The Japan Chess Classic 2025 is taking place July 18 – July 21 in Tokyo, Japan. It is 7 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90min + 30 sec/move. More than 110 players will participate in the tournament. For more events from Japan, check out The Asian Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
Japan Chess Classic 2025 – participants
| No. | Name | FED | RtgI | RtgN | |
| 1 | IM | Tran, Thanh Tu | JPN | 2430 | 2571 |
| 2 | IM | Kojima, Shinya | JPN | 2307 | 2426 |
| 3 | FM | Yamada, Kohei | JPN | 2189 | 2241 |
| 4 | CM | Matsumura, Cocoro | JPN | 2124 | 2155 |
| 5 | CM | Averbukh, Alex | JPN | 2097 | 2221 |
| 6 | Moritani, Sho | JPN | 2076 | 1977 | |
| 7 | Jiang, Likai | JPN | 2055 | 1925 | |
| 8 | Nakamura, Naohiro | JPN | 2037 | 2118 | |
| 9 | Furuya, Masahiro | JPN | 2002 | 1989 | |
| 10 | Noguchi, Koji | JPN | 1982 | 2073 | |
| 11 | Shinoda, Taro | JPN | 1976 | 1930 | |
| 12 | Matsunaga, Toma | JPN | 1971 | 1844 | |
| 13 | Gishi, Takeshi | JPN | 1959 | 1940 | |
| 14 | Fokkens, Tjeerd | SWE | 1946 | 0 | |
| 15 | Katsuta, Yuki | JPN | 1938 | 1906 | |
| 16 | Bold, Tsogt-Ochir | MGL | 1932 | 1917 | |
| 17 | Kitagami, Show | JPN | 1917 | 1892 | |
| 18 | Ng, Alexander PN | JPN | 1887 | 1456 | |
| 19 | Xu, Nuo | CHN | 1878 | 0 | |
| 20 | Honda, Yoshiki | JPN | 1868 | 1833 | |
| 21 | Kuroda, Yunosuke | JPN | 1867 | 1813 | |
| 22 | Tamura, Hikaru | JPN | 1865 | 1826 | |
| 23 | Hung, Shengchen | TPE | 1865 | 1791 | |
| 24 | Patil, Rushad | JPN | 1852 | 1782 | |
| 25 | Summerville, Nathan | JPN | 1848 | 1807 | |
| 26 | Ding, Zhichen | CHN | 1847 | 0 | |
| 27 | Lieyanto, Ryu Manson | INA | 1830 | 1823 | |
| 28 | Araki, Dai | JPN | 1823 | 1726 | |
| 29 | Nakagawa, Seiji | CAN | 1820 | 1842 | |
| 30 | Kanda, Daigo | JPN | 1809 | 1801 | |
| 31 | Yu, Zixiao | CHN | 1803 | 1848 | |
| 32 | Tanaka, Ryosuke | JPN | 1803 | 1823 | |
| 33 | Onuma, Kota | JPN | 1786 | 1730 | |
| 34 | Sun, Shenghuan | CHN | 1782 | 0 | |
| 35 | Aoki, Yasuhiro | JPN | 1781 | 1660 | |
| 36 | Chen, Andrea | USA | 1776 | 1692 | |
| 37 | WCM | Kojima, Natsumi | JPN | 1773 | 1788 |
| 38 | Miyatani, Ryouhei | JPN | 1744 | 1687 | |
| 39 | Takeda, Masakazu | JPN | 1742 | 1619 | |
| 40 | Mukai, Hiroyuki | JPN | 1737 | 1625 | |
| 41 | Kawamura, Takuto | JPN | 1729 | 1771 | |
| 42 | Takayama, Tadayoshi | JPN | 1726 | 1601 | |
| 43 | Uehara, Jun | JPN | 1706 | 1568 | |
| 44 | He, Ruien | CHN | 1702 | 1816 | |
| 45 | Abe, Yasuto | JPN | 1700 | 1638 | |
| 46 | Noda, Ryo | JPN | 1693 | 1680 | |
| 47 | Tabe, Masaharu | JPN | 1693 | 1675 | |
| 48 | AGM | Zhang, Yicheng | JPN | 1688 | 1552 |
| 49 | Uematsu, Soi | JPN | 1686 | 1594 | |
| 50 | Fujita, Anjyu | USA | 1683 | 1263 | |
| 51 | Yamakawa, Kazumasa | JPN | 1681 | 1767 | |
| 52 | Sun, Chang-Jyu | TPE | 1675 | 1651 | |
| 53 | Mauss, Hiroki | GER | 1663 | 1896 | |
| 54 | Wu, Haoyang | SGP | 1643 | 1595 | |
| 55 | Tang, Yichen | JPN | 1627 | 1603 | |
| 56 | Toyota, Yusuke | JPN | 1624 | 1531 | |
| 57 | Yao, Jia | CHN | 1622 | 0 | |
| 58 | Ma, Andy | HKG | 1616 | 0 | |
| 59 | Yu, Yunzhi | CHN | 1611 | 0 | |
| 60 | Nakamura, Mitsuru | JPN | 1609 | 1608 | |
| 61 | Furuse, Mizuki | JPN | 1584 | 1662 | |
| 62 | Hehir, Stephen | JPN | 1560 | 1449 | |
| 63 | Kanehara, Hiromichi | JPN | 1560 | 1387 | |
| 64 | Chung, Jaeheon | KOR | 1556 | 0 | |
| 65 | Wang, Danny Chao | USA | 1553 | 0 | |
| 66 | Chen, Yen-Chi | TPE | 1552 | 1665 | |
| 67 | Yue, Adam | USA | 1546 | 0 | |
| 68 | Wang, Xicheng | CHN | 1534 | 1614 | |
| 69 | Horie, Ryosuke | JPN | 1507 | 1329 | |
| 70 | Chen, Stephanie | USA | 1504 | 0 | |
| 71 | Lin, Lincoln | HKG | 1489 | 0 | |
| 72 | Chan, Chi Ngo | HKG | 1484 | 1499 | |
| 73 | Chao, Tzu-Chi Angie | TPE | 1459 | 1452 | |
| 74 | Akiyama, Kairi | JPN | 1457 | 1533 | |
| 75 | Gui, Yize | HKG | 1455 | 0 | |
| 76 | Chao, Andrew Tzu Chun | TPE | 1454 | 1466 | |
| 77 | Peng, Xinting | CHN | 1447 | 1421 | |
| 78 | Lu, Siyuan(ZJ) | CHN | 1421 | 0 | |
| 79 | Zhao, Dongcheng | CHN | 1413 | 0 | |
| 80 | Yoshii, Yukihiko | JPN | 0 | 1740 | |
| 81 | Wang, Minrui | JPN | 0 | 1637 | |
| 82 | Katayama, Shiho Yula | JPN | 0 | 1583 | |
| 83 | Orikasa, Wataru | JPN | 0 | 1435 | |
| 84 | Ono, Yukiko | JPN | 0 | 1000 | |
| 85 | Cai, Yangming | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 86 | Feng, ZiFan | CAN | 0 | 0 | |
| 87 | Fu, Zijie | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 88 | Ge, Jialin | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 89 | Ge, Jiaqi | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 90 | Gong, Ming | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 91 | Han, Samuel Qingyuan | USA | 0 | 0 | |
| 92 | Jin, Jeffrey | USA | 0 | 0 | |
| 93 | Kaga, Kazuyuki | JPN | 0 | 0 | |
| 94 | Li, Chengfei | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 95 | Liu, Eason Han Wen | USA | 0 | 0 | |
| 96 | Liu, Mason Jinyu | USA | 0 | 0 | |
| 97 | Lu, Xiaohan | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 98 | Qu, Jiahe | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 99 | Shen, Yuke | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 100 | Wan, Matt | USA | 0 | 0 | |
| 101 | Wang, Antong | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 102 | Wang, Chenze | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 103 | Wang, Xun | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 104 | Yang, Liqiao | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 105 | Yang, Yi | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 106 | Yang, Yiyi | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 107 | Ye, Ruixiao | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 108 | Zhang, Yuejun | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 109 | Zhang, Zhijun | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 110 | Zhao, William Zehao | HKG | 0 | 0 | |
| 111 | Zhao, Zichen | CHN | 0 | 0 | |
| 112 | Zhou, Alex Tian Cheng | USA | 0 | 0 | |
| 113 | Zhu, Chunyue | CHN | 0 | 0 |
