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2021-22 Japanese National Qualifying Competitions & Other Domestic Events

SYWTW FS

Summary of 2021-22 Japanese domestic competitions. Links to information and results will be updated throughout the season. Events are also available on our calendar.

Reference: 2021-22 JSF National Competitions2021-22 Advancement Quota
See also: 2021-22 Nationals tag


QUALIFYING STRUCTURE

Skaters qualify for the Japanese National Championships by competing at one of six regional (or “block”) championships and one of two sectional championships (Eastern and Western). Top finishers at regionals advance to sectionals, and top finishers at sectionals advance to nationals. The number of qualifying skaters in each discipline and competition is determined annually by the JSF.

Japan holds three separate national championships for three different levels: novice, junior, and senior. There are two categories of novice, Novice A (older) and Novice B (younger). To qualify for Novice Nationals, skaters compete in the novice category at regional championships. Novice skaters perform only free skates and do not compete at sectionals. To qualify for Junior Nationals, skaters compete in the junior category at regionals and sectionals, and to qualify for Senior Nationals, skaters compete in the senior category at regionals and sectionals. Top finishers at Novice Nationals are invited to participate in Junior Nationals, and top finishers at Junior Nationals are invited to compete at Senior Nationals. Due to small field sizes, pair and ice dance teams usually do not compete at regionals, only sectionals.

Seeded skaters are chosen by the JSF to advance directly to Nationals without competing at qualifying competitions. Generally, medalists at the previous National Championships are seeded. Seeded skaters can still compete at regionals/sectionals if they want to, but they will not count towards the quota of skaters who advance. Seeded skaters for the 2021-22 season are:

  • Junior women: Rino Matsuike (competing senior in 2021-22), Hana Yoshida, Mao Shimada

  • Junior men: Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (competing senior in 2021-22), Kao Miura

  • Senior women: Rika Kihira, Kaori Sakamoto, Satoko Miyahara

  • Senior men: Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama

  • Senior pairs: Miura/Kihara

  • Senior ice dance: Komatsubara/Koleto

Skaters who would normally need to compete at regionals/sectionals may be exempt from doing so if they have an international competition during or close to their qualifying event.

The maximum number of singles skaters who can qualify for the junior or senior National Championships is 30 women and 30 men.


REGIONAL/SECTIONAL/NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Regionals, Sectionals, Novice and Junior Nationals will be streamed live for subscribers with Fuji On Demand, available only in Japan. Entries are subject to change.

Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Sept. 24-26, Iizuka

  • Level and disciplines: novice, junior, senior men, women

  • Advance to: Western Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 10 junior women, 9 junior men, 7 senior women, 9 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Chiyono Nagami, Saki Miyake, Hina Takeno. Junior - Maria Egawa

  • Broadcast: Oct. 9 at 20:00 JST, Fuji TV TWO

Chubu Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Sept. 24-26, Nagoya

  • Level and disciplines: novice, junior, senior men, women

  • Advance to: Western Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 10 junior women, 4 junior men, 11 senior women, 6 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Sota Yamamoto, Rin Nitaya, Yuhana Yokoi, Nana Araki, Chisato Uramatsu, Mako Yamashita, Rino Matsuike, Miyabi Oba. Junior - Kinayu Yokoi

  • Broadcast: Oct. 10 at 20:00 JST, Fuji TV TWO

Kanto Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Oct. 1-3, Chiba

  • Level and disciplines: novice, junior, senior men, women

  • Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 10 junior women, 15 junior men, 7 senior women, 4 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Shun Sato, Yuma Kagiyama, Shiika Yoshioka. Junior - Natsu Suzuki

  • Broadcast: Oct. 16 at 11:00 JST, Fuji TV TWO

Tohoku-Hokkaido Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Oct. 1-3, Sapporo

  • Level and disciplines: novice, junior, senior men, women

  • Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 10 junior women, 4 junior men, 7 senior women, 4 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Honoka Hirotani

  • Broadcast: Oct. 17 at 11:00 JST, Fuji TV TWO

Kinki Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Oct. 7-10, Uji

  • Level and disciplines: novice, junior, senior men, women

  • Advance to: Western Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 10 junior women, 17 junior men, 12 senior women, 14 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Mitsuki Sumoto, Sena Miyake, Yuto Kishina, Kazuki Tomono, Mana Kawabe, Yuna Shiraiwa, Riko Takino, Ayaka Hosoda, Kaori Sakamoto, Mai Mihara. Junior - Shunsuke Nakamura, Takeru Kataise, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Hana Yoshida, Azusa Tanaka, Ayumi Shibayama. Novice A - Mao Shimada

