2022-23 Japan national qualifying & domestic competitions

[Sylvia]

Thanks a lot @Tak for your competition highlight recaps! Junior Nationals is this weekend - any info you can share would be appreciated!

26th All Japan Novice Championships, Oct. 21-23, 2022, in Sapporo, Hokkaido
Results (English version): https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_e/national_nv/index.htm
Top 4 in Novice A women were invited to compete at Junior Nationals:
Rena UEZONO LYS 99.73
Mayuko OKA 83.96
Ruka MIYAMOTO 83.28
Riria KONO Kinoshita Academy 83.00

Top 3 in Novice A men were invited to compete at Junior Nationals:
Sena TAKAHASHI Kinoshita Academy 104.35
Taiga NISHINO Kanagawa FSC 101.94
Hiroto HANAI Howa minato landSkateclub 96.60

Novice Ice Dance - Final Results (great to see 4 teams competed!)
PL Competitor Club Points (Free Dance only)
1. Sumire YOSHIDA / Ibuki OGAHARA 50.86 - 2nd title, coached by Cathy Reed: https://www.instagram.com/p/CkCjkidJ3bU/
2. Haru MATSUZAKI / Haruki MOTOMURA, both Meijijingugaien FSC 42.81
3. Nanoha YAHATA / Yuga TAKEMASA, both Meijijingugaien FSC 34.78
4. Kiara NAKANISHI / Kaichi YONETA, both Meijijingugaien FSC 29.93


Western Section Championships (Senior and Junior singles) + Junior Ice Dance, Oct. 27-30, 2022, in Kyoto
Results (English version): https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_e/west/index.htm
Top 12 women qualified for Junior Nationals + the seeded Mao Shimada (last year's Jr. gold medalist):
*Mao SHIMADA Kinoshita Academy 1 1 199.35 (qualified for JGP Final)
*Ayumi SHIBAYAMA Kinoshita Academy 2 2 181.79
Haruna MURAKAMI Kinoshita Academy 4 3 167.27 (also Jr. pairs)
Kaoruko WADA Grand Prix Tokai Club 5 4 162.10
*Ikura KUSHIDA Kinoshita Academy 3 7 156.77
Kei YAMADA Kinoshita Academy 7 5 150.96
Sae SHIMIZU OSAKA SKATING CLUB 9 6 148.08
Haruna IWASAKI NAMIHAYA ISC 6 9 140.25
Marin OKAMOTO 10 8 139.30
Rei YOSHIMOTO 8 13 130.93
Nana SUGIYAMA Kyoto Uji FSC 12 10 130.80
Koharu YUNOKI Kyoto Uji FSC 13 12 125.93
Arisa KAMOI 17 11 125.28

Top 16 men qualified for Junior Nationals:
Shuntaro ASAGA Kinoshita Academy 1 2 196.14
*Haru KAKIUCHI Hyogo Nishinomiya F.S.C. 5 1 191.04
Haruya SASAKI KYOTO UNIV.F.S.C 8 3 180.56
*Takeru Amine KATAISE KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB 2 4 179.41 (qualified for JGP Final)
*Ryoga MORIMOTO Kinoshita Academy 4 7 168.18
Kazuhiro NAKURA OSAKA SKATING CLUB 6 6 165.74
Masaya MISHIMA 3 12 162.04
*Shunsuke NAKAMURA Kinoshita Academy 7 9 161.80 (qualified for JGP Final)
*Seigo TAUCHI Meito Figure Skating Club 10 8 158.11
Shioh KOJIMA Naniwa High School 17 5 156.65
Taichi ISOWA Kyoto Uji FSC 11 10 155.96
Yuki YOSHIOKA LYS 12 11 151.50
Kenta OMURA 13 13 146.94
Kazuna SATOU Howa minato landSkateclub 14 14 146.74
Youta MIHARA noiesu kanazaw fsc 15 15 143.93
Sora TARUMI 9 17 138.99

All 4 ice dance teams qualified for Junior Nationals:
*Nao KIDA / Masaya MORITA, both Kinoshita Academy 1 1 151.01
Sara KISHIMOTO / Atsuhiko TAMURA, both SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI 2 2 127.70
Kaho YAMASHITA / Yuto NAGATA 3 3 103.12
Nanami HARASAWA, Kanagawa FSC / Eisuke KUMANO, TAMADAIGAKUMEGURO HS 4 4 85.79


Eastern Section Championships (Senior and Junior singles) + Junior Pair, Nov. 3-6, 2022, in Maebashi, Gunma
Results (English version): https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_e/east/index.htm
Top 12 women qualified for Junior Nationals + the seeded Mone Chiba (last year's Jr. bronze medalist):
*Ami NAKAI MF Figure Skating Academy 2 1 185.86 (qualified for JGP Final)
Yurina OKUNO Komaba Gakuen Hich School 3 2 173.66
Yo TAKAGI MF Figure Skating Academy 4 4 168.71
*Mone CHIBA 1 5 167.43
Noa HOZUMI Komaba Gakuen Hich School 6 3 161.45
Sakurako TANABE Seisa highschool yokohama 7 6 149.13
Yurika IMAZEKI MF Figure Skating Academy 11 7 138.87
Ayumi NAKAO 12 8 138.03
Hono SEGAWA SENDAI FSC 8 10 130.90
Yuna NAGAOKA FUJI Girl's School 5 17 129.87
Miyu IRIE 10 13 127.25
Seira FUJINUMA 9 14 126.13
Miyuu HANADA 21 9 125.05

