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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Ilia Malinin 193.91 2 Kazuki Tomono 177.72 3 Koshiro Shimada 164.26 4 Kevin Aymoz 155.20 5 Jason Brown 144.38 6 Morisi Kvitelashvili 125.17
Women Rank Name Nation Points 1 Kaori Sakamoto 149.59 2 Loena Hendrickx 140.31 3 Isabeau Levito 135.63 4 Satoko Miyahara 123.22 5 Kimmy Repond 122.63 6 Mariah Bell 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 193.80 2 Ilia Malinin 193.42 3 Kao Miura 169.94 4 166.21 5 Jason Brown 163.57 6 Michal Březina 98.26
Women Rank Name Nation Points 1 Kaori Sakamoto 146.66 2 Loena Hendrickx 132.53 3 Mariah Bell 119.40 4 115.49 5 Rika Kihira 113.44 6 Mirai Nagasu 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.
Men Rank Name Team Points 1 Shoma Uno Team Blue 181.21 2 Shun Sato Team Blue 179.32 3 Keiji Tanaka Team Red 163.93 4 Sōta Yamamoto Team Blue 156.13 5 Kazuki Tomono Team Red 147.44 4 Sena Miyake Team Red 126.46
Women Rank Name Team Points 1 Wakaba Higuchi Team Blue 136.27 2 Rino Matsuike Team Red 135.12 3 Mana Kawabe Team Red 134.91 4 Kaori Sakamoto Team Red 133.26 5 Mai Mihara Team Blue 124.24 6 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.
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.
Men Rank Name Team Points 1 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Team Red 137.99 2 Sōta Yamamoto Team Blue 137.97 3 Ryuju Hino Team Red 120.37 4 Hiraoki Sato Team Blue 119.52
Ladies Rank Name Team Points 1 Mako Yamashita Team Red 126.94 2 Wakaba Higuchi Team Blue 123.01 3 Tomoe Kawabata Team Red 112.63 4 Yuhana Yokoi Team Blue 109.57 5 Hana Yoshida Team Blue 107.56 6 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Nathan Chen 189.83 2 Shoma Uno 169.09 3 Vincent Zhou 167.64 4 Koshiro Shimada 153.37 5 Javier Fernández 153.14 6 Deniss Vasiļjevs 146.65
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Alexandra Trusova 160.53 2 Alina Zagitova 154.41 3 Rika Kihira 144.76 4 Satoko Miyahara 134.94 5 Bradie Tennell 124.91 6 Mirai Nagasu 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Shoma Uno 186.69 2 Nobunari Oda 176.95 3 Javier Fernández 157.86 4 Nathan Chen 144.96 5 Deniss Vasiļjevs 129.32 6 Jeremy Abbott 124.06
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Alina Zagitova 159.18 2 Kaori Sakamoto 130.28 3 Satoko Miyahara 127.99 4 Bradie Tennell 126.86 5 Mariah Bell 120.57 6 Maria Sotskova 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Javier Fernández 189.47 2 Nathan Chen 178.46 3 Shoma Uno 175.45 4 Nobunari Oda 158.24 5 Jeremy Abbott 143.48 6 Alexei Bychenko 128.52
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Evgenia Medvedeva 152.08 2 Mai Mihara 147.83 3 Alina Zagitova 145.28 4 Mirai Nagasu 134.69 5 Marin Honda 133.41 6 Karen Chen 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Shoma Uno 198.55 2 Javier Fernandez 192.20 3 Nobunari Oda 178.72 4 Jeremy Abbott 166.99 5 Adam Rippon 166.85 6 Florent Amodio 124.35
Ladies
Rank Name Nation Points 1 Evgenia Medvedeva 147.07 2 Satoko Miyahara 143.39 3 Ashley Wagner 132.12 4 Anna Pogorilaya 132.04 5 Wakaba Higuchi 116.99 6 Gracie Gold 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Shoma Uno 185.48 2 Javier Fernández 176.24 3 Patrick Chan 159.14 4 Jeremy Abbott 153.72 5 Daisuke Murakami 145.77 6 Brian Joubert 105.51
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Mao Asada 141.70 2 Satoko Miyahara 134.67 3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 128.34 4 Adelina Sotnikova 118.81 5 Ashley Wagner 117.84 6 Gracie Gold 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Patrick Chan 178.17 2 Javier Fernández 155.47 3 Takahito Mura 146.41 4 Tomáš Verner 137.50 5 Jeffrey Buttle 136.08 6 Takahiko Kozuka 119.51
