The 2021 Lead Japan Cup was the 34th 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 2021 was the first domestic lead competition of the 2021 season. 52 men and 44 women competed, with Satone Yoshida and Ai Mori winning the men's and women's titles respectively.
Finals Men The men's lead finals took place on 28 March 2021. Rank Name Final 1 Satone Yoshida34+2 Masahiro Higuchi 34+ 3 Kokoro Fujii33+ 4 Sohta Amagasa31 5 Shuta Tanaka20+ 6 Naoki Shimatani18+ 7 Zento Murashita18+ 8 Ao Yurikusa18+
Women The women's lead finals took place on 28 March 2021. Rank Name Final 1 Ai Mori392 Akiyo Noguchi 37+ 3 Ryu Nakagawa36+ 4 Natsuki Tanii34+ 5 Momoko Abe34+ 6 Aika Tajima33+ 7 Miu Kakizaki33+ 8 Natsumi Hirano24+
Semifinals Men The men's lead semifinals took place on 27 March 2021. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Kokoro Fujii39+ 2 Sohta Amagasa 39+ 3 Naoki Shimatani37+ 4 Zento Murashita37+ 5 Satone Yoshida35+ 6 Shuta Tanaka35+ 7 Masahiro Higuchi34+ 8 Ao Yurikusa34+ 9 Taito Nakagami34+ 10 Meichi Narasaki34+ 11 Ryo Omasa33 12 Yuji Fujiwaki33 13 Rei Sugimoto31 14 Tomoaki Takata30 15 Taisei Homma29+ 16 Yoshiyuki Ogata28+ 17 Kaya Otaka28+ 18 Yuta Imaizumi28 19 Jinji Mineo28 20 Yuya Kitae28 21 Katsura Konishi27+ 22 Kai Harada27+ 23 Toru Kofukuda25+ 24 Rei Kawamata23+ 25 Ryoei Nukui23+ 26 Kento Yamaguchi21
Women The women's lead semifinals took place on 27 March 2021. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Ai MoriTOP 2 Natsuki Tanii 40 3 Aika Tajima36+ 4 Akiyo Noguchi36 5 Momoko Abe35+ 6 Natsumi Hirano34+ 7 Miu Kakizaki34+ 8 Ryu Nakagawa33+ 9 Futaba Ito33+ 10 Miho Nonaka33+ 11 Mei Kotake32.5+ 12 Tomona Takao32.5+ 13 Mishika Ishii32+ 14 Hana Kudo32+ 15 Nao Mori31+ 16 Takada Kokoro31+ 17 Hana Koike31 18 Mio Nukui31 19 Mia Aoyagi30+ 20 Nanako Kura30 21 Moe Takiguchi29+ 22 Nonoha Kume19 23 Sana Ogura18+ 24 Yuki Hiroshige18+ 25 Risa Ota10 26 Sayaka Yoshida7
Qualifications Men The men's lead qualifications took place on 26 March 2021. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Masahiro Higuchi45+130+93.00 2 Rei Sugimoto 41+632+34.24 3 Taisei Homma45229+145.29 4 Kokoro Fujii401032+35.48 5 Tomoaki Takata3915.532+36.82 Naoki Shimatani3915.532+36.82 7 Zento Murashita44429+147.48 8 Ao Yurikusa38+2132+37.94 9 Satone Yoshida44+326+21.58.03 10 Sohta Amagasa43526+21.510.37 11 Katsura Konishi39+1230+910.39 12 Rei Kawamata38+2131611.22 13 Taito Nakagami3915.530+911.81 14 Shuta Tanaka417.526+21.512.70 Yoshiyuki Ogata417.526+21.512.70 16 Kai Harada3915.5301213.64 17 Ryo Omasa38+2130+913.75 18 Yuji Fujiwaki39+1227+1613.86 19 Meichi Narasaki39+1226+21.516.06 