2019–20 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2019–20 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Shibuya, Tokyo from December 18–22, 2019.[1] It was the 88th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The results were part of the Japanese selection criteria for the 2020 World Championships, the 2020 Four Continents Championships, and the 2020 World Junior Championships.

2019–20 Japan Figure Skating Championships
Type:National championship
Date:December 18–22, 2019 (S)
November 15–17, 2019 (J)
Season:2019–20
Location:Shibuya, Tokyo (S)
Yokohama, Kanagawa (J)
Champions
Men's singles:
Shoma Uno (S)
Yuma Kagiyama (J)
Ladies' singles:
Rika Kihira (S)
Mana Kawabe (J)
Pair skating:
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara (S)
Ice dance:
Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto (S)
Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama (J)
Previous:
2018–19 Japan Championships
Next:
2020–21 Japan Championships

Qualifying

Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2019, or earned a bye.

Date Event Type Location Results
September 20–23, 2019 Tohoku-Hokkaido Regional Hachinohe, Aomori Details
September 20–23, 2019 Tokyo Regional Nishitōkyō, Tokyo Details
September 26–29, 2019 Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regional Fukuoka, Fukuoka Details
September 27–29, 2019 Chubu Regional Nagoya, Aichi Details
October 3–6, 2019 Kanto Regional Kōfu, Yamanashi Details
October 3–6, 2019 Kinki Regional Ōtsu, Shiga Details
October 24–27, 2019 Eastern Section Sectional Karuizawa, Nagano Details
November 1–4, 2019 Western Section Sectional Ōtsu, Shiga Details
November 15–17, 2019 Japan Junior Championships Final Yokohama, Kanagawa Details
December 18–22, 2019 Japan Championships Final Shibuya, Tokyo Details

Entries

Senior

A list of preliminary entries was published in December 2019.[1] Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
Reo Ishizuka Hinano Isobe Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Yuka Edamura / Daiki Shimazaki
Shoma Uno Chihiro Inoue Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Naoki Oda Chisato Uramatsu* Kiria Hirayama / Kenta Ishibashi
Yuma Kagiyama* Miyabi Oba Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang
Hidetsugu Kamata Rika Oya
Yuto Kishina* Rino Kasakake
Kazuki Kushida Tomoe Kawabata*
Yuki Kunikata Mana Kawabe*
Shun Sato* Rika Kihira
Hiroaki Sato Kaori Sakamoto
Koshiro Shimada Ibuki Sato
Jun Suzuki Yuna Shiraiwa (withdrew)
Mitsuki Sumoto Niina Takeno
Daisuke Takahashi Hina Takeno
Keiji Tanaka Mone Chiba*
Tatsuya Tsuboi* Kona Tsuuchi
Junsuke Tokikuni Yuka Nagai
Kazuki Tomono Rin Nitaya
Kosuke Nakano Wakaba Higuchi
Shu Nakamura Honoka Hirotani
Yuzuru Hanyu Marin Honda
Ryuju Hino Yura Matsuda
Taichi Honda Akari Matsubara
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda* Saki Miyake
Taichiro Yamakuma Satoko Miyahara
Koshin Yamada Mako Yamashita
Sōta Yamamoto Sakura Yamada
Takayuki Yamamoto Yuhana Yokoi
Nozomu Yoshioka* Shiika Yoshioka*
Junya Watanabe Hana Yoshida*

Junior

The top six finishers at the Japan Junior Championships in men's and ladies' singles were added to the Japan Championships. The fourth-place finisher in ladies, Momoka Hatasaki, was a novice skater and not eligible for the senior Championships, resulting in seventh-place finisher Chisato Uramatsu being bumped up in her place.

