2021–22 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2021–22 Japan Figure Skating Championships will be held in Saitama, Saitama from December 22–26, 2021. It will be the 90th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. The results will be part of the Japanese selection criteria for the 2022 Four Continents Championships, the 2022 Winter Olympics, and the 2022 World Championships.

2021–22 Japan Figure Skating Championships
Type:National championship
Date:December 22–26, 2021 (S)
November 19–21, 2021 (J)
Season:2021–22
Location:Saitama, Saitama (S)
Nagoya, Aichi (J)
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Saitama Super Arena (S)
Nippon Gaishi Hall (J)
Defending champions
Men's singles:
Yuzuru Hanyu (S)
Ladies' singles:
Rika Kihira (S)
Ice dance:
Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto (S)
Champions
Men's singles:
Kao Miura (J)
Women's singles:
Mao Shimada (J)
Pair skating:
Nao Kida / Masaya Morita (J)
Previous:
2020–21 Japan Championships
Next:
2022–23 Japan Championships

Qualifying

Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2021, or earned a bye.

Date Event Type Location Results
September 23–26, 2021 Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regional Iizuka, Fukuoka Details
September 24–26, 2021 Chubu Nagoya, Aichi Details
Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 2021 Kanto Chiba, Chiba Details
October 1–3, 2021 Tohoku-Hokkaido Sapporo, Hokkaido Details
October 7–10, 2021 Kinki Uji, Kyoto Details
Tokyo Nishitōkyō, Tokyo Details
October 22–24, 2021 Japan Novice Championships Final Ōtsu, Shiga Details
October 28–31, 2021 Eastern Section Sectional Nishitōkyō, Tokyo Details
November 4–7, 2021 Western Section Fukuoka, Fukuoka Details
November 19–21, 2021 Japan Junior Championships Final Nagoya, Aichi Details
December 22–26, 2021 Japan Championships Saitama, Saitama Details

Medal summary

Senior
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Women
Pairs
Ice dance

Junior
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Kao Miura Tatsuya Tsuboi Nozomu Yoshioka
Women Mao Shimada Rion Sumiyoshi Mone Chiba
Pairs No competitors
Ice dance Nao Kida / Masaya Morita Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata

Novice
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men (Novice A) Rio Nakata Taiga Nishino Sena Takahashi
Men (Novice B) Hayato Okazaki Shin Takenaka Sakutaro Yoshino
Women (Novice A) Mao Shimada Kaoruko Wada Haruna Murakami
Women (Novice B) Saho Ootake Reina Kawakatsu Riria Kono
Pairs No competitors
Ice dance Sumire Yoshida / Ibuki Ogahara Haru Matsuzaki / Haruki Motomura Mihana Nakajima / Kenichiro Hirose

Entries

Junior

The top six finishers at the Japan Junior Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Championships. The women's junior national champion, Mao Shimada, was a novice skater and therefore not eligible for the senior Championships. The seventh-place finisher, Ami Nakai, was bumped up in Shimada's place.[1]

Men Women
1 Kao Miura Rion Sumiyoshi
2 Tatsuya Tsuboi Mone Chiba
3 Nozomu Yoshioka Hanna Yoshida
4 Takeru Kataise Azusa Tanaka
5 Kosho Oshima Ayumi Shibayama
6 Shunsuke Nakamura Ami Nakai

Results

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2021–22 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Nagoya, Aichi from November 19–21, 2021. The national champions in men's and women's singles earned automatic berths on the 2022 World Junior Championships team. Top finishers in men's and women's singles will be invited to compete at the senior Japan Championships in December.

Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on November 13, 2021.[2] No pairs were entered. Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters.

Men Women Ice dance
Shuntaro Asaga Saki Isomura Nao Kida / Masaya Morita
Kosho Oshima Haruna Iwasaki Haruhi Komatsu / Eisuke Kumano
Sakura Odagaki Rena Uezono* Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura
Haru Kakiuchi Maria Egawa Midori Fujiki / Seiya Shimokawa
Takeru Kataise Marin Okamoto Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata
Keisuke Kadowaki Yurina Okuno
Ryusei Kikuchi Kaho Kanno
Ryota Kitamura Ikura Kushida
Tomoki Kimura Chiduru Goto
Shio Kojima Chikako Saegusa
Shun Kobayashi Ayumi Shibayama
Taiki Shinohara Mao Shimada*
Sora Suzuki Sae Shimizu
Tudoi Suto Natsu Suzuki
Seigo Tauchi Rion Sumiyoshi
Sena Takahashi* Sakurako Daimon
Sora Tarumi Yo Takagi
Tatsuya Tsuboi Mone Takahashi
Rio Nakata* Azusa Tanaka
Shunsuke Nakamura Sakurako Tanabe
Taiga Nishino* Mone Chiba
Atsushi Higuchi Ami Nakai
Haruki Honda Haruna Murakami*
Shunya Matsuoka Aiko Mote
Kao Miura Kei Yamada*
Masaya Mishima Miyu Yunoki
Ryoga Morimoto Kinayu Yokoi
Ryushin Yamada Hanna Yoshida
Nozomu Yoshioka Rei Yoshimoto
Yuki Yoshioka* Kaoruko Wada*

Novice

Top finishers at the Japan Novice Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Junior Championships.