Top 9 men qualified for Junior Nationals:
*Rio NAKATA MF Figure Skating Academy 1 1 187.70
Ryusei KIKUCHI meguronihonunivhighschool 2 3 176.50
*Tudoi SUTO MF Figure Skating Academy 3 2 169.32
Daiya EBIHARA Meijijingugaien FSC 4 4 160.80
Tomoki KIMURA SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI 11 5 153.83
Ryota KITAMURA Nihon Univ 5 7 153.21
Hiroto HONDA 10 6 152.51
Sakura ODAGAKI meguronihonunivhighschool 9 8 148.28
Rei SUZUKI Hosei 7 12 142.77

Junior Pair (1):
*Haruna MURAKAMI / Sumitada MORIGUCHI, both Kinoshita Academy 1 1 142.07

Did not compete at his Sectional (seeded skater/last year's Jr. bronze medalist): Nozumu YOSHIOKA (qualified for JGP Final)


91st All Japan Junior Championships, Nov. 25-27, 2022, in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki (results in English will be published after the competition)
Schedule by day: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_j/national_jr/1108_schedule.pdf
Results page in Japanese (starting orders not yet posted): https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_j/national_jr/index.htm

These 2 tweets show all the qualifiers & their scores from the 3 competitions above: https://twitter.com/skatejapanews/status/1595470421247270916

ETA that I've since edited in the results/total scores of all the qualifiers for Junior Nationals (and noted all of this season's JGP competitors with *) above.

ETA the link to Jack Gallagher's preview in English: https://featured.japan-forward.com/...repeat-victory-at-japan-junior-championships/

 

[Tak]

A Test skate to choose Kyoto Prefecture representatives to Japan Junior High Championships was held on 19th November at Kinoshita Academy skate rink. Junior High Championships has, IIRC, three skaters from each prefecture. There are over one hundred competitors of which only the top 18 advance to the free skate.
Kyoto Test Skate (Free Skate only) concluded as follows
1. Mao Shimada 132.66 (Clean 3A but 4T< Fall)
2. Ayumi Shibayama 121.55 Clean Protocol!
3. Haruka Murakami 111.18 (3Sq+3T)
4. Ikura Kushida 106.44 (3Fq+3T< Fall, 3Loq+2T+2Lo)
This event only had 10 competitors, and it is a "Local" competition, but Kyoto local junior women events may be more difficult to podium than some JGPS. Top six were all Kinoshita Academy skaters, apparently using this event as a warm-up for the Japan Junior Championships.

 

[Tak]

Junior Men Top eight SP Results; Total, TES, PCS
1. Takeru Amine Kataise 83.27 46.28 36.99 (3A,3Lo,3Lz+3T, All Sp St lvl4)
2. Nozomu Yoshioka 71.84 39.44 32.40 (3A,3Lz+3T,3Lo, -GOE on two Spins)
3. Shunsuke Nakamura 70.28 37.21 34.07 (3A,3Lo,3Lz+3T-1.18, Stsq4 Fall)
4. Haruya Sasaki 67.31 37.58 29.73 (3A-0.80,3Lz+3T,3Lo)
5. Ryusei Kikuchi 63.92 33.95 29.97 (3A,3Lz+2T-2.01,3Lo)
6. Haru Kakiuchi 63.39 32.83 30.56 (3Lo,2A,3Lz+3T)
7. Rio Nakata 63.26 30.86 32.40 (3A, 3T+3T, 1Lo*)
8. Sena Takahashi (Nov A) 60.79 32.90 27.89 (3Lz!+3T-0.35,2A, 3Lo)
Kataise had totally clean protocol with +2 to +4 GOEs.

 

[Tak]

Junior Women Top 10 SP Results; Total, TES, PCS
1. Mao Shimada 66.52 38.33 28.19 (3Lo, 2A, 3Lz+3T, Stsq2)
2. Mone Chiba 65.72 36.05 29.67 (2A, 3Lz+3T< -0.71, 3Lo)
3. Ayumi Shibayama 65.39 37.66 27.73 (3Lz+3T, 2A, 3Lo, Stsq3)
4. Ami Nakai 65.12 37.33 27.79 (2A, 3Lz+3T, 3Lo, Stsq3)
5. Ikura Kushida 62.32 35.33 26.99 (3Lz+3T, 2A, 3Lo, Stsq3)
6. Yo Takagi 61.44 34.51 26.93 (3Lz+3T, 3Lo, 2A, Stsq3, CCoSp2V)
7. Yurina Okuno 60.45 32.52 27.93
8. Haruna Murakami 57.52 34.11 23.41
9. Kaoruko Wada 57.37 34.09 23.29
10. Noai Hozumi 57.22 31.55 25.67
Top 4 are within 1.5 point margin.
It is going to be exciting FP.

