# 2019–20 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2019–20 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Shibuya, Tokyo from December 18–22, 2019. It was the 88th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The results were part of the Japanese selection criteria for the 2020 World Championships, the 2020 Four Continents Championships, and the 2020 World Junior Championships.

## Qualifying

Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2019, or earned a bye.
| Date | Event | Type | Location | Results |
| September 20–23, 2019 | Tohoku-Hokkaido | Regional | Hachinohe, Aomori | Details |
| September 20–23, 2019 | Tokyo | Regional | Nishitōkyō, Tokyo | Details |
| September 26–29, 2019 | Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu | Regional | Fukuoka, Fukuoka | Details |
| September 27–29, 2019 | Chubu | Regional | Nagoya, Aichi | Details |
| October 3–6, 2019 | Kanto | Regional | Kōfu, Yamanashi | Details |
| October 3–6, 2019 | Kinki | Regional | Ōtsu, Shiga | Details |
| October 24–27, 2019 | Eastern Section | Sectional | Karuizawa, Nagano | Details |
| November 1–4, 2019 | Western Section | Sectional | Ōtsu, Shiga | Details |
| November 15–17, 2019 | Japan Junior Championships | Final | Yokohama, Kanagawa | Details |
| December 18–22, 2019 | Japan Championships | Final | Shibuya, Tokyo | Details |

## Entries
### Senior

A list of preliminary entries was published in December 2019. Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.
| Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| Reo Ishizuka | Hinano Isobe | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Yuka Edamura / Daiki Shimazaki |
| Shoma Uno | Chihiro Inoue | | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
| Naoki Oda | Chisato Uramatsu* | | Kiria Hirayama / Kenta Ishibashi |
| Yuma Kagiyama* | Miyabi Oba | | Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang |
| Hidetsugu Kamata | Rika Oya | | |
| Yuto Kishina* | Rino Kasakake | | |
| Kazuki Kushida | Tomoe Kawabata* | | |
| Yuki Kunikata | Mana Kawabe* | | |
| Shun Sato* | Rika Kihira | | |
| Hiroaki Sato | Kaori Sakamoto | | |
| Koshiro Shimada | Ibuki Sato | | |
| Jun Suzuki | Yuna Shiraiwa (withdrew) | | |
| Mitsuki Sumoto | Niina Takeno | | |
| Daisuke Takahashi | Hina Takeno | | |
| Keiji Tanaka | Mone Chiba* | | |
| Tatsuya Tsuboi* | Kona Tsuuchi | | |
| Junsuke Tokikuni | Yuka Nagai | | |
| Kazuki Tomono | Rin Nitaya | | |
| Kosuke Nakano | Wakaba Higuchi | | |
| Shu Nakamura | Honoka Hirotani | | |
| Yuzuru Hanyu | Marin Honda | | |
| Ryuju Hino | Yura Matsuda | | |
| Taichi Honda | Akari Matsubara | | |
| Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda* | Saki Miyake | | |
| Taichiro Yamakuma | Satoko Miyahara | | |
| Koshin Yamada | Mako Yamashita | | |
| Sōta Yamamoto | Sakura Yamada | | |
| Takayuki Yamamoto | Yuhana Yokoi | | |
| Nozomu Yoshioka* | Shiika Yoshioka* | | |
| Junya Watanabe | Hana Yoshida* | | |

### Junior

The top six finishers at the Japan Junior Championships in men's and ladies' singles were added to the Japan Championships. The fourth-place finisher in ladies, Momoka Hatasaki, was a novice skater and not eligible for the senior Championships, resulting in seventh-place finisher Chisato Uramatsu being bumped up in her place.
| | Men | Ladies |
| 1 | Yuma Kagiyama | Mana Kawabe |
| 2 | Shun Sato | Tomoe Kawabata |
| 3 | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | Hana Yoshida |
| 4 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | Shiika Yoshioka |
| 5 | Nozomu Yoshioka | Mone Chiba |
| 6 | Yuto Kishina | Chisato Uramatsu |

