2021–22 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2021–22 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Saitama, Saitama on December 22–26, 2021. It was the 90th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. The results were part of the Japanese selection criteria for the 2022 Four Continents Championships, the 2022 Winter Olympics, and the 2022 World Championships.

2021–22 Japan Figure Skating Championships
Type:National championship
Date:December 22–26, 2021 (S)
November 19–21, 2021 (J)
Season:2021–22
Location:Saitama, Saitama (S)
Nagoya, Aichi (J)
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Saitama Super Arena (S)
Nippon Gaishi Hall (J)
Champions
Men's singles:
Yuzuru Hanyu (S)
Kao Miura (J)
Women's singles:
Kaori Sakamoto (S)
Mao Shimada (J)
Pair skating:
Miyu Yunoki / Shoya Ichihashi (S)
Ice dance:
Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto (S)
Nao Kida / Masaya Morita (J)
Previous:
2020–21 Japan Championships
Next:
2022–23 Japan Championships

Qualifying

Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2021, or earned a bye.

Date Event Type Location Results
September 23–26, 2021 Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regional Iizuka, Fukuoka Details
September 24–26, 2021 Chubu Nagoya, Aichi Details
Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 2021 Kanto Chiba, Chiba Details
October 1–3, 2021 Tohoku-Hokkaido Sapporo, Hokkaido Details
October 7–10, 2021 Kinki Uji, Kyoto Details
Tokyo Nishitōkyō, Tokyo Details
October 22–24, 2021 Japan Novice Championships Final Ōtsu, Shiga Details
October 28–31, 2021 Eastern Section Sectional Nishitōkyō, Tokyo Details
November 4–7, 2021 Western Section Fukuoka, Fukuoka Details
November 19–21, 2021 Japan Junior Championships Final Nagoya, Aichi Details
December 22–26, 2021 Japan Championships Saitama, Saitama Details

Medal summary

Senior
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno Yuma Kagiyama
Women Kaori Sakamoto Wakaba Higuchi Mana Kawabe
Pairs Miyu Yunoki / Shoya Ichihashi No other competitors
Ice dance Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi Ayumi Takanami / Shingo Nishiyama

Junior
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Kao Miura Tatsuya Tsuboi Nozomu Yoshioka
Women Mao Shimada Rion Sumiyoshi Mone Chiba
Pairs No competitors
Ice dance Nao Kida / Masaya Morita Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata

Novice
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men (Novice A) Rio Nakata Taiga Nishino Sena Takahashi
Men (Novice B) Hayato Okazaki Shin Takenaka Sakutaro Yoshino
Women (Novice A) Mao Shimada Kaoruko Wada Haruna Murakami
Women (Novice B) Saho Ootake Reina Kawakatsu Riria Kono
Pairs No competitors
Ice dance Sumire Yoshida / Ibuki Ogahara Haru Matsuzaki / Haruki Motomura Mihana Nakajima / Kenichiro Hirose

Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on December 4, 2021.[1] Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Reo Ishizuka Yuna Aoki Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara (withdrew) Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Shoma Uno Nana Araki Miyu Yunoki / Shoya Ichihashi Ayumi Takanami / Shingo Nishiyama
Kosho Oshima* Chisato Uramatsu Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd (withdrew)
Yuma Kagiyama Miyabi Oba Kiria Hirayama / Aru Tateno
Takeru Kataise* Ayumi Kagotani Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho (withdrew)
Yuto Kishina Tomoe Kawabata (withdrew) Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
Kazuki Kushida Mana Kawabe Haruno Yajima / Yoshimitsu Ikeda (withdrew)
Shun Sato Rika Kihira (withdrew)
Koshiro Shimada Kaori Sakamoto
Takumi Sugiyama Ibuki Satoh
Gakuto Suzuki Ayumi Shibayama*
Rei Suzuki Yuna Shiraiwa
Mitsuki Sumoto Rion Sumiyoshi*
Keiji Tanaka Niina Takeno
Takaya Tsujimura Hina Takeno
Tatsuya Tsuboi* Azusa Tanaka*
Kazuki Tomono Mone Chiba*
Shunsuke Nakamura* Ami Nakai*
Kazuki Hasegawa Rin Nitaya
Yuzuru Hanyu Nonoka Noguchi
Koutaro Hayakawa Wakaba Higuchi
Yuga Furusho Marin Honda
Tatuma Furuya Rino Matsuike
Yoshimasa Hori Akari Matsubara
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Mai Mihara
Kao Miura* Saki Miyake
Sena Miyake Satoko Miyahara
Sumitada Moriguchi Misaki Morishita
Taichiro Yamakuma Mako Yamashita
Sōta Yamamoto Yuhana Yokoi
Nozomu Yoshioka* Hana Yoshida*
Kimichika Wada Rinka Watanabe