 

[Sylvia]

Thank you @Tak - link to the Junior Women SP protocols: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_j/national_jr/data0203.pdf

Junior Men SP protocols: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_j/national_jr/data0103.pdf
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9. Tsudoi Suto 60.65
10. Ryoga Morimoto 56.57

Junior Ice Dance final standings:
Nao KIDA / Masaya MORITA, both Kinoshita Academy 1 1 161.92 (96.75 in FD)
Sara KISHIMOTO / Atsuhiko TAMURA, both SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI 2 2133.82 (82.24 in FD)
Kaho YAMASHITA / Yuto NAGATA 3 3 109.15
Nanami HARASAWA, Kanagawa FSC / Eisuke KUMANO, TAMADAIGAKUMEGURO HS 4 4 94.31

Junior Pair:
Haruna MURAKAMI / Sumitada MORIGUCHI, both Kinoshita Academy 1 1 149.08 (96.36 in FS) - she also is competing in singles here

 

[Tak]

For the first time this season, BS Fuji broadcast live Junior Women Group 3 and 4. Usually broadcasts are taped delay by two weeks or more.
Results of top 8 are as follows (Ordinal, Total, FP Total, TES, PCS)
1. Mao Shimada 1,1 199.19 132.67 74.93 58.74 (3A<< Fall, 4T+2.09, 3Lzq)
2. Mone Chiba 2,2 193.15 127.43 68.70 58.73 (3Fq -0.42)
3. Ami Nakai 4,3 190.70 125.58 70.78 55.80 (3A+1.76)
4. Ikura Kushida 5,4 184.29 121.97 65.37 56.60 (just one -1 GOE)
5. Ayumi Shibayama 3,5 184.28 118.89 62.96 55.93 (1A-0.48)
6. Yurina Okuno 7,7 166.32 105.87 48.47 57.40 (1A, 2S<<)
7. Yo Takagi 6,8 166.07 104.63 53.37 51.26 (CCoSp2V, 1Lo)
8. Haruna Murakami 8,6 163.65 106.13 58.51 47.92 (3Lzq, 3F!, 2A<)
The top eight will compete in Senior Nationals.
Mao landed forward and fell doing the initial 3Ax. Then she nailed the 4T, Wow. The commentator (Kanako Murakami) said Ami Nakai may go for two 3Ax in FP, though Ami, in the end, did not go for it here.

 

[Sylvia]

Junior Nationals results/protocols (English version) https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_e/national_jr/index.htm

Junior Women - Final Results
PL Competitor Club SP FS Points
GOLD Mao SHIMADA Kinoshita Academy 1 1 199.19
SILVER Mone CHIBA 2 2 193.15
BRONZE Ami NAKAI MF Figure Skating Academy 4 3 190.70
4. Ikura KUSHIDA Kinoshita Academy 5 4 184.29
5. Ayumi SHIBAYAMA Kinoshita Academy 3 5 184.28
6. Yurina OKUNO Komaba Gakuen Hich School 7 7 166.32
7. Yo TAKAGI MF Figure Skating Academy 6 8 166.07
8. Haruna MURAKAMI Kinoshita Academy 8 6 163.65
9. Noa HOZUMI Komaba Gakuen Hich School 10 9 161.47
10. Kaoruko WADA Grand Prix Tokai Club 9 10 158.58
11. Sae SHIMIZU OSAKA SKATING CLUB 15 11 150.89
12. Riria KONO Kinoshita Academy 13 12 149.96
13. Rena UEZONO LYS 11 16 148.99
14. Kei YAMADA Kinoshita Academy 17 13 144.03
15. Mayuko OKA 14 18 142.99
16. Sakurako TANABE Seisa highschool yokohama 19 14 140.61
17. Arisa KAMOI 21 15 138.05
18. Nana SUGIYAMA Kyoto Uji FSC 12 21 136.39
19. Yurika IMAZEKI MF Figure Skating Academy 16 19 136.11
20. Ayumi NAKAO 24 17 136.04
21. Hono SEGAWA SENDAI FSC 20 20 129.23
22. Miyuu HANADA 18 22 126.75
23. Yuna NAGAOKA FUJI Girl's School 22 23 122.52
24. Ruka MIYAMOTO 23 24 120.83
Final not reached
25. Marin OKAMOTO 25 - -
26. Haruna Iwasaki NAMIHAYA ISC 26 - -
27. Miyu IRIE 27 - -
28. Seira FUJINUMA 28 - -
29. Koharu YUNOKI Kyoto Uji FSC 29 - -
30. Rei YOSHIMOTO 30 - -

SP protocols: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_e/national_jr/data0203.pdf
FS protocols: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_e/national_jr/data0205.pdf


