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Japan Figure Skating Championships
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StatusActive
GenreNational championships
FrequencyAnnual
CountryJapan Japan
Previous event2024–25 Japan Championships
Next event2025–26 Japan Championships
Organized byJapan Skating Federation

The Japan Figure Skating Championships (Japanese: 全日本フィギュアスケート選手権) are an annual figure skating competition organised by the Japan Skating Federation to crown the national champions of Japan. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior level, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. Junior-level skaters compete at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships. The results are among the criteria used to determine the Japanese entries to the World Figure Skating Championships, World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and Winter Olympics, as well as the members of the Japanese national team.

Nobuo Satō currently holds the record for winning the most Japan Championship titles in men's singles (with ten), while Midori Ito holds the record in women's singles (with nine). Narumi Takahashi and Ryuichi Kihara are tied for winning the most championship titles in pair skating (with six each), and while two of those titles were won as partners, the others were won with different partners. Chris Reed holds the record in ice dance (with ten), although those were also won with different partners.

History

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The Japanese Skating Association was formed in 1920. In the beginning, figure skating in Japan was dominated by men, as very few Japanese women skated.[1] The first figure skating championships were held in Japan in 1920 in Suwa, and were won by M. Godai. The first ice rink in Japan was constructed in Osaka in 1923. Japan joined the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1924.[2]

Senior medalists

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Shoma Uno at the 2024 World Championships
Kaori Sakamoto at the 2024 World Championships
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara at the 2024 Grand Prix Final
Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto at the 2019 Four Continents Championships
From left to right: Shoma Uno, six-time Japanese champion in men's singles; Kaori Sakamoto, five-time Japanese champion in women's singles; Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara, two-time Japanese champions in pair skating; and Misato Komatsubara and Tim Koleto, five-time Japanese champions in ice dance

