Japan Open Figure Skating Results
The Japan Open Figure Skating Results from 1997 to present. From 1997-2001 all four disciplines participated in the event, although there was no event in 1998. No events were held between 2002 and 2005. Beginning in 2006, the event was sanctioned by the ISU. The new scoring system (CoP) is now used, and single skaters compete using a “team” format.
The 2020 and 2021 events were originally planned as an Open International Competitions (as per ISU Communication 2171), but due to the COVID-19 situation, were held as a domestic event.
The competition for 2024 was cancelled.
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2023 Japan Open
October 7, 2023 ~ Saitama, Japan
Team Japan
Kazuki Tomono (177.72) “Halston”
Koshiro Shimada (164.26) “Danse Macabre”
Kaori Sakamoto (1149.59) “Wild Is the Wind” and “Feeling Good”
Satoko Miyahara (123.22) “Romeo and Juliet”
Total: 614.79
Team North America
Ilia Malinin (193.91) “Succession”
Jason Brown (144.38) “Tarzan”
Isabeau Levito (135.63) “Nureyev”
Mariah Bell (103.95) “Power of Love”
Total: 577.87
Team Europe
Kevin Aymoz (155.20) “Bolero”
Morisi Kvitelashvili (125.17) “Elvis” medley
Loena Hendrickx (140.31) “Break My Soul”
Kimmy Repond (122.63) “Diya” and “Dawn of Faith”
Total: 543.31
2022 Japan Open
October 8, 2022 ~ Saitama, Japan
Team Japan
Shoma Uno (193.80) “Air on the G String” and “Sanctus Petrus Et Sancta Maria Magdalena”
Kao Miura (169.94) “Beauty and the Beast” soundtrack
Kaori Sakamoto (146.66) “Elastic Heart”
Rika Kihira (113.44) “Titanic”
Total: 623.84
Team North America
Ilia Malinin (193.42) “Euphoria”
Jason Brown (163.57) “The Impossible Dream”
Mariah Bell (119.40) “Hallelujah”
Mirai Nagasu (100.88) “Miss Saigon”
Total: 577.27
Team Europe
Daniel Grassl (166.21) “Struggling Brain,” “Korea Town,” “Jurriaans,” “Hour of the Ruler,” and “Dans la maison”
Michal Brezina (98.26) “Summer of ’69,” Run to You,” “Heaven,” and “You Belong to Me”
Loena Hendrickx (132.53) “Poeta”
Ekaterina Kurakova (115.49) “Up” soundtrack
Total: 512.49
2021 Japan Open
October 2, 2021 ~ Saitama, Japan
Team Blue
Shoma Uno (181.21) “Bolero”
Shun Sato (179.32) “Phantom of the Opera”
Sota Yamamoto (156.13) “Io Ci Sarò”
Wakaba Higuchi (136.27) “Lion King”
Mai Mihara (124.24) “Fairy of the Forest” and “Galaxy”
Satoko Miyahara (119.69) “Tosca”
Total: 896.86
Team Red
Keiji Tanaka (163.93) “Whiplash” and “Caravan”
Kazuki Tomono (147.44) “La La Land”
Rino Matsuike (135.12) “Moonlight”
Mana Kawabe (134.91) “Miracle”
Kaori Sakamoto (133.26) “No More Fight Left in Me”
Sena Miyake (126.46) “Swan Lake”
Total: 841.12
2020 Japan Open
October 3, 2020 ~ Saitama, Japan
Team Red
Sota Yamamoto (137.97) “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story”
Wakaba Higuchi (123.01) “Poeta En El Puerto,” “Nada Puede Dormir,” “Poeta En El Mar,” “Poeta En El Viento,” and “Barrio San Miguel”
Hiroaki Sato (119.52) “Symphony No. 5 (Shostakovich)”
Yuhana Yokoi (109.57) “Tom and Jerry”
Hanna Yoshida (107.56) “Zigeunerweisen”
Total: 597.63
Team Blue
Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda (137.99) “James Bond medley”
Mako Yamashita (126.94) “A Thousand Years”
Ryuju Hino (120.37) “Second movement, Piano Concerto No. 1”
Tomoe Kawabata (112.63) “Yumeji’s Theme” and “Sikuriadas”
