Japan Open (figure skating)

The Japan Open is an annual senior international figure skating team competition organized by the Japan Skating Federation. From 1997 until 2001, Japan Open was an individual competition in all four figure skating disciplines. The current format, a team competition, was established in 2006. The competition is held every autumn in Japan. Invited skaters compete in men's and women’s singles. Skaters perform a free program but no short. Individual results are combined for a team standing.

2023

The 2023 competition was held on October 7, 2023 at the Saitama Super Arena.[1]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Ilia Malinin  United States 193.91
2 Kazuki Tomono  Japan 177.72
3 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 164.26
4 Kevin Aymoz  France 155.20
5 Jason Brown  United States 144.38
6 Morisi Kvitelashvili  Georgia 125.17

Women

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 149.59
2 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 140.31
3 Isabeau Levito  United States 135.63
4 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 123.22
5 Kimmy Repond  Switzerland 122.63
6 Mariah Bell  United States 103.95

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 614.79
2 Team North America 577.87
3 Team Europe 543.31

2022

The 2022 competition was held on October 8, 2022 at the Saitama Super Arena.

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Shoma Uno  Japan 193.80
2 Ilia Malinin  United States 193.42
3 Kao Miura  Japan 169.94
4 Daniel Grassl  Italy 166.21
5 Jason Brown  United States 163.57
6 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 98.26

Women

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 146.66
2 Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 132.53
3 Mariah Bell  United States 119.40
4 Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland 115.49
5 Rika Kihira  Japan 113.44
6 Mirai Nagasu  United States 100.88

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 623.84
2 Team North America 577.27
3 Team Europe 512.49

2021

The 2021 competition was held on October 2, 2021 at the Saitama Super Arena.

Like the previous year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition featured two teams composed entirely of domestic Japanese skaters, rather than the traditional three teams drawn from their respective regions (Europe, Japan, and North America) However, only senior amateur skaters were included, whereas traditionally, professional skaters are also included and the previous year featured several junior skaters as well.[2]

Men

Rank Name Team Points
1 Japan Shoma Uno Team Blue 181.21
2 Japan Shun Sato Team Blue 179.32
3 Japan Keiji Tanaka Team Red 163.93
4 Japan Sōta Yamamoto Team Blue 156.13
5 Japan Kazuki Tomono Team Red 147.44
4 Japan Sena Miyake Team Red 126.46

Women

Rank Name Team Points
1 Japan Wakaba Higuchi Team Blue 136.27
2 Japan Rino Matsuike Team Red 135.12
3 Japan Mana Kawabe Team Red 134.91
4 Japan Kaori Sakamoto Team Red 133.26
5 Japan Mai Mihara Team Blue 124.24
6 Japan Satoko Miyahara Team Blue 119.69

Overall

Rank Team Points
1 Team Blue 896.86
2 Team Red 841.12

2020

The 2020 competition was held on October 3, 2020 at the Saitama Super Arena.[3]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition featured two teams composed of domestic Japanese skaters only, rather than the traditional three teams drawn from their respective regions (Europe, Japan, and North America). Senior, junior, and professional skaters will be included.[4]

Men

Rank Name Team Points
1 Japan Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Team Red 137.99
2 Japan Sōta Yamamoto Team Blue 137.97
3 Japan Ryuju Hino Team Red 120.37
4 Japan Hiraoki Sato Team Blue 119.52

Ladies

Rank Name Team Points
1 Japan Mako Yamashita Team Red 126.94
2 Japan Wakaba Higuchi Team Blue 123.01
3 Japan Tomoe Kawabata Team Red 112.63
4 Japan Yuhana Yokoi Team Blue 109.57
5 Japan Hana Yoshida Team Blue 107.56
6 Japan Chisato Uramatsu Team Red 95.70

Overall

Rank Team Points
1 Team Blue 597.63
2 Team Red 593.63

2019

The 2019 competition was held on October 5, 2019 at the Saitama Super Arena.[5]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Nathan Chen  United States 189.83
2 Shoma Uno  Japan 169.09
3 Vincent Zhou  United States 167.64
4 Koshiro Shimada  Japan 153.37
5 Javier Fernández  Spain 153.14
6 Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia 146.65

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Alexandra Trusova  Russia 160.53
2 Alina Zagitova  Russia 154.41
3 Rika Kihira  Japan 144.76
4 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 134.94
5 Bradie Tennell  United States 124.91
6 Mirai Nagasu  United States 111.04

