Japan Figure Skating Championships

Japan Figure Skating Championships
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StatusActive
GenreNational championships
FrequencyAnnual
CountryJapan Japan
Inaugurated1930
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Organized byJapan Skating Federation

The Japan Figure Skating Championships (Japanese: 全日本フィギュアスケート選手権) are an annual figure skating competition organised by the Japan Skating Federation (Japanese: 日本スケート連盟) to crown the national champions of Japan. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior level, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. Junior-level skaters compete at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships. Nobuo Satō currently holds the record for winning the most Japan Championship titles in men's singles (with ten), while Midori Ito holds the record in women's singles (with nine). Narumi Takahashi and Ryuichi Kihara are tied for winning the most championship titles in pair skating (with six each), and while two of those titles were won as partners with each other, the others were won with different partners. Chris Reed holds the record in ice dance (with ten), although those were also won with different partners.

History

The Japanese Skating Association was formed by figure skating enthusiasts in the autumn of 1920.[1] In the beginning, figure skating in Japan was dominated by men, as very few Japanese women skated.[2] The first figure skating competition was planned to be held in February 1921 in Suwa, though because the competition rules were not yet clearly defined, only the speed skating portion of the competition was held. In February 1922, the first figure skating competition was carried out using a translation of the international rules. The winner was Masatomo Godai.[3]

The first artificial ice rink in Japan was constructed in Osaka in 1923.[2] Japan joined the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1926,[4] and in 1929, the modern Japan Skating Federation was jointly formed by the Japanese Skating Association and the Japanese Collegiate Ice Sports Federation.[5] Early the next year, the Federation began to hold combined national championships for speed skating, figure skating, and ice hockey.[4] Five years later, in 1935, women began competing as well.[5]

The Championships have been cancelled several times. They were not held from 1942 through 1946 due to World War II. In 1949, they were cancelled due to the weather being too warm, and in 1952, they were cancelled because only one man and no women registered. Initially held between January and March, from 1966, the championships have been held in November or December.[6]

Senior medalists

Yuma Kagiyama at the 2024 Grand Prix Final
Kaori Sakamoto at the 2024 World Championships
Yuna Nagaoka and Sumitada Moriguchi at the 2025 World Championships
Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita at the 2025 World Championships
From left to right: The reigning Japanese figure skating champions: Yuma Kagiyama (men's singles); Kaori Sakamoto (women's singles); Yuna Nagaoka and Sumitada Moriguchi (pair skating); and Utana Yoshida and Masaya Morita (ice dance)