Men Ladies
1 Yuma Kagiyama Mana Kawabe
2 Shun Sato Tomoe Kawabata
3 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Hana Yoshida
4 Tatsuya Tsuboi Shiika Yoshioka
5 Nozomu Yoshioka Mone Chiba
6 Yuto Kishina Chisato Uramatsu

Changes to preliminary entries
Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
December 18 Ladies Yuna Shiraiwa N/A Injury (right knee, leg) [2]

Medal summary

Senior
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Shoma Uno Yuzuru Hanyu Yuma Kagiyama
Ladies Rika Kihira Wakaba Higuchi Tomoe Kawabata
Pairs Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara no other competitors
Ice dance Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang Kiria Hirayama / Kenta Ishibashi

Junior
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Yuma Kagiyama Shun Sato Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda
Ladies Mana Kawabe Tomoe Kawabata Hanna Yoshida
Pairs no competitors
Ice dance Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama Ayumi Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda no other competitors

Results

Men
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Shoma Uno 290.57 2 105.71 1 184.86
2 Yuzuru Hanyu 282.77 1 110.72 3 172.05
3 Yuma Kagiyama 257.99 7 77.41 2 180.58
4 Keiji Tanaka 252.44 4 80.90 5 171.54
5 Shun Sato 246.50 3 82.68 6 163.82
6 Kazuki Tomono 244.69 11 73.06 4 171.63
7 Sōta Yamamoto 220.49 13 68.16 7 152.33
8 Mitsuki Sumoto 220.28 12 72.81 8 147.47
9 Hiroaki Sato 215.23 6 78.84 11 136.39
10 Koshiro Shimada 212.24 5 80.59 13 131.65
11 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 209.96 9 75.72 12 134.24
12 Daisuke Takahashi 204.31 14 65.95 10 138.36
13 Ryuju Hino 202.73 18 62.47 9 140.26
14 Yuto Kishina 198.77 8 77.15 18 121.62
15 Taichiro Yamakuma 194.01 15 64.88 14 129.13
16 Shu Nakamura 193.39 10 74.39 19 119.00
17 Jun Suzuki 189.30 17 63.49 16 125.81
18 Kazuki Kushida 187.38 23 58.66 15 128.72
19 Nozomu Yoshioka 180.62 16 64.56 20 116.06
20 Junya Watanabe 180.38 24 58.21 17 122.17
21 Koshin Yamada 173.35 19 62.17 22 111.18
22 Taichi Honda 173.08 20 61.22 21 111.86
23 Takayuki Yamamoto 150.06 22 59.27 23 90.79
WD Naoki Oda withdrew 21 61.18 withdrew from competition
Did not advance to free skating
25 Kosuke Nakano 56.92 25 56.92 —
26 Hidetsugu Kamata 55.30 26 55.30 —
27 Junsuke Tokikuni 53.59 27 53.59 —
28 Reo Ishizuka 52.41 28 52.41 —
29 Yuki Kunikata 46.36 29 46.36 —
WD Tatsuya Tsuboi withdrew withdrew from competition

Ladies
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Rika Kihira 229.20 1 73.98 1 155.22
2 Wakaba Higuchi 206.61 4 68.10 2 138.51
3 Tomoe Kawabata 193.96 7 65.53 3 128.43
4 Satoko Miyahara 191.43 2 70.11 6 121.32
5 Yuhana Yokoi 190.92 9 62.90 4 128.02
6 Kaori Sakamoto 188.26 3 69.95 7 118.31
7 Rin Nitaya 184.26 10 62.27 5 121.99
8 Marin Honda 181.34 6 65.92 8 115.42
9 Yuka Nagai 173.88 8 64.78 12 109.10
10 Shiika Yoshioka 171.44 11 60.89 11 110.55
11 Mako Yamashita 170.75 5 66.64 16 104.11
12 Saki Miyake 169.51 16 54.26 9 115.25
13 Mana Kawabe 169.28 14 56.52 10 112.76
14 Hina Takeno 168.57 12 59.52 13 109.05
15 Chisato Uramatsu 167.21 13 59.16 14 108.05
16 Akari Matsubara 155.31 23 50.43 15 104.88
17 Hinano Isobe 152.59 19 51.45 17 101.14
18 Mone Chiba 150.50 17 52.76 19 97.74
19 Hanna Yoshida 149.72 21 50.96 18 98.76
20 Ibuki Sato 146.14 24 50.35 20 95.79
21 Yura Matsuda 146.05 18 52.34 21 93.71
22 Honoka Hirotani 143.63 15 54.68 22 88.95
23 Sakura Yamada 138.92 20 50.99 23 87.93
24 Kona Tsuuchi 136.42 22 50.83 24 85.59
Did not advance to free skating
25 Chihiro Inoue 47.54 25 47.54 —
26 Rino Kasakake 47.52 26 47.52 —
27 Niina Takeno 46.06 27 46.06 —
28 Miyabi Oba 45.33 28 45.33 —
29 Rika Oya 35.98 29 35.98 —

