The 2021–22 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Saitama, Saitama on December 22–26, 2021. It was the 90th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. The results were part of the Japanese selection criteria for the 2022 Four Continents Championships, the 2022 Winter Olympics, and the 2022 World Championships.
Qualifying Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2021, or earned a bye.
Date Event Type Location Results September 23–26, 2021 Chu-Shikoku-KyushuRegional Iizuka, Fukuoka Details September 24–26, 2021 Chubu Nagoya, Aichi Details Sept. 30 – Oct. 3, 2021 Kanto Chiba, Chiba Details October 1–3, 2021 Tohoku-Hokkaido Sapporo, Hokkaido DetailsOctober 7–10, 2021 Kinki Uji, Kyoto Details Tokyo Nishitōkyō, Tokyo Details October 22–24, 2021 Japan Novice Championships Final Ōtsu, Shiga Details October 28–31, 2021 Eastern SectionSectional Nishitōkyō, Tokyo Details November 4–7, 2021 Western Section Fukuoka, Fukuoka Details November 19–21, 2021 Japan Junior ChampionshipsFinal Nagoya, Aichi Details December 22–26, 2021 Japan Championships Saitama, Saitama Details
Medal summary Senior Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno Yuma Kagiyama Women Kaori Sakamoto Wakaba Higuchi Mana Kawabe Pairs Miyu Yunoki / Shoya IchihashiNo other competitors Ice dance Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi Ayumi Takanami / Shingo Nishiyama
Junior Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Kao Miura Tatsuya Tsuboi Nozomu Yoshioka Women Mao Shimada Rion Sumiyoshi Mone Chiba PairsNo competitors Ice dance Nao Kida / Masaya Morita Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata
Novice Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men (Novice A) Rio Nakata Taiga Nishino Sena Takahashi Men (Novice B) Hayato Okazaki Shin Takenaka Sakutaro Yoshino Women (Novice A) Mao Shimada Kaoruko Wada Haruna Murakami Women (Novice B) Saho Ootake Reina Kawakatsu Riria Kono PairsNo competitors Ice dance Sumire Yoshida / Ibuki Ogahara Haru Matsuzaki / Haruki Motomura Mihana Nakajima / Kenichiro Hirose
Entries A list of preliminary entries was published on December 4, 2021. Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.
Men Women Pairs Ice dance Reo Ishizuka Yuna Aoki Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara (withdrew) Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Shoma Uno Nana Araki Miyu Yunoki / Shoya Ichihashi Ayumi Takanami / Shingo Nishiyama Kosho Oshima* Chisato Uramatsu Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd (withdrew) Yuma Kagiyama Miyabi Oba Kiria Hirayama / Aru Tateno Takeru Kataise* Ayumi Kagotani Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho (withdrew) Yuto Kishina Tomoe Kawabata (withdrew) Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi Kazuki Kushida Mana Kawabe Haruno Yajima / Yoshimitsu Ikeda (withdrew) Shun Sato Rika Kihira (withdrew) Koshiro Shimada Kaori Sakamoto Takumi Sugiyama Ibuki Satoh Gakuto Suzuki Ayumi Shibayama* Rei Suzuki Yuna Shiraiwa Mitsuki Sumoto Rion Sumiyoshi* Keiji Tanaka Niina Takeno Takaya Tsujimura Hina Takeno Tatsuya Tsuboi* Azusa Tanaka* Kazuki Tomono Mone Chiba* Shunsuke Nakamura* Ami Nakai* Kazuki Hasegawa Rin Nitaya Yuzuru Hanyu Nonoka Noguchi Koutaro Hayakawa Wakaba Higuchi Yuga Furusho Marin Honda Tatuma Furuya Rino Matsuike Yoshimasa Hori Akari Matsubara Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Mai Mihara Kao Miura* Saki Miyake Sena Miyake Satoko Miyahara Sumitada Moriguchi Misaki Morishita Taichiro Yamakuma Mako Yamashita Sōta Yamamoto Yuhana Yokoi Nozomu Yoshioka* Hana Yoshida* Kimichika Wada Rinka Watanabe
Junior The top six finishers at the Japan Junior Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Championships. The women's junior national champion, Mao Shimada, was a novice skater and therefore not eligible for the senior Championships. The seventh-place finisher, Ami Nakai, was bumped up in Shimada's place.
