2022–23 Japan Figure Skating Championships
Type:National championship
Date:December 21–25, 2022 (S)
November 25–27, 2022 (J)
Season:2022–23
Location:Kadoma, Osaka (S)
Hitachinaka, Ibaraki (J)
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Namihaya Dome (S)
Kasamatsu Sports Park (J)
Champions
Men's singles:
Shoma Uno (S)
Nozomu Yoshioka (J)
Women's singles:
Kaori Sakamoto (S)
Mao Shimada (J)
Pairs:
Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi (S)
Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi (J)
Ice dance:
Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi (S)
Nao Kida / Masaya Morita (J)
Previous:
2021–22 Japan Championships
Next:
2023–24 Japan Championships

The 2022–23 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Kadoma, Osaka on December 21–25, 2022. It was the 91st 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 2023 Four Continents Championships and the 2023 World Championships.

Qualifying

Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2022, or earned a bye.[1]

Date Event Type Location Results
Sep. 29 – Oct. 2, 2022 Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regional Okayama, Okayama Details
Tokyo Nishitōkyō, Tokyo Details
September 22–25, 2022 Kanto Nikkō, Tochigi Details
September 23–25, 2022 Chubu Nagoya, Aichi Details
October 7–9, 2022 Tohoku-Hokkaido Hachinohe, Aomori Details
October 7–10, 2022 Kinki Amagasaki, Hyōgo Details
October 21–23, 2022 Japan Novice Championships Final Sapporo, Hokkaido Details
October 27–30, 2022 Western Section Sectional Kyoto, Kyoto Details
November 3–6, 2022 Eastern Section Maebashi, Gunma Details
November 25–27, 2022 Japan Junior Championships Final Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Details
December 21–25, 2022 Japan Championships Kadoma, Osaka Details

Medal summary

Senior

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Shoma Uno Koshiro Shimada Kazuki Tomono
Women Kaori Sakamoto Mai Mihara Mao Shimada
Pairs Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi No other competitors
Ice dance Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd

Junior

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Nozomu Yoshioka Takeru Amine Kataise Haruya Sasaki
Women Mao Shimada Mone Chiba Ami Nakai
Pairs Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi No other competitors
Ice dance Nao Kida / Masaya Morita Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata

Novice

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men (Novice A) Sena Takahashi Taiga Nishino Hiroto Hanai
Men (Novice B) Sakutaro Yoshino Haruhisa Hidaka Kosei Yamamoto
Women (Novice A) Rena Uezono Mayuko Oka Ruka Miyamoto
Women (Novice B) Sumika Kanazawa Sara Hanai Aoha Hoshi
Pairs No competitors
Ice dance Sumire Yoshida / Ibuki Ogahara Haru Matsuzaki / Haruki Motomura Nanoha Yahata / Yuga Takemasa

Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on December 6, 2022.[2] Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Shoma Uno Yuna Aoki Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara (withdrew) Saiko Kikuchi / Yoshimitsu Ikeda
Kosho Oshima Maria Egawa Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi* Akari Kinoshita / Takahiko Tamura
Haru Kakiuchi* Miyabi Oba Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Yuma Kagiyama Yurina Okuno* Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd
Takeru Amine Kataise* Mana Kawabe Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
Yuto Kishina Rika Kihira Haruno Yajima / Tsutomu Matsui
Kazuki Kushida Ikura Kushida*
Shun Kobayashi Chikako Saegusa
Haruya Sasaki* Kaori Sakamoto
Shun Sato Ibuki Sato
Koshiro Shimada Ayumi Shibayama*
Takumi Sugiyama Mao Shimada*
Tsudoi Suto* Rion Sumiyoshi
Mitsuki Sumoto Yo Takagi*
Seigo Tauchi* Niina Takeno
Tatsuya Tsuboi Hina Takeno
Kazuki Tomono Mone Chiba*
Rio Nakata* Ami Nakai*
Shunsuke Nakamura* Marin Honda
Shingo Nishiyama Rino Matsuike
Kazuki Hasegawa Akari Matsubara
Shogo Hikosaka Mai Mihara
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Saki Miyake
Kao Miura Haruna Murakami*
Haruki Mishima Mako Yamashita
Sena Miyake Yuhana Yokoi
Sumitada Moriguchi Shiika Yoshioka
Taichiro Yamakuma Hana Yoshida
Sōta Yamamoto Rinka Watanabe
Nozomu Yoshioka*

