2001–02 Japan Figure Skating Championships Explained

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		Hosei Univ	2.5	3	1
2		Nihon Univ	3.0	2	2
3	Makoto Okazaki	Iizuka FC	5.5	1	5
4		Fukuoka Univ	6.5	7	3
5		Kurashikisuisho High School	8.0	8	4
6		Hosei Univ	9.0	6	6
7		Nihon Univ	9.0	4	7
8		Nihon Univ	10.5	5	8
9		Ritsumeikan Univ	15.0	10	10
10		Katsuyama FC	16.0	14	9
11		Tohoku High School	16.5	11	11
12		Kitakyushu Prince SC	16.5	9	12
13		Hosei Univ	19.0	12	13
14		Senshu Univ	22.5	13	16
15		Toyo Univ	23.0	18	14
16		Osaka SC	23.0	16	15
17		Keio Univ	25.5	15	18
18		Meiji Univ	27.5	21	17
19		Waseda Univ	27.5	17	19
20		Meiji Univ	32.0	24	20
21		Keio High School	32.0	20	22
22		Meiji Univ	32.5	23	21
23		Kinki Univ	32.5	19	23
24		Aichi gakuin Univ	35.0	22	24
Free Skating Not Reached
25		Hiroshima SC		25
26		Hosei Univ		26
27		Meiji Univ		27
28		Tottori Club		28
29		Nihon Univ		29

Ladies

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1		Waseda Univ	1.5	1	1
2		Waseda Univ	3.0	2	2
3		Orion FSC	4.5	3	3
4		Nagoya FSC	7.0	6	4
5		Tokai FSC	7.0	4	5
6		Tohoku Fukushi Univ	9.5	7	6
7		Senshu Univ	9.5	5	7
8		Nihonbashi Jogakkan	12.0	8	8
9		Senshu Univ	13.5	9	9
10		Tohoku Fukushi Univ	16.0	12	10
11		Doshisha Univ	16.0	10	11
12		Toyo Univ	19.5	15	12
13		Shinyokohama Prince Club	19.5	13	13
14		Chunichi SC	19.5	11	14
15		Okayama Kokusai FSC	23.0	16	15
16		Konan Joshi Univ	23.0	14	16
17		Himeji Club	25.5	17	17
18		Iizuka FC	27.5	19	18
19		Shinyokohama Prince Club	29.0	18	20
20		Kashii FSC	30.5	23	19
21		Kyoto Sangyo Univ	31.0	20	21
22		Iizuka FC	33.5	21	23
23		Hosei Univ	34.0	24	22
24		Tohoku High School	35.0	22	24
Free Skating Not Reached
25		Tohoku Fukushi Univ		25
26		Kyoto Sangyo Univ		26
27		TWCPE		27
28		Ryukoku Univ		28
29		Chunichi SC		29

Pairs

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1		Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy	1.5	1	1
2		Gold FSC	3.0	2	2

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1		Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	2.4	2	2	1	1
2		Shinyokohama Prince Club	3.6	1	1	2	2
3		Showanomori FSC	6.0	3	3	3	3
4		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		Kurashiki FSC	2.0	2	1
2		Tohoku High School	2.5	1	2
3		Kitakyushu Prince SC	5.5	3	4
4		Osaka SC	6.5	7	3
5		Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy	8.0	4	6
6		Kushiro Loop FSC	9.5	5	7
7		Shinyokohama Prince Club	11.0	12	5
8		Orion FSC	14.0	8	10

Ladies

• Entry: 31 athletes

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1		Orion FSC	1.5	1	1
2		Tokai FSC	4.0	4	2
3		Kyoto Daigo FSC	5.0	2	4
4		Nihonbashi Jogakkan	5.5	5	3
5		Nagoya FSC	6.5	3	5
6		Tokai FSC	10.0	8	6
7		Kyoto Daigo FSC	10.0	6	7
8	Ayako Iwaki	Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy	13.5	7	10

Ice dancing

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