Men Women 1 Kao Miura Rion Sumiyoshi 2 Tatsuya Tsuboi Mone Chiba 3 Nozomu Yoshioka Hana Yoshida 4 Takeru Kataise Azusa Tanaka 5 Kosho Oshima Ayumi Shibayama 6 Shunsuke Nakamura Ami Nakai
Changes to preliminary entries Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes RefsDecember 15 Pairs Riku Miura / Ryuichi KiharaN/ACOVID-related travel restrictions Ice dance Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho December 21 Women Rika Kihira Right ankle injury December 22 Tomoe Kawabata Injury and lack of training due to traffic accident Ice dance Haruno Yajima / Yoshimitsu Ikeda Split
Results Men Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Yuzuru Hanyu 322.36 1 111.31 1 211.05 2 Shoma Uno 295.82 2 101.88 3 193.94 3 Yuma Kagiyama 292.41 3 95.15 2 197.26 4 Kao Miura276.16 5 92.814183.35 5 Kazuki Tomono263.67 7 87.795175.88 6 Sena Miyake252.82 6 90.527162.30 7 Shun Sato252.13 8 87.276164.86 8 Sōta Yamamoto240.18 4 93.7912146.39 9 Tatsuya Tsuboi235.21 12 77.318157.90 10 Koshiro Shimada233.67 9 86.7610146.91 11 Keiji Tanaka232.42 10 84.109148.32 12 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda225.22 11 78.5311146.69 13 Sumitada Moriguchi201.30 13 76.1416125.16 14 Takeru Amine Kataise199.65 16 69.3214130.33 15 Mitsuki Sumoto199.62 17 68.5513131.07 16 Kosho Oshima195.04 18 65.8615129.18 17 Kazuki Kushida 186.99 15 72.37 19 114.62 18 Reo Ishizuka178.01 20 57.0617120.95 19 Takumi Sugiyama174.70 19 65.3420109.36 20 Nozomu Yoshioka170.57 14 72.942497.63 21 Taichiro Yamakuma170.56 22 55.1118115.45 22 Kazuki Hasegawa161.92 21 56.8622105.06 23 Rei Suzuki158.69 24 53.4521105.24 24 Gakuto Suzuki152.85 23 55.002397.85Did not advance to free skating 25 Shunsuke Nakamura 52.78 25 52.78 colspan=2 26 Takaya Tsujimura 50.03 26 50.03 colspan=2 27 Tatuma Furuya 46.59 27 46.59 colspan=2 28 Yuga Furusho 45.99 28 45.99 colspan=2 29 Yuto Kishina 45.92 29 45.92 colspan=2 30 Kimichika Wada 42.34 30 42.34 colspan=2 31 Koutaro Hayakawa 38.52 31 38.52 colspan=2 32 Yoshimasa Hori 35.83 32 35.83 colspan=2
Women Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Kaori Sakamoto 234.06 1 79.23 1 154.83 2 Wakaba Higuchi 221.78 2 74.66 2 147.12 3 Mana Kawabe 209.65 3 74.27 3 135.38 4 Mai Mihara206.86 5 73.665133.20 5 Satoko Miyahara206.51 4 73.766132.75 6 Rinka Watanabe199.15 8 65.074134.08 7 Rino Matsuike198.77 6 72.317126.46 8 Rion Sumiyoshi189.16 7 67.39 11121.77 9 Hana Yoshida187.44 13 61.358126.09 10 Ayumi Shibayama186.12 11 62.4810123.64 11 Mone Chiba184.30 9 64.4112119.89 12 Yuhana Yokoi183.84 14 59.849124.00 13 Mako Yamashita179.61 12 61.8413117.77 14 Nana Araki174.25 20 57.1114117.14 15 Ibuki Satoh 171.86 15 59.38 15 112.48 16 Akari Matsubara170.73 17 59.1316111.60 17 Hina Takeno169.57 16 59.3317110.24 18 Azusa Tanaka168.45 10 63.9219104.53 19 Miyabi Oba164.96 24 55.6918109.27 20 Ayumi Kagotani158.39 22 55.8020102.59 21 Marin Honda156.53 23 55.7321100.80 22 Chisato Uramatsu152.86 18 58.412294.45 23 Yuna Shiraiwa145.89 21 56.932388.96 24 Niina Takeno141.84 19 58.362483.48Did not advance to free skating 25Nonoka Noguchi 55.36 25 55.36 colspan=2 26Saki Miyake 53.50 26 53.50 colspan=2 27 Ami Nakai 52.65 27 52.65 colspan=2 28 Misaki Morishita 48.37 29 48.37 colspan=2 29 Rin Nitaya 47.21 28 47.21 colspan=2 30Yuna Aoki 46.90 30 46.90 colspan=2
Pairs Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Miyu Yunoki / Shoya Ichihashi 115.72 1 34.77 1 80.95
Ice dance Rank Name Total points RD FD 1 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto 178.17 1 68.16 2 110.01 2 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi 176.31 2 63.35 1 112.96 3 Ayumi Takanami / Shingo Nishiyama 148.29 4 58.10 3 90.19 4 Kiria Hirayama / Aru Tateno 147.39 3 58.93 4 88.46
Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships The 2021–22 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Nagoya, Aichi from November 19–21, 2021. The national champions in men's and women's singles earned automatic berths on the 2022 World Junior Championships team. Top finishers in men's and women's singles were invited to compete at the senior Japan Championships in December.
Entries A list of preliminary entries was published on November 13, 2021. No pairs were entered. Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters.
Men Women Ice dance Shuntaro Asaga Saki Isomura Nao Kida / Masaya Morita Kosho Oshima Haruna Iwasaki Haruhi Komatsu / Eisuke Kumano Sakura Odagaki Rena Uezono* Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura Haru Kakiuchi Maria Egawa Midori Fujiki / Seiya Shimokawa Takeru Kataise Marin Okamoto Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata Keisuke Kadowaki Yurina Okuno Ryusei Kikuchi Kaho Kanno Ryota Kitamura Ikura Kushida Tomoki Kimura Chiduru Goto Shio Kojima Chikako Saegusa Shun Kobayashi Ayumi Shibayama Taiki Shinohara Mao Shimada* Sora Suzuki Sae Shimizu Tudoi Suto Natsu Suzuki Seigo Tauchi Rion Sumiyoshi Sena Takahashi* Sakurako Daimon Sora Tarumi Yo Takagi Tatsuya Tsuboi Mone Takahashi Rio Nakata* Azusa Tanaka Shunsuke Nakamura Sakurako Tanabe Taiga Nishino* Mone Chiba Atsushi Higuchi Ami Nakai Haruki Honda Haruna Murakami* Shunya Matsuoka Aiko Motoe Kao Miura Kei Yamada* Masaya Mishima Miyu Yunoki Ryoga Morimoto Kinayu Yokoi Ryushin Yamada Hana Yoshida Nozomu Yoshioka Rei Yoshimoto Yuki Yoshioka* Kaoruko Wada*
Novice Top finishers at the Japan Novice Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Junior Championships.
