2025–26 Japan Figure Skating Championships

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The 2025–26 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held in Shibuya, Tokyo on December 18–21, 2025. It was the 94th 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 2026 Four Continents Championships, 2026 World Championships, and the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Type:National championship
Date:December 18–21, 2025 (S)
November 22–24, 2025 (J)
Season:2025–26
Location:Shibuya, Tokyo (S)
Kōtō, Tokyo (J)
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2025-26 Japan Figure Skating Championships
Type:National championship
Date:December 18–21, 2025 (S)
November 22–24, 2025 (J)
Season:2025–26
Location:Shibuya, Tokyo (S)
Kōtō, Tokyo (J)
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Yoyogi National Gymnasium (S)
Tokyo Tatsumi Ice Arena (J)
Champions
Men's singles:
Yuma Kagiyama (S)
Rio Nakata (J)
Women's singles:
Kaori Sakamoto (S)
Mao Shimada (J)
Pairs:
Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi (S)
Ice dance:
Utana Yoshida / Masaya Morita (S)
Kaho Yamashita / Yuto Nagata
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Qualifying

Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2025, or earned a bye.[1]

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Date Event Type Location Results
September 18–21, 2025 Tokyo Regional Kōtō, Tokyo Details
September 19–21, 2025 Chubu Nagoya, Aichi Details
September 25–28, 2025 Kanto Kōfu, Yamanashi Details
September 26–28, 2025 Kinki Hachinohe, Aomori Details
October 4–6, 2024 Tohoku-Hokkaido Sapporo, Hokkaido Details
October 2–5, 2025 Chu-Shikoku-Kyushu Fukuoka, Fukuoka Details
October 17–19, 2025 Japan Novice Championships Final Yokohama, Kanagawa Details
October 23–26, 2025 Eastern Section Sectional Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Details
October 31 – November 3, 2025 Western Section Ōtsu, Shiga Details
November 22–24, 2025 Japan Junior Championships Final Kōtō, Tokyo Details
December 18–21, 2025 Japan Championships Shibuya, Tokyo Details
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Medal summary

Senior

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Yuma Kagiyama Shun Sato Kao Miura
Women Kaori Sakamoto Mao Shimada Mone Chiba
Pairs
No other competitors
Ice dance
  • Ayano Sasaki
  • Yoshimitsu Ikeda
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Junior

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Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Rio Nakata Taiga Nishino Daiya Ebihara
Women Mao Shimada Mayuko Oka Mei Okada
Ice dance
  • Kaho Yamashita
  • Yuto Nagata
  • Ayumi Shibayama
  • Tomoki Kimura
  • Sumire Yoshida
  • Ibuki Ogahara
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Entries

Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.[2]

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Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Yuma Kagiyama Kaori Sakamoto
Rio Nakata* Mao Shimada*
Tatsuya Tsuboi Wakaba Higuchi
  • Ayano Sasaki
  • Yoshimitsu Ikeda
Kao Miura Rion Sumiyoshi N/a
Shun Sato Ami Nakai
  • Chisato Uramatsu
  • Atsuhiko Tamura
Nozomu Yoshioka Rinka Watanabe
  • Haruno Yajima
  • Tsukasa Yajima
Sena Miyake Mone Chiba N/a
Kosho Oshima Yuna Aoki
Haruto Toda Maria Egawa
Shio Kojima Mana Kawabe
Sōta Yamamoto Chikako Saigusa
Kazuki Tomono Rino Matsuike
Haru Kakiuchi Hana Yoshida
Takumi Sugiyama Saki Miyake
Shunsuke Nakamura Mako Yamashita
Takeru Amine Kataise Mai Mihara
Keisuke Kadowaki Sae Shimizu
Ryoga Morimoto Haruna Iwasaki
Shuntaro Asaga Miyabi Oba
Yuto Kishina Mia Mori
Shunya Matsuoka Arisa Kamoi
Daiya Ebihara* Mayuko Oka*
Ibuki Ogahara* Mei Okada*
Tsudoi Suto* Sumika Kanazawa*
Sena Takahashi* Ikura Kushida*
Taiga Nishino* Haruna Murakami*
Ryoto Mori* Kei Yamada*
Hayato Okazaki* Kaoruko Wada*
Shun Uemura* Saikki Ikkanda*
Yujin Takeda* Yo Takagi*
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Results

