Japan Figure Skating Championships

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.

Japan Figure Skating Championships
Status	Active
Genre	National championships
Frequency	Annual
Country	Japan
Previous event	2024–25 Japan Championships
Next event	2025–26 Japan Championships
Organized by	Japan Skating Federation

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

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

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

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		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. 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

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

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	Machiko Kinoshita Takatsugu Hashiguchi	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		Kotoe Nagasawa Hiroshi Nagakubo	Sachiko Kobayashi Koji Tanaka	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				Nahoko Asano Koji Okajima
1977–78	Kyoto		Tomoko Tanaka Kuro Ozaki	Hamae Kato Hiromichi Ogihara
1978–79	Tokyo	Kyoko Ogiwara Hisairo Ozaki	Matsumoto Kiyoko Shiotani Makoto	Hamae Kato Koji Okajima
1979–80		Yukiko Okabe Takashi Mura	Mutsumi Takezaki Koji Okajima	Matsumoto Kiyoko Shiotani Makoto
1980–81		Toshimi Ito Takashi Mura	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	Rena Inoue Tomoaki Koyama	No other competitors
1991–92	Kobe
1992–93	Nagoya	Yukiko Kawasaki Alexei Tikhonov
1993–94	Yokohama
1994–96	No pairs competitors
1996–97	Nagano	Marie Arai Taketo Tamura	Makiko Ogasawara Takeo Ogasawara	Takako Kimura Kenichi Miyo
1997–98	Kobe	Marie Arai Shin Amano	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	Yuko Kavaguti Alexander Markuntsov	Makiko Ogasawara Takeo Ogasawara	No other competitors	[15]
2002–03	Kyoto				[16]
2003–04	Nagano	No pairs competitors			[17]
2004–05	Yokohama	Yuko Kavaguti Devin Patrick	No other competitors		[18]
2005–08	No pairs competitors
2008–09	Nagano	Narumi Takahashi Mervin Tran	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	Narumi Takahashi Ryuichi Kihara	No other competitors		[27]
2014–15	Nagano				[28]
2015–16	Sapporo	Sumire Suto Francis Boudreau-Audet	Marin Ono Wesley Killing	Miu Suzaki Ryuichi Kihara	[29]
2016–17	Osaka		Miu Suzaki Ryuichi Kihara	Marin Ono Wesley Killing	[30]
2017–18	Tokyo	Miu Suzaki Ryuichi Kihara	Narumi Takahashi Ryo Shibata	Riku Miura Shoya Ichihashi	[31]
2018–19	Osaka		No other competitors		[32]
2019–20	Tokyo	Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara			[33]
2020–21	Nagano	No pairs competitors			[34]
2021–22	Saitama	Miyu Yunoki Shoya Ichihashi	No other competitors		[35]
2022–23	Osaka	Haruna Murakami Sumitada Moriguchi			[36]
2023–24	Nagano	Yuna Nagaoka Sumitada Moriguchi			[37]
2024–25	Osaka	Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara	Yuna Nagaoka Sumitada Moriguchi	Sae Shimizu Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda	[38]