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Europe 614.73
2 Team Japan 602.16
3 Team North America 593.42

2018

The 2018 competition was held on October 6, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena.[6]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Shoma Uno  Japan 186.69
2 Nobunari Oda  Japan 176.95
3 Javier Fernández  Spain 157.86
4 Nathan Chen  United States 144.96
5 Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia 129.32
6 Jeremy Abbott  United States 124.06

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Alina Zagitova  Russia 159.18
2 Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 130.28
3 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 127.99
4 Bradie Tennell  United States 126.86
5 Mariah Bell  United States 120.57
6 Maria Sotskova  Russia 111.78

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 621.91
2 Team Europe 558.14
3 Team North America 516.45

2017

The 2017 competition was held on October 7, 2017 at the Saitama Super Arena.[7]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Javier Fernández  Spain 189.47
2 Nathan Chen  United States 178.46
3 Shoma Uno  Japan 175.45
4 Nobunari Oda  Japan 158.24
5 Jeremy Abbott  United States 143.48
6 Alexei Bychenko  Israel 128.52

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 152.08
2 Mai Mihara  Japan 147.83
3 Alina Zagitova  Russia 145.28
4 Mirai Nagasu  United States 134.69
5 Marin Honda  Japan 133.41
6 Karen Chen  United States 116.32

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Europe 615.35
2 Team Japan 614.93
3 Team North America 572.95

2016

The 2016 competition was held on October 1, 2016 at the Saitama Super Arena.[8]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Shoma Uno  Japan 198.55
2 Javier Fernandez  Spain 192.20
3 Nobunari Oda  Japan 178.72
4 Jeremy Abbott  United States 166.99
5 Adam Rippon  United States 166.85
6 Florent Amodio  France 124.35

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia 147.07
2 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 143.39
3 Ashley Wagner  United States 132.12
4 Anna Pogorilaya  Russia 132.04
5 Wakaba Higuchi  Japan 116.99
6 Gracie Gold  United States 108.24

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 637.65
2 Team Europe 595.66
3 Team North America 574.20

2015

The 2015 competition was held on October 3, 2015 at the Saitama Super Arena.[9]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Shoma Uno  Japan 185.48
2 Javier Fernández  Spain 176.24
3 Patrick Chan  Canada 159.14
4 Jeremy Abbott  United States 153.72
5 Daisuke Murakami  Japan 145.77
6 Brian Joubert  France 105.51

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Mao Asada  Japan 141.70
2 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 134.67
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 128.34
4 Adelina Sotnikova  Russia 118.81
5 Ashley Wagner  United States 117.84
6 Gracie Gold  United States 114.53

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 607.62
2 Team North America 545.23
3 Team Europe 528.90

2014

The 2014 competition was held on October 4, 2014 at the Saitama Super Arena.[10]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Patrick Chan  Canada 178.17
2 Javier Fernández  Spain 155.47
3 Takahito Mura  Japan 146.41
4 Tomáš Verner  Czech Republic 137.50
5 Jeffrey Buttle  Canada 136.08
6 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 119.51

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Elena Radionova  Russia 136.46
2 Satoko Miyahara  Japan 131.94
3 Anna Pogorilaya  Russia 122.52
4 Kanako Murakami  Japan 114.38
5 Mirai Nagasu  United States 106.85
6 Ashley Wagner  United States 100.99

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Europe 551.95
2 Team North America 522.09
3 Team Japan 512.24

2013

The 2013 competition was held on October 5, 2013.[11]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Javier Fernández  Spain 176.91
2 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 158.32
3 Jeremy Abbott  United States 157.70
4 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 149.12
5 Jeffrey Buttle  Canada 127.43
6 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 125.74

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Mao Asada  Japan 135.16
2 Joannie Rochette  Canada 123.99
3 Ashley Wagner  United States 119.77
4 Adelina Sotnikova  Russia 105.95
5 Kanako Murakami  Japan 102.15
6 Irina Slutskaya  Russia 69.24

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 544.85
2 Team North America 528.89
3 Team Europe 477.84

2012

The 2012 competition was held on October 6, 2012.[12]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 172.06
2 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 165.08
3 Jeffrey Buttle  Canada 160.86
4 Evgeni Plushenko  Russia 156.21
5 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 151.53
6 Patrick Chan  Canada 137.42

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Ashley Wagner  United States 123.57
2 Mao Asada  Japan 122.04
3 Akiko Suzuki  Japan 110.07
4 Alena Leonova  Russia 107.94
5 Elene Gedevanishvili  Georgia 94.84
6 Agnes Zawadzki  United States 89.95

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 569.25
2 Team North America 511.80
3 Team Europe 510.52

2011

The 2011 competition was held on October 1, 2011 at the Saitama Super Arena.[13]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Patrick Chan  Canada 159.93
2 Artur Gachinski  Russia 152.71
3 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 148.21
4 Jeffrey Buttle  Canada 138.33
5 Florent Amodio  France 138.25
6 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 130.79

Ladies

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva replaced the injured Sarah Meier.[14]

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia 118.59
2 Joannie Rochette  Canada 112.74
3 Akiko Suzuki  Japan 112.46
4 Alena Leonova  Russia 108.39
5 Alissa Czisny  United States 107.64
6 Miki Ando  Japan 88.11

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team North America 518.64
2 Team Europe 517.94
3 Team Japan 479.57

2010

The 2010 event was held on October 2, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena.[15]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Adam Rippon  United States 166.63
2 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 159.19
3 Evgeni Plushenko  Russia 151.00
4 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 150.71
5 Michal Březina  Czech Republic 134.90
6 Jeffrey Buttle  Canada 128.39

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Joannie Rochette  Canada 122.71
2 Miki Ando  Japan 115.02
3 Cynthia Phaneuf  Canada 99.50
4 Sarah Meier  Switzerland 92.73
5 Mao Asada  Japan 92.44
6 Júlia Sebestyén  Hungary 81.48

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 517.36
2 Team North America 517.23
3 Team Europe 460.11

2009

The 2009 event was held on October 3, 2009 at the Saitama Super Arena.[16]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Stephane Lambiel  Switzerland 150.52
2 Jeffrey Buttle  Canada 142.26
3 Jeremy Abbott  United States 132.87
4 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 130.13
5 Samuel Contesti  Italy 117.49
6 Takeshi Honda  Japan 109.58

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Joannie Rochette  Canada 126.39
2 Laura Lepistö  Finland 110.86
3 Mao Asada  Japan 102.94
4 Yukari Nakano  Japan 91.52
5 Jelena Glebova  Estonia 85.16
6 Beatrisa Liang  United States 62.38

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Europe 464.03
2 Team North America 463.90
3 Team Japan 434.17

2008

The 2008 event was held on April 20, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena.[17]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Evan Lysacek  United States 151.95
2 Stephane Lambiel  Switzerland 146.49
3 Adrian Schultheiss  Sweden 132.90
4 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 127.23
5 Takeshi Honda  Japan 114.70
6 Todd Eldredge  United States 111.94

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Mao Asada  Japan 128.03
2 Sarah Meier  Switzerland 123.11
3 Yukari Nakano  Japan 121.86
4 Kimmie Meissner  United States 109.50
5 Mirai Nagasu  United States 108.42
6 Kiira Korpi  Finland 85.95

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 491.82
2 Team Europe 488.45
3 Team North America 481.81

2007

The 2007 event was held on April 29, 2007 at the Saitama Super Arena.[18]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Nobunari Oda  Japan 150.59
2 Jeffrey Buttle  Canada 140.73
3 Brian Joubert  France 132.76
4 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 132.76
5 Alexei Yagudin  Russia 128.43
6 Todd Eldredge  United States 117.52

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Miki Ando  Japan 112.65
2 Sarah Meier  Switzerland 111.29
3 Joannie Rochette  Canada 107.78
4 Mao Asada  Japan 101.47
5 Kiira Korpi  Finland 98.63
6 Kimmie Meissner  United States 92.78

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 497.47
2 Team Europe 471.11
3 Team North America 458.81

2006

The 2006 event was held on March 14, 2006 at the Saitama Super Arena.[19]

Men

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Stephane Lambiel  Switzerland 141.80
2 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 141.10
3 Jeffrey Buttle  Canada 139.40
4 Emanuel Sandhu  Canada 130.90
5 Takeshi Honda  Japan 119.70
6 Alexei Yagudin  Russia 112.70

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Mao Asada  Japan 125.72
2 Joannie Rochette  Canada 117.64
3 Sarah Meier  Switzerland 104.56
4 Miki Ando  Japan 104.56
5 Kiira Korpi  Finland 86.66
6 Alissa Czisny  United States 85.40

Team result

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 491.08
2 Team North America 473.34
3 Team Europe 445.72

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