The 2026 Boulder Japan Cup (BJC) was the 21st edition of the annual competition bouldering event organised by the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association (JMSCA), held in Komazawa Olympic Park, Tokyo.
BJC is the sole selection event for Japan’s national bouldering team. Athletes who place highly at the BJC are eligible to compete in the Boulder World Cups, subject to JMSCA's prevailing selection criteria. BJC 2026 was the first domestic competition of the 2026 season. 50 men and 50 women competed, with Meichi Narasaki and Futaba Ito winning the men’s and women’s titles respectively, repeating their victories from the Boulder Japan Cup 2023.
Finals Men The men's bouldering finals took place on 1 February 2026. Rank Athlete Boulder Total 1 2 3 4 1Meichi Narasaki24.925251084.92Tomoa Narasaki24.9259.69.869.3 3Sorato Anraku24.92501059.94Keita Dohi24.824.710059.55Rei Kawamata1025010456Daiki Sano24.49.89.80447Yusuke Sugimoto24.8009.934.78Aki Shinozawa109.90019.9
Women The women's bouldering finals took place on 1 February 2026. Rank Athlete Boulder Total 1 2 3 4 1Futaba Ito2524.924.91084.82Miho Nonaka2524.724.81084.5 3Melody Sekikawa1024.924.89.969.64Mao Nakamura1024.924.7059.65Ai Mori24.99.224.8058.96Anon Matsufuji109.424.610547Mia Aoyagi9.90024.934.88Nanako Kura1000010
Semifinals Men The men's bouldering semifinals took place on 1 February 2026. Rank Athlete Boulder Total Notes 1 2 3 41Sorato Anraku024.9252574.92Meichi Narasaki02524.92574.93Yusuke Sugimoto024.824.624.874.24Rei Kawamata9.424.69.924.868.75Tomoa Narasaki2524.810059.86Daiki Sano24.724.901059.67Keita Dohi0259.524.959.48Aki Shinozawa24.5109.81054.39Kento Yamaguchi9.224.79.71053.610Kodai Yamada024.9109.944.811Yoshiyuki Ogata024.99.81044.712Yuji Fujiwaki924.809.843.613Ao Yurikusa0249.31043.314Ryo Omasa09.99.91029.815Manato Kurashiki0109.71029.716Keita Watabe1010002017Yuta Imaizumi009.91019.918Junta Sekiguchi009.89.919.719Hiroto Shimizu09.69.8019.420Kokoro Fujii009.69.819.421Taiga Sakamoto09.201019.222Yosui Sasahara000101023Yuta Kayotani009.809.824Eito Tamiya09.8009.8
Women The women's bouldering semifinals took place on 1 February 2026. Rank Athlete Boulder Total Notes 1 2 3 41Melody Sekikawa2524.924.624.999.42Mao Nakamura252524.81084.83Futaba Ito252524.71084.74Anon Matsufuji252524.51084.55Nanako Kura24.924.924.79.984.46Ai Mori2525024.874.87Mia Aoyagi25024.824.974.78Miho Nonaka2524.89.81069.69Manami Yama9.624.924.5106910Yui Suezawa9.324.824.59.968.511Kaho Murakoshi24.70259.959.612Akane Matsuura9.924.89.59.954.113Moka Mochizuki9.9024.81044.714Ren Koyamatsu259.79.8044.515Nanami Nobe1024.89.6044.416Chihiro Kaneko9.9024.41044.317Nagi Karino9.524.809.74418Momoka Kaneko9.29.824.4043.419Kohana Mugishima0024.81034.820Miku Ishii24.709.4034.121Sora Ito9.99.409.829.122Ai Takeuchi9.79.99.5029.123Serika Okawachi9.909.3019.224Yuno Harigae9.1001019.125Yuno Tokutake9.409.4018.8
