2022–23 Japan Figure Skating 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.

Date Event Type Location Results Sep. 29 – Oct. 2, 2022 Chu-Shikoku-KyushuRegional 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 SectionSectional Kyoto, Kyoto Details November 3–6, 2022 Eastern Section Maebashi, Gunma Details November 25–27, 2022 Japan Junior ChampionshipsFinal 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 MoriguchiNo 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 MoriguchiNo 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 PairsNo 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. 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.

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

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 23 111.33Did not advance to free skating 25 Yuto Kishina 58.73 25 58.73 colspan=2 26 Rio Nakata 57.74 26 57.74 colspan=2 27 Takumi Sugiyama 54.28 27 54.28 colspan=2 28 Shogo Hikosaka 49.81 28 49.81 colspan=2 29 Shun Kobayashi 47.37 29 47.37 colspan=2 30 Haruki Mishima 38.87 30 38.87 colspan=2

Women Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Kaori Sakamoto233.05 1 77.79 1 155.26 2 Mai Mihara219.93 2 74.70 2 145.23 3 Mao Shimada202.79 4 70.28 5 132.51 4 Ami Nakai201.49 8 64.07 4 137.42 5 Mone Chiba200.12 3 71.06 7 129.06 6 Hana Yoshida197.21 14 59.49 3 137.72 7 Yuna Aoki191.89 10 62.48 6 129.41 8 Ikura Kushida190.58 9 63.29 10 127.29 9 Mana Kawabe190.44 6 64.51 11 125.93 10 Ayumi Shibayama189.09 7 64.37 12 124.72 11 Rika Kihira188.62 11 60.43 8 128.19 12 Rinka Watanabe183.99 18 56.23 9 127.76 13 Rino Matsuike179.85 20 56.01 13 123.84 14 Rion Sumiyoshi178.03 17 57.38 14 120.65 15 Saki Miyake175.38 5 66.29 16 109.09 16 Mako Yamashita172.96 22 54.98 15 117.98 17 Haruna Murakami163.76 15 59.23 19 104.53 18 Hina Takeno163.39 19 56.15 17 107.24 19 Yuhana Yokoi161.87 12 59.78 20 102.09 20 Miyabi Oba159.94 13 59.77 21 100.17 21 Yo Takagi158.86 16 58.87 22 99.99 22 Maria Egawa158.39 23 52.83 18 105.56 23 Akari Matsubara152.22 24 52.45 23 99.77 24 Niina Takeno152.14 21 55.49 24 96.65Did not advance to free skating 25 Ibuki Sato 52.27 25 52.27 colspan=2 26 Marin Honda 51.81 26 51.81 colspan=2 27 Yurina Okuno 49.29 27 49.29 colspan=2 28 Chikako Saigusa 46.73 28 46.73 colspan=2 29 Shiika Yoshioka 44.75 29 44.75 colspan=2

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. 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.

Men Women1 Sena Takahashi Rena Uezono2 Taiga Nishino Mayuko Oka3 Hiroto Hanai Ruka Miyamoto4 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 82.56Did not advance to free skating 25 Taichi Isowa 48.65 25 48.65 colspan=2 26 Rei Suzuki 47.13 26 47.13 colspan=2 27 Sora Tarumi 45.96 27 45.96 colspan=2 28 Daiya Ebihara 45.95 28 45.95 colspan=2 29 Tomoki Kimura 45.39 29 45.39 colspan=2

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 75.93Did not advance to free skating 25 Marin Okamoto 44.38 25 44.38 colspan=2 26 Haruna Iwasaki 43.95 26 43.95 colspan=2 27 Miyu Irie 43.77 27 43.77 colspan=2 28 Seira Fujinuma 41.07 28 41.07 colspan=2 29 Koharu Yunoki 39.14 29 39.14 colspan=2 30 Rei Yoshimoto 38.00 30 38.00 colspan=2

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