The 2025–26 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Shibuya, Tokyo on December 18–21, 2025. It was the 94th 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 2026 Four Continents Championships, 2026 World Championships, and the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Qualifying Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2025, or earned a bye.
Date Event Type Location Results September 18–21, 2025 Tokyo Regional Kōtō, Tokyo Details September 19–21, 2025 Chubu Nagoya, Aichi Details September 25–28, 2025 Kanto Kōfu, Yamanashi DetailsSeptember 26–28, 2025 Kinki Hachinohe, Aomori Details October 4–6, 2024 Tohoku-Hokkaido Sapporo, Hokkaido Details October 2–5, 2025 Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Fukuoka, Fukuoka Details October 17–19, 2025 Japan Novice Championships Final Yokohama, Kanagawa Details October 23–26, 2025 Eastern Section Sectional Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Details October 31 – November 3, 2025 Western Section Ōtsu, Shiga Details November 22–24, 2025 Japan Junior Championships Final Kōtō, Tokyo Details December 18–21, 2025 Japan Championships Shibuya, Tokyo Details
Medal summary Senior Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Yuma Kagiyama Shun Sato Kao Miura Women Kaori Sakamoto Mao Shimada Mone Chiba Pairs No other competitors Ice dance
Junior Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Rio Nakata Taiga Nishino Daiya Ebihara Women Mao Shimada Mayuko Oka Mei Okada Ice dance
Entries Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.
Men Women Pairs Ice dance Yuma Kagiyama Kaori Sakamoto Rio Nakata* Mao Shimada* Tatsuya Tsuboi Wakaba Higuchi Kao Miura Rion Sumiyoshi rowspan="27" Shun Sato Ami Nakai Nozomu Yoshioka Rinka Watanabe Sena Miyake Mone Chiba rowspan="24" Kosho Oshima Yuna Aoki Haruto Toda Maria Egawa Shio Kojima Mana Kawabe Sōta Yamamoto Chikako Saigusa Kazuki Tomono Rino Matsuike Haru Kakiuchi Hana Yoshida Takumi Sugiyama Saki Miyake Shunsuke Nakamura Mako Yamashita Takeru Amine Kataise Mai Mihara Keisuke Kadowaki Sae Shimizu Ryoga Morimoto Haruna Iwasaki Shuntaro Asaga Miyabi Oba Yuto Kishina Mia Mori Shunya Matsuoka Arisa Kamoi Daiya Ebihara* Mayuko Oka* Ibuki Ogahara* Mei Okada* Tsudoi Suto* Sumika Kanazawa* Sena Takahashi* Ikura Kushida* Taiga Nishino* Haruna Murakami* Ryoto Mori* Kei Yamada* Hayato Okazaki* Kaoruko Wada* Shun Uemura*Saikki Ikkanda*Yujin Takeda* Yo Takagi*
Results Men +Men's results Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Yuma Kagiyama 287.95 1 104.27 2 183.68 2 Shun Sato 276.75 5 87.99 1 188.76 3 Kao Miura 261.18 2 95.65 3 165.53 4 Rio Nakata 248.65 3 89.91 4 158.74 5 Sōta Yamamoto 238.94 6 82.21 5 156.73 6 Kazuki Tomono 229.74 4 88.05 7 141.69 7 Daiya Ebihara 218.99 16 70.23 6 148.76 8 Nozomu Yoshioka 214.59 9 75.42 10 139.17 9 Takeru Amine Kataise 213.16 7 78.40 12 134.76 10 Kosho Oshima 212.98 12 73.47 9 139.51 11 Taiga Nishino 211.11 17 70.18 8 140.93 