Lead Japan Cup 2026

Lead Japan Cup 2026
VenueDMG MORI Arena
LocationIga, Mie, Japan
Date7 – 8 March 2026
Websitehttps://www.jma-climbing.org/competition/2026/ljc/
Medalists
 Neo Suzuki / Ai Mori
 Shion Omata / Miho Nonaka
 Sorato Anraku / Hana Koike

The 2026 Lead Japan Cup is the 39th edition of the annual competition lead climbing event organised by the Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association (JMSCA), held in DMG MORI Arena, Mie.[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][4] LJC 2026 was the first domestic lead competition of the 2026 season. 54 men and 50 women competed, with Neo Suzuki and Ai Mori winning the men's and women's titles respectively. Neo Suzuki won his first LJC and Ai Mori secured her seventh consecutive LJC title.[5]

Results

Finals

The men's lead finals took place on 8 March 2026.[6][7]

Rank Name Final
1 Neo Suzuki 34+
2 Shion Omata 34+
3 Sorato Anraku 33
4 Zento Murashita 28
5 Ao Yurikusa 26+
6 Hiroto Nishio 22+
7 Manato Kurashiki 22
8 Ryusei Hamada 5

The women's lead finals took place on 8 March 2026.[8][9]

Rank Name Final
1 Ai Mori 48+
2 Miho Nonaka 39+
3 Hana Koike 39
4 Natsumi Oda 35+
5 Ryu Nakagawa 27+
6 Mia Aoyagi 27+
7 Yuno Harigae 27+
8 Mei Kotake 27+

Semifinals

The men's lead semifinals took place on 8 March 2026.[10][11]

Rank Name Semifinal Notes
1 Sorato Anraku 40+ Q
2 Neo Suzuki 39+ Q
3 Shion Omata 35+ Q
4 Ryusei Hamada 34+ Q
5 Ao Yurikusa 34+ Q
6 Manato Kurashiki 34+ Q
7 Zento Murashita 32+ Q
8 Hiroto Nishio 31+ Q
9 Haru Funaki 30+
10 Rikuto Inohana 29+
11 Hiroto Shimizu 28
12 Taisei Homma 26+
13 Hareru Nagamori 26+
14 Kokoro Fujii 25+
15 Satoki Tanaka 25+
16 Masahiro Higuchi 25+
17 Ryota Toda 25+
18 Satone Yoshida 25
19 Rei Sasaki 24+
20 Hidemasa Nishida 24+
21 Yusuke Sugimoto 24+
22 Genbu Uehara 24+
23 Kaede Fujita 22+
24 Yuta Imaizumi 17+

The women's lead semifinals took place on 8 March 2026.[12][13]

Rank Name Semifinal Notes
1 Ai Mori 39+ Q
2 Ryu Nakagawa 38+ Q
3 Hana Koike 36+ Q
4 Natsumi Oda 35 Q
5 Mia Aoyagi 29+ Q
6 Yuno Harigae 28+ Q
7 Mei Kotake 28+ Q
Miho Nonaka 28+ Q
9 Mai Kobayashi 28+
10 Kohana Mugishima 27+
11 Hirano Natsumi 26+
Natsuki Tanii 26+
13 Tomona Takao 26+
14 Miu Kakizaki 26+
15 Moka Mochizuki 25+
16 Towako Nakata 25+
17 Risa Ota 25+
18 Nanako Kura 25+
19 Shiori Murasugi 22+
20 Karino Nagi 22+
21 Manami Yama 21+
22 Serika Okawachi 21
23 Karin Yokomichi 20
24 Ai Takeuchi 20

Qualifications

The men's lead qualifications took place on 7 March 2026.[14][15]

