Climbing Japan Cup or Japan Climbing Cup is a series of climbing competitions held annually and organized by the JMSCA (Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association). The athletes compete in three disciplines: lead, bouldering and speed. The first Lead Japan Cup was held in 1987. The first Bouldering Japan Cup was held in 2005. The first Combined Japan Cup was held in 2018. The first Speed Japan Cup was held in 2019.
Lead Lead Japan Cup (in Japanese) EditionY.M.DLocation Women Men 11 1997.10.04-05Ōtake city, Hiroshima PrefectureRie KimuraDai Koyamada 12 1998.10.03-04 Katano city, Osaka PrefectureHoshiko NakagaiTomohiro Shibata 13 1999.10.10-11 Hadano city, Kanagawa PrefectureRie Kimura Takaaki Tsuiki 14 2000.11.04-05 Kazo city, Saitama PrefectureYasue MinamiuraAkito Matsushima 15 2001.08.18-19 Nanto city, Toyama PrefectureYuka Kobayashi Takuya Takeda 16 2002.09.15-16Sendai city, Miyagi PrefectureYuka KobayashiHidekazu Ito 17 2003.09.27-28Nagaoka district, Kōchi PrefectureYuko HirohataKeita Mogaki 18 2004.06.12-13Sapporo city, Hokkaido PrefectureYuka Kobayashi Yoshinobu Shinozaki 19 2005.11.05-06Kazo city, Saitama PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiYuji Hirayama 20 2006.09.02-03Maniwa city, Okayama PrefectureAkiyo Noguchi Sachi Amma 21 2007.06.02-03Hadano city, Kanagawa PrefectureAkiyo Noguchi Sachi Amma 22 2008.06.07-08 Taketa city, Ōita PrefectureMomoka Oda Hidekazu Ito 23 2009.06.06-07 Joetsu city, Niigata PrefectureYuka Kobayashi Sachi Amma 24 2010.06.05-06Inzai city, Chiba PrefectureMomoka OdaSachi Amma 25 2011.06.04-05Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi PrefectureMomoka Oda Sachi Amma 26 2012.06.09-10Gifu city, Gifu PrefectureMomoka Oda Masahiro Higuchi 27 2013.06.01-02Higashikurume city, TokyoYuka Kobayashi Daisuke Kasahara 28 2014.06.07-08 Omura city, Nagasaki PrefectureRisa OtaAkito Matsushima 29 2015.06.06-07Minabe town, Wakayama PrefectureAika Tajima Masahiro Higuchi 30 2016.06.11-12 Morioka city, Iwate PrefectureAi Mori Keiichiro Korenaga 31 2017.06.10-11Saijo city, Ehime PrefectureAi MoriTaisei Homma 32 2019.03.02-03Inzai city, Chiba PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiKokoro Fujii 33 2020.08.09-11 Morioka city, Iwate PrefectureAi MoriHidemasa Nishida 34 2021.03.26-28 Inzai city, Chiba PrefectureAi MoriSatone Yoshida 35 2022.02.12-13 Inzai city, Chiba PrefectureAi MoriTaisei Homma 36 2023.02.25-26 Inzai city, Chiba PrefectureAi MoriShion Omata 37 2024.02.23-24 Taku city, Saga PrefectureAi MoriShion Omata 38 2025.03.1-2 Iga city, Mie PrefectureAi MoriSorato Anraku 39 2026.03.07-8 Iga city, Mie PrefectureAi MoriNeo Suzuki
Bouldering Bouldering Japan Cup (in Japanese)
Akiyo Noguchi won the most, with 9 consecutive wins from 2005 to 2014 (1st-9th). In 2017, Futaba Ito then 14-year-old, became the youngest athlete to win the Bouldering Japan Cup. There were no male athletes who won more than once until Kokoro Fujii won three times consecutively from 2016 to 2018 and then again in 2021. Edition Y.M.D Location Women Men 1 2005.09.23-24 Kobe city, Hyogo PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiKeita Mogaki 2 2006.12.23-24 Kazo city, Saitama PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiTatsuya Muraoka 3 2007.12.01-02 Taketa city, Oita PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiKazuma Watanabe 4 2009.02.28-03.01 Kawagoe city, Saitama PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiMasatoshi Sugita 5 2009.11.21-22 Fukaya city, Saitama PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiTsukuru Hori 6 2011.02.26-27 Nagasaki city, Nagasaki PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiAtsushi Shimizu 7 2012.02.25-26 Nagasaki city, Nagasaki PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiTatsumi Nitta 8 2013.02.23-24 Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, Tokyo Akiyo NoguchiSachi Amma 9 2014.02.22-23 Shizuoka city, Shizuoka PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiMakoto Yamauchi 10 2015.02.21-22 Fukaya city, Saitama PrefectureAika TajimaRei Sugimoto 11 2016.01.30-31 Kazo city, Saitama PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiKokoro Fujii 12 2017.01.28-29 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Shibuya ward, TokyoFutaba ItoKokoro Fujii 13 2018.02.03-04 Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, TokyoAkiyo NoguchiKokoro Fujii 14 2019.01.26-27 Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, TokyoMiho NonakaTaisei Ishimatsu 15 2020.02.08-09 Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, TokyoFutaba ItoKai Harada 16 2021.01.30-31 Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, TokyoAi MoriKokoro Fujii 17 2022.02.5-6 Yokkaichi Dome, Mie PrefectureNanako KuraTomoa Narasaki 18 2023.02.4-5 Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, TokyoFutaba ItoMeichi Narasaki 19 2024.02.10-12 Taku city, Saga PrefectureMao NakamuraYoshiyuki Ogata 20 2025.02.1-2 Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, TokyoMiho NonakaSorato Anraku 21 2026.01.31-2026.02.01 Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, Tokyo Futaba Ito Meichi Narasaki
Speed Speed Japan Cup (in Japanese) Edition Y.M.D Location Women Men 1 2019.02.10Akishima city, TokyoMiho NonakaYudai Ikeda 2 2020.02.22Akishima city, TokyoFutaba ItoKeita Dohi 3 2021.03.06Kameoka city, KyotoAkiyo NoguchiTomoa Narasaki 4 2022.03.06Kameoka city, KyotoFumika KawakamiRyo Omasa 5 2023.03.12Chiba (city), ChibaKarin HayashiJun Yasukawa 6 2024.02.25Taku city, SagaAi TakeuchiJun Yasukawa 7 2025.02.15-16Taku city, SagaKarin HayashiShuto Fujino 8 2026.02.14-15Taku city, SagaKarin HayashiRyo Omasa
Combined Combined Japan Cup (in Japanese) Edition Y.M.D Location Women Men1 2018.06.23-24Morioka city, Iwate PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiTomoa Narasaki 22019.05.25-26Saijo city, Ehime PrefectureMiho NonakaTomoa Narasaki 32020.12.26-27Saijo city, Ehime PrefectureMiho NonakaKokoro Fujii4 2021.06.18-19Morioka city, Iwate PrefectureAkiyo NoguchiTomoa Narasaki5 2022.11.12-13Saijo city, Ehime PrefectureAi MoriSorato Anraku6 2023.04.08-09Kurayoshi city, Tottori PrefectureAi MoriSorato Anraku
References
External links www.jma-climbing.org (JMSCA website for Events, Competitions and Calendar/Results) JMSCA (Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association) JMSCA Youtube channel