Men's singles

Men's event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1929–30 Nikko Makoto Kubo Yukichi Kaneko Susumu Kobayashi [7]
1930–31 Sendai Kazuyoshi Oimatsu Ryuichi Obitani
1931–32 Shimosuwa Kingo Sato Toshikazu Katayama Yoshizo Wada
1932–33 Tokyo Toshikazu Katayama Kazuyoshi Oimatsu Tsugio Hasegawa
1933–34 Osaka Zenjiro Watanabe
1934–35 Tokyo Tsugio Hasegawa Kazuyoshi Oimatsu
1935–36 Shizuji Kitagawa Katsutoshi Kobayashi Shin Kurahashi
1936–37 Toshikazu Katayama Zenjiro Watanabe Tsugio Hasegawa
1937–38 Hiroshi Kanda Fujimaru Shodoshima
1938–39 Hiroshi Kanda Ryusuke Arisaka
1939–40 Ryusuke Arisaka Hiroshi Kanda
1940–41 Katsuyuki Sakai
1941–46 No competitions due to World War II
1946–47 Hachinohe Ryusuke Arisaka Tatsujiro Kawashima Kiyoshi Iwasaki
1947–48 Morioka Naoshige Shiota Suzuo Haraguchi
1948–49 Suwa Competition cancelled[8]
1949–50 Tomakomai Katsuyuki Sakai Masami Kobayashi Suzuo Haraguchi
1950–51 Nikko Ryusuke Arisaka Naoshige Shiota Masami Kobayashi
1951–52 Tokyo Competition cancelled
1952–53 Tokyo[a] United States Jack B. Jost (United States)[b] Naoshige Shiota[c] Masami Kobayashi[c]
1953–54 Osaka Masami Kobayashi[d] Tetsutaro Tanaka[d] Shuichi Sugimoto[d] [10]
1954–55 Tokyo[a] Kazuo Ohashi Yukio Nishikura Masami Kobayashi [7]
1955–56 Kyoto Hideo Sugita Kazuo Ohashi Nobuo Satō
1956–57 Tokyo Nobuo Satō Yukio Nishikura Hideo Sugita [11]
1957–58 [7]
1958–59 Osaka
1959–60 Tokyo
1960–61 Hideo Sugita Yutaka Doke
1961–62 Osaka Masato Tamura
1962–63 Tokyo Yoshiyuki Koizumi Yutaka Doke
1963–64 Masato Tamura
1964–65 Osaka Tsuguhiko Kozuka
1965–66 Tomakomai Yutaka Higuchi
1966–67 Tokyo Tsuguhiko Kozuka Masato Tamura
1967–68 Yutaka Higuchi Masato Tamura
1968–69 Akira Yoshizawa Tomomi Sato
1969–70 Osaka Yutaka Higuchi
1970–71 Tokyo Tsuguhiko Kozuka Minoru Sano
1971–72 Sapporo Minoru Sano Tsuguhiko Kozuka
1972–73 Osaka Minoru Sano Tomomi Sato Mitsuru Matsumura
1973–74 Kyoto Mitsuru Matsumura Yoshinori Onishi
1974–75 Hiroshima Fumio Igarashi
1975–76 Tokyo
1976–77
1977–78 Kyoto Fumio Igarashi Takashi Mura
1978–79 Tokyo Mitsuru Matsumura Fumio Igarashi Shinji Someya [12]
1979–80 Fumio Igarashi Mitsuru Matsumura Takashi Mura [7]
1980–81 Takashi Mura Masaru Ogawa
1981–82 Mitsuru Matsumura Takashi Mura
1982–83 Shinji Someya Takashi Mura Masaru Ogawa [13]
1983–84 Masaru Ogawa Makoto Kano [7]
1984–85 Makoto Kano Tatsuya Fujii
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88 Makoto Kano Tatsuya Fujii Komyo Takeuchi
1988–89 Mitsuhiro MurataTatsuya Fujii
1989–90 Kitakyushu Tatsuya Fujii Masakazu Kagiyama Mitsuhiro Murata
1990–91 Yokohama Masakazu Kagiyama Mitsuhiro Murata Daisuke Nishikawa
1991–92 Kobe Noyu Yariuchi
