1997–98 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 1997–98 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 66th edition of the event. They were held on December 12–14, 1997 in Kobe. 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 1997–98 season, the results of this competition were used to assist in choosing the teams for the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 World Championships.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Yamato Tamura	2.5	3	1
2	Naoki Shigematsu	2.5	1	2
3	Yousuke Takeuchi	6.0	6	3
4	Seiichi Suzuki	6.0	2	5
5	Makoto Okazaki	7.5	7	4
6	Taijin Hiraike	8.0	4	6
7	Shouhei Nagata	9.5	9	7
8	Takashi Yamamoto	13.0	10	8
9	Shin Amano	13.5	9	9
10	Masashi Takagi	15.5	11	10
11	Naoki Moriyama	16.0	8	12
12	Junichi Takemura	19.0	16	11
13	Yutaka Tsuru	19.0	12	13
14	Isao Matsuura	22.0	14	15
15	Gaku Aiyoshi	22.5	17	14
16	Hironori Iizuka	22.5	13	16
17	Daisuke Watanabe	24.5	15	17
18	Takeo Ogasawara	27.5	19	18
19	Masamichi Ogiwara	29.0	18	20
20	Takeshi Shirasaka	30.5	23	19
21	Yusuke Hayashi	31.5	21	21
22	Kazuya Kishida	32.0	20	22
23	Youga Akiyama	34.0	22	23
24	Yukihiro Matsumura	36.0	24	24

Ladies

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Shizuka Arakawa	2.0	2	1
2	Fumie Suguri	2.5	1	2
3	Rena Inoue	5.5	3	4
4	Hanae Yokoya	6.0	6	3
5	Yuka Kanazawa	7.0	4	5
6	Kanako Takahashi	8.5	5	6
7	Hanae Tsuji	12.0	10	7
8	Mami Egawa	12.0	8	8
9	Yukiko Kawasaki	13.5	9	9
10	Asa Okuyama	16.0	12	10
11	Shino Suzuki	16.5	7	13
12	Tomoko Ito	17.5	13	11
13	Hiroko Inaba	17.5	11	12
14	Yumi Fujino	21.0	14	14
15	Chiaki Saika	23.5	17	15
16	Hitomi Suzuki	25.0	16	17
17	Michiko Otsuka	26.5	15	19
18	Tomomi Sano	27.5	23	16
19	Keiko Yamamuro	30.0	24	18
20	Kumi Iwaki	30.0	18	21
21	Hiroko Sekine	30.5	21	20
22	Rina Sasaki	32.0	20	22
23	Noriko Kinoshita	32.5	19	23
24	Mamiko Yamai	35.0	22	24

Pairs

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Makiko Ogasawara / Takeo Ogasawara	1.5	1	1

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	TFP	CD+OD	FD
1	Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov	1.5	1	1
2	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido	3.0	2	2
3	Aya Hatsuta / Kouichi Suyama	6.0	3	3
4	Hiromi Irie / Norihiro Muto	6.5	5	4
5	Yuko Kato / Naohisa Kato	7.0	4	5

External links

• 1997–98 Japan Figure Skating Championships results