2023–24 Japan Figure Skating Championships


The 2023–24 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Nagano, Nagano on December 20–24, 2023. It was the 92nd edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. The results were part of the Japanese selection criteria for the 2024 Four Continents Championships and the 2024 World Championships.

2023–24 Japan Figure Skating Championships
Type:National championship
Date:December 20–24, 2023 (S)
November 17–19, 2023 (J)
Season:2023–24
Location:Nagano, Nagano (S)
Ōtsu, Shiga (J)
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Nagano Wakasato Tamokuteki Sports Arena (S)
Shiga Prefectural Ice Arena (J)
Champions
Men's singles:
Shoma Uno (S)
Shunsuke Nakamura (J)
Women's singles:
Kaori Sakamoto (S)
Mao Shimada (J)
Pairs:
Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi (S)
Sae Shimizu / Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (J)
Ice dance:
Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto (S)
Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura (J)
Navigation
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2022–23 Japan Championships
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2024–25 Japan Championships

Qualifying

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Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2023, or earned a bye.[1]

Date Event Type Location Results
September 21–24, 2023 Tokyo Regional Nishitōkyō, Tokyo Details
September 22–24, 2023 Chubu Nagoya, Aichi Details
Sep. 28 – Oct. 1, 2023 Kinki Ōtsu, Shiga Details
Sep. 29 – Oct. 1, 2023 Tohoku-Hokkaido Niigata, Niigata Details
October 6–9, 2023 Kanto Yokohama, Kanagawa Details
Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Fukuoka, Fukuoka Details
October 20–22, 2023 Japan Novice Championships Final Nishitōkyō, Tokyo Details
October 25–29, 2023 Western Section Sectional Hiroshima, Hiroshima Details
November 2–5, 2023 Eastern Section Hachinohe, Aomori Details
November 17–19, 2023 Japan Junior Championships Final Ōtsu, Shiga Details
December 20–24, 2023 Japan Championships Nagano, Nagano Prefecture Details

Medal summary

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Senior

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Shoma Uno Yuma Kagiyama Sōta Yamamoto
Women Kaori Sakamoto Mone Chiba Mao Shimada
Pairs Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi No other competitors
Ice dance Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Azusa Tanaka / Shingo Nishiyama Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita

Junior

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Shunsuke Nakamura Rio Nakata Tsudoi Suto
Women Mao Shimada Ikura Kushida Rena Uezono
Pairs Sae Shimizu / Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda No other competitors
Ice dance Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata No other competitors

Novice

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men (Novice A) Hayato Okazaki Sakutaro Yoshino Haruki Matsumoto
Men (Novice B) Haruhisa Hidaka Aoi Kimura Riku Sakuma
Women (Novice A) Sumika Kanazawa Riria Kono Saho Otake
Women (Novice B) Karin Miyazaki Rinka Yajima Narumi Mori
Pairs No competitors
Ice dance Sumire Yoshida / Ibuki Ogahara Nanoha Yahata / Yuga Takemasa Miu Takeuchi / Haruki Tsuchiya

Entries

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A list of preliminary entries was published on November 25, 2023.[2] Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Shoma Uno Yuna Aoki Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi Akari Kinoshita / Takahiko Tamura
Daiya Ebihara* Nana Araki Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Yuri Kunimura / Kaiji Sakabe
Kosho Oshima Maaya Ishida Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Sakura Odagaki Rena Uezono* Ayano Sasaki / Yoshimitsu Ikeda
Haru Kakiuchi* Maria Egawa Azusa Tanaka / Shingo Nishiyama
Yuma Kagiyama Miyabi Oba Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita
Takeru Amine Kataise Mana Kawabe
Keisuke Kadowaki Ikura Kushida*
Yuto Kishina Chikako Saegusa
Ryota Kitamura Kaori Sakamoto
Kazuki Kushida Ayumi Shibayama*
Haruya Sasaki Mao Shimada*
Shun Sato Sae Shimizu
Minato Shiga Yuna Shiraiwa
Koshiro Shimada Natsu Suzuki
Takumi Sugiyama Rion Sumiyoshi
Tsudoi Suto* Yo Takagi*
Seigo Tauchi* Mone Chiba
Sena Takahashi* Wakaba Higuchi
Tatsuya Tsuboi Marin Honda
Kazuki Tomono Rino Matsuike
Rio Nakata* Mai Mihara
Shunsuke Nakamura* Saki Miyake
Taiga Nishino* Haruna Murakami*
Kazuki Hasegawa Mako Yamashita
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Kinayu Yokoi*
Kao Miura Hana Yoshida
Sena Miyake Rinka Watanabe
Sōta Yamamoto
Nozomu Yoshioka

Junior

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The top eight finishers at the Japan Junior Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Championships.[3]