1992–93 Nagoya Tomoaki Koyama Fumihiro Oikawa
1993–94 Yokohama Fumihiro Oikawa Masakazu Kagiyama Yoshiaki Takeuchi
1994–95 Kobe Shin Amano Naoki Shigematsu Seiichi Suzuki
1995–96 Yokohama Takeshi Honda Naoki Shigematsu Makoto Okazaki
1996–97 Nagano Yamato Tamura [14]
1997–98 Kobe Yamato Tamura Naoki Shigematsu Yosuke Takeuchi [15]
1998–99 Yokohama Yosuke Takeuchi Yamato Tamura [16]
1999–2000 Fukuoka Takeshi Honda Yamato Tamura Naoki Shigematsu [17]
2000–01 Nagano Yosuke Takeuchi [18]
2001–02 Osaka Yosuke Takeuchi Makoto Okazaki [19]
2002–03 Kyoto Takeshi Honda Kensuke Nakaniwa [20]
2003–04 Nagano Yamato Tamura Kazumi Kishimoto Daisuke Takahashi [21]
2004–05 Yokohama Takeshi Honda Kensuke Nakaniwa Nobunari Oda [22]
2005–06 Tokyo Daisuke Takahashi Nobunari Oda Kensuke Nakaniwa [23]
2006–07 Nagoya Yasuharu Nanri [24]
2007–08 Osaka Takahiko Kozuka [25]
2008–09 Nagano Nobunari Oda Takahito Mura [26]
2009–10 Osaka Daisuke Takahashi Nobunari Oda Takahiko Kozuka [27]
2010–11 Nagano Takahiko Kozuka Daisuke Takahashi [28]
2011–12 Osaka Daisuke Takahashi Takahiko Kozuka Yuzuru Hanyu [29]
2012–13 Sapporo Yuzuru Hanyu Daisuke Takahashi Takahito Mura [30]
2013–14 Saitama Tatsuki Machida Takahiko Kozuka [31]
2014–15 Nagano Shoma Uno [32]
2015–16 Sapporo Takahito Mura [33]
2016–17 Osaka Shoma Uno Keiji Tanaka [34]
2017–18 Tokyo [35]
2018–19 Osaka Daisuke Takahashi Keiji Tanaka [36]
2019–20 Tokyo Yuzuru Hanyu Yuma Kagiyama [37]
2020–21 Nagano Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno [38]
2021–22 Saitama [39]
2022–23 Osaka Shoma Uno Koshiro Shimada Kazuki Tomono [40]
2023–24 Nagano Yuma Kagiyama Sōta Yamamoto [41]
2024–25 Osaka Yuma Kagiyama Rio Nakata Tatsuya Tsuboi [42]
2025–26 Tokyo Shun Sato Kao Miura [43]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1934–35 Tokyo Etsuko Inada Tamako Togo Mitsuko Tezuka [44]
1935–36 Tamako Togo Yoshiko Tsukioka [45]
1936–37 Etsuko Inada Kinuko Nakamura
1937–38
1938–39 Kinuko Nakamura Michiko Yano
1939–40 Yoshiko Tsukioka
1940–41 Tsuyako Ikuta
1941–46 No competitions due to World War II
1946–47 Hachinohe Yoshiko Tsukioka Tsuyako Ikuta Kyoko Tokue
1947–48 Morioka Yoshiko Niwa Reiko Kato
1948–49 Suwa Competition cancelled[8]
1949–50 Tomakomai No competitors
1950–51 Nikko Etsuko Inada Yoshiko Niwa Tsuyako Yamashita
1951–52 Tokyo Competition cancelled
1952–53 Tokyo[a] Yoshiko Tsukioka Reiko Kobayashi Nana Aeba[e]
1953–54 Osaka[a] Tsuyako Yamashita No other competitors
1954–55 Tokyo[a] Yoko Midoro Hisako Honda
1955–56 Kyoto Junko Ueno Yuko Araki
1956–57 Tokyo Yuko Araki Miwa Fukuhara [11]
1957–58 Miwa Fukuhara Hitomi Kurahashi [45]
1958–59 Osaka Kumiko Okawa
1959–60 Tokyo Miwa Fukuhara Junko Ueno
1960–61 Junko Ueno Miwa Fukuhara