12 Tsudoi Suto 210.11 13 71.59 11 138.52 13 Tatsuya Tsuboi 207.43 10 74.52 15 132.91 14 Ryoto Mori 205.44 14 70.91 13 134.53 15 Sena Takahashi 205.44 11 73.82 16 131.62 16 Takumi Sugiyama 202.71 18 69.54 14 133.17 17 Sena Miyake 200.95 8 75.94 20 125.01 18 Haru Kakiuchi 199.56 15 70.68 17 128.88 19 Shunsuke Nakamura 194.10 22 66.96 18 127.14 20 Ryoga Morimoto 193.18 21 67.40 19 125.78 21 Shun Uemura 191.87 20 67.98 21 123.89 22 Yuto Kishina 174.82 23 66.16 22 108.66 23 Yujin Takeda 174.13 24 65.54 23 108.59 24 Shuntaro Asaga 173.62 19 69.48 24 104.14 Did not advance to free skating 25 Shunya Matsuoka 59.39 25 59.39 colspan=2 26 Haruto Toda 58.62 26 58.62 colspan=2 27 Ibuki Ogahara 58.49 27 58.49 colspan=2 28 Keisuke Kadowaki 57.45 28 57.45 colspan=2 29 Shio Kojima 57.29 29 57.29 colspan=2 30 Hayato Okazaki 51.53 30 51.53 colspan=2
Women +Women's results Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Kaori Sakamoto 234.36 1 79.43 1 154.93 2 Mao Shimada 228.08 2 79.33 2 148.75 3 Mone Chiba 216.24 4 74.60 4 141.64 4 Ami Nakai 213.56 3 77.50 7 136.06 5 Yuna Aoki 212.00 7 69.84 3 142.16 6 Mayuko Oka 211.73 5 73.20 6 138.53 7 Rinka Watanabe 211.52 6 71.36 5 140.16 8 Wakaba Higuchi 203.06 8 69.47 8 133.59 9 Saki Miyake 195.49 12 62.84 9 132.65 10 Mai Mihara 190.63 13 62.77 11 127.86 11 Rino Matsuike 190.20 16 61.26 10 128.94 12 Mana Kawabe 187.36 10 64.12 14 123.24 13 Maria Egawa 187.29 9 64.76 15 122.53 14 Mei Okada 185.29 18 60.43 12 124.86 15 Mako Yamashita 183.18 11 63.43 16 119.75 16 Sumika Kanazawa 181.67 19 57.09 13 124.58 17 Yo Takagi 179.73 15 61.62 17 118.11 18 Rion Sumiyoshi 173.19 21 56.37 18 116.82 19 Kaoruko Wada 170.90 17 60.82 21 110.08 20 Ikura Kushida 170.86 22 55.47 19 115.39 21 Haruna Murakami 170.79 20 56.84 20 113.95 22 Kei Yamada 158.23 14 62.31 23 95.92 23 Arisa Kamoi 149.82 23 53.16 22 96.66 24Haruna Iwasaki145.352453.132492.22 Did not advance to free skating 25 Miyabi Oba 51.79 25 51.79 colspan=2 26 Chikako Saigusa 51.46 26 51.46 colspan=2 27 Sae Shimizu 51.39 27 51.39 colspan=2 28 Hana Yoshida 49.46 28 49.46 colspan=2 29 Mia Mori 44.13 29 44.13 colspan=2 30Saikki Ikkanda42.693042.69 colspan="2"
Pairs +Pairs results Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 215.30 2 72.91 1 142.39 2 133.47 3 48.33 2 85.14 WD 1 84.91 colspan=2
Ice dance +Ice dance results Rank Name Total points RD FD 1 172.29 1 68.78 1 103.51 2 165.75 2 64.99 2 100.76 3 146.22 4 54.09 3 92.13 4 144.41 3 57.44 4 86.975131.55550.93580.62
Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships The 2025–26 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Kōtō, Tokyo from November 22–24, 2025. The national champions in men's and women's singles earned automatic berths on the 2026 World Junior Championships. Top finishers in men's and women's singles were invited to compete at the senior Japan Championships in December. Junior ice dance was contested alongside the senior national championships in December.