Men's singles

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Men's event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1928–29 Sendai Y. Kaneko Nobu Kubo Zenjiro Watanabe [2]
1929–30 Nikko Nobu Kubo Yukichi Kaneko Susumu Kobayashi [3]
1930–31 Sendai Kazuyoshi Oimatsu Ryuichi Obitani
1931–32 Shimosuwa Kingo Sato Toshikazu Katayama Yoshizo Wada
1932–33 Tokyo Toshikazu Katayama Kazuyoshi Oimatsu Tsugio Hasegawa
1933–34 Osaka Zenjiro Watanabe
1934–35 Tokyo Tsugio Hasegawa Kazuyoshi Oimatsu
1935–36 Shizuji Kitagawa Kobayashi Win Kurahashi Shin
1936–37 Toshikazu Katayama Zenjiro Watanabe Tsugio Hasegawa
1937–38 Hiroshi Kanda Shodoshima Toshimaru
1938–39 Hiroshi Kanda Ryusuke Arisaka
1939–40 Ryusuke Arisaka Hiroshi Kanda
1940–41 Katsumi Sakai
1941–46 No competitions due to World War II
1946–47 Hachinohe Ryusuke Arisaka Kawashima Tatsujiro Kiyoshi Iwasaki
1947–48 Morioka Naoshige Shiota Suzuo Haraguchi
1948–49 Suwa Competition cancelled[4]
1949–50 Tomakomai Katsumi Sakai Masamizu Kobayashi Suzuo Haraguchi
1950–51 Nikko Ryusuke Arisaka Naoshige Shiota Masamizu Kobayashi
1951–52 Tokyo Competition cancelled
1952–53 United States Jack B. Jost[a] Naoshige Shiota Masamizu Kobayashi
1953–54 Osaka Masamizu Kobayashi[b] Tetsutaro Tanaka[b] Shuichi Sugimoto[b] [6]
1954–55 Nagano Kazuo Ohashi Yukio Nishikura Nobuo Satō [3]
1955–56 Kyoto Hideo Sugita Kazuo Ohashi
1956–57 Tokyo Nobuo Satō Yukio Nishikura Hideo Sugita [7]
1957–58 [3]
1958–59 Osaka
1959–60 Tokyo
1960–61 Hideo Sugita Yutaka Michiya
1961–62 Osaka Masato Tamura
1962–63 Tokyo Yoshiyuki Koizumi Yutaka Michiya
1963–64 Masato Tamura
1964–65 Osaka Tsuguhiko Kozuka
1965–66 Tomakomai Yutaka Higuchi
1966–67 Tokyo Tsuguhiko Kozuka Masato Tamura
1967–68 Yutaka Higuchi Masato Tamura
1968–69 Akira Yoshizawa Tomomi Sato
1969–70 Osaka Yutaka Higuchi
1970–71 Tokyo Tsuguhiko Kozuka Minoru Sano
1971–72 Sapporo Minoru Sano Tsuguhiko Kozuka
1972–73 Osaka Minoru Sano Tomomi Sato Mitsuru Matsumura
1973–74 Kyoto Mitsuru Matsumura Katsutaka Onishi
1974–75 Hiroshima Fumio Igarashi
1975–76 Tokyo
1976–77
1977–78 Kyoto Fumio Igarashi Takashi Mura
1978–79 Tokyo Mitsuru Matsumura Fumio Igarashi Shinji Someya [8]
1979–80 Fumio Igarashi Mitsuru Matsumura Takashi Mura [3]
1980–81 Takashi Mura Masaru Ogawa
1981–82 Mitsuru Matsumura Takashi Mura
1982–83 Shinji Someya Takashi Mura Masaru Ogawa [9]
1983–84 Masaru Ogawa Makoto Kano [3]
1984–85 Makoto Kano Tatsuya Fujii
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88 Makoto Kano Tatsuya Fujii Komyo Takeuchi
1988–89 Mitsuhiro Murata Tatsuya Fujii
1989–90 Kitakyushu Tatsuya Fujii Masakazu Kagiyama Mitsuhiro Murata
1990–91 Yokohama Masakazu Kagiyama Mitsuhiro Murata Daisuke Nishikawa
1991–92 Kobe Noyu Yariuchi
1992–93 Nagoya Tomoaki Koyama Fumihiro Oikawa
1993–94 Yokohama Fumihiro Oikawa Masakazu Kagiyama Yoshiaki Takeuchi
1994–95 Kobe Shin Amano Naoki Shigematsu Seiichi Suzuki
1995–96 Yokohama Takeshi Honda Naoki Shigematsu Makoto Okazaki
1996–97 Nagano Yamato Tamura [10]
1997–98 Kobe Yamato Tamura Naoki Shigematsu Yosuke Takeuchi [11]
1998–99 Yokohama Yosuke Takeuchi Yamato Tamura [12]
1999–2000 Fukuoka Takeshi Honda Yamato Tamura Naoki Shigematsu [13]
2000–01 Nagano Yosuke Takeuchi [14]
2001–02 Osaka Yosuke Takeuchi Makoto Okazaki [15]
2002–03 Kyoto Takeshi Honda Kensuke Nakaniwa [16]
2003–04 Nagano Yamato Tamura Kazumi Kishimoto Daisuke Takahashi [17]
2004–05 Yokohama Takeshi Honda Kensuke Nakaniwa Nobunari Oda [18]
2005–06 Tokyo Daisuke Takahashi Nobunari Oda Kensuke Nakaniwa [19]
2006–07 Nagoya Yasuharu Nanri [20]
2007–08 Osaka Takahiko Kozuka [21]
2008–09 Nagano Nobunari Oda Takahito Mura [22]
2009–10 Osaka Daisuke Takahashi Nobunari Oda Takahiko Kozuka [23]
2010–11 Nagano Takahiko Kozuka Daisuke Takahashi [24]
2011–12 Osaka Daisuke Takahashi Takahiko Kozuka Yuzuru Hanyu [25]
2012–13 Sapporo Yuzuru Hanyu Daisuke Takahashi Takahito Mura [26]
2013–14 Saitama Tatsuki Machida Takahiko Kozuka [27]
2014–15 Nagano Shoma Uno [28]
2015–16 Sapporo Takahito Mura [29]
2016–17 Osaka Shoma Uno Keiji Tanaka [30]
2017–18 Tokyo [31]
2018–19 Osaka Daisuke Takahashi Keiji Tanaka [32]
2019–20 Tokyo Yuzuru Hanyu Yuma Kagiyama [33]
2020–21 Nagano Yuzuru Hanyu Shoma Uno [34]
2021–22 Saitama [35]
2022–23 Osaka Shoma Uno Koshiro Shimada Kazuki Tomono [36]
2023–24 Nagano Yuma Kagiyama Sōta Yamamoto [37]
2024–25 Osaka Yuma Kagiyama Rio Nakata Tatsuya Tsuboi [38]
  1. ^ Pvt. Jack B. Jost was invited to compete in the Japan Championships while he was stationed in Japan with the United States Army.[5]
  2. ^ a b c While Masami Kobayashi, Tatsutaro Tanaka, and Shuichi Sugimoto did compete in the 1953–54 Japan Championships, none achieved the minimum required score to be named the Japanese Champion.

