Lead Japan Cup 2024

Lead Japan Cup 2024
VenueKyushu Climbing Base SAGA
LocationTaku, Saga, Japan
Date23 – 24 February 2024
Websitehttps://www.jma-climbing.org/competition/2024/ljc/
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The 2024 Lead Japan Cup was the 37th edition of the annual competition lead climbing event organised by the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association (JMSCA), held in Kyushu Climbing Base SAGA, Saga.[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 2024 was the first domestic lead competition of the 2024 season. 58 men and 56 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 24 February 2024.[5][6]

Rank Name Final
1 Shion Omata 41+
2 Masahiro Higuchi 40+
3 Ao Yurikusa 34+
4 Zento Murashita 34+
5 Yuta Imaizumi 30+
6 Shuta Tanaka 29+
7 Mototaka Ishizu 24
8 Hidemasa Nishida 22

The women's lead finals took place on 24 February 2024.[7][8]

Rank Name Final
1 Ai Mori 46+
2 Mei Kotake 42
3 Natsumi Oda 41
4 Futaba Ito 40
5 Tomona Takao 39
6 Mao Nakamura 39
7 Momoka Miyajima 36+
8 Natsuki Tanii 35+

Semifinals

The men's lead semifinals took place on 24 February 2024.[9][10]

Rank Name Semifinal Notes
1 Shion Omata TOP Q
2 Ao Yurikusa TOP Q
3 Hidemasa Nishida 42+ Q
4 Zento Murashita 42+ Q
5 Mototaka Ishizu 42 Q
6 Masahiro Higuchi 40+ Q
7 Shuta Tanaka 40+ Q
8 Yuta Imaizumi 37+ Q
9 Yuji Fujiwaki 37+
10 Hiroto Shimizu 37+
11 Taisei Homma 37+
12 Sorato Anraku 37
13 Taito Nakagami 36
14 Tomoa Narasaki 35
15 Kokoro Fujii 34+
16 Yoshiyuki Ogata 31+
17 Ritsu Kayotani 31+
18 Manato Kurashiki 31+
19 Yusuke Sugimoto 31+
20 Sohta Amagasa 31
21 Hareru Nagamori 28+
22 Kisato Wada 28+
23 Mizuki Tajima 28+
24 Riku Ishihara 28
25 Rei Sasaki 15+
26 Haruki Uemura 4

The women's lead semifinals took place on 24 February 2024.[11][12]

Rank Name Semifinal Notes
1 Ai Mori TOP Q
2 Mei Kotake 47 Q
3 Natsumi Oda 46 Q
4 Futaba Ito 45+ Q
5 Tomona Takao 45+ Q
6 Natsuki Tanii 44+ Q
7 Momoka Miyajima 43+ Q
8 Mao Nakamura 43 Q
9 Ai Takeuchi 43
10 Risa Ota 43
11 Nonoha Kume 42+
12 Miho Nonaka 42+
13 Mai Kobayashi 42+
14 Honoka Oda 42+
15 Natsumi Hirano 42
16 Miku Ishii 41
17 Mashiro Kuzuu 39+
18 Miu Kakizaki 39+
19 Kohana Mugishima 39+
Sana Ogura 39+
21 Yuki Hiroshige 37+
22 Michika Nagashima 37+
23 Miu Kurita 34
24 Yuno Harigae 33+
25 Yuka Higuchi 26+
26 Hatsune Takeishi 26

Qualifications

The men's lead qualifications took place on 23 February 2024.[13][14]

