2025-26 Japanese Women's Figure Skating

[Arriba627]

I really enjoyed Jackie's interview with Wakaba! He is a good interviewer. She is such a lovely skater, and I will really miss her.

 

[denise3lz]

友野一希、渡辺倫果、住吉りをんを派遣　アジアンOPトロフィー／フィギュア

日本スケート連盟は24日、フィギュアのアジアンオープントロフィー（8月1～5日・ジャカルタ）の派遣選手を発表し、男子の友野一希（第一住建グループ）や女子の渡辺…

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On the 24th, the Japan Skating Federation announced the roster of skaters selected to compete in the Asian Open Trophy (August 1–5, Jakarta), which included Kazuki Tomono (Daiichi Juken Group) in the men’s division and Rinka Watanabe (Sanwa Kensou, Hosei University) and Rion Sumiyoshi (Oriental Bio) in the women’s division.

 

[cocteautwin]

It looks JFS updated national team list (strengthened athletes who get fed's funding).
https://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/common/img/info/2026-27_FS_20260624.pdf

Saki Miyake, Rino Matsuike were moved to Group A (from Group B), Mako Yamashita and Rion Sumiyohi were added to Group A (they weren't on the list before). That's probably a consequence of grand prix assigments.

For juniors, Rena Uezono and Kaoruko Wada were added to Group B.
I wonder if it's related to junior grand prix assigments.
Anyway, great news for all of them.

 

[denise3lz]

西野太翔、岡万佑子、岡田芽依が2試合出場　ジュニアGPシリーズ　宮崎花凜らデビューへ - フィギュアスケート専門情報サイトDeep Edge Plus　最新ニュース・充実のコラムをお届け

日本スケート連盟は6月中旬に選考会を実施。GP1試合目の結果を受けて2戦目に派遣されるかが決まる。ともに世界ジュニア選手権銅メダリストで男子の西野太翔（神奈川・星槎国際高横浜）と女子の岡万佑子（木下アカデミー）、ジュニ […]

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▽Round 1: China Competition (August 20–22, Xi’an)
　Men: Daiya Ebihara (Komaba Gakuen High School, Tokyo); Hayato Okazaki (Ryukoku High School, Okayama)
　Women: Karin Miyazaki (MF Academy); Kaoruko Wada (Chukyo University Chukyo High School, Aichi)
　Ice Dance: Ayumi Shibayama and Tomoki Kimura (Kinoshita Academy)

　▽Round 2: Latvia (August 27–29, Riga)
　Men: Sena Takahashi (Kinoshita Academy)
　Women: Mei Okada (Kinoshita Academy), Kei Yamada (Kinoshita Academy)

　▽ Round 3: Thailand (September 3–5, Bangkok)
Men: Taiga Nishino (Seisa International High School Yokohama, Kanagawa); Shun Uemura (Shujitsu High School, Okayama)
Women: Sumika Kanazawa (Kinoshita Academy); Rena Uezono (Sysmex)

　▽ Round 4: Turkey (September 17–19, Ankara)
　Women: Mayuko Oka (Kinoshita Academy)

　▽ Round 5: Georgia (September 24–26, Batumi)
　TBD

　▽ Round 6: Slovenia (October 1–3, Ljubljana)
　Men: Taiga Nishino (Seisa International High School Yokohama, Kanagawa)
　Women: Mei Okada (Kinoshita Academy)

　▽ Round 7: Poland (October 8–10, Gdańsk)
　Women: Mayuko Oka (Kinoshita Academy)

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Rena back on the JGP!

 

[RafaelAstro]

Rena back on the JGP!

Two lutz queens in the junior grand prix next season Rena and Sumika

 

[brblja]

西野太翔、岡万佑子、岡田芽依が2試合出場　ジュニアGPシリーズ　宮崎花凜らデビューへ - フィギュアスケート専門情報サイトDeep Edge Plus　最新ニュース・充実のコラムをお届け

日本スケート連盟は6月中旬に選考会を実施。GP1試合目の結果を受けて2戦目に派遣されるかが決まる。ともに世界ジュニア選手権銅メダリストで男子の西野太翔（神奈川・星槎国際高横浜）と女子の岡万佑子（木下アカデミー）、ジュニ […]

deepedgeplus.kyodonews.jp

So Japan is currently using less than half of their men’s spots and underutilising their women’s spots as well. The article doesn’t make it sound like they’re gonna add people aside from second assignment for those who already have one if they do well.

I hope it gets expanded, but I’m not holding my breath looking at the Fed’s previous decisions.

 

[hermine17]

I'm happy that Kei Yamada got a jgp assignment, after patiently waiting for her turn for many years.

 

[RafaelAstro]

So, when is the 2026–27 Japanese women's figure skating thread going to be made? It's already July.

 

[cohkaix]

So, when is the 2026–27 Japanese women's figure skating thread going to be made? It's already July.

I just created one. But the content needs to be updated. I decided to create one, as Jul 2~4 will be the Special Training Camp for Sr. skaters (Single), and we will be getting some more updates about the new programs (please move over to the other thread for more discussion!)