### Changes to preliminary entries

| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
| December 18 | Ladies | Yuna Shiraiwa | N/A | Injury (right knee, leg) | |

## Medal summary
### Senior

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Shoma Uno | Yuzuru Hanyu | Yuma Kagiyama |
| Ladies | Rika Kihira | Wakaba Higuchi | Tomoe Kawabata |
| Pairs | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | no other competitors | no other competitors |
| Ice dance | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang | Kiria Hirayama / Kenta Ishibashi |

### Junior

| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men | Yuma Kagiyama | Shun Sato | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda |
| Ladies | Mana Kawabe | Tomoe Kawabata | Hanna Yoshida |
| Pairs | no competitors | no competitors | no competitors |
| Ice dance | Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama | Ayumi Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda | no other competitors |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | 290.57 | 2 | 105.71 | 1 | 184.86 |
| 2 | Yuzuru Hanyu | 282.77 | 1 | 110.72 | 3 | 172.05 |
| 3 | Yuma Kagiyama | 257.99 | 7 | 77.41 | 2 | 180.58 |
| 4 | Keiji Tanaka | 252.44 | 4 | 80.90 | 5 | 171.54 |
| 5 | Shun Sato | 246.50 | 3 | 82.68 | 6 | 163.82 |
| 6 | Kazuki Tomono | 244.69 | 11 | 73.06 | 4 | 171.63 |
| 7 | Sōta Yamamoto | 220.49 | 13 | 68.16 | 7 | 152.33 |
| 8 | Mitsuki Sumoto | 220.28 | 12 | 72.81 | 8 | 147.47 |
| 9 | Hiroaki Sato | 215.23 | 6 | 78.84 | 11 | 136.39 |
| 10 | Koshiro Shimada | 212.24 | 5 | 80.59 | 13 | 131.65 |
| 11 | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | 209.96 | 9 | 75.72 | 12 | 134.24 |
| 12 | Daisuke Takahashi | 204.31 | 14 | 65.95 | 10 | 138.36 |
| 13 | Ryuju Hino | 202.73 | 18 | 62.47 | 9 | 140.26 |
| 14 | Yuto Kishina | 198.77 | 8 | 77.15 | 18 | 121.62 |
| 15 | Taichiro Yamakuma | 194.01 | 15 | 64.88 | 14 | 129.13 |
| 16 | Shu Nakamura | 193.39 | 10 | 74.39 | 19 | 119.00 |
| 17 | Jun Suzuki | 189.30 | 17 | 63.49 | 16 | 125.81 |
| 18 | Kazuki Kushida | 187.38 | 23 | 58.66 | 15 | 128.72 |
| 19 | Nozomu Yoshioka | 180.62 | 16 | 64.56 | 20 | 116.06 |
| 20 | Junya Watanabe | 180.38 | 24 | 58.21 | 17 | 122.17 |
| 21 | Koshin Yamada | 173.35 | 19 | 62.17 | 22 | 111.18 |
| 22 | Taichi Honda | 173.08 | 20 | 61.22 | 21 | 111.86 |
| 23 | Takayuki Yamamoto | 150.06 | 22 | 59.27 | 23 | 90.79 |
| WD | Naoki Oda | withdrew | 21 | 61.18 | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Kosuke Nakano | 56.92 | 25 | 56.92 | — | — |
| 26 | Hidetsugu Kamata | 55.30 | 26 | 55.30 | — | — |
| 27 | Junsuke Tokikuni | 53.59 | 27 | 53.59 | — | — |
| 28 | Reo Ishizuka | 52.41 | 28 | 52.41 | — | — |
| 29 | Yuki Kunikata | 46.36 | 29 | 46.36 | — | — |
| WD | Tatsuya Tsuboi | withdrew | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Rika Kihira | 229.20 | 1 | 73.98 | 1 | 155.22 |
| 2 | Wakaba Higuchi | 206.61 | 4 | 68.10 | 2 | 138.51 |
| 3 | Tomoe Kawabata | 193.96 | 7 | 65.53 | 3 | 128.43 |