Qualifications Men The men's bouldering qualifications took place on 31 January 2026. Rank Athlete Boulder Total Notes 1 2 3 4 51Sorato Anraku25252524.925124.92Kodai Yamada2524.824.92525124.73Rei Kawamata2524.824.62524.9124.34Keita Dohi2524.924.724.724.8124.15Yuji Fujiwaki24.524.81024.925109.26Yusuke Sugimoto2524.89.424.924.91097Tomoa Narasaki1024.710252594.78Junta Sekiguchi259.824.51024.7949Taiga Sakamoto10024.7252584.710Ryo Omasa24.99.8024.924.984.511Ao Yurikusa24.99.724.502584.112Yuta Kayotani24.709.624.724.983.913Manato Kurashiki2509.224.824.683.614Keita Watabe9.824.924.8101079.515Eito Tamiya2524.610109.879.416Hiroto Shimizu24.99.69.69.524.878.417Yoshiyuki Ogata2501024.81069.818Kokoro Fujii9.901024.82569.7 19 Yosui Sasahara9.801024.924.969.6Yuta Imaizumi9.801024.924.969.621 Meichi Narasaki9.824.89.802569.422Daiki Sano2509.49.92569.4 23 Kento Yamaguchi24.709.99.824.869.2Aki Shinozawa9.909.924.524.969.225 Sohta Amagasa9.809.424.8256926 Rei Sasaki1009.224.824.968.927 Mahiro Takami24.99.79.99.81064.3 28 Ema Kurita24.909.824.9059.6Kaede Fujita2509.602559.630 Hayato Tsuru24.709.4024.95931 Airu Kanbara9.709.7102554.432 Ryoei Nukui9.824.89.69.9054.1 33Ryusei Hamada24.69.809.79.853.9Shion Omata1009.69.624.753.935 Soran Koyama25009.81044.836 Genbu Uehara9.924.809.9044.637 Takata Tomoaki9.99.50024.844.238 Akira Tsunoda9.59.4909.537.439Ryota Toda24.7009.9034.640Hayato Nakamura9.909.910029.8 41Satoki Tanaka9.9009.99.829.6Reo Matsuoka10009.61029.643Haruto Imai9.99.99.60029.444Shoya Arakawa0024.30024.3 45Haruyoshi Morimoto100010020Yuuki Hoshi10000102047Zenta Bansho9.7009.9019.648Masaki Saito1009.50019.549Hareru Nagamori9.900009.950Shintaro Takeshita9.700009.7
Women The women's bouldering qualifications took place on 31 January 2026. Rank Athlete Boulder Total Notes 1 2 3 4 5 1Anon Matsufuji2525252525125Futaba Ito2525252525125Nanako Kura2525252525125 4Mao Nakamura252524.92525124.9Miho Nonaka2524.9252525124.9Ai Mori252524.92525124.9Mia Aoyagi252524.92525124.98Melody Sekikawa2525252524.8124.89Yuno Harigae2524.924.82525124.7 10Sora Ito2524.824.92524.9124.6Yuno Tokutake2524.924.72525124.612Momoka Kaneko24.92524.72524.9124.513Miku Ishii2524.924.624.925124.414Yui Suezawa252524.42524.9124.315Moka Mochizuki252524.92510109.916Nanami Nobe252524.72510109.7 17Serika Okawachi24.924.99.92524.9109.6Chihiro Kaneko2524.924.81024.9109.6 19Kaho Murakoshi2524.824.72510109.5Nagi Karino24.9259.82524.8109.5Akane Matsuura25259.62524.9109.5Kohana Mugishima25259.82524.7109.523Manami Yama2524.924.8259.7109.4 24Ai Takeuchi24.924.824.69.924.9109.1Ren Koyamatsu24.924.924.524.810109.1 26Natsumi Oda2524.99.8251094.7 27Souka Hasegawa2524.824.7101094.5 28Towako Nakata2524.79.89.72594.2 29Ayaka Kaji24.824.79.79.92594.1 30Kiki Matsuda2524.89.1251093.9 31Iroha Yamazaki2524.88.9251093.7 32Ryo Nakajima2524.89.902584.7 33Hina Sato252510101080 34Sakura Okuzaki24.9259.7101079.6 35Mio Nukui1024.724.9109.879.4 36Sarii Saito259.8109.724.879.3 37Tsukushi Yamauchi2524.69.4101079 38Mia Nishikawa259.810101064.8 39Mitsu Yamada24.9109.8101064.7 40Rin Ninomiya24.8109.8101064.6 41Chihiro Saito9.724.99.5101064.1Serina Koyama1024.6109.69.964.1 43Komi Yamatani9.924.89.3109.763.7 44Misa Inoue9.924.99.99.9054.6 45Koko Masuda1024.89.310054.1Hanaha Takahashi1024.79.410054.1 47Kinoshita Mei109.89.39.91049 48Hisana Kuya101000020Neo Onishi101000020 50Yuka Higuchi010009.719.7
References
External links JMSCA Youtube channel Full Results (Archived) JMSCA (Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association)