Japan Open (figure skating)

The Japan Open is an annual senior international figure skating team competition organized by the Japan Skating Federation. From 1997 until 2001, Japan Open was an individual competition in all four figure skating disciplines. The current format, a team competition, was established in 2006. The competition is held every autumn in Japan. Invited skaters compete in men's and women’s singles. Skaters perform a free program but no short. Individual results are combined for a team standing.

2023 edit

The 2023 competition was held on October 7, 2023 at the Saitama Super Arena.[1]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Ilia Malinin   United States 193.91
2 Kazuki Tomono   Japan 177.72
3 Koshiro Shimada   Japan 164.26
4 Kevin Aymoz   France 155.20
5 Jason Brown   United States 144.38
6 Morisi Kvitelashvili   Georgia 125.17

Women edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 149.59
2 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 140.31
3 Isabeau Levito   United States 135.63
4 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 123.22
5 Kimmy Repond   Switzerland 122.63
6 Mariah Bell   United States 103.95

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 614.79
2 Team North America 577.87
3 Team Europe 543.31

2022 edit

The 2022 competition was held on October 8, 2022 at the Saitama Super Arena.

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Shoma Uno   Japan 193.80
2 Ilia Malinin   United States 193.42
3 Kao Miura   Japan 169.94
4 Daniel Grassl   Italy 166.21
5 Jason Brown   United States 163.57
6 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 98.26

Women edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 146.66
2 Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 132.53
3 Mariah Bell   United States 119.40
4 Ekaterina Kurakova   Poland 115.49
5 Rika Kihira   Japan 113.44
6 Mirai Nagasu   United States 100.88

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 623.84
2 Team North America 577.27
3 Team Europe 512.49

2021 edit

The 2021 competition was held on October 2, 2021 at the Saitama Super Arena.

Like the previous year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition featured two teams composed entirely of domestic Japanese skaters, rather than the traditional three teams drawn from their respective regions (Europe, Japan, and North America) However, only senior amateur skaters were included, whereas traditionally, professional skaters are also included and the previous year featured several junior skaters as well.[2]

Men edit

Rank Name Team Points
1   Shoma Uno Team Blue 181.21
2   Shun Sato Team Blue 179.32
3   Keiji Tanaka Team Red 163.93
4   Sōta Yamamoto Team Blue 156.13
5   Kazuki Tomono Team Red 147.44
4   Sena Miyake Team Red 126.46

Women edit

Rank Name Team Points
1   Wakaba Higuchi Team Blue 136.27
2   Rino Matsuike Team Red 135.12
3   Mana Kawabe Team Red 134.91
4   Kaori Sakamoto Team Red 133.26
5   Mai Mihara Team Blue 124.24
6   Satoko Miyahara Team Blue 119.69

Overall edit

Rank Team Points
1 Team Blue 896.86
2 Team Red 841.12

2020 edit

The 2020 competition was held on October 3, 2020 at the Saitama Super Arena.[3]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition featured two teams composed of domestic Japanese skaters only, rather than the traditional three teams drawn from their respective regions (Europe, Japan, and North America). Senior, junior, and professional skaters will be included.[4]

Men edit

Rank Name Team Points
1   Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda Team Red 137.99
2   Sōta Yamamoto Team Blue 137.97
3   Ryuju Hino Team Red 120.37
4   Hiraoki Sato Team Blue 119.52

Ladies edit

Rank Name Team Points
1   Mako Yamashita Team Red 126.94
2   Wakaba Higuchi Team Blue 123.01
3   Tomoe Kawabata Team Red 112.63
4   Yuhana Yokoi Team Blue 109.57
5   Hana Yoshida Team Blue 107.56
6   Chisato Uramatsu Team Red 95.70