Junior Men - Final Results
PL Competitor Club SP FS Points
GOLD Nozomu YOSHIOKA Hosei 2 2 209.57
SILVER Takeru Amine KATAISE KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB 1 6 208.22
BRONZE Haruya SASAKI KYOTO UNIV.F.S.C 4 1 207.96
4. Shunsuke NAKAMURA Kinoshita Academy 3 5 196.92
5. Rio NAKATA MF Figure Skating Academy 7 4 190.24
6. Haru KAKIUCHI Hyogo Nishinomiya F.S.C. 6 10 180.73
7. Tudoi SUTO MF Figure Skating Academy 9 8 179.85
8. Seigo TAUCHI Meito Figure Skating Club 17 3 179.25
9. Sena TAKAHASHI Kinoshita Academy 8 9 179.16
10. Ryusei KIKUCHI meguronihonunivhighschool 5 12 178.03
11. Ryoga MORIMOTO Kinoshita Academy 10 7 177.70
12. Taiga NISHINO Kanagawa FSC 12 11 170.74
13. Shuntaro ASAGA Kinoshita Academy 13 13 166.06
14. Kazuhiro NAKURA OSAKA SKATING CLUB 11 14 164.78
15. Hiroto HANAI Howa minato landSkateclub 18 17 154.34
16. Kazuna SATOU Howa minato landSkateclub 20 16 153.91
17. Yuki YOSHIOKA LYS 23 15 152.83
18. Kenta OMURA 16 18 150.29
19. Ryota KITAMURA Nihon Univ 14 20 144.31
20. Shioh KOJIMA Naniwa High School 24 19 142.64
21. Hiroto HONDA 15 23 139.27
22. Sakura ODAGAKI meguronihonunivhighschool 22 21 137.34
23. Youta MIHARA noiesu kanazaw fsc 21 22 135.76
24. Masaya MISHIMA 19 24 133.84
Final not reached
25. Taichi ISOWA Kyoto Uji FSC 25 - -
26. Rei SUZUKI Hosei 26 - -
27. Sora TARUMI 27 - -
28. Daiya EBIHARA Meijijingugaien FSC 28 - -
29. Tomoki KIMURA SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI 29 - -

SP protocols: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_e/national_jr/data0103.pdf
FS protocols: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_e/national_jr/data0105.pdf

 

[Tak]

Japanese Inter-collegiate Competiton (Free skating only) will be held in Tomakomai Hokkaido, on 5-7 January.
36 Skaters are slated to compete. Some of the entered skaters just competed in Japan Nationals.
Notable entries in reverse order of Nationals placements are;
DNQ Tomoe Kawabata (Waseda U)
25 Ibuki Sato (Meiji U)
22 Maria Egawa (Meiji U)
19 Yuhana Yokoi (Chukyo U)
16 Mako Yamashita (Chukyo U)
15 Saki Miyake (Okayama Science U)
14 Rion Sumiyoshi (Meiji U)
12 Rinka Watanabe (Hosei U)
7 Yuna Aoki (Nihon U)
1 Kaori Sakamoto (Kobe Gakuin U)
Since Mai Mihara is now in Graduate School, she may not qualify under Inter-collegiate rules.
Since Kaori and Rion (alongwith Mai) are to take part in Universiade, only one week later, some fans here are wondering if they are competing too much. It is noted that Kaori won this event (abridged to Free skate only due to extreme cold wave) last year.

 

[Sylvia]

Japanese Inter-collegiate Competiton will be held in Tomakomai Hokkaido, on 5-7 January.
36 Skaters are slated to compete. Some of the entered skaters just competed in Japan Nationals.

Thanks! Saw the results page link on Twitter ("7th and 8th grade" are the highest levels): https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_j/intercollegiate/

 

[Sylvia]

Intercollegiate competition, Jan. 5-7 (paid stream) info: https://twitter.com/skatejapanews/status/1610377239501086720

Men's Free Skating Order includes [2022-23 Nationals, Senior and/or Junior, final placements noted below]:

1 Kazuki Hasegawa Tokyo University of Science [S22]
...
3 Mitsuki Sumoto Kansai University [S24]
...
7 Haruya Sasaki Kyoto University [S15/J3]
8 Shingo Nishiyama Waseda University [S16]
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11 Yuto Kishina Kansai University [S25]
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13 Nozomu Yoshioka Hosei University [S10/J1]
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15 Taichiro Yamakuma Meiji University [S13]
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17 Shun Sato Meiji University [S4]
18 Kosho Oshima Meiji University [S14]
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21 Shogo Hikosaka Ritsumeikan University [S28]
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25 Tatsuya Tsuboi Kobe University [S9]
26 Takeru Amine Kataise Kansai University [S19/J2]
...
28 Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Doshisha University [S21]
29 Sumitada Moriguchi Doshisha University [S7]
...
31 Takumi Sugiyama Okayama University [S27]

 

[Sylvia]

Japan Intercollegiate Championships 2023 Men's top finishers (tweet copied out below): https://twitter.com/figureskatingm1/status/1611009777815146496

Level 7&8 Men’s top 6
(free skate only)

Shun Sato 181.28
Sumitada Moriguchi 162.87
Tatsuya Tsuboi 150.10
4 Nozomu Yoshioka 142.53
5 Takumi Sugiyama 134.97
6 Takeru Amine Kataise 133.90

The team win went to Meiji University.

FS protocols: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_j/intercollegiate/data0105.pdf

ETA:

7 Kosho Oshima 132.34
8 Kazuki Hasegawa 131.79
9 Taichiro Yamakuma 131.04 (his final competition)

Articles on the men's medalists:

Shun Sato:

【フィギュア】佐藤駿4回転ルッツ成功し181.28点「うまく力抜けた」GOEも4.60点 - フィギュア : 日刊スポーツ

昨年12月の全日本選手権4位の佐藤駿（18＝明治大）が個人優勝を果たした。4回転ルッツを成功させるなどし、2位と18.41点差の181.28点をたたき出した。… - 日刊スポーツ新聞社のニュースサイト、ニッカンスポーツ・コム（nikkansports.com）

www.nikkansports.com

Shun Sato (18 = Meiji University), who finished 4th at the All Japan Championship last December, won the individual championship. He successfully landed a quadruple Lutz and scored 181.28 points, 18.41 points behind second place.
The foundation for a good performance was the 6-minute practice just before. He tried the quad Lutz for the first time this year and felt good.
I decided to incorporate it at the beginning of the performance in a hurry, and decided on a jump that would lead to 4.60 points in the performance score (GOE). "Usually I'm tense, but I was able to relax." With this momentum, he continued to succeed in consecutive toe loops of 4 to 3 rotations one after another.
Every time Sato jumped high, Meidai's teammates cheered.

Sumitada Moriguchi:

【フィギュア】全日本ペアＶの森口澄士インカレ個人２位、ジャンプそろえ「自信につながる」 - フィギュア : 日刊スポーツ

昨年12月の全日本選手権でペア優勝＆男子シングル7位の森口澄士（21＝同志社大）が、個人2位に入った。162・87点をマークし、力強い演技で会場を魅了した。熱… - 日刊スポーツ新聞社のニュースサイト、ニッカンスポーツ・コム（nikkansports.com）

www.nikkansports.com

Sumitada Moriguchi (21 = Doshisha University), who won the pair championship and ranked 7th in men's singles at the All Japan Championship in December last year, came in 2nd place in the individual. He scored 162.87 points and fascinated the audience with his powerful performance.
A week and a half from All Japan, who showed off their passionate performance and were overjoyed with tears. "It's always been so fluffy(?), I can't forget it," said his excitement, while his performance in the northern land was still alive and well.
After deciding the first triple axel (three and a half rotations) - two toe loop consecutive jumps, in the second half he succeeded in three consecutive jumps of triple salchow - two and a half rotations - two and a half rotations. Even with a high jump and a stable landing, he completed 7 jumps without danger.
“We were able to finish without any major mistakes, and I think that will give us confidence.”

Tatsuya Tsuboi:

【フィギュア】壷井達也インカレ３位に悔しさ「アクセルがハマらなくて自分でもビックリした」 - フィギュア : 日刊スポーツ

昨年4月の世界ジュニア選手権で銅メダルを獲得した壷井達也（20＝神戸大）が150・10点をマークし、3位に入った。引き締まった表情でリンクイン。2本目で4回転… - 日刊スポーツ新聞社のニュースサイト、ニッカンスポーツ・コム（nikkansports.com）

www.nikkansports.com

Tatsuya Tsuboi [20 = Kobe University], who won the bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in April last year, scored 150.10 points and finished in 3rd place.
Link in with a firm expression. In the second jump, he succeeded in a continuous jump of a 4-turn salchow and a 2-turn toe loop. However, he fell on the first quad salchow and the triple axel (three and a half turns) in the second half, and put both hands on his knees after the finish. "Axel didn't really get into it, and he surprised himself," he recalls with anguish.
A week and a half ago. Finished 9th at the All Japan Championships. He was so frustrated that he thought, "I didn't even feel like taking a break," and continued practicing even during the New Year holidays. On days when I couldn't use the rink, I made up for it by training on land.
The stage of the intercollegiate that was greeted while the condition was improving. Again, he was unable to make the most of his training.
"Because I've practiced well, I wonder if I'm on the defensive or I can't attack... I'm honest that I'm shrinking because I think 'just like I practiced.'"
How can I get the results in the actual production? Superimpose your current location on other skaters.
“As for the women, Sakamoto and Mihara are concentrating in the actual performance even in consecutive matches, and they are constantly giving good performances.”

 

[Sylvia]

With 5 women to go in the Intercollegiate Women's FS: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_j/intercollegiate/data0405.htm
Kaori Sakamoto Kobe Gakuin University 146.62 [71.64/74.98]
Maria Egawa Meiji University 128.19
Mako Yamashita Chukyo University 122.12 (eta off-ice photo): https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/1611179850144059393
Saki Miyake Okayama University of Science 118.53
Yuna Aoki Nihon University 117.97 (eta off-ice photo): https://twitter.com/online_on_ice/status/1611176435619876865

#33 Rion Sumiyoshi Meiji University
#35 Rinka Watanabe Hosei University

 

[Sylvia]

Top 7:
1 Kaori Sakamoto Kobe Gakuin University 146.62 71.64 74.98 9.33 9.25 9.50 0.00 #27
2 Rinka Watanabe Hosei University 129.97 68.00 62.97 7.83 7.83 7.92 1.00 #35
3 Maria Egawa Meiji University 128.19 68.20 60.99 7.50 7.67 7.67 1.00 #31
4 Mako Yamashita Chukyo University 122.12 65.27 57.85 7.08 7.17 7.42 1.00 #5
5 Saki Miyake Okayama University of Science 118.53 60.24 58.29 7.25 7.08 7.50 0.00 #6
6 Yuna Aoki Nihon University 117.97 59.23 58.74 7.33 7.42 7.25 0.00 #1
7 Rion Sumiyoshi Meiji University 116.32 56.88 61.44 7.67 7.67 7.67 2.00 #33

FS protocols: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_j/intercollegiate/data0405.pdf

ETA 3 articles:

Kaori Sakamoto wins two consecutive university intercollegiate championships:

【フィギュア】坂本花織、大学背負いインカレ２連覇　年末年始挟むも「だいぶ楽に挑めた」 - フィギュア : 日刊スポーツ

昨季の世界選手権女王で、昨年12月の全日本選手権で優勝した坂本花織（22＝神戸学院大）が146・62点をマークし、大会2連覇を果たした。2位に16・65点差を… - 日刊スポーツ新聞社のニュースサイト、ニッカンスポーツ・コム（nikkansports.com）

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From January onwards, the Winter World University Games (12-22, Lake Placid, USA) and the Winter National Athletic Meet (27-31, Aomori/Hachinohe) will be held, and this tournament is positioned as a "stopper" to discipline itself. On this day as well, I checked my current location, saying, "I'm full of jumps." Through the intercollegiate, he found improvement points, saying, "I want to improve my other expressiveness while stabilizing my jumps."
It was my first time skiing at Tomakomai. The night before, she enjoyed a Hokkaido dinner with Saki Miyake (20 = Okayama University of Science). “I ate scallops, salmon, seafood.

Rinka Watanabe:

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不撓（ふとう）不屈の心で、日々歩み続ける。今季のグランプリ（GP）シリーズ第2戦スケートカナダで初出場初優勝を収めた渡辺倫果（20＝法政大）が129.97点を… - 日刊スポーツ新聞社のニュースサイト、ニッカンスポーツ・コム（nikkansports.com）

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Rinka Watanabe (20 = Hosei University), who won her first victory in the second round of the Grand Prix (GP) series this season, Skate Canada, finished second with a score of 129.97.
She fell on the opening triple axel (three and a half rotations), but after that she fixed a loop-toe loop consecutive three-rotation jump and recovered. However, after the performance, she explained with frustration, "I was going to go with a two-[3]axel configuration, but I failed, so I switched to loop-toe."

I can't help but think back to two weeks ago. Although she came in 4th place in the GP final, she finished 12th in the All Japan Championship.
"I was really, really disappointed."
After the short program, she cried in the coverage area.
Under such circumstances, his performance this season was evaluated, and she was selected to represent Japan in the Four Continents Championships (Colorado Springs, USA) in February and the World Championships (Saitama Super Arena) in March.

Although she was selected according to the selection criteria, something like confusion spread in her mind.
"No matter how much (the selection criteria) were met, for someone ranked 12th in the national team to go... (the people around me) were more confused than they were."
I wonder if it's okay with me It was the warm ale[?] that saved my wavering thoughts.
“There were more voices of support than I thought.”
If you think about it, this season, I was saved by the voices of the fans.
"I fell in love at first sight when I saw the performance of the GP series" "I got the energy to live"
Every time I received a message or letter, I was encouraged.

Saki Miyake:

【フィギュア】三宅咲綺５位　フリー118.53「練習してきて良かった」安定感光る　インカレ - フィギュア : 日刊スポーツ

昨年12月の全日本選手権15位の三宅咲綺（＝岡山理科大）が118・53点をマークし、5位に入った。安定感のある演技が光った。冒頭の3回転フリップ、2本目の3回… - 日刊スポーツ新聞社のニュースサイト、ニッカンスポーツ・コム（nikkansports.com）

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Saki Miyake (=Okayama University of Science), who finished 15th at the All Japan Championship last December, scored 118.53 points to finish in 5th place.
The performance with a sense of stability shined. Calmly landed the opening triple flip and the second triple Lutz. I slid wide on the rink and stepped on my steps. "I'm glad I practiced," she said with a smile.
All Japan Short Program (SP) she finished 5th and was skating in the final group. However, in the free skate on the 24th, she dropped to 16th due to a jump mistake and a fall.

Her score did not improve, and she finished 15th overall. Before and after the free skate, the coach told me, ``Let's become a player worthy of the final group.'' There was also a men's free skate on the following day, the 25th, but I didn't watch the game and started practicing immediately.
“It was frustrating, but the season will continue.
After a week and a half of adjustment, I welcomed the intercollegiate. From the all-Japan free skate, she increased her score by nearly 10 points. "I'm the type to practice right away if I'm frustrated." The voice that confessed so brightly resounded in the coverage area.

In May of last year, she moved from Okayama to Kobe and studied under Sonoko Nakano, who coaches Kaori Sakamoto and Mai Mihara. With her solid growth in mind, her new year begins.
“This year, I want to improve my personal best every time I skate, not in my ranking.”
In order to make the vow a reality, I will devote myself to practice this year as well.

 

[Tak]

The Japanese Inter-high school Championships will take place 16-17 January 2023. This year's championships will only have 36 skaters in Women and 22 in Men, since the original host Gunma Prefecture declined (due to COVID situation), and neighboring Saitama Prefecture agreed to host smaller scale competition. This year, only top 18 Women and 12 Men is to advance to Free. In a normal year, around a hundred skaters compete in Women SP, divided into three groups.
Notable competitors in Women include;
Mone Chiba (Tohoku High)
Hana Yoshida (Chukyo U. Chukyo High)
Mana Kawabe (Ditto)
Rino Matsuike (Ditto)
Yurina Okuno (Komaba Gakuen High)
It is noted that Mao, Ami, Ayumi and Ikura will probably compete in Junior High Championships, later this year.
Edited to correct competition dates. Monday to Tuesday is rare, perhaps due to Saitama being a back-up venue.

 

[Tak]

The Inter-High Championships Women SP was completed. Top 5 TSS TES PCS (Jumps) were as follows;
1. Mana Kawabe 66.65 36.06 30.59 (2A, 3Lo, 3Lz!+3T)
2. Hana Yoshida 65.67 36.08 29.59 (2A, 3Lz+3T, 3Lo) Clean!
3. Rino Matsuike 63.07 32.93 31.14 -1.00 (2A, 3Lz+3T, 3Lo<<F)
4. Mone Chiba 61.72 31.24 30.48 (2A, 3Lz!<+3T< -2.20, 3Lo)
5. Yurina Okuno 61.37 32.00 29.37 (2A, 3Lz+2T, 3Loq)

In Men's, top 4 were as follows;
1. Shunsuke Nakamura 80.69 44.39 36.30 (3A, 3Lo, 3Lz+3T)
2. Kao Miura 78.89 39.64 39.25 (3Lo, 3A, 3F+3T<)
3. Tsudoi Suto 73.79 40.07 33.42 (3A, 3Lz!+3T, 3Lo)
4. Ryoga Morimoto 66.62 35.31 31.31 (2A, 3Lz+3T, 3Lo)

 

[Tak]

The Inter-high school Championships were concluded. Top 4 Women Rank, Ordinals, Total, FS. FS TES, FS PCS, (Jumps) were as follows.
1. Mana Kawabe 1,1 194.01, 127.36 61.93 65.43 (2A, 3Lz!+3T+2T, 3Lo, 3Lz+3Tq -1.57,3F!+2T, 3S)
2. Rino Matsuike 3,2 180.97 117.90 54.69 63.21 (3Lo, 3Lz+3Tq+2T, 2A, 1A, 3Lz+3T<, 2F!+2T, 3S)
3. Mone Chiba 4,3 176.70 114.98 59.22 56.76 -1.00(3Lz+3T, 2A, 3S, 3F, 3Loq, 3Fq+2A, 3Lz!<F)
4. Hana Yoshida 2,4 173.87 108.20 52.46 56.74 -1.00 (3A -2,40,2A+3T,3Lo, 3F!, 3Lz<F, 1Lz, 3S+2A+2T)
There were some recognizable names in officials. One of Technical Specialists was Yoshie Onda and Judge#2 was Yukari Nakano! It is so nice to see them continuing to be involved in figure skating.

Men Free was somewhat of a splatfest, Top three were as follows
1. Kao Miura 2,1 230.15 151.26 76.37 76.89 -2.00 (3A+3S, 4T+3T, 4S, 3A, 4Tq F, 3Fq, 3Lo+2A F, Invalid CCoSp)
2. Shunsuke Nakamura 1,2 212.21 131.52 62.02 70.50 -1.00(4Tq F, 3A+2T, 3Lz+2T, 3F!, 1A, 3Lz+3S, 3Lo)
3. Tsudoi Suto 3,4 185.65 112.16 53.39 60.77 -2.00

 

[Sylvia]

Thank you, @Tak!

Link to the results page (Japanese only) for the 72nd National High School Skating Championships, January 15-17, 2023, at the Saitama Ice Arena: https://www.jsfresults.com/National/2022-2023/fs_j/highschool/index.htm

ETA that Shunsuke Nakamura has shared an on ice group selfie & other pics: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnhWZlhpWCE/

Kao Miura: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnhUBqKJoLN/
Mana Kawabe: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cng7XxOJXC2/

 

[Tak]

The Winter National Athletics Figure Skating Event was concluded. Each prefecture sends two member team and lowest aggregate ordinal team wins this event. This year Hyogo prefecture fielded a team composed of reigning World and GPF+4CC Champions! It was not surprising Hyogo won Senior Women.
Senior Women
1. Kaori Sakamoto 1,1 238.63 Hyogo
2. Rinka Watanabe 8,2 208.63 Aomori (Messed up SP but nailed 3Ax in the Free)
3. Mai Mihara 2.3 207.11 Hyogo
4. Mako Yamashita 3,5 193.19 Aichi
5. Rion Sumiyoshi 4,7 190.65 Tokyo
6. Maria Egawa 9,4 181.92 Fukuoka
7. Saki Miyake 5.8 180.15 Okayama
8. Yuhana Yokoi 11,6 177.89 Aichi
9. Akari Matsubara 6,9 172.67 Tokyo
10. Yuna Aoki 7,10 170.68 Kanagawa
1. Hyogo 2. Aichi 3. Tokyo 4. Aomori 5. Fukuoka 6. Kanagawa
Senior Men
A surprising return of "retired" skater at ninth place, and no, he did not contravene "Zayak" rule here.
1. Shun Sato 4,1 253.12 Saitama (Messed up SP but, Nailed 4Lz in the Free)
2. Sota Yamamoto 2.3 234.20 Aichi
3. Tatsuya Tsuboi 6,2 228.13 Aichi
4. Kazuki Tomono 1,7 220.39 Osaka
5. Sumitada Moriguchi 3,8 216.15 Kyoto
6. Nozomu Yoshioka 7,4 214.89 Hyogo
7. Kosho Oshima 10,5 206.74 Saitama
8. Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda 5,9 204.99 Shiga
9. Nobunari Oda 12,6 201.46 Osaka (jumps were decent, but did not get good levels in Spins and Stsq)
10. Yuki Kunikata 9,10 188.85 Tokyo
11. Shingo Nishiyama 11,11 183.14 Tokyo (Perhaps his last singles skate, ice dance only from next season)
1. Aichi 2. Saitama 3. Osaka 4. Hyogo 5. Kyoto 6. Tokyo