Women's singles

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Women's event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1934–35 Tokyo Etsuko Inada Tamako Togo Mitsuko Tezuka
1935–36 Togo Ballko Yoshiko Tsukioka [39]
1936–37 Etsuko Inada Meiko Nakamura
1937–38
1938–39 Meiko Nakamura Michiko Yano
1939–40 Yoshiko Tsukioka
1940–41 Yoshiko Ikuta
1941–46 No competitions due to World War II
1946–47 Hachinohe Yoshiko Tsukioka Yoshiko Ikuta Kyoko Tokue
1947–48 Morioka Yoshiko Niwa Reiko Kato
1948–49 Suwa Competition cancelled[4]
1949–50 Tomakomai
1950–51 Nikko Etsuko Inada Yoshiko Niwa Yoshiko Yamashita
1951–52 Tokyo Competition cancelled
1952–53 Yoshiko Tsukioka Reiko Kobayashi Nana Uba
1953–54 Osaka Yoshiko Yamashita No other competitors
1954–55 Nagano Yoko Midoji Yohiko Mitoro
1955–56 Kyoto Junko Ueno Yuko Araki
1956–57 Tokyo Yuko Araki Miwa Fukuhara [7]
1957–58 Miwa Fukuhara Hitomi Kurahashi [39]
1958–59 Osaka Kumiko Okawa
1959–60 Tokyo Miwa Fukuhara Junko Ueno
1960–61 Junko Ueno Miwa Fukuhara
1961–62 Osaka Miwa Fukuhara Junko Ueno
1962–63 Tokyo Kumiko Okawa Junko Ueno
1963–64
1964–65 Osaka Kazumi Yamashita
1965–66 Tomakomai Haruko Ishida
1966–67 Tokyo Kumiko Okawa Miwa Fukuhara Kazumi Yamashita
1967–68 Kazumi Yamashita Haruko Ishida
1968–69 Kazumi Yamashita Keiko Miyagawa Keiko Yuzawa
1969–70 Osaka Harumizu Yoshizawa
1970–71 Tokyo Shuko Takeyama
1971–72 Sapporo Keiko Yuzawa
1972–73 Osaka Emi Watanabe Ohashi Miwako
1973–74 Kyoto Shinobu Watanabe
1974–75 Hiroshima
1975–76 Tokyo Shinobu Watanabe Reiko Kobayashi
1976–77 Reiko Kobayashi Shinobu Watanabe
1977–78 Kyoto Mariko Yoshida
1978–79 Tokyo [8]
1979–80 Ayako Yakushi [39]
1980–81 Reiko Kobayashi Mariko Yoshida Midori Ito
1981–82 Mariko Yoshida Masako Kato Yukiko Okabe
1982–83 Juri Ozawa Megumi Aotani Sachie Yuki [9]
1983–84 Masako Kato Midori Ito Yukari Yoshimori [39]
1984–85 Midori Ito Masako Kato Sachie Yuki
1985–86 Sachie Yuki Juri Ozawa
1986–87 Masako Kato Yukiko Kashihara
1987–88 Junko Yaginuma Yuka Sato
1988–89
1989–90 Kitakyushu Yuka Sato Junko Yaginuma
1990–91 Yokohama Mari Asanuma
1991–92 Kobe Yuka Sato
1992–93 Nagoya Yuka Sato Junko Yaginuma Kumiko Koiwai
1993–94 Yokohama Rena Inoue
1994–95 Kobe Hanae Yokoya Junko Yaginuma
1995–96 Yokohama Midori Ito Hanae Yokoya Yumi Sano
1996–97 Nagano Fumie Suguri Shizuka Arakawa Yuka Kanazawa [10]
1997–98 Kobe Shizuka Arakawa Fumie Suguri Rena Inoue [11]
1998–99 Yokohama Yuka Kanazawa [12]
1999–2000 Fukuoka Chisato Shiina Arisa Yamazaki Fumie Suguri [13]
2000–01 Nagano Fumie Suguri Shizuka Arakawa Yoshie Onda [14]
2001–02 Osaka Miki Ando [15]
2002–03 Kyoto Yoshie Onda Shizuka Arakawa [16]
2003–04 Nagano Miki Ando Fumie Suguri [17]
2004–05 Yokohama Mao Asada Fumie Suguri [18]
2005–06 Tokyo Fumie Suguri Shizuka Arakawa [19]
2006–07 Nagoya Mao Asada Miki Ando Yukari Nakano [20]
2007–08 Osaka [21]
2008–09 Nagano Fumie Suguri Miki Ando [22]
2009–10 Osaka Akiko Suzuki Yukari Nakano [23]
2010–11 Nagano Miki Ando Mao Asada Kanako Murakami [24]
2011–12 Osaka Mao Asada Akiko Suzuki [25]
2012–13 Sapporo Kanako Murakami Satoko Miyahara [26]
2013–14 Saitama Akiko Suzuki Mao Asada [27]
2014–15 Nagano Satoko Miyahara Rika Hongo Wakaba Higuchi [28]
2015–16 Sapporo Wakaba Higuchi Mao Asada [29]
2016–17 Osaka Mai Mihara [30]
2017–18 Tokyo Kaori Sakamoto Rika Kihira [31]
2018–19 Osaka Kaori Sakamoto Rika Kihira Satoko Miyahara [32]
2019–20 Tokyo Rika Kihira Wakaba Higuchi Tomoe Kawabata [33]
2020–21 Nagano Kaori Sakamoto Satoko Miyahara [34]
2021–22 Saitama Kaori Sakamoto Wakaba Higuchi Mana Kawabe [35]
2022–23 Osaka Mai Mihara Mao Shimada [36]
2023–24 Nagano Mone Chiba [37]
2024–25 Osaka Mao Shimada Wakaba Higuchi [38]

