The 2020 Lead Japan Cup was the 33rd edition of the annual competition lead climbing event organised by the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association (JMSCA), held in Iwate Prefectural Sports Park Sport Climbing Stadium, Iwate.

LJC is the sole selection event for Japan's national lead team. LJC 2020 was the first domestic lead competition of the 2020 season. 51 men and 47 women competed, with Hidemasa Nishida and Ai Mori winning the men's and women's titles respectively.

Finals Men The men's lead finals took place on 11 August 2020. Rank Name Final 1 Hidemasa NishidaTOP2 Satone Yoshida 36+ 3 Shuta Tanaka36 4 Tomoa Narasaki35+ 5 Kokoro Fujii28+ 6 Zento Murashita28+ 7 Masahiro Higuchi28+ 8 Yoshiyuki Ogata28+

Women The women's lead finals took place on 11 August 2020. Rank Name Final 1 Ai MoriTOP2 Akiyo Noguchi TOP 3 Miu KakizakiTOP 4 Natsumi HiranoTOP 5 Natsuki Tanii40+ 6 Hana Koike40+ 7 Futaba Ito40+ 8 Momoko Abe39+

Semifinals Men The men's lead semifinals took place on 10 August 2020. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Hidemasa Nishida35+ 2 Kokoro Fujii 35+ 3 Zento Murashita33+ 4 Masahiro Higuchi33+ 5 Tomoa Narasaki33 6 Yoshiyuki Ogata31+ 7 Shuta Tanaka31 8 Satone Yoshida30+ 9 Ao Yurikusa30+ 10 Kai Harada30+ 11 Tomoaki Takata30 12 Rei Sugimoto30 13 Junta Sekiguchi27+ 14 Sohta Amagasa27+ 15 Meichi Narasaki27 16 Ryoei Nukui26 17 Keita Dohi25+ 18 Taito Nakagami24+ 19 Shion Omata24+ 20 Taisei Homma22 21 Keiichiro Korenaga22 22 Ryohei Kameyama20 23 Hibiki Yamauchi20 24 Yuya Kitae20 25 Hiroto Shimizu19+ 26 Kento Yamaguchi16+

Women The women's lead semifinals took place on 11 August 2020. Rank Name Semifinal Notes 1 Ai MoriTOP 2 Natsuki Tanii TOP 3 Akiyo Noguchi49+ 4 Hana Koike48 5 Miu Kakizaki47+ 6 Momoko Abe47+ 7 Futaba Ito47+ 8 Natsumi Hirano46+ 9 Aika Tajima46+ 10 Nonoha Kume46 11 Mio Nukui45+ 12 Nao Mori45+ 13 Miho Nonaka44+ 14 Ryu Nakagawa44+ 15 Risa Ota44+ 16 Mei Kotake43 17 Miu Kurita40+ 18 Mia Aoyagi38+ 19 Kokoro Takada38+ 20 Yuki Hiroshige34+ 21 Saki Kikuchi33+ 22 Momoka Miyajima33 23 Honoka Moriwaki32+ 24 Tomoko Kajima30+ 25 Rin Sato20+ 26 Mao Nakamura20+