Rank Name Qualification Notes
Route A Route B Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Shion Omata 36+ 2 TOP 1 2.00 Q
2 Ao Yurikusa 38+ 1 40+ 5 2.24 Q
3 Sorato Anraku 36+ 2 42+ 2 3.16 Q
Hidemasa Nishida 36+ 2 42+ 2 3.16 Q
5 Mototaka Ishizu 32+ 7 42 4 5.48 Q
6 Hareru Nagamori 36+ 2 37+ 11 7.48 Q
Masahiro Higuchi 36+ 2 37+ 11 7.48 Q
8 Kisato Wada 32+ 7 36+ 19 12.40 Q
9 Shuta Tanaka 31+ 9 37+ 11 13.23 Q
Yoshiyuki Ogata 31+ 9 37+ 11 13.23 Q
11 Yuta Imaizumi 27 27 39+ 6 13.25 Q
12 Yuji Fujiwaki 30+ 17 38 9 13.26 Q
13 Tomoa Narasaki 28+ 24 39 8 14.00 Q
14 Rei Sasaki 30 21 38 9 14.29 Q
15 Hiroto Shimizu 23+ 36 39+ 6 15.72 Q
16 Ritsu Kayotani 31+ 9 36+ 19 16.01 Q
Zento Murashita 31+ 9 36+ 19 16.01 Q
18 Kokoro Fujii 31+ 9 35 24 17.32 Q
19 Manato Kurashiki 31+ 9 34+ 25 17.85 Q
20 Mizuki Tajima 29 23 37+ 11 17.94 Q
21 Taisei Homma 28 26 37+ 11 19.08 Q
22 Sohta Amagasa 30+ 17 36+ 19 19.47 Q
23 Yusuke Sugimoto 31+ 9 32+ 29 20.00 Q
24 Riku Ishihara 31+ 9 31 37 21.65 Q
25 Taito Nakagami 23+ 36 37+ 11 23.07 Q
26 Haruki Uemura 25 30 37 18 23.43 Q
27 Keita Dohi 30+ 17 32+ 29 24.33
28 Tomoaki Takata 30+ 17 31 37 26.34
29 Satoki Tanaka 28+ 24 32+ 29 28.00
30 Kaya Otaka 23+ 36 35+ 23 29.56
31 Hiroki Kawakami 30 21 30+ 39 29.87
32 Junta Sekiguchi 26+ 28 32+ 29 29.93
33 Ryohei Kameyama 21+ 42 34+ 25 33.11
34 Shuto Matsusawa 25 30 16 37 33.58
35 Kaede Fujita 25+ 29 30+ 39 34.69
36 Hayato Tsuru 24+ 32 31+ 36 34.73
37 Rikuto Inohana 18+ 50 33+ 27 38.00
38 Haru Funaki 21 45 32+ 29 38.37
Haruto Imai 40 18 34 38.46
40 Shuhei Yukimaru 25 30 29 51 39.44
41 Ryota Toda 23+ 36 30+ 39 39.71
Isamu Kawabata 23+ 36 30+ 39 39.71
43 Rikuto Nobuchika 24+ 32 29+ 45 39.89
44 Yuichi Iwami 18+ 50 32+ 29 40.99
45 Hiroto Nishio 24+ 32 28+ 52 41.94
46 Kantaro Ito 21+ 42 30+ 39 42.24
47 Yo Masuda 24+ 32 26+ 54 42.73
48 Tatsuhiro Yoshioka 21 45 30+ 39 43.69
49 Yuta Kayotani 20+ 48 29+ 45 48.00
50 Keita Watabe 18+ 50 29+ 45 49.94
Toru Kofukuda 18+ 50 29+ 45 49.94
52 Shuma Yamane 21+ 42 19+ 58 49.94
53 Kenshin Hara 20+ 48 28+ 52 50.46
54 Kanata Tanaka 18 56 29+ 45 51.58
55 Taiga Nakamura 17 57 29+ 45 52.03
56 Rinze Masuda 18+ 50 26+ 54 53.49
57 Yamato Suzuki 18+ 50 20 57 54.70
58 Kaede Koga 15+ 58 20+ 56 56.99

The women's lead qualifications took place on 23 February 2024.[15][16]