Junior

The top six finishers at the Japan Junior Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Championships. The women's junior national champion, Mao Shimada, was a novice skater and therefore not eligible for the senior Championships. The seventh-place finisher, Ami Nakai, was bumped up in Shimada's place.[2]

Men Women
1 Kao Miura Rion Sumiyoshi
2 Tatsuya Tsuboi Mone Chiba
3 Nozomu Yoshioka Hana Yoshida
4 Takeru Kataise Azusa Tanaka
5 Kosho Oshima Ayumi Shibayama
6 Shunsuke Nakamura Ami Nakai

Changes to preliminary entries
Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
December 15 Pairs Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara N/A COVID-related travel restrictions [3]
Ice dance Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd [4]
Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho
December 21 Women Rika Kihira Right ankle injury [5]
December 22 Tomoe Kawabata Injury and lack of training due to traffic accident [6]
Ice dance Haruno Yajima / Yoshimitsu Ikeda Split [7]

Results

Men
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Yuzuru Hanyu 322.36 1 111.31 1 211.05
2 Shoma Uno 295.82 2 101.88 3 193.94
3 Yuma Kagiyama 292.41 3 95.15 2 197.26
4 Kao Miura 276.16 5 92.81 4 183.35
5 Kazuki Tomono 263.67 7 87.79 5 175.88
6 Sena Miyake 252.82 6 90.52 7 162.30
7 Shun Sato 252.13 8 87.27 6 164.86
8 Sōta Yamamoto 240.18 4 93.79 12 146.39
9 Tatsuya Tsuboi 235.21 12 77.31 8 157.90
10 Koshiro Shimada 233.67 9 86.76 10 146.91
11 Keiji Tanaka 232.42 10 84.10 9 148.32
12 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 225.22 11 78.53 11 146.69
13 Sumitada Moriguchi 201.30 13 76.14 16 125.16
14 Takeru Amine Kataise 199.65 16 69.32 14 130.33
15 Mitsuki Sumoto 199.62 17 68.55 13 131.07
16 Kosho Oshima 195.04 18 65.86 15 129.18
17 Kazuki Kushida 186.99 15 72.37 19 114.62
18 Reo Ishizuka 178.01 20 57.06 17 120.95
19 Takumi Sugiyama 174.70 19 65.34 20 109.36
20 Nozomu Yoshioka 170.57 14 72.94 24 97.63
21 Taichiro Yamakuma 170.56 22 55.11 18 115.45
22 Kazuki Hasegawa 161.92 21 56.86 22 105.06
23 Rei Suzuki 158.69 24 53.45 21 105.24
24 Gakuto Suzuki 152.85 23 55.00 23 97.85
Did not advance to free skating
25 Shunsuke Nakamura 52.78 25 52.78 —
26 Takaya Tsujimura 50.03 26 50.03 —
27 Tatuma Furuya 46.59 27 46.59 —
28 Yuga Furusho 45.99 28 45.99 —
29 Yuto Kishina 45.92 29 45.92 —
30 Kimichika Wada 42.34 30 42.34 —
31 Koutaro Hayakawa 38.52 31 38.52 —
32 Yoshimasa Hori 35.83 32 35.83 —

