# 2020–21 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2020–21 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Nagano, Nagano from December 23–27, 2020. It was the 89th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dance. The results were part of the Japanese selection criteria for the 2021 World Championships.

## Qualifying

Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2020, or earned a bye. Skaters without a bye, but who train abroad, were awarded an exemption from the qualifiers to limit travel during the COVID-19 pandemic; the affected skaters were men's singles skater Koshiro Shimada, pair Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara, and ice dancers Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho and Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi.
| Date | Event | Type | Location | Results |
| September 25–27, 2020 | Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu | Regional | Okayama, Okayama | Details |
| September 25–27, 2020 | Chubu | Regional | Nagoya, Aichi | Details |
| October 1–4, 2020 | Kanto | Regional | Hitachinaka, Ibaraki | Details |
| October 1–4, 2020 | Kinki | Regional | Takaishi, Osaka | Details |
| October 8–11, 2020 | Tohoku-Hokkaido | Regional | Niigata, Niigata | Details |
| October 8–11, 2020 | Tokyo | Regional | Nishitōkyō, Tokyo | Details |
| October 24–25, 2020 | Japan Novice Championships | Final | Maebashi, Gunma | Details |
| Oct. 30 – Nov. 1, 2020 | Western Section | Sectional | Kyoto, Kyoto | Details |
| November 6–8, 2020 | Eastern Section | Sectional | Kōfu, Yamanashi | Details |
| November 21–23, 2020 | Japan Junior Championships | Final | Hachinohe, Aomori | Details |
| December 23–27, 2020 | Japan Championships | Final | Nagano, Nagano | Details |

## Medal summary
### Senior

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Yuzuru Hanyu | Shoma Uno | Yuma Kagiyama |
| Ladies | Rika Kihira | Kaori Sakamoto | Satoko Miyahara |
| Pairs | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Ice dance | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi | Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho |

### Junior

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | Kao Miura | Sena Miyake |
| Ladies | Rino Matsuike | Hana Yoshida | Mao Shimada |
| Pairs | No competitors | No competitors | No competitors |
| Ice dance | Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama | Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura | Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata |

### Novice

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men (Novice A) | Rio Nakata | Seigo Tauchi | Hikari Sato |
| Men (Novice B) | Ryoto Mori | Hayato Okazaki | Taiga Nishino |
| Ladies (Novice A) | Mao Shimada | Ayumi Shibayama | Ami Nakai |
| Ladies (Novice B) | Hanano Suzuki | Rena Uezono | Saho Ootake |
| Pairs | No competitors | No competitors | No competitors |
| Ice dance | Nao Kida / Masaya Morita | Sumire Yoshida / Ibuki Ogahara | Kurea Yamamoto / Kotaro Fukuoka |

## Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on November 25, 2020. Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.
| Men | Ladies | Ice dance |
| Tatuma Furuya | Yuna Aoki | Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho |
| Yuzuru Hanyu | Mone Chiba* | Kiria Hirayama / Aru Tateno |
| Kazuki Hasegawa | Wakaba Higuchi | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
| Ryuju Hino | Honoka Hirotani | Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi |
| Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda* | Marin Honda | Haruno Yajima / Yoshimitsu Ikeda |
| Taichi Honda | Rika Hongo | |
| Reo Ishizuka | Tomoe Kawabata | |
| Yuma Kagiyama | Mana Kawabe | |
| Tsunehito Karakawa | Rika Kihira | |
| Yuto Kishina* | Akari Matsubara | |
| Yuki Kunikata | Yura Matsuda | |
| Kazuki Kushida | Rino Matsuike* | |
| Kento Kobayashi | Mai Mihara | |
| Ryoma Kobayashi | Satoko Miyahara | |
| Kao Miura* | Yuka Nagai | |
| Sena Miyake* | Rin Nitaya | |
| Sumitada Moriguchi | Rika Oya | |
| Shunsuke Nakamura* | Kaori Sakamoto | |
| Kousuke Nakano | Ibuki Sato | |
| Kosho Oshima* | Yuna Shiraiwa | |
| Shun Sato | Rion Sumiyoshi* | |
| Koshiro Shimada | Natsu Suzuki* | |
| Takumi Sugiyama | Hina Takeno | |
| Mitsuki Sumoto | Riko Takino | |
| Keiji Tanaka | Chisato Uramatsu* | |
| Kazuki Tomono | Rinka Watanabe | |
| Shoma Uno | Mako Yamashita | |
| Koshin Yamada | Yuhana Yokoi | |
| Taichiro Yamakuma | Hana Yoshida* | |
| Sōta Yamamoto | Shiika Yoshioka | |

