The Japan Chess Championship 2022 was held from April 30 to May 4 in Tokyo with participation of 63 players and a total prize fund of 100.000 yen.
FM Mirai Aoshima became the sole Winner of the event after a dramatic finish with score of 7.5/9 points. Three top seeds entered the last round with chances for the first place as Shinya Kojima and Mirai Aoshima both scored 6.5/8 points and Thanh Tu Tran was behind with 6/8.
Tran was convincing in a direct encounter against Kojima to leap on the second position, while Aoshima defeated Tomohiko Matsuo to clinch the title of National Champion. As the top two players of the Japan Chess Championship 2022, Thanh Tu Tran and Mirai Aoshima earned their spots for the upcoming 44th Chess Olympiad 2022.

Final rankings – Japan Chess Championship 2022
Rk.
Name
FED
RtgI
Pts.
1
FM
Aoshima Mirai
JPN
2342
7.5
2
CM
Tran Thanh Tu
JPN
2386
7
3
FM
Yamada Kohei
JPN
2161
7
4
IM
Kojima Shinya
JPN
2353
6.5
5
Kobayashi Atsuhiko
JPN
2141
6.5
6
Makino Mitsunori
JPN
0
6.5
7
CM
Averbukh Alex
JPN
2144
6
8
Shiomi Ryo
JPN
2056
6
9
CM
Matsuo Tomohiko
JPN
2148
6
10
Noguchi Koji
JPN
1943
6
11
Otsuka Shou
JPN
1973
5.5
12
Ogawa Tomie
JPN
1852
5.5
13
Shinoda Taro
JPN
2012
5.5
14
Farfurnik Sasha
ISR
1998
5.5
15
Higashino Tetsuo
JPN
2104
5.5
16
FM
Bibby Simon
JPN
2171
5.5
17
Furuya Masahiro
JPN
1968
5.5
18
Wijaya Tony
INA
0
5.5
19
Maeshima Hiroaki
JPN
1843
5.5
20
Mitsui Ryoya
JPN
1841
5.5
21
Wakamori Tsuyoshi
JPN
1847
5.5
22
Gishi Takeshi
JPN
2036
5
23
Kitagami Show
JPN
1933
5
24
Nguyen Tuan Anh
VIE
0
5
25
Taga Hiroto
JPN
1928
5
26
Nakamura Naohiro
JPN
2099
4.5
27
Sakai Enju
JPN
1923
4.5
28
Hirao Satoshi
JPN
1958
4.5
29
Nakagawa Seiji
CAN
1691
4.5
30
Mizumoto Takahiro
JPN
0
4.5
31
Okabe Yuma
JPN
1965
4.5
32
Yamada Yukihiro
JPN
1689
4.5
33
Hashimoto Shunji
JPN
0
4.5
34
Sugimoto Koichi
JPN
1885
4.5
35
Koyama Nobuyuki
JPN
1743
4.5
36
WCM
Sakai Azumi
JPN
1739
4
37
Uetani Toshiaki
JPN
0
4
38
Fukuda Toyoaki
JPN
1715
4
39
Kuroda Yunosuke
JPN
1774
4
40
Bhatia Praveen
JPN
0
4
41
WCM
Kojima Natsumi
JPN
1770
4
42
Onishi Kosuke
JPN
1768
4
43
Kanda Daigo
JPN
1827
4
44
Kimura Ryota
JPN
1774
4
45
Takayasu Nobuyuki
JPN
1590
4
46
Yamada Shinmei
JPN
1747
3.5
47
Ogasa Seiichi
JPN
1652
3.5
48
Tomii Yoshikatsu
JPN
1666
3.5
49
Takayasu Melody
JPN
1693
3.5
50
Sawamura Tetsushi
JPN
1606
3.5
51
Uehara Jun
JPN
1489
3.5
52
Yokota Yoshiaki
JPN
0
3.5
53
Tamura Hikaru
JPN
1832
3
54
Takagi Hidekazu
JPN
0
3
55
Yamagami Hiroki
JPN
1712
3
56
Kawamura Takuto
JPN
0
3
57
Yamada Takahiko
JPN
1598
3
58
Donaldson Sheldon
JPN
1623
2.5
59
Carlson Nils
JPN
0
2.5
60
Aoki Yasuhiro
JPN
1756
2.5
61
Sugita Kei
JPN
1545
2
62
Yoshizawa Kazufumi
JPN
0
2
63
Santosh Nathan
JPN
0
1.5
