The 2022 Lead Japan Cup was the 35th 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 2022 was the first domestic lead competition of the 2022 season. 51 men and 45 women competed, with Taisei Homma and Ai Mori winning the men's and women's titles respectively.
Finals Men The men's lead finals took place on 13 February 2022. Rank Name Final 1 Taisei Homma382 Satone Yoshida 35+ 3 Kokoro Fujii35 4 Yoshiyuki Ogata32 5 Ao Yurikusa31+ 6 Sohta Amagasa24 7 Keiichiro Korenaga21+ 8 Hidemasa Nishida21+
Women The women's lead finals took place on 13 February 2022. Rank Name Final 1 Ai MoriTOP2 Mei Kotake 36 3 Natsuki Tanii33+ 4 Risa Ota33+ 5 Miu Kakizaki31+ 6 Futaba Ito31+ 7 Ryu Nakagawa29+ 8 Momoko Abe25
Semifinals Men The men's lead semifinals took place on 13 February 2022. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Taisei Homma30+ 2 Yoshiyuki Ogata 29 3 Kokoro Fujii28 4 Keiichiro Korenaga24 5 Ao Yurikusa22+ 6 Sohta Amagasa20+ 7 Hidemasa Nishida20+ 8 Satone Yoshida16+ 9 Sorato Anraku16+ 10 Tomoaki Takata16+ 11 Keita Dohi16+ 12 Neo Suzuki16+ 13 Ryoei Nukui16+ 14 Kento Yamaguchi16+ 15 Yuki Uemura16+ 16 Meichi Narasaki16+ 17 Shuta Tanaka16+ 18 Isamu Kawabata16+ 19 Zento Murashita16+ 20 Hiroto Shimizu16+ 21 Yuya Kitae16+ 22 Taito Nakagami16+ 23 Hitoshi Mineoi16+ 24 Ritsu Kayotani16+ 25 Rei Kawamata16 26 Yuji Fujiwaki15+
Women The women's lead semifinals took place on 13 February 2022. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Ai Mori40+ 2 Natsuki Tanii 38+ 3 Mei Kotake36+ 4 Risa Ota36+ 5 Momoko Abe35+ 6 Miu Kakizaki35 7 Futaba Ito34+ 8 Ryu Nakagawa28 9 Hana Koike27+ 10 Miku Ishii27+ 11 Nonoha Kume27 12 Kiki Matsuda25+ 13 Honoka Oda25 14 Mishika Ishii23+ 15 Moe Takiguchi23+ 16 Mai Kobayashi23+ Ai Takeuchi23+ 18 Saki Kikuchi23+ 19 Hatsune Takeishi23+ 20 Miu Kurita23+ 21 Mio Nukui23+ 22 Mia Aoyagi22 23 Mashiro Kuzuu23 24 Tomona Takao17+ Momoka Mitashima17+ 26 Sayaka Yoshida13+ 27 Yuno Harigae11+ 28 Kokoro Takada11+ 29 Miho Nonaka11 30 Anon Matsufuji11 31 Natsumi Hirano10+ 32 Ayane Kashiwa10
Qualifications Men The men's lead qualifications took place on 12 February 2022. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Taisei HommaTOP130+22.29 2 Satone Yoshida 24+330+23.97 3 Sorato Anraku30+2331+15.10 4 Kokoro Fujii33+730+25.61 5 Ao YurikusaTOP120+236.12 6 Tomoaki Takata32+1330+27.37 7 Keita Dohi34+327+138.08 8 Neo Suzuki33123068.83 9 Yuji Fujiwaki33+728+89.49 10 Keiichiro Korenaga32+1330610.04 11 Ryoei Nukui33+725+1712.37 12 Kento Yamaguchi32+1328+812.45 Yoshiyuki Ogata32+1328+812.45 14 Yuki Uemura34+317+3512.82 15 Meichi Narasaki33+724+1813.25 16 Shuta Tanaka34+335015.00 17 Isamu Kawabata30+2328+816.12 18 Zento Murashita321927+1316.60 19 Hidemasa Nishida312227+1317.86 20 Hiroto Shimizu32+1320+2319.69 21 Yuya Kitae31+2024+1819.99 22 Taito Nakagami33+71+5121.42 23 Hitoshi Mineoi105028+822.36 24 Ritsu Kayotani29+3327+1322.37 25 Sohta Amagasa30+2324+1822.52 26 Rei Kawamata30+2320+2325.50 27 Yuta Imaizumi32+13154225.97 28 Junta Sekiguchi30+23202827.22 29 Kantaro Ito29+3321+2227.55 30 Kaya Otaka30+2319+3028.84 31 Masahiro Higuchi29+3320+2329.37 32 Genbu Uehara3030202829.72 33 Uta Sumitani31+3626+1826.65 34 Ryo Omasa28+3720+2330.62 35 Kazuki Tanii30+2317+3530.81 36 Katsura Konishi31+20144731.04 37 Reo Matsuoka303017+3533.64 38 Satoki Tanaka263919+3035.33 39 Aki Shinozawa23+4019+3036.00 40 Hayato Tsuru3030154236.72 41 Hiroki Kawakami204219+3037.09 42 Rikuto Inohana29+33154236.74 43 Mahiro Takami174819+3039.40 44 Mototaka Ishizu204217+3539.62 45 Naoki Shimatani28+37154240.39 46 Ryoga Tsukuda2042403941.47 47 Toru Kofukuda18+35403942.43 48 Tatsuma Yamaguchi17+46173943.13 49 Haku Oga17+40174943.13 50 Kenji Oshita174812+4828.25 51 Tomoa Narasaki55114+4648.44
Women The women's lead qualifications took place on 12 February 2022. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Ai Mori32+1TOP11.50 2 Natsuki Tanii 29+4TOP12.74 3 Futaba Ito32+128+83.67 4 Nonoha Kume32330+43.87 5 Miho Nonaka29731+34.74 6 Mei Kotake29+430+45.00 7 Mia Aoyagi29+428+86.71 8 Anon Matsufuji27+1127+1112.49 9 Ryu Nakagawa20+2330+412.65 10 Hana Koike29722.5+1513.28 11 Mishika Ishii271627+1114.28 12 Natsumi Hirano28+922.5+1514.94 13 Moe Takiguchi20+2329+714.97 14 Miku Ishii271624+1415.43 15 Momoko Abe20+2328+816.97 16 Miu Kakizaki27+1122.5+1517.48 Risa Ota27+1122.5+1517.48 Ai Takeuchi27+1122.5+1517.48 Mai Kobayashi27+1122.5+1517.48 20 Mashiro Kuzuu28+922+3317.84 21 Sayaka Yoshida20+2327+1119.60 22 Saki Kikuchi25+1922.5+1521.13 23 Hatsune Takeishi23+2122.5+1522.21 24 Miu Kurita232222.5+1522.74 25 Yuno Harigae2716223525.08 26 Momoka Mitashima20+2322.5+1527.42 Honoka Oda20+2322.5+1527.42 Kokoro Takada20+2322.5+1527.42 Ayane Kashiwa20+2322.5+1527.42 Kiki Matsuda20+2322.5+1527.42 Mio Nukui20+2322.5+1527.42 Serika Okawachi20+2322.5+1527.42 33 Shuri Nishida2520134530.00 34 Nanako Kura19+4222.5+1531.79 35 Souka Hasegawa94522.5+1532.52 36 Mao Nakamura20+2322+3332.74 37 Ichika Osawa20+23223534.41 Nao Mori20+23223534.41 Minami Kondo20+23223534.41 40 Sana Ogura20+23184136.22 41 Serika Okawachi20+2317+4236.88 Sora Ito20+2317+4236.88 43 Yuki Hiroshige20+23154437.52 44 Hana Kudo19+42223539.89 45 Asami Harada19+4219+4041.47
References
External links JMSCA Youtube channel Full Results (Archived) JMSCA (Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association)