Women
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Kaori Sakamoto 234.06 1 79.23 1 154.83
2 Wakaba Higuchi 221.78 2 74.66 2 147.12
3 Mana Kawabe 209.65 3 74.27 3 135.38
4 Mai Mihara 206.86 5 73.66 5 133.20
5 Satoko Miyahara 206.51 4 73.76 6 132.75
6 Rinka Watanabe 199.15 8 65.07 4 134.08
7 Rino Matsuike 198.77 6 72.31 7 126.46
8 Rion Sumiyoshi 189.16 7 67.39 11 121.77
9 Hana Yoshida 187.44 13 61.35 8 126.09
10 Ayumi Shibayama 186.12 11 62.48 10 123.64
11 Mone Chiba 184.30 9 64.41 12 119.89
12 Yuhana Yokoi 183.84 14 59.84 9 124.00
13 Mako Yamashita 179.61 12 61.84 13 117.77
14 Nana Araki 174.25 20 57.11 14 117.14
15 Ibuki Satoh 171.86 15 59.38 15 112.48
16 Akari Matsubara 170.73 17 59.13 16 111.60
17 Hina Takeno 169.57 16 59.33 17 110.24
18 Azusa Tanaka 168.45 10 63.92 19 104.53
19 Miyabi Oba 164.96 24 55.69 18 109.27
20 Ayumi Kagotani 158.39 22 55.80 20 102.59
21 Marin Honda 156.53 23 55.73 21 100.80
22 Chisato Uramatsu 152.86 18 58.41 22 94.45
23 Yuna Shiraiwa 145.89 21 56.93 23 88.96
24 Niina Takeno 141.84 19 58.36 24 83.48
Did not advance to free skating
25 Nonoka Noguchi 55.36 25 55.36 —
26 Saki Miyake 53.50 26 53.50 —
27 Ami Nakai 52.65 27 52.65 —
28 Misaki Morishita 48.37 29 48.37 —
29 Rin Nitaya 47.21 28 47.21 —
30 Yuna Aoki 46.90 30 46.90 —

Pairs
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Miyu Yunoki / Shoya Ichihashi 115.72 1 34.77 1 80.95

Ice dance
Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto 178.17 1 68.16 2 110.01
2 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi 176.31 2 63.35 1 112.96
3 Ayumi Takanami / Shingo Nishiyama 148.29 4 58.10 3 90.19
4 Kiria Hirayama / Aru Tateno 147.39 3 58.93 4 88.46

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2021–22 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Nagoya, Aichi from November 19–21, 2021. The national champions in men's and women's singles earned automatic berths on the 2022 World Junior Championships team. Top finishers in men's and women's singles were invited to compete at the senior Japan Championships in December.

Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on November 13, 2021.[8] No pairs were entered. Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters.

Men Women Ice dance
Shuntaro Asaga Saki Isomura Nao Kida / Masaya Morita
Kosho Oshima Haruna Iwasaki Haruhi Komatsu / Eisuke Kumano
Sakura Odagaki Rena Uezono* Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura
Haru Kakiuchi Maria Egawa Midori Fujiki / Seiya Shimokawa
Takeru Kataise Marin Okamoto Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata
Keisuke Kadowaki Yurina Okuno
Ryusei Kikuchi Kaho Kanno
Ryota Kitamura Ikura Kushida
Tomoki Kimura Chiduru Goto
Shio Kojima Chikako Saegusa
Shun Kobayashi Ayumi Shibayama
Taiki Shinohara Mao Shimada*
Sora Suzuki Sae Shimizu
Tudoi Suto Natsu Suzuki
Seigo Tauchi Rion Sumiyoshi
Sena Takahashi* Sakurako Daimon
Sora Tarumi Yo Takagi
Tatsuya Tsuboi Mone Takahashi
Rio Nakata* Azusa Tanaka
Shunsuke Nakamura Sakurako Tanabe
Taiga Nishino* Mone Chiba
Atsushi Higuchi Ami Nakai
Haruki Honda Haruna Murakami*
Shunya Matsuoka Aiko Motoe
Kao Miura Kei Yamada*
Masaya Mishima Miyu Yunoki
Ryoga Morimoto Kinayu Yokoi
Ryushin Yamada Hana Yoshida
Nozomu Yoshioka Rei Yoshimoto
Yuki Yoshioka* Kaoruko Wada*

Novice

Top finishers at the Japan Novice Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Junior Championships.

