Lead Japan Cup 2024

Lead Japan Cup 2024
Venue	Kyushu Climbing Base SAGA
Location	Taku, Saga, Japan
Date	23 – 24 February 2024
Website	https://www.jma-climbing.org/competition/2024/ljc/
Medalists
Shion Omata / Ai Mori   Masahiro Higuchi / Mei Kotake   Ao Yurikusa / Natsumi Oda
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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

References

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External links

• JMSCA Youtube channel
• Full Results (Archived)
• JMSCA (Japan Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Association) (in Japanese)