0	0
19▼1	Nakamura, Naohiro · 37 yrs	2050	2096	—	0	0
20▼1	Shiomi, Ryo · 51 yrs	2049	—	—	0	0
21▼1	Okuno, Rion · 18 yrs	2045	1921	2003	0	0
22▼1	Fujii, Chiaki · 36 yrs	2043	—	—	0	0
23▲2	Schweizer, Samuel · 30 yrs	2042	2033	2006	+8	2
24▼2	Nagataki, Kota · 23 yrs	2037	2066	1923	0	0
25▼1	Shioguchi, Tatsuya · 38 yrs	2034	1961	—	0	0
26	Matsuo, TomohikoCM · 51 yrs	2032	—	—	0	0
27	Matsuyama, Koya · 23 yrs	2020	1911	1850	0	0
28	Jiang, Likai · 30 yrs	2016	2008	—	0	0
29▲2	Sanada, Tetsuaki · 38 yrs	2015	1960	1942	+22	2
30▼1	Furuya, Masahiro · 35 yrs	2012	2028	—	0	0
31▼1	Aso, Masashi · 32 yrs	1995	1757	—	0	0
32	Taga, Hiroto · 34 yrs	1991	1925	—	0	0
33▲10	Sharma, Sameer · 22 yrs	1985	1876	—	+65	9
34	Yamamoto, Soichiro · 24 yrs	1981	1896	—	0	0
35▼2	Noguchi, Koji · 50 yrs	1981	2002	2068	0	0
36▼1	Scott, Tyler · 37 yrs	1977	1994	—	0	0
37▼1	Nguyen, Tuan Anh · 30 yrs	1969	1962	—	0	0
38▼1	Shinoda, Taro · 37 yrs	1955	1966	—	0	0
39▼1	Gishi, Takeshi · 59 yrs	1945	—	—	0	0
40▼1	Katsuta, Yuki · 35 yrs	1943	1961	—	0	0
41	Etabag, John Vincent · 46 yrs	1939	—	—	0	0
42▼2	Yamaguchi, Tosei · 27 yrs	1939	1959	—	0	0
43▼1	Higashishiba, Teruomi · 54 yrs	1925	1929	—	0	0
44	Manabe, Hiroshi · 60 yrs	1916	1928	1913	0	0
45▲1	Matsunaga, Toma · 14 yrs	1900	1838	1855	0	0
46▼1	Tanaka, Satoshi · 30 yrs	1900	2016	—	0	0
47	Nodon, Jeremi · 44 yrs	1891	1831	1831	0	0
48	Kitagami, Show · 56 yrs	1890	1992	—	0	0
49▲2	Kihara, Taira · 21 yrs	1887	1747	—	0	0
50	Shakuya, Keita · 37 yrs	1887	1810	—	0	0
51▼2	Muto, Yuhiro · 18 yrs	1887	1724	1720	0	0
52	Sakai, Enju · 46 yrs	1880	—	—	0	0
53	Kinoshita, Akira · 41 yrs	1879	1891	—	0	0
54	Otake, Sakae · 69 yrs	1877	1804	—	0	0
55	Kuroda, Yunosuke · 33 yrs	1875	1816	—	0	0
56	Honda, Yoshiki · 33 yrs	1873	—	—	0	0
57	Rolston, Daniel Haruma · 17 yrs	1872	1873	1995	0	0
58	Yanai, Yuya · 23 yrs	1871	1874	—	0	0
59	Saito, Hiromasa · 36 yrs	1870	1864	—	0	0
60	Erkoc, Vedat · 36 yrs	1861	1841	—	0	0
61	Tanaka, Ryosuke · 23 yrs	1850	—	—	0	0
62	Patil, Rushad · 20 yrs	1847	1894	—	0	0
63	Ng, Alexander PN · 15 yrs	1843	—	—	0	0
64▲2	Araki, Dai · 24 yrs	1843	1786	—	0	0
65	Sakai, AzumiWCM · 35 yrs	1843	—	—	0	0
66▲1	Abe, Taro · 52 yrs	1842	1852	1830	0	0
67▲1	Abe, Yuta · 33 yrs	1839	1839	1779	0	0
68▲1	Nagai, Toshiyuki · 45 yrs	1839	1791	1777	0	0
69▼5	Shibata, MisakiWCM · 33 yrs	1839	1749	1771	−4	2
70	Shirakawa, Mizuki · 32 yrs	1837	1832	—	0	0
71	Kanda, Daigo · 68 yrs	1833	1783	—	0	0
72	Tokuni, Shun · 37 yrs	1833	1815	—	0	0
73▲19	Takahashi, Taiga · 16 yrs	1830	1878	—	+62	9
74	Togawa, Kentaro · 24 yrs	1826	—	—	0	0
75▼2	Summerville, Nathan · 33 yrs	1826	—	—	0	0
76▼1	Kimura, Ryota · 30 yrs	1824	1792	—	0	0
77▲4	Kinoshita, Kanako · 37 yrs	1823	1801	1750	+17	6
78▼2	Tamura, Hikaru · 31 yrs	1823	1862	1816	0	0
79▼2	Yamamichi, Atsuya · 27 yrs	1816	1985	—	0	0
80▼2	Shishido, Yusuke · 34 yrs	1813	1758	—	0	0
81▼2	Endo, Shuma · 15 yrs	1810	1738	1842	0	0
82▼2	Takashima, Bunji · 67 yrs	1809	—	—	0	0
83▼1	Onishi, Kosuke · 33 yrs	1804	—	—	0	0
84▼1	Kato, Ami · 26 yrs	1799	1820	—	0	0
85▼1	Sugita, Kei · 35 yrs	1798	—	—	0	0
86	Takenouchi, Atsushi · 27 yrs	1792	1803	—	0	0
87▼2	Mizumoto, Takahiro · 57 yrs	1792	1843	—	0	0
88▼1	Yamada, Shinmei · 36 yrs	1790	1841	—	0	0
89▼1	Sugimoto, Koichi · 70 yrs	1789	—	—	0	0
90▼1	Ono, Tadashi · 39 yrs	1777	—	—	0	0
91▼1	Clark, Domenic · 50 yrs	1776	—	1801	0	0
92▼1	Hasegawa, Yuki · 30 yrs	1768	1716	1681	0	0
93	Ogasa, Seiichi · 72 yrs	1767	1793	—	0	0
94	Yokota, Yoshiaki · 30 yrs	1767	1740	—	0	0
95	Uetani, Toshiaki · 60 yrs	1765	1891	—	0	0
96	Aoki, Yasuhiro · 58 yrs	1764	1742	—	0	0
97▲1	Burgess, Joseph · 28 yrs	1762	1707	—	0	0
98▲1	Nakanishi, Yuuma · 25 yrs	1761	1714	—	0	0
99▲1	Onuma, Kota · 16 yrs	1760	1827	—	0	0
100▲1	Bhatia, Praveen · 63 yrs	1758	1754	—	0	0

