At the conclusion of the All Japan Championships, the teams for the 2023 ISU Championships were named.
World Championships
Men: Shoma Uno, Sota Yamamoto, Kazuki Tomono
Women: Kaori Sakamoto, Mai Mihara, Rinka Watanabe
Pairs: Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Ice Dance: Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi
Alternates
Men: Shun Sato, Koshiro Shimada, Kao Miura
Women: Hana Yoshida, Mone Chiba, Mana Kawabe
Ice Dance: Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto
Four Continents
Men: Koshiro Shimada, Shun Sato, Kao Miura
Women: Rinka Watanabe, Hana Yoshida, Mone Chiba
Pairs: Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Ice Dance: Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi, Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto
Alternates
Men: Kazuki Tomono, Sota Yamamoto, Tatsuya Tsuboi
Women: Mana Kawabe, Rion Sumiyoshi, Rika Kihira
World Junior Championships
Men: Nozomu Yoshioka, Kao Miura
Women: Mao Shimada, Ami Nakai
Pairs: Haruna Murakami/Sumitada Moriguchi
Ice Dance: Nao Kida/Masaya Morita
Alternates
Men: Shunsuke Nakamura, Haruya Sasaki
Women: Mone Chiba, Hana Yoshida
Ice Dance: Sara Kishimoto/Atsuhiko Tamura
2022 All Japan Championships — Kadoma City, Osaka, Dec. 21-25.
Nov. 12 — The Japan Skating Federation announced its team for the 2023 FISU World University Games, which will be held in Lake Placid, New York, Jan 12-22:
Yuma Kagiyama, Shun Sato, Tatsuya Tsuboi, Kaori Sakamoto, Mai Mihara, Rion Sumiyoshi
Alternates: Sota Yamamoto, Kosho Oshima, Kazuki Hasegawa; Rinka Watanabe, Maria Egawa, Mako Yamashita
Japanese skaters have claimed 18 victories at this competition since 1966. Daisuke Takahashi won back-to-back titles in 2005 and 2007. Mai Mihara won this competition in 2019 and 30 years ago (1993) Yuma Kagiyama’s father claimed bronze.
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On April 21, the Japan Skating Federation (JSF) announced its developmental team for the 2022-2023 season. Last season there were only three men and three women in the ″Special″ category, but this year it has been expanded to six men and four women. All skaters named below will be eligible for assignments to international events at the junior and senior levels this season.
Along with the medalists from senior Worlds, the JSF included the reigning junior champion Kao Miura and the 2022 World junior bronze medalist Tatsuya Tsuboi in the top group for the upcoming season. Kazuki Tomono also earned a place in that group following his strong showing at the World Championships in March.
Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi confirmed they are returning for another season. Yuzuru Hanyu is off the list following his retirement announcement on July 19.
As Rika Kihira did not compete last season she has not met the criteria, but it is expected she will be assigned to international competitions this season and will be added to the roster at a later date.
Satoko Miyahara announced her retirement on her 24th birthday (March 26) and Keiji Tanaka followed suit on April 11. Miyahara plans to skate in shows and Tanaka is going to move into an assistant coaching role.
Special:
Men: Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama, Kazuki Tomono, Kao Miura, Tatsuya Tsuboi
Women: Kaori Sakamoto, Wakaba Higuchi, Mana Kawabe, Mai Mihara
Pairs: Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Group A:
Men: Sena Miyake, Shun Sato, Sota Yamamoto, Nozomu Yoshioka
Women: Rinka Watanabe, Rino Matsuike, Rion Sumiyoshi, Mao Shimada, Mone Chiba
Ice Dance: Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto, Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi
Group B:
Men: Koshiro Shimada, Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda, Takeru Kataise, Kosho Oshima, Shunsuke Nakamura, Ryoga Morimoto, Ryusei Kikuchi
Women: Hana Yoshida, Ayumi Shibayama, Yuhana Yokoi, Azusa Tanaka, Ami Nakai, Ikura Kushida
Ice Dance: Nao Kida/Masaya Morita
Synchronized Skating: Jingu Ice Messengers
JUNIORS
The JSF has announced most of the skater assignments for the 2022 Junior Grand Prix Series. The Japanese women have 11 entries in total at all seven events. Japanese press announcement
France: Shunsuke Nakamura, Ryoga Morimoto; Hana Yoshida, Ayumi Shibayama
Czech Republic: Nozomu Yoshioka, Haru Kakiuchi; Mao Shimada, Ikura Kushida; Nao Kida/Masaya Morita;
Haruka Murakami/Sumitada Moriguchi (pairs)
Latvia: Tudoi Suto, Rio Nakata; Ami Nakai
Armenia: Takeru Amine Kataise, Shunsuke Nakamura; Hana Yoshida, Mone Chiba
France: Nozomu Yoshioka; Mao Shimada; Nao Kida/Masaya Morita
Poland: Tudoi Suto
Italy: Takeru Amine Kataise, Rio Nakata
2022-2023 SEASON PROGRAMS
Uno — SP: Gravity / FS: Air on the G String/Mea Tormenta, Properate!
Kagiyama — SP: Believer / FS: Rain, In Your Black Eyes / EX: Underground
Tomono — SP: Happy Jazz / FS: Die Fledermaus (Overture)
Kao Miura — FS: Phantom of the Opera
Sato — SP: Carol of the Bells
Tsuboi — FS: Torn (Redux)
Sakamoto — SP: Rock With You/Feedback / FS: Elastic Heart
Higuchi — SP: Never Tear Us Apart
Mihara — SP: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Kawabe — SP: When the Party’s Over/Bad Guy / FS: Drowning
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