Men Women
1 Shunsuke Nakamura Mao Shimada
2 Rio Nakata Ikura Kushida
3 Tsudoi Suto Rena Uezono
4 Haru Kakiuchi Yo Takagi
5 Taiga Nishino Ayumi Shibayama
6 Seigo Tauchi Haruna Murakami
7 Daiya Ebihara Kinayu Yokoi
8 Sena Takahashi

Changes to preliminary entries

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Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
December 11 Pairs Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara N/A Injury (Kihara) [4]

Results

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Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Shoma Uno 298.04 1 104.69 2 193.35
2 Yuma Kagiyama 292.10 3 93.94 1 198.16
3 Sōta Yamamoto 287.00 2 94.58 3 192.42
4 Kao Miura 280.08 4 93.91 4 186.17
5 Shun Sato 273.04 5 89.80 6 183.24
6 Kazuki Tomono 271.52 6 86.88 5 184.64
7 Tatsuya Tsuboi 252.34 7 85.85 7 166.49
8 Nozomu Yoshioka 249.38 8 85.27 8 164.11
9 Sena Miyake 226.12 10 77.16 9 148.96
10 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 217.62 14 73.58 10 144.04
11 Koshiro Shimada 215.97 11 76.57 12 139.40
12 Takeru Amine Kataise 212.26 18 70.41 11 141.85
13 Haruya Sasaki 208.87 17 70.88 13 137.99
14 Shunsuke Nakamura 207.70 9 80.16 19 127.54
15 Kazuki Kushida 204.27 12 75.54 18 128.73
16 Takumi Sugiyama 202.64 15 71.68 16 130.96
17 Rio Nakata 200.27 16 71.45 17 128.82
18 Haru Kakiuchi 196.30 21 64.58 14 131.72
19 Daiya Ebihara 192.96 24 61.85 15 131.11
20 Sena Takahashi 191.77 19 68.28 22 123.49
21 Seigo Tauchi 190.01 23 63.89 20 126.12
22 Kosho Oshima 189.36 20 66.89 23 122.47
23 Yuto Kishina 188.12 22 64.52 21 123.60
WD Tsudoi Suto withdrew 13 74.61 withdrew from competition
Did not advance to free skating
25 Kazuki Hasegawa 59.25 25 59.25
26 Keisuke Kadowaki 59.14 26 59.14
27 Sakura Odagaki 54.55 27 54.55
28 Ryota Kitamura 54.24 28 54.24
29 Minato Shiga 51.60 29 51.60
30 Taiga Nishino 50.77 30 50.77

Women

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Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Kaori Sakamoto 233.12 1 78.78 1 154.34
2 Mone Chiba 209.27 3 68.02 2 141.25
3 Mao Shimada 202.18 7 65.23 3 136.95
4 Rena Uezono 200.69 6 66.22 4 134.47
5 Mai Mihara 199.56 4 67.70 5 131.86
6 Rinka Watanabe 194.88 8 63.66 7 131.22
7 Hana Yoshida 194.22 9 62.73 6 131.49
8 Mako Yamashita 192.15 2 69.92 12 122.23
9 Yuna Aoki 192.01 11 61.44 8 130.57
10 Rion Sumiyoshi 185.22 17 56.70 9 128.52
11 Maria Egawa 184.65 13 58.55 10 126.10
12 Wakaba Higuchi 180.67 15 57.97 11 122.70
13 Mana Kawabe 179.71 5 67.25 18 112.46
14 Kinayu Yokoi 175.80 10 62.49 16 113.31
15 Ayumi Shibayama 175.72 16 57.43 13 118.29
16 Saki Miyake 175.06 14 58.23 14 116.83
17 Rino Matsuike 174.34 12 58.97 15 115.37
18 Sae Shimizu 169.12 18 56.24 17 112.88
19 Haruna Murakami 158.86 23 53.13 19 105.73
20 Natsu Suzuki 155.67 19 56.00 20 99.67
21 Miyabi Oba 150.03 24 50.80 21 99.23
22 Yuna Shiraiwa 148.63 22 53.42 22 95.21
23 Yo Takagi 148.39 20 55.09 23 93.30
24 Maaya Ishida 142.88 21 54.12 24 88.76
Did not advance to free skating
25 Ikura Kushida 50.20 25 50.20
26 Chikako Saegusa 50.19 26 50.19
27 Nana Araki 46.45 27 46.45
28 Marin Honda 44.42 28 44.42

Pairs

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Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi 173.64 1 56.07 1 117.57

Ice dance

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Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto 178.39 2 70.89 2 107.50
2 Azusa Tanaka / Shingo Nishiyama 176.43 1 71.08 3 105.35
3 Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita 173.17 3 64.00 1 109.17
4 Ayano Sasaki / Yoshimitsu Ikeda 129.40 4 51.47 4 77.93
5 Akari Kinoshita / Takahiko Tamura 124.86 5 47.30 5 77.56
6 Yuri Kunimura / Kaiji Sakabe 107.08 6 40.71 6 66.37

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

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The 2023–24 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Ōtsu, Shiga from November 17–19, 2023. The national champions in men's and women's singles earned automatic berths on the 2024 World Junior Championships and 2024 Youth Olympics teams. Top finishers in men's and women's singles were invited to compete at the senior Japan Championships in December.