  • Broadcast: Oct. 23 at 11:00 JST, Fuji TV TWO

Tokyo Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Oct. 7-10, Nishitokyo

  • Level and disciplines: novice, junior, senior men, women

  • Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 10 junior women, 11 junior men, 15 senior women, 20 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Koshiro Shimada, Taichiro Yamakuma, Rinka Watanabe, Miyu Honda, Satoko Miyahara, Yuna Aoki, Akari Matsubara, Ibuki Sato, Tomoe Kawabata, Wakaba Higuchi, Marin Honda. Junior - Ami Nakai, Rion Sumiyoshi

  • Broadcast: Oct. 24 at 11:00 JST, Fuji TV TWO

Novice National Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Oct. 22-24, Otsu

  • Level and disciplines: Novice A & Novice B men, women, ice dance

  • Broadcast: Nov. 6 at 11:00 JST, Fuji TV TWO

Eastern Sectionals

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Oct. 28-31, Nishitokyo

  • Level and disciplines: junior & senior men, women, ice dance

  • Advance to: Nationals

  • Advancement quota: 10 junior women, 8 junior men, 5 senior women, 6 senior men

  • Notable entries: Sr - Koshiro Shimada, Taichiro Yamakuma, Yuna Aoki, Tomoe Kawabata, Ibuki Sato, Honoka Hirotani, Marin Honda, Akari Matsubara, Shiika Yoshioka, Rinka Watanabe. Jr - Kao Miura, Natsu Suzuki, Rion Sumiyoshi, Ami Nakai

  • Broadcast: Nov. 13 at 11:00 JST, Fuji TV TWO

Western Sectionals

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Nov. 4-7, Fukuoka

  • Level and disciplines: junior & senior men, women, senior pairs

  • Advance to: Nationals

  • Advancement quota: 14 junior women, 17 junior men, 11 senior women, 9 senior men

  • Notable entries: Sr - Yuto Kishina, Kazuki Kushida, Sumitada Moriguchi, Mitsuki Sumoto, Nana Araki, Chisato Uramatsu, Miyabi Oba, Ayumi Kagotani, Riona Kato, Yuna Shiraiwa, Hina Takeno, Rin Nitaya, Saki Miyake, Mako Yamashita. Jr - Takeru Kataise, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Shunsuke Nakamura, Maria Egawa, Ayumi Shibayama, Azusa Tanaka, Kinayu Yokoi, Hana Yoshida

  • Broadcast: Nov. 20 at 11:00 JST, Fuji TV TWO

Junior National Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Nov. 19-21, Nagoya

  • Level and disciplines: junior men, women, ice dance

  • Notable entries: Takeru Kataise, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Shunsuke Nakamura, Kao Miura, Nozomi Yoshioka, Maria Egawa, Ikura Kushida, Ayumi Shibayama, Mao Shimada, Sae Shimizu, Natsu Suzuki, Rion Sumiyoshi, Sakurako Daimon, Yo Takagi, Azusa Tanaka, Mone Chiba, Ami Nakai, Kinayu Yokoi, Hana Yoshida

  • Broadcast: Dec. 4 at 11:00 JST, Fuji TV TWO

Senior National Championships


OTHER COMPETITIONS

94th National Collegiate Championships

  • Results: Level 7/8 Men, Level 7/8 Women

  • Time and place: Jan. 5-9, Obihiro

  • Level and disciplines: men, women

  • Notable entries: Sota Yamamoto, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Sena Miyake, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Mitsuki Sumoto, Kaori Sakamoto, Rinka Watanabe, Yuna Aoki, Akari Matsubara, Yuhana Yokoi

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand

  • Note: Free skate only. Entries open to university students.

71st National High School Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Jan. 17-21, Aomori

  • Level and disciplines: men, women

  • Notable entries: Miyu Honda, Mone Chiba, Rion Sumiyoshi, Kinayu Yokoi, Azusa Tanaka, Shunsuke Nakamura, Takeru Kataise, Nozomu Yoshioka

  • Broadcast: Free livestream

  • Note: Entries open to high school students.

77th National Winter Sports Festival

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Jan. 24-27, Nikko

  • Level and disciplines: junior & senior men, women

  • Notable entries: Sr - Sota Yamamoto, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Yuna Aoki, Mako Yamashita. Jr - Shunsuke Nakamura, Takeru Kataise, Nozomu Yoshioka, Mone Chiba, Rion Sumiyoshi, Kinayu Yokoi, Azusa Tanaka

  • Broadcast: Free livestreams

  • Note: Multi-sport event including figure skating. Skaters represent their prefectures.

42nd National Junior High School Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, Nagano

  • Level and disciplines: men, women

  • Notable entries: Mao Shimada, Ami Nakai, Ayumi Shibayama, Sakurako Daimon

  • Broadcast: TBA

  • Note: Entries open to junior high (middle school) students.