Junior

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

Men Women Pairs
1 Nozomu Yoshioka Mao Shimada Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi
2 Takeru Amine Kataise Mone Chiba
3 Haruya Sasaki Ami Nakai
4 Shunsuke Nakamura Ikura Kushida
5 Rio Nakata Ayumi Shibayama
6 Haru Kakiuchi Yurina Okuno
7 Tsudoi Suto Yo Takagi
8 Seigo Tauchi Haruna Murakami

Changes to preliminary entries

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
December 21 Pairs Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara N/A Flight delays [4]

Results

Men

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Shoma Uno 291.73 1 100.45 1 191.28
2 Koshiro Shimada 252.56 2 87.69 6 164.87
3 Kazuki Tomono 250.84 4 85.43 4 165.41
4 Shun Sato 249.64 5 81.78 3 167.86
5 Sōta Yamamoto 245.41 3 86.89 7 158.52
6 Kao Miura 242.55 13 71.12 2 171.43
7 Sumitada Moriguchi 241.63 10 76.31 5 165.32
8 Yuma Kagiyama 237.83 6 81.39 8 156.44
9 Tatsuya Tsuboi 221.17 11 74.84 9 146.33
10 Nozomu Yoshioka 220.43 7 80.85 11 139.58
11 Shunsuke Nakamura 218.08 8 77.74 10 140.34
12 Sena Miyake 216.10 9 76.69 12 139.41
13 Taichiro Yamakuma 206.25 12 74.41 15 131.84
14 Kosho Oshima 202.44 16 66.44 13 136.00
15 Haruya Sasaki 199.95 19 64.73 14 135.22
16 Shingo Nishiyama 197.81 17 66.43 16 131.38
17 Tsudoi Suto 190.38 22 61.36 17 129.02
18 Haru Kakiuchi 187.97 21 61.42 18 126.55
19 Takeru Amine Kataise 185.40 14 70.05 21 115.35
20 Kazuki Kushida 181.81 24 59.98 19 121.83
21 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 180.87 20 62.48 20 118.39
22 Kazuki Hasegawa 179.61 18 64.94 22 114.67
23 Seigo Tauchi 173.60 15 66.76 24 106.84
24 Mitsuki Sumoto 172.40 23 61.07 23 111.33
Did not advance to free skating
25 Yuto Kishina 58.73 25 58.73 —
26 Rio Nakata 57.74 26 57.74 —
27 Takumi Sugiyama 54.28 27 54.28 —
28 Shogo Hikosaka 49.81 28 49.81 —
29 Shun Kobayashi 47.37 29 47.37 —
30 Haruki Mishima 38.87 30 38.87 —

