2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup

2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup
Type:ISU Challenger Series
Date:September 5 – 7
Season:2025–26
Location:Osaka, Japan
Host:Japanese Skating Federation
Venue:Kanku Ice Arena
Previous CS:
2025 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition
Next CS:
2025 CS Lombardia Trophy

The 2025 Kinoshita Group Cup will be held on September 5–7, 2025, in Osaka, Japan[1] as part of the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series. Medals will be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

Entries

The International Skating Union published the initial list of entries on August 8, 2025.

Country Men[2] Women[3] Pairs[4] Ice dance[5]
 Australia — Maria Chernyshova —
 Canada Aleksa Rakic Madeline Schizas
—
 Cyprus — Stefania Yakovleva —
 Czech Republic — Eliška Březinová —
 Finland —
  • Daniela Ivanitskiy
  • Matthey Sperry
 Great Britain Tao MacRae —
 Georgia — —
 Hungary — —
 Japan Haru Kakiuchi Mone Chiba
Kao Miura Wakaba Higuchi —
Shunsuke Nakamura Saki Miyake —
Kazuki Tomono Kaori Sakamoto
Tatsuya Tsuboi Rinka Watanabe
Sota Yamamoto Mako Yamashita
— Hana Yoshida
 South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Lee Hae-in —
Lee Jae-keun You Young —
Lee Si-hyeong Yun Ah-sun
 Netherlands — —
 Philippines — —
 United States Goku Endo Sonja Hilmer
Tomoki Hiwatashi Bradie Tennell —
Jimmy Ma — —

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Ref.
August 11 Pairs
  • Armenia
  • Karina Akapova
  • Nikita Rakhmanin
— [6]
August 19 — [7]
Women —

References

  1. ^ "Kinoshita Group Cup Announcement" (PDF). International Skating Union. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  2. ^ "ISU CS Kinoshita Gropu Cup 2025 – Men". International Skating Union. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  3. ^ "ISU CS Kinoshita Gropu Cup 2025 – Women". International Skating Union. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  4. ^ "ISU CS Kinoshita Gropu Cup 2025 – Pairs". International Skating Union. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  5. ^ "ISU CS Kinoshita Gropu Cup 2025 – Ice dance". International Skating Union. Retrieved August 8, 2025.
  6. ^ "🇦🇲 Karina Akapova / Nikita Rakhmanin have withdrawn from Kinoshita Group Cup". August 10, 2025.
  7. ^ "🇷🇸 Antonina Dubinina and 🇦🇺 Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore have withdrawn from Kinoshita Group Cup". August 20, 2025.