2020–21 Japan Figure Skating Championships

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.

Date Event Type Location ResultsSeptember 25–27, 2020 Chu-Shikoku-KyushuRegional Okayama, Okayama Details Chubu Nagoya, Aichi DetailsOctober 1–4, 2020 Kanto Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Details Kinki Takaishi, Osaka DetailsOctober 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 SectionSectional Kyoto, Kyoto Details November 6–8, 2020 Eastern Section Kōfu, Yamanashi Details November 21–23, 2020 Japan Junior ChampionshipsFinal 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 LadiesRika KihiraKaori SakamotoSatoko Miyahara Pairs Cancelled Ice danceMisato Komatsubara / Tim KoletoKana Muramoto / Daisuke TakahashiRikako 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. 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.

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 99.21Did not advance to free skating 25 Takumi Sugiyama 59.22 25 59.22 colspan=2 26 Taichiro Yamakuma 57.51 26 57.51 colspan=2 27 Koshin Yamada 56.56 27 56.56 colspan=2 28 Tsunehito Karakawa 54.51 28 54.51 colspan=2 29 Reo Ishizuka 50.29 29 50.29 colspan=2 30 Tatuma Furuya 47.09 30 47.09 colspan=2

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

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 87.95Did not advance to free skating 25 Rika Oya 54.09 25 54.09 colspan=2 26 Ibuki Sato 53.71 26 53.71 colspan=2 27 Rinka Watanabe 46.18 27 46.18 colspan=2 28 Yura Matsuda 44.69 28 44.69 colspan=2 29 Riko Takino 43.69 29 43.69 colspan=2 Marin Honda colspan=4

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.

Ice dance Rank Name Total points RD FD 1 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto175.23 1 71.74 1 103.49 2 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi151.86 2 67.83 3 84.03 3 Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho 145.18 3 62.02 4 83.16 4 Kiria Hirayama / Aru Tateno143.40 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.

Entries A list of preliminary entries was published on November 10, 2020. 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 SegmentSaturday, November 21 All 18:30–19:00 Opening ceremony Ice dance 20:00–20:35 Rhythm danceSunday, November 22 Men 12:20–16:00 Short program Ice dance 16:15–16:53Free dance Ladies 17:10–20:50 Short programMonday, November 23 Men 11:40–15:00Free skating Ladies 15:25–18:45Free skating All times are listed in local time (UTC+9:00).

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 83.69Did not advance to free skating 25 Tsukasa Yajima 45.35 25 45.35 colspan=2 26 Masamune Okubo 43.75 26 43.75 colspan=2 27 Tudoi Suto 41.59 27 41.59 colspan=2 28 Minato Shiga 40.51 28 40.51 colspan=2 29 Gen Watanabe 33.73 29 33.73 colspan=2

Junior ladies