Women

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Kaori Sakamoto 233.05 1 77.79 1 155.26
2 Mai Mihara 219.93 2 74.70 2 145.23
3 Mao Shimada 202.79 4 70.28 5 132.51
4 Ami Nakai 201.49 8 64.07 4 137.42
5 Mone Chiba 200.12 3 71.06 7 129.06
6 Hana Yoshida 197.21 14 59.49 3 137.72
7 Yuna Aoki 191.89 10 62.48 6 129.41
8 Ikura Kushida 190.58 9 63.29 10 127.29
9 Mana Kawabe 190.44 6 64.51 11 125.93
10 Ayumi Shibayama 189.09 7 64.37 12 124.72
11 Rika Kihira 188.62 11 60.43 8 128.19
12 Rinka Watanabe 183.99 18 56.23 9 127.76
13 Rino Matsuike 179.85 20 56.01 13 123.84
14 Rion Sumiyoshi 178.03 17 57.38 14 120.65
15 Saki Miyake 175.38 5 66.29 16 109.09
16 Mako Yamashita 172.96 22 54.98 15 117.98
17 Haruna Murakami 163.76 15 59.23 19 104.53
18 Hina Takeno 163.39 19 56.15 17 107.24
19 Yuhana Yokoi 161.87 12 59.78 20 102.09
20 Miyabi Oba 159.94 13 59.77 21 100.17
21 Yo Takagi 158.86 16 58.87 22 99.99
22 Maria Egawa 158.39 23 52.83 18 105.56
23 Akari Matsubara 152.22 24 52.45 23 99.77
24 Niina Takeno 152.14 21 55.49 24 96.65
Did not advance to free skating
25 Ibuki Sato 52.27 25 52.27 —
26 Marin Honda 51.81 26 51.81 —
27 Yurina Okuno 49.29 27 49.29 —
28 Chikako Saigusa 46.73 28 46.73 —
29 Shiika Yoshioka 44.75 29 44.75 —

Pairs

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi 162.07 1 54.21 1 107.86

Ice dance

Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi 186.61 1 77.70 1 108.91
2 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto 175.10 2 69.96 2 105.41
3 Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd 130.26 3 52.01 4 78.25
4 Akari Kinoshita / Takahiko Tamura 128.69 4 49.72 3 78.97
5 Saiko Kikuchi / Yoshimitsu Ikeda 103.78 6 42.41 5 61.37
6 Haruno Yajima / Tsutomu Matsui 96.44 5 43.63 6 52.81

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2022–23 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki from November 25–27, 2022. The national champions in men's and women's singles earned automatic berths on the 2023 World Junior Championships team. Top finishers in men's and women's singles were invited to compete at the senior Japan Championships in December.

Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on November 15, 2022.[5] Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Shuntaro Asaga Yurika Imazeki Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura
Taichi Isowa Miyu Irie Nao Kida / Masaya Morita
Daiya Ebihara Haruna Iwasaki Nanami Harazawa / Eisuke Kumano
Kenta Omura Rena Uezono* Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata
Sakura Odagaki Mayuko Oka*
Haru Kakiuchi Marin Okamoto
Takeru Amine Kataise Yurina Okuno
Ryusei Kikuchi Arisa Kamoi
Ryota Kitamura Ikura Kushida
Tomoki Kimura Riria Kono*
Shio Kojima Ayumi Shibayama
Haruya Sasaki Mao Shimada
Kazuna Sato Sae Shimizu
Rei Suzuki Nana Sugiyama
Tsudoi Suto Hono Segawa
Seigo Tauchi Yo Takagi
Sena Takahashi* Sakurako Tanabe
Sora Tarumi Mone Chiba
Rio Nakata Ami Nakai
Shunsuke Nakamura Ayumi Nakao
Kazuhiro Nakura Yuna Nagaoka
Taiga Nishino* Miyu Hanada
Hiroto Hanai* Seira Fujinuma
Hiroto Honda Noa Hozumi
Masaya Mishima Ruka Miyamoto*
Yota Mihara Haruna Murakami
Ryoga Morimoto Kei Yamada
Nozomu Yoshioka Koharu Yunoki
Yuki Yoshioka Rei Yoshimoto
Kaoruko Wada

Novice

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 Sena Takahashi Rena Uezono
2 Taiga Nishino Mayuko Oka
3 Hiroto Hanai Ruka Miyamoto
4 Riria Kono