Men Women1 Rio Nakata Mao Shimada2 Taiga Nishino Kaoruko Wada3 Sena Takahashi Haruna Murakami4 Yuki Yoshioka Kei Yamada5 Rena Uezono
Results Junior men Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Kao Miura 229.28 7 64.00 1 165.28 2 Tatsuya Tsuboi 227.60 1 81.05 2 146.55 3 Nozomu Yoshioka 191.80 2 68.55 3 123.25 4 Takeru Amine Kataise 188.37 3 67.99 4 120.79 5 Kosho Oshima 183.86 6 65.31 5 118.55 6Shunsuke Nakamura 180.13 4 67.49 6 112.71 7 Ryoga Morimoto 172.23 5 65.46 12 106.77 8 Ryusei Kikuchi 172.03 9 59.42 8 112.61 9 Shunya Matsuoka 170.33 8 63.00 11 107.33 10 Keisuke Kadowaki 169.53 11 56.88 7 112.65 11 Seigo Tauchi 166.21 12 56.73 10 109.48 12 Sena Takahashi 163.16 17 53.45 9 109.71 13 Shuntaro Asaga 156.92 14 55.92 13 101.00 14 Haru Kakiuchi 149.46 13 56.00 16 93.46 15 Tomoki Kimura 146.55 19 49.96 14 96.59 16 Tudoi Suto 145.36 16 53.51 18 91.85 17 Rio Nakata 141.47 10 57.87 23 84.60 18Ryota Kitamura 140.75 23 46.43 15 94.32 19 Haruyuki Higuchi 138.93 20 48.69 20 90.24 20 Haruki Honda 138.79 24 46.86 17 91.93 21 Sora Tarumi 138.65 15 53.84 22 84.81 22 Shio Kojima 138.42 22 48.07 19 90.35 23 Masaya Mishima 137.08 21 48.15 21 88.93 24 Shun Kobayashi 133.58 18 51.03 24 82.55Did not advance to free skating 25 Taiga Nishino 46.41 25 46.41 colspan=2 26 Taiki Shinohara 44.76 26 44.76 colspan=2 27 Ryushin Yamada 44.56 27 44.56 colspan=2 28 Sakura Odagaki 43.05 28 43.05 colspan=2 29 Sora Suzuki 35.43 29 35.43 colspan=2 30 Yuki Yoshioka 33.28 30 33.28 colspan=2
Junior women Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Mao Shimada 188.51 4 61.76 1 126.75 2 Rion Sumiyoshi 180.25 1 65.34 3 114.91 3 Mone Chiba 175.41 7 58.97 2 116.44 4 Hana Yoshida 172.55 3 62.48 4 110.07 5 Azusa Tanaka 171.65 2 62.56 5 109.06 6 Ayumi Shibayama 166.68 5 60.17 8 106.51 7 Ami Nakai 165.76 10 56.78 6 108.98 8 Ikura Kushida 165.09 9 57.35 7 107.74 9 Sakurako Daimon 160.47 6 59.95 11 100.52 10 Yo Takagi 158.58 11 55.84 10 102.74 11 Kaoruko Wada 156.77 12 52.89 9 103.88 12 Yurina Okuno 152.86 8 58.02 14 94.84 13 Sae Shimizu 149.07 19 50.06 12 99.01 14 Marin Okamoto 146.96 21 49.29 13 97.67 15 Kaho Kanno 145.15 16 51.39 15 93.76 16 Maria Egawa 144.18 15 51.53 16 92.65 17 Haruna Iwasaki 143.09 14 51.85 17 91.24 18 Rena Uezono 136.05 20 49.32 18 86.73 19 Kei Yamada 135.09 18 50.38 20 84.71 20 Kinayu Yokoi 134.52 23 48.73 19 85.76 21 Chiduru Goto 131.63 17 50.74 21 80.89 22 Chikako Saigusa 128.73 13 52.28 23 76.45 23 Mone Takahashi 126.24 24 47.66 22 78.58 24 Natsu Suzuki 123.45 22 48.74 24 74.71Did not advance to free skating 25 Haruna Murakami 47.36 25 47.36 colspan=2 26 Miyu Yunoki 46.98 26 46.98 colspan=2 27 Sakurako Tanabe 46.50 27 46.50 colspan=2 28 Aiko Motoe 45.99 28 45.99 colspan=2 29 Saki Isomura 45.19 29 45.19 colspan=2 30 Rei Yoshimoto 42.02 30 42.02 colspan=2
Junior ice dance