2005–06 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2005–06 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 74th edition of the event. They were held between December 23 and 25, 2005 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior level. This event was used to determine the teams for the 2006 Winter Olympics, the 2006 World Championships, and the 2006 Four Continents Championships. The level of competition was Senior-level only. Juniors competed at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships, where the top three advanced to the 2006 World Junior Championships.

Notes

  • Because of an error in the scoring system software, Nobunari Oda was originally declared the winner of the men's event, with Daisuke Takahashi placing second. Oda had repeated three triple jumps instead of the allowed two, but the software had counted the third repeated triple jump. When the error was discovered and fixed, their placements switched, with Takahashi winning the event and being sent to the Olympics. Oda was sent to World Championships. Japan had only one entry to the Olympics and to the World Championships in the men's event.
  • Despite her 2nd-place finish, Mao Asada was not chosen for the Olympic, World, or Four Continents team, because she was not old enough. She was instead sent back to Junior Worlds.

Results

Men

Rank Name Club Total points SP FS
1 Daisuke Takahashi Kansai Univ Skating Club 223.12 2 74.52 1 148.60
2 Nobunari Oda Kansai Univ Skating Club 218.70 1 79.90 2 138.80
3 Kensuke Nakaniwa Papio Fukuoka 200.62 3 71.50 4 129.12
4 Takahiko Kozuka Chukyo Senior High School 193.00 10 55.80 3 137.20
5 Takeshi Honda IMG 179.64 7 60.60 5 119.04
6 Takemochi Ohgami Nihon Univ 173.82 6 61.44 7 112.38
7 Yasuharu Nanri Nakamura Gakuen Univ 173.39 4 63.29 8 110.10
8 Takahito Mura Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 171.35 9 55.85 6 115.50
9 Hideo Umetani Osaka Univ Figure Skatec 165.35 5 61.65 12 103.70
10 Noriyuki Kanzaki Kyoto Univ.Figure 164.27 8 59.57 11 104.70
11 Ryo Shibata Meiji Univ 161.35 11 53.15 9 108.20
12 Hirokazu Kobayashi Hosei Univ 160.02 12 53.02 10 107.00
13 Takao Ogawa Shinyokohama Prince Club 148.74 14 48.82 13 99.92
14 Tatsuya Kitagaki Doshisha Univ.Figure 140.14 13 50.48 14 89.66
15 Atsushi Usuda Keio University 132.19 16 44.79 15 87.40
16 Ken Tanabe Meiji Univ 128.90 15 45.50 19 83.40
17 Yusuke Nakagawa Nihon Univ 126.95 18 40.91 16 86.04
18 Taku Tamura Ritsumei Univ. 126.48 17 41.50 17 84.98
19 Naofumi Torii St.Paul's 121.84 20 38.44 18 83.40
20 Makoto Nakata Fukuoka Univ 115.17 19 38.45 20 76.72
21 Hayato Odajima Obihiro Figure Club 111.47 21 37.31 21 74.16
22 Tomohiro Suzuki Tobu Kawagoe FSC 107.54 22 36.06 22 71.48
23 Hidenori Kambayashi Keio University 95.32 23 35.74 23 59.58
24 Kazunari Aoki Kyoto Univ.Figure 91.72 24 34.06 24 57.66
Did not advance to free skating
25 Toru Kimura 25 33.11
26 Kengo Shibata 26 32.23
27 Koji Nakaniwa 27 31.43