Pairs

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Pairs event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1955–56 Kyoto
  • Fumiko Nishimura
  • Kinehiko Takizawa
 No other competitors
1956–57 Tokyo
  • Sumiko Shimodaira
  • Masamizu Kobayashi
  • Tsuyako Takada
  • Kenzou Nishida
 No other competitors [7]
1957–58 [40]
1958–59 Osaka
  • Junko Kuwana
  • Takaji Hashiguchi
  • Sumiko Shimodaira
  • Masamizu Kobayashi
  • Junko Takada
  • Kenzo Nishida
1959–60 Tokyo
  • Junko Onoda
  • Koji Hashiguchi
 No other competitors [41]
1960–61
  • Yoko Oiwa
  • Kazuhiko Kakita
  • Mihoko Ogita
  • Kaiichi Kawamura
 [40]
1961–62 Osaka
  • Mihoko Oiwa
  • Yutaka Michiya
 No other competitors
1962–63 Tokyo
1963–64
  • Yoshiko Harada
  • Takaji Hashiguchi
1964–66 No pairs competitors
1966–67 Tokyo
  • Iwatate Komako
  • Iguchi Masayasu
 No other competitors
1967–68
No other competitors
1968–69 No other competitors
1969–70 Osaka
1970–71 Tokyo
1971–72 Sapporo
1972–73 Osaka
  • Fujiko Seki
  • Toshimitsu Doke
1973–75 No pairs competitors
1975–76 Tokyo
  • Kyoko Ogiwara
  • Sumio Murata
  • Hamae Kato
  • Hiromichi Ogihara
  • Miko Maruyama
  • Shoki Shodoshima
1976–77
1977–78 Kyoto
  • Hamae Kato
  • Hiromichi Ogihara
1978–79 Tokyo
  • Kyoko Ogiwara
  • Hisairo Ozaki
  • Matsumoto Kiyoko
  • Shiotani Makoto
1979–80
  • Matsumoto Kiyoko
  • Shiotani Makoto
1980–81
No other competitors
1981–86 No pairs competitors
1986–87
  • Akiko Nogami
  • Yobuichi Yamazaki
  • Hikaru Dono
  • Takaya Utada
 No other competitors
1987–88
1988–89
  • Yuki Shoji
  • Takaya Usuda
 No other competitors
1989–90 Kitakyushu No pairs competitors
1990–91 Yokohama No other competitors
1991–92 Kobe
1992–93 Nagoya
1993–94 Yokohama
1994–96 No pairs competitors
1996–97 Nagano
  • Makiko Ogasawara
  • Takeo Ogasawara
  • Takako Kimura
  • Kenichi Miyo
1997–98 Kobe No other competitors [11]
1998–99 Yokohama No pairs competitors [12]
1999–2000 Fukuoka
  • Makiko Ogasawara
  • Takeo Ogasawara
 No other competitors [13]
2000–01 Nagano [14]
2001–02 Osaka
  • Makiko Ogasawara
  • Takeo Ogasawara
 No other competitors [15]
2002–03 Kyoto [16]
2003–04 Nagano No pairs competitors [17]
2004–05 Yokohama
No other competitors [18]
2005–08 No pairs competitors
2008–09 Nagano No other competitors [22]
2009–10 Osaka [23]
2010–11 Nagano [24]
2011–12 Osaka [25]
2012–13 Sapporo No pairs competitors [26]
2013–14 Saitama No other competitors [27]
2014–15 Nagano [28]
2015–16 Sapporo
[29]
2016–17 Osaka
[30]
2017–18 Tokyo [31]
2018–19 Osaka No other competitors [32]
2019–20 Tokyo [33]
2020–21 Nagano No pairs competitors [34]
2021–22 Saitama
No other competitors [35]
2022–23 Osaka [36]
2023–24 Nagano [37]
2024–25 Osaka [38]

Ice dance

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Ice dance event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1956–57 Tokyo
  • Keiko Kaneko
  • Mikio Takeuchi
  • Toshiko Fuchioka
  • Shoji Katayama
  • Yue Arai
  • Shin Yoshikawa
 [42]
1957–58
1958–59 Osaka
  • Setsuko Yamauchi
  • Kenzi Takeda
1959–60 Tokyo
  • Junko Idemitsu
  • Takayuki Bessho
  • Mieko Oiwa
  • Nagahisa Ono
1960–61
  • Mieko Oiwa
  • Yutaka Michiya
1961–62 Osaka No other competitors
1962–63 Tokyo
1963–64
  • Junko Bessho
  • Takayuki Bessho
  • Noriko Yuzawa
  • Nobuhisa Matsumoto
1964–65 Osaka
  • Junko Bessho
  • Takayuki Bessho
  • Kiyoko Fujise
  • Morinaga Win
 No other competitors
1965–66 Tomakomai
  • Noriko Yuzawa
  • Nobuhisa Matsumoto
  • Reiko Inoue
  • Akimitsu Hirose
1966–67 Tokyo
1967–68
  • Mayumi Akahiro
  • Masato Tamura
 No other competitors
1968–69
  • Yoko Ishikawa
  • Naotoshi Nishihama
  • Yoshiko Harada
  • Joji Ohamazaki
  • Fumi Tsuyama
  • Hiroshi Kobayashi
1969–70 Osaka
  • Toshie Sakurai
  • Motoyoshi Sakurai
  • Fumi Tsuyama
  • Hiroshi Kobayashi
 No other competitors
1970–71 Tokyo
  • Keiko Achiha
  • Yasuyuki Noto
  • Toshie Sakurai
  • Motoyoshi Sakurai
1971–72 Sapporo No other competitors
1972–73 Osaka
  • Toshie Sakurai
  • Motoyoshi Sakurai
1973–74 Kyoto
  • Yoshiko Nakada
  • Toshimitsu Michiya
  • Tamami Abe
  • Hirohiko Komata
 No other competitors
1974–75 Hiroshima
  • Misa Kage
  • Masanori Takeda
  • Yasuko Ikejiri
  • Toshimitsu Michiya
  • Naoko Kato
  • Akira Naito
1975–76 Tokyo
  • Tamami Abe
  • Toshimitsu Michiya
  • Tomoko Koide
  • Ryoichi Kobayashi
1976–77
  • Yumiko Kage
  • Toshinori Fujisawa
1977–78 Kyoto
  • Michiko Abe
  • Nozomi Sakai
  • Sachiko Sakano
  • Sho Sekine
1978–79 Tokyo
  • Michiko Abe
  • Nozomi Sakai
1979–80
  • Rumiko Michigami
  • Toshiyuki Tanaka
1980–81
  • Yumiko Kakege
  • Yuki Nakajima
  • Akiko Okabe
  • Tamao Arai
1981–82
  • Akiko Okabe
  • Tamao Arai
1982–83
  • Yumiko Kakege
  • Yuki Nakajima
1983–84
  • Yumiko Kakege
  • Yuki Nakajima
1984–85
  • Junko Ito
  • Kinaki Tokita
1985–86
  • Junko Ito
  • Kinaki Tokita
  • Kaoru Takino
  • Kenji Takino
1986–87
1987–88
  • Kaoru Takino
  • Kenji Takino
  • Junko Ito
  • Kinaki Tokita
1988–89
  • Kaoru Takino
  • Kenji Takino
  • Akiko Higashino
  • Tatsuro Matsumura
1989–90 Kitakyushu
1990–91 Yokohama
1991–92 Kobe
1992–93 Nagoya
  • Manabu Sato
  • Tsuyoshi Sakai
1993–94 Yokohama
  • Yuki Habuki
  • Hitoshi Koizumi
1994–95 Kobe
  • Yuki Habuki
  • Hitoshi Koizumi
1995–96 Yokohama
  • Akiko Kinoshita
  • Yosuke Moriwaki
1996–97 Nagano
  • Akiko Kinoshita
  • Yosuke Moriwaki
 [10]
1997–98 Kobe
  • Aya Hatsuda
  • Koichi Suyama
 [11]
1998–99 Yokohama [12]
1999–2000 Fukuoka [13]
2000–01 Nagano [14]
2001–02 Osaka
  • Masumi Haruki
  • Hiroaki Tokita
 [15]
2002–03 Kyoto [16]
2003–04 Nagano
  • Yurie Oda
  • Sho Kagayama
 [17]
2004–05 Yokohama
  • Minami Sakacho
  • Tatsuya Sakacho
 [18]
2005–06 Tokyo [19]
2006–07 Nagoya [20]
2007–08 Osaka No other competitors [21]
2008–09 Nagano
  • Nana Sugiki
  • Taiyo Mizutani
[22]
2009–10 Osaka
No other competitors [23]
2010–11 Nagano [24]
2011–12 Osaka
  • Bryna Oi
  • Taiyo Mizutani
  • Anna Takei
  • Yuya Tamada
 [25]
2012–13 Sapporo
  • Bryna Oi
  • Taiyo Mizutani
 [26]
2013–14 Saitama
  • Shizuru Agata
  • Kentaro Suzuki
 [27]
2014–15 Nagano
[28]
2015–16 Sapporo
  • Ibuki Mori
  • Kentaro Suzuki
 [29]
2016–17 Osaka [30]
2017–18 Tokyo [31]
2018–19 Osaka
  • Kiria Hirayama
  • Axel Lamasse
  • Mio Iida
  • Kenta Ishibashi
 [32]
2019–20 Tokyo
  • Kiria Hirayama
  • Kenta Ishibashi
 [33]
2020–21 Nagano [34]
2021–22 Saitama
[35]
2022–23 Osaka [36]
2023–24 Nagano [37]
2024–25 Osaka [38]

