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2023-24 Japanese National Qualifying Competitions & Other Domestic Events

SYWTW FS

Summary of 2023-24 Japanese domestic competitions. Links to information and results will be updated throughout the season. Events are also available on our calendar.

Reference: 2023-24 JSF National Competitions2023-24 Advancement Quota
See also: 2023-24 Nationals tag

Last updated: Feb. 4, 2024


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 are recommended by JSF or 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. Due to small field sizes, pair and ice dance teams usually do not compete at regionals, only sectionals.

Four (4) top finishers in singles at Novice Nationals are invited to participate in Junior Nationals, and eight (8) top finishers in singles at Junior Nationals are invited to compete at Senior Nationals. The maximum number of singles skaters who can qualify for the junior or senior National Championships is 30 women and 30 men.

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 2023-24 season are:

  • Junior women: Mao Shimada, Ami Nakai

  • Senior women: Kaori Sakamoto, Mai Mihara, Mao Shimada

  • Senior men: Shoma Uno, Koshiro Shimada, Kazuki Tomono

  • Senior pairs: Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara

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.


REGIONAL/SECTIONAL/NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Regionals and Sectionals will be livestreamed on Fuji on Demand (available only in Japan). Entries are subject to change. Advancement quota numbers do not include seeded or exempted skaters.

Tokyo Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Sept. 22-24, Nishitokyo

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

  • Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 12 junior women, 20 junior men, 21 senior women, 23 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Nozomu Yoshioka, Shun Sato, Yuma Kagiyama, Kao Miura, Yuna Aoki, Maria Egawa, Wakaba Higuchi, Marin Honda, Rion Sumiyoshi, Rinka Watanabe. Junior - Tsudoi Suto, Rio Nakata, Yurina Okuno

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand

Chubu Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Sept. 22-24, Nagoya

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

  • Advance to: Western Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 5 junior women, 8 junior men, 14 senior women, 4 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Sota Yamamoto, Nana Araki, Mako Yamashita, Mana Kawabe, Rino Matsuike, Miyabi Oba. Junior - Kinayu Yokoi, Kaoruko Wada

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand

Kinki Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, Otsu

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

  • Advance to: Western Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 15 junior women, 14 junior men, 9 senior women, 17 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Nobunari Oda, Yuto Kishina, Takeru Amine Kataise, Sena Miyake, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Mone Chiba, Hana Yoshida, Yuna Shiraiwa, Ayumi Kagotani. Junior - Sena Takahashi, Ikura Kushida

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand

Tohoku-Hokkaido Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Sept. 29 - Oct. 1, Niigata

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

  • Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

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

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand

Kanto Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Oct. 7-9, Yokohama

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

  • Advance to: Eastern Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 11 junior women, 3 junior men, 5 senior women, 3 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Shiika Yoshioka

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand

Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Regionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Oct. 7-9, Fukuoka

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

  • Advance to: Western Sectionals

  • Advancement quota: 7 junior women, 4 junior men, 7 senior women, 9 senior men

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand

Novice National Championships

Western Sectionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Oct. 26-29, Hiroshima

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

  • Advance to: Nationals

  • Advancement quota: 13 junior women, 16 junior men, 7 senior women, 6 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Nobunari Oda, Haruya Sasaki, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Yuto Kishina, Sena Miyake, Nana Araki, Miyabi Oba, Ayumi Kagotani, Sae Shimizu, Yuna Shiraiwa, Saki Miyake, Mako Yamashita, Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto, Azusa Tanaka/Shingo Nishiyama, Utana Yoshida/Masaya Morita. Junior - Shuntaro Asaga, Haru Kakiuchi, Seigo Tauchi, Sena Takahashi, Shunsuke Nakamura, Masaya Mishima, Ryoga Morimoto, Haruna Murakami, Ikura Kushida, Mao Shimada, Kinayu Yokoi, Rena Uezono, Kaoruko Wada, Ayumi Shibayama, Sara Kishimoto/Atsuhiko Tamura

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand

Eastern Sectionals

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Nov. 2-5, Hachinohe

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

  • Advance to: Nationals

  • Advancement quota: 11 junior women, 10 junior men, 5 senior women, 8 senior men

  • Notable entries: Senior - Shun Sato, Nozomu Yoshioka, Yuna Aoki, Maria Egawa, Marin Honda, Shiika Yoshioka, Yuna Nagaoka/Sumitada Moriguchi. Junior - Daiya Ebihara, Tsudoi Suto, Rio Nakata, Taiga Nishino, Yurina Okuno, Yo Takagi, Ami Nakai, Sae Shimizu/Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand

Junior National Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Nov. 17-19, Otsu

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

  • Notable entries: Shuntaro Asaga, Daiya Ebihara, Haru Kakiuchi, Tsudoi Suto, Seigo Tauchi, Sena Takahashi, Rio Nakata, Shunsuke Nakamura, Taiga Nishino, Ryoga Morimoto, Rena Uezono, Yurina Okuno, Ikura Kushida, Ayumi Shibayama, Mao Shimada, Yo Takagi, Ami Nakai, Haruna Murakami, Kinayu Yokoi, Kaoruko Wada, Sae Shimizu/Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Sara Kishimoto/Atsuhiko Tamura

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand

Senior National Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Time and place: Dec. 20-24, Nagano

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


OTHER COMPETITIONS

96th National Intercollegiate Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

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

  • Level and disciplines: senior men, women

  • Notable entries: Yuma Kagiyama, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Sumitada Moriguchi, Nozomu Yoshioka, Kosho Oshima, Saki Miyake, Yuna Shiraiwa, Mana Kawabe, Rino Matsuike, Kinayu Yokoi, Yuna Aoki, Rinka Watanabe, Maria Egawa, Rion Sumiyoshi

  • Broadcast: Fuji on Demand

  • Note: Entries open to university students.

73rd National High School Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

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

  • Level and disciplines: junior men, women

  • Notable entries: Yurina Okuno, Ikura Kushida, Mone Chiba, Yo Takagi, Hana Yoshida, Ayumi Shibayama, Shunsuke Nakamura, Kao Miura

  • Broadcast: Free Youtube livestreams

  • Note: Entries open to high school students.

78th National Winter Sports Festival

  • Results & entries

  • Website

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

  • Level and disciplines: junior & senior men, women

  • Notable entries: Senior - Rion Sumiyoshi, Wakaba Higuchi, Yuna Aoki, Mana Kawabe, Kaori Sakamoto, Saki Miyake, Maria Egawa, Rino Matsuike, Haruya Sasaki, Kazuki Tomono, Nobunari Oda, Nozomu Yoshioka. Junior - Kao Miura, Daiya Ebihara, Seigo Tauchi, Shunsuke Nakamura, Ryoga Morimoto, Yurina Okuno, Hana Yoshida, Ayumi Shibayama, Ikura Kushida

  • Broadcast: Free livestreams

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

44th National Junior High School Championships

  • Results & entries

  • Schedule

  • Time and place: Feb. 3-6, Nagano

  • Level and disciplines: junior men, women

  • Notable entries: Taiga Nishino, Daiya Ebihara, Sena Takahashi, Seigo Tauchi, Ami Nakai, Mayuko Oka, Mei Okada, Kaoruko Wada, Ayumi Nakao

  • Broadcast: JSports on Demand

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