Men

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Men's results[3]
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Yuma Kagiyama 287.95 1 104.27 2 183.68
2 Shun Sato 276.75 5 87.99 1 188.76
3 Kao Miura 261.18 2 95.65 3 165.53
4 Rio Nakata 248.65 3 89.91 4 158.74
5 Sōta Yamamoto 238.94 6 82.21 5 156.73
6 Kazuki Tomono 229.74 4 88.05 7 141.69
7 Daiya Ebihara 218.99 16 70.23 6 148.76
8 Nozomu Yoshioka 214.59 9 75.42 10 139.17
9 Takeru Amine Kataise 213.16 7 78.40 12 134.76
10 Kosho Oshima 212.98 12 73.47 9 139.51
11 Taiga Nishino 211.11 17 70.18 8 140.93
12 Tsudoi Suto 210.11 13 71.59 11 138.52
13 Tatsuya Tsuboi 207.43 10 74.52 15 132.91
14 Ryoto Mori 205.44 14 70.91 13 134.53
15 Sena Takahashi 205.44 11 73.82 16 131.62
16 Takumi Sugiyama 202.71 18 69.54 14 133.17
17 Sena Miyake 200.95 8 75.94 20 125.01
18 Haru Kakiuchi 199.56 15 70.68 17 128.88
19 Shunsuke Nakamura 194.10 22 66.96 18 127.14
20 Ryoga Morimoto 193.18 21 67.40 19 125.78
21 Shun Uemura 191.87 20 67.98 21 123.89
22 Yuto Kishina 174.82 23 66.16 22 108.66
23 Yujin Takeda 174.13 24 65.54 23 108.59
24 Shuntaro Asaga 173.62 19 69.48 24 104.14
Did not advance to free skating
25 Shunya Matsuoka 59.39 25 59.39 N/a
26 Haruto Toda 58.62 26 58.62 N/a
27 Ibuki Ogahara 58.49 27 58.49 N/a
28 Keisuke Kadowaki 57.45 28 57.45 N/a
29 Shio Kojima 57.29 29 57.29 N/a
30 Hayato Okazaki 51.53 30 51.53 N/a
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Women

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Women's results[4]
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Kaori Sakamoto 234.36 1 79.43 1 154.93
2 Mao Shimada 228.08 2 79.33 2 148.75
3 Mone Chiba 216.24 4 74.60 4 141.64
4 Ami Nakai 213.56 3 77.50 7 136.06
5 Yuna Aoki 212.00 7 69.84 3 142.16
6 Mayuko Oka 211.73 5 73.20 6 138.53
7 Rinka Watanabe 211.52 6 71.36 5 140.16
8 Wakaba Higuchi 203.06 8 69.47 8 133.59
9 Saki Miyake 195.49 12 62.84 9 132.65
10 Mai Mihara 190.63 13 62.77 11 127.86
11 Rino Matsuike 190.20 16 61.26 10 128.94
12 Mana Kawabe 187.36 10 64.12 14 123.24
13 Maria Egawa 187.29 9 64.76 15 122.53
14 Mei Okada 185.29 18 60.43 12 124.86
15 Mako Yamashita 183.18 11 63.43 16 119.75
16 Sumika Kanazawa 181.67 19 57.09 13 124.58
17 Yo Takagi 179.73 15 61.62 17 118.11
18 Rion Sumiyoshi 173.19 21 56.37 18 116.82
19 Kaoruko Wada 170.90 17 60.82 21 110.08
20 Ikura Kushida 170.86 22 55.47 19 115.39
21 Haruna Murakami 170.79 20 56.84 20 113.95
22 Kei Yamada 158.23 14 62.31 23 95.92
23 Arisa Kamoi 149.82 23 53.16 22 96.66
24 Haruna Iwasaki 145.35 24 53.13 24 92.22
Did not advance to free skating
25 Miyabi Oba 51.79 25 51.79 N/a
26 Chikako Saigusa 51.46 26 51.46 N/a
27 Sae Shimizu 51.39 27 51.39 N/a
28 Hana Yoshida 49.46 28 49.46 N/a
29 Mia Mori 44.13 29 44.13 N/a
30 Saikki Ikkanda 42.69 30 42.69 N/a
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Pairs

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Pairs results[5]
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 215.30 2 72.91 1 142.39
2
133.47 3 48.33 2 85.14
WD withdrew 1 84.91 withdrew from competition
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Ice dance

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Ice dance results[6]
Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 172.29 1 68.78 1 103.51
2 165.75 2 64.99 2 100.76
3
  • Ayano Sasaki
  • Yoshimitsu Ikeda
 146.22 4 54.09 3 92.13
4 144.41 3 57.44 4 86.97
5
  • Chisato Uramatsu
  • Atsuhiko Tamura
 131.55 5 50.93 5 80.62
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Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2025–26 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Kōtō, Tokyo from November 22–24, 2025. The national champions in men's and women's singles earned automatic berths on the 2026 World Junior Championships. Top finishers in men's and women's singles were invited to compete at the senior Japan Championships in December. Junior ice dance was contested alongside the senior national championships in December.