Results

Junior men

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Nozomu Yoshioka 209.57 2 71.84 2 137.73
2 Takeru Amine Kataise 208.22 1 83.27 6 124.95
3 Haruya Sasaki 207.96 4 67.31 1 140.65
4 Shunsuke Nakamura 196.92 3 70.28 5 126.64
5 Rio Nakata 190.24 7 63.26 4 126.98
6 Haru Kakiuchi 180.73 6 63.39 10 117.34
7 Tsudoi Suto 179.85 9 60.65 8 119.20
8 Seigo Tauchi 179.25 17 51.77 3 127.48
9 Sena Takahashi 179.16 8 60.79 9 118.37
10 Ryusei Kikuchi 178.03 5 63.92 12 114.11
11 Ryoga Morimoto 177.70 10 57.96 7 119.74
12 Taiga Nishino 170.74 12 56.37 11 114.37
13 Shuntaro Asaga 166.06 13 55.28 13 110.78
14 Kazuhiro Nakura 164.78 11 57.86 14 106.92
15 Hiroto Hanai 154.34 18 51.62 17 102.72
16 Kazuna Sato 153.91 20 50.58 16 103.33
17 Yuki Yoshioka 152.83 23 49.15 15 103.68
18 Kenta Omura 150.29 16 51.81 18 98.48
19 Ryota Kitamura 144.31 14 53.90 20 90.41
20 Shio Kojima 142.64 24 48.96 19 93.68
21 Hiroto Honda 139.27 15 53.89 23 85.38
22 Sakura Odagaki 137.34 22 49.61 21 87.73
23 Yota Mihara 135.76 21 49.78 22 85.98
24 Masaya Mishima 133.84 19 51.28 24 82.56
Did not advance to free skating
25 Taichi Isowa 48.65 25 48.65 —
26 Rei Suzuki 47.13 26 47.13 —
27 Sora Tarumi 45.96 27 45.96 —
28 Daiya Ebihara 45.95 28 45.95 —
29 Tomoki Kimura 45.39 29 45.39 —

Junior women

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Mao Shimada 199.19 1 66.52 1 132.67
2 Mone Chiba 193.15 2 65.72 2 127.43
3 Ami Nakai 190.70 4 65.12 3 125.58
4 Ikura Kushida 184.29 5 62.32 4 121.97
5 Ayumi Shibayama 184.28 3 65.39 5 118.89
6 Yurina Okuno 166.32 7 60.45 7 105.87
7 Yo Takagi 166.07 6 61.44 8 104.63
8 Haruna Murakami 163.65 8 57.52 6 106.13
9 Noa Hozumi 161.47 10 57.22 9 104.25
10 Kaoruko Wada 158.58 9 57.37 10 101.21
11 Sae Shimizu 150.89 15 51.77 11 99.12
12 Riria Kono 149.96 13 54.05 12 95.91
13 Rena Uezono 148.99 11 56.17 16 92.82
14 Kei Yamada 144.03 17 48.76 13 95.27
15 Mayuko Oka 142.99 14 52.99 18 90.00
16 Sakurako Tanabe 140.61 19 46.91 14 93.70
17 Arisa Kamoi 138.05 21 45.22 15 92.83
18 Nana Sugiyama 136.39 12 54.81 21 81.58
19 Yurika Imazeki 136.11 16 51.20 19 84.91
20 Ayumi Nakao 136.04 24 44.60 17 91.44
21 Hono Segawa 129.23 20 46.63 20 82.60
22 Miyu Hanada 126.75 18 47.89 22 78.86
23 Yuna Nagaoka 122.52 22 45.20 23 77.32
24 Ruka Miyamoto 120.83 23 44.90 24 75.93
Did not advance to free skating
25 Marin Okamoto 44.38 25 44.38 —
26 Haruna Iwasaki 43.95 26 43.95 —
27 Miyu Irie 43.77 27 43.77 —
28 Seira Fujinuma 41.07 28 41.07 —
29 Koharu Yunoki 39.14 29 39.14 —
30 Rei Yoshimoto 38.00 30 38.00 —

Junior pairs

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi 149.08 1 52.72 1 96.36

Junior ice dance

Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Nao Kida / Masaya Morita 161.92 1 65.17 1 96.75
2 Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura 133.82 2 51.58 2 82.24
3 Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata 109.15 3 42.52 3 66.63
4 Nanami Harazawa / Eisuke Kumano 94.31 4 36.72 4 57.59

