2020–21 Japan Figure Skating Championships

2020–21 Japan Figure Skating Championships
Type:National championship
Date:
  • December 23–27, 2020 (S)
  • November 21–23, 2020 (J)
Season:2020–21
Location:
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:
Champions
Men's singles:
Ladies' singles:
Ice dance:
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The 2020–21 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Nagano, Nagano from December 23–27, 2020. It was the 89th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dance. The results were part of the Japanese selection criteria for the 2021 World Championships.

Qualifying

Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2020, or earned a bye. Skaters without a bye, but who train abroad, were awarded an exemption from the qualifiers to limit travel during the COVID-19 pandemic; the affected skaters were men's singles skater Koshiro Shimada, pair Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara, and ice dancers Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho and Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi.[1]

Date Event Type Location Results
September 25–27, 2020 Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regional Okayama, Okayama Details
Chubu Nagoya, Aichi Details
October 1–4, 2020 Kanto Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Details
Kinki Takaishi, Osaka Details
October 8–11, 2020 Tohoku-Hokkaido Niigata, Niigata Details
Tokyo Nishitōkyō, Tokyo Details
October 24–25, 2020 Japan Novice Championships Final Maebashi, Gunma Details
Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2020 Western Section Sectional Kyoto, Kyoto Details
November 6–8, 2020 Eastern Section Kōfu, Yamanashi Details
November 21–23, 2020 Japan Junior Championships Final Hachinohe, Aomori Details
December 23–27, 2020 Japan Championships Nagano, Nagano Details

Medal summary

Senior

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno Yuma Kagiyama
Ladies Rika Kihira Kaori Sakamoto Satoko Miyahara
Pairs Cancelled
Ice dance Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho

Junior

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Kao Miura Sena Miyake
Ladies Rino Matsuike Hana Yoshida Mao Shimada
Pairs No competitors
Ice dance Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata

Novice

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men (Novice A) Rio Nakata Seigo Tauchi Hikari Sato
Men (Novice B) Ryoto Mori Hayato Okazaki Taiga Nishino
Ladies (Novice A) Mao Shimada Ayumi Shibayama Ami Nakai
Ladies (Novice B) Hanano Suzuki Rena Uezono Saho Ootake
Pairs No competitors
Ice dance Nao Kida / Masaya Morita Sumire Yoshida / Ibuki Ogahara Kurea Yamamoto / Kotaro Fukuoka

Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on November 25, 2020.[2] Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.

Men Ladies Ice dance
Tatuma Furuya Yuna Aoki Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho
Yuzuru Hanyu Mone Chiba* Kiria Hirayama / Aru Tateno
Kazuki Hasegawa Wakaba Higuchi Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Ryuju Hino Honoka Hirotani Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda* Marin Honda Haruno Yajima / Yoshimitsu Ikeda
Taichi Honda Rika Hongo
Reo Ishizuka Tomoe Kawabata
Yuma Kagiyama Mana Kawabe
Tsunehito Karakawa Rika Kihira
Yuto Kishina* Akari Matsubara
Yuki Kunikata Yura Matsuda
Kazuki Kushida Rino Matsuike*
Kento Kobayashi Mai Mihara
Ryoma Kobayashi Satoko Miyahara
Kao Miura* Yuka Nagai
Sena Miyake* Rin Nitaya
Sumitada Moriguchi Rika Oya
Shunsuke Nakamura* Kaori Sakamoto
Kousuke Nakano Ibuki Sato
Kosho Oshima* Yuna Shiraiwa
Shun Sato Rion Sumiyoshi*
Koshiro Shimada Natsu Suzuki*
Takumi Sugiyama Hina Takeno
Mitsuki Sumoto Riko Takino
Keiji Tanaka Chisato Uramatsu*
Kazuki Tomono Rinka Watanabe
Shoma Uno Mako Yamashita
Koshin Yamada Yuhana Yokoi
Taichiro Yamakuma Hana Yoshida*
Sōta Yamamoto Shiika Yoshioka

Junior

The top six finishers at the Japan Junior Championships in men's and ladies' singles were added to the Japan Championships. Three of the top finishers in ladies, Mao Shimada (3), Ayumi Shibayama (4), and Ami Nakai (6), were novice skaters and not eligible for the senior Championships. The seventh- through ninth-place finishers, Natsu Suzuki (7), Mone Chiba (8), and Chisato Uramatsu (9), were bumped up in their place.[3]

Men Ladies
1 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Rino Matsuike
2 Kao Miura Hana Yoshida
3 Sena Miyake Rion Sumiyoshi
4 Yuto Kishina Natsu Suzuki
5 Kosho Oshima Mone Chiba
6 Shunsuke Nakamura Chisato Uramatsu