Chisato Uramatsu (95.70) “Miss Saigon”
Total: 593.63
2019 Japan Open
October 5, 2019 ~ Tokyo, Japan
Team Europe
Alexandra Trusova (160.53) “Pray (High Valyrian)” and “The Night King”
Alina Zagitova (154.41) “The Feeling Begins,” “Lawrence of Arabia Overture” and “Ramses”
Javier Fernandez (153.14) “The Barber of Seville”
Denis Vasiljevs (146.65) “Lotus Feet”
Total: 614.73
Team Japan
Shoma Uno (169.09) “Dancing on My Own”
Koshiro Shimada (153.37) “The Artist”
Rika Kihira (144.76) “International Angel of Peace” – compilation: “O Virtus Sapientae,” “Beirut Taxi,” “Wings of The Eagle,” “Caravans on the Move,” “Mother Tongue,” “Sacred Stone,” and “In A Moment Of Greatness”
Satoko Miyahara (134.94) “Schindler’s List”
Total: 602.16
Team North America
Nathan Chen (189.83) “Rocketman” and “Bennie and the Jets” Elton John
Vincent Zhou (167.64) “Cloud Atlas”
Bradie Tennell (124.91) “Cinema Paradiso” and “Fuga, Ricerca e Ritorno”
Mirai Nagasu (111.04) “Old Skin”
Total: 593.42
2018 Japan Open
October 6, 2018 ~ Saitama, Japan
Team Japan
Shoma Uno (186.69) “Moonlight Sonata”
Nobunari Oda (176.95) “YMCA”
Kaori Sakamoto (130.28) “The Piano”
Satoko Miyahara (127.99) “Adios Nonino,” “Invierno Porteno,” and “Verano Porteno”
Total: 621.91
Team Europe
Alina Zagitova (159.18) “Carmen”
Javier Fernandez (157.86) “Man of La Mancha”
Deniss Vasilijevs (129.32) “The Last Samurai”
Maria Sotskova (111.78) “Summertime”
Total: 558.14
Team North America
Nathan Chen (144.96) “Land of All”
Bradie Tennell (126.86) “Romeo and Juliet”
Jeremy Abbott (124.06) “The Way I Hurt Myself”
Maria Bell (120.57) “Divenire” and “Experience”
Total: 516.45
2017 Japan Open
October 7, 2017 ~ Saitama, Japan
Team Europe
Javier Fernandez (189.47) Man of La Mancha
Evgenia Medvedeva (152.08) Anna Karenina
Alina Zagitova (145.28) Don Quixote
Alexei Bychenko (128.52) Bolero
Total: 615.35
Team Japan
Shoma Uno (175.45) Turandot/Nessun Dorma
Nobunari Oda (158.24) Tristan und Isolde
Mai Mihara (147.83) Gabriel’s Oboe
Marin Honda (133.41) Turandot
Total: 614.93
Team North America
Nathan Chen (178.46) Mao’s Last Dancer/The Rite of Spring
Jeremy Abbott (143.48) My Way
Mirai Nagasu (134.69) Miss Saigon
Karen Chen (116.32) Carmen
Total: 572.95
2016 Japan Open
October 1, 2016 ~ Saitama, Japan
1. Team Japan
Shoma Uno (198.55) Buenos Aires Hora Cero/Balada para un loco
Nobunari Oda (178.72) Liebesträume
Satoko Miyahara (143.39) Star Wars/Jupiter
Wakaba Higuchi (116.99) Scheherazade
Total: 637.65
2. Team Europe
Florent Amodio (124.35) Gladiator
Evgenia Medvedeva (147.07) Piano Lesson with Grandma/Flying
Anna Pogorilaya (132.04) Modigliani Suite/La Dia a la Caza Alcance/Memorial Requiem
Javier Fernandez (192.20) Trouble/Fever/Jailhouse Rock
Total: 595.66
3. Team North America
Jeremy Abbott (166.99) Old Pine
Adam Rippon (166.85) Bloodstream
Ashley Wagner (132.12) Exogenesis: Symphony, Part 3 (Redemption)
Gracie Gold (108.24) Daphnis et Chloé
Total: 574.20
2015 Japan Open
October 3, 2015 ~ Saitama, Japan
1. Team Japan
Shomoa Uno (185.48) Turandot
Daisuke Murakami (145.77) Anniversary
Mao Asada (141.70) Madame Butterfly
Satoko Miyahara (134.67) Un Sospiro
Total: 607.62
2. Team North America
Patrick Chan (159.14) Chopin Medley
Jeremy Abbott (153.72) Adagio for Strings
Ashley Wagner (117.84) Soundtrack from “Moulin Rouge!”
