2001–02 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2001–02 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 70th edition of the event. They were held on December 21–23, 2001 at the Namihaya Dome arena in Kadoma, Osaka. National Champions were crowned in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. As well as crowning the national champions of Japan for the 2001–02 season, the results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2002 World Championships, and the 2002 Four Continents Championships.

Competition notes

• Takeshi Honda and Yoshie Onda withdrew before the competition, but had already been chosen before the event to compete at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
• The following skaters placed high enough at Junior Nationals and so were invited to compete at Nationals: Daisuke Takahashi, Ryosuke Sasaki. Makoto Nakata, and Nobunari Oda for men, Miki Ando, Yukari Nakano, Ichie Hayashi, and Akiko Suzuki for ladies.
• Despite technically qualifying by placing third, Miki Ando was not selected for the Four Continents team because she was not age-eligible. Fourth place finisher Akiko Suzuki went instead.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1	Yosuke Takeuchi	Hosei Univ	2.5	3	1
2	Yamato Tamura	Nihon Univ	3.0	2	2
3	Makoto Okazaki	Iizuka FC	5.5	1	5
4	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Fukuoka Univ	6.5	7	3
5	Daisuke Takahashi	Kurashikisuisho High School	8.0	8	4
6	Yutaka Tsuru	Hosei Univ	9.0	6	6
7	Eiji Iwamoto	Nihon Univ	9.0	4	7
8	Soshi Tanaka	Nihon Univ	10.5	5	8
9	Shinya Yoshida	Ritsumeikan Univ	15.0	10	10
10	Megumu Seki	Katsuyama FC	16.0	14	9
11	Ryosuke Sasaki	Tohoku High School	16.5	11	11
12	Makoto Nakata	Kitakyushu Prince SC	16.5	9	12
13	Junichi Takemura	Hosei Univ	19.0	12	13
14	Naoji Mogi	Senshu Univ	22.5	13	16
15	Takashiro Nakagawa	Toyo Univ	23.0	18	14
16	Nobunari Oda	Osaka SC	23.0	16	15
17	Yasuo Ogawa	Keio Univ	25.5	15	18
18	Akira Okamoto	Meiji Univ	27.5	21	17
19	Suguru Nakai	Waseda Univ	27.5	17	19
20	Shunpei Watanabe	Meiji Univ	32.0	24	20
21	Atsushi Usuda	Keio High School	32.0	20	22
22	Takushi Kuroda	Meiji Univ	32.5	23	21
23	Masataka Morishita	Kinki Univ	32.5	19	23
24	Takahito Kawai	Aichi gakuin Univ	35.0	22	24
Free Skating Not Reached
25	Kazunari Kishida	Hiroshima SC		25
26	Toru Shibata	Hosei Univ		26
27	Fumiaki Shimokawa	Meiji Univ		27
28	Yoshinori Susaki	Tottori Club		28
29	Jun Ishigaki	Nihon Univ		29

Ladies

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1	Fumie Suguri	Waseda Univ	1.5	1	1
2	Shizuka Arakawa	Waseda Univ	3.0	2	2
3	Miki Ando	Orion FSC	4.5	3	3
4	Akiko Suzuki	Nagoya FSC	7.0	6	4
5	Yukari Nakano	Tokai FSC	7.0	4	5
6	Utako Wakamatsu	Tohoku Fukushi Univ	9.5	7	6
7	Kanako Takahashi	Senshu Univ	9.5	5	7
8	Ichie Hayashi	Nihonbashi Jogakkan	12.0	8	8
9	Kanako Sato	Senshu Univ	13.5	9	9
10	Marie Arai	Tohoku Fukushi Univ	16.0	12	10
11	Rie Takeuchi	Doshisha Univ	16.0	10	11
12	Fumi Hasebe	Toyo Univ	19.5	15	12
13	Kana Kibesaki	Shinyokohama Prince Club	19.5	13	13
14	Hitomi Suzuki	Chunichi SC	19.5	11	14
15	Yuko Kudo	Okayama Kokusai FSC	23.0	16	15
16	Yuko Kagita	Konan Joshi Univ	23.0	14	16
17	Yuki Umetani	Himeji Club	25.5	17	17
18	Rie Hamamura	Iizuka FC	27.5	19	18
19	Chika Suguri	Shinyokohama Prince Club	29.0	18	20
20	Hiromi Abe	Kashii FSC	30.5	23	19
21	Chiaki Saika	Kyoto Sangyo Univ	31.0	20	21
22	Shoko Kawamura	Iizuka FC	33.5	21	23
23	Shiho Honda	Hosei Univ	34.0	24	22
24	Mayumi Honda	Tohoku High School	35.0	22	24
Free Skating Not Reached
25	Ai Musya	Tohoku Fukushi Univ		25
26	Junko Ichii	Kyoto Sangyo Univ		26
27	Ayano Watanabe	TWCPE		27
28	Ayumi Satouchi	Ryukoku Univ		28
29	Aiko Suyama	Chunichi SC		29

