# Japan Open (figure skating)

The Japan Open is an annual senior international figure skating team competition organized by the Japan Skating Federation. From 1997 until 2001, Japan Open was an individual competition in all four figure skating disciplines. The current format, a team competition, was established in 2006. The competition is held every autumn in Japan. Invited skaters compete in men's and women’s singles. Skaters perform a free program but no short. Individual results are combined for a team standing.

## 2023

The 2023 competition was held on October 7, 2023 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Ilia Malinin | United States | 193.91 |
| 2 | Kazuki Tomono | Japan | 177.72 |
| 3 | Koshiro Shimada | Japan | 164.26 |
| 4 | Kevin Aymoz | France | 155.20 |
| 5 | Jason Brown | United States | 144.38 |
| 6 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia | 125.17 |

### Women

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 149.59 |
| 2 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium | 140.31 |
| 3 | Isabeau Levito | United States | 135.63 |
| 4 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 123.22 |
| 5 | Kimmy Repond | Switzerland | 122.63 |
| 6 | Mariah Bell | United States | 103.95 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Japan | 614.79 |
| 2 | Team North America | 577.87 |
| 3 | Team Europe | 543.31 |

## 2022

The 2022 competition was held on October 8, 2022 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 193.80 |
| 2 | Ilia Malinin | United States | 193.42 |
| 3 | Kao Miura | Japan | 169.94 |
| 4 | Daniel Grassl | Italy | 166.21 |
| 5 | Jason Brown | United States | 163.57 |
| 6 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 98.26 |

### Women

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 146.66 |
| 2 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium | 132.53 |
| 3 | Mariah Bell | United States | 119.40 |
| 4 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland | 115.49 |
| 5 | Rika Kihira | Japan | 113.44 |
| 6 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 100.88 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Japan | 623.84 |
| 2 | Team North America | 577.27 |
| 3 | Team Europe | 512.49 |

## 2021

The 2021 competition was held on October 2, 2021 at the Saitama Super Arena.
Like the previous year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition featured two teams composed entirely of domestic Japanese skaters, rather than the traditional three teams drawn from their respective regions (Europe, Japan, and North America) However, only senior amateur skaters were included, whereas traditionally, professional skaters are also included and the previous year featured several junior skaters as well.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Team Blue | 181.21 |
| 2 | Shun Sato | Team Blue | 179.32 |
| 3 | Keiji Tanaka | Team Red | 163.93 |
| 4 | Sōta Yamamoto | Team Blue | 156.13 |
| 5 | Kazuki Tomono | Team Red | 147.44 |
| 4 | Sena Miyake | Team Red | 126.46 |

### Women

| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | Wakaba Higuchi | Team Blue | 136.27 |
| 2 | Rino Matsuike | Team Red | 135.12 |
| 3 | Mana Kawabe | Team Red | 134.91 |
| 4 | Kaori Sakamoto | Team Red | 133.26 |
| 5 | Mai Mihara | Team Blue | 124.24 |
| 6 | Satoko Miyahara | Team Blue | 119.69 |

### Overall

| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Team Blue | 896.86 |
| 2 | Team Red | 841.12 |

## 2020

The 2020 competition was held on October 3, 2020 at the Saitama Super Arena.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition featured two teams composed of domestic Japanese skaters only, rather than the traditional three teams drawn from their respective regions (Europe, Japan, and North America). Senior, junior, and professional skaters will be included.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | Team Red | 137.99 |
| 2 | Sōta Yamamoto | Team Blue | 137.97 |
| 3 | Ryuju Hino | Team Red | 120.37 |
| 4 | Hiraoki Sato | Team Blue | 119.52 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Team | Points |
| 1 | Mako Yamashita | Team Red | 126.94 |
| 2 | Wakaba Higuchi | Team Blue | 123.01 |
| 3 | Tomoe Kawabata | Team Red | 112.63 |
| 4 | Yuhana Yokoi | Team Blue | 109.57 |
| 5 | Hana Yoshida | Team Blue | 107.56 |
| 6 | Chisato Uramatsu | Team Red | 95.70 |

### Overall

| Rank | Team | Points |
| 1 | Team Blue | 597.63 |
| 2 | Team Red | 593.63 |

## 2019

The 2019 competition was held on October 5, 2019 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Nathan Chen | United States | 189.83 |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 169.09 |
| 3 | Vincent Zhou | United States | 167.64 |
| 4 | Koshiro Shimada | Japan | 153.37 |
| 5 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 153.14 |
| 6 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Latvia | 146.65 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Alexandra Trusova | Russia | 160.53 |
| 2 | Alina Zagitova | Russia | 154.41 |
| 3 | Rika Kihira | Japan | 144.76 |
| 4 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 134.94 |
| 5 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 124.91 |
| 6 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 111.04 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Europe | 614.73 |
| 2 | Team Japan | 602.16 |
| 3 | Team North America | 593.42 |

