Japan Skating Federation

Figure Skating May 6, 2020

Yuzuru Hanyu performs bits of past programs in online videos

The Japan Skating Federation tweeted videos of the two-time Olympic champion as part of its campaign to encourage skating fans during the COVID-19 crisis.

Figure Skating Oct 25, 2019

Marin Honda, Keiji Tanaka sustain minor injuries in traffic accident in Canada

Figure skaters Marin Honda and Keiji Tanaka were involved in a car accident on Tuesday and treated for minor injuries, the Japan Skating Federation said. On Thursday, JSF director Yoshiko Kobayashi said the two skaters entered in the Friday-Sunday Skate Canada were on their way ...

Figure Skating Mar 29, 2019

Yuzuru Hanyu needs up to three months of treatment for ankle injury

Yuzuru Hanyu will need two to three months of treatment for the long-term ankle injury that will keep him out of April's World Team Trophy, the Japan Skating Federation said Friday. The two-time Olympic champion, who finished runner-up last Saturday at the World Figure Skating ...

Figure Skating Dec 13, 2018

Yuzuru Hanyu to miss nationals for third consecutive year

Yuzuru Hanyu will miss the upcoming national championships in Osaka due to a right ankle injury, the Japan Skating Federation announced Thursday. It will be Hanyu's third consecutive year missing nationals after pulling out last year with a similar injury and withdrawing in 2017 with ...

More Sports / Winter Sports Mar 8, 2018

Nao Kodaira to skip last World Cup event of season

Nao Kodaira will miss the final speedskating World Cup of the season due to poor physical health, the Japan Skating Federation announced Thursday. The Pyeongchang Olympic 500-meter gold medalist, who has been battling a cold since last Saturday, decided to skip the March 17-18 event ...

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Feb 13, 2018

Japan Skating Federation doing an inadequate job of finding, developing pairs and ice dance prospects

by Jack Gallagher

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Or so it seems. Japan finished a distant fifth, again, in the team skating event on Monday, behind Canada (73 points), the Olympic Athletes from Russia (66), the United States (66) and Italy (56). The Hinomaru was ...

Olympics / Winter Olympics Dec 30, 2017

Nao Kodaira, Miho Takagi are among 16 named to Japan speedskating squad for 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics

Nao Kodaira and Miho Takagi were among the 16 speedskaters named to the Winter Olympic team by the Japan Skating Federation on Saturday, after the final races of Japan's qualifying meet. The 31-year-old Kodaira, the reigning World Cup women's 500-meters champ and the 1,000 world-record ...

Figure Skating | ICE TIME Dec 26, 2017

Sending Kaori Sakamoto to Olympics the right call

by Jack Gallagher

This time the Japan Skating Federation got it right. Twelve years after controversially sending Miki Ando to the 2006 Turin Olympics when Yukari Nakano had enjoyed a better season and finished ahead of Ando at the Japan nationals, the JSF made the correct decision Sunday ...

Figure Skating Dec 13, 2017

Yuzuru Hanyu could be out longer than expected because of injury

Sochi Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu has sustained ligament damage to his right foot and may be sidelined longer than expected, Japan Skating Federation director Yoshiko Kobayashi said Wednesday. Should the two-time world champion continue to take time off skating and delay his preparations for the ...

Figure Skating Nov 9, 2017

Yuzuru Hanyu sustains right ankle injury in practice; status unknown for NHK Trophy

by Jack Gallagher

World and Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu suffered an injury to his right ankle during afternoon practice for the NHK Trophy at Osaka Municipal Central Gymnasium on Thursday afternoon and his status for the event is unclear. Hanyu fell while attempting a quadruple lutz and appeared ...