Entries

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A list of preliminary entries was published on November 12, 2023.[5] Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Shuntaro Asaga Yurika Imazeki Sae Shimizu / Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura
Taichi Isowa Miyu Irie Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata
Daiya Ebihara Aiko Iwamoto
Kenta Omura Rena Uezono
Hayato Okazaki* Saho Otake*
Ibuki Ogahara Koko Otsubo
Nobuyoshi Oda Mayuko Oka
Haru Kakiuchi Mei Okada
Kairi Kato Yurina Okuno
Ryusei Kikuchi Sumika Kanazawa*
Tomoki Kimura Miyu Kitatani
Shioh Kojima Kanade Kitami
Kazuna Satou Ikura Kushida
Tsudoi Suto Riria Kono*
Seigo Tauchi Mira Shigeta
Sena Takahashi Ayumi Shibayama
Rio Nakata Mao Shimada
Shunsuke Nakamura Nana Sugiyama
Kazuhiro Nakura Hono Segawa
Taiga Nishino Yo Takagi
Hiroto Hanai Nanako Takahara
Iori Horino Minoka Chiba
Haruki Matsumoto* Ami Nakai
Masaya Mishima Ayumi Nakao
Kei Mukaino Hikari Matsunami*
Ryoto Mori Ruka Miyamoto
Ryoga Morimoto Haruna Murakami
Ryushin Yamada Kei Yamada
Sakutaro Yoshino* Kinayu Yokoi
Kaoruko Wada

Novice

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Top finishers at the Japan Novice Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Junior Championships.[6]

Men Women
1 Hayato Okazaki Sumika Kanazawa
2 Sakutaro Yoshino Riria Kono
3 Haruki Matsumoto Saho Otake
4 Hikari Matsunami

Results

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Junior men

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Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Shunsuke Nakamura 212.42 1 76.81 2 135.61
2 Rio Nakata 205.76 5 64.28 1 141.48
3 Tsudoi Suto 201.12 2 70.59 4 130.53
4 Haru Kakiuchi 197.97 3 68.64 5 129.33
5 Taiga Nishino 195.71 8 63.52 3 132.19
6 Seigo Tauchi 195.19 4 66.24 6 128.95
7 Daiya Ebihara 189.39 6 64.24 10 125.15
8 Sena Takahashi 188.98 9 62.93 7 126.05
9 Ryoga Morimoto 188.86 7 63.58 9 125.28
10 Shuntaro Asaga 178.80 22 52.85 8 125.95
11 Ryusei Kikuchi 177.55 13 60.01 11 117.54
12 Ryushin Yamada 175.09 14 59.84 12 115.25
13 Kazuhiro Nakura 173.08 10 61.01 13 112.07
14 Ryoto Mori 172.45 11 60.80 14 111.65
15 Masaya Mishima 171.40 12 60.70 15 110.70
16 Nobuyoshi Oda 167.13 15 58.31 18 108.82
17 Hayato Okazaki 167.09 16 58.28 19 108.81
18 Ibuki Ogahara 166.95 18 57.57 17 109.38
19 Hiroto Hanai 164.14 21 53.97 16 110.17
20 Kairi Kato 162.52 17 58.26 21 104.26
21 Iori Horino 157.29 20 54.10 22 103.19
22 Kenta Omura 157.08 23 52.66 20 104.42
23 Shioh Kojima 143.81 24 52.33 23 91.48
24 Kazuna Satou 142.14 19 56.53 24 85.61
Did not advance to free skating
25 Tomoki Kimura 51.06 25 51.06
26 Kei Mukaino 49.42 26 49.42
27 Sakutaro Yoshino 48.94 27 48.94
28 Haruki Matsumoto 47.94 28 47.94
29 Taichi Isowa 46.72 29 46.72

