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

RankNameNationPoints
1Ilia Malinin  United States193.91
2Kazuki Tomono  Japan177.72
3Koshiro Shimada  Japan164.26
4Kevin Aymoz  France155.20
5Jason Brown  United States144.38
6Morisi Kvitelashvili  Georgia125.17

Women edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Kaori Sakamoto  Japan149.59
2Loena Hendrickx  Belgium140.31
3Isabeau Levito  United States135.63
4Satoko Miyahara  Japan123.22
5Kimmy Repond  Switzerland122.63
6Mariah Bell  United States103.95

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Japan614.79
2Team North America577.87
3Team Europe543.31

2022 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Shoma Uno  Japan193.80
2Ilia Malinin  United States193.42
3Kao Miura  Japan169.94
4Daniel Grassl  Italy166.21
5Jason Brown  United States163.57
6Michal Březina  Czech Republic98.26

Women edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Kaori Sakamoto  Japan146.66
2Loena Hendrickx  Belgium132.53
3Mariah Bell  United States119.40
4Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland115.49
5Rika Kihira  Japan113.44
6Mirai Nagasu  United States100.88

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Japan623.84
2Team North America577.27
3Team Europe512.49

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

RankNameTeamPoints
1 Shoma UnoTeam Blue181.21
2 Shun SatoTeam Blue179.32
3 Keiji TanakaTeam Red163.93
4 Sōta YamamotoTeam Blue156.13
5 Kazuki TomonoTeam Red147.44
4 Sena MiyakeTeam Red126.46

Women edit

RankNameTeamPoints
1 Wakaba HiguchiTeam Blue136.27
2 Rino MatsuikeTeam Red135.12
3 Mana KawabeTeam Red134.91
4 Kaori SakamotoTeam Red133.26
5 Mai MiharaTeam Blue124.24
6 Satoko MiyaharaTeam Blue119.69

Overall edit

RankTeamPoints
1Team Blue896.86
2Team Red841.12

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

RankNameTeamPoints
1 Lucas Tsuyoshi HondaTeam Red137.99
2 Sōta YamamotoTeam Blue137.97
3 Ryuju HinoTeam Red120.37
4 Hiraoki SatoTeam Blue119.52

Ladies edit

RankNameTeamPoints
1 Mako YamashitaTeam Red126.94
2 Wakaba HiguchiTeam Blue123.01
3 Tomoe KawabataTeam Red112.63
4 Yuhana YokoiTeam Blue109.57
5 Hana YoshidaTeam Blue107.56
6 Chisato UramatsuTeam Red95.70

Overall edit

RankTeamPoints
1Team Blue597.63
2Team Red593.63

2019 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Nathan Chen  United States189.83
2Shoma Uno  Japan169.09
3Vincent Zhou  United States167.64
4Koshiro Shimada  Japan153.37
5Javier Fernández  Spain153.14
6Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia146.65

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Alexandra Trusova  Russia160.53
2Alina Zagitova  Russia154.41
3Rika Kihira  Japan144.76
4Satoko Miyahara  Japan134.94
5Bradie Tennell  United States124.91
6Mirai Nagasu  United States111.04

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Europe614.73
2Team Japan602.16
3Team North America593.42

2018 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Shoma Uno  Japan186.69
2Nobunari Oda  Japan176.95
3 Javier Fernández  Spain157.86
4Nathan Chen  United States144.96
5Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia129.32
6Jeremy Abbott  United States124.06

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Alina Zagitova  Russia159.18
2Kaori Sakamoto  Japan130.28
3Satoko Miyahara  Japan127.99
4Bradie Tennell  United States126.86
5Mariah Bell  United States120.57
6Maria Sotskova  Russia111.78

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Japan621.91
2Team Europe558.14
3Team North America516.45

2017 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1 Javier Fernández  Spain189.47
2Nathan Chen  United States178.46
3Shoma Uno  Japan175.45
4Nobunari Oda  Japan158.24
5Jeremy Abbott  United States143.48
6Alexei Bychenko  Israel128.52

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia152.08
2Mai Mihara  Japan147.83
3Alina Zagitova  Russia145.28
4Mirai Nagasu  United States134.69
5Marin Honda  Japan133.41
6Karen Chen  United States116.32

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Europe615.35
2Team Japan614.93
3Team North America572.95

2016 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Shoma Uno  Japan198.55
2 Javier Fernandez  Spain192.20
3Nobunari Oda  Japan178.72
4Jeremy Abbott  United States166.99
5Adam Rippon  United States166.85
6Florent Amodio  France124.35

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Evgenia Medvedeva  Russia147.07
2Satoko Miyahara  Japan143.39
3Ashley Wagner  United States132.12
4Anna Pogorilaya  Russia132.04
5Wakaba Higuchi  Japan116.99
6Gracie Gold  United States108.24

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Japan637.65
2Team Europe595.66
3Team North America574.20

2015 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Shoma Uno  Japan185.48
2Javier Fernández  Spain176.24
3Patrick Chan  Canada159.14
4Jeremy Abbott  United States153.72
5Daisuke Murakami  Japan145.77
6Brian Joubert  France105.51

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Mao Asada  Japan141.70
2Satoko Miyahara  Japan134.67
3Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia128.34
4Adelina Sotnikova  Russia118.81
5Ashley Wagner  United States117.84
6Gracie Gold  United States114.53

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Japan607.62
2Team North America545.23
3Team Europe528.90