Gracie Gold (114.53) Firebird
Total: 545.23
3. Team Europe
Javier Fernandez (176.24) Soundtrack from “Guys and Dolls”
Brian Joubert (105.51) Soundtrack from “Matrix Reloaded” and “Requiem for a Dream”
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (128.34) Peer Gynt
Adelina Sotnikova (118.81) Je Suis Malade
Total: 528.90
2014 Japan Open
October 4, 2014 ~ Saitama, Japan
1. Team Europe
Javier Fernández (155.47) The Barber of Seville
Tomáš Verner (137.50) Tango medley
Elena Radionova (136.46) Trio élégiaque No. 2
Anna Pogorilaya (122.52) Firebird
Total: 551.95
2. Team North America
Patrick Chan (178.17) Revolutionary Étude/Prelude, Op. 28, No. 4/Scherzo No. 1
Jeffrey Buttle (136.08) Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F Sharp Minor, Op. 20
Mirai Nagasu (106.85) Madame Butterfly
Ashley Wagner (100.99) Moulin Rouge
Total: 522.09
3. Team Japan
Takahito Mura (146.41) The Phantom of the Opera
Satoko Miyahara (131.94) Miss Saigon
Takahiko Kozuka (119.51) Io Ci Sarò
Kanako Murakami (114.38) Andrew Lloyd Webber medley
Total: 512.24
2013 Japan Open
October 5, 2013 ~ Saitama, Japan
1. Team Japan
Takahiko Kozuka (158.32) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Daisuke Takahashi (149.12) Beatles Medley
Mao Asada (135.16) Piano Concerto No. 2
Kanako Murakami (102.15) Papa, Can You Hear Me?
Total: 544.85
2. Team North America
Jeremy Abbott (157.70) Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3
Jeffrey Buttle (127.43) Liebestod
Joannie Rochette (123.99) Notre Dame de Paris
Ashley Wagner (119.77) Romeo and Juliet
Total: 528.89
3. Team Europe
Javier Fernández (176.991) Peter Gunn/Harlem Nocturne
Michal Brezina (125.74) Sherlock Holmes
Adelina Sotnikova (105.95) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Irina Slutskaya (69.24) Tango Amore
Total: 477.84
2012 Japan Open
October 6, 2012 ~ Saitama, Japan
1. Team Japan
Daisuke Takahashi (172.06) Pagliacci
Takahiko Kozuka (165.08) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Mao Asada (122.04) Swan Lake
Akiko Suzuki (110.07) O
Total: 569.25
2. Team North America
Jeffrey Buttle (160.86) Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20
Patrick Chan (137.42) La Bohème
Ashley Wagner (123.57) Samson and Delilah
Agnes Zawadzki (89.95) Rhapsody in Blue
Total: 511.80
3. Team Europe
Evgeni Plushenko (156.21) Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Michal Brezina (151.53) The Untouchables
Alena Leonova (107.94) Poeta
Elene Gedevanishvili (94.84) Don Quixote
Total: 510.52
2011 Japan Open
October 1, 2011 ~ Saitama, Japan
1. Team North America
Patrick Chan (159.93) Concierto de Aranjuez
Jeffrey Buttle (138.33) Naqoyqatsi
Joannie Rochette (112.74) Firebird
Alissa Czisny (107.64) Valse triste
Total: 518.64
2. Team Europe
Artur Gachinski (152.71) Fahrenheit 451/Interview with a Vampire/The Red Violin
Florent Amodio (138.25) Bésame Mucho
