The 2021–22

Japan Figure Skating Championships The Japan or All-Japan Figure Skating Championships ( ja, 全日本フィギュアスケート選手権) are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Japan. Skaters compete in the disciplines of ...

were held in Saitama, Saitama on December 22–26, 2021. It was the 90th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles,

pairs Concentration, also known as Memory, Shinkei-suijaku (Japanese meaning "nervous breakdown"), Matching Pairs, Match Match, Match Up, Pelmanism, Pexeso or simply Pairs, is a card game in which all of the cards are laid face down on a surface and tw ...

, and

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. The results were part of the Japanese selection criteria for the 2022 Four Continents Championships, the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

, and the 2022 World Championships.

Qualifying

Competitors either qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from September to November 2021, or earned a bye.

Medal summary

Senior

Junior

Novice

Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on December 4, 2021. Names with an asterisk (*) denote junior skaters.

Junior

The top six finishers at the Japan Junior Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Championships. The women's junior national champion, Mao Shimada, was a novice skater and therefore not eligible for the senior Championships. The seventh-place finisher, Ami Nakai, was bumped up in Shimada's place.

Changes to preliminary entries

Results

Men

Women

Pairs

Ice dance

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2021–22 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in

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Aichi is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefectu ...

from November 19–21, 2021. The national champions in men's and women's singles earned automatic berths on the 2022 World Junior Championships team. Top finishers in men's and women's singles were invited to compete at the senior Japan Championships in December.

Entries

A list of preliminary entries was published on November 13, 2021. No pairs were entered. Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters.

Novice

Top finishers at the Japan Novice Championships in men's and women's singles were added to the Japan Junior Championships.

Results

Junior men

Junior women

Junior ice dance

International team selections

Four Continents Championships

The 2022 Four Continents Championships were held in

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from January 18–23, 2022.

Winter Olympics

The

were held in

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from February 4–20, 2022.

World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2022 World Junior Championships will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from April 13-17, 2022.

World Championships

The 2022 World Championships were held in

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from March 21–27, 2022.

References

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