Rating distribution

Standard · Active

12-month evolution

Standard · Active

Titled players — 20

Active · vs 1 month

Open

IM3

21%

FM6

43%

CM5

36%

Women

WCM6

100%

AGE PYRAMID · JAPAN ACTIVE PLAYERS

Active players by age band · Open vs Women

Open

Women

U20

20-34

35-49

50-64

65+

197 open players19 women players

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Asia-Pacific — By Average Top 10

	Federation	Avg top 10
1·	🇮🇳India	2,697
2·	🇨🇳China	2,654
3·	🇷🇺Russia	2,647
4▲3	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2,617
5·	🇮🇷Iran	2,569
6▼1	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	2,511
7▼1	🇻🇳Vietnam	2,495
8·	🇦🇺Australia	2,463
9▼1	🇲🇳Mongolia	2,441
10▲1	INA	2,425
...
19	🇯🇵Japan	2,271

World — By Average Top 10

	Federation	Avg top 10
1·	🇺🇸United States	2,726
2·	🇮🇳India	2,697
3·	🇨🇳China	2,654
4·	🇷🇺Russia	2,647
5·	🇩🇪Germany	2,635
6▲2	🇺🇦Ukraine	2,629
7▼1	FID	2,628
8▼1	🇫🇷France	2,626
9▲3	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	2,622
10▲3	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	2,617
...
82	🇯🇵Japan	2,271