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The Japan Figure Skating Championships () 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. 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 with each other, 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

The Japanese Skating Association was formed by figure skating enthusiasts in the autumn of 1920. In the beginning, figure skating in Japan was dominated by men, as very few Japanese women skated. The first figure skating competition was planned to be held in February 1921 in Suwa, though because the competition rules were not yet clearly defined, only the speed skating portion of the competition was held. In February 1922, the first figure skating competition was carried out using a translation of the international rules. The winner was Masatomo Godai.

The first artificial ice rink in Japan was constructed in Osaka in 1923. Japan joined the International Skating Union (ISU) in 1926, and in 1929, the modern Japan Skating Federation was jointly formed by the Japanese Skating Association and the Japanese Collegiate Ice Sports Federation. Early the next year, the Federation began to hold combined national championships for speed skating, figure skating, and ice hockey. Five years later, in 1935, women began competing as well.

The Championships have been cancelled several times. They were not held from 1942 through 1946 due to World War II. In 1949, they were cancelled due to the weather being too warm, and in 1952, they were cancelled because only one man and no women registered. Initially held between January and March, from 1966, the championships have been held in November or December.

Senior medalists

Men's singles

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1929–30	Nikko	Makoto Kubo	Yukichi Kaneko	Susumu Kobayashi
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	Katsutoshi Kobayashi	Shin Kurahashi
1936–37	Toshikazu Katayama	Zenjiro Watanabe	Tsugio Hasegawa
1937–38	Hiroshi Kanda	Fujimaru Shodoshima
1938–39	Hiroshi Kanda	Ryusuke Arisaka
1939–40	Ryusuke Arisaka	Hiroshi Kanda
1940–41	Katsuyuki Sakai
1941–46	No competitions due to World War II
1946–47	Hachinohe	Ryusuke Arisaka	Tatsujiro Kawashima	Kiyoshi Iwasaki
1947–48	Morioka	Naoshige Shiota	Suzuo Haraguchi
1948–49	Suwa	Competition cancelled
1949–50	Tomakomai	Katsuyuki Sakai	Masami Kobayashi	Suzuo Haraguchi
1950–51	Nikko	Ryusuke Arisaka	Naoshige Shiota	Masami Kobayashi
1951–52	Tokyo	Competition cancelled
1952–53	Tokyo	Jack B. Jost	Naoshige Shiota	Masami Kobayashi
1953–54	Osaka	Masami Kobayashi	Tetsutaro Tanaka	Shuichi Sugimoto
1954–55	Tokyo	Kazuo Ohashi	Yukio Nishikura	Masami Kobayashi
1955–56	Kyoto	Hideo Sugita	Kazuo Ohashi	Nobuo Satō
1956–57	Tokyo	Nobuo Satō	Yukio Nishikura	Hideo Sugita
1957–58
1958–59	Osaka
1959–60	Tokyo
1960–61	Hideo Sugita	Yutaka Doke
1961–62	Osaka	Masato Tamura
1962–63	Tokyo	Yoshiyuki Koizumi	Yutaka Doke
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	Yoshinori 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
1979–80	Fumio Igarashi	Mitsuru Matsumura	Takashi Mura
1980–81	Takashi Mura	Masaru Ogawa
1981–82	Mitsuru Matsumura	Takashi Mura
1982–83	Shinji Someya	Takashi Mura	Masaru Ogawa
1983–84	Masaru Ogawa	Makoto Kano
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
1997–98	Kobe	Yamato Tamura	Naoki Shigematsu	Yosuke Takeuchi
1998–99	Yokohama	Yosuke Takeuchi	Yamato Tamura
Fukuoka	Takeshi Honda	Yamato Tamura	Naoki Shigematsu
2000–01	Nagano	Yosuke Takeuchi
2001–02	Osaka	Yosuke Takeuchi	Makoto Okazaki
2002–03	Kyoto	Takeshi Honda	Kensuke Nakaniwa
2003–04	Nagano	Yamato Tamura	Kazumi Kishimoto	Daisuke Takahashi
2004–05	Yokohama	Takeshi Honda	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Nobunari Oda
2005–06	Tokyo	Daisuke Takahashi	Nobunari Oda	Kensuke Nakaniwa
2006–07	Nagoya	Yasuharu Nanri
2007–08	Osaka	Takahiko Kozuka
2008–09	Nagano	Nobunari Oda	Takahito Mura
2009–10	Osaka	Daisuke Takahashi	Nobunari Oda	Takahiko Kozuka
2010–11	Nagano	Takahiko Kozuka	Daisuke Takahashi
2011–12	Osaka	Daisuke Takahashi	Takahiko Kozuka	Yuzuru Hanyu
2012–13	Sapporo	Yuzuru Hanyu	Daisuke Takahashi	Takahito Mura
2013–14	Saitama	Tatsuki Machida	Takahiko Kozuka
2014–15	Nagano	Shoma Uno
2015–16	Sapporo	Takahito Mura
2016–17	Osaka	Shoma Uno	Keiji Tanaka
2017–18	Tokyo
2018–19	Osaka	Daisuke Takahashi	Keiji Tanaka
2019–20	Tokyo	Yuzuru Hanyu	Yuma Kagiyama
2020–21	Nagano	Yuzuru Hanyu	Shoma Uno
2021–22	Saitama
2022–23	Osaka	Shoma Uno	Koshiro Shimada	Kazuki Tomono
2023–24	Nagano	Yuma Kagiyama	Sōta Yamamoto
2024–25	Osaka	Yuma Kagiyama	Rio Nakata	Tatsuya Tsuboi
2025–26	Tokyo	Shun Sato	Kao Miura