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (118.59) Bésame Mucho/Caravan
Alena Leonova (108.39) Adagio for Strings/Requiem for a Dream
Total: 517.94
3. Team Japan
Takahiko Kozuka (148.21) Fantasia for Nausicaa
Daisuke Takahashi (130.79) Blues for Klook
Akiko Suzuki (112.46) Die Fledermaus
Miki Ando (88.11) Adagio
Total: 479.57
2010 Japan Open
October 2, 2010 ~ Saitama City, Japan
1. Team Japan
Daisuke Takahashi (159.19) Invierno Porteño
Takahiko Kozuka (150.71) Piano Concerto No. 1
Miki Ando (115.02) Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Mao Asada (92.44) Liebesträume No. 3
Total: 517.36
2. Team North America
Adam Rippon (166.63) Piano Concerto No. 2
Jeffrey Buttle (128.39) Glenn Gould medley
Joannie Rochette (122.71) Samson and Delilah
Cynthia Phaneuf (99.50) Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini
Total: 517.23
3. Team Europe
Evgeni Plushenko (151.00) Tribute to Nijinsky
Michal Brezina (134.90) An American in Paris
Sarah Meier (92.73) Love in the Time of Cholera
Julia Sebestyen (81.48) Raul di Blasio medley
Total: 460.11
2009 Japan Open
October 3, 2009 ~ Tokyo, Japan
1. Team Europe
Stephane Lambiel (150.52), Otono Porteno
Samuel Contesti (117.49), Sikuriadas/Wara Bolivian/Cacharapaya
Laura Lepisto (110.86), Adios Nonino & Fuga y Misterio
Elena Glebova (85.16), Capriccio Espagnol
Total: 464.03
2. Team North America
Jeffery Buttle (142.26), Eclogue
Jeremy Abbott (132.87), Organ Symphony no.3
Joannie Rochette (126.39), Samson and Delilah
Beatrisa Liang (62.38), New World Symphony and Symphonic Dances Op.45
Total: 463.90
3. Team Japan
Takahiko Kozuka (130.13), Guitar Concerto
Takeshi Honda (109.58), Concierto de Aranjuez
Mao Asada (102.94), Prelude in C Sharp Minor Op.3 no.2 (“Bells of Moscow”)
Yukari Nakano (91.52), Firebird
Total: 434.17
2008 Japan Open
April 20, 2008 ~ Tokyo, Japan
1. Team Japan
Mao Asada (128.03), Fantaisie Impromptu
Daisuke Takahashi (127.23), Romeo and Juliet
Yukari Nakano (121.86), Capriccio Espagnol
Takeshi Honda (114.70), Tosca
Total: 491.82
2. Team Europe
Stephane Lambiel (146.49), Poeta
Adrian Schultheiss (132.90), music from Mr. and Mrs. Smith soundtrack
Sarah Meier (123.11) La Folia in Black & Red Autumn for violin and piano
Kiira Korpi (85.95), Phantasia
Total: 488.45
3. Team North America
Evan Lysacek (151.95), Tosca
Todd Eldredge (111.94), Lord of the Rings
Kimmie Meissner (109.50), Nessun Dorma
Mirai Nagasu (108.42), Excerpts from Coppelia
Total: 481.81
2007 Japan Open (Kinoshita-Group Cup)
April 29, 2007 ~ Tokyo, Japan
1. Team Japan
Nobunari Oda (150.59), Mission Impossible
Takahiko Kozuka (132.76), Piano Concerto No. 2
Miki Ando (112.65), Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor op. 64
Mao Asada (101.47), Czardas
Total: 497.47
2. Team Europe
Brian Joubert (132.76), Metallica Medley
Alexei Yagudin (128.43), Gladiator
Sarah Meier (111.29), Pride and Prejudice