Entries

Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters.[7]

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Men Women Ice dance
Koyama Aoto Misaki Arimatsu
  • Ayumi Shibayama
  • Tomoki Kimura
Daiya Ebihara Mana Fujiwara
  • Mizuho Sugimoto
  • Eisuke Kumano
Hiroto Hanai Reihime Horiike
  • Kaho Yamashita
  • Yuto Nagata
Haruhisa Hidaka* Aoha Hoshi
  • Sumire Yoshida
  • Ibuki Ogawara
Iori Horino Saori Ikkanda N/a
Ryu Ikeda Aiko Iwamoto
Daily Skyler Kaisei* Sumika Kanazawa
Kairi Kato Reina Kawakatsu
Aoichi Kimura* Kanade Kitami
Yuki Matsumoto Oshin Kudo
Masaya Mishima Ikura Kushida
Ryoto Mori Hikari Matsunami
Rio Nakata Ruka Miyamoto
Taiga Nishino Karin Miyazaki*
Oda Nobuyoshi Narumi Mori*
Masato Obayashi Haruna Murakami
Ibuki Ogahara Keito Nagata
Hayato Okazaki Ayumi Nakao
Kenta Omura Mayuko Oka
Riku Sakuma* Mei Okada
Kaito Sano Asari Reiji
Haruto Sasaki Mao Shimada
Kazuna Sato Yo Takagi
Tsudoi Suto Hana Takasakino
Minato Taguchi Hanae Takeshima*
Sena Takahashi Rena Uezono
Yuhito Takeda Kaoruko Wada
Seigo Tauchi Kei Yamada
Shun Uemura Sumire Yoshida
Yuki Yoshioka Sumire Yoshida
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Novice

Top finishers at the Japan Novice Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Junior Championships.[8]

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Men Women
1 Riku Sakuma Karin Miyazaki
2 Haruhisa Hidaka Hanae Takeshima
3 Aoichi Kimura Narumi Mori
4 Daily Skyler Kaisei
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Results

Junior men

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Junior men's results[9]
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Rio Nakata 255.25 1 84.99 1 170.26
2 Taiga Nishino 235.64 2 79.95 2 155.69
3 Daiya Ebihara 215.90 3 74.22 3 141.68
4 Tsudoi Suto 206.62 5 72.75 5 133.87
5 Sena Takahashi 204.45 8 69.08 4 135.37
6 Ryoto Mori 192.34 6 71.87 7 120.47
7 Ibuki Ogahara 190.98 4 73.18 10 117.80
8 Hayato Okazaki 187.83 7 69.14 9 118.69
9 Shun Uemura 185.03 9 68.68 11 116.35
10 Yuhito Takeda 184.88 10 66.11 8 118.77
11 Seigo Tauchi 183.14 12 61.85 6 121.29
12 Yuki Matsumoto 172.96 14 59.14 12 113.82
13 Iori Horino 171.79 13 60.90 15 110.89
14 Kaito Sano 170.09 15 58.42 14 111.67
15 Riku Sakuma 168.63 19 55.56 13 113.07
16 Kairi Kato 164.98 17 56.71 17 108.27
17 Koyama Aoto 164.54 11 62.12 20 102.42
18 Aoichi Kimura 163.90 20 55.15 16 108.75
19 Minato Taguchi 163.36 16 57.47 18 105.89
20 Masato Obayashi 156.95 22 54.51 19 102.44
21 Hiroto Hanai 152.63 21 55.12 21 97.51
22 Kenta Omura 150.07 24 53.28 22 96.79
23 Ryu Ikeda 149.98 18 56.13 24 93.85
24 Kazuna Sato 149.06 23 53.89 23 95.17
Did not advance to free skating
25 Haruto Sasaki 52.53 25 52.53 N/a
26 Daily Skyler Kaisei 51.59 26 51.59 N/a
27 Haruhisa Hidaka 51.23 27 51.23 N/a
28 Oda Nobuyoshi 50.87 28 50.87 N/a
29 Yuki Yoshioka 47.26 29 47.26 N/a
30 Masaya Mishima 45.01 30 45.01 N/a
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Junior women

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Junior women's results[10]
Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Mao Shimada 196.78 1 72.55 2 124.23
2 Mayuko Oka 194.82 8 58.09 1 136.73
3 Mei Okada 188.31 2 65.07 3 123.24
4 Sumika Kanazawa 185.95 4 64.23 5 121.72
5 Karin Miyazaki 183.66 6 61.04 4 122.62
6 Kei Yamada 175.82 9 57.99 6 117.83
7 Ikura Kushida 172.58 3 64.37 11 108.21
8 Haruna Murakami 172.36 7 60.42 8 111.94
9 Kaoruko Wada 171.76 10 55.10 7 116.66
10 Saori Ikkanda 164.15 11 54.34 9 109.81
11 Yo Takagi 160.83 5 61.32 15 99.51
12 Hikari Matsunami 158.60 12 53.65 14 104.95
13 Hanaha Takeshima 158.05 14 52.14 13 105.91
14 Ayumi Nakao 157.86 15 49.65 12 108.21
15 Reina Kawakatsu 156.68 19 47.65 10 109.03
16 Sumire Yoshida 143.64 16 48.13 16 95.51
17 Aoha Hoshi 140.95 18 47.89 17 93.06
18 Asari Reiji 138.02 24 45.37 18 92.65
19 Ruka Miyamoto 131.86 17 48.04 19 83.82
20 Rena Uezono 131.42 13 53.20 23 78.22
21 Misaki Arimatsu 129.95 21 46.62 20 83.33
22 Oshin Kudo 126.83 22 46.47 22 80.36
23 Narumi Mori 126.46 23 45.83 21 80.63
24 Kanade Kitami 118.21 20 46.74 24 71.47
Did not advance to free skating
25 Keito Nagata 41.36 25 41.36 N/a
26 Hana Takasakino 38.82 26 38.82 N/a
27 Reihime Horiike 38.52 27 38.52 N/a
28 Aiko Iwamoto 38.27 28 38.27 N/a
29 Mana Fujiwara 35.69 29 35.69 N/a
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Junior ice dance

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Junior ice dance results[11]
Rank Name Total points RD FD
1
  • Kaho Yamashita
  • Yuto Nagata
 140.20 1 54.42 1 85.78
2
  • Ayumi Shibayama
  • Tomoki Kimura
 137.64 2 54.33 2 83.31
3
  • Sumire Yoshida
  • Ibuki Ogawara
 129.25 3 50.86 3 78.39
4
  • Mizuho Sugimoto
  • Eisuke Kumano
 92.94 4 37.94 4 55.00
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International team selections

Four Continents Championships

The 2026 Four Continents Championships will be held in Beijing, China from January 21-25, 2026.[12]

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Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Kao Miura Mone Chiba
2 Kazuki Tomono Ami Nakai
3 Sōta Yamamoto Yuna Aoki
1st alt. Nozomu Yoshioka Rinka Watanabe
2nd alt. Tatsuya Tsuboi Wakaba Higuchi
3rd alt. Saki Miyake
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World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2026 World Junior Championships will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from March 3-8, 2026..[12]

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Men Women Ice dance
1 Rio Nakata Mao Shimada
  • Kaho Yamashita
  • Yuto Nagata
2 Taiga Nishino Mayuko Oka
3 Daiya Ebihara Mei Okada
1st alt. Sena Takahashi Sumika Kanazawa
  • Ayumi Shibayama
  • Tomoki Kimura
2nd alt. Ryoto Mori Yo Takagi
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World Championships

The 2026 World Championships will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from March 24-29, 2026.[12]

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Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Yuma Kagiyama Kaori Sakamoto
2 Shun Sato Ami Nakai
3 Kao Miura Mone Chiba
1st alt. Kazuki Tomono Rinka Watanabe
2nd alt. Sōta Yamamoto Yuna Aoki
3rd alt. Nozomu Yoshioka
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Winter Olympics

The 2026 Winter Olympics will be held in Milan, Italy from February 6-19, 2026.[12]

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Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Yuma Kagiyama Kaori Sakamoto
2 Shun Sato Ami Nakai
3 Kao Miura Mone Chiba
1st alt. Kazuki Tomono Rinka Watanabe
2nd alt. Sōta Yamamoto Yuna Aoki
3rd alt. Tatsuya Tsuboi
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