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.

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

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 Senior 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 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 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 A list of preliminary entries was published on November 25, 2023. 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 Saigusa 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 The top eight finishers at the Japan Junior Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Championships.

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

Results Men 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 Tsudoi Suto 13 74.61 colspan=2 Did not advance to free skating 25 Kazuki Hasegawa 59.25 25 59.25 colspan=2 26 Keisuke Kadowaki 59.14 26 59.14 colspan=2 27 Sakura Odagaki 54.55 27 54.55 colspan=2 28 Ryota Kitamura 54.24 28 54.24 colspan=2 29 Minato Shiga 51.60 29 51.60 colspan=2 30 Taiga Nishino 50.77 30 50.77 colspan=2

Women 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 colspan=2 26 Chikako Saigusa 50.19 26 50.19 colspan=2 27 Nana Araki 46.45 27 46.45 colspan=2 28 Marin Honda 44.42 28 44.42 colspan=2

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

Ice dance 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 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

A list of preliminary entries was published on November 12, 2023. 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 Top finishers at the Japan Novice Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Junior Championships.

Men Women1 Hayato Okazaki Sumika Kanazawa2 Sakutaro Yoshino Riria Kono3 Haruki Matsumoto Saho Otake4 Hikari Matsunami

Results Junior men 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 colspan=2 26 Kei Mukaino 49.42 26 49.42 colspan=2 27 Sakutaro Yoshino 48.94 27 48.94 colspan=2 28 Haruki Matsumoto 47.94 28 47.94 colspan=2 29 Taichi Isowa 46.72 29 46.72 colspan=2

Junior women 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 colspan=2 26 Miyu Kitatani 46.81 26 46.81 colspan=2 27 Hono Segawa 43.88 27 43.88 colspan=2 28 Kanade Kitami 40.84 28 40.84 colspan=2 29 Miyu Irie 39.91 29 39.91 colspan=2 30 Nanako Takahara 36.63 30 36.63 colspan=2

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

Junior ice dance 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

Winter Youth Olympics Games The 2024 Winter Youth Olympics Games were held in Gangwon, South Korea from 27 January to 1 February, 2024.

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