Ice dance

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			Sachiko Sakano Tadayuki Takahashi	Yumiko Kage Toshinori Fujisawa
1977–78	Kyoto	Michiko Abe Nozomi Sakai	Yumiko Kage Tadayuki Takahashi	Sachiko Sakano Sho Sekine
1978–79	Tokyo	Yumiko Kage Tadayuki Takahashi	Michiko Abe Nozomi Sakai	Noriko Sato Sho Sekine
1979–80		Noriko Sato Tadayuki Takahashi		Rumiko Michigami Toshiyuki Tanaka
1980–81			Yumiko Kakege Yuki Nakajima	Akiko Okabe Tamao Arai
1981–82			Akiko Okabe Tamao Arai	Tomoko Tanaka Hiroyuki Suzuki
1982–83			Yumiko Kakege Yuki Nakajima
1983–84			Tomoko Tanaka Hiroyuki Suzuki	Yumiko Kakege Yuki Nakajima
1984–85				Junko Ito Kinaki Tokita
1985–86		Tomoko Tanaka Hiroyuki Suzuki	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	Kayo Shirahata Hiroshi Tanaka
1989–90	Kitakyushu
1990–91	Yokohama
1991–92	Kobe			Nakako Tsuzuki Kato Nakamura
1992–93	Nagoya	Kayo Shirahata Hiroshi Tanaka	Nakako Tsuzuki Kato Nakamura	Manabu Sato Tsuyoshi Sakai
1993–94	Yokohama	Nakako Tsuzuki Kato Nakamura	Yuki Habuki Hitoshi Koizumi
1994–95	Kobe	Nakako Tsuzuki Juris Razgulajevs	Aya Kawai Hiroshi Tanaka	Yuki Habuki Hitoshi Koizumi
1995–96	Yokohama			Akiko Kinoshita Yosuke Moriwaki
1996–97	Nagano	Aya Kawai Hiroshi Tanaka	Akiko Kinoshita Yosuke Moriwaki	Nozomi Watanabe Akiyuki Kido	[10]
1997–98	Kobe		Nozomi Watanabe Akiyuki Kido	Aya Hatsuda Koichi Suyama	[11]
1998–99	Yokohama	Nakako Tsuzuki Rinat Farkhoutdinov	Rie Arikawa Kenji Miyamoto	Nozomi Watanabe Akiyuki Kido	[12]
1999–2000	Fukuoka		Nozomi Watanabe Akiyuki Kido	Rie Arikawa Kenji Miyamoto	[13]
2000–01	Nagano				[14]
2001–02	Osaka	Rie Arikawa Kenji Miyamoto		Masumi Haruki Hiroaki Tokita	[15]
2002–03	Kyoto				[16]
2003–04	Nagano	Nozomi Watanabe Akiyuki Kido	Nakako Tsuzuki Kenji Miyamoto	Yurie Oda Sho Kagayama	[17]
2004–05	Yokohama			Minami Sakacho Tatsuya Sakacho	[18]
2005–06	Tokyo				[19]
2006–07	Nagoya		Cathy Reed Chris Reed		[20]
2007–08	Osaka	Cathy Reed Chris Reed	No other competitors		[21]
2008–09	Nagano		Nana Sugiki Taiyo Mizutani	Emi Hirai Ayato Yuzawa	[22]
2009–10	Osaka		Emi Hirai Taiyo Mizutani	No other competitors	[23]
2010–11	Nagano				[24]
2011–12	Osaka	Bryna Oi Taiyo Mizutani	Emi Hirai Marien de la Asuncion	Anna Takei Yuya Tamada	[25]
2012–13	Sapporo	Cathy Reed Chris Reed		Bryna Oi Taiyo Mizutani	[26]
2013–14	Saitama			Shizuru Agata Kentaro Suzuki	[27]
2014–15	Nagano			Kana Muramoto Hiroichi Noguchi	[28]
2015–16	Sapporo	Kana Muramoto Chris Reed		Ibuki Mori Kentaro Suzuki	[29]
2016–17	Osaka			Misato Komatsubara Tim Koleto	[30]
2017–18	Tokyo		Misato Komatsubara Tim Koleto	Rikako Fukase Aru Tateno	[31]
2018–19	Osaka	Misato Komatsubara Tim Koleto	Kiria Hirayama Axel Lamasse	Mio Iida Kenta Ishibashi	[32]
2019–20	Tokyo		Rikako Fukase Eichu Cho	Kiria Hirayama Kenta Ishibashi	[33]
2020–21	Nagano		Kana Muramoto Daisuke Takahashi	Rikako Fukase Eichu Cho	[34]
2021–22	Saitama			Ayumi Takanami Shingo Nishiyama	[35]
2022–23	Osaka	Kana Muramoto Daisuke Takahashi	Misato Komatsubara Tim Koleto	Nicole Takahashi Shiloh Judd	[36]
2023–24	Nagano	Misato Komatsubara Tim Koleto	Azusa Tanaka Shingo Nishiyama	Utana Yoshida Masaya Morita	[37]
2024–25	Osaka	Utana Yoshida Masaya Morita		Ayano Sasaki Yoshimitsu Ikeda	[38]

Records

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
	Skater(s)	No.	Years	Ref.
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

• Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships