The 2023 Lead Japan Cup was the 36th edition of the annual competition lead climbing event organised by the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association (JMSCA), held in Matsuyamashita Park General Gymnasium, Inzai.
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 2023 was the first domestic lead competition of the 2023 season. 55 men and 54 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 26 February 2023. Rank Name Final 1 Shion Omata38+2 Neo Suzuki 38+ 3 Satone Yoshida35+ 4 Ao Yurikusa34+ 5 Taisei Homma28+ 6 Masahiro Higuchi26+ 7 Sorato Anraku25+ 8 Haruki Uemura24+
Women The women's lead finals took place on 26 February 2023. Rank Name Final 1 Ai Mori46+2 Natsuki Tanii 43+ 3 Miho Nonaka36+ 4 Futaba Ito34+ 5 Hana Koike34+ 6 Nonoha Kume28+ 7 Miu Kakizaki1+ 8 Hirano Natsumi1+
Semifinals Men The men's lead semifinals took place on 26 February 2023. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Sorato Anraku42+ 2 Shion Omata 42 3 Satone Yoshida42 4 Ao Yurikusa41+ 5 Taisei Homma40+ 6 Masahiro Higuchi39+ 7 Neo Suzuki39+ 8 Haruki Uemura39+ 9 Zento Murashita39+ 10 Manato Kurashiki39+ 11 Hidemasa Nishida39 12 Meichi Narasaki37+ 13 Hiroto Shimizu36+ 14 Tomoa Narasaki35+ 15 Yoshiyuki Ogata35+ 16 Ryohei Kameyama35 17 Yuji Fujiwaki34 18 Taito Nakagami34 19 Kaya Otaka34 Ritsu Kayotani34 Yuya Kitae34 22 Keita Dohi34 23 Mahiro Takami34 Yusuke Sugimoto34 25 Sohta Amagasa33+ 26 Rikuto Inohana19+ 27 Kisato Wada18+ 28 Tomoaki Takata16+
Women The women's lead semifinals took place on 26 February 2023. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Ai MoriTOP 2 Natsuki Tanii 38 3 Nonoha Kume37 4 Miu Kakizaki34+ 5 Futaba Ito33+ 6 Natsumi Hirano32+ 7 Miho Nonaka32 8 Hana Koike31+ 9 Melody Sekikawa31+ 10 Risa Ota31 11 Ai Takeuchi29+ 12 Ryu Nakagawa29+ 13 Tomona Takao28+ 14 Honoka Oda28+ 15 Hatsune Takeishi27 16 Mashiro Kuzuu26+ 17 Mei Kotake24 18 Miku Ishii24 19 Mao Nakamura22 20 Mia Aoyagi21+ 21 Yuki Hiroshige20 22 Sana Ogura16+ 23 Kanna Fujimura16+ 24 Momoka Miyajima15+ 25 Anon Matsufuji15+ 26 Sora Kudo15
Qualifications Men The men's lead qualifications took place on 25 February 2023. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Sorato AnrakuTOP136+11.94 2 Shion Omata TOP135+33.87 3 Yuji Fujiwaki31+636+15.48 4 Taisei HommaTOP132+156.80 5 Meichi Narasaki34+534+128.06 6 Tomoa Narasaki31+635+310.95 Masahiro Higuchi31+635+310.95 Hiroto Shimizu31+635+310.95 Satone Yoshida31+635+310.95 Hidemasa Nishida31+635+310.95 11 Ryohei KameyamaTOP1185411.62 12 Ao Yurikusa313535+314.49 Kisato Wada31+6351014.49 Neo Suzuki31+6351014.49 15 Taito Nakagami31+634+1216.12 Haruki Uemura31+634+1216.12 17 Zento Murashita31+632+1519.24 Kaya Otaka31+632+1519.24 Ritsu Kayotani31+632+1519.24 Yuya Kitae31+632+1519.24 Sohta Amagasa31+632+1519.24 Manato Kurashiki31+632+1519.24 Takata Tomoaki31+632+1519.24 24 Keita Dohi31+6312321.45 25 Yoshiyuki Ogata31+6292522.36 26 Rikuto Inohana31+628+2623.66 Mahiro Takami31+628+2623.66 Yusuke Sugimoto31+628+2623.66 29 Shuta Tanaka31+6273225.30 30 Rei Sugimoto31+626+3326.65 Kento Yamaguchi31+626+3326.65 Isamu Kawabata31+626+3326.65 Hayato Tsuru31+626+3326.65 Ryoei Nukui31+626+3326.65 35 Rei Kawamata274230+2431.94 36 Katsura Konishi29+3828+2632.83 37 Kokoro Fujii31+612+5533.17 38 Ryo Omasa303727+3133.87 Mototaka Ishizu284128+2633.88 40 Genbu Uehara29+3826+3336.97 41 Junta Sekiguchi30+36254037.95 42 Reo Matsuoka294025+3939.50 43 Yamato Suzuki26+44244243.71 44 Yuichi Iwami25+4824+4144.36 45 Hayato Kobayashi2742224644.46 46 Hiroto Nishio26+44234344.74 47 Hiroki Kawakami26+44224646.00 48 Toru Kofukuda23+50234347.14 49 Eito Tamiya26+44205148.64 50 Akihisa Kaji18+55234349.19 51 Yo Masuda22+5221+4850.22 52 Shuma Yamane2549205150.48 53 Tatsuhiro Yoshioka225321+4850.70 54 Shota Furukawa23+50205151.24 55 Akira Naiki20+5420+5051.96
Women The women's lead qualifications took place on 25 February 2023. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Ai MoriTOP1TOP11.41 2 Natsuki Tanii 35+2TOP12.00 3 Natsumi Hirano317TOP13.87 4 Nonoha Kume33+33854.18 5 Mao Nakamura33+337+64.77 6 Miho Nonaka33537+65.98 7 Futaba Ito33536+107.78 8 Ai Takeuchi30+93788.99 9 Risa Ota25+1538+49.06 10 Ryu Nakagawa317351410.61 11 Mashiro Kuzuu30+935+1311.11 12 Natsumi Hirano25+1536+1015.02 13 Momoka Miyajima261333+1815.80 14 Miku Ishii25+15351417.54 Miu Kakizaki25+15351417.54 16 Tomona Takao252736+1017.86 17 Sana Ogura15+4337819.12 18 Yuki Hiroshige25+15332020.25 19 Kanna Fujimura271226+3621.07 20 Melody Sekikawa25+15312221.24 21 Honoka Oda18+1124+4121.62 22 Mia Aoyagi25+1530+2322.64 Anon Matsufuji25+1530+2322.64 24 Hatsune Takeishi252733+1823.16 25 Mao Nakamura25+1529+2823.96 26 Sora Kudo25+1527+3025.81 27 Kiki Matsuda252730+2326.93 28 Yuno Harigae261395427.00 29 Nanako Kura25+15263928.28 30 Michika Nagashima13+4434+1728.71 31 Nao Mori25+1524+4129.52 32 Serika Okawachi233630+2330.21 Moe Takiguchi233630+2330.21 34 Yuka Higuchi252727+3030.70 35 Sawa Kakizawa13+4431+2131.91 36 Mio Nukui24+3227+3032.50 37 Yuna Suzuki243427+3033.24 38 Miu Kurita23+3527+3033.73 39 Souka Hasegawa24+3226+3634.68 40 Ayane Kashiwa252724+4135.11 41 Ichika Osawa225027+3036.06 42 Kazuki Hagiwara13+44282937.50 43 Nana Goto21+4124+4141.74 44 Miro Tsumashima22+3823+4542.08 45 Mishika Ishii22+38214842.99 46 Minami Kondo174223+4543.95 47 Kazune Kobayashi13+44254044.05 48 Sora Ito135426+3644.70 49 Tsukushi Yamauchi13+4423+4547.23 50 Kokoro Takata13+44204948.75 51 Asami Harada13+4418+5049.24 52 Utaha Sasaki13+4417+5149.98 Kiho Nanba13+4417+5149.98 54 Haruka Nakano13+4416+5350.70
References
External links JMSCA Youtube channel Full Results (Archived) JMSCA (Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association)