Men's event medalists

Women's singles

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1934–35	Tokyo	Etsuko Inada	Tamako Togo	Mitsuko Tezuka
1935–36	Tamako Togo	Yoshiko Tsukioka
1936–37	Etsuko Inada	Kinuko Nakamura
1937–38
1938–39	Kinuko Nakamura	Michiko Yano
1939–40	Yoshiko Tsukioka
1940–41	Tsuyako Ikuta
1941–46	No competitions due to World War II
1946–47	Hachinohe	Yoshiko Tsukioka	Tsuyako Ikuta	Kyoko Tokue
1947–48	Morioka	Yoshiko Niwa	Reiko Kato
1948–49	Suwa	Competition cancelled
1949–50	Tomakomai	No competitors
1950–51	Nikko	Etsuko Inada	Yoshiko Niwa	Tsuyako Yamashita
1951–52	Tokyo	Competition cancelled
1952–53	Tokyo	Yoshiko Tsukioka	Reiko Kobayashi	Nana Aeba
1953–54	Osaka	Tsuyako Yamashita	No other competitors
1954–55	Tokyo	Yoko Midoro	Hisako Honda
1955–56	Kyoto	Junko Ueno	Yuko Araki
1956–57	Tokyo	Yuko Araki	Miwa Fukuhara
1957–58	Miwa Fukuhara	Hitomi Kurahashi
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	Harumi Yoshizawa
1970–71	Tokyo	Shuko Takeyama
1971–72	Sapporo	Keiko Yuzawa
1972–73	Osaka	Emi Watanabe	Miwako Ohashi
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
1979–80	Yoko Yakushi
1980–81	Reiko Kobayashi	Mariko Yoshida	Midori Ito
1981–82	Mariko Yoshida	Masako Kato	Yukiko Okabe
1982–83	Juri Ozawa	Megumi Aotani	Sachie Yuki
1983–84	Masako Kato	Midori Ito	Yukari Yoshimori
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
1997–98	Kobe	Shizuka Arakawa	Fumie Suguri	Rena Inoue
1998–99	Yokohama	Yuka Kanazawa
Fukuoka	Chisato Shiina	Arisa Yamazaki	Fumie Suguri
2000–01	Nagano	Fumie Suguri	Shizuka Arakawa	Yoshie Onda
2001–02	Osaka	Miki Ando
2002–03	Kyoto	Yoshie Onda	Shizuka Arakawa
2003–04	Nagano	Miki Ando	Fumie Suguri
2004–05	Yokohama	Mao Asada	Fumie Suguri
2005–06	Tokyo	Fumie Suguri	Shizuka Arakawa
2006–07	Nagoya	Mao Asada	Miki Ando	Yukari Nakano
2007–08	Osaka
2008–09	Nagano	Fumie Suguri	Miki Ando
2009–10	Osaka	Akiko Suzuki	Yukari Nakano
2010–11	Nagano	Miki Ando	Mao Asada	Kanako Murakami
2011–12	Osaka	Mao Asada	Akiko Suzuki
2012–13	Sapporo	Kanako Murakami	Satoko Miyahara
2013–14	Saitama	Akiko Suzuki	Mao Asada
2014–15	Nagano	Satoko Miyahara	Rika Hongo	Wakaba Higuchi
2015–16	Sapporo	Wakaba Higuchi	Mao Asada
2016–17	Osaka	Mai Mihara
2017–18	Tokyo	Kaori Sakamoto	Rika Kihira
2018–19	Osaka	Kaori Sakamoto	Rika Kihira	Satoko Miyahara
2019–20	Tokyo	Rika Kihira	Wakaba Higuchi	Tomoe Kawabata
2020–21	Nagano	Kaori Sakamoto	Satoko Miyahara
2021–22	Saitama	Kaori Sakamoto	Wakaba Higuchi	Mana Kawabe
2022–23	Osaka	Mai Mihara	Mao Shimada
2023–24	Nagano	Mone Chiba
2024–25	Osaka	Mao Shimada	Wakaba Higuchi
2025–26	Tokyo	Mone Chiba