Results

Men

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Yuzuru Hanyu 319.36 1 103.53 1 215.83
2 Shoma Uno 284.81 3 94.22 2 190.59
3 Yuma Kagiyama 278.79 2 98.60 3 180.19
4 Keiji Tanaka 238.83 4 83.61 4 155.22
5 Shun Sato 236.52 5 83.31 6 153.21
6 Kazuki Tomono 223.16 7 81.72 8 141.44
7 Kao Miura 221.26 13 67.61 5 153.65
8 Koshiro Shimada 220.94 9 71.88 7 149.06
9 Sōta Yamamoto 217.34 6 82.60 9 134.74
10 Sena Miyake 213.53 8 79.09 10 134.44
11 Ryuju Hino 202.13 11 69.79 11 132.34
12 Sumitada Moriguchi 196.10 17 66.18 12 129.92
13 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 194.03 14 67.52 13 126.51
14 Mitsuki Sumoto 193.37 15 67.15 14 126.22
15 Kousuke Nakano 187.06 16 66.47 15 120.59
16 Kazuki Kushida 184.81 10 71.23 18 113.58
17 Shunsuke Nakamura 184.01 18 63.97 16 120.04
18 Kosho Oshima 178.45 21 62.34 17 116.11
19 Taichi Honda 177.87 12 67.86 22 110.01
20 Kazuki Hasegawa 175.24 20 63.59 20 111.65
21 Yuto Kishina 174.30 22 61.38 19 112.92
22 Kento Kobayashi 172.41 23 60.88 21 111.53
23 Ryoma Kobayashi 168.94 19 63.91 23 105.03
24 Yuki Kunikata 159.29 24 60.08 24 99.21
Did not advance to free skating
25 Takumi Sugiyama 59.22 25 59.22 —
26 Taichiro Yamakuma 57.51 26 57.51 —
27 Koshin Yamada 56.56 27 56.56 —
28 Tsunehito Karakawa 54.51 28 54.51 —
29 Reo Ishizuka 50.29 29 50.29 —
30 Tatuma Furuya 47.09 30 47.09 —

Ladies

Marin Honda withdrew from the competition after collapsing from dizziness prior to a morning practice session at the event.[4]

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Rika Kihira 234.24 1 79.34 1 154.90
2 Kaori Sakamoto 222.17 2 71.86 2 150.31
3 Satoko Miyahara 209.75 6 66.48 3 143.27
4 Rino Matsuike 204.74 7 65.57 4 139.17
5 Mai Mihara 203.65 3 69.55 7 134.10
6 Mana Kawabe 201.58 8 64.70 5 136.88
7 Wakaba Higuchi 195.04 13 61.53 8 133.51
8 Yuhana Yokoi 194.22 16 59.83 6 134.39
9 Yuna Shiraiwa 190.39 10 63.96 9 126.43
10 Rin Nitaya 189.48 5 67.16 11 122.32
11 Tomoe Kawabata 186.18 9 64.56 12 121.62
12 Rion Sumiyoshi 186.08 11 62.62 10 123.46
13 Mako Yamashita 185.56 4 67.28 13 118.28
14 Natsu Suzuki 170.13 15 59.93 14 110.20
15 Shiika Yoshioka 168.82 12 62.00 15 106.82
16 Hana Yoshida 163.78 19 58.79 17 104.99
17 Hina Takeno 163.06 20 57.04 16 106.02
18 Rika Hongo 160.85 17 59.05 19 101.80
19 Yuna Aoki 158.24 14 59.97 21 98.27
20 Mone Chiba 158.22 24 54.45 18 103.77
21 Akari Matsubara 155.46 21 56.25 20 99.21
22 Honoka Hirotani 149.58 22 55.27 22 94.31
23 Chisato Uramatsu 148.36 23 55.05 23 93.31
24 Yuka Nagai 146.94 18 58.99 24 87.95
Did not advance to free skating
25 Rika Oya 54.09 25 54.09 —
26 Ibuki Sato 53.71 26 53.71 —
27 Rinka Watanabe 46.18 27 46.18 —
28 Yura Matsuda 44.69 28 44.69 —
29 Riko Takino 43.69 29 43.69 —
WD Marin Honda withdrew withdrew from competition

Pairs

On November 24, the pairs event was cancelled due to the only entry, Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara, facing travel difficulties in returning to Japan from their Oakville, Ontario, Canada training base.[5]

Ice dance

Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto 175.23 1 71.74 1 103.49
2 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi 151.86 2 67.83 3 84.03
3 Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho 145.18 3 62.02 4 83.16
4 Kiria Hirayama / Aru Tateno 143.40 4 56.61 2 86.79
5 Haruno Yajima / Yoshimitsu Ikeda 118.87 5 47.89 5 70.98

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2020–21 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Hachinohe, Aomori from November 21–23, 2020. There was no junior pairs competition due to the lack of entries. The national champions in men's and ladies' singles would have earned automatic berths on the 2021 World Junior Championships team, before the competition was cancelled on November 24, 2020.[6]

Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on November 10, 2020.[7] Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters.

