The 2024 Lead Japan Cup was the 37th edition of the annual competition lead climbing event organised by the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association (JMSCA), held in Kyushu Climbing Base SAGA, Saga.

LJC is the sole selection event for Japan's national lead team. Athletes who place highly at the LJC are eligible to compete in the Lead World Cups, subject to JMSCA's prevailing selection criteria. LJC 2024 was the first domestic lead competition of the 2024 season. 58 men and 56 women competed, with Shion Omata and Ai Mori winning the men's and women's titles respectively.

Finals Men The men's lead finals took place on 24 February 2024. Rank Name Final 1 Shion Omata41+2 Masahiro Higuchi 40+ 3 Ao Yurikusa34+ 4 Zento Murashita34+ 5 Yuta Imaizumi30+ 6 Shuta Tanaka29+ 7 Mototaka Ishizu24 8 Hidemasa Nishida22

Women The women's lead finals took place on 24 February 2024. Rank Name Final 1 Ai Mori46+2 Mei Kotake 42 3 Natsumi Oda41 4 Futaba Ito40 5 Tomona Takao39 6 Mao Nakamura39 7 Momoka Miyajima36+ 8 Natsuki Tanii35+

Semifinals Men The men's lead semifinals took place on 24 February 2024. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Shion OmataTOP 2 Ao Yurikusa TOP 3 Hidemasa Nishida42+ 4 Zento Murashita42+ 5 Mototaka Ishizu42 6 Masahiro Higuchi40+ 7 Shuta Tanaka40+ 8 Yuta Imaizumi37+ 9 Yuji Fujiwaki37+ 10 Hiroto Shimizu37+ 11 Taisei Homma37+ 12 Sorato Anraku37 13 Taito Nakagami36 14 Tomoa Narasaki35 15 Kokoro Fujii34+ 16 Yoshiyuki Ogata31+ 17 Ritsu Kayotani31+ 18 Manato Kurashiki31+ 19 Yusuke Sugimoto31+ 20 Sohta Amagasa31 21 Hareru Nagamori28+ 22 Kisato Wada28+ 23 Mizuki Tajima28+ 24 Riku Ishihara28 25 Rei Sasaki15+ 26 Haruki Uemura4

Women The women's lead semifinals took place on 24 February 2024. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Ai MoriTOP 2 Mei Kotake 47 3 Natsumi Oda46 4 Futaba Ito45+ 5 Tomona Takao45+ 6 Natsuki Tanii44+ 7 Momoka Miyajima43+ 8 Mao Nakamura43 9 Ai Takeuchi43 10 Risa Ota43 11 Nonoha Kume42+ 12 Miho Nonaka42+ 13 Mai Kobayashi42+ 14 Honoka Oda42+ 15 Natsumi Hirano42 16 Miku Ishii41 17 Mashiro Kuzuu39+ 18 Miu Kakizaki39+ 19 Kohana Mugishima39+ Sana Ogura39+ 21 Yuki Hiroshige37+ 22 Michika Nagashima37+ 23 Miu Kurita34 24 Yuno Harigae33+ 25 Yuka Higuchi26+ 26 Hatsune Takeishi26