Junior women

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Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Mao Shimada 201.33 4 63.34 1 137.99
2 Ikura Kushida 190.12 1 65.30 3 124.82
3 Rena Uezono 186.51 6 60.95 2 125.56
4 Yo Takagi 183.96 3 63.62 4 120.34
5 Ayumi Shibayama 175.61 2 63.68 5 111.93
6 Haruna Murakami 168.48 5 62.30 8 106.18
7 Riria Kono 167.18 11 57.70 6 109.48
8 Kinayu Yokoi 166.08 9 60.00 9 106.08
9 Mayuko Oka 163.71 8 60.04 12 103.67
10 Ami Nakai 160.89 14 55.06 10 105.83
11 Kei Yamada 159.94 12 56.78 13 103.16
12 Sumika Kanazawa 158.77 19 50.21 7 108.56
13 Kaoruko Wada 157.87 7 60.26 15 97.61
14 Mei Okada 152.99 16 51.41 14 101.58
15 Saho Otake 152.64 24 47.09 11 105.55
16 Ayumi Nakao 151.22 13 56.49 17 94.73
17 Yurina Okuno 148.27 10 58.74 21 89.53
18 Hikari Matsunami 145.41 22 48.39 16 97.02
19 Nana Sugiyama 144.91 17 51.37 18 93.54
20 Aiko Iwamoto 143.30 15 51.74 19 91.56
21 Minoka Chiba 138.43 23 47.39 20 91.04
22 Yurika Imazeki 134.13 18 51.17 23 82.96
23 Ruka Miyamoto 132.19 21 48.90 22 83.29
24 Koko Otsubo 130.91 20 49.14 24 81.77
Did not advance to free skating
25 Mira Shigeta 46.81 25 46.81
26 Miyu Kitatani 46.81 26 46.81
27 Hono Segawa 43.88 27 43.88
28 Kanade Kitami 40.84 28 40.84
29 Miyu Irie 39.91 29 39.91
30 Nanako Takahara 36.63 30 36.63

Junior pairs

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Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Sae Shimizu / Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 109.69 1 40.00 1 69.69

Junior ice dance

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Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura 147.45 1 59.06 1 88.39
2 Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata 131.33 2 50.91 2 80.42

International team selections

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Winter Youth Olympics Games

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The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics Games will be held in Gangwon, South Korea from 27 January to 1 February, 2024.[7]

Men Women
1 Haru Kakiuchi Mao Shimada
2 Rio Nakata Yo Takagi
1st alt. Taiga Nishino Ikura Kushida
2nd alt. Tsudoi Suto Ayumi Shibayama

Four Continents Championships

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The 2024 Four Continents Championships will be held in Shanghai, China from January 30 to February 4, 2024.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Yuma Kagiyama Mone Chiba Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
2 Sōta Yamamoto Mai Mihara Azusa Tanaka / Shingo Nishiyama
3 Shun Sato Rinka Watanabe Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita
1st alt. Kazuki Tomono Hana Yoshida
2nd alt. Tatsuya Tsuboi Yuna Aoki
3rd alt. Nozomu Yoshioka Rion Sumiyoshi

World Junior Championships

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Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2024 World Junior Championships will be held in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei from February 26 – March 3, 2024.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Shunsuke Nakamura Mao Shimada Sae Shimizu / Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura
2 Rio Nakata Rena Uezono
3 Haru Kakiuchi Ikura Kushida
1st alt. Daiya Ebihara Yo Takagi Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata
2nd alt. Seigo Tauchi Ayumi Shibayama

World Championships

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The 2024 World Championships will be held in Montreal, Canada from March 18–24, 2024.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Shoma Uno Kaori Sakamoto Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
2 Yuma Kagiyama Mone Chiba
3 Kao Miura Hana Yoshida
1st alt. Sōta Yamamoto Mai Mihara Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita
2nd alt. Shun Sato Rinka Watanabe
3rd alt. Kazuki Tomono Rion Sumiyoshi

References

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  1. ^ "National Competition Results Index (English)". Japan Skating Federation. November 2023.
  2. ^ "第92回全日本フィギュアスケート選手権大会" [92nd All Japan Figure Skating Championships] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 2023.
  3. ^ "第92回全日本フィギュアスケート選手権大会推薦選手" [Nominated athletes for the 92nd All Japan Figure Skating Championships] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 2023.
  4. ^ "全日本フィギュアスケート選手権大会 欠場のお知らせ(三浦璃来/木原龍一 組)" [All Japan Figure Skating Championships' Note of Absence (Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 11, 2023.
  5. ^ "JOCジュニアオリンピックカップ大会  第92回全日本フィギュアスケートジュニア選手権大会" [JOC Junior Olympic Cup Tournament 92nd All Japan Junior Championships] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 2023.
  6. ^ "JOCジュニアオリンピックカップ大会 第92回全日本フィギュアスケートジュニア選手権大会推薦選手について" [JOC Junior Olympic Cup Tournament - About the nominated athletes for the 92nd All Japan Figure Skating Junior Championships] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 2023.
  7. ^ "第4回ユースオリンピック冬季競技大会(2024/韓国 江原道)" [4th Winter Youth Olympic Games (2024/Gangwon, South Korea)] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. 19 November 2023.