1961–62 Osaka Miwa Fukuhara Junko Ueno
1962–63 Tokyo Kumiko Okawa Junko Ueno
1963–64
1964–65 Osaka Kazumi Yamashita
1965–66 Tomakomai Haruko Ishida
1966–67 Tokyo Kumiko Okawa Miwa Fukuhara Kazumi Yamashita
1967–68 Kazumi Yamashita Haruko Ishida
1968–69 Kazumi Yamashita Keiko Miyagawa Keiko Yuzawa
1969–70 Osaka Harumi Yoshizawa
1970–71 Tokyo Shuko Takeyama
1971–72 Sapporo Keiko Yuzawa
1972–73 Osaka Emi Watanabe Miwako Ohashi
1973–74 Kyoto Shinobu Watanabe
1974–75 Hiroshima
1975–76 Tokyo Shinobu Watanabe Reiko Kobayashi
1976–77 Reiko Kobayashi Shinobu Watanabe
1977–78 Kyoto Mariko Yoshida
1978–79 Tokyo [12]
1979–80 Yoko Yakushi [45]
1980–81 Reiko Kobayashi Mariko Yoshida Midori Ito
1981–82 Mariko Yoshida Masako Kato Yukiko Okabe
1982–83 Juri Ozawa Megumi Aotani Sachie Yuki [13]
1983–84 Masako Kato Midori Ito Yukari Yoshimori [45]
1984–85 Midori Ito Masako Kato Sachie Yuki
1985–86 Sachie Yuki Juri Ozawa
1986–87 Masako Kato Yukiko Kashihara
1987–88 Junko Yaginuma Yuka Sato
1988–89
1989–90 Kitakyushu Yuka Sato Junko Yaginuma
1990–91 YokohamaMari Asanuma
1991–92 KobeYuka Sato
1992–93 Nagoya Yuka Sato Junko Yaginuma Kumiko Koiwai
1993–94 Yokohama Rena Inoue
1994–95 Kobe Hanae Yokoya Junko Yaginuma
1995–96 Yokohama Midori Ito Hanae Yokoya Yumi Sano
1996–97 Nagano Fumie Suguri Shizuka Arakawa Yuka Kanazawa [14]
1997–98 Kobe Shizuka Arakawa Fumie Suguri Rena Inoue [15]
1998–99 Yokohama Yuka Kanazawa [16]
1999–2000 Fukuoka Chisato Shiina Arisa Yamazaki Fumie Suguri [17]
2000–01 Nagano Fumie Suguri Shizuka Arakawa Yoshie Onda [18]
2001–02 Osaka Miki Ando [19]
2002–03 Kyoto Yoshie Onda Shizuka Arakawa [20]
2003–04 Nagano Miki Ando Fumie Suguri [21]
2004–05 Yokohama Mao Asada Fumie Suguri [22]
2005–06 Tokyo Fumie Suguri Shizuka Arakawa [23]
2006–07 Nagoya Mao Asada Miki Ando Yukari Nakano [24]
2007–08 Osaka [25]
2008–09 Nagano Fumie Suguri Miki Ando [26]
2009–10 Osaka Akiko Suzuki Yukari Nakano [27]
2010–11 Nagano Miki Ando Mao Asada Kanako Murakami [28]
2011–12 Osaka Mao Asada Akiko Suzuki [29]
2012–13 Sapporo Kanako Murakami Satoko Miyahara [30]
2013–14 Saitama Akiko Suzuki Mao Asada [31]
2014–15 Nagano Satoko Miyahara Rika Hongo Wakaba Higuchi [32]
2015–16 Sapporo Wakaba Higuchi Mao Asada [33]
2016–17 Osaka Mai Mihara [34]
2017–18 Tokyo Kaori Sakamoto Rika Kihira [35]
2018–19 Osaka Kaori Sakamoto Rika Kihira Satoko Miyahara [36]
2019–20 Tokyo Rika Kihira Wakaba Higuchi Tomoe Kawabata [37]
2020–21 Nagano Kaori Sakamoto Satoko Miyahara [38]
2021–22 Saitama Kaori Sakamoto Wakaba Higuchi Mana Kawabe [39]
2022–23 Osaka Mai Mihara Mao Shimada [40]
2023–24 Nagano Mone Chiba [41]
2024–25 Osaka Mao Shimada Wakaba Higuchi [42]
2025–26 Tokyo Mone Chiba [43]

Pairs

Pairs event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1955–56 Kyoto
  • Fumiko Nishimura
  • Kashio Takizawa
 No other competitors [46]
1956–57 Tokyo
  • Sumiko Shimodaira
  • Masami Kobayashi
  • Tsuyako Takada
  • Kenzou Nishida
 No other competitors [11]
1957–58 [47]
1958–59 Osaka
  • Junko Kuwana
  • Takatsugu Hashiguchi
  • Sumiko Shimodaira
  • Masami Kobayashi
  • Junko Takada
  • Kenzo Nishida
1959–60 Tokyo
  • Junko Onoda
  • Takatsugu Hashiguchi
 No other competitors [48]
1960–61
  • Yoko Oiwa
  • Kazuhiko Kakita
  • Mihoko Ogita
  • Koichi Kawamura
 [47]
1961–62 Osaka
  • Mieko Oiwa
  • Yutaka Doke
 No other competitors
1962–63 Tokyo
1963–64
  • Noriko Harada
  • Takatsugu Hashiguchi
1964–66 No pairs competitors
1966–67 Tokyo
  • Komako Iwadate
  • Masayasu Iguchi
 No other competitors
1967–68 No other competitors
1968–69 No other competitors
1969–70 Osaka
1970–71 Tokyo
1971–72 Sapporo
1972–73 Osaka
  • Fujiko Seki
  • Toshimitsu Doke
1973–75 No pairs competitors
1975–76 Tokyo
  • Kyoko Hagiwara
  • Sumio Murata
  • Hamae Kato
  • Hiromichi Ogihara
  • Miko Maruyama
  • Shoki Shodoshima
1976–77
1977–78 Kyoto
  • Hamae Kato
  • Hiromichi Ogihara
1978–79 Tokyo
  • Kyoko Hagiwara
  • Hisao Ozaki
  • Kiyoko Matsumoto
  • Makoto Shiotani
1979–80
  • Kiyoko Matsumoto
  • Makoto Shiotani
1980–81
No other competitors
1981–86 No pairs competitors
1986–87
  • Akiko Nogami
  • Youichi Yamasaki
  • Hikaru Dono
  • Takaya Utada
 No other competitors
1987–88
1988–89
  • Yuki Shoji
  • Takaya Usuda
 No other competitors
1989–90 Kitakyushu No pairs competitors
1990–91 Yokohama No other competitors
1991–92 Kobe
1992–93 Nagoya
1993–94 Yokohama
1994–96 No pairs competitors
1996–97 Nagano
  • Makiko Ogasawara
  • Takeo Ogasawara
  • Takako Kimura
  • Kenichi Miyo
1997–98 Kobe No other competitors [15]
1998–99 Yokohama No pairs competitors [16]
1999–2000 Fukuoka
  • Makiko Ogasawara
  • Takeo Ogasawara
 No other competitors [17]
2000–01 Nagano [18]
2001–02 Osaka
  • Makiko Ogasawara
  • Takeo Ogasawara
 No other competitors [19]
2002–03 Kyoto [20]
2003–04 Nagano No pairs competitors [21]
2004–05 Yokohama
No other competitors [22]
2005–08 No pairs competitors
2008–09 Nagano No other competitors [26]
2009–10 Osaka [27]
2010–11 Nagano [28]
2011–12 Osaka [29]
2012–13 Sapporo No pairs competitors [30]
2013–14 Saitama No other competitors [31]
2014–15 Nagano [32]
2015–16 Sapporo
[33]
2016–17 Osaka
[34]
2017–18 Tokyo [35]
2018–19 Osaka No other competitors [36]
2019–20 Tokyo [37]
2020–21 Nagano No pairs competitors [38]
2021–22 Saitama
No other competitors [39]
2022–23 Osaka [40]
2023–24 Nagano [41]
2024–25 Osaka [42]
2025–26 Tokyo
No other competitors [43]

