Climbing Japan Cup or Japan Climbing Cup is a series of climbing competitions held annually and organized by the JMSCA (Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association). The athletes compete in three disciplines: lead , bouldering and speed . The first Lead Japan Cup was held in 1987. The first Bouldering Japan Cup was held in 2005. The first Combined Japan Cup was held in 2018. The first Speed Japan Cup was held in 2019.[ 1] [ 2]
Lead
Lead Japan Cup (in Japanese)
Edition
Y.M.D
Location
Women
Men
11
1997.10.04-05
Ōtake city, Hiroshima Prefecture
Rie Kimura
Dai Koyamada
12
1998.10.03-04
Katano city, Osaka Prefecture
Hoshiko Nakagai
Tomohiro Shibata
13
1999.10.10-11
Hadano city, Kanagawa Prefecture
Rie Kimura
Takaaki Tsuiki
14
2000.11.04-05
Kazo city, Saitama Prefecture
Yasue Minamiura
Akito Matsushima
15
2001.08.18-19
Nanto city, Toyama Prefecture
Yuka Kobayashi
Takuya Takeda
16
2002.09.15-16
Sendai city, Miyagi Prefecture
Yuka Kobayashi
Hidekazu Ito
17
2003.09.27-28
Nagaoka district, Kōchi Prefecture
Yuko Hirohata
Keita Mogaki
18
2004.06.12-13
Sapporo city, Hokkaido Prefecture
Yuka Kobayashi
Yoshinobu Shinozaki
19
2005.11.05-06
Kazo city, Saitama Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Yuji Hirayama
20
2006.09.02-03
Maniwa city, Okayama Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Sachi Amma
21
2007.06.02-03
Hadano city, Kanagawa Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Sachi Amma
22
2008.06.07-08
Taketa city, Ōita Prefecture
Momoka Oda
Hidekazu Ito
23
2009.06.06-07
Joetsu city, Niigata Prefecture
Yuka Kobayashi
Sachi Amma
24
2010.06.05-06
Inzai city, Chiba Prefecture
Momoka Oda
Sachi Amma
25
2011.06.04-05
Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Momoka Oda
Sachi Amma
26
2012.06.09-10
Gifu city, Gifu Prefecture
Momoka Oda
Masahiro Higuchi
27
2013.06.01-02
Higashikurume city, Tokyo
Yuka Kobayashi
Daisuke Kasahara
28
2014.06.07-08
Omura city, Nagasaki Prefecture
Risa Ota
Akito Matsushima
29
2015.06.06-07
Minabe town, Wakayama Prefecture
Aika Tajima
Masahiro Higuchi
30
2016.06.11-12
Morioka city, Iwate Prefecture
Ai Mori
Keiichiro Korenaga
31[ 3]
2017.06.10-11
Saijo city, Ehime Prefecture
Ai Mori
Taisei Homma
32[ 4]
2019.03.02-03
Inzai city, Chiba Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Kokoro Fujii
33[ 5]
2020.08.09-11
Morioka city, Iwate Prefecture
Ai Mori
Hidemasa Nishida
34[ 6]
2021.03.26-28
Inzai city, Chiba Prefecture
Ai Mori
Satone Yoshida
35[ 7]
2022.02.12-13
Inzai city, Chiba Prefecture
Ai Mori
Taisei Homma
36[ 8]
2023.02.25-26
Inzai city, Chiba Prefecture
Ai Mori
Shion Omata
37[ 9]
2024.02.23-24
Taku city, Saga Prefecture
Ai Mori
Shion Omata
Bouldering
Bouldering Japan Cup (in Japanese)
Akiyo Noguchi won the most, with 9 consecutive wins from 2005 to 2014 (1st-9th). In 2017, Futaba Ito then 14-year-old, became the youngest athlete to win the Bouldering Japan Cup.[ 10] There were no male athletes who won more than once until Kokoro Fujii won three times consecutively from 2016 to 2018 and then again in 2021.[ 11]
Edition
Y.M.D
Location
Women
Men
1
2005.09.23-24
Kobe city, Hyogo Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Keita Mogaki
2
2006.12.23-24
Kazo city, Saitama Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Tatsuya Muraoka
3
2007.12.01-02
Taketa city, Oita Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Kazuma Watanabe
4
2009.02.28-03.01
Kawagoe city, Saitama Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Masatoshi Sugita
5
2009.11.21-22
Fukaya city, Saitama Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Tsukuru Hori
6
2011.02.26-27
Nagasaki city, Nagasaki Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Atsushi Shimizu
7
2012.02.25-26
Nagasaki city, Nagasaki Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Tatsumi Nitta
8
2013.02.23-24
Komazawa Olympic Park , Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Akiyo Noguchi
Sachi Amma
9
2014.02.22-23
Shizuoka city, Shizuoka Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Makoto Yamauchi
10
2015.02.21-22
Fukaya city, Saitama Prefecture
Aika Tajima
Rei Sugimoto
11
2016.01.30-31
Kazo city, Saitama Prefecture
Akiyo Noguchi
Kokoro Fujii
12[ 12]
2017.01.28-29
Yoyogi National Gymnasium , Shibuya ward, Tokyo
Futaba Ito
Kokoro Fujii
13[ 13]
2018.02.03-04
Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Akiyo Noguchi
Kokoro Fujii
14[ 14]
2019.01.26-27
Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Miho Nonaka
Taisei Ishimatsu
15[ 15]
2020.02.08-09
Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Futaba Ito
Kai Harada
16[ 16]
2021.01.30-31
Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Ai Mori
Kokoro Fujii
17[ 17]
2022.02.5-6
Yokkaichi Dome , Mie Prefecture
Nanako Kura
Tomoa Narasaki
18[ 18]
2023.02.4-5
Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, Tokyo
Futaba Ito
Meichi Narasaki
19[ 19]
2024.02.10-12
Taku city, Saga Prefecture
Mao Nakamura
Yoshiyuki Ogata
Speed
Speed Japan Cup (in Japanese)
Combined
Combined Japan Cup (in Japanese)
References
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