Kiira Korpi (98.63), Phantasia
Total: 471.11
3. Team North America
Jeffrey Buttle (140.73), Ararat
Todd Eldredge (117.52), Casino Royale
Joannie Rochette (107.78), Don Juan
Kimmie Meissner (92.78), Galicie Flamenco
Total: 458.81
2006 Japan Open (Kinoshita-Group Cup)
May 14, 2006 ~ Saitama, Japan
1. Team Japan
Takeshi Honda (119.70), Tosca
Daisuke Takahashi (141.10), Piano Concerto No. 2
Miki Ando (104.56), Madame Butterfly
Mao Asada (125.72), Nutcracker
Total: 491.08
2. Team North America
Jeffrey Buttle (139.40), Samson and Delilah
Emanuel Sandhu (130.90), Original Composition by Gorgon Cobb
Joannie Rochette (117.64), L’Hymne a l’amour
Alissa Czisny (85.40), La Bayadere
Total: 473.34
3. Team Europe
Alexei Yagudin (112.70), Man in the Iron Mask
Stephane Lambiel (141.80), Four Seasons
Sarah Meier (104.56), Bolero For Violin and Orchestra
Kiira Korpi (86.66), Fever/Blues Boys Tune/Shake It Up And Go
Total: 445.72
2001 Japan Open
January 4, 2001 ~ Tokyo, Japan
Ladies
1. Maria Butyrskaya, Scene D’amour, Habanera
2. Irina Slutskaya, Culture, Schindler’s List
3. Midori Ito, Voices of the Sky, Romeo & Juliet
4. Lu Chen, Take Five, It’s Not Right But It’s Ok
5. Yoshie Onda, Red, Operas of Verdi & Puccini
Men
1. Alexei Yagudin, Revolution Etude, Gladiator
2. Evgeny Plushenko, Bolero, Once Upon a Time in America
3. Todd Eldredge, 1492, Il Mare Calmo Della Sera
4. Takeshi Honda, Don Quixote, Concierto de Aranjuez
5. Alexei Urmanov, Georgian Variations, Prince of Egypt
Pairs
1. Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikhuralidze, Polyushke Poyle (Meadowlands), Smooth
2. Sarah Abitbol & Stéphane Bernadis, Ninja, Mask of Zorro
3. Kyoko Ina & John Zimmerman, The Truman Show, My Baby You
4. Yuko Kawaguchi & Aleksandr Markuntsov, ?, Humoresque
Dance
1. Barbara Fusar-Poli & Mauriziol Margaglio, Puttin on the Ritz/They Can’t Take That Away From Me, Adios Noninos
2. Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas, Yes Sir, That’s My Baby/Dancin’ Fool, The Thread of Adriane
3. Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz, Jumpin’ Jack/Hey Big Spender, Mack the Knife
2000 Japan Open (Honda Odyssey Cup)
January 4, 2000 ~ Tokyo, Japan
Ladies
1. Michelle Kwan, A Day In The Life, Hands
2. Maria Butyrskaya, Scene D’Amour, Habanera
3. Surya Bonaly, Under Fire, Cuor Senza Sangue
4. Vanessa Gusmeroli, St. James Infirmary Blues/When the Saints Go Marching In, Legends of The Fall
5. Chisato Shiina, Heart of Budapest/Fiesta Flamenca, Cappricio Espagnol/Heart of Budapest/Gypsy Carnival
Men
1. Alexei Yagudin, Nutrocker, Broken Arrow
2. Todd Eldredge, Wilkommen, The 13th Warrior
3. Takeshi Honda, Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.64, I Could Not Ask For More
4. Alexei Urmanov, Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Georgian Variations
5. Philippe Candeloro, Guerrilleros, Braveheart