Overall edit

Rank Team Points
1 Team Blue 597.63
2 Team Red 593.63

2019 edit

The 2019 competition was held on October 5, 2019 at the Saitama Super Arena.[5]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Nathan Chen   United States 189.83
2 Shoma Uno   Japan 169.09
3 Vincent Zhou   United States 167.64
4 Koshiro Shimada   Japan 153.37
5 Javier Fernández   Spain 153.14
6 Deniss Vasiļjevs   Latvia 146.65

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Alexandra Trusova   Russia 160.53
2 Alina Zagitova   Russia 154.41
3 Rika Kihira   Japan 144.76
4 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 134.94
5 Bradie Tennell   United States 124.91
6 Mirai Nagasu   United States 111.04

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Europe 614.73
2 Team Japan 602.16
3 Team North America 593.42

2018 edit

The 2018 competition was held on October 6, 2018 at the Saitama Super Arena.[6]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Shoma Uno   Japan 186.69
2 Nobunari Oda   Japan 176.95
3 Javier Fernández   Spain 157.86
4 Nathan Chen   United States 144.96
5 Deniss Vasiļjevs   Latvia 129.32
6 Jeremy Abbott   United States 124.06

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Alina Zagitova   Russia 159.18
2 Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 130.28
3 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 127.99
4 Bradie Tennell   United States 126.86
5 Mariah Bell   United States 120.57
6 Maria Sotskova   Russia 111.78

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 621.91
2 Team Europe 558.14
3 Team North America 516.45

2017 edit

The 2017 competition was held on October 7, 2017 at the Saitama Super Arena.[7]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Javier Fernández   Spain 189.47
2 Nathan Chen   United States 178.46
3 Shoma Uno   Japan 175.45
4 Nobunari Oda   Japan 158.24
5 Jeremy Abbott   United States 143.48
6 Alexei Bychenko   Israel 128.52

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Evgenia Medvedeva   Russia 152.08
2 Mai Mihara   Japan 147.83
3 Alina Zagitova   Russia 145.28
4 Mirai Nagasu   United States 134.69
5 Marin Honda   Japan 133.41
6 Karen Chen   United States 116.32

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Europe 615.35
2 Team Japan 614.93
3 Team North America 572.95

2016 edit

The 2016 competition was held on October 1, 2016 at the Saitama Super Arena.[8]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Shoma Uno   Japan 198.55
2 Javier Fernandez   Spain 192.20
3 Nobunari Oda   Japan 178.72
4 Jeremy Abbott   United States 166.99
5 Adam Rippon   United States 166.85
6 Florent Amodio   France 124.35

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Evgenia Medvedeva   Russia 147.07
2 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 143.39
3 Ashley Wagner   United States 132.12
4 Anna Pogorilaya   Russia 132.04
5 Wakaba Higuchi   Japan 116.99
6 Gracie Gold   United States 108.24

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 637.65
2 Team Europe 595.66
3 Team North America 574.20

2015 edit

The 2015 competition was held on October 3, 2015 at the Saitama Super Arena.[9]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Shoma Uno   Japan 185.48
2 Javier Fernández   Spain 176.24
3 Patrick Chan   Canada 159.14
4 Jeremy Abbott   United States 153.72
5 Daisuke Murakami   Japan 145.77
6 Brian Joubert   France 105.51

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Mao Asada   Japan 141.70
2 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 134.67
3 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 128.34
4 Adelina Sotnikova   Russia 118.81
5 Ashley Wagner   United States 117.84
6 Gracie Gold   United States 114.53

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 607.62
2 Team North America 545.23
3 Team Europe 528.90

2014 edit

The 2014 competition was held on October 4, 2014 at the Saitama Super Arena.[10]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Patrick Chan   Canada 178.17
2 Javier Fernández   Spain 155.47
3 Takahito Mura   Japan 146.41
4 Tomáš Verner   Czech Republic 137.50
5 Jeffrey Buttle   Canada 136.08
6 Takahiko Kozuka   Japan 119.51

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Elena Radionova   Russia 136.46
2 Satoko Miyahara   Japan 131.94
3 Anna Pogorilaya   Russia 122.52
4 Kanako Murakami   Japan 114.38
5 Mirai Nagasu   United States 106.85
6 Ashley Wagner   United States 100.99

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Europe 551.95
2 Team North America 522.09
3 Team Japan 512.24

2013 edit

The 2013 competition was held on October 5, 2013.[11]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Javier Fernández   Spain 176.91
2 Takahiko Kozuka   Japan 158.32
3 Jeremy Abbott   United States 157.70
4 Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 149.12
5 Jeffrey Buttle   Canada 127.43
6 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 125.74

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Mao Asada   Japan 135.16
2 Joannie Rochette   Canada 123.99
3 Ashley Wagner   United States 119.77
4 Adelina Sotnikova   Russia 105.95
5 Kanako Murakami   Japan 102.15
6 Irina Slutskaya   Russia 69.24

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 544.85
2 Team North America 528.89
3 Team Europe 477.84

2012 edit

The 2012 competition was held on October 6, 2012.[12]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 172.06
2 Takahiko Kozuka   Japan 165.08
3 Jeffrey Buttle   Canada 160.86
4 Evgeni Plushenko   Russia 156.21
5 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 151.53
6 Patrick Chan   Canada 137.42

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Ashley Wagner   United States 123.57
2 Mao Asada   Japan 122.04
3 Akiko Suzuki   Japan 110.07
4 Alena Leonova   Russia 107.94
5 Elene Gedevanishvili   Georgia 94.84
6 Agnes Zawadzki   United States 89.95

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 569.25
2 Team North America 511.80
3 Team Europe 510.52

2011 edit

The 2011 competition was held on October 1, 2011 at the Saitama Super Arena.[13]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Patrick Chan   Canada 159.93
2 Artur Gachinski   Russia 152.71
3 Takahiko Kozuka   Japan 148.21
4 Jeffrey Buttle   Canada 138.33
5 Florent Amodio   France 138.25
6 Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 130.79

Ladies edit

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva replaced the injured Sarah Meier.[14]

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva   Russia 118.59
2 Joannie Rochette   Canada 112.74
3 Akiko Suzuki   Japan 112.46
4 Alena Leonova   Russia 108.39
5 Alissa Czisny   United States 107.64
6 Miki Ando   Japan 88.11

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team North America 518.64
2 Team Europe 517.94
3 Team Japan 479.57

2010 edit

The 2010 event was held on October 2, 2010 at the Saitama Super Arena.[15]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Adam Rippon   United States 166.63
2 Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 159.19
3 Evgeni Plushenko   Russia 151.00
4 Takahiko Kozuka   Japan 150.71
5 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 134.90
6 Jeffrey Buttle   Canada 128.39

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Joannie Rochette   Canada 122.71
2 Miki Ando   Japan 115.02
3 Cynthia Phaneuf   Canada 99.50
4 Sarah Meier   Switzerland 92.73
5 Mao Asada   Japan 92.44
6 Júlia Sebestyén   Hungary 81.48

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 517.36
2 Team North America 517.23
3 Team Europe 460.11

2009 edit

The 2009 event was held on October 3, 2009 at the Saitama Super Arena.[16]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Stephane Lambiel   Switzerland 150.52
2 Jeffrey Buttle   Canada 142.26
3 Jeremy Abbott   United States 132.87
4 Takahiko Kozuka   Japan 130.13
5 Samuel Contesti   Italy 117.49
6 Takeshi Honda   Japan 109.58

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Joannie Rochette   Canada 126.39
2 Laura Lepistö   Finland 110.86
3 Mao Asada   Japan 102.94
4 Yukari Nakano   Japan 91.52
5 Jelena Glebova   Estonia 85.16
6 Beatrisa Liang   United States 62.38

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Europe 464.03
2 Team North America 463.90
3 Team Japan 434.17

2008 edit

The 2008 event was held on April 20, 2008 at the Saitama Super Arena.[17]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Evan Lysacek   United States 151.95
2 Stephane Lambiel   Switzerland 146.49
3 Adrian Schultheiss   Sweden 132.90
4 Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 127.23
5 Takeshi Honda   Japan 114.70
6 Todd Eldredge   United States 111.94

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Mao Asada   Japan 128.03
2 Sarah Meier   Switzerland 123.11
3 Yukari Nakano   Japan 121.86
4 Kimmie Meissner   United States 109.50
5 Mirai Nagasu   United States 108.42
6 Kiira Korpi   Finland 85.95

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 491.82
2 Team Europe 488.45
3 Team North America 481.81

2007 edit

The 2007 event was held on April 29, 2007 at the Saitama Super Arena.[18]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Nobunari Oda   Japan 150.59
2 Jeffrey Buttle   Canada 140.73
3 Brian Joubert   France 132.76
4 Takahiko Kozuka   Japan 132.76
5 Alexei Yagudin   Russia 128.43
6 Todd Eldredge   United States 117.52

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Miki Ando   Japan 112.65
2 Sarah Meier   Switzerland 111.29
3 Joannie Rochette   Canada 107.78
4 Mao Asada   Japan 101.47
5 Kiira Korpi   Finland 98.63
6 Kimmie Meissner   United States 92.78

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 497.47
2 Team Europe 471.11
3 Team North America 458.81

2006 edit

The 2006 event was held on March 14, 2006 at the Saitama Super Arena.[19]

Men edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Stephane Lambiel   Switzerland 141.80
2 Daisuke Takahashi   Japan 141.10
3 Jeffrey Buttle   Canada 139.40
4 Emanuel Sandhu   Canada 130.90
5 Takeshi Honda   Japan 119.70
6 Alexei Yagudin   Russia 112.70

Ladies edit

Rank Name Nation Points
1 Mao Asada   Japan 125.72
2 Joannie Rochette   Canada 117.64
3 Sarah Meier   Switzerland 104.56
4 Miki Ando   Japan 104.56
5 Kiira Korpi   Finland 86.66
6 Alissa Czisny   United States 85.40

Team result edit

Rank Name Total points
1 Team Japan 491.08
2 Team North America 473.34
3 Team Europe 445.72

References edit

  1. ^ "Japan Open 2023". International Skating Union. 7 October 2013.
  2. ^ "フィギュア・ジャパンオープン開催、日本アマ選手のみ2チーム対抗団体戦" [Figure skating: Japan Open held, only 2 teams of Japanese amateur skaters competing in team competition]. Yahoo! Japan (in Japanese). September 7, 2021. Archived from the original on September 7, 2021. Retrieved September 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "Japan Open 2020". Japan Skating Federation. October 3, 2020.
  4. ^ TV Tokyo Figure Skating [@tvtokyo_figure] (September 4, 2020). "10月3日(土)さいたまスーパーアリーナにて「フィギュアスケートジャパンオープン 2020 Challenge」の開催が決定!" [The "Figure Skating Japan Open 2020 Challenge" will be held at the Saitama Super Arena on Saturday, October 3!] (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "2019 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation.
  6. ^ "2018 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation.
  7. ^ "2017 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation.
  8. ^ "2016 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation.
  9. ^ "2015 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation.
  10. ^ "2014 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation.
  11. ^ "2013 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation.
  12. ^ "2012 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation.
  13. ^ "2011 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 2017-07-18. Retrieved 2011-10-01.
  14. ^ Vernon, Nadin (October 25, 2011). "Catching up with Sarah Meier". Absolute Skating. Retrieved October 27, 2011.
  15. ^ "2010 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
  16. ^ "2009 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02.
  17. ^ "2008 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24.
  18. ^ "2007 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation.
  19. ^ "2006 Japan Open Detailed Results". Japan Skating Federation Official Results & Data Site. Japan Skating Federation.

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