 

[nlloyd]

Good for Nobunari. That's an impressive score for someone who hasn't skated competitively for quite a while!

 

[Tak]

The top Junior results were as follows;
Junior Women
1. Mone Chiba 1,1 191.86 Miyagi
2. Yo Takagi 2,2 172.25 Tokyo
3. Rino Matsuike 3,5 169.90 Aichi
4. Hana Yoshida 5,4 165.80 Kyoto
5. Ayumi Shibayama 16,3 158.56 Kyoto
6. Yurina Okuno 4,7 155.30 Tokyo
7. Kinayu Yokoi 8,6 150.57 Aichi
8. Hono Segawa 7,8 146.81 Miyagi
1. Tokyo 8, 2. Miyagi 9, 3. Kyoto 9, 4. Aichi 10
They needed tie breaker to determine second and third. Mone was clean but rather underwhelming results for Hana and Ayumi.

Junior Men
1. Tsudoi Suto 1,1 198.12 Chiba
2. Shunsuke Nakamura 2,2 190.03 Aichi
3. Ryoga Morimoto 5,3 177.34 Kyoto
4. Haru Kakiuchi 3,4 172.16 Hyogo
5. Ryusei Kikuchi 4,5 168,86 Tokyo
1. Aichi, 2. Saitama, 3. Kyoto, 4. Tokyo, 5. Osaka

 

[Tak]

Japan Junior High Championships started.
Since there are around 80 competitors in Women, Group A and B SP of around 40 each will be conducted. Only 18 highest scoring skaters advance to Free.
SP Group A
1. Mao Shimada 70.55 (3Lo 1.47, 2A 0.88, 3Lz+3T 2.16, all sp, stsq were lvl 4. All GOE was +2 or higher.)
2. Ikura Kushida 65.42 clean skate
3. Ayumi Shibayama 65.29 clean skate
4.Haruna Murakami 57.11
5. Nana Sugiyama 53.99
Top 5 were all from Kyoto. The only non-Kyoto competitive skater was Yo Takagi from Tokyo, but she WD.
SP Goup B with Ami Nakai, Kaoruko Wada are to skate on Monday.

 

[Tak]

Group B SP was cocluded.
1. Ami Nakai 66.40 (2A, 3Lz+3T +1.77, 3Lo) Clean Skate
2. Kaoruko Wada 58. 19-2051 (3Lo, 2A, 3Lzq+3T<)
3. Mao Yaguchi 57.32 (3Lo, 2A, 3T+2T) Clean skate
4. Yuna Maeda 50.26
Kaoruko and Mao Yaguchi represent Maezu Junior High in Nagoya, Midori Ito's Alma Mater. Mao Yaguchi was second behind Mao Shimada in Novice B during 19-20 Novice Nationals. It is nice to see her back.

Top eight going into Free tomorrow, are;
1. Mao Shimada 70.55
2. Ami Nakai 66.40
3. Ikura Kushida 65.42
4. Ayumi Shibayama 65.29
5. Kaoruko Wada 58.51
6. Mao Yaguchi 57.32
7. Haruna Murakami 57.11
8. Nana Sugiyama 53.99

 

[Tak]

Junior High Champioships concluded. Top 6 Women were as follows, Ordinals, Total Score, Free Score.
1. Mao Shimada 1,1 197.00 126.51 (3A +1.60, 4T<F, 3S+3T<F, Two falls may not bode well for Junior Worlds)
2. Ikura Kushida 3,2 185.68 120.26 (3S+3T<F otherwise clean)
3. Ami Nakai 2,3 184.31 117.91 (2A<<, 2A*, 3F!+Eu+3S, had three 2A, although the first one was clearly intended as 3A)
4. Ayumi Shibayama 4,4 182.03 116.74 (3Lzq+3T<, 3F!)
5. Kaoruko Wada 5,5 174.63 116.12 (3Lz+3T<, 2A+3Tq+2T, 3Fe+2T)
6. Haruna Murakami 163.23 106.12 (3Lz -1.77, 3F!, 3Lz<+3T)
IMHO, these top 6 skaters will participate in JGPs next season.
This event concludes the national domestic competition season in Japan.