20 Yuta Imaizumi31+3230+919.97 21 Ryoei Nukui40+914+3618.00 22 Toru Kofukuda38+2126+21.521.25 Kento Yamaguchi38+2126+21.521.25 24 Jinji Mineo28+3829+1423.07 25 Kaya Otaka32+30.526+21.525.61 26 Yuya Kitae3825.525+2726.24 27 Keita Dohi2045271727.66 28 Mahiro Takami32+30.523+2829.22 29 Yuki Uemura38+2110+4530.74 Junta Sekiguchi38+2110+4530.74 31 Daichi Nakajima3133.5223031.70 32 Haruyoshi Morimoto30+35.52131.533.44 33 Hidemasa Nishida3825.510+4533.87 34 Yuki Takeuchi27+41232934.48 35 Mizuki Tajima36+2710+4534.86 36 Kantaro Ito362810+4535.50 37 Neo Suzuki1649.5262635.87 38 Nao Tsurumoto28+38193435.94 39 Aki Shinozawa34+2910+4536.12 40 Keita Watabe27+4119+3336.78 41 Akihisa Kaji27+4117+3537.88 42 Sakuya Ishiguro18472131.538.48 43 Daiki Sano3133.510+4538.83 44 Atsushi Asano30+35.510+4539.97 45 Satoki Tanaka28+3810+4541.35 46 Isamu Kawabata1649.5143742.80 47 Kenshin Hara264310+4543.99 48 Haruto Nishimoto244410+4544.50 49 Shuto Fujino19+4610+4545.50 50 Kenji Oshita1649.510+4547.20 Teppei Ushiro1649.510+4547.20 52 Yuichi Iwami15+5210+4548.37
Women The women's lead qualifications took place on 27 March 2021. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Ai Mori42+3TOP12.29 Momoko Abe 42+3TOP12.29 3 Natsuki TaniiTOP141+32.45 4 Aika TajimaTOP140+63.00 5 Natsumi Hirano41+541+35.29 Akiyo Noguchi41+541+35.29 7 Mei Kotake41+539+77.25 8 Nao Mori41+537+108.78 9 Ryu Nakagawa411039+79.08 10 Hana Koike41+534+1310.25 11 Futaba Ito40+1338+911.42 12 Tomona Takao411034+1312.85 Miu Kakizaki411034+1312.85 14 Sana Ogura37+1837+1014.65 Nonoha Kume37+1837+1014.65 16 Miho Nonaka40+1334+1317.10 17 Risa Ota40+13341816.60 18 Mio Nukui37+1834+1317.10 19 Yuki Hiroshige372233+2121.75 20 Sayaka Yoshida40+13283522.69 21 Moe Takiguchi352432+2323.75 22 Mishika Ishii3917283524.57 23 Hana Kudo37+1829+2924.59 24 Takada Kokoro36+23302725.15 25 Mia Aoyagi31+2933+2125.40 26 Nanako Kura342631+2525.50 27 Mashiro Kuzuu29+34341826.33 28 Miu Kurita31+2932+2326.55 29 Momoka Mitashima34+2529+2927.84 30 Mai Kobayashi24+42341828.58 31 Ayane Kashiwa303330+2629.29 32 Ai Takeuchi30+32302729.67 33 Mao Nakamura31+2929+2930.05 34 Rin Sato32+28293430.85 35 Saki Kikuchi29+3429+2933.64 36 Sayuri Nakata3327164334.07 37 Serika Okawachi28+4029+2935.21 38 Asami Harada29+34273736.75 39 Karin Kojima29+3426+3837.49 40 Kiki Matsuda29+34264038.21 41 Rin Ninomiya29+3423+4138.69 42 Nanami Nobe24+4226+3840.69 43 Minami Kondo27+41224241.50 44 Moe Yoshimura24+425+4443.50
References
External links JMSCA Youtube channel Full Results (Archived) JMSCA (Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association)