Pairs
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara 170.11 1 53.95 1 116.16

Ice dance
Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto 163.31 1 63.79 1 99.52
2 Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang 146.55 2 59.77 2 86.78
3 Kiria Hirayama / Kenta Ishibashi 138.13 4 54.68 3 83.45
4 Yuka Edamura / Daiki Shimazaki 131.02 3 55.35 4 75.67

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2019–20 Junior Championships were held on November 15–17, 2019 in Yokohama, Kanagawa.[3][4] There was no junior pairs competition.

Men
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Yuma Kagiyama 251.01 1 79.92 1 171.09
2 Shun Sato 213.20 3 74.19 2 139.01
3 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 194.75 4 74.14 6 120.61
4 Tatsuya Tsuboi 192.77 6 68.83 3 123.94
5 Nozomu Yoshioka 184.35 9 61.98 5 122.37
6 Yuto Kishina 183.57 2 74.29 12 109.28
7 Sena Miyake 180.56 5 70.53 11 110.03
8 Kao Miura 180.40 15 57.86 4 122.54
9 Shingo Nishiyama 175.94 8 64.59 8 111.35
10 Takeru Amine Kataise 175.12 14 59.08 7 116.04
11 Kosho Oshima 169.43 13 59.16 9 110.27
12 Ryusei Kikuchi 166.66 10 61.80 16 104.86
13 Kazuki Hasegawa 165.35 12 60.44 15 104.91
14 Shunsuke Nakamura 164.93 16 57.80 13 107.13
15 Haruya Sasaki 163.49 7 64.69 18 98.80
16 Keisuke Kadowaki 161.55 11 61.35 17 100.20
17 Shuntaro Asaga 159.51 17 49.38 10 110.13
18 Takumi Sugiyama 150.16 24 44.11 14 106.05
19 Sumitada Moriguchi 145.08 19 47.50 19 97.58
20 Haru Kakiuchi 132.85 18 47.88 20 84.97
21 Ryoga Morimoto 129.15 21 45.80 21 83.35
22 Shuji Fujishiro 126.09 23 44.60 22 81.49
23 Minato Shiga 124.71 22 44.70 23 80.01
24 Yoshimasa Hori 123.35 20 46.58 24 76.77
Did not advance to free skating
25 Ibuki Oonaka 43.07 25 43.07 —
26 Sakura Odagaki 42.37 26 42.37 —
27 Kairi Kato 42.19 27 42.19 —
28 Tomoki Kimura 40.02 28 40.02 —
29 Hiroto Honda 34.59 29 34.59 —