Qualifications Men The men's lead qualifications took place on 23 February 2024. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Shion Omata36+2TOP12.00 2 Ao Yurikusa 38+140+52.24 3 Sorato Anraku36+242+23.16 Hidemasa Nishida36+242+23.16 5 Mototaka Ishizu32+74245.48 6 Hareru Nagamori36+237+117.48 Masahiro Higuchi36+237+117.48 8 Kisato Wada32+736+1912.40 9 Shuta Tanaka31+937+1113.23 Yoshiyuki Ogata31+937+1113.23 11 Yuta Imaizumi272739+613.25 12 Yuji Fujiwaki30+1738913.26 13 Tomoa Narasaki28+2439814.00 14 Rei Sasaki302138914.29 15 Hiroto Shimizu23+3639+615.72 16 Ritsu Kayotani31+936+1916.01 Zento Murashita31+936+1916.01 18 Kokoro Fujii31+9352417.32 19 Manato Kurashiki31+934+2517.85 20 Mizuki Tajima292337+1117.94 21 Taisei Homma282637+1119.08 22 Sohta Amagasa30+1736+1919.47 23 Yusuke Sugimoto31+932+2920.00 24 Riku Ishihara31+9313721.65 25 Taito Nakagami23+3637+1123.07 26 Haruki Uemura2530371823.43 27 Keita Dohi30+1732+2924.33 28 Tomoaki Takata30+17313726.34 29 Satoki Tanaka28+2432+2928.00 30 Kaya Otaka23+36 35+2329.56 31 Hiroki Kawakami302130+3929.87 32 Junta Sekiguchi26+ 2832+2929.93 33 Ryohei Kameyama21+4234+2533.11 34 Shuto Matsusawa2530163733.58 35 Kaede Fujita25+2930+3934.69 36 Hayato Tsuru24+3231+3634.73 37 Rikuto Inohana18+5033+27 38.00 38 Haru Funaki214532+2938.37 Haruto Imai40183438.46 40 Shuhei Yukimaru2530295139.44 41 Ryota Toda23+3630+3939.71 Isamu Kawabata23+3630+3939.71 43 Rikuto Nobuchika24+3229+4539.89 44 Yuichi Iwami18+5032+2940.99 45 Hiroto Nishio24+3228+5241.94 46 Kantaro Ito21+4230+3942.24 47 Yo Masuda24+3226+5442.73 48 Tatsuhiro Yoshioka214530+3943.69 49 Yuta Kayotani20+4829+4548.00 50 Keita Watabe18+5029+4549.94 Toru Kofukuda18+5029+4549.94 52 Shuma Yamane21+4219+5849.94 53 Kenshin Hara20+4828+5250.46 54 Kanata Tanaka185629+4551.58 55 Taiga Nakamura175729+4552.03 56 Rinze Masuda18+5026+5453.49 57 Yamato Suzuki18+50205754.70 58 Kaede Koga15+5820+5656.99

Women The women's lead qualifications took place on 23 February 2024. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Ai MoriTOP1TOP11.50 Mei Kotake TOP1TOP11.50 3 Natsumi Hirano42+343+33.46 4 Futaba Ito42+34344.69 5 Mao Nakamura41+64345.74 6 Tomona Takao42+342+86.00 7 Nonoha Kume37124348.12 8 Miho Nonaka39+842+118.49 9 Ai Takeuchi39941+1110.39 10 Mai Kobayashi381041+1110.95 11 Honoka Oda40+791811.68 12 Momoka Mitashima36+1342+814.39 13 Risa Ota30+3743414.55 14 Natsumi Oda36+13411417.94 15 Mashiro Kuzuu36+1340+1518.57 16 Miu Kakizaki37+11343118.76 17 Miu Kurita36+1339+1619.48 18 Yuki Hiroshige36+13391821.18 19 Natsuki Tanii36+1338+2222.75 20 Hatsune Takeishi36+1337+2423.49 Yuno Harigae28+4441+1123.49 22 Miku Ishii36+1334+2525.15 Michika Nagashima36+1334+2525.15 Yuka Higuchi36+1334+2525.15 Kohana Mugishima36+1334+2525.15 Sana Ogura36+1334+2525.15 27 Melody Sekikawa34+35391826.12 28 Moka Mochizuki3136391826.50 29 Mia Aoyagi36+1333+3428.17 30 Kaho Murakoshi36+1332+3628.77 31 Koko Masuda25+5039+1628.87 32 Kanna Fujimura36+1331+3729.37 33 Ryu Nakagawa36+13313929.95 34 Sawa Kakizaki28+4438+2232.17 35 Ayane Kashiwa30+3734+2532.54 36 Anon Matsufuji35+34343132.98 37 Sora Kudo36+1326+4433.40 Nanako Kura36+1326+4433.40 Kazuki Hagiwara36+1326+4433.40 Ichika Osawa36+1326+4433.40 41 Takada Kokoro36+1365635.89 42 Mio Nukui25+40343140.20 43 Serika Okawachi304129+4241.50 44 Kazune Kobayashi294330+4041.73 45 Kiki Matsuda29+42294342.50 46 Manami Yama26+4931+3742.87 47 Souka Hasegawa30+3726+4443.21 Saki Kikuchi30+3726+4443.21 49 Hamasaki Koiha13+5633+3443.95 50 Ayaka Kaji24+5230+4046.11 51 Nanami Nobe28+4426+4447.23 Sora Ito28+4426+4447.23 53 Kiho Nanba28+44265449.84 54 Kotomi Yamanaka24+5226+4450.46 55 Utaha Sasaki235426+4451.18 56 Ryo Nakajima22+5525+5555.00

References

External links JMSCA Youtube channel Full Results (Archived) JMSCA (Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association)