### Junior

The top six finishers at the Japan Junior Championships in men's and ladies' singles were added to the Japan Championships. Three of the top finishers in ladies, Mao Shimada (3), Ayumi Shibayama (4), and Ami Nakai (6), were novice skaters and not eligible for the senior Championships. The seventh- through ninth-place finishers, Natsu Suzuki (7), Mone Chiba (8), and Chisato Uramatsu (9), were bumped up in their place.
| | Men | Ladies |
| 1 | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | Rino Matsuike |
| 2 | Kao Miura | Hana Yoshida |
| 3 | Sena Miyake | Rion Sumiyoshi |
| 4 | Yuto Kishina | Natsu Suzuki |
| 5 | Kosho Oshima | Mone Chiba |
| 6 | Shunsuke Nakamura | Chisato Uramatsu |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | 319.36 | 1 | 103.53 | 1 | 215.83 |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | 284.81 | 3 | 94.22 | 2 | 190.59 |
| 3 | Yuma Kagiyama | 278.79 | 2 | 98.60 | 3 | 180.19 |
| 4 | Keiji Tanaka | 238.83 | 4 | 83.61 | 4 | 155.22 |
| 5 | Shun Sato | 236.52 | 5 | 83.31 | 6 | 153.21 |
| 6 | Kazuki Tomono | 223.16 | 7 | 81.72 | 8 | 141.44 |
| 7 | Kao Miura | 221.26 | 13 | 67.61 | 5 | 153.65 |
| 8 | Koshiro Shimada | 220.94 | 9 | 71.88 | 7 | 149.06 |
| 9 | Sōta Yamamoto | 217.34 | 6 | 82.60 | 9 | 134.74 |
| 10 | Sena Miyake | 213.53 | 8 | 79.09 | 10 | 134.44 |
| 11 | Ryuju Hino | 202.13 | 11 | 69.79 | 11 | 132.34 |
| 12 | Sumitada Moriguchi | 196.10 | 17 | 66.18 | 12 | 129.92 |
| 13 | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | 194.03 | 14 | 67.52 | 13 | 126.51 |
| 14 | Mitsuki Sumoto | 193.37 | 15 | 67.15 | 14 | 126.22 |
| 15 | Kousuke Nakano | 187.06 | 16 | 66.47 | 15 | 120.59 |
| 16 | Kazuki Kushida | 184.81 | 10 | 71.23 | 18 | 113.58 |
| 17 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 184.01 | 18 | 63.97 | 16 | 120.04 |
| 18 | Kosho Oshima | 178.45 | 21 | 62.34 | 17 | 116.11 |
| 19 | Taichi Honda | 177.87 | 12 | 67.86 | 22 | 110.01 |
| 20 | Kazuki Hasegawa | 175.24 | 20 | 63.59 | 20 | 111.65 |
| 21 | Yuto Kishina | 174.30 | 22 | 61.38 | 19 | 112.92 |
| 22 | Kento Kobayashi | 172.41 | 23 | 60.88 | 21 | 111.53 |
| 23 | Ryoma Kobayashi | 168.94 | 19 | 63.91 | 23 | 105.03 |
| 24 | Yuki Kunikata | 159.29 | 24 | 60.08 | 24 | 99.21 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Takumi Sugiyama | 59.22 | 25 | 59.22 | — | — |
| 26 | Taichiro Yamakuma | 57.51 | 26 | 57.51 | — | — |
| 27 | Koshin Yamada | 56.56 | 27 | 56.56 | — | — |
| 28 | Tsunehito Karakawa | 54.51 | 28 | 54.51 | — | — |
| 29 | Reo Ishizuka | 50.29 | 29 | 50.29 | — | — |
| 30 | Tatuma Furuya | 47.09 | 30 | 47.09 | — | — |