Women's event medalists

Pairs

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1955–56	Kyoto	No other competitors
1956–57	Tokyo	No other competitors
1957–58
1958–59	Osaka
1959–60	Tokyo	No other competitors
1960–61
1961–62	Osaka	No other competitors
1962–63	Tokyo
1963–64
1964–66	No pairs competitors
1966–67	Tokyo	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
1973–75	No pairs competitors
1975–76	Tokyo
1976–77
1977–78	Kyoto
1978–79	Tokyo
1979–80
1980–81	No other competitors
1981–86	No pairs competitors
1986–87	No other competitors
1987–88
1988–89	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
1997–98	Kobe	No other competitors
1998–99	Yokohama	No pairs competitors
Fukuoka	No other competitors
2000–01	Nagano
2001–02	Osaka	No other competitors
2002–03	Kyoto
2003–04	Nagano	No pairs competitors
2004–05	Yokohama	No other competitors
2005–08	No pairs competitors
2008–09	Nagano	No other competitors
2009–10	Osaka
2010–11	Nagano
2011–12	Osaka
2012–13	Sapporo	No pairs competitors
2013–14	Saitama	No other competitors
2014–15	Nagano
2015–16	Sapporo
2016–17	Osaka
2017–18	Tokyo
2018–19	Osaka	No other competitors
2019–20	Tokyo
2020–21	Nagano	No pairs competitors
2021–22	Saitama	No other competitors
2022–23	Osaka
2023–24	Nagano
2024–25	Osaka
2025–26	Tokyo	No other competitors

Pairs event medalists

Ice dance

Season	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1956–57	Tokyo
1957–58
1958–59	Osaka
1959–60	Tokyo
1960–61
1961–62	Osaka	No other competitors
1962–63	Tokyo
1963–64
1964–65	Osaka	No other competitors
1965–66	Tomakomai
1966–67	Tokyo
1967–68	No other competitors
1968–69
1969–70	Osaka	No other competitors
1970–71	Tokyo
1971–72	Sapporo	No other competitors
1972–73	Osaka
1973–74	Kyoto	No other competitors
1974–75	Hiroshima
1975–76	Tokyo
1976–77
1977–78	Kyoto
1978–79	Tokyo
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90	Kitakyushu
1990–91	Yokohama
1991–92	Kobe
1992–93	Nagoya
1993–94	Yokohama
1994–95	Kobe
1995–96	Yokohama
1996–97	Nagano
1997–98	Kobe
1998–99	Yokohama
Fukuoka
2000–01	Nagano
2001–02	Osaka
2002–03	Kyoto
2003–04	Nagano
2004–05	Yokohama
2005–06	Tokyo
2006–07	Nagoya
2007–08	Osaka	No other competitors
2008–09	Nagano
2009–10	Osaka	No other competitors
2010–11	Nagano
2011–12	Osaka
2012–13	Sapporo
2013–14	Saitama
2014–15	Nagano
2015–16	Sapporo
2016–17	Osaka
2017–18	Tokyo
2018–19	Osaka
2019–20	Tokyo
2020–21	Nagano
2021–22	Saitama
2022–23	Osaka
2023–24	Nagano
2024–25	Osaka
2025–26	Tokyo

Ice dance event medalists

Records

Discipline	Most championship titles
Skater(s)	Years
Men's singles	Nobuo Satō	10	1956/57 – 1965/66
Women's singles	Midori Ito	9	1984/85 – 1991/92;1995/96
Pairs	Ryuichi Kihara	6	2013/14 – 2014/15;2017/18 – 2019/20;2024/25
Narumi Takahashi	2008/09 – 2011/12;2013/14 – 2014/15
Ice dance	Chris Reed	10	2007/08 – 2010/11;2012/13 – 2017/18

Wikipedia / Japan Figure Skating Championships

History

Senior medalists

Men's singles

Women's singles

Pairs

Ice dance

Records

Notes

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