## 2018

The 2018 competition was held on October 6, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 186.69 |
| 2 | Nobunari Oda | Japan | 176.95 |
| 3 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 157.86 |
| 4 | Nathan Chen | United States | 144.96 |
| 5 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Latvia | 129.32 |
| 6 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 124.06 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Alina Zagitova | Russia | 159.18 |
| 2 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 130.28 |
| 3 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 127.99 |
| 4 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 126.86 |
| 5 | Mariah Bell | United States | 120.57 |
| 6 | Maria Sotskova | Russia | 111.78 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Japan | 621.91 |
| 2 | Team Europe | 558.14 |
| 3 | Team North America | 516.45 |

## 2017

The 2017 competition was held on October 7, 2017 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 189.47 |
| 2 | Nathan Chen | United States | 178.46 |
| 3 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 175.45 |
| 4 | Nobunari Oda | Japan | 158.24 |
| 5 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 143.48 |
| 6 | Alexei Bychenko | Israel | 128.52 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia | 152.08 |
| 2 | Mai Mihara | Japan | 147.83 |
| 3 | Alina Zagitova | Russia | 145.28 |
| 4 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 134.69 |
| 5 | Marin Honda | Japan | 133.41 |
| 6 | Karen Chen | United States | 116.32 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Europe | 615.35 |
| 2 | Team Japan | 614.93 |
| 3 | Team North America | 572.95 |

## 2016

The 2016 competition was held on October 1, 2016 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 198.55 |
| 2 | Javier Fernandez | Spain | 192.20 |
| 3 | Nobunari Oda | Japan | 178.72 |
| 4 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 166.99 |
| 5 | Adam Rippon | United States | 166.85 |
| 6 | Florent Amodio | France | 124.35 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia | 147.07 |
| 2 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 143.39 |
| 3 | Ashley Wagner | United States | 132.12 |
| 4 | Anna Pogorilaya | Russia | 132.04 |
| 5 | Wakaba Higuchi | Japan | 116.99 |
| 6 | Gracie Gold | United States | 108.24 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Japan | 637.65 |
| 2 | Team Europe | 595.66 |
| 3 | Team North America | 574.20 |

## 2015

The 2015 competition was held on October 3, 2015 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 185.48 |
| 2 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 176.24 |
| 3 | Patrick Chan | Canada | 159.14 |
| 4 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 153.72 |
| 5 | Daisuke Murakami | Japan | 145.77 |
| 6 | Brian Joubert | France | 105.51 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Mao Asada | Japan | 141.70 |
| 2 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 134.67 |
| 3 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 128.34 |
| 4 | Adelina Sotnikova | Russia | 118.81 |
| 5 | Ashley Wagner | United States | 117.84 |
| 6 | Gracie Gold | United States | 114.53 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Japan | 607.62 |
| 2 | Team North America | 545.23 |
| 3 | Team Europe | 528.90 |

## 2014

The 2014 competition was held on October 4, 2014 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Patrick Chan | Canada | 178.17 |
| 2 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 155.47 |
| 3 | Takahito Mura | Japan | 146.41 |
| 4 | Tomáš Verner | Czech Republic | 137.50 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 136.08 |
| 6 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan | 119.51 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Elena Radionova | Russia | 136.46 |
| 2 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 131.94 |
| 3 | Anna Pogorilaya | Russia | 122.52 |
| 4 | Kanako Murakami | Japan | 114.38 |
| 5 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 106.85 |
| 6 | Ashley Wagner | United States | 100.99 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Europe | 551.95 |
| 2 | Team North America | 522.09 |
| 3 | Team Japan | 512.24 |

## 2013

The 2013 competition was held on October 5, 2013.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 176.91 |
| 2 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan | 158.32 |
| 3 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 157.70 |
| 4 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 149.12 |
| 5 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 127.43 |
| 6 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 125.74 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Mao Asada | Japan | 135.16 |
| 2 | Joannie Rochette | Canada | 123.99 |
| 3 | Ashley Wagner | United States | 119.77 |
| 4 | Adelina Sotnikova | Russia | 105.95 |
| 5 | Kanako Murakami | Japan | 102.15 |
| 6 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia | 69.24 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Japan | 544.85 |
| 2 | Team North America | 528.89 |
| 3 | Team Europe | 477.84 |

## 2012

The 2012 competition was held on October 6, 2012.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 172.06 |
| 2 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan | 165.08 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 160.86 |
| 4 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 156.21 |
| 5 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 151.53 |
| 6 | Patrick Chan | Canada | 137.42 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Ashley Wagner | United States | 123.57 |
| 2 | Mao Asada | Japan | 122.04 |
| 3 | Akiko Suzuki | Japan | 110.07 |
| 4 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 107.94 |
| 5 | Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia | 94.84 |
| 6 | Agnes Zawadzki | United States | 89.95 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Japan | 569.25 |
| 2 | Team North America | 511.80 |
| 3 | Team Europe | 510.52 |