### Ladies

Marin Honda withdrew from the competition after collapsing from dizziness prior to a morning practice session at the event.
| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Rika Kihira | 234.24 | 1 | 79.34 | 1 | 154.90 |
| 2 | Kaori Sakamoto | 222.17 | 2 | 71.86 | 2 | 150.31 |
| 3 | Satoko Miyahara | 209.75 | 6 | 66.48 | 3 | 143.27 |
| 4 | Rino Matsuike | 204.74 | 7 | 65.57 | 4 | 139.17 |
| 5 | Mai Mihara | 203.65 | 3 | 69.55 | 7 | 134.10 |
| 6 | Mana Kawabe | 201.58 | 8 | 64.70 | 5 | 136.88 |
| 7 | Wakaba Higuchi | 195.04 | 13 | 61.53 | 8 | 133.51 |
| 8 | Yuhana Yokoi | 194.22 | 16 | 59.83 | 6 | 134.39 |
| 9 | Yuna Shiraiwa | 190.39 | 10 | 63.96 | 9 | 126.43 |
| 10 | Rin Nitaya | 189.48 | 5 | 67.16 | 11 | 122.32 |
| 11 | Tomoe Kawabata | 186.18 | 9 | 64.56 | 12 | 121.62 |
| 12 | Rion Sumiyoshi | 186.08 | 11 | 62.62 | 10 | 123.46 |
| 13 | Mako Yamashita | 185.56 | 4 | 67.28 | 13 | 118.28 |
| 14 | Natsu Suzuki | 170.13 | 15 | 59.93 | 14 | 110.20 |
| 15 | Shiika Yoshioka | 168.82 | 12 | 62.00 | 15 | 106.82 |
| 16 | Hana Yoshida | 163.78 | 19 | 58.79 | 17 | 104.99 |
| 17 | Hina Takeno | 163.06 | 20 | 57.04 | 16 | 106.02 |
| 18 | Rika Hongo | 160.85 | 17 | 59.05 | 19 | 101.80 |
| 19 | Yuna Aoki | 158.24 | 14 | 59.97 | 21 | 98.27 |
| 20 | Mone Chiba | 158.22 | 24 | 54.45 | 18 | 103.77 |
| 21 | Akari Matsubara | 155.46 | 21 | 56.25 | 20 | 99.21 |
| 22 | Honoka Hirotani | 149.58 | 22 | 55.27 | 22 | 94.31 |
| 23 | Chisato Uramatsu | 148.36 | 23 | 55.05 | 23 | 93.31 |
| 24 | Yuka Nagai | 146.94 | 18 | 58.99 | 24 | 87.95 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Rika Oya | 54.09 | 25 | 54.09 | — | — |
| 26 | Ibuki Sato | 53.71 | 26 | 53.71 | — | — |
| 27 | Rinka Watanabe | 46.18 | 27 | 46.18 | — | — |
| 28 | Yura Matsuda | 44.69 | 28 | 44.69 | — | — |
| 29 | Riko Takino | 43.69 | 29 | 43.69 | — | — |
| WD | Marin Honda | withdrew | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |

### Pairs

On November 24, the pairs event was cancelled due to the only entry, Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara, facing travel difficulties in returning to Japan from their Oakville, Ontario, Canada training base.

### Ice dance

| Rank | Name | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | 175.23 | 1 | 71.74 | 1 | 103.49 |
| 2 | Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi | 151.86 | 2 | 67.83 | 3 | 84.03 |
| 3 | Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho | 145.18 | 3 | 62.02 | 4 | 83.16 |
| 4 | Kiria Hirayama / Aru Tateno | 143.40 | 4 | 56.61 | 2 | 86.79 |
| 5 | Haruno Yajima / Yoshimitsu Ikeda | 118.87 | 5 | 47.89 | 5 | 70.98 |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2020–21 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Hachinohe, Aomori from November 21–23, 2020. There was no junior pairs competition due to the lack of entries. The national champions in men's and ladies' singles would have earned automatic berths on the 2021 World Junior Championships team, before the competition was cancelled on November 24, 2020.

### Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on November 10, 2020. Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters.
| Men | Ladies | Ice dance |
| Shuntaro Asaga | Mone Chiba | Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura |
| Shuji Fujishiro | Maria Egawa | Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata |
| Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | Rie Imanaga | Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama |
| Keisuke Kadowaki | Saki Isomura | |
| Haru Kakiuchi | Haruna Iwasaki | |
| Takeru Kataise | Arisa Kamoi | |
| Kairi Kato | Hinako Katayama | |
| Ryusei Kikuchi | Ikura Kushida* | |
| Tomoki Kimura | Momoka Maeno | |
| Yuto Kishina | Rino Matsuike | |
| Kao Miura | Aiko Motoe | |
| Sena Miyake | Nana Muraoka | |
| Ryoga Morimoto | Ami Nakai* | |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | Marin Okamoto | |
| Rio Nakata* | Yurina Okuno | |
| Sakura Odagaki | Hono Segawa | |
| Masamune Okubo | Ayumi Shibayama* | |
| Ibuki Oonaka | Mao Shimada* | |
| Kosho Oshima | Sae Shimizu | |
| Haruya Sasaki | Rion Sumiyoshi | |
| Hikari Sato* | Natsu Suzuki | |
| Minato Shiga | Juria Tamura | |
| Tudoi Suto | Sakurako Tanabe | |
| Rei Suzuki | Azusa Tanaka | |
| Seigo Tauchi* | Ayu Terashima | |
| Tatsuya Tsuboi | Chisato Uramatsu | |
| Gen Watanabe | Kinayu Yokoi | |
| Tsukasa Yajima | Hana Yoshida | |
| Nozomu Yoshioka | Kinue Yoshii | |
| | Yuyu Yoshioka | |

