Figure skating competition
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 .
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
Junior
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]
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]
Changes to preliminary entries
Results
Men
Women
Pairs
Ice dance
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]
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
Results
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.
Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics were held in Beijing , China from February 4–20, 2022.
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.
World Championships
The 2022 World Championships were held in Montpellier , France from March 21–27, 2022.
References
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