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1956–57 Tokyo
  • Eiko Kaneko
  • Mikio Takeuchi
  • Toshiko Fuchioka
  • Masaharu Katayama
  • Yoshie Arai
  • Hisashi Yoshikawa
 [49]
1957–58
1958–59 Osaka
  • Setsuko Yamauchi
  • Kenji Takeda
1959–60 Tokyo
  • Junko Idemitsu
  • Hiroshi Bessho
  • Mieko Oiwa
  • Nagahisa Ono
1960–61
  • Mieko Oiwa
  • Yutaka Doke
1961–62 Osaka No other competitors
1962–63 Tokyo
1963–64
  • Junko Bessho
  • Hiroshi Bessho
  • Noriko Yuzawa
  • Nobuhisa Matsumoto
1964–65 Osaka
  • Junko Bessho
  • Hiroshi Bessho
  • Kiyoko Fujise
  • Katsutoshi Morinaga
 No other competitors
1965–66 Tomakomai
  • Noriko Yuzawa
  • Nobuhisa Matsumoto
  • Reiko Inoue
  • Akimitsu Hirose
1966–67 Tokyo
1967–68
  • Mayumi Akahiro
  • Masato Tamura
 No other competitors
1968–69
  • Yoko Ishikawa
  • Naotoshi Nishihama
  • Noriko Harada
  • Joji Ohamazaki
  • Fumi Tsuyama
  • Hiroshi Kobayashi
1969–70 Osaka
  • Toshie Sakurai
  • Motoyoshi Sakurai
  • Fumi Tsuyama
  • Hiroshi Kobayashi
 No other competitors
1970–71 Tokyo
  • Keiko Achiwa
  • Yasuhiro Noto
  • Toshie Sakurai
  • Motoyoshi Sakurai
1971–72 Sapporo No other competitors
1972–73 Osaka
  • Toshie Sakurai
  • Motoyoshi Sakurai
1973–74 Kyoto
  • Yoshiko Nakata
  • Toshimitsu Doke
  • Tamami Abe
  • Hirohiko Komata
 No other competitors
1974–75 Hiroshima
  • Misa Kage
  • Masanori Takeda
  • Yasuko Ikejiri
  • Toshimitsu Doke
  • Naoko Kato
  • Akira Naito
1975–76 Tokyo
  • Tamami Abe
  • Toshimitsu Doke
  • Tomoko Koide
  • Ryoichi Kobayashi
1976–77
  • Yumiko Kage
  • Toshinori Fujizawa
1977–78 Kyoto
  • Michiko Abe
  • Nozomi Sakai
  • Sachiko Sakano
  • Sho Sekine
1978–79 Tokyo
  • Michiko Abe
  • Nozomi Sakai
1979–80
  • Rumiko Michigami
  • Toshiyuki Tanaka
1980–81
  • Yumiko Kakege
  • Yoshiki Nakajima
  • Akiko Okabe
  • Tamao Arai
1981–82
  • Akiko Okabe
  • Tamao Arai
1982–83
  • Yumiko Kakege
  • Yuki Nakajima
1983–84
  • Yumiko Kakege
  • Yuki Nakajima
1984–85
  • Junko Ito
  • Kinaki Tokita
1985–86
  • Junko Ito
  • Kinaki Tokita
  • Kaoru Takino
  • Kenji Takino
1986–87
1987–88
  • Kaoru Takino
  • Kenji Takino
  • Junko Ito
  • Kinaki Tokita
1988–89
  • Kaoru Takino
  • Kenji Takino
  • Akiko Higashino
  • Tatsuro Matsumura
1989–90 Kitakyushu
1990–91 Yokohama
1991–92 Kobe
1992–93 Nagoya
  • Manabu Sato
  • Tsuyoshi Sakai
1993–94 Yokohama
  • Yuki Habuki
  • Hitoshi Koizumi
1994–95 Kobe
  • Yuki Habuki
  • Hitoshi Koizumi
1995–96 Yokohama
  • Akiko Kinoshita
  • Yosuke Moriwaki
1996–97 Nagano
  • Akiko Kinoshita
  • Yosuke Moriwaki
 [14]
1997–98 Kobe
  • Aya Hatsuda
  • Koichi Suyama
 [15]
1998–99 Yokohama [16]
1999–2000 Fukuoka [17]
2000–01 Nagano [18]
2001–02 Osaka
  • Masumi Haruki
  • Hiroaki Tokita
 [19]
2002–03 Kyoto [20]
2003–04 Nagano
  • Yurie Oda
  • Sho Kagayama
 [21]
2004–05 Yokohama
  • Minami Sakacho
  • Tatsuya Sakacho
 [22]
2005–06 Tokyo [23]
2006–07 Nagoya [24]
2007–08 Osaka No other competitors [25]
2008–09 Nagano
  • Nana Sugiki
  • Taiyo Mizutani
[26]
2009–10 Osaka
No other competitors [27]
2010–11 Nagano [28]
2011–12 Osaka
  • Bryna Oi
  • Taiyo Mizutani
  • Anna Takei
  • Yuya Tamada
 [29]
2012–13 Sapporo
  • Bryna Oi
  • Taiyo Mizutani
 [30]
2013–14 Saitama
  • Shizuru Agata
  • Kentaro Suzuki
 [31]
2014–15 Nagano
[32]
2015–16 Sapporo
  • Ibuki Mori
  • Kentaro Suzuki
 [33]
2016–17 Osaka [34]
2017–18 Tokyo [35]
2018–19 Osaka
  • Kiria Hirayama
  • Axel Lamasse
  • Mio Iida
  • Kenta Ishibashi
 [36]
2019–20 Tokyo
  • Kiria Hirayama
  • Kenta Ishibashi
 [37]
2020–21 Nagano [38]
2021–22 Saitama
[39]
2022–23 Osaka
  • Nicole Takahashi
  • Shiloh Judd
 [40]
2023–24 Nagano [41]
2024–25 Osaka
  • Ayano Sasaki
  • Yoshimitsu Ikeda
 [42]
2025–26 Tokyo [43]