#### Novice

Top finishers at the Japan Novice Championships in men's and ladies' singles were added to the Japan Junior Championships.
| | Men | Ladies |
| 1 | Rio Nakata | Mao Shimada |
| 2 | Seigo Tauchi | Ayumi Shibayama |
| 3 | Hikari Sato | Ami Nakai |
| 4 | | Ikura Kushida |

### Schedule

| Date | Discipline | Time | Segment |
| Saturday, November 21 | All | 18:30–19:00 | Opening ceremony |
| Saturday, November 21 | Ice dance | 20:00–20:35 | Rhythm dance |
| Sunday, November 22 | Men | 12:20–16:00 | Short program |
| Sunday, November 22 | Ice dance | 16:15–16:53 | Free dance |
| Sunday, November 22 | Ladies | 17:10–20:50 | Short program |
| Monday, November 23 | Men | 11:40–15:00 | Free skating |
| Monday, November 23 | Ladies | 15:25–18:45 | Free skating |
| All times are listed in local time (UTC+9:00). ||||

### Results
#### Junior men

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | 209.48 | 1 | 80.35 | 3 | 129.13 |
| 2 | Kao Miura | 207.71 | 5 | 71.56 | 1 | 136.15 |
| 3 | Sena Miyake | 203.53 | 2 | 75.28 | 4 | 128.25 |
| 4 | Yuto Kishina | 201.73 | 3 | 73.85 | 5 | 127.88 |
| 5 | Kosho Oshima | 198.84 | 6 | 68.06 | 2 | 130.78 |
| 6 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 182.23 | 8 | 66.58 | 6 | 115.65 |
| 7 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | 180.56 | 4 | 73.18 | 10 | 107.38 |
| 8 | Keisuke Kadowaki | 173.95 | 10 | 64.27 | 8 | 109.68 |
| 9 | Shuntaro Asaga | 173.50 | 11 | 60.59 | 7 | 112.91 |
| 10 | Takeru Amine Kataise | 172.11 | 7 | 67.19 | 11 | 104.92 |
| 11 | Nozomu Yoshioka | 168.88 | 9 | 64.75 | 12 | 104.13 |
| 12 | Ryoga Morimoto | 167.34 | 12 | 58.40 | 9 | 108.94 |
| 13 | Haru Kakiuchi | 159.84 | 13 | 57.32 | 13 | 102.52 |
| 14 | Sakura Odagaki | 146.87 | 15 | 52.51 | 17 | 94.36 |
| 15 | Rei Suzuki | 145.39 | 21 | 47.76 | 14 | 97.63 |
| 16 | Seigo Tauchi | 144.79 | 18 | 49.50 | 16 | 95.29 |
| 17 | Rio Nakata | 144.08 | 20 | 47.94 | 15 | 96.14 |
| 18 | Ibuki Oonaka | 138.06 | 22 | 47.44 | 18 | 90.62 |
| 19 | Kairi Kato | 132.30 | 17 | 49.62 | 21 | 82.68 |
| 20 | Ryusei Kikuchi | 131.10 | 14 | 56.37 | 24 | 74.73 |
| 21 | Shuji Fujishiro | 130.84 | 16 | 52.32 | 23 | 78.52 |
| 22 | Haruya Sasaki | 130.14 | 19 | 48.39 | 22 | 81.75 |
| 23 | Hikari Sato | 130.09 | 24 | 46.17 | 19 | 83.92 |
| 24 | Tomoki Kimura | 130.00 | 23 | 46.31 | 20 | 83.69 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Tsukasa Yajima | 45.35 | 25 | 45.35 | — | — |
| 26 | Masamune Okubo | 43.75 | 26 | 43.75 | — | — |
| 27 | Tudoi Suto | 41.59 | 27 | 41.59 | — | — |
| 28 | Minato Shiga | 40.51 | 28 | 40.51 | — | — |
| 29 | Gen Watanabe | 33.73 | 29 | 33.73 | — | — |