Rank Name Qualification Notes
Route A Route B Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Ai Mori TOP 1 TOP 1 1.50 Q
Mei Kotake TOP 1 TOP 1 1.50 Q
3 Natsumi Hirano 42+ 3 43+ 3 3.46 Q
4 Futaba Ito 42+ 3 43 4 4.69 Q
5 Mao Nakamura 41+ 6 43 4 5.74 Q
6 Tomona Takao 42+ 3 42+ 8 6.00 Q
7 Nonoha Kume 37 12 43 4 8.12 Q
8 Miho Nonaka 39+ 8 42+ 11 8.49 Q
9 Ai Takeuchi 39 9 41+ 11 10.39 Q
10 Mai Kobayashi 38 10 41+ 11 10.95 Q
11 Honoka Oda 40+ 7 9 18 11.68 Q
12 Momoka Mitashima 36+ 13 42+ 8 14.39 Q
13 Risa Ota 30+ 37 43 4 14.55 Q
14 Natsumi Oda 36+ 13 41 14 17.94 Q
15 Mashiro Kuzuu 36+ 13 40+ 15 18.57 Q
16 Miu Kakizaki 37+ 11 34 31 18.76 Q
17 Miu Kurita 36+ 13 39+ 16 19.48 Q
18 Yuki Hiroshige 36+ 13 39 18 21.18 Q
19 Natsuki Tanii 36+ 13 38+ 22 22.75 Q
20 Hatsune Takeishi 36+ 13 37+ 24 23.49 Q
Yuno Harigae 28+ 44 41+ 11 23.49 Q
22 Miku Ishii 36+ 13 34+ 25 25.15 Q
Michika Nagashima 36+ 13 34+ 25 25.15 Q
Yuka Higuchi 36+ 13 34+ 25 25.15 Q
Kohana Mugishima 36+ 13 34+ 25 25.15 Q
Sana Ogura 36+ 13 34+ 25 25.15 Q
27 Melody Sekikawa 34+ 35 39 18 26.12
28 Moka Mochizuki 31 36 39 18 26.50
29 Mia Aoyagi 36+ 13 33+ 34 28.17
30 Kaho Murakoshi 36+ 13 32+ 36 28.77
31 Koko Masuda 25+ 50 39+ 16 28.87
32 Kanna Fujimura 36+ 13 31+ 37 29.37
33 Ryu Nakagawa 36+ 13 31 39 29.95
34 Sawa Kakizaki 28+ 44 38+ 22 32.17
35 Ayane Kashiwa 30+ 37 34+ 25 32.54
36 Anon Matsufuji 35+ 34 34 31 32.98
37 Sora Kudo 36+ 13 26+ 44 33.40
Nanako Kura 36+ 13 26+ 44 33.40
Kazuki Hagiwara 36+ 13 26+ 44 33.40
Ichika Osawa 36+ 13 26+ 44 33.40
41 Takada Kokoro 36+ 13 6 56 35.89
42 Mio Nukui 25+ 40 34 31 40.20
43 Serika Okawachi 30 41 29+ 42 41.50
44 Kazune Kobayashi 29 43 30+ 40 41.73
45 Kiki Matsuda 29+ 42 29 43 42.50
46 Manami Yama 26+ 49 31+ 37 42.87
47 Souka Hasegawa 30+ 37 26+ 44 43.21
Saki Kikuchi 30+ 37 26+ 44 43.21
49 Hamasaki Koiha 13+ 56 33+ 34 43.95
50 Ayaka Kaji 24+ 52 30+ 40 46.11
51 Nanami Nobe 28+ 44 26+ 44 47.23
Sora Ito 28+ 44 26+ 44 47.23
53 Kiho Nanba 28+ 44 26 54 49.84
54 Kotomi Yamanaka 24+ 52 26+ 44 50.46
55 Utaha Sasaki 23 54 26+ 44 51.18
56 Ryo Nakajima 22+ 55 25+ 55 55.00

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