Entries Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters. Men Women Ice dance Koyama Aoto Misaki Arimatsu Daiya Ebihara Mana Fujiwara Hiroto Hanai Reihime Horiike Haruhisa Hidaka* Aoha Hoshi Iori Horino Saori Ikkanda rowspan="26" Ryu Ikeda Aiko IwamotoDaily Skyler Kaisei*Sumika Kanazawa Kairi KatoReina Kawakatsu Aoichi Kimura* Kanade Kitami Yuki Matsumoto Oshin Kudo Masaya Mishima Ikura Kushida Ryoto MoriHikari Matsunami Rio Nakata Ruka Miyamoto Taiga Nishino Karin Miyazaki* Oda Nobuyoshi Narumi Mori*Masato Obayashi Haruna Murakami Ibuki Ogahara Keito Nagata Hayato Okazaki Ayumi Nakao Kenta Omura Mayuko Oka Riku Sakuma* Mei Okada Kaito Sano Asari Reiji Haruto Sasaki Mao Shimada Kazuna Sato Yo Takagi Tsudoi SutoHana Takasakino Minato TaguchiHanae Takeshima* Sena Takahashi Rena Uezono Yuhito Takeda Kaoruko Wada Seigo Tauchi Kei Yamada Shun Uemura Sumire Yoshida Yuki Yoshioka Sumire Yoshida
Novice Top finishers at the Japan Novice Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Junior Championships.
Men Women1 Riku Sakuma Karin Miyazaki2 Haruhisa Hidaka Hanae Takeshima3 Aoichi Kimura Narumi Mori4Daily Skyler Kaisei
Results Junior men +Junior men's results Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Rio Nakata 255.25 1 84.99 1 170.26 2 Taiga Nishino 235.64 2 79.95 2 155.69 3 Daiya Ebihara 215.90 3 74.22 3 141.68 4 Tsudoi Suto 206.62 5 72.75 5 133.87 5 Sena Takahashi 204.45 8 69.08 4 135.37 6 Ryoto Mori 192.34 6 71.87 7 120.47 7 Ibuki Ogahara 190.98 4 73.18 10 117.80 8 Hayato Okazaki 187.83 7 69.14 9 118.69 9 Shun Uemura 185.03 9 68.68 11 116.35 10 Yuhito Takeda 184.88 10 66.11 8 118.77 11 Seigo Tauchi 183.14 12 61.85 6 121.29 12 Yuki Matsumoto 172.96 14 59.14 12 113.82 13 Iori Horino 171.79 13 60.90 15 110.89 14 Kaito Sano 170.09 15 58.42 14 111.67 15 Riku Sakuma 168.63 19 55.56 13 113.07 16 Kairi Kato 164.98 17 56.71 17 108.27 17 Koyama Aoto 164.54 11 62.12 20 102.42 18 Aoichi Kimura 163.90 20 55.15 16 108.75 19 Minato Taguchi 163.36 16 57.47 18 105.89 20 Masato Obayashi 156.95 22 54.51 19 102.44 21 Hiroto Hanai 152.63 21 55.12 21 97.51 22 Kenta Omura 150.07 24 53.28 22 96.79 23 Ryu Ikeda 149.98 18 56.13 24 93.85 24 Kazuna Sato 149.06 23 53.89 23 95.17 Did not advance to free skating 25 Haruto Sasaki 52.53 25 52.53 colspan=2 26 Daily Skyler Kaisei 51.59 26 51.59 colspan=2 27 Haruhisa Hidaka 51.23 27 51.23 colspan=2 28 Oda Nobuyoshi 50.87 28 50.87 colspan=2 29 Yuki Yoshioka 47.26 29 47.26 colspan=2 30 Masaya Mishima 45.01 30 45.01 colspan=2
Junior women +Junior women's results Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Mao Shimada 196.78 1 72.55 2 124.23 2 Mayuko Oka 194.82 8 58.09 1 136.73 3 Mei Okada 188.31 2 65.07 3 123.24 4 Sumika Kanazawa 185.95 4 64.23 5 121.72 5 Karin Miyazaki 183.66 6 61.04 4 122.62 6 Kei Yamada 175.82 9 57.99 6 117.83 7 Ikura Kushida 172.58 3 64.37 11 108.21 8 Haruna Murakami 172.36 7 60.42 8 111.94 9 Kaoruko Wada 171.76 10 55.10 7 116.66 10 Saori Ikkanda 164.15 11 54.34 9 109.81 11 Yo Takagi 160.83 5 61.32 15 99.51 12 Hikari Matsunami 158.60 12 53.65 14 104.95 13 Hanaha Takeshima 158.05 14 52.14 13 105.91 14 Ayumi Nakao 157.86 15 49.65 12 108.21 15 Reina Kawakatsu 156.68 19 47.65 10 109.03 16 Sumire Yoshida 143.64 16 48.13 16 95.51 17 Aoha Hoshi 140.95 18 47.89 17 93.06 18 Asari Reiji 138.02 24 45.37 18 92.65 19 Ruka Miyamoto 131.86 17 48.04 19 83.82 20 Rena Uezono 131.42 13 53.20 23 78.22 21 Misaki Arimatsu 129.95 21 46.62 20 83.33 22 Oshin Kudo 126.83 22 46.47 22 80.36 23 Narumi Mori 126.46 23 45.83 21 80.63 24 Kanade Kitami 118.21 20 46.74 24 71.47 Did not advance to free skating 25 Keito Nagata 41.36 25 41.36 colspan=2 26 Hana Takasakino 38.82 26 38.82 colspan=2 27 Reihime Horiike 38.52 27 38.52 colspan=2 28 Aiko Iwamoto 38.27 28 38.27 colspan=2 29 Mana Fujiwara 35.69 29 35.69 colspan=2
Junior ice dance +Junior ice dance results Rank Name Total points RD FD 1 140.20 1 54.42 1 85.78 2 137.64 2 54.33 2 83.31 3 129.25 3 50.86 3 78.39 4 92.94 4 37.94 4 55.00
International team selections Four Continents Championships The 2026 Four Continents Championships will be held in Beijing, China from January 21-25, 2026.
Men Women Pairs Ice dance 1 Kao Miura Mone Chiba 2 Kazuki Tomono Ami Nakai 3 Sōta Yamamoto Yuna Aoki 1st alt. Nozomu Yoshioka Rinka Watanabe 2nd alt. Tatsuya Tsuboi Wakaba Higuchi 3rd alt. Saki Miyake
World Junior Championships Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2026 World Junior Championships will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from March 3-8, 2026..
Men Women Ice dance 1 Rio Nakata Mao Shimada 2 Taiga Nishino Mayuko Oka 3 Daiya Ebihara Mei Okada 1st alt. Sena Takahashi Sumika Kanazawa 2nd alt. Ryoto Mori Yo Takagi
World Championships The 2026 World Championships will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from March 24-29, 2026.
Men Women Pairs Ice dance 1 Yuma Kagiyama Kaori Sakamoto 2 Shun Sato Ami Nakai 3 Kao Miura Mone Chiba 1st alt. Kazuki Tomono Rinka Watanabe 2nd alt. Sōta Yamamoto Yuna Aoki 3rd alt. Nozomu Yoshioka
Winter Olympics The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Milan, Italy from February 6-19, 2026.
Men Women Pairs Ice dance 1 Yuma Kagiyama Kaori Sakamoto 2 Shun Sato Ami Nakai 3 Kao Miura Mone Chiba 1st alt. Kazuki Tomono Rinka Watanabe 2nd alt. Sōta Yamamoto Yuna Aoki 3rd alt. Tatsuya Tsuboi
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