#### Junior ladies

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Rino Matsuike | 198.38 | 1 | 69.06 | 1 | 129.32 |
| 2 | Hana Yoshida | 189.49 | 2 | 62.05 | 2 | 127.44 |
| 3 | Mao Shimada | 173.44 | 6 | 57.89 | 3 | 115.55 |
| 4 | Ayumi Shibayama | 170.68 | 4 | 58.08 | 4 | 112.60 |
| 5 | Rion Sumiyoshi | 170.37 | 3 | 59.96 | 5 | 110.41 |
| 6 | Ami Nakai | 166.32 | 7 | 56.54 | 6 | 109.78 |
| 7 | Natsu Suzuki | 159.32 | 10 | 54.78 | 7 | 104.54 |
| 8 | Mone Chiba | 152.47 | 13 | 53.17 | 8 | 99.30 |
| 9 | Chisato Uramatsu | 149.86 | 5 | 57.96 | 12 | 91.90 |
| 10 | Maria Egawa | 147.21 | 9 | 54.89 | 11 | 92.32 |
| 11 | Juria Tamura | 143.31 | 16 | 49.65 | 9 | 93.66 |
| 12 | Ikura Kushida | 142.87 | 12 | 53.21 | 13 | 89.66 |
| 13 | Yurina Okuno | 140.05 | 8 | 55.98 | 19 | 84.07 |
| 14 | Arisa Kamoi | 139.80 | 11 | 54.40 | 15 | 85.40 |
| 15 | Azusa Tanaka | 139.27 | 14 | 51.25 | 14 | 88.02 |
| 16 | Sae Shimizu | 138.44 | 23 | 45.03 | 10 | 93.41 |
| 17 | Haruna Iwasaki | 135.54 | 15 | 50.67 | 16 | 84.87 |
| 18 | Kinayu Yokoi | 131.87 | 18 | 48.65 | 20 | 83.22 |
| 19 | Aiko Motoe | 131.20 | 17 | 49.23 | 22 | 81.97 |
| 20 | Momoka Maeno | 130.36 | 19 | 47.96 | 21 | 82.40 |
| 21 | Marin Okamoto | 130.12 | 20 | 45.70 | 18 | 84.42 |
| 22 | Hinako Katayama | 130.06 | 21 | 45.50 | 17 | 84.56 |
| 23 | Saki Isomura | 126.65 | 22 | 45.39 | 23 | 81.26 |
| 24 | Rie Imanaga | 119.39 | 24 | 44.21 | 24 | 75.18 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Hono Segawa | 43.97 | 25 | 43.97 | — | — |
| 26 | Ayu Terashima | 43.55 | 26 | 43.55 | — | — |
| 27 | Nana Muraoka | 42.81 | 27 | 42.81 | — | — |
| 28 | Kinue Yoshii | 40.21 | 28 | 40.21 | — | — |
| 29 | Sakurako Tanabe | 38.73 | 29 | 38.73 | — | — |
| 30 | Yuyu Yoshioka | 33.66 | 30 | 33.66 | — | — |

#### Junior ice dance

| Rank | Name | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama | 149.80 | 1 | 58.74 | 1 | 91.06 |
| 2 | Ayano Sasaki / Atsuhiko Tamura | 98.11 | 2 | 36.85 | 2 | 61.26 |
| 3 | Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata | 89.05 | 3 | 33.89 | 3 | 55.16 |

## International team selections
### World Championships

The 2021 World Championships were held in Stockholm, Sweden from March 22–28, 2021. Japan Skating Federation announced the team on December 28, 2020.
Muramoto/Takahashi were removed as first alternates as they were unable to submit a video to the ISU to attain TES minimums.
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Rika Kihira | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Kaori Sakamoto | | |
| 3 | Yuma Kagiyama | Satoko Miyahara | | |
| 1st alt. | Keiji Tanaka | Rino Matsuike | | Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi* |
| 2nd alt. | Kazuki Tomono | Wakaba Higuchi | | Rikako Fukase / Eichu Cho |
| 3rd alt. | Shun Sato | Mai Mihara | | |
* Pending attainment of senior TES minimums

### Four Continents Championships

The 2021 Four Continents Championships, to be held from February 9–14, 2021 in Sydney, Australia, were cancelled.

### World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2021 World Junior Championships, scheduled to take place in Harbin, China from March 1–7, 2021, were cancelled on November 24, 2020.