## 2011

The 2011 competition was held on October 1, 2011 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Patrick Chan | Canada | 159.93 |
| 2 | Artur Gachinski | Russia | 152.71 |
| 3 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan | 148.21 |
| 4 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 138.33 |
| 5 | Florent Amodio | France | 138.25 |
| 6 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 130.79 |

### Ladies

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva replaced the injured Sarah Meier.
| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 118.59 |
| 2 | Joannie Rochette | Canada | 112.74 |
| 3 | Akiko Suzuki | Japan | 112.46 |
| 4 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 108.39 |
| 5 | Alissa Czisny | United States | 107.64 |
| 6 | Miki Ando | Japan | 88.11 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team North America | 518.64 |
| 2 | Team Europe | 517.94 |
| 3 | Team Japan | 479.57 |

## 2010

The 2010 event was held on October 2, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Adam Rippon | United States | 166.63 |
| 2 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 159.19 |
| 3 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 151.00 |
| 4 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan | 150.71 |
| 5 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 134.90 |
| 6 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 128.39 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Joannie Rochette | Canada | 122.71 |
| 2 | Miki Ando | Japan | 115.02 |
| 3 | Cynthia Phaneuf | Canada | 99.50 |
| 4 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 92.73 |
| 5 | Mao Asada | Japan | 92.44 |
| 6 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 81.48 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Japan | 517.36 |
| 2 | Team North America | 517.23 |
| 3 | Team Europe | 460.11 |

## 2009

The 2009 event was held on October 3, 2009 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Stephane Lambiel | Switzerland | 150.52 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 142.26 |
| 3 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 132.87 |
| 4 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan | 130.13 |
| 5 | Samuel Contesti | Italy | 117.49 |
| 6 | Takeshi Honda | Japan | 109.58 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Joannie Rochette | Canada | 126.39 |
| 2 | Laura Lepistö | Finland | 110.86 |
| 3 | Mao Asada | Japan | 102.94 |
| 4 | Yukari Nakano | Japan | 91.52 |
| 5 | Jelena Glebova | Estonia | 85.16 |
| 6 | Beatrisa Liang | United States | 62.38 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Europe | 464.03 |
| 2 | Team North America | 463.90 |
| 3 | Team Japan | 434.17 |

## 2008

The 2008 event was held on April 20, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Evan Lysacek | United States | 151.95 |
| 2 | Stephane Lambiel | Switzerland | 146.49 |
| 3 | Adrian Schultheiss | Sweden | 132.90 |
| 4 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 127.23 |
| 5 | Takeshi Honda | Japan | 114.70 |
| 6 | Todd Eldredge | United States | 111.94 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Mao Asada | Japan | 128.03 |
| 2 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 123.11 |
| 3 | Yukari Nakano | Japan | 121.86 |
| 4 | Kimmie Meissner | United States | 109.50 |
| 5 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 108.42 |
| 6 | Kiira Korpi | Finland | 85.95 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Japan | 491.82 |
| 2 | Team Europe | 488.45 |
| 3 | Team North America | 481.81 |

## 2007

The 2007 event was held on April 29, 2007 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Nobunari Oda | Japan | 150.59 |
| 2 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 140.73 |
| 3 | Brian Joubert | France | 132.76 |
| 4 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan | 132.76 |
| 5 | Alexei Yagudin | Russia | 128.43 |
| 6 | Todd Eldredge | United States | 117.52 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Miki Ando | Japan | 112.65 |
| 2 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 111.29 |
| 3 | Joannie Rochette | Canada | 107.78 |
| 4 | Mao Asada | Japan | 101.47 |
| 5 | Kiira Korpi | Finland | 98.63 |
| 6 | Kimmie Meissner | United States | 92.78 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Japan | 497.47 |
| 2 | Team Europe | 471.11 |
| 3 | Team North America | 458.81 |

## 2006

The 2006 event was held on March 14, 2006 at the Saitama Super Arena.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Stephane Lambiel | Switzerland | 141.80 |
| 2 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 141.10 |
| 3 | Jeffrey Buttle | Canada | 139.40 |
| 4 | Emanuel Sandhu | Canada | 130.90 |
| 5 | Takeshi Honda | Japan | 119.70 |
| 6 | Alexei Yagudin | Russia | 112.70 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Points |
| 1 | Mao Asada | Japan | 125.72 |
| 2 | Joannie Rochette | Canada | 117.64 |
| 3 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 104.56 |
| 4 | Miki Ando | Japan | 104.56 |
| 5 | Kiira Korpi | Finland | 86.66 |
| 6 | Alissa Czisny | United States | 85.40 |

### Team result

| Rank | Name | Total points |
| 1 | Team Japan | 491.08 |
| 2 | Team North America | 473.34 |
| 3 | Team Europe | 445.72 |