This is a compilation of 51 Japan Guinness records in 2017. You may want to take a look at our complete list of Japan Guinness Records broken down by year.
| When | Record name | What | Who |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 December 2017 | Most jumpers put on in one minute (team of two) | 15 total number | Aito Shimada, Haruka Nishida |
| 29 November 2017 | Largest laundry lesson | 318 people | Lion NANOX Team |
| 26 November 2017 | Largest human image of a Pokémon character | 994 people | Shougakukan-Shueisha Productions Co., Ltd. |
| 19 November 2017 | Fastest time to pass 10 T-shirts along a chain of people (team of 25) | 3: 0.60 minute(s):second(s) | JSOL Corporation |
| 18 November 2017 | Most people making balloon sculptures simultaneously | 358 people | Nikkeisha, Inc. |
| 14 November 2017 | Smallest fidget spinner | 5.09 millimetre(s) | MinebeaMitsumi Inc. |
| 12 November 2017 | Most wind up toy cars launched simultaneously | 286 total number | Drive Train & Hybrid Powertrain Production Engineering Div., Toyota Motor Corporation |
| 10 November 2017 | Fastest time to make a 100 m paper chain by a team | 56.81 second(s) | Furuya Metal Co., Ltd. |
| 09 November 2017 | Largest hula hoop spun | 5.14 metre(s) | Yuya Yamada |
| 06 November 2017 | Most football (soccer ball) rolls from eye to eye in one minute | 189 total number | Yuuki Yoshinaga |
| 05 November 2017 | Largest archaeology lesson | 283 people | Aomori Prefectural Government |
| 04 November 2017 | Most backwards skips over a rope in 30 seconds | 148 total number | Yu Okamoto |
| 31 October 2017 | Most playable pixel art characters in a mobile game | Brave Frontier, Alim Co., Ltd. | |
| 26 October 2017 | Largest candy/sweet wrapper mosaic (image) | 14.82 square metre(s) | MOS BURGER Kyoeikai |
| 13 October 2017 | Most people sitting on one chair | 2,387 people | NSG College League |
| 13 October 2017 | Largest vertical roller shutter | 144.12 square metre(s) | Yokobiki SR Co., Ltd. |
| 09 October 2017 | Most football touches with the shoulders in one minute (male) | 230 total number | Yuuki Yoshinaga |
| 08 October 2017 | Largest gathering of people dressed as Wally/Waldo | 4626 people | Huis Ten Bosch Co., Ltd. |
| 07 October 2017 | Most norimaki sushi rolls made in one hour (team) | Youth League of The Koide Town Society of Commerce and Industry | |
| 29 September 2017 | Largest horizontal roller shutter | 69.29 square metre(s) | Metropolitan Intercity Railway Company, Yokobiki SR Co., Ltd. |
| 26 September 2017 | Largest display of origami doves | 25,320 total number | JR Kyoto Isetan |
| 24 September 2017 | Fastest badminton hit in competition (male) | 417 kilometre(s) per hour | Lee Chong Wei |
| 17 September 2017 | Longest human tunnel travelled through on a skateboard by a dog | 33 people | Dai-chan |
| 09 September 2017 | Most people wearing yukata | 2,872 people | Yao Kawachi Ondo Festival Association |
| 09 September 2017 | Largest bon dance | 2,872 people | Yao Kawachi Ondo Festival Association |
| 09 September 2017 | Largest noodle-making lesson | Junior Chamber International Urasoe | |
| 08 September 2017 | Most skips over a single rope in one minute by a team | 230 total number | E-Jump Fuji |
| 07 September 2017 | Largest origami lei | Okinawa City | |
| 06 September 2017 | Most jelly beans eaten with chopsticks in one minute | 40 total number | Asha Leo |
| 05 September 2017 | Largest marker pen | 1.68324 m X 0.25272 m dimension(s) | Zebra Co., Ltd. |
| 27 August 2017 | Largest serving of fried chicken | 1,530 kilogram(s) | Daisendori Co,Ltd |
| 26 August 2017 | Most jumps over a moving human leg by a dog in thirty seconds | 38 total number | Toshiaki Kasuga, Daifuku |
| 19 August 2017 | Largest hanging lantern | 10.81 x 6.50 metre(s) | Miyoshi Big Lantern Festival Executive Committee |
| 08 August 2017 | Fastest mental arithmetic – Flash Anzan™ | 1.68 second(s) | Takahiro Asano |
| 29 July 2017 | Most pairs performing a cross-armed toast simultaneously | 2032 pair(s) | Wakamatsu Ganbaro Kai |
| 23 July 2017 | Most people floating with plastic bottles simultaneously (multiple venues) | 534 people | Blue Sea and Green Land Foundation |
| 12 July 2017 | Most people signing each other's t-shirts simultaneously | 918 people | TOKYO GAS i NET |
| 18 June 2017 | Most 'around the world'football (soccer) control tricks in one minute (male) | 98 total number | Ryo Sato |
| 23 April 2017 | Largest gathering of people dressed as fruits/vegetables | 888 people | Aisaina World Challenge Executive Committee |
| 20 April 2017 | Highest score in figure skating – long programme (women) | 160.46 total number | Evegenia Medvedeva |
| 20 April 2017 | Highest score in figure skating – total score (women) | 241.31 total number | Evgenia Medvedeva |
| 07 April 2017 | Fastest 10 m travelled on a ball by a dog | 9.45 second(s) | Purin |
| 05 April 2017 | Most versions/remixes of one track on a top 100 CD album | Tetsuya Komuro | |
| 02 April 2017 | Most flower girls in a wedding | 253 people | Charlene Pearson, Leon Watts |
| 18 March 2017 | Longest line of flowers/plants | 3,117.17 metre(s) | Fujieda City |
| 05 March 2017 | Most people picking strawberries simultaneously (single venue) | 1,141 people | Watari Town |
| 26 February 2017 | Fastest time to run the Tokyo Marathon (male) | 2:03:58 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Wilson Kipsang |
| 26 February 2017 | Fastest time to run the Tokyo Marathon (female) | 2:19:47 hour(s):minute(s):second(s) | Sarah Chepchirchir |
| 12 February 2017 | Largest make-up application lesson | 355 people | NARIS COSMETICS CO.,LTD. |
| 29 January 2017 | Fastest swim long course 200 metres breaststroke (male) | 02:06.67 minute(s):second(s) | Ippei Watanabe |
| 27 January 2017 | Most skips over a single rope in three minutes by a team | 563 total number | E-Jump Fuji |