2009–10 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2009–10 Japan Figure Skating Championships was the 78th edition of the event. It took place between December 25 and 27, 2009 at the Namihaya Dome arena in Kadoma, Osaka. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level for the title of national champion of Japan. The event was also used to choose the Japanese teams to the 2010 World Championships and the 2010 Four Continents Championships, as well as being among the competition results used to determine the team to the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Japanese team to the 2010 World Junior Championships was chosen at the Japanese Junior Championships.

2009–10 Japan Figure Skating Championships
Type:	National Championship
Date:	December 25 – 27
Season:	2009–10
Location:	Kadoma, Osaka
Venue:	Namihaya Dome
Champions
Men's singles: Daisuke Takahashi (S) Yuzuru Hanyu (J)
Ladies' singles: Mao Asada (S) Kanako Murakami (J)
Pairs: Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran
Ice dance: Cathy Reed / Chris Reed (S) Misato Komatsubara / Kokoro Mizutani (J)
Previous: 2008–09 Japan Championships
Next: 2010–11 Japan Championships

Competition notes

The following junior skaters were invited to compete at the senior championships: Yuzuru Hanyu, Kento Nakamura, Ryuju Hino, Fumiya Itai, Keiji Tanaka, and Yoji Tsuboi in men's singles, and Kanako Murakami, Haruka Imai, Yukiko Fujisawa, Kako Tomotaki, and Karen Kemanai in ladies' singles. Shoma Uno, who placed third in junior men, and Satoko Miyahara, who placed fourth in junior ladies, were not invited due to being novice skaters.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	SP		FS
1	Daisuke Takahashi	Kansai Univ. Skating Club	261.13	1	92.85	1	168.28
2	Nobunari Oda	Kansai Univ. Skating Club	244.30	3	79.60	2	164.70
3	Takahiko Kozuka	Toyota Motor	236.13	2	80.54	3	155.59
4	Tatsuki Machida	Kansai Univ. Skating Club	215.02	4	75.35	4	139.67
5	Yasuharu Nanri		201.01	7	68.88	6	132.13
6	Yuzuru Hanyu		195.22	13	57.99	5	137.23
7	Kento Nakamura		188.39	10	61.10	7	127.29
8	Keiji Tanaka		187.26	9	65.90	8	121.36
9	Akio Sasaki	Meiji University	179.83	12	59.15	9	120.68
10	Takahito Mura		177.78	5	74.85	14	102.93
11	Tomoyuki Koriyama		176.18	6	69.39	13	106.79
12	Kensuke Nakaniwa		169.14	8	68.52	18	100.62
13	Hirokazu Kobayashi	Shinyokohama Prince Club	166.65	15	57.08	10	109.57
14	Naoto Saito	Tohoku Fukushi University	162.47	18	54.39	11	108.08
15	Ryo Shibata		161.49	11	60.40	17	101.09
16	Yukihiro Yoshida		158.62	14	57.25	16	101.37
17	Hayato Odajima	Hokkaido.Forest.F.S.C	158.08	21	51.06	12	107.02
18	Ryujyu Hino		155.39	16	56.15	19	99.24
19	Daisuke Murakami	Aomoriuniversity	154.90	20	52.19	15	102.71
20	Fumiya Itai		143.73	17	55.05	20	88.68
21	Takumi Suenaga	Tohoku Fukushi University	137.88	23	49.78	21	88.10
22	Junzo Nishigami	Kansai Univ. Skating Club	137.68	19	52.39	22	85.29
23	Yuki Horinouchi	Nihon University	131.79	22	50.87	23	80.92
Did not advance to free skating
24	Yoji Tsuboi			25	48.84
25	Hikaru Murayama	Hosei		26	44.82
26	Junki Sano			27	44.44
27	Hirofumi Torii	Meiji University		28	42.69
28	Hisashi Tahara			29	39.85
29	Taketo Omae	Ritsumei University		30	30.05
WD	Takemochi Ohgami			24	49.60