2014 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Patrick Chan  Canada178.17
2Javier Fernández  Spain155.47
3Takahito Mura  Japan146.41
4Tomáš Verner  Czech Republic137.50
5Jeffrey Buttle  Canada136.08
6Takahiko Kozuka  Japan119.51

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Elena Radionova  Russia136.46
2Satoko Miyahara  Japan131.94
3Anna Pogorilaya  Russia122.52
4Kanako Murakami  Japan114.38
5Mirai Nagasu  United States106.85
6Ashley Wagner  United States100.99

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Europe551.95
2Team North America522.09
3Team Japan512.24

2013 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Javier Fernández  Spain176.91
2Takahiko Kozuka  Japan158.32
3Jeremy Abbott  United States157.70
4Daisuke Takahashi  Japan149.12
5Jeffrey Buttle  Canada127.43
6Michal Březina  Czech Republic125.74

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Mao Asada  Japan135.16
2Joannie Rochette  Canada123.99
3Ashley Wagner  United States119.77
4Adelina Sotnikova  Russia105.95
5Kanako Murakami  Japan102.15
6Irina Slutskaya  Russia69.24

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Japan544.85
2Team North America528.89
3Team Europe477.84

2012 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Daisuke Takahashi  Japan172.06
2Takahiko Kozuka  Japan165.08
3Jeffrey Buttle  Canada160.86
4Evgeni Plushenko  Russia156.21
5Michal Březina  Czech Republic151.53
6Patrick Chan  Canada137.42

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Ashley Wagner  United States123.57
2Mao Asada  Japan122.04
3Akiko Suzuki  Japan110.07
4Alena Leonova  Russia107.94
5Elene Gedevanishvili  Georgia94.84
6Agnes Zawadzki  United States89.95

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Japan569.25
2Team North America511.80
3Team Europe510.52

2011 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Patrick Chan  Canada159.93
2Artur Gachinski  Russia152.71
3Takahiko Kozuka  Japan148.21
4Jeffrey Buttle  Canada138.33
5Florent Amodio  France138.25
6Daisuke Takahashi  Japan130.79

Ladies edit

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva replaced the injured Sarah Meier.[14]

RankNameNationPoints
1Elizaveta Tuktamysheva  Russia118.59
2Joannie Rochette  Canada112.74
3Akiko Suzuki  Japan112.46
4Alena Leonova  Russia108.39
5Alissa Czisny  United States107.64
6Miki Ando  Japan88.11

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team North America518.64
2Team Europe517.94
3Team Japan479.57

2010 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Adam Rippon  United States166.63
2Daisuke Takahashi  Japan159.19
3Evgeni Plushenko  Russia151.00
4Takahiko Kozuka  Japan150.71
5Michal Březina  Czech Republic134.90
6Jeffrey Buttle  Canada128.39

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Joannie Rochette  Canada122.71
2Miki Ando  Japan115.02
3Cynthia Phaneuf  Canada99.50
4Sarah Meier  Switzerland92.73
5Mao Asada  Japan92.44
6Júlia Sebestyén  Hungary81.48

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Japan517.36
2Team North America517.23
3Team Europe460.11

2009 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Stephane Lambiel  Switzerland150.52
2Jeffrey Buttle  Canada142.26
3Jeremy Abbott  United States132.87
4Takahiko Kozuka  Japan130.13
5Samuel Contesti  Italy117.49
6Takeshi Honda  Japan109.58

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Joannie Rochette  Canada126.39
2Laura Lepistö  Finland110.86
3Mao Asada  Japan102.94
4Yukari Nakano  Japan91.52
5Jelena Glebova  Estonia85.16
6Beatrisa Liang  United States62.38

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Europe464.03
2Team North America463.90
3Team Japan434.17

2008 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Evan Lysacek  United States151.95
2Stephane Lambiel  Switzerland146.49
3Adrian Schultheiss  Sweden132.90
4Daisuke Takahashi  Japan127.23
5Takeshi Honda  Japan114.70
6Todd Eldredge  United States111.94

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Mao Asada  Japan128.03
2Sarah Meier  Switzerland123.11
3Yukari Nakano  Japan121.86
4Kimmie Meissner  United States109.50
5Mirai Nagasu  United States108.42
6Kiira Korpi  Finland85.95

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Japan491.82
2Team Europe488.45
3Team North America481.81

2007 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Nobunari Oda  Japan150.59
2Jeffrey Buttle  Canada140.73
3Brian Joubert  France132.76
4Takahiko Kozuka  Japan132.76
5Alexei Yagudin  Russia128.43
6Todd Eldredge  United States117.52

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Miki Ando  Japan112.65
2Sarah Meier  Switzerland111.29
3Joannie Rochette  Canada107.78
4Mao Asada  Japan101.47
5Kiira Korpi  Finland98.63
6Kimmie Meissner  United States92.78

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Japan497.47
2Team Europe471.11
3Team North America458.81

2006 edit

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

Men edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Stephane Lambiel  Switzerland141.80
2Daisuke Takahashi  Japan141.10
3Jeffrey Buttle  Canada139.40
4Emanuel Sandhu  Canada130.90
5Takeshi Honda  Japan119.70
6Alexei Yagudin  Russia112.70

Ladies edit

RankNameNationPoints
1Mao Asada  Japan125.72
2Joannie Rochette  Canada117.64
3Sarah Meier  Switzerland104.56
4Miki Ando  Japan104.56
5Kiira Korpi  Finland86.66
6Alissa Czisny  United States85.40

Team result edit

RankNameTotal points
1Team Japan491.08
2Team North America473.34
3Team Europe445.72

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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