Ladies

Rank Name Club Total points SP FS
1 Fumie Suguri Avex 194.16 2 67.30 1 126.86
2 Mao Asada Grand Prix Tokai Club 188.10 3 66.64 3 121.46
3 Shizuka Arakawa Prince Hotel 187.36 1 68.76 4 118.60
4 Yoshie Onda Tokai Gakuen University 186.06 4 62.20 2 123.86
5 Yukari Nakano Waseda Univ 175.66 5 61.46 5 114.20
6 Miki Ando Chukyo Senior High School 173.36 6 60.24 6 113.12
7 Aki Sawada Kyoto Nishi High. 155.98 9 52.44 7 103.54
8 Mai Asada Tokai Gakuen High School 150.66 7 53.94 9 96.72
9 Nana Takeda Nihonbashi Jogakan 149.76 10 50.50 8 99.26
10 Akiko Kitamura Kyoto Daigo Fsc 147.02 8 53.54 10 93.48
11 Yuki Umetani Kansai Gakuen Univ 121.78 14 42.84 11 78.94
12 Akiko Suzuki Tohoku Fukushi University 117.18 12 45.34 15 71.84
13 Chika Suguri Toyo Eiwa University 114.84 17 38.68 12 76.16
14 Miki Sone Chukyo Univ 114.16 15 41.10 14 73.06
15 Emi Hirai Kansai Univ Skating Club 113.86 11 45.60 16 68.26
16 Nagisa Hayashi Musashino Gakuin 113.84 16 40.40 13 73.44
17 Sayaka Yodo Kobe Port Island FSC 109.16 13 43.52 17 65.64
18 Ayumi Miyamoto Chukyo Univ 101.78 19 36.38 18 65.40
19 Sachie Yamaguchi Nihon Univ 100.72 20 36.28 19 64.44
20 Chihoko Tanaka Kyoto Daigo Fsc 100.18 18 37.18 20 63.00
21 Sayaka Ishida Keio University 93.58 21 36.16 23 57.42
22 Haruka Miki Suma Gakuen 93.30 22 35.40 22 57.90
23 Natsuki Wakao Toyo Univ 92.88 24 33.22 21 59.66
24 Haruka Oshima Meito Figure Skating Club 89.44 23 33.56 24 55.88
Did not advance to free skating
25 Kana Kibesaki 25 33.22
26 Hiroe Kakisawa 26 32.54
27 Aya Sumida 27 29.18
28 Ami Kobayashi 28 29.18
29 Sachiyo Imaichi 29 29.18
30 Kayoko Tsuji 30 27.26
31 Yukina Mada 31 25.44
32 Mayumi Hirota 32 23.90

Ice dancing

Rank Name Club Total points CD OD FD
1 Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido Shinyokohama Prince Club 162.50 1 30.67 1 49.69 1 82.14
2 Nakako Tsuzuki / Kenji Miyamoto Kyoto Aquarena SC 138.45 2 26.05 2 41.74 2 70.66
3 Minami Sakacho / Tatsuya Sakacho Hachinohekogyo University 111.05 3 22.14 3 31.72 3 57.19

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2005–06 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held between December 10 and 11, 2005 at the Big Hat in Nagano.

The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals to be invited to compete here: Satoshi Nakamura (1st in novice A boys, 20th in junior), Ayane Nakamura (1st in novice A girls, 9th in junior), Yuki Nishino (2nd in novice A girls, 16th in junior), and Miruku Matsushita (3rd in novice A girls, 14th in junior).

Men

Rank Name Club Total points SP FS
1 Takahiko Kozuka Chukyo Senior High School 183.30 1 62.10 1 121.20
2 Takahito Mura Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 173.10 2 58.40 2 114.70
3 Ryo Shibata Meiji Univ 169.25 3 56.75 3 112.50
4 Takemochi Ogami Nihon Univ 157.78 5 52.40 4 105.38
5 Tatsuki Machida Kurashiki FSC 146.34 4 54.34 5 92.00
6 Yukihiro Yoshida Kobe Port Island FSC 134.89 6 48.73 6 86.16
7 Hirofumi Torii Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 127.96 8 43.52 8 84.44
8 Takumi Suenaga Tohoku High School 124.32 12 39.42 7 84.90
9 Kosuke Morinaga 123.21 7 45.55 12 77.66
10 Kunihito Yuasa 117.38 19 37.30 9 80.08
11 Tomoyuki Koriyama 116.58 15 38.90 11 77.68
12 Hikaru Sato 116.04 17 37.84 10 78.20
13 Hayato Miyazaki 113.87 11 40.25 16 73.62
14 Takuya Kondo 113.38 13 39.30 15 74.08
15 Kouki Nakano 112.29 18 37.61 14 74.68
16 Junzo Nishigami 110.53 10 42.35 19 68.18
17 Yuki Horinouchi 109.09 22 34.09 13 75.00
18 Ikuya Itai 109.02 9 42.60 20 66.42
19 Kento Nakamura 107.57 14 39.25 18 68.32
20 Satoshi Nakamura 103.65 20 34.81 17 68.84
21 Junki Sano 98.99 16 37.95 21 61.04
22 Tatsuya Ishii 92.54 23 32.48 22 60.06
23 Koshin Yamada 85.17 24 32.35 23 52.82
24 Taketo Omae 84.51 21 34.39 24 50.12
Did not advance to free skating
25 Atsuki Kunisawa 25 30.31

Ladies

Rank Name Club Total points SP FS
1 Aki Sawada Kyoto Nishi High School 151.22 1 56.74 2 94.48
2 Nana Takeda Nihonbashi Jogakan 143.88 2 48.38 1 95.50
3 Akiko Kitamura Kyoto Daigo FSC 134.78 5 45.22 4 89.56
4 Rumi Suizu Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 133.58 12 41.00 3 92.58
5 Miri Yoshida Grand Prix Tokai Club 127.80 7 44.66 5 83.14
6 Shoko Ishikawa Showanomori FSC 126.66 4 46.16 6 80.50
7 Mai Asada Tokai Gakuen High School 123.76 6 45.10 7 78.66
8 Mutsumi Takayama Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 120.90 3 48.10 12 72.80
9 Ayane Nakamura 117.70 9 41.98 8 75.72
10 Ayako Hagiwara 113.96 15 39.16 9 74.80
11 Satsuki Muramoto 113.96 11 41.12 11 72.84
12 Haruka Inoue 113.02 10 41.32 13 71.70
13 Risa Mochizuki 108.62 13 40.38 15 68.24
14 Miruku Matsushita 107.92 22 33.20 10 74.72
15 Yuka Ishikawa 107.20 8 43.28 19 63.92
16 Yuki Nishino 106.21 14 40.06 16 66.06
17 Mari Suzuki 103.36 21 34.86 14 68.50
18 Asuka Miyamoto 103.14 16 38.36 18 64.78
19 Yuko Iwaki 101.34 17 36.52 17 64.82
20 Akari Okawa 98.30 19 35.30 20 63.00
21 Risa Matsuzaki 92.42 24 32.40 21 60.02
22 Kana Nishizawa 91.28 20 35.22 23 56.06
23 Mari Senda 89.24 23 32.84 22 56.40
24 Erika Fujisawa 87.58 18 35.84 24 51.74
Did not advance to free skating
25 Yurina Nobuhara 25 30.88
26 Midori Suzuki 26 30.44
27 Poemu Nakamura 27 28.64
28 Matsumi Sada 28 27.22

Ice dancing

Rank Name Club Total points CD OD FD
1 Rina Sawayama / Taiyo Mizutani Shinyokohama Prince Club 103.02 1 21.89 1 33.43 1 47.70
2 Tamaho Sugimoto / Aran Ono Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 76.79 2 16.70 2 22.58 2 37.51

International team selections

Winter Olympics

The picking of the Olympic Ladies team used a complicated formula that took into consideration the season as a whole along with other previous competitions, not just the results of the National Championships. Therefore, sixth-place finisher Miki Ando was chosen ahead of fourth-place finisher Yoshie Onda and fifth-place finisher Yukari Nakano. However, Nakano was picked ahead of Ando for the World team.

Men Ladies Ice dancing
1 Daisuke Takahashi Fumie Suguri Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido
2 Shizuka Arakawa
3 Miki Ando
1st Alternate Nobunari Oda Yukari Nakano Nakako Tsuzuki / Kenji Miyamoto
2nd Alternate Yoshie Onda

World Championships

Men Ladies Ice dancing
1 Nobunari Oda Fumie Suguri Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido
2 Shizuka Arakawa
3 Yukari Nakano
1st Alternate Daisuke Takahashi Miki Ando Nakako Tsuzuki / Kenji Miyamoto
2nd Alternate Yoshie Onda (added)
3rd Alternate Mai Asada

Four Continents Championships

Men Ladies Ice dancing
1 Nobunari Oda Yukari Nakano Nakako Tsuzuki / Kenji Miyamoto
2 Takeshi Honda Yoshie Onda
3 Kensuke Nakaniwa Mai Asada
1st Alternate Yasuharu Nanri (added) Akiko Kitamura (added)
2nd Alternate Takahiko Kozuka Akiko Suzuki
3rd Alternate Noriyuki Kanzaki