| 4 | Satoko Miyahara | 191.43 | 2 | 70.11 | 6 | 121.32 |
| 5 | Yuhana Yokoi | 190.92 | 9 | 62.90 | 4 | 128.02 |
| 6 | Kaori Sakamoto | 188.26 | 3 | 69.95 | 7 | 118.31 |
| 7 | Rin Nitaya | 184.26 | 10 | 62.27 | 5 | 121.99 |
| 8 | Marin Honda | 181.34 | 6 | 65.92 | 8 | 115.42 |
| 9 | Yuka Nagai | 173.88 | 8 | 64.78 | 12 | 109.10 |
| 10 | Shiika Yoshioka | 171.44 | 11 | 60.89 | 11 | 110.55 |
| 11 | Mako Yamashita | 170.75 | 5 | 66.64 | 16 | 104.11 |
| 12 | Saki Miyake | 169.51 | 16 | 54.26 | 9 | 115.25 |
| 13 | Mana Kawabe | 169.28 | 14 | 56.52 | 10 | 112.76 |
| 14 | Hina Takeno | 168.57 | 12 | 59.52 | 13 | 109.05 |
| 15 | Chisato Uramatsu | 167.21 | 13 | 59.16 | 14 | 108.05 |
| 16 | Akari Matsubara | 155.31 | 23 | 50.43 | 15 | 104.88 |
| 17 | Hinano Isobe | 152.59 | 19 | 51.45 | 17 | 101.14 |
| 18 | Mone Chiba | 150.50 | 17 | 52.76 | 19 | 97.74 |
| 19 | Hanna Yoshida | 149.72 | 21 | 50.96 | 18 | 98.76 |
| 20 | Ibuki Sato | 146.14 | 24 | 50.35 | 20 | 95.79 |
| 21 | Yura Matsuda | 146.05 | 18 | 52.34 | 21 | 93.71 |
| 22 | Honoka Hirotani | 143.63 | 15 | 54.68 | 22 | 88.95 |
| 23 | Sakura Yamada | 138.92 | 20 | 50.99 | 23 | 87.93 |
| 24 | Kona Tsuuchi | 136.42 | 22 | 50.83 | 24 | 85.59 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Chihiro Inoue | 47.54 | 25 | 47.54 | — | — |
| 26 | Rino Kasakake | 47.52 | 26 | 47.52 | — | — |
| 27 | Niina Takeno | 46.06 | 27 | 46.06 | — | — |
| 28 | Miyabi Oba | 45.33 | 28 | 45.33 | — | — |
| 29 | Rika Oya | 35.98 | 29 | 35.98 | — | — |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | 170.11 | 1 | 53.95 | 1 | 116.16 |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Name | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | 163.31 | 1 | 63.79 | 1 | 99.52 |
| 2 | Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang | 146.55 | 2 | 59.77 | 2 | 86.78 |
| 3 | Kiria Hirayama / Kenta Ishibashi | 138.13 | 4 | 54.68 | 3 | 83.45 |
| 4 | Yuka Edamura / Daiki Shimazaki | 131.02 | 3 | 55.35 | 4 | 75.67 |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2019–20 Junior Championships were held on November 15–17, 2019 in Yokohama, Kanagawa. There was no junior pairs competition.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuma Kagiyama | 251.01 | 1 | 79.92 | 1 | 171.09 |
| 2 | Shun Sato | 213.20 | 3 | 74.19 | 2 | 139.01 |
| 3 | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | 194.75 | 4 | 74.14 | 6 | 120.61 |
| 4 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | 192.77 | 6 | 68.83 | 3 | 123.94 |
| 5 | Nozomu Yoshioka | 184.35 | 9 | 61.98 | 5 | 122.37 |
| 6 | Yuto Kishina | 183.57 | 2 | 74.29 | 12 | 109.28 |
| 7 | Sena Miyake | 180.56 | 5 | 70.53 | 11 | 110.03 |
| 8 | Kao Miura | 180.40 | 15 | 57.86 | 4 | 122.54 |
| 9 | Shingo Nishiyama | 175.94 | 8 | 64.59 | 8 | 111.35 |
| 10 | Takeru Amine Kataise | 175.12 | 14 | 59.08 | 7 | 116.04 |
| 11 | Kosho Oshima | 169.43 | 13 | 59.16 | 9 | 110.27 |
| 12 | Ryusei Kikuchi | 166.66 | 10 | 61.80 | 16 | 104.86 |
| 13 | Kazuki Hasegawa | 165.35 | 12 | 60.44 | 15 | 104.91 |
| 14 | Shunsuke Nakamura | 164.93 | 16 | 57.80 | 13 | 107.13 |
| 15 | Haruya Sasaki | 163.49 | 7 | 64.69 | 18 | 98.80 |
| 16 | Keisuke Kadowaki | 161.55 | 11 | 61.35 | 17 | 100.20 |
| 17 | Shuntaro Asaga | 159.51 | 17 | 49.38 | 10 | 110.13 |
| 18 | Takumi Sugiyama | 150.16 | 24 | 44.11 | 14 | 106.05 |
| 19 | Sumitada Moriguchi | 145.08 | 19 | 47.50 | 19 | 97.58 |
| 20 | Haru Kakiuchi | 132.85 | 18 | 47.88 | 20 | 84.97 |
| 21 | Ryoga Morimoto | 129.15 | 21 | 45.80 | 21 | 83.35 |
| 22 | Shuji Fujishiro | 126.09 | 23 | 44.60 | 22 | 81.49 |
| 23 | Minato Shiga | 124.71 | 22 | 44.70 | 23 | 80.01 |
| 24 | Yoshimasa Hori | 123.35 | 20 | 46.58 | 24 | 76.77 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Ibuki Oonaka | 43.07 | 25 | 43.07 | — | — |
| 26 | Sakura Odagaki | 42.37 | 26 | 42.37 | — | — |
| 27 | Kairi Kato | 42.19 | 27 | 42.19 | — | — |
| 28 | Tomoki Kimura | 40.02 | 28 | 40.02 | — | — |
| 29 | Hiroto Honda | 34.59 | 29 | 34.59 | — | — |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Mana Kawabe | 193.57 | 1 | 64.95 | 1 | 128.62 |
| 2 | Tomoe Kawabata | 178.95 | 2 | 63.55 | 2 | 115.40 |
| 3 | Hana Yoshida | 167.86 | 10 | 52.75 | 3 | 115.11 |
| 4 | Momoka Hatasaki | 164.95 | 8 | 56.32 | 4 | 108.63 |
| 5 | Shiika Yoshioka | 163.63 | 4 | 60.78 | 7 | 102.85 |
| 6 | Mone Chiba | 161.59 | 7 | 56.51 | 6 | 106.58 |
| 7 | Chisato Uramatsu | 158.28 | 11 | 52.47 | 5 | 105.81 |
| 8 | Moa Iwano | 157.92 | 6 | 58.31 | 11 | 99.61 |
| 9 | Rino Matsuike | 156.70 | 3 | 61.91 | 14 | 94.79 |
| 10 | Azusa Tanaka | 153.93 | 5 | 58.58 | 13 | 95.35 |
| 11 | Kinayu Yokoi | 150.73 | 15 | 50.16 | 9 | 100.57 |
| 12 | Rika Tejima | 150.57 | 17 | 49.19 | 8 | 101.38 |
| 13 | Rei Yoshimoto | 148.51 | 12 | 52.21 | 12 | 96.30 |
| 14 | Ayumi Shibayama | 148.44 | 22 | 47.97 | 10 | 100.47 |
| 15 | Riko Takino | 145.12 | 13 | 52.01 | 15 | 93.11 |
| 16 | Nana Araki | 141.54 | 9 | 54.24 | 19 | 87.30 |
| 17 | Kiri Hirakane | 140.49 | 16 | 49.71 | 17 | 90.78 |
| 18 | Marisa Yoda | 140.48 | 21 | 48.67 | 16 | 91.81 |
| 19 | Maria Egawa | 136.97 | 14 | 50.34 | 20 | 86.63 |
| 20 | Serina Okada | 136.21 | 23 | 46.45 | 18 | 89.76 |
| 21 | Natsu Suzuki | 134.95 | 18 | 49.19 | 21 | 85.76 |
| 22 | Noa Hozumi | 129.63 | 20 | 48.86 | 22 | 80.77 |
| 23 | Kana Yanagawa | 126.09 | 24 | 46.13 | 23 | 79.96 |
| 24 | Yukari Yamane | 117.29 | 19 | 48.86 | 24 | 68.43 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Sakurako Tanabe | 45.75 | 25 | 45.75 | — | — |
| 26 | Himari Miura | 44.67 | 26 | 44.67 | — | — |
| 27 | Ryo Nakagawa | 44.18 | 27 | 44.18 | — | — |
| 28 | Sara Honda | 41.62 | 28 | 41.62 | — | — |
| 29 | Miyu Yunoki | 40.34 | 29 | 40.34 | — | — |
| 30 | Hinako Katayama | 36.85 | 30 | 36.85 | — | — |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Name | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama | 147.55 | 1 | 57.49 | 1 | 90.06 |
| 2 | Ayumi Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda | 130.21 | 2 | 53.93 | 2 | 76.28 |

## International team selections
### World Championships

The 2020 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from March 16–22, 2020. Japan Skating Federation announced the team on December 22, 2019.
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Rika Kihira | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
| 2 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Wakaba Higuchi | | |
| 3 | Keiji Tanaka | Satoko Miyahara | | |
| 1st alt. | Kazuki Tomono | Kaori Sakamoto | | |
| 2nd alt. | Sōta Yamamoto | Yuhana Yokoi | | |

### Four Continents Championships

The 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships will be held in Seoul, South Korea from February 4–9, 2020. JSF announced the team on December 22, 2019.
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 1 | Shoma Uno (withdrew) | Rika Kihira | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
| 2 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Wakaba Higuchi | | Rikako Fukase / Oliver Zhang |
| 3 | Yuma Kagiyama | Kaori Sakamoto | | |
| 1st alt. | Kazuki Tomono (called up) | Yuhana Yokoi | | |
| 2nd alt. | Sōta Yamamoto | Marin Honda | | |

### World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships took place in Tallinn, Estonia from March 2–8, 2020. Junior national champions Yuma Kagiyama and Mana Kawabe earned automatic berths and were named to the team on November 17, 2019. The remainder of the team was determined by JSF following the senior championships, and was named on December 22, 2019.
| | Men | Ladies | Ice dance |
| 1 | Yuma Kagiyama | Mana Kawabe | Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama |
| 2 | Shun Sato | Tomoe Kawabata | |
| 1st alt. | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | Shiika Yoshioka | Ayumi Takanami / Yoshimitsu Ikeda |
| 2nd alt. | Mitsuki Sumoto | | |

### Winter Youth Olympics

The 2020 Winter Youth Olympics will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland from January 10–15, 2020. The Japan Skating Federation announced the entries on November 17, 2019.
| | Men | Ladies | Ice dance |
| 1 | Yuma Kagiyama | Mana Kawabe | Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama |
| Alt. | Shun Sato | Rino Matsuike | N/A |