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2022-23 Japanese National Qualifying Competitions & Other Domestic Events

SYWTW FS

Summary of 2022-23 Japanese domestic competitions. Links to information and results will be updated throughout the season. Events are also available on our calendar.

Reference: 2022-23 JSF National Competitions2022-23 Advancement Quota
See also: 2022-23 Nationals tag

Last updated: Feb. 3, 2023


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 2022-23 season are:

  • Junior women: Mao Shimada, Mone Chiba

  • Junior men: Nozomu Yoshioka

  • Senior women: Kaori Sakamoto, Wakaba Higuchi, Mana Kawabe

  • Senior men: Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama

  • Senior pairs: Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara

  • Senior ice dance: Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto, Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi

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. For the 2022-23 season, the top 8 finishers in the singles disciplines at Junior Nationals will be invited to Senior Nationals.


REGIONAL/SECTIONAL/NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Regionals and Sectionals will be livestreamed on Fuji on Demand. Entries are subject to change.

Kanto Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Sept. 23-25, Nikko

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

  • Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 11 junior women, 7 junior men, 4 senior women, 4 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Shiika Yoshioka

Chubu Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Sept. 23-25, Nagoya

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

  • Advance to: Western Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 8 junior women, 7 junior men, 13 senior women, 6 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Sota Yamamoto, Chisato Uramatsu, Mako Yamashita, Mana Kawabe, Kinayu Yokoi, Rino Matsuike, Rika Kihira, Miyabi Oba, Yuhana Yokoi

Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, Okayama

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

  • Advance to: Western Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 6 junior women, 9 junior men, 7 senior women, 10 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Chiyono Nagami, Saki Miyake, Hina Takeno

Tokyo Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, Nishitokyo

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

  • Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 12 junior women, 16 junior men, 21 senior women, 20 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Koshiro Shimada, Shun Sato, Kao Miura, Rinka Watanabe, Yuna Aoki, Akari Matsubara, Maria Egawa, Marin Honda, Rion Sumiyoshi

Tohoku-Hokkaido Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Oct. 8-9, Hachinohe

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

  • Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 7 junior women, 6 junior men, 5 senior women, 6 senior men

Kinki Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Oct. 8-10, Amagasaki

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

  • Advance to: Western Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 16 junior women, 13 junior men, 10 senior women, 14 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Sumitada Moriguchi, Kazuki Tomono, Mitsuki Sumoto, Sena Miyake, Yuto Kishina, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Ayumi Kagotani, Mai Mihara. Junior - Azusa Tanaka, Ikura Kushida

Novice National Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Oct. 21-23, Sapporo

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

Western Sectionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Oct. 27-30, Kyoto

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

  • Advance to: Nationals

  • Advancement quota: 12 junior women, 16 junior men, 7 senior women, 10 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Mitsuki Sumoto, Sumitada Moriguchi, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Yuto Kishina, Mai Mihara, Ayumi Kagotani, Hana Yoshida, Mako Yamashita, Kinayu Yokoi, Miyabi Oba. Junior - Takeru Amine Kataise, Shunsuke Nakamura, Ikura Kushida, Ayumi Shibayama, Mao Shimada, Azusa Tanaka, Nao Kida/Masaya Morita

Eastern Sectionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Nov. 3-6, Maebashi

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

  • Advance to: Nationals

  • Advancement quota: 12 junior women, 9 junior men, 8 senior women, 4 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Yuna Aoki, Maria Egawa, Tomoe Kawabata, Marin Honda, Akari Matsubara, Shiika Yoshioka. Junior - Rio Nakata, Nozomu Yoshioka, Mone Chiba, Ami Nakai, Haruna Murakami/Sumitada Moriguchi

Junior National Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Nov. 25-27, Hitachinaka

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

  • Notable entries: Takeru Amine Kataise, Rio Nakata, Shunsuke Nakamura, Ryoga Morimoto, Nozomu Yoshioka, Ikura Kushida, Ayumi Shibayama, Mao Shimada, Mone Chiba, Ami Nakai, Haruna Murakami/Sumitada Moriguchi, Nao Kida/Masaya Morita

  • Broadcast: Paid livestreaming on Fuji on Demand

Senior National Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Dec. 21-25, Osaka

  • Level and disciplines: senior men, women, ice dance, pairs


OTHER COMPETITIONS

95th National Intercollegiate Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Jan. 4-7, Tomakomai

  • Level and disciplines: men, women

  • Notable entries: Shun Sato, Nozomu Yoshioka, Takeru Amine Kataise, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Sumitada Moriguchi, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Maria Egawa, Rion Sumiyoshi, Yuna Aoki, Tomoe Kawabata, Rinka Watanabe, Mako Yamashita, Yuhana Yokoi, Saki Miyake, Kaori Sakamoto

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand (paid livestream)

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

72nd National High School Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Jan. 16-17, Ageo

  • Level and disciplines: men, women

  • Notable entries: Kao Miura, Shunsuke Nakamura, Ryoga Morimoto, Tsudoi Suto, Mone Chiba, Yurina Okuno, Mana Kawabe, Rino Matsuike, Hana Yoshida, Azusa Tanaka

  • Broadcast: Sportsbull (free livestream)

  • Note: Entries open to high school students.

78th National Winter Sports Festival

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Website

  • Time and place: Jan. 28-31, Hachinohe

  • Level and disciplines: junior & senior men, women

  • Notable entries: Senior - Rinka Watanabe, Rion Sumiyoshi, Yuhana Yokoi, Kaori Sakamoto, Mai Mihara, Mako Yamashita, Saki Miyake, Shun Sato, Sota Yamamoto, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Nobunari Oda, Kazuki Tomono, Nozomu Yoshioka, Sena Miyake, Sumitada Moriguchi. Junior - Mone Chiba, Rino Matsuike, Hana Yoshida, Ayumi Shibayama, Yurina Okuno, Tsudoi Suto, Shunsuke Nakamura, Ryoga Morimoto, Haru Kakiuchi

  • Broadcast: Video archives

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

43rd National Junior High School Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Feb. 5-7, Nagano

  • Level and disciplines: men, women

  • Notable entries: Rio Nakata, Sena Takahashi, Mao Shimada, Ayumi Shibayama, Haruna Murakami, Yo Takagi, Ikura Kushida, Kaoruko Wada, Ami Nakai

  • Broadcast: JSports livestreams (paid)

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