Rank Name Qualification Notes
Route A Route B Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Neo Suzuki 35+ 1 TOP 1 1.41 Q
2 Sorato Anraku 33+ 3 TOP 1 3.32 Q
Shion Omata 33+ 3 TOP 1 3.32 Q
4 Hiroto Shimizu 34 2 34+ 7 4.36 Q
5 Ryusei Hamada 33+ 3 35+ 5 5.50 Q
6 Ao Yurikusa 32+ 9 35+ 6 7.04 Q
7 Zento Murashita 33+ 3 34+ 7 7.23 Q
Hiroto Nishio 33+ 3 34+ 7 7.23 Q
Yuta Imaizumi 33+ 3 34+ 7 7.23 Q
10 Manato Kurashiki 27+ 18 36+ 4 8.94 Q
11 Kokoro Fujii 28+ 14 34+ 7 12.13 Q
12 Taisei Homma 31 10 32+ 15 12.55 Q
13 Satoki Tanaka 31 10 31+ 16 13.75 Q
14 Satone Yoshida 28+ 14 34 13 14.47 Q
15 Hareru Nagamori 29 13 31+ 16 15.30 Q
16 Haru Funaki 29+ 12 29+ 21 16.25 Q
17 Rei Sasaki 27+ 18 34 13 16.43 Q
18 Rikuto Inohana 22 33 34+ 7 18.10 Q
19 Masahiro Higuchi 28+ 14 29+ 21 18.47 Q
20 Hidemasa Nishida 27+ 18 31+ 16 18.97 Q
21 Ryota Toda 27+ 18 27+ 25 23.02 Q
22 Kaede Fujita 23+ 29 31+ 16 23.24 Q
Yusuke Sugimoto 23+ 29 31+ 16 23.24 Q
24 Genbu Uehara 25 25 29+ 21 23.45 Q
25 Yuji Fujiwaki 27+ 18 27 29 24.08
26 Akira Shimizu 24 28 28+ 24 25.92
27 Taito Nakagami 28+ 14 21+ 46 27.13
28 Kota Miyagawa 24+ 26 26+ 30 28.20
Shuto Matsusawa 23+ 29 27+ 25 28.20
30 Kaya Otaka 24+ 26 26 31 28.89
31 Shuma Yamane 26+ 23 23+ 33 28.97
32 Akira Tsunoda 25+ 24 23+ 33 29.60
33 Rui Funakoshi 22 33 27+ 25 30.24
34 Kento Yamaguchi 23 32 23+ 33 34.18
35 Ryotaro Nakajima 18 39 26 31 35.27
36 Sora Harada 22 33 23+ 33 35.49
37 Shoya Arakawa 19 38 23+ 33 37.24
38 Ikken Uehara 12+ 51 27+ 25 37.30
39 Keisetsu Onishi 16+ 42 23+ 33 39.39
40 Takumi Tsujimoto 15+ 44 23+ 33 40.30
41 Kosei Aoyama 21 37 21+ 46 41.92
42 Mototaka Ishizu 13+ 48 23+ 33 42.29
43 Miyake Soju 17+ 41 22+ 43 42.47
44 Shuta Tanaka 22 33 11+ 54 43.16
45 Yoshioka Tatsuhiro 18 39 20 50 44.44
46 Haryuoshi Morimoto 15 46 22+ 43 44.99
47 Toku Higashiguchi 13+ 48 23 41 45.09
48 Taisei Funaki 14+ 47 22+ 43 45.48
49 Rinze Masuda 12+ 51 23 41 46.68
50 Yuki Takayanagi 16+ 42 14+ 52 47.01
51 Arata Sakamoto 13+ 48 21+ 46 48.24
52 Yuichi Iwami 15+ 44 13+ 53 48.56
53 Shintaro Takeshita 12+ 51 21+ 46 49.94
54 Kaede Koga 12+ 51 15 51 51.74

The women's lead qualifications took place on 7 March 2026.[16][17]

Rank Name Qualification Notes
Route A Route B Points
Score Rank Score Rank
1 Ai Mori TOP 1 TOP 1 1.22 Q
2 Hana Koike 38+ 2 TOP 1 3.24 Q
3 Yuno Harigae 38+ 2 36+ 3 4.95 Q
4 Natsumi Hirano 38+ 2 35+ 5 7.94 Q
Natsuki Tanii 38+ 2 35+ 5 7.94 Q
Shiori Murasugi 38+ 2 35+ 5 7.94 Q
Kohana Mugishima 38+ 2 35+ 5 7.94 Q
8 Mia Aoyagi 37+ 16 36+ 3 8.26 Q
9 Moka Mochizuki 38+ 2 34+ 14 10.25 Q
10 Natsumi Oda 38+ 2 33+ 17 10.91 Q
11 Tomona Takao 38 13 35+ 5 11.22 Q
Towako Nakata 38 13 35+ 5 11.22 Q
13 Ryu Nakagawa 38+ 2 32 22 12.83 Q
Miu Kakizaki 38+ 2 32 22 12.83 Q
15 Mei Kotake 37+ 16 35+ 5 13.25 Q
Nagi Karino 37+ 16 35+ 5 13.25 Q
Miho Nonaka 37+ 16 35+ 5 13.25 Q
18 Mai Kobayashi 38+ 2 28+ 31 14.73 Q
19 Risa Ota 37+ 16 34+ 14 17.10 Q
20 Manami Yama 37 24 34+ 14 18.97 Q
21 Karin Yokomichi 37+ 16 32+ 18 19.50 Q
Nanako Kura 37+ 16 32+ 18 19.50 Q
23 Ai Takeuchi 37+ 16 32 22 21.41 Q
24 Serika Okawachi 38 13 25+ 36 22.45 Q
25 Mitsu Yamada 34 29 32+ 18 23.78
26 Sora Kaneki 36+ 25 31+ 26 26.50
Sawa Kakizaki 36+ 25 31+ 26 26.50
Kiho Namba 36+ 25 31+ 26 26.50
29 Miku Ishii 25 46 32+ 18 29.95
30 Mashiro Kuzuu 30+ 39 32 22 30.66
31 Chihiro Kaneko 33+ 30 26+ 33 32.48
Akane Matsuura 33+ 30 26+ 33 32.48
33 Yuri Horiuchi 31+ 38 29+ 30 33.76
34 Kiki Matsuda 32+ 34 26 35 34.75
35 Kana Watanabe 33+ 30 23+ 38 34.82
Suzu Matoba 33+ 30 23+ 38 34.82
37 Sarii Saito 26 43 30 29 35.31
38 Sumire Yamamoto 35+ 28 19+ 48 36.85
39 Koko Masuda 32+ 34 21+ 44 39.18
40 Ayaka Kaji 32 36 22 43 39.62
41 Rin Ninomiya 21 50 27+ 32 40.00
42 Kazune Kobayashi 30+ 39 22+ 42 40.99
43 Kokoro Takata 32 36 19+ 48 42.07
44 Airi Sano 20 48 24+ 37 42.14
45 Serina Koyama 25+ 44 23 40 42.45
Yuka Higuchi 25+ 44 23 40 42.45
47 Hina Sato 30+ 39 20+ 46 42.90
48 Kawa Okawa 29+ 42 18+ 50 45.83
49 Kazuki Hagiwara 22 49 21+ 44 46.70
50 Suzu Hasegawa 24+ 47 20 47 47.00

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