# Medal Winners Open

The Medal Winners Open is an invitational pro-am figure skating competition organized by the Japan Skating Federation and sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). Medals are awarded in the disciplines of Men's and Ladies' singles. The invited skaters should have won a medal in a major ISU competition such as Olympics, Worlds, Europeans, 4CC, and Grand Prix Final.
Each skater performs an ISU free skating program in a modified format which emphasizes artistic merit. The program duration is 3 minutes and 30 seconds +/- 10 seconds for men and 3 minutes +/- 10 seconds for ladies. Three jump passes, three spins, and a choreographic sequence should be performed. One of the jump passes can be a two-jump combination or a sequence of jumps. Vocal music, theatrical lighting, and small props are allowed.

## 2017

In place of Medal Winners Open, the promoters presented Medal Winners Gala on January 14, 2017 in Yokohama, Japan.

## 2016

The third competition was held on January 15, 2016 in Osaka, Japan.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Points | Program |
| 1 | Jeremy Abbott | 85.44 | Bring Him Home (from Les Misérables) by Claude-Michel Schönberg |
| 2 | Nobunari Oda | 83.82 | Liebesträume by Franz Liszt |
| 3 | Jeffrey Buttle | 72.76 | Cry Me a River by Arthur Hamilton, covered by Michael Bublé |
| 4 | Johnny Weir | 70.30 | Masquerade (waltz) by Aram Khachaturian |
| 5 | Ilia Kulik | 69.67 | Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra (from Ladies in Lavender) by Nigel Hess |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Points | Program |
| 1 | Joannie Rochette | 71.27 | Gravity by Sara Bareilles |
| 2 | Carolina Kostner | 59.69 | Méditation (Thaïs) by Jules Massenet |
| 3 | Miki Ando | 54.13 | Ballade No. 4 (Chopin) by Frédéric Chopin |
| 4 | Yuka Sato | 50.44 | Say you Love Me |
| 5 | Kimmie Meissner | 45.12 | Chandelier |

## 2015

The second competition was held on January 16, 2015 in Tokyo, Japan.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Points | Program |
| 1 | Evgeny Plushenko | 86.95 | Je suis malade by Serge Lama |
| 2 | Nobunari Oda | 85.15 | Adiós Nonino by Astor Piazzolla |
| 3 | Jeffrey Buttle | 77.28 | Here's to Life by Shirley Horn |
| 4 | Johnny Weir | 75.14 | Ave Maria païen by Riccardo Cocciante, Luc Plamondon |
| 5 | Evan Lysacek | 73.32 | El Tango de Roxanne (from Moulin Rouge!) by Sting, Mariano Mores |
| 6 | Takeshi Honda | 50.41 | Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Points | Program |
| 1 | Joannie Rochette | 64.67 | La Vie en rose covered by Ute Lemper |
| 2 | Sarah Meier | 54.89 | Amélie Medley by Yann Tiersen |
| 3 | Miki Ando | 54.10 | Ballade No. 4 (Chopin) by Frédéric Chopin |
| 4 | Laura Lepisto | 52.94 | Lohtu |
| 5 | Irina Slutskaya | 50.63 | All by Myself covered by Celine Dion |
| 6 | Kimmie Meissner | 45.56 | Over the Rainbow covered by Eva Cassidy |

## 2012

The inaugural competition was held on October 5, 2012 in Saitama, Japan.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Points | Program |
| 1 | Jeffrey Buttle | 83.40 | In This Shirt by The Irrepressibles |
| 2 | Kurt Browning | 71.57 | Singin' in the Rain |
| 3 | Ilia Kulik | 69.93 | Kashmir by Led Zeppelin |
| 4 | Takeshi Honda | 69.32 | Toska - E lucevan le stelle by Giacomo Puccini |
| 5 | Alexei Yagudin | 69.10 | Burn My Shadow by Unkle |
| 6 | Philippe Candeloro | 51.63 | D'Artagnan by Maxime Rodriguez |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Points | Program |
| 1 | Shizuka Arakawa | 64.80 | Swan Lake (modern version) by Kryzler & Kompany |
| 2 | Joannie Rochette | 63.47 | For Me, Formidable by France d'Amour |
| 3 | Irina Slutskaya | 61.97 | Le cocher de la troika by Paul Mauriat |
| 4 | Sarah Meier | 54.53 | Not Myself Tonight by Christina Aguilera |
| 5 | Laura Lepisto | 52.98 | Malaguena (fandangos) |
| 6 | Kimmie Meissner | 51.90 | Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota |