Lead Japan Cup 2023

Lead Japan Cup 2023
VenueMatsuyamashita Park General Gymnasium
LocationInzai, Chiba, Japan
Date25 – 26 February 2023
Websitehttps://www.jma-climbing.org/competition/2023/ljc/
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The 2023 Lead Japan Cup was the 36th edition of the annual competition lead climbing event organised by the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association (JMSCA), held in Matsuyamashita Park General Gymnasium, Inzai.[1]

LJC is the sole selection event for Japan's national lead team.[2] Athletes who place highly at the LJC are eligible to compete in the Lead World Cups, subject to JMSCA's prevailing selection criteria.[3] LJC 2023 was the first domestic lead competition of the 2023 season. 55 men and 54 women competed, with Shion Omata and Ai Mori winning the men's and women's titles respectively.[4]

Results

Finals

The men's lead finals took place on 26 February 2023.[5][6]

Rank Name Final
1 Shion Omata 38+
2 Neo Suzuki 38+
3 Satone Yoshida 35+
4 Ao Yurikusa 34+
5 Taisei Homma 28+
6 Masahiro Higuchi 26+
7 Sorato Anraku 25+
8 Haruki Uemura 24+

The women's lead finals took place on 26 February 2023.[7][8]

Rank Name Final
1 Ai Mori 46+
2 Natsuki Tanii 43+
3 Miho Nonaka 36+
4 Futaba Ito 34+
5 Hana Koike 34+
6 Nonoha Kume 28+
7 Miu Kakizaki 1+
8 Hirano Natsumi 1+

Semifinals

The men's lead semifinals took place on 26 February 2023.[9][10]

Rank Name Semifinal Notes
1 Sorato Anraku 42+ Q
2 Shion Omata 42 Q
3 Satone Yoshida 42 Q
4 Ao Yurikusa 41+ Q
5 Taisei Homma 40+ Q
6 Masahiro Higuchi 39+ Q
7 Neo Suzuki 39+ Q
8 Haruki Uemura 39+ Q
9 Zento Murashita 39+
10 Manato Kurashiki 39+
11 Hidemasa Nishida 39
12 Meichi Narasaki 37+
13 Hiroto Shimizu 36+
14 Tomoa Narasaki 35+
15 Yoshiyuki Ogata 35+
16 Ryohei Kameyama 35
17 Yuji Fujiwaki 34
18 Taito Nakagami 34
19 Kaya Otaka 34
Ritsu Kayotani 34
Yuya Kitae 34
22 Keita Dohi 34
23 Mahiro Takami 34
Yusuke Sugimoto 34
25 Sohta Amagasa 33+
26 Rikuto Inohana 19+
27 Kisato Wada 18+
28 Tomoaki Takata 16+

The women's lead semifinals took place on 26 February 2023.[11][12]

Rank Name Semifinal Notes
1 Ai Mori TOP Q
2 Natsuki Tanii 38 Q
3 Nonoha Kume 37 Q
4 Miu Kakizaki 34+ Q
5 Futaba Ito 33+ Q
6 Natsumi Hirano 32+ Q
7 Miho Nonaka 32 Q
8 Hana Koike 31+ Q
9 Melody Sekikawa 31+
10 Risa Ota 31
11 Ai Takeuchi 29+
12 Ryu Nakagawa 29+
13 Tomona Takao 28+
14 Honoka Oda 28+
15 Hatsune Takeishi 27
16 Mashiro Kuzuu 26+
17 Mei Kotake 24
18 Miku Ishii 24
19 Mao Nakamura 22
20 Mia Aoyagi 21+
21 Yuki Hiroshige 20
22 Sana Ogura 16+
23 Kanna Fujimura 16+
24 Momoka Miyajima 15+
25 Anon Matsufuji 15+
26 Sora Kudo 15

Qualifications

The men's lead qualifications took place on 25 February 2023.[13][14]

Rank Name Qualification Notes
Route A Route B Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Sorato Anraku TOP 1 36+ 1 1.94 Q
2 Shion Omata TOP 1 35+ 3 3.87 Q
3 Yuji Fujiwaki 31+ 6 36+ 1 5.48 Q
4 Taisei Homma TOP 1 32+ 15 6.80 Q
5 Meichi Narasaki 34+ 5 34+ 12 8.06 Q
6 Tomoa Narasaki 31+ 6 35+ 3 10.95 Q
Masahiro Higuchi 31+ 6 35+ 3 10.95 Q
Hiroto Shimizu 31+ 6 35+ 3 10.95 Q
Satone Yoshida 31+ 6 35+ 3 10.95 Q
Hidemasa Nishida 31+ 6 35+ 3 10.95 Q
11 Ryohei Kameyama TOP 1 18 54 11.62 Q
12 Ao Yurikusa 31 35 35+ 3 14.49 Q
Kisato Wada 31+ 6 35 10 14.49 Q
Neo Suzuki 31+ 6 35 10 14.49 Q
15 Taito Nakagami 31+ 6 34+ 12 16.12 Q
Haruki Uemura 31+ 6 34+ 12 16.12 Q
17 Zento Murashita 31+ 6 32+ 15 19.24 Q
Kaya Otaka 31+ 6 32+ 15 19.24 Q
Ritsu Kayotani 31+ 6 32+ 15 19.24 Q
Yuya Kitae 31+ 6 32+ 15 19.24 Q
Sohta Amagasa 31+ 6 32+ 15 19.24 Q
Manato Kurashiki 31+ 6 32+ 15 19.24 Q
Takata Tomoaki 31+ 6 32+ 15 19.24 Q
24 Keita Dohi 31+ 6 31 23 21.45 Q
25 Yoshiyuki Ogata 31+ 6 29 25 22.36 Q
26 Rikuto Inohana 31+ 6 28+ 26 23.66 Q
Mahiro Takami 31+ 6 28+ 26 23.66 Q
Yusuke Sugimoto 31+ 6 28+ 26 23.66 Q
29 Shuta Tanaka 31+ 6 27 32 25.30
30 Rei Sugimoto 31+ 6 26+ 33 26.65
Kento Yamaguchi 31+ 6 26+ 33 26.65
Isamu Kawabata 31+ 6 26+ 33 26.65
Hayato Tsuru 31+ 6 26+ 33 26.65
Ryoei Nukui 31+ 6 26+ 33 26.65
35 Rei Kawamata 27 42 30+ 24 31.94
36 Katsura Konishi 29+ 38 28+ 26 32.83
37 Kokoro Fujii 31+ 6 12+ 55 33.17
38 Ryo Omasa 30 37 27+ 31 33.87
Mototaka Ishizu 28 41 28+ 26 33.88
40 Genbu Uehara 29+ 38 26+ 33 36.97
41 Junta Sekiguchi 30+ 36 25 40 37.95
42 Reo Matsuoka 29 40 25+ 39 39.50
43 Yamato Suzuki 26+ 44 24 42 43.71
44 Yuichi Iwami 25+ 48 24+ 41 44.36
45 Hayato Kobayashi 27 42 22 46 44.46
46 Hiroto Nishio 26+ 44 23 43 44.74
47 Hiroki Kawakami 26+ 44 22 46 46.00
48 Toru Kofukuda 23+ 50 23 43 47.14
49 Eito Tamiya 26+ 44 20 51 48.64
50 Akihisa Kaji 18+ 55 23 43 49.19
51 Yo Masuda 22+ 52 21+ 48 50.22
52 Shuma Yamane 25 49 20 51 50.48
53 Tatsuhiro Yoshioka 22 53 21+ 48 50.70
54 Shota Furukawa 23+ 50 20 51 51.24
55 Akira Naiki 20+ 54 20+ 50 51.96

The women's lead qualifications took place on 25 February 2023.[15][16]

Rank Name Qualification Notes
Route A Route B Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Ai Mori TOP 1 TOP 1 1.41 Q
2 Natsuki Tanii 35+ 2 TOP 1 2.00 Q
3 Natsumi Hirano 31 7 TOP 1 3.87 Q
4 Nonoha Kume 33+ 3 38 5 4.18 Q
5 Mao Nakamura 33+ 3 37+ 6 4.77 Q
6 Miho Nonaka 33 5 37+ 6 5.98 Q
7 Futaba Ito 33 5 36+ 10 7.78 Q
8 Ai Takeuchi 30+ 9 37 8 8.99 Q
9 Risa Ota 25+ 15 38+ 4 9.06 Q
10 Ryu Nakagawa 31 7 35 14 10.61 Q
11 Mashiro Kuzuu 30+ 9 35+ 13 11.11 Q
12 Natsumi Hirano 25+ 15 36+ 10 15.02 Q
13 Momoka Miyajima 26 13 33+ 18 15.80 Q
14 Miku Ishii 25+ 15 35 14 17.54 Q
Miu Kakizaki 25+ 15 35 14 17.54 Q
16 Tomona Takao 25 27 36+ 10 17.86 Q
17 Sana Ogura 15+ 43 37 8 19.12 Q
18 Yuki Hiroshige 25+ 15 33 20 20.25 Q
19 Kanna Fujimura 27 12 26+ 36 21.07 Q
20 Melody Sekikawa 25+ 15 31 22 21.24 Q
21 Honoka Oda 18+ 11 24+ 41 21.62 Q
22 Mia Aoyagi 25+ 15 30+ 23 22.64 Q
Anon Matsufuji 25+ 15 30+ 23 22.64 Q
24 Hatsune Takeishi 25 27 33+ 18 23.16 Q
25 Mao Nakamura 25+ 15 29+ 28 23.96 Q
26 Sora Kudo 25+ 15 27+ 30 25.81 Q
27 Kiki Matsuda 25 27 30+ 23 26.93
28 Yuno Harigae 26 13 9 54 27.00
29 Nanako Kura 25+ 15 26 39 28.28
30 Michika Nagashima 13+ 44 34+ 17 28.71
31 Nao Mori 25+ 15 24+ 41 29.52
32 Serika Okawachi 23 36 30+ 23 30.21
Moe Takiguchi 23 36 30+ 23 30.21
34 Yuka Higuchi 25 27 27+ 30 30.70
35 Sawa Kakizawa 13+ 44 31+ 21 31.91
36 Mio Nukui 24+ 32 27+ 30 32.50
37 Yuna Suzuki 24 34 27+ 30 33.24
38 Miu Kurita 23+ 35 27+ 30 33.73
39 Souka Hasegawa 24+ 32 26+ 36 34.68
40 Ayane Kashiwa 25 27 24+ 41 35.11
41 Ichika Osawa 22 50 27+ 30 36.06
42 Kazuki Hagiwara 13+ 44 28 29 37.50
43 Nana Goto 21+ 41 24+ 41 41.74
44 Miro Tsumashima 22+ 38 23+ 45 42.08
45 Mishika Ishii 22+ 38 21 48 42.99
46 Minami Kondo 17 42 23+ 45 43.95
47 Kazune Kobayashi 13+ 44 25 40 44.05
48 Sora Ito 13 54 26+ 36 44.70
49 Tsukushi Yamauchi 13+ 44 23+ 45 47.23
50 Kokoro Takata 13+ 44 20 49 48.75
51 Asami Harada 13+ 44 18+ 50 49.24
52 Utaha Sasaki 13+ 44 17+ 51 49.98
Kiho Nanba 13+ 44 17+ 51 49.98
54 Haruka Nakano 13+ 44 16+ 53 50.70

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