Men Women
1 Rio Nakata Mao Shimada
2 Taiga Nishino Kaoruko Wada
3 Sena Takahashi Haruna Murakami
4 Yuki Yoshioka Kei Yamada
5 Rena Uezono

Junior men
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Kao Miura 229.28 7 64.00 1 165.28
2 Tatsuya Tsuboi 227.60 1 81.05 2 146.55
3 Nozuma Yoshioka 191.80 2 68.55 3 123.25
4 Takeru Kataise 188.37 3 67.99 4 120.79
5 Kosho Oshima 183.86 6 65.31 5 118.55
6 Shunsuke Nakamura 180.13 4 67.49 6 112.71
7 Ryoga Morimoto 172.23 5 65.46 12 106.77
8 Ryusei Kikuchi 172.03 9 59.42 8 112.61
9 Shunya Matsuoka 170.33 8 63.00 11 107.33
10 Keisuke Kadowaki 169.53 11 56.88 7 112.65
11 Seigo Tauchi 166.21 12 56.73 10 109.48
12 Sena Takahashi 163.16 17 53.45 9 109.71
13 Shuntaro Asaga 156.92 14 55.92 13 101.00
14 Haru Kakiuchi 149.46 13 56.00 16 93.46
15 Tomoki Kimura 146.55 19 49.96 14 96.59
16 Tudoi Suto 145.36 16 53.51 18 91.85
17 Rio Nakata 141.47 10 57.87 23 84.60
18 Ryota Kitamura 140.75 23 46.43 15 94.32
19 Haruyuki Higuchi 138.93 20 48.69 20 90.24
20 Haruki Honda 138.79 24 46.86 17 91.93
21 Sora Tarumi 138.65 15 53.84 22 84.81
22 Shio Kojima 138.42 22 48.07 19 90.35
23 Masaya Mishima 137.08 21 48.15 21 88.93
24 Shun Kobayashi 133.58 18 51.03 24 82.55
Did not advance to free skating
25 Taiga Nishino 46.41 25 46.41 N/A
26 Taiki Shinohara 44.76 26 44.76 N/A
27 Ryushin Yamada 44.56 27 44.56 N/A
28 Sakura Odagaki 43.05 28 43.05 N/A
29 Sora Suzuki 35.43 29 35.43 N/A
30 Yuki Yoshioka 33.28 30 33.28 N/A

Junior ladies
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Mao Shimada 188.51 4 61.76 1 126.75
2 Rion Sumiyoshi 180.25 1 65.34 3 114.91
3 Mone Chiba 175.41 7 58.97 2 116.44
4 Hanna Yoshida 172.55 3 62.48 4 110.07
5 Azusa Tanaka 171.65 2 62.56 5 109.06
6 Ayumi Shibayama 166.68 5 60.17 8 106.51
7 Ami Nakai 165.76 10 56.78 6 108.98
8 Ikura Kushida 165.09 9 57.35 7 107.74
9 Sakurako Daimon 160.47 6 59.95 11 100.52
10 Yo Takagi 158.58 11 55.84 10 102.74
11 Kaoruko Wada 156.77 12 52.89 9 103.88
12 Yurina Okuno 152.86 8 58.02 14 94.84
13 Sae Shimizu 149.07 19 50.06 12 99.01
14 Marin Okamoto 146.96 21 49.29 13 97.67
15 Kaho Kanno 145.15 16 51.39 15 93.76
16 Maria Egawa 144.18 15 51.53 16 92.65
17 Haruna Iwasaki 143.09 14 51.85 17 91.24
18 Rena Uezono 136.05 20 49.32 18 86.73
19 Kei Yamada 135.09 18 50.38 20 84.71
20 Kinayu Yokoi 134.52 23 48.73 19 85.76
21 Chiduru Goto 131.63 17 50.74 21 80.89
22 Chikako Saigusa 128.73 13 52.28 23 76.45
23 Mone Takahashi 126.24 24 47.66 22 78.58
24 Natsu Suzuki 123.45 22 48.74 24 74.71
Did not advance to free skating
25 Haruna Murakami 47.36 25 47.36 N/A
26 Miyu Yunoki 46.98 26 46.98 N/A
27 Sakurako Tanabe 46.50 27 46.50 N/A
28 Aika Motoe 45.99 28 45.99 N/A
29 Saki Isomura 45.19 29 45.19 N/A
30 Rei Yoshimoto 42.02 30 42.02 N/A

Junior ice dance
Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Nao Kida / Masaya Morita 131.06 1 52.44 1 78.62
2 Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura 122.99 2 48.33 2 74.66
3 Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata 106.40 3 39.22 3 67.18
4 Midori Fujiki / Seiya Shimokawa 95.69 4 36.41 4 59.28
5 Haruhi Komatsu / Eisuke Kumano 84.26 5 33.95 5 50.31

International team selections

Four Continents Championships

The 2022 Four Continents Championships will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from January 18–23, 2022.

Winter Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, China from February 4–20, 2022.

World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2022 World Junior Championships will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 7–13, 2022.

World Championships

The 2022 World Championships will be held in Montpellier, France from March 21–27, 2022.

References
  1. [Official] Fuji TV Skating [@online_on_ice] (November 21, 2021). "全日本ジュニア男女6名が全日本への推薦出場を決めました" [All Japan Junior six men and women selected for All Japan announced] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. "JOCジュニアオリンピックカップ大会 第90回全日本ジュニア選手権大会" [JOC Junior Olympic Cup Tournament 90th All Japan Junior Championships] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 2021.
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