Records

Midori Ito at the 1989 World Championships
Cathy Reed and Chris Reed at the 2010 NHK Trophy
Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran at the 2009 NHK Trophy
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara at the 2024 World Championships
From left to right: Midori Ito won nine Japan Championship titles in women's singles; Chris Reed won ten Japan Championship titles in ice dance, seven of which were with his sister, Cathy Reed; Narumi Takahashi won six Japan Championship titles in pair skating, four of which were with Mervin Tran; and Ryuichi Kihara also won six Japan Championship titles in pair skating, two of which were with Riku Miura.
Records
Discipline Most championship titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Men's singles Nobuo Satō 10 1956/57 – 1965/66 [50]
Women's singles Midori Ito 9 1984/85 – 1991/92;
1995/96		 [45]
Pairs Ryuichi Kihara[f] 6 2013/14 – 2014/15;
2017/18 – 2019/20;
2024/25		 [51][52]
[53]
Narumi Takahashi[g] 2008/09 – 2011/12;
2013/14 – 2014/15		 [54][51]
Ice dance Chris Reed[h] 10 2007/08 – 2010/11;
2012/13 – 2017/18		 [55][56]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 The compulsory figures were contested in Kanagawa.
  2. ↑ Pvt. Jack B. Jost was invited to compete in the Japanese Championships while he was stationed in Japan with the United States Army.[9]
  3. 1 2 Neither Naoshige Shiota nor Masami Kobayashi achieved the minimum required score to receive a medal.
  4. 1 2 3 None of the competitors achieved the minimum required score to be named the Japanese champion.
  5. ↑ Nana Aeba did not achieve the minimum required score to receive a medal.
  6. ↑ Ryuichi Kihara won two championship titles while partnered with Narumi Takahashi (2013/14–2014/15),[51] two with Miu Suzaki (2017/18–2018/19),[52] and two with Riku Miura (2019/20, 2024/25).[53]
  7. ↑ Narumi Takahashi won four championship titles while partnered with Mervin Tran (2008/09–2011/12),[54] and two with Ryuichi Kihara (2013/14–2014/15).[51]
  8. ↑ Chris Reed won seven championship titles while partnered with Cathy Reed (2007/08–2010/11, 2012/13–2014/15),[55] and three with Kana Muramoto (2015/16–2017/18).[56]

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 "Skating in Japan progresses" (PDF). Skating. May 1925. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 30, 2025. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  3. ↑ Japan Skating Federation 1981, p. 121.
  4. 1 2 Japan Skating Federation 1981, p. 107.
  5. 1 2 Hori, Tadao (1975). 日本スケート史 [Japanese Skating History] (in Japanese). Japan Skating History Publication Society. p. 30.
  6. ↑ Japan Skating Federation 1981, pp. 386–389.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "全日本フィギュア歴代記録　男子シングル" [All Japan Figure Skating Record Men's Singles]. Japan Skating Federation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 20, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
  8. 1 2 "Skating around the world" (PDF). Skating. May 1949. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 30, 2025. Retrieved June 11, 2025.
  9. ↑ "U.S. skater wins Japanese crown" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 30, no. 7. May 1953. p. 9. ISSN 0037-6132. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2025. Retrieved April 8, 2025.
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