The 2025 Lead Japan Cup was the 38th edition of the annual competition lead climbing event organised by the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association (JMSCA), held in DMG MORI Arena, Mie.

LJC is the sole selection event for Japan's national lead team. Athletes who place highly at the LJC are eligible to compete in the Lead World Cups, subject to JMSCA's prevailing selection criteria. LJC 2025 was the first domestic lead competition of the 2025 season. 54 men and 53 women competed, with Sorato Anraku and Ai Mori winning the men's and women's titles respectively.

Finals Men The men's lead finals took place on 2 March 2025. Rank Name Final 1 Sorato Anraku42+2 Neo Suzuki 37 3 Shion Omata35+ 4 Hiroto Shimizu34+ 5 Masahiro Higuchi31+ 6 Satone Yoshida27+ 7 Ao Yurikusa27+ 8 Taisei Homma24+

Women The women's lead finals took place on 2 March 2025. Rank Name Final 1 Ai MoriTOP2 Mei Kotake 42+ 3 Natsumi Oda33 4 Mashiro Kuzuu32+ 5 Miho Nonaka32+ 6 Natsuki Tanii22+ 7 Ryu Nakagawa21+ 8 Natsumi Hirano21+

Semifinals Men The men's lead semifinals took place on 2 March 2025. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Sorato AnrakuTOP 2 Taisei Homma 44+ 3 Neo Suzuki40+ 4 Satone Yoshida40+ 5 Ao Yurikusa40+ 6 Shion Omata36+ 7 Hiroto Shimizu36+ 8 Masahiro Higuchi36+ 9 Tomoa Narasaki35+ 10 Hareru Nagamori35+ 11 Yuta Imaizumi35+ 12 Shuta Tanaka35+ 13 Yuji Fujiwaki35+ 14 Kisato Wada34+ 15 Genbu Uehara33+ 16 Mototaka Ishizu32 17 Manato Kurashiki32 18 Zento Murashita31 19 Hiroto Nishio31 20 Taito Nakagami31 21 Yusuke Sugimoto30+ 22 Kaya Otaka30 23 Haru Funaki29 24 Satoki Tanaka28+ 25 Ryohei Kameyama28 26 Kokoro Fujii27 27 Rei Sasaki1+

Women The women's lead semifinals took place on 2 March 2025. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Ai MoriTOP 2 Mei Kotake 35+ 3 Natsumi Oda35 4 Mashiro Kuzuu32+ 5 Ryu Nakagawa32 6 Miho Nonaka31+ 7 Natsuki Tanii30 8 Natsumi Hirano30 9 Mai Kobayashi30 10 Kohana Mugishima30 11 Sana Ogura30 12 Tomona Takao29+ 13 Moka Mochizuki29+ 14 Risa Ota29+ 15 Hana Koike28+ 16 Nonoha Kume28+ 17 Miku Ishii28+ 18 Manami Yama28+ 19 Kaho Murakoshi28+ 20 Nanako Kura26+ 21 Kaho Yamane25+ 22 Sawa Kakizaki25+ 23 Yuno Harigae25+ 24 Towako Nakata23+ 25 Mitsu Yamada21+ 26 Kiki Matsuda20+ 27 Ichika Osawa19+