Men Women
1 Rio Nakata Mao Shimada
2 Taiga Nishino Kaoruko Wada
3 Sena Takahashi Haruna Murakami
4 Yuki Yoshioka Kei Yamada
5 Rena Uezono

Junior men
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Kao Miura 229.28 7 64.00 1 165.28
2 Tatsuya Tsuboi 227.60 1 81.05 2 146.55
3 Nozomu Yoshioka 191.80 2 68.55 3 123.25
4 Takeru Amine Kataise 188.37 3 67.99 4 120.79
5 Kosho Oshima 183.86 6 65.31 5 118.55
6 Shunsuke Nakamura 180.13 4 67.49 6 112.71
7 Ryoga Morimoto 172.23 5 65.46 12 106.77
8 Ryusei Kikuchi 172.03 9 59.42 8 112.61
9 Shunya Matsuoka 170.33 8 63.00 11 107.33
10 Keisuke Kadowaki 169.53 11 56.88 7 112.65
11 Seigo Tauchi 166.21 12 56.73 10 109.48
12 Sena Takahashi 163.16 17 53.45 9 109.71
13 Shuntaro Asaga 156.92 14 55.92 13 101.00
14 Haru Kakiuchi 149.46 13 56.00 16 93.46
15 Tomoki Kimura 146.55 19 49.96 14 96.59
16 Tudoi Suto 145.36 16 53.51 18 91.85
17 Rio Nakata 141.47 10 57.87 23 84.60
18 Ryota Kitamura 140.75 23 46.43 15 94.32
19 Haruyuki Higuchi 138.93 20 48.69 20 90.24
20 Haruki Honda 138.79 24 46.86 17 91.93
21 Sora Tarumi 138.65 15 53.84 22 84.81
22 Shio Kojima 138.42 22 48.07 19 90.35
23 Masaya Mishima 137.08 21 48.15 21 88.93
24 Shun Kobayashi 133.58 18 51.03 24 82.55
Did not advance to free skating
25 Taiga Nishino 46.41 25 46.41 —
26 Taiki Shinohara 44.76 26 44.76 —
27 Ryushin Yamada 44.56 27 44.56 —
28 Sakura Odagaki 43.05 28 43.05 —
29 Sora Suzuki 35.43 29 35.43 —
30 Yuki Yoshioka 33.28 30 33.28 —

Junior women
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Mao Shimada 188.51 4 61.76 1 126.75
2 Rion Sumiyoshi 180.25 1 65.34 3 114.91
3 Mone Chiba 175.41 7 58.97 2 116.44
4 Hana Yoshida 172.55 3 62.48 4 110.07
5 Azusa Tanaka 171.65 2 62.56 5 109.06
6 Ayumi Shibayama 166.68 5 60.17 8 106.51
7 Ami Nakai 165.76 10 56.78 6 108.98
8 Ikura Kushida 165.09 9 57.35 7 107.74
9 Sakurako Daimon 160.47 6 59.95 11 100.52
10 Yo Takagi 158.58 11 55.84 10 102.74
11 Kaoruko Wada 156.77 12 52.89 9 103.88
12 Yurina Okuno 152.86 8 58.02 14 94.84
13 Sae Shimizu 149.07 19 50.06 12 99.01
14 Marin Okamoto 146.96 21 49.29 13 97.67
15 Kaho Kanno 145.15 16 51.39 15 93.76
16 Maria Egawa 144.18 15 51.53 16 92.65
17 Haruna Iwasaki 143.09 14 51.85 17 91.24
18 Rena Uezono 136.05 20 49.32 18 86.73
19 Kei Yamada 135.09 18 50.38 20 84.71
20 Kinayu Yokoi 134.52 23 48.73 19 85.76
21 Chiduru Goto 131.63 17 50.74 21 80.89
22 Chikako Saigusa 128.73 13 52.28 23 76.45
23 Mone Takahashi 126.24 24 47.66 22 78.58
24 Natsu Suzuki 123.45 22 48.74 24 74.71
Did not advance to free skating
25 Haruna Murakami 47.36 25 47.36 —
26 Miyu Yunoki 46.98 26 46.98 —
27 Sakurako Tanabe 46.50 27 46.50 —
28 Aiko Motoe 45.99 28 45.99 —
29 Saki Isomura 45.19 29 45.19 —
30 Rei Yoshimoto 42.02 30 42.02 —