Pairs

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov	Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy	1.5	1	1
2	Makiko Ogasawara / Takeo Ogasawara	Gold FSC	3.0	2	2

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	2.4	2	2	1	1
2	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido	Shinyokohama Prince Club	3.6	1	1	2	2
3	Masumi Haruki / Hiroaki Tokita	Showanomori FSC	6.0	3	3	3	3
4	Shoko Shiina / Tomokazu Tanaka	Kansai SC	8.0	4	4	4	4

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2001–02 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place between November 23 and 24, 2001 in Tokyo.

The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals to be invited to compete here: Takahiko Kozuka (1st in novice A, 8th in junior), Aki Sawada (1st in novice A, 7th in junior), Nana Takeda (2nd in novice A, 9th in junior), Eri Ishigami (3rd in novice A, 25th in junior), and Mao Asada (1st in novice B, 6th in junior).

Men

• Entry: 26 athletes

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1	Daisuke Takahashi	Kurashiki FSC	2.0	2	1
2	Ryosuke Sasaki	Tohoku High School	2.5	1	2
3	Makoto Nakata	Kitakyushu Prince SC	5.5	3	4
4	Nobunari Oda	Osaka SC	6.5	7	3
5	Kazumi Kishimoto	Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy	8.0	4	6
6	Ryo Shibata	Kushiro Loop FSC	9.5	5	7
7	Hirokazu Kobayashi	Shinyokohama Prince Club	11.0	12	5
8	Takahiko Kozuka	Orion FSC	14.0	8	10

Ladies

• Entry: 31 athletes

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1	Miki Ando	Orion FSC	1.5	1	1
2	Yukari Nakano	Tokai FSC	4.0	4	2
3	Yukina Ota	Kyoto Daigo FSC	5.0	2	4
4	Ichie Hayashi	Nihonbashi Jogakkan	5.5	5	3
5	Akiko Suzuki	Nagoya FSC	6.5	3	5
6	Mao Asada	Tokai FSC	10.0	8	6
7	Aki Sawada	Kyoto Daigo FSC	10.0	6	7
8	Ayako Iwaki	Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy	13.5	7	10

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	Minami Sakacho / Tatsuya Sakacho	Hachinohe Seagull FC	2.0	1	1	1	1

International team selections

Winter Olympics

	Men	Ladies
1	Takeshi Honda	Yoshie Onda
2	Yosuke Takeuchi	Fumie Suguri
1st Alternate	Yamato Tamura	Shizuka Arakawa

World Championships

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Takeshi Honda	Yoshie Onda	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov	Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto
2	Yosuke Takeuchi	Fumie Suguri
1st Alternate	Yamato Tamura	Shizuka Arakawa		Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido

Four Continents Championships

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Takeshi Honda	Yoshie Onda	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov	Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto
2	Yamato Tamura	Shizuka Arakawa		Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido
3	Makoto Okazaki	Akiko Suzuki
1st Alternate	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Yukari Nakano

World Junior Championships

After Junior Nationals, the World Junior team was announced as follows:

	Men	Ladies
1	Daisuke Takahashi	Miki Ando
2		Yukari Nakano
3		Yukina Ota
1st Alternate	Ryosuke Sasaki	Ichie Hayashi
2nd Alternate		Akiko Suzuki

External links

• 2001–02 Japan Figure Skating Championships results
• 2001–02 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships results (in Japanese)