Records

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Midori Ito at the 1989 World Championships
Cathy Reed and Chris Reed at the 2010 NHK Trophy
Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran at the 2009 NHK Trophy
Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara at the 2024 World Championships
From left to right: Midori Ito has won nine Japan Championship titles in women's singles; Chris Reed has won ten Japan Championship titles in ice dance, seven of which were with his sister, Cathy Reed; Narumi Takahashi has won six Japan Championship titles in pair skating, four of which were with Mervin Tran; and Ryuichi Kihara has also won six Japan Championship titles in pair skating, two of which were with Riku Miura.
Records
Discipline Most championship titles
Men's singles Nobuo Satō 10 1956/57 – 1965/66 [43]
Women's singles Midori Ito 9 1984/85 – 1991/92;
1995/96 		[39]
Pairs Ryuichi Kihara[a] 6 2013/14 – 2014/15;
2017/18 – 2019/20;
2024/25 		[44][45][46]
Narumi Takahashi[b] 6 2008/09 – 2011/12;
2013/14 – 2014/15 		[46][47]
Ice dance Chris Reed[c] 10 2007/08 – 2010/11;
2012/13 – 2017/18 		[48][49]
  1. ^ Ryuichi Kihara has won two championship titles while partnered with Narumi Takahashi (2013/14–2014/15), two with Miu Suzaki (2017/18–2018/19), and two with Riku Miura (2019/20, 2024/25).
  2. ^ Narumi Takahashi has won four championship titles while partnered with Mervin Tran (2008/09–2011/12) and two with Ryuichi Kihara (2013/14–2014/15).
  3. ^ Chris Reed has won seven championship titles while partnered with Cathy Reed (2007/08–2010/11, 2012/13–2014/15) and three with Kana Muramoto (2015/16–2017/18).

See also

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References

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