Junior ice dance
Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Nao Kida / Masaya Morita 131.06 1 52.44 1 78.62
2 Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura 122.99 2 48.33 2 74.66
3 Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata 106.40 3 39.22 3 67.18
4 Midori Fujiki / Seiya Shimokawa 95.69 4 36.41 4 59.28
5 Haruhi Komatsu / Eisuke Kumano 84.26 5 33.95 5 50.31

International team selections

[9]

Four Continents Championships

The 2022 Four Continents Championships were held in Tallinn, Estonia from January 18–23, 2022.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Kao Miura Rino Matsuike Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
2 Sena Miyake Mai Mihara
3 Kazuki Tomono Satoko Miyahara (withdrew)
1st alt. Shun Sato Yuhana Yokoi (called up) Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho
2nd alt. Sōta Yamamoto Mako Yamashita
3rd alt. Koshiro Shimada

Winter Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympics were held in Beijing, China from February 4–20, 2022.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Yuzuru Hanyu Kaori Sakamoto Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
2 Shoma Uno Wakaba Higuchi
3 Yuma Kagiyama Mana Kawabe
1st alt. Kao Miura Mai Mihara Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
2nd alt. Kazuki Tomono Satoko Miyahara
3rd alt. Sena Miyake Rino Matsuike

World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2022 World Junior Championships will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from April 13-17, 2022.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Kao Miura Rion Sumiyoshi Nao Kida / Masaya Morita
2 Shun Sato (withdrew) Rinka Watanabe
3 Tatsuya Tsuboi
1st alt. Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (called up) Rino Matsuike
2nd alt. Nozomu Yoshioka Hana Yoshida

World Championships

The 2022 World Championships were held in Montpellier, France from March 21–27, 2022.

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Yuzuru Hanyu (withdrew) Kaori Sakamoto Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
2 Shoma Uno Wakaba Higuchi
3 Yuma Kagiyama Mana Kawabe
1st alt. Kao Miura Mai Mihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
2nd alt. Kazuki Tomono (called up) Satoko Miyahara
3rd alt. Sena Miyake Rino Matsuike

References
  1. "第90回全日本フィギュアスケート選手権大会" [90th All Japan Figure Skating Championships] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 2021.
  2. [Official] Fuji TV Skating [@online_on_ice] (November 21, 2021). "全日本ジュニア男女6名が全日本への推薦出場を決めました" [All Japan Junior six men and women selected for All Japan announced] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. Sponichi on Ice [@SponichiF] (December 15, 2021). "三浦・木原組は全日本に出場しない" [Miura/Kihara pair will not participate in All-Japan] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. 𝓕𝓲𝓰𝓾𝓻𝓮𝟹𝟼𝟻 [@figure365] (December 15, 2021). "日本スケート連盟は理事会後に取材対応。アイスダンスの #高橋ニコル、#シャイロー・ジャド 組、#深瀬理香子、#張睿中オリバー 組は全日本選手権（さいたまアイスアリーナ）欠場となります。" [The Japan Skating Federation responded to interviews after the Board of Directors meeting. The ice dance teams #NicoleTakahashi / #ShilohJudd and #RikakoFukase / #EichuCho will miss the All-Japan Championship (Saitama Ice Arena).] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. "紀平梨花全日本選手権欠場へ 北京五輪は絶望 右足首故障で回復間に合わず" [Rika Kihira to miss the All-Japan Championship, despair for Beijing Olympics due to right ankle injury]. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). December 21, 2021. Archived from the original on December 20, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
  6. Kawabata, Tomoe [@tomoe._.kawabata] (December 22, 2021). "#全日本フィギュア2021 #みんな頑張ってね 🥰" [#AllJapanFigure2021 #GoodLuckEveryone 🥰] – via Instagram.
  7. Yajima, Haruno [@__O127] (December 23, 2021). "ご報告です。" [Here's a report.] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. "JOCジュニアオリンピックカップ大会 第90回全日本ジュニア選手権大会" [JOC Junior Olympic Cup Tournament 90th All Japan Junior Championships] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 2021.
  9. "2021/22 フィギュアスケート国際競技会派遣選手団" [2021/22 Figure Skating International Competition Dispatched Athletes] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 26, 2021.
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