Men Ladies Ice dance
Shuntaro Asaga Mone Chiba Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura
Shuji Fujishiro Maria Egawa Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Rie Imanaga Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama
Keisuke Kadowaki Saki Isomura
Haru Kakiuchi Haruna Iwasaki
Takeru Kataise Arisa Kamoi
Kairi Kato Hinako Katayama
Ryusei Kikuchi Ikura Kushida*
Tomoki Kimura Momoka Maeno
Yuto Kishina Rino Matsuike
Kao Miura Aiko Motoe
Sena Miyake Nana Muraoka
Ryoga Morimoto Ami Nakai*
Shunsuke Nakamura Marin Okamoto
Rio Nakata* Yurina Okuno
Sakura Odagaki Hono Segawa
Masamune Okubo Ayumi Shibayama*
Ibuki Oonaka Mao Shimada*
Kosho Oshima Sae Shimizu
Haruya Sasaki Rion Sumiyoshi
Hikari Sato* Natsu Suzuki
Minato Shiga Juria Tamura
Tudoi Suto Sakurako Tanabe
Rei Suzuki Azusa Tanaka
Seigo Tauchi* Ayu Terashima
Tatsuya Tsuboi Chisato Uramatsu
Gen Watanabe Kinayu Yokoi
Tsukasa Yajima Hana Yoshida
Nozomu Yoshioka Kinue Yoshii
Yuyu Yoshioka

Novice

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

Men Ladies
1 Rio Nakata Mao Shimada
2 Seigo Tauchi Ayumi Shibayama
3 Hikari Sato Ami Nakai
4 Ikura Kushida

Schedule

Date Discipline Time Segment
Saturday, November 21 All 18:30–19:00 Opening ceremony
Ice dance 20:00–20:35 Rhythm dance
Sunday, November 22 Men 12:20–16:00 Short program
Ice dance 16:15–16:53 Free dance
Ladies 17:10–20:50 Short program
Monday, November 23 Men 11:40–15:00 Free skating
Ladies 15:25–18:45 Free skating
All times are listed in local time (UTC+9:00).[8]

Results

Junior men

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 209.48 1 80.35 3 129.13
2 Kao Miura 207.71 5 71.56 1 136.15
3 Sena Miyake 203.53 2 75.28 4 128.25
4 Yuto Kishina 201.73 3 73.85 5 127.88
5 Kosho Oshima 198.84 6 68.06 2 130.78
6 Shunsuke Nakamura 182.23 8 66.58 6 115.65
7 Tatsuya Tsuboi 180.56 4 73.18 10 107.38
8 Keisuke Kadowaki 173.95 10 64.27 8 109.68
9 Shuntaro Asaga 173.50 11 60.59 7 112.91
10 Takeru Amine Kataise 172.11 7 67.19 11 104.92
11 Nozomu Yoshioka 168.88 9 64.75 12 104.13
12 Ryoga Morimoto 167.34 12 58.40 9 108.94
13 Haru Kakiuchi 159.84 13 57.32 13 102.52
14 Sakura Odagaki 146.87 15 52.51 17 94.36
15 Rei Suzuki 145.39 21 47.76 14 97.63
16 Seigo Tauchi 144.79 18 49.50 16 95.29
17 Rio Nakata 144.08 20 47.94 15 96.14
18 Ibuki Oonaka 138.06 22 47.44 18 90.62
19 Kairi Kato 132.30 17 49.62 21 82.68
20 Ryusei Kikuchi 131.10 14 56.37 24 74.73
21 Shuji Fujishiro 130.84 16 52.32 23 78.52
22 Haruya Sasaki 130.14 19 48.39 22 81.75
23 Hikari Sato 130.09 24 46.17 19 83.92
24 Tomoki Kimura 130.00 23 46.31 20 83.69
Did not advance to free skating
25 Tsukasa Yajima 45.35 25 45.35 —
26 Masamune Okubo 43.75 26 43.75 —
27 Tudoi Suto 41.59 27 41.59 —
28 Minato Shiga 40.51 28 40.51 —
29 Gen Watanabe 33.73 29 33.73 —

Junior ladies

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Rino Matsuike 198.38 1 69.06 1 129.32
2 Hana Yoshida 189.49 2 62.05 2 127.44
3 Mao Shimada 173.44 6 57.89 3 115.55
4 Ayumi Shibayama 170.68 4 58.08 4 112.60
5 Rion Sumiyoshi 170.37 3 59.96 5 110.41
6 Ami Nakai 166.32 7 56.54 6 109.78
7 Natsu Suzuki 159.32 10 54.78 7 104.54
8 Mone Chiba 152.47 13 53.17 8 99.30
9 Chisato Uramatsu 149.86 5 57.96 12 91.90
10 Maria Egawa 147.21 9 54.89 11 92.32
11 Juria Tamura 143.31 16 49.65 9 93.66
12 Ikura Kushida 142.87 12 53.21 13 89.66
13 Yurina Okuno 140.05 8 55.98 19 84.07
14 Arisa Kamoi 139.80 11 54.40 15 85.40
15 Azusa Tanaka 139.27 14 51.25 14 88.02
16 Sae Shimizu 138.44 23 45.03 10 93.41
17 Haruna Iwasaki 135.54 15 50.67 16 84.87
18 Kinayu Yokoi 131.87 18 48.65 20 83.22
19 Aiko Motoe 131.20 17 49.23 22 81.97
20 Momoka Maeno 130.36 19 47.96 21 82.40
21 Marin Okamoto 130.12 20 45.70 18 84.42
22 Hinako Katayama 130.06 21 45.50 17 84.56
23 Saki Isomura 126.65 22 45.39 23 81.26
24 Rie Imanaga 119.39 24 44.21 24 75.18
Did not advance to free skating
25 Hono Segawa 43.97 25 43.97 —
26 Ayu Terashima 43.55 26 43.55 —
27 Nana Muraoka 42.81 27 42.81 —
28 Kinue Yoshii 40.21 28 40.21 —
29 Sakurako Tanabe 38.73 29 38.73 —
30 Yuyu Yoshioka 33.66 30 33.66 —

Junior ice dance

Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama 149.80 1 58.74 1 91.06
2 Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura 98.11 2 36.85 2 61.26
3 Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata 89.05 3 33.89 3 55.16

International team selections

World Championships

The 2021 World Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden from March 22–28, 2021. Japan Skating Federation announced the team on December 28, 2020.[9]

Muramoto/Takahashi were removed as first alternates as they were unable to submit a video to the ISU to attain TES minimums.[10]

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
1 Yuzuru Hanyu Rika Kihira Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
2 Shoma Uno Kaori Sakamoto
3 Yuma Kagiyama Satoko Miyahara
1st alt. Keiji Tanaka Rino Matsuike Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi*
2nd alt. Kazuki Tomono Wakaba Higuchi Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho
3rd alt. Shun Sato Mai Mihara

* Pending attainment of senior TES minimums

Four Continents Championships

The 2021 Four Continents Championships, to be held from February 9–14, 2021 in Sydney, Australia, were cancelled.[11]

World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2021 World Junior Championships, scheduled to take place in Harbin, China from March 1–7, 2021, were cancelled on November 24, 2020.[6]

References

  1. ^ "2020 Japan Open & Nationals Update". IFS Magazine. September 29, 2020.
  2. ^ "第89回全日本フィギュアスケート選手権大会" [89th All Japan Figure Skating Championships] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 2020.
  3. ^ [Official] Fuji TV Skating [@online_on_ice] (November 23, 2020). "全日本選手権@長野への推薦選手が発表されました" [All Japan Championship @ Nagano recommended skaters announced] (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "本田真凜が全日本選手権を棄権「めまい」の症状で倒れる 欠場理由発表" [Marin Honda withdraws from All Japan Championship, announces reason for absence is due to dizziness]. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). December 25, 2020.
  5. ^ 𝓕𝓲𝓰𝓾𝓻𝓮𝟹𝟼𝟻 [@figure365] (November 24, 2020). "日本スケート連盟の理事会が24日に行われ、来月の全日本選手権でペア競技が実施されないことが承認されました。" [The board of directors of the Japan Skating Federation met on the 24th, and it was approved that no pair competition will be held at the All Japan Championship next month.] (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b "Update on ISU Event Calendar season 2020/21". International Skating Union. November 24, 2020.
  7. ^ "JOCジュニアオリンピックカップ大会 第89回全日本ジュニア選手権大会" [JOC Junior Olympic Cup Tournament 89th All Japan Junior Championships] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 2020.
  8. ^ "JOCジュニアオリンピックカップ大会 第89回全日本ジュニア選手権大会" [JOC Junior Olympic Cup Tournament 89th All Japan Junior Championships] (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. November 2020.
  9. ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021" (PDF) (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. December 28, 2020.
  10. ^ "2020/21 フィギュアスケート国際競技会派遣選手" [2020/21 Figure Skating International Competition Dispatched Player] (in Japanese). Japan Skating Federation. February 24, 2021.
  11. ^ "Cancellation of ISU Four Continents Championships 2021 and Provisional allotments of ISU Championships 2022 and 2023" (Press release). International Skating Union. October 16, 2020.