Ladies

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	SP		FS
1	Mao Asada		204.62	1	69.12	1	135.50
2	Akiko Suzuki	Howa Sports Land Skate Club	195.90	4	67.84	2	128.06
3	Yukari Nakano	Prince Hotel	195.73	2	68.90	3	126.83
4	Miki Ando	Toyota Motr	185.44	3	68.68	4	116.76
5	Kanako Murakami	Grand Prix Tokai Club	176.61	5	60.28	5	116.33
6	Haruka Imai	Nihonbashi Jogakan	166.16	7	55.98	6	110.18
7	Fumie Suguri	AK	161.29	6	58.70	9	102.59
8	Ayumi Goto	Amc Mizuho High School	159.15	8	55.96	8	103.19
9	Nana Takeda	Waseda University	158.81	12	54.54	7	104.27
10	Yukiko Fujisawa		157.88	9	55.82	11	102.06
11	Karen Kemanai	Nihonbashi Jogakan	150.97	19	48.50	10	102.47
12	Ayane Nakamura	Chukyo Senior High School	148.42	11	54.60	13	93.82
13	Satsuki Muramoto	Kansai Univ. Skating Club	144.73	17	50.06	12	94.67
14	Shion Kokubun		141.57	16	51.12	14	90.45
15	Mutsumi Takayama	Meiji University	138.78	10	54.92	17	83.86
16	Yuki Nishino		138.22	14	53.26	16	84.96
17	Kana Muramoto		137.01	13	53.34	18	83.67
18	Kako Tomotaki		136.53	18	49.02	15	87.51
19	Aki Sawada	Kansai Univ. Skating Club	134.99	15	51.48	19	83.51
20	Mayumi Hioki	Chukyo Senior High School	124.91	23	43.60	20	81.31
21	Sayaka Yodo		122.24	20	47.04	21	75.20
22	Ayako Hagiwara	Meiji University	120.30	22	45.70	22	74.60
23	Rumi Suizu		117.17	21	46.94	23	70.23
24	Eri Seto	Kansai Univ. Skating Club	108.57	24	41.50	24	67.07
Did not advance to free skating
25	Nanoha Sato	Obihiro North Wing FC		25	40.80
26	Shoko Ishikawa	Meiji University		26	39.54
27	Hinako Kikuchi			27	37.10
28	Haruka Inoue	Doshisha F.Skating Club		28	37.08
29	Misaki Ohara	Nihon University		29	36.40
30	Naoko Oguma			30	35.80

Pairs

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	SP		FS
1	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Aqua Rink Chiba Club	151.17	1	50.96	1	100.21

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1	Cathy Reed / Chris Reed	Kinoshita Club Tokyo	163.37	1	31.17	1	49.58	1	82.62
2	Emi Hirai / Taiyo Mizutani	Kansai Univ. Skating Club / Hosei	119.49	2	25.01	2	37.67	2	56.81

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2009–10 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were the Japanese National Championships for the junior level for the 2009–10 season. They were the 78th Japan Junior Championships. They took place at the Shinyokohama Skate Center in Yokohama from November 21 through 23, 2009. The results of this competition were used to choose the Japanese team to the 2010 World Junior Championships.

The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals and so were invited to compete at Junior Nationals: Shoma Uno (1st in novice, 3rd in junior), Shuu Nakamura (2nd in novice, 23rd in junior) for the men; and Ayana Yasuhara (1st in novice, 28th in junior), Risa Shoji (2nd in novice, 10th in junior), Riona Kato (3rd in novice, 7th in junior), and Satoko Miyahara (4th in novice, 4th in junior) for the ladies.

Men

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	SP		FS
1	Yuzuru Hanyu		194.15	1	76.00	2	118.15
2	Kento Nakamura		186.21	2	64.65	1	121.56
3	Shoma Uno	Grand Prix Tokai Club	148.04	4	52.95	4	95.09
4	Ryuju Hino		147.36	9	51.03	3	96.33
5	Fumiya Itai		143.61	8	51.79	5	91.82
6	Keiji Tanaka		141.97	7	52.05	6	89.92
7	Yoji Tsuboi		141.22	6	52.39	9	88.83
8	Ryuichi Kihara	Chukyo Senior High School	139.24	3	53.20	13	86.04
9	Kosuke Nozoe		138.81	10	49.53	7	89.28
10	Satoshi Nakamura		135.35	12	47.77	11	87.58
11	Jun Suzuki	Tsukisamu FSC	134.88	16	45.84	8	89.04
12	Kohei Yoshino		134.71	15	46.26	10	88.45
13	Takuya Kondo	Keio High School	132.09	5	52.91	16	79.18
14	Eiki Hattori	Shumeieikou High School	129.81	11	48.27	14	81.54
15	Hiroki Honda	Kanagawa FSC	127.49	19	40.55	12	86.94
16	Kaoru Tsuji		127.03	14	46.46	15	80.57
17	Daisuke Isozaki		121.86	13	46.90	18	74.96
18	Koshin Yamada		119.71	18	42.97	17	76.74
19	Takaya Hashizume	Chukyo Senior High School	115.56	17	44.30	21	71.26
20	Kentaro Suzuki		112.80	22	38.07	19	74.73
21	Sei Kawahara		109.02	23	36.93	20	72.09
22	Ryuta Katada	Orion FSC	107.25	21	39.58	22	67.67
23	Shuu Nakamura		105.40	20	40.50	23	64.90
24	Ryuichi Chiba		97.00	24	35.18	24	61.82
Did not advance to free skating
25	Yuta Onuma			25	34.04
26	Kota Tadano			26	33.84
27	Takumi Yamamoto	Osaka Skating Club		27	33.05
28	Ryoichi Eguchi	AMC Mizuho High School		28	32.76

Ladies

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	SP		FS
1	Kanako Murakami	Grand Prix Tokai Club	165.85	1	58.96	1	106.89
2	Haruka Imai	Nihonbashi Jogakan	143.97	3	49.82	2	94.15
3	Yukiko Fujisawa		135.27	2	51.20	4	84.07
4	Satoko Miyahara	Kyoto Daigo FSC	130.99	4	48.32	6	82.67
5	Kako Tomotaki		130.58	5	47.00	5	83.58
6	Karen Kemanai	Nihