# 2022–23 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2022–23 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Kadoma, Osaka on December 21–25, 2022. It was the 91st 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 2023 Four Continents Championships and the 2023 World Championships.

## Qualifying

Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2022, or earned a bye.
| Date | Event | Type | Location | Results |
| Sep. 29 – Oct. 2, 2022 | Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu | Regional | Okayama, Okayama | Details |
| Sep. 29 – Oct. 2, 2022 | Tokyo | Regional | Nishitōkyō, Tokyo | Details |
| September 22–25, 2022 | Kanto | Regional | Nikkō, Tochigi | Details |
| September 23–25, 2022 | Chubu | Regional | Nagoya, Aichi | Details |
| October 7–9, 2022 | Tohoku-Hokkaido | Regional | Hachinohe, Aomori | Details |
| October 7–10, 2022 | Kinki | Regional | Amagasaki, Hyōgo | Details |
| October 21–23, 2022 | Japan Novice Championships | Final | Sapporo, Hokkaido | Details |
| October 27–30, 2022 | Western Section | Sectional | Kyoto, Kyoto | Details |
| November 3–6, 2022 | Eastern Section | Sectional | Maebashi, Gunma | Details |
| November 25–27, 2022 | Japan Junior Championships | Final | Hitachinaka, Ibaraki | Details |
| December 21–25, 2022 | Japan Championships | Final | Kadoma, Osaka | Details |

## Medal summary
### Senior

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Shoma Uno | Koshiro Shimada | Kazuki Tomono |
| Women | Kaori Sakamoto | Mai Mihara | Mao Shimada |
| Pairs | Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi | No other competitors | No other competitors |
| Ice dance | Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd |

### Junior

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Nozomu Yoshioka | Takeru Amine Kataise | Haruya Sasaki |
| Women | Mao Shimada | Mone Chiba | Ami Nakai |
| Pairs | Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi | No other competitors | No other competitors |
| Ice dance | Nao Kida / Masaya Morita | Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura | Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata |

### Novice

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men (Novice A) | Sena Takahashi | Taiga Nishino | Hiroto Hanai |
| Men (Novice B) | Sakutaro Yoshino | Haruhisa Hidaka | Kosei Yamamoto |
| Women (Novice A) | Rena Uezono | Mayuko Oka | Ruka Miyamoto |
| Women (Novice B) | Sumika Kanazawa | Sara Hanai | Aoha Hoshi |
| Pairs | No competitors | No competitors | No competitors |
| Ice dance | Sumire Yoshida / Ibuki Ogahara | Haru Matsuzaki / Haruki Motomura | Nanoha Yahata / Yuga Takemasa |

## Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on December 6, 2022. Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.
| Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
| Shoma Uno | Yuna Aoki | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara (withdrew) | Saiko Kikuchi / Yoshimitsu Ikeda |
| Kosho Oshima | Maria Egawa | Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi* | Akari Kinoshita / Takahiko Tamura |
| Haru Kakiuchi* | Miyabi Oba | | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
| Yuma Kagiyama | Yurina Okuno* | | Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd |
| Takeru Amine Kataise* | Mana Kawabe | | Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi |
| Yuto Kishina | Rika Kihira | | Haruno Yajima / Tsutomu Matsui |
| Kazuki Kushida | Ikura Kushida* | | |
| Shun Kobayashi | Chikako Saegusa | | |
| Haruya Sasaki* | Kaori Sakamoto | | |
| Shun Sato | Ibuki Sato | | |
| Koshiro Shimada | Ayumi Shibayama* | | |
| Takumi Sugiyama | Mao Shimada* | | |
| Tsudoi Suto* | Rion Sumiyoshi | | |
| Mitsuki Sumoto | Yo Takagi* | | |
| Seigo Tauchi* | Niina Takeno | | |
| Tatsuya Tsuboi | Hina Takeno | | |
| Kazuki Tomono | Mone Chiba* | | |
| Rio Nakata* | Ami Nakai* | | |
| Shunsuke Nakamura* | Marin Honda | | |
| Shingo Nishiyama | Rino Matsuike | | |
| Kazuki Hasegawa | Akari Matsubara | | |
| Shogo Hikosaka | Mai Mihara | | |
| Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | Saki Miyake | | |
| Kao Miura | Haruna Murakami* | | |
| Haruki Mishima | Mako Yamashita | | |
| Sena Miyake | Yuhana Yokoi | | |
| Sumitada Moriguchi | Shiika Yoshioka | | |
| Taichiro Yamakuma | Hana Yoshida | | |
| Sōta Yamamoto | Rinka Watanabe | | |
| Nozomu Yoshioka* | | | |

### Junior

The top eight finishers at the Japan Junior Championships in men's and women's singles and one pair team were added to the Japan Championships.
| | Men | Women | Pairs |
| 1 | Nozomu Yoshioka | Mao Shimada | Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi |
| 2 | Takeru Amine Kataise | Mone Chiba | |
| 3 | Haruya Sasaki | Ami Nakai | |
| 4 | Shunsuke Nakamura | Ikura Kushida | |
| 5 | Rio Nakata | Ayumi Shibayama | |
| 6 | Haru Kakiuchi | Yurina Okuno | |
| 7 | Tsudoi Suto | Yo Takagi | |
| 8 | Seigo Tauchi | Haruna Murakami | |

### Changes to preliminary entries

| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
| December 21 | Pairs | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | N/A | Flight delays | |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | 291.73 | 1 | 100.45 | 1 | 191.28 |
| 2 | Koshiro Shimada | 252.56 | 2 | 87.69 | 6 | 164.87 |
| 3 | Kazuki Tomono | 250.84 | 4 | 85.43 | 4 | 165.41 |
| 4 | Shun Sato | 249.64 | 5 | 81.78 | 3 | 167.86 |
| 5 | Sōta Yamamoto | 245.41 | 3 | 86.89 | 7 | 158.52 |
| 6 | Kao Miura | 242.55 | 13 | 71.12 | 2 | 171.43 |
| 7 | Sumitada Moriguchi | 241.63 | 10 | 76.31 | 5 | 165.32 |
| 8 | Yuma Kagiyama | 237.83 | 6 | 81.39 | 8 | 156.44 |
| 9 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | 221.17 | 11 | 74.84 | 9 | 146.33 |
| 10 | Nozomu Yoshioka | 220.43 | 7 | 80.85 | 11 | 139.58 |
| 11 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 218.08 | 8 | 77.74 | 10 | 140.34 |
| 12 | Sena Miyake | 216.10 | 9 | 76.69 | 12 | 139.41 |
| 13 | Taichiro Yamakuma | 206.25 | 12 | 74.41 | 15 | 131.84 |
| 14 | Kosho Oshima | 202.44 | 16 | 66.44 | 13 | 136.00 |
| 15 | Haruya Sasaki | 199.95 | 19 | 64.73 | 14 | 135.22 |
| 16 | Shingo Nishiyama | 197.81 | 17 | 66.43 | 16 | 131.38 |
| 17 | Tsudoi Suto | 190.38 | 22 | 61.36 | 17 | 129.02 |
| 18 | Haru Kakiuchi | 187.97 | 21 | 61.42 | 18 | 126.55 |
| 19 | Takeru Amine Kataise | 185.40 | 14 | 70.05 | 21 | 115.35 |
| 20 | Kazuki Kushida | 181.81 | 24 | 59.98 | 19 | 121.83 |
| 21 | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | 180.87 | 20 | 62.48 | 20 | 118.39 |
| 22 | Kazuki Hasegawa | 179.61 | 18 | 64.94 | 22 | 114.67 |
| 23 | Seigo Tauchi | 173.60 | 15 | 66.76 | 24 | 106.84 |
| 24 | Mitsuki Sumoto | 172.40 | 23 | 61.07 | 23 | 111.33 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Yuto Kishina | 58.73 | 25 | 58.73 | — | — |
| 26 | Rio Nakata | 57.74 | 26 | 57.74 | — | — |
| 27 | Takumi Sugiyama | 54.28 | 27 | 54.28 | — | — |
| 28 | Shogo Hikosaka | 49.81 | 28 | 49.81 | — | — |
| 29 | Shun Kobayashi | 47.37 | 29 | 47.37 | — | — |
| 30 | Haruki Mishima | 38.87 | 30 | 38.87 | — | — |

### Women

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Kaori Sakamoto | 233.05 | 1 | 77.79 | 1 | 155.26 |
| 2 | Mai Mihara | 219.93 | 2 | 74.70 | 2 | 145.23 |
| 3 | Mao Shimada | 202.79 | 4 | 70.28 | 5 | 132.51 |
| 4 | Ami Nakai | 201.49 | 8 | 64.07 | 4 | 137.42 |
| 5 | Mone Chiba | 200.12 | 3 | 71.06 | 7 | 129.06 |
| 6 | Hana Yoshida | 197.21 | 14 | 59.49 | 3 | 137.72 |
| 7 | Yuna Aoki | 191.89 | 10 | 62.48 | 6 | 129.41 |
| 8 | Ikura Kushida | 190.58 | 9 | 63.29 | 10 | 127.29 |
| 9 | Mana Kawabe | 190.44 | 6 | 64.51 | 11 | 125.93 |
| 10 | Ayumi Shibayama | 189.09 | 7 | 64.37 | 12 | 124.72 |
| 11 | Rika Kihira | 188.62 | 11 | 60.43 | 8 | 128.19 |
| 12 | Rinka Watanabe | 183.99 | 18 | 56.23 | 9 | 127.76 |
| 13 | Rino Matsuike | 179.85 | 20 | 56.01 | 13 | 123.84 |
| 14 | Rion Sumiyoshi | 178.03 | 17 | 57.38 | 14 | 120.65 |
| 15 | Saki Miyake | 175.38 | 5 | 66.29 | 16 | 109.09 |
| 16 | Mako Yamashita | 172.96 | 22 | 54.98 | 15 | 117.98 |
| 17 | Haruna Murakami | 163.76 | 15 | 59.23 | 19 | 104.53 |
| 18 | Hina Takeno | 163.39 | 19 | 56.15 | 17 | 107.24 |
| 19 | Yuhana Yokoi | 161.87 | 12 | 59.78 | 20 | 102.09 |
| 20 | Miyabi Oba | 159.94 | 13 | 59.77 | 21 | 100.17 |
| 21 | Yo Takagi | 158.86 | 16 | 58.87 | 22 | 99.99 |
| 22 | Maria Egawa | 158.39 | 23 | 52.83 | 18 | 105.56 |
| 23 | Akari Matsubara | 152.22 | 24 | 52.45 | 23 | 99.77 |
| 24 | Niina Takeno | 152.14 | 21 | 55.49 | 24 | 96.65 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Ibuki Sato | 52.27 | 25 | 52.27 | — | — |
| 26 | Marin Honda | 51.81 | 26 | 51.81 | — | — |
| 27 | Yurina Okuno | 49.29 | 27 | 49.29 | — | — |
| 28 | Chikako Saigusa | 46.73 | 28 | 46.73 | — | — |
| 29 | Shiika Yoshioka | 44.75 | 29 | 44.75 | — | — |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi | 162.07 | 1 | 54.21 | 1 | 107.86 |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Name | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi | 186.61 | 1 | 77.70 | 1 | 108.91 |
| 2 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | 175.10 | 2 | 69.96 | 2 | 105.41 |
| 3 | Nicole Takahashi / Shiloh Judd | 130.26 | 3 | 52.01 | 4 | 78.25 |
| 4 | Akari Kinoshita / Takahiko Tamura | 128.69 | 4 | 49.72 | 3 | 78.97 |
| 5 | Saiko Kikuchi / Yoshimitsu Ikeda | 103.78 | 6 | 42.41 | 5 | 61.37 |
| 6 | Haruno Yajima / Tsutomu Matsui | 96.44 | 5 | 43.63 | 6 | 52.81 |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2022–23 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki from November 25–27, 2022. The national champions in men's and women's singles earned automatic berths on the 2023 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 15, 2022. Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters.
| Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
| Shuntaro Asaga | Yurika Imazeki | Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi | Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura |
| Taichi Isowa | Miyu Irie | | Nao Kida / Masaya Morita |
| Daiya Ebihara | Haruna Iwasaki | | Nanami Harazawa / Eisuke Kumano |
| Kenta Omura | Rena Uezono* | | Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata |
| Sakura Odagaki | Mayuko Oka* | | |
| Haru Kakiuchi | Marin Okamoto | | |
| Takeru Amine Kataise | Yurina Okuno | | |
| Ryusei Kikuchi | Arisa Kamoi | | |
| Ryota Kitamura | Ikura Kushida | | |
| Tomoki Kimura | Riria Kono* | | |
| Shio Kojima | Ayumi Shibayama | | |
| Haruya Sasaki | Mao Shimada | | |
| Kazuna Sato | Sae Shimizu | | |
| Rei Suzuki | Nana Sugiyama | | |
| Tsudoi Suto | Hono Segawa | | |
| Seigo Tauchi | Yo Takagi | | |
| Sena Takahashi* | Sakurako Tanabe | | |
| Sora Tarumi | Mone Chiba | | |
| Rio Nakata | Ami Nakai | | |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | Ayumi Nakao | | |
| Kazuhiro Nakura | Yuna Nagaoka | | |
| Taiga Nishino* | Miyu Hanada | | |
| Hiroto Hanai* | Seira Fujinuma | | |
| Hiroto Honda | Noa Hozumi | | |
| Masaya Mishima | Ruka Miyamoto* | | |
| Yota Mihara | Haruna Murakami | | |
| Ryoga Morimoto | Kei Yamada | | |
| Nozomu Yoshioka | Koharu Yunoki | | |
| Yuki Yoshioka | Rei Yoshimoto | | |
| | 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 | Women |
| 1 | Sena Takahashi | Rena Uezono |
| 2 | Taiga Nishino | Mayuko Oka |
| 3 | Hiroto Hanai | Ruka Miyamoto |
| 4 | | Riria Kono |

