Climbing Japan Cup

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]

Lead

Lead Japan Cup (in Japanese)

Edition Y.M.D Location Women Men
11 1997.10.4-5 Ōtake city, Hiroshima Prefecture Rie Kimura Dai Koyamada
12 1998.10.3-4 Katano city, Osaka Prefecture Hoshiko Nakagai Tomohiro Shibata
13 1999.10.10-11 Hadano city, Kanagawa Prefecture Rie Kimura Takaaki Tsuiki
14 2000.11.4-5 Kazo city, Saitama Prefecture Yasue Minamiura Akito Matsushima
15 2001.8.18-19 Nanto city, Toyama Prefecture Yuka Kobayashi Takuya Takeda
16 2002.9.15-16 Sendai city, Miyagi Prefecture Yuka Kobayashi Hidekazu Ito
17 2003.9.27-28 Nagaoka district, Kōchi Prefecture Yuko Hirohata Keita Mogaki
18 2004.6.12-13 Sapporo city, Hokkaido Prefecture Yuka Kobayashi Yoshinobu Shinozaki
19 2005.11.5-6 Kazo city, Saitama Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Yuji Hirayama
20 2006.9.2-3 Maniwa city, Okayama Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Sachi Amma
21 2007.6.2-3 Hadano city, Kanagawa Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Sachi Amma
22 2008.6.7-8 Taketa city, Ōita Prefecture Momoka Oda Hidekazu Ito
23 2009.6.6-7 Joetsu city, Niigata Prefecture Yuka Kobayashi Sachi Amma
24 2010.6.5-6 Inzai city, Chiba Prefecture Momoka Oda Sachi Amma
25 2011.6.4-5 Yamaguchi city, Yamaguchi Prefecture Momoka Oda Sachi Amma
26 2012.6.9-10 Gifu city, Gifu Prefecture Momoka Oda Masahiro Higuchi
27 2013.6.1-2 Higashikurume city, Tokyo Yuka Kobayashi Daisuke Kasahara
28 2014.6.7-8 Omura city, Nagasaki Prefecture Risa Ota Akito Matsushima
29 2015.6.6-7 Minabe town, Wakayama Prefecture Aika Tajima Masahiro Higuchi
30 2016.6.11-12 Morioka city, Iwate Prefecture Ai Mori Keiichiro Korenaga
31 2017.6.10-11 Saijo city, Ehime Prefecture Ai Mori Taisei Honma
32 2019.3.2-3 Inzai city, Chiba Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Kokoro Fujii

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.[2] There were no male athletes who won more than once until Kokoro Fujii won three times consecutively from 2016 to 2018.[3]

Edition Y.M.D Location Women Men
1 2005.9.23-24 Kobe city, Hyogo Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Keita Mogaki
2 2006.12.23-24 Kazo city, Saitama Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Tatsuya Muraoka
3 2007.12.1-2 Taketa city, Oita Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Kazuma Watanabe
4 2009.2.28-3.1 Kawagoe city, Saitama Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Masatoshi Sugita
5 2009.11.21-22 Fukaya city, Saitama Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Tsukuru Hori
6 2011.2.26-27 Nagasaki city, Nagasaki Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Atsushi Shimizu
7 2012.2.25-26 Nagasaki city, Nagasaki Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Tatsumi Nitta
8 2013.2.23-24 Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, Tokyo Akiyo Noguchi Sachi Amma
9 2014.2.22-23 Shizuoka city, Shizuoka Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Makoto Yamauchi
10 2015.2.21-22 Fukaya city, Saitama Prefecture Aika Tajima Rei Sugimoto
11 2016.1.30-31 Kazo city, Saitama Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Kokoro Fujii
12 2017.1.28-29 Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Shibuya ward, Tokyo Futaba Ito Kokoro Fujii
13 2018.2.3-4 Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, Tokyo Akiyo Noguchi Kokoro Fujii
14 2019.1.26-27 Komazawa Olympic Park, Setagaya ward, Tokyo Miho Nonaka Taisei Ishimatsu

Speed
Edition Y.M.D Location Women Men
1 2019.2.10 Akishima city, Tokyo Miho Nonaka Yudai Ikeda

Combined
Edition Y.M.D Location Women Men
1 2018.6.23-24 Morioka city, Iwate Prefecture Akiyo Noguchi Tomoa Narasaki
2 2019.5.25-26 Saijo city, Ehime Prefecture Miho Nonaka Tomoa Narasaki

References
  1. "Competition Calendar".
  2. "Teenage girl becomes youngest winner of Bouldering Japan Cup".
  3. "Climbers Fuji, Noguchi make history at Bouldering Japan Cup".
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