Qualifications Men The men's lead qualifications took place on 9 August 2020. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Tomoa Narasaki35+8.5TOP12.92 2 Taisei Homma 35+8.5392.54.61 3 Satone Yoshida35+8.538+45.83 4 Tomoaki Takata35+8.536+56.52 5 Zento Murashita35+8.535+67.14 6 Yoshiyuki Ogata3324392.57.75 7 Ryoei Nukui35+8.534+8.58.50 Keiichiro Korenaga35+8.534+8.58.50 9 Ao Yurikusa35+8.533+119.67 10 Taito Nakagami35+8.532+1410.91 11 Keita Dohi34+2034+8.513.04 Rei Sugimoto34+2034+8.513.04 13 Hiroto Shimizu35+8.526+2113.36 Kai Harada35+8.526+2113.36 Hidemasa Nishida35+8.526+2113.36 16 Shion Omata35+8.525+27.515.29 Masahiro Higuchi35+8.525+27.515.29 18 Meichi Narasaki34+203312.515.81 19 Tatsuma Yamaguchi35+8.523+37.517.85 20 Shuta Tanaka35+8.5224319.12 21 Ryohei Kameyama26+34.53312.520.77 22 Hibiki Yamauchi30+2829+1621.17 23 Yuya Kitae303129+1622.27 24 Sohta Amagasa34+2025+27.523.45 Junta Sekiguchi34+2025+27.523.45 26 Kokoro Fujii351724+3424.04 27 Yuta Imaizumi30+2826+2124.25 28 Yuji Fujiwaki33+2325+27.525.15 29 Yuki Hada303126+2125.51 30 Yuya Tanaka2636.528+1825.63 31 Kaya Otaka31+25.528+1825.63 32 Ryo Omasa2049.529+1628.14 33 Haruki Uemura26+34.525+27.530.80 34 Hajime Takeda31+25.522+40.532.14 35 Hiroki Kawakami254125+27.533.58 36 Keita Mineoi30+2822+40.533.67 37 Isamu Kawabata2636.52532.534.44 38 Satoki Tanaka25+382438.836.73 39 Kantaro Ito303121+4436.93 40 Sakuya Ishiguro29+332146.539.17 41 Yuta Kugai254123+37.539.21 42 Naoki Tsurumoto2049.52532.540.11 43 Daichi Nakajima22462435.540.41 44 Yuki Takeuchi254122+40.540.75 45 Takumi Osato25412146.543.66 Shuto Fujino25412146.543.66 47 Kenshin Hara2049.522+40.544.77 48 Akihisa Kaji22+4510+49.547.20 49 Haku Oga23+44105147.37 50 Kento Yamaguchi2049.52146.547.98 51 Yuya Hommyo20+4710+49.548.23

Women The women's lead qualifications took place on 10 August 2020. Rank NameQualificationNotesRoute ARoute BPointsScoreRankScoreRank 1 Akiyo NoguchiTOP1.5TOP1.51.50 2 Miho Nonaka TOP1.5375.52.87 Ai Mori43+5.5TOP1.52.87 4 Natsuki Tanii43+5.539+34.06 5 Natsumi Hirano43+5.5375.55.50 6 Ryu Nakagawa42+113946.63 7 Miu Kakizaki43+5.536+97.04 Aika Tajima43+5.536+97.04 9 Hana Koike43+5.535+14.58.93 10 Mei Kotake42+1136+99.95 Momoko Abe42+1136+99.95 Nonoha Kume42+1136+99.95 13 Mio Nukui42+1135+14.512.63 14 Risa Ota40+18.5361214.90 15 Futaba Ito41+15.535+14.514.99 16 Nao Mori41+15.53517.516.47 17 Yuki Hiroshige40+18.532+2019.24 18 Momoka Miyajima41+15.531+2419.29 19 Saki Kikuchi41+15.530+2620.07 20 Rin Sato36+243517.520.49 21 Miu Kurita4020.53222.521.48 22 Mia Aoyagi28+3435+14.522.20 23 Tomoko Kajima292932+2024.08 24 Kokoro Takada39+22302824.82 25 Honoka Moriwaki30283222.525.10 26 Mao Nakamura392329+2925.83 27 Moe Takiguchi30+2730+2626.50 28 Tomona Takao4020.5243727.54 29 Anon Matsufuji33+2527+3127.84 30 Hana Kudo27+40.532+2028.46 31 Nanako Kura28+3430+2629.73 Rin Ninomiya32+2625+3429.73 33 Asami Harada28+34273232.98 34 Mashiro Kuzuu28+3424+3534.50 35 Shuri Nishida28+34243735.47 Serika Okawachi28+34243735.47 37 Kiki Matsuda283926+3335.87 38 None Kikuchi26+43.5283036.12 39 Ayane Kashiwa28+3423+39.536.65 Karin Kojima28+3423+39.536.65 41 Nanami Nobe28+34224338.24 42 Kanami Suzuki27+40.522+41.541.00 43 Aya Sugawara26+43.522+41.542.49 44 Yuka Higuchi26+43.519+4443.75 45 Runa Inouchi26+43.5194544.24 46 Airi Hayashi264617+4646.00 47 Moeka Kikuchi19+47164747.00

References

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