### Results
#### Junior men

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Nozomu Yoshioka | 209.57 | 2 | 71.84 | 2 | 137.73 |
| 2 | Takeru Amine Kataise | 208.22 | 1 | 83.27 | 6 | 124.95 |
| 3 | Haruya Sasaki | 207.96 | 4 | 67.31 | 1 | 140.65 |
| 4 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 196.92 | 3 | 70.28 | 5 | 126.64 |
| 5 | Rio Nakata | 190.24 | 7 | 63.26 | 4 | 126.98 |
| 6 | Haru Kakiuchi | 180.73 | 6 | 63.39 | 10 | 117.34 |
| 7 | Tsudoi Suto | 179.85 | 9 | 60.65 | 8 | 119.20 |
| 8 | Seigo Tauchi | 179.25 | 17 | 51.77 | 3 | 127.48 |
| 9 | Sena Takahashi | 179.16 | 8 | 60.79 | 9 | 118.37 |
| 10 | Ryusei Kikuchi | 178.03 | 5 | 63.92 | 12 | 114.11 |
| 11 | Ryoga Morimoto | 177.70 | 10 | 57.96 | 7 | 119.74 |
| 12 | Taiga Nishino | 170.74 | 12 | 56.37 | 11 | 114.37 |
| 13 | Shuntaro Asaga | 166.06 | 13 | 55.28 | 13 | 110.78 |
| 14 | Kazuhiro Nakura | 164.78 | 11 | 57.86 | 14 | 106.92 |
| 15 | Hiroto Hanai | 154.34 | 18 | 51.62 | 17 | 102.72 |
| 16 | Kazuna Sato | 153.91 | 20 | 50.58 | 16 | 103.33 |
| 17 | Yuki Yoshioka | 152.83 | 23 | 49.15 | 15 | 103.68 |
| 18 | Kenta Omura | 150.29 | 16 | 51.81 | 18 | 98.48 |
| 19 | Ryota Kitamura | 144.31 | 14 | 53.90 | 20 | 90.41 |
| 20 | Shio Kojima | 142.64 | 24 | 48.96 | 19 | 93.68 |
| 21 | Hiroto Honda | 139.27 | 15 | 53.89 | 23 | 85.38 |
| 22 | Sakura Odagaki | 137.34 | 22 | 49.61 | 21 | 87.73 |
| 23 | Yota Mihara | 135.76 | 21 | 49.78 | 22 | 85.98 |
| 24 | Masaya Mishima | 133.84 | 19 | 51.28 | 24 | 82.56 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Taichi Isowa | 48.65 | 25 | 48.65 | — | — |
| 26 | Rei Suzuki | 47.13 | 26 | 47.13 | — | — |
| 27 | Sora Tarumi | 45.96 | 27 | 45.96 | — | — |
| 28 | Daiya Ebihara | 45.95 | 28 | 45.95 | — | — |
| 29 | Tomoki Kimura | 45.39 | 29 | 45.39 | — | — |