Ladies
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Mana Kawabe 193.57 1 64.95 1 128.62
2 Tomoe Kawabata 178.95 2 63.55 2 115.40
3 Hana Yoshida 167.86 10 52.75 3 115.11
4 Momoka Hatasaki 164.95 8 56.32 4 108.63
5 Shiika Yoshioka 163.63 4 60.78 7 102.85
6 Mone Chiba 161.59 7 56.51 6 106.58
7 Chisato Uramatsu 158.28 11 52.47 5 105.81
8 Moa Iwano 157.92 6 58.31 11 99.61
9 Rino Matsuike 156.70 3 61.91 14 94.79
10 Azusa Tanaka 153.93 5 58.58 13 95.35
11 Kinayu Yokoi 150.73 15 50.16 9 100.57
12 Rika Tejima 150.57 17 49.19 8 101.38
13 Rei Yoshimoto 148.51 12 52.21 12 96.30
14 Ayumi Shibayama 148.44 22 47.97 10 100.47
15 Riko Takino 145.12 13 52.01 15 93.11
16 Nana Araki 141.54 9 54.24 19 87.30
17 Kiri Hirakane 140.49 16 49.71 17 90.78
18 Marisa Yoda 140.48 21 48.67 16 91.81
19 Maria Egawa 136.97 14 50.34 20 86.63
20 Serina Okada 136.21 23 46.45 18 89.76
21 Natsu Suzuki 134.95 18 49.19 21 85.76
22 Noa Hozumi 129.63 20 48.86 22 80.77
23 Kana Yanagawa 126.09 24 46.13 23 79.96
24 Yukari Yamane 117.29 19 48.86 24 68.43
Did not advance to free skating
25 Sakurako Tanabe 45.75 25 45.75 —
26 Himari Miura 44.67 26 44.67 —
27 Ryo Nakagawa 44.18 27 44.18 —
28 Sara Honda 41.62 28 41.62 —
29 Miyu Yunoki 40.34 29 40.34 —
30 Hinako Katayama 36.85 30 36.85 —

Ice dance
Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama 147.55 1 57.49 1 90.06
2 Ayumi Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda 130.21 2 53.93 2 76.28

International team selections

World Championships

The 2020 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from March 16–22, 2020. Japan Skating Federation announced the team on December 22, 2019.[5]

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
1 Shoma Uno Rika Kihira Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
2 Yuzuru Hanyu Wakaba Higuchi
3 Keiji Tanaka Satoko Miyahara
1st alt. Kazuki Tomono Kaori Sakamoto
2nd alt. Sōta Yamamoto Yuhana Yokoi

Four Continents Championships

The 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships will be held in Seoul, South Korea from February 4–9, 2020. JSF announced the team on December 22, 2019.[6]

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
1 Shoma Uno (withdrew) Rika Kihira Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
2 Yuzuru Hanyu Wakaba Higuchi Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang
3 Yuma Kagiyama Kaori Sakamoto
1st alt. Kazuki Tomono (called up) Yuhana Yokoi
2nd alt. Sōta Yamamoto Marin Honda

World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships took place in Tallinn, Estonia from March 2–8, 2020. Junior national champions Yuma Kagiyama and Mana Kawabe earned automatic berths and were named to the team on November 17, 2019.[7] The remainder of the team was determined by JSF following the senior championships, and was named on December 22, 2019.[8]

Men Ladies Ice dance
1 Yuma Kagiyama Mana Kawabe Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama
2 Shun Sato Tomoe Kawabata
1st alt. Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Shiika Yoshioka Ayumi Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda
2nd alt. Mitsuki Sumoto

Winter Youth Olympics

The 2020 Winter Youth Olympics will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland from January 10–15, 2020. The Japan Skating Federation announced the entries on November 17, 2019.[9]

Men Ladies Ice dance
1 Yuma Kagiyama Mana Kawabe Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama
Alt. Shun Sato Rino Matsuike N/A

References
  1. "88th All Japan Championships". Japan Skating Federation. December 2019.
  2. "白岩優奈が全日本選手権欠場　右脛骨損傷などケガで" [Yuna Shiraiwa to miss All-Japan Championship due to injury of right knee and leg] (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. December 18, 2019.
  3. Gallagher, Jack (November 17, 2019). "Yuma Kagiyama, Mana Kawabe leave rivals in dust to win at Japan Junior Championships". The Japan Times.
  4. "National Junior". Japan Skating Federation.
  5. "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 22, 2019.
  6. "ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 22, 2019.
  7. "鍵山優真が全日本ジュニアＶ「ノーミス」４回転成功" [Yuma Kagiyama wins the All Japan Junior, succeeded in "no miss" quadruple jumps] (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. November 17, 2019.
  8. "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2020" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 22, 2019.
  9. "2019/20 フィギュアスケート国際競技会派遣選手" [2019/20 Figure Skating International Competition Dispatched Athletes] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 18, 2019.
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