Qualifications Men The men's lead qualifications took place on 1 March 2025. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Sorato AnrakuTOP127+11.41 2 Tomoa Narasaki 38+227+12.00 3 Neo Suzuki37+327+13.16 4 Taisei Homma37+326+45.00 Satone Yoshida37+326+45.00 6 Ao Yurikusa35+826+46.71 7 Kokoro Fujii37+32396.89 8 Zento Murashita37+321+1810.12 9 Rei Sasaki33+1223911.11 10 Kisato Wada35+822+1111.22 11 Hareru Nagamori34+1122+1112.41 12 Yuta Imaizumi26+2425+713.36 13 Shion Omata33+1222+1113.49 14 Yusuke Sugimoto32+1522+1114.73 15 Ryohei Kameyama25+2823+815.10 16 Mototaka Ishizu25+8212415.44 17 Satoki Tanaka301822+1115.87 18 Hiroto Shimizu32+1521+1817.83 19 Hiroto Nishio25+2822+1119.97 20 Haru Funaki27+1921+1820.75 Masahiro Higuchi27+1921+1820.75 22 Manato Kurashiki3217212421.22 23 Genbu Uehara33+12163722.80 24 Yuji Fujiwaki233822+1123.22 25 Taito Nakagami27+19212423.59 Kaya Otaka27+19212423.59 Shuta Tanaka27+19212423.59 28 Hidemasa Nishida26+24212426.00 29 Kento Yamaguchi26+2419+3128.12 30 Ryota Toda26+2418+3329.01 31 Shuma Yamane24+31193231.50 32 Kaede Fujita204821+1831.53 33 Ryoei Nukui16+5021+1832.33 34 Rikuto Inohana2530163734.64 35 Rikuto Nobuchika23+32173534.75 36 Akira Tsunoda23+3216+3635.24 37 Akira Shimizu23+32163737.15 38 Tatsuhiro Yoshioka21+40183438.46 39 Kosei Aoyama23+3215+4439.18 40 Shuto Matsusawa2338163739.24 41 Riku Ishihara23+3214+4640.05 42 Yura Yamaguchi1653203040.06 43 Rui Funakoshi21+40163741.71 Keisetsu Onishi21+40163741.71 Tomoaki Takata21+40163741.71 46 Ryotaro Nakajima23+3211+5242.56 47 Ryotaro Nakajima21+4015+4444.00 48 Hiroki Kawakami21+40144846.17 49 Sakuya Ishiguro21+4013+5147.10 50 Haruyoshi Morimoto204814+4647.49 51 Kaede Koga21+4085448.47 52 Taisei Funaki16+50144849.99 53 Rinze Masuda1653144851.20 54 Yamato Suzuki16+5011+5251.74

Women The women's lead qualifications took place on 1 March 2025. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Ai MoriTOP1TOP11.22 2 Hana Koike 40+2TOP11.73 3 Tomona Takao39+342+33.24 4 Mei Kotake35442+33.97 5 Natsuki Tanii35434+54.74 6 Natsumi Oda34+632+87.21 7 Miho Nonaka33+833+68.06 Natsumi Hirano33+833+68.06 9 Moka Mochizuki34+630+108.65 10 Ryu Nakagawa33+83199.49 11 Risa Ota33+830+1010.72 12 Mai Kobayashi31+1430+1012.69 13 Mashiro Kuzuu33+828+1613.42 14 Nonoha Kume30+15301414.73 15 Miku Ishii30+15291515.25 16 Kaho Yamane27+2130+1015.54 17 Sawa Kakizaki28+1728+1618.25 18 Manami Yama25+2428+1620.78 19 Kaho Murakoshi28+1727+2121.07 20 Kiki Matsuda22+2628+1622.25 21 Nanako Kura26+2227+2122.98 22 Towako Nakata262327+2123.49 23 Mitsu Yamada28+1726+2823.75 24 Kohana Mugishima213128+1623.81 25 Yuno Harigae28+17263425.26 26 Ichika Osawa22+2627+2125.69 Sana Ogura22+2627+2125.69 28 Miu Kakizaki32+1314+5025.87 29 Kiho Nanba21+3027+2126.83 30 Sora Ito252526+2827.61 31 Ayane Kashiwa22+2626+2828.96 32 Ai Takeuchi204227+2131.75 33 Suzu Matoba20+3326+2833.59 Michika Nagashima20+3326+2833.59 35 Yuka Higuchi213125+3634.14 36 Hanasa Takahashi20+3325+3637.00 Suzu Hasegawa20+3325+3637.00 38 Ayaka Kaji20+3324+3937.99 39 Koko Masuda18+4626+2838.46 40 Misa Inoue20+3322+4239.65 41 Sora Kaneki18+46263440.91 42 Kotomi Yamanaka20+3320+4641.48 43 Kazuki Hagiwara194423+4042.45 44 Serina Koyama20+33154942.58 45 Kokoro Takata20+3314+5043.65 46 An Inagaki18+4623+4044.32 47 Honoka Oda19+4320+4644.72 48 Aori Fukumitsu18+4622+4245.40 49 Kanna Fujimura194419+4846.22 50 Kazune Kobayashi18+4621+4446.46 51 Narumi Horita15+5321+4448.56 52 Utano Akutsu18+4614+5049.98 53 Kana Okawa165214+5051.75

References

External links JMSCA Youtube channel Full Results (Archived) JMSCA (Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association)