International team selections

Winter University Games

The 2023 Winter University Games was held in Lake Placid, United States from January 13–16, 2023.[7][8]

Men Women Ice dance
1 Yuma Kagiyama (withdrew) Kaori Sakamoto
2 Shun Sato Mai Mihara
3 Tatsuya Tsuboi Rion Sumiyoshi
1st alt. Sōta Yamamoto (called up) Rinka Watanabe
2nd alt. Kosho Oshima Maria Egawa
3rd alt. Kazuki Hasegawa Mako Yamashita

Four Continents Championships

The 2023 Four Continents Championships will be held in Colorado Springs, United States from February 7–12, 2023.[9]

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Koshiro Shimada Rinka Watanabe Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
2 Shun Sato Hana Yoshida Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
3 Kao Miura Mone Chiba
1st alt. Kazuki Tomono Mana Kawabe
2nd alt. Sōta Yamamoto Rion Sumiyoshi
3rd alt. Tatsuya Tsuboi Rika Kihira

World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2023 World Junior Championships will be held in Calgary, Canada from February 27 – March 5, 2023.[10]

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Nozomu Yoshioka Mao Shimada Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi Nao Kida / Masaya Morita
2 Kao Miura Ami Nakai
1st alt. Shunsuke Nakamura Mone Chiba Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura
2nd alt. Takeru Amine Kataise Hana Yoshida

World Championships

The 2023 World Championships will be held in Saitama, Japan from March 20–26, 2023.[11]

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Shoma Uno Kaori Sakamoto Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
2 Sōta Yamamoto Mai Mihara
3 Kazuki Tomono Rinka Watanabe
1st alt. Shun Sato Hana Yoshida Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
2nd alt. Koshiro Shimada Mone Chiba
3rd alt. Kao Miura Mana Kawabe

References

  1. ↑ "National Competition Results Index (English)". Japan Skating Federation. November 2022.
  2. ↑ "第91回全日本フィギュアスケート選手権大会" [91st All Japan Figure Skating Championships] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 2022.
  3. ↑ [Official] Fuji TV Skating [@online_on_ice] (November 27, 2022). "激闘を勝ち抜き🙌男女8名とペア1組が全日本選手権推薦出場🎉" [Winning through a fierce battle 🙌 8 men and women and 1 pair are invited to participate in the All Japan Championship 🎉] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ @InTheLoPodcast (December 22, 2022). "#RikuMiura and #RyuichiKihara have withdrawn from Japanese Nationals due to flight delays and lost luggage" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ "JOCジュニアオリンピックカップ大会 第91回全日本ジュニア選手権大会" [JOC Junior Olympic Cup Tournament 91st All Japan Junior Championships] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 2022.
  6. ↑ "JOCジュニアオリンピックカップ大会 第91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 91st All Japan Junior Championships - About the nominated athletes] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 2022.
  7. ↑ "The Japan Skating Federation has announced the Japanese national figure skating team that will participate in the FISU Winter World University Games (January 12-22, 2023, Lake Placid, USA). 日本スケート連盟が､FISU冬季ワールドユニバーシティーゲームズ（23年１月12～22日､米レークプラシッド）に出場するフィギュアの日本代表を発表しました。". Twitter. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "【[Figures] Yuma Kagiyama, Kaori Sakamoto, and others selected to represent Japan at the Winter World University Games フィギュア】鍵山優真、坂本花織らが冬季ワールドユニバーシティーゲームズ日本代表に選出" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  9. ↑ Skate Japan News [@skatejapanews] (December 25, 2022). "2023 4CC TEAM SELECTION✨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ↑ Skate Japan News [@skatejapanews] (December 25, 2022). "2023 JUNIOR WORLDS TEAM SELECTION✨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ↑ Skate Japan News [@skatejapanews] (December 25, 2022). "2023 WORLDS TEAM SELECTION✨" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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