#### Junior women

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Mao Shimada | 199.19 | 1 | 66.52 | 1 | 132.67 |
| 2 | Mone Chiba | 193.15 | 2 | 65.72 | 2 | 127.43 |
| 3 | Ami Nakai | 190.70 | 4 | 65.12 | 3 | 125.58 |
| 4 | Ikura Kushida | 184.29 | 5 | 62.32 | 4 | 121.97 |
| 5 | Ayumi Shibayama | 184.28 | 3 | 65.39 | 5 | 118.89 |
| 6 | Yurina Okuno | 166.32 | 7 | 60.45 | 7 | 105.87 |
| 7 | Yo Takagi | 166.07 | 6 | 61.44 | 8 | 104.63 |
| 8 | Haruna Murakami | 163.65 | 8 | 57.52 | 6 | 106.13 |
| 9 | Noa Hozumi | 161.47 | 10 | 57.22 | 9 | 104.25 |
| 10 | Kaoruko Wada | 158.58 | 9 | 57.37 | 10 | 101.21 |
| 11 | Sae Shimizu | 150.89 | 15 | 51.77 | 11 | 99.12 |
| 12 | Riria Kono | 149.96 | 13 | 54.05 | 12 | 95.91 |
| 13 | Rena Uezono | 148.99 | 11 | 56.17 | 16 | 92.82 |
| 14 | Kei Yamada | 144.03 | 17 | 48.76 | 13 | 95.27 |
| 15 | Mayuko Oka | 142.99 | 14 | 52.99 | 18 | 90.00 |
| 16 | Sakurako Tanabe | 140.61 | 19 | 46.91 | 14 | 93.70 |
| 17 | Arisa Kamoi | 138.05 | 21 | 45.22 | 15 | 92.83 |
| 18 | Nana Sugiyama | 136.39 | 12 | 54.81 | 21 | 81.58 |
| 19 | Yurika Imazeki | 136.11 | 16 | 51.20 | 19 | 84.91 |
| 20 | Ayumi Nakao | 136.04 | 24 | 44.60 | 17 | 91.44 |
| 21 | Hono Segawa | 129.23 | 20 | 46.63 | 20 | 82.60 |
| 22 | Miyu Hanada | 126.75 | 18 | 47.89 | 22 | 78.86 |
| 23 | Yuna Nagaoka | 122.52 | 22 | 45.20 | 23 | 77.32 |
| 24 | Ruka Miyamoto | 120.83 | 23 | 44.90 | 24 | 75.93 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Marin Okamoto | 44.38 | 25 | 44.38 | — | — |
| 26 | Haruna Iwasaki | 43.95 | 26 | 43.95 | — | — |
| 27 | Miyu Irie | 43.77 | 27 | 43.77 | — | — |
| 28 | Seira Fujinuma | 41.07 | 28 | 41.07 | — | — |
| 29 | Koharu Yunoki | 39.14 | 29 | 39.14 | — | — |
| 30 | Rei Yoshimoto | 38.00 | 30 | 38.00 | — | — |

#### Junior pairs

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi | 149.08 | 1 | 52.72 | 1 | 96.36 |

#### Junior ice dance

| Rank | Name | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Nao Kida / Masaya Morita | 161.92 | 1 | 65.17 | 1 | 96.75 |
| 2 | Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura | 133.82 | 2 | 51.58 | 2 | 82.24 |
| 3 | Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata | 109.15 | 3 | 42.52 | 3 | 66.63 |
| 4 | Nanami Harazawa / Eisuke Kumano | 94.31 | 4 | 36.72 | 4 | 57.59 |

## International team selections
### Winter University Games

The 2023 Winter University Games was held in Lake Placid, United States from January 13–16, 2023.
| | Men | Women |
| 1 | Yuma Kagiyama (withdrew) | Kaori Sakamoto |
| 2 | Shun Sato | Mai Mihara |
| 3 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | Rion Sumiyoshi |
| 1st alt. | Sōta Yamamoto (called up) | Rinka Watanabe |
| 2nd alt. | Kosho Oshima | Maria Egawa |
| 3rd alt. | Kazuki Hasegawa | Mako Yamashita |

### Four Continents Championships

The 2023 Four Continents Championships will be held in Colorado Springs, United States from February 7–12, 2023.
| | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 1 | Koshiro Shimada | Rinka Watanabe | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi |
| 2 | Shun Sato | Hana Yoshida | | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
| 3 | Kao Miura | Mone Chiba | | |
| 1st alt. | Kazuki Tomono | Mana Kawabe | | |
| 2nd alt. | Sōta Yamamoto | Rion Sumiyoshi | | |
| 3rd alt. | Tatsuya Tsuboi | Rika Kihira | | |

### World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2023 World Junior Championships will be held in Calgary, Canada from February 27 – March 5, 2023.
| | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 1 | Nozomu Yoshioka | Mao Shimada | Haruna Murakami / Sumitada Moriguchi | Nao Kida / Masaya Morita |
| 2 | Kao Miura | Ami Nakai | | |
| 1st alt. | Shunsuke Nakamura | Mone Chiba | | Sara Kishimoto / Atsuhiko Tamura |
| 2nd alt. | Takeru Amine Kataise | Hana Yoshida | | |

### World Championships

The 2023 World Championships will be held in Saitama, Japan from March 20–26, 2023.
| | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Kaori Sakamoto | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi |
| 2 | Sōta Yamamoto | Mai Mihara | | |
| 3 | Kazuki Tomono | Rinka Watanabe | | |
| 1st alt. | Shun Sato | Hana Yoshida | | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
| 2nd alt. | Koshiro Shimada | Mone Chiba | | |
| 3rd alt. | Kao Miura | Mana Kawabe | | |