Pairs
1. Oksana Kazakova & Artur Dmitriev, Charade, Classical Interpretation
2. Xue Shen & Hongbo Zhao, Firebird, Mulan
3. Yuka Sato & Jason Dungjen, Peter Gunn, Peace
Dance
1. Maya Usova & Evgeni Platov, Copa de la Vida/Historia de un Amour, Spente Le Stelle
2. Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas, Historia de un Amor/Ritmo de Bom Bom, Sunrise at Alcatraz
3. Nakako Tsuzuki & Rinat Farkhoutdinov, Chaquita Bonita/Falling Into You, Time To Say Goodbye
1999 Japan Open
January 9 & 10, 1999 ~ Tokyo, Japan
Ladies
1. Michelle Kwan, Fate of Carmen, East of Eden
2. Maria Butyrskaya, St. James Infirmary Blues, Forever Tango
3. Irina Slutskaya, Les Feuilles Mortes, Passacaglia
4. Yuka Sato, Roundabout, Hat Full of Stars
5. Fumie Suguri, De Profundis/Wonderer Fantasie, Suites for Cello (Bach)
6. Caryn Kadavy, Oye Como Va, Seduces Me
Men
1.Yevgeni Plushenko, Hava Nagila, Crazy Bird
2. Alexei Yagudin, The Revisionist’s Tale, Lawrence of Arabia
3. Todd Eldredge, Wilkommen, Impossible Dream
4. Kurt Browning, An American in Paris, Rag/Gidon/Time
5. Takeshi Honda, Two Minute Warning, Heaven and Earth
6. Brian Orser, Swing, Swing, Swing, Dear Father
Pairs
1. Elena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze, Happy Valley, Concerto for Coloratura
2. Mandy Wötzel & Ingo Steuer, No Holly for Miss Quinn, Storm
3. Kyoko Ina & John Zimmerman, Don Quixote, At the Beginning
Dance
1. Maya Usova & Evgeni Platov, Padam Padam, Moonlight Sonata
2. Margarita Drobiazko & Povilas Vanagas, Valse Triste, Sunrise at Alcatraz
3. Nakako Tsuzuki & Rinat Farkhoutdinov, Viennese Waltz, medley of Space Music
1997 Japan Open (Honda Prelude Cup)
January 4-5, 1997 ~ Tokyo, Japan
Ladies
1. Michelle Kwan, Dream of Desdemona, Just Around the Riverbend
2. Yuka Sato, Merry Widow, Afternoon of a Faun
3. Irina Slutskaya, The Phantom of The Opera, Delicado/Tico Tico
4. Surya Bonaly, La Gazza Ladra from Semiramide, The Wall
5. Katarina Witt, Goodbye Montana, Don’t Cry For Me Argentina
6. Nicole Bobek, Moiseyev Dances, Evita medley
Men
1. Ilya Kulik, Mephistopheles from Faust, Liebestraum
2. Philippe Candeloro, Mission Impossible, Napoleon
3. Todd Eldredge, Walk on the Wild Side, This is the Moment
4. Takeshi Honda, Tico Tico, Bugle Boy of Company B
5. Jozef Sabovcik, ?, War
6. Brian Orser, Swing Swing Swing, Summertime/Nice Work If You Can Get It
Pairs
1. Jenni Meno & Todd Sand, Fantasie-Impromtu, Nocturne from The Secret Garden
2. Marina Eltsova & Andrei Bushkov, Sixteen Tons, The Day When You Love Me
3. Kyoko Ina & Jason Dungjen, Kodo, I Will Always Love You
Dance
1. Oksana Grishuk & Evgeni Platov, Libertango, A Cool Wind is Blowing/The Feeling Begins
2. Susanna Rahkamo & Petri Kokko, Borsalino, Beyond the Invisible
3. Marina Anissina & Gwendal Peizerat, Le Docteur Petiot, I’m Sorry
4. Renee Roca & Gorsha Sur, Sing Sing Sing, I’ll Be Seeing You