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Elena Radionova 136.46 2 Satoko Miyahara 131.94 3 Anna Pogorilaya 122.52 4 Kanako Murakami 114.38 5 Mirai Nagasu 106.85 6 Ashley Wagner 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Javier Fernández 176.91 2 Takahiko Kozuka 158.32 3 Jeremy Abbott 157.70 4 Daisuke Takahashi 149.12 5 Jeffrey Buttle 127.43 6 Michal Březina 125.74
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Mao Asada 135.16 2 Joannie Rochette 123.99 3 Ashley Wagner 119.77 4 Adelina Sotnikova 105.95 5 Kanako Murakami 102.15 6 Irina Slutskaya 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Daisuke Takahashi 172.06 2 Takahiko Kozuka 165.08 3 Jeffrey Buttle 160.86 4 Evgeni Plushenko 156.21 5 Michal Březina 151.53 6 Patrick Chan 137.42
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Ashley Wagner 123.57 2 Mao Asada 122.04 3 Akiko Suzuki 110.07 4 Alena Leonova 107.94 5 Elene Gedevanishvili 94.84 6 Agnes Zawadzki 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Patrick Chan 159.93 2 Artur Gachinski 152.71 3 Takahiko Kozuka 148.21 4 Jeffrey Buttle 138.33 5 Florent Amodio 138.25 6 Daisuke Takahashi 130.79
Ladies Elizaveta Tuktamysheva replaced the injured Sarah Meier.
Rank Name Nation Points 1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva 118.59 2 Joannie Rochette 112.74 3 Akiko Suzuki 112.46 4 Alena Leonova 108.39 5 Alissa Czisny 107.64 6 Miki Ando 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Adam Rippon 166.63 2 Daisuke Takahashi 159.19 3 Evgeni Plushenko 151.00 4 Takahiko Kozuka 150.71 5 Michal Březina 134.90 6 Jeffrey Buttle 128.39
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Joannie Rochette 122.71 2 Miki Ando 115.02 3 Cynthia Phaneuf 99.50 4 Sarah Meier 92.73 5 Mao Asada 92.44 6 Júlia Sebestyén 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Stephane Lambiel 150.52 2 Jeffrey Buttle 142.26 3 Jeremy Abbott 132.87 4 Takahiko Kozuka 130.13 5 Samuel Contesti 117.49 6 Takeshi Honda 109.58
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Joannie Rochette 126.39 2 Laura Lepistö 110.86 3 Mao Asada 102.94 4 Yukari Nakano 91.52 5 Jelena Glebova 85.16 6 Beatrisa Liang 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Evan Lysacek 151.95 2 Stephane Lambiel 146.49 3 Adrian Schultheiss 132.90 4 Daisuke Takahashi 127.23 5 Takeshi Honda 114.70 6 Todd Eldredge 111.94
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Mao Asada 128.03 2 Sarah Meier 123.11 3 Yukari Nakano 121.86 4 Kimmie Meissner 109.50 5 Mirai Nagasu 108.42 6 Kiira Korpi 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Nobunari Oda 150.59 2 Jeffrey Buttle 140.73 3 Brian Joubert 132.76 4 Takahiko Kozuka 132.76 5 Alexei Yagudin 128.43 6 Todd Eldredge 117.52
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Miki Ando 112.65 2 Sarah Meier 111.29 3 Joannie Rochette 107.78 4 Mao Asada 101.47 5 Kiira Korpi 98.63 6 Kimmie Meissner 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.
Men Rank Name Nation Points 1 Stephane Lambiel 141.80 2 Daisuke Takahashi 141.10 3 Jeffrey Buttle 139.40 4 Emanuel Sandhu 130.90 5 Takeshi Honda 119.70 6 Alexei Yagudin 112.70
Ladies Rank Name Nation Points 1 Mao Asada 125.72 2 Joannie Rochette 117.64 3 Sarah Meier 104.56 4 Miki Ando 104.56 5 Kiira Korpi 86.66 6 Alissa Czisny 85.40
Team result Rank Name Total points 1 Team Japan 491.08 2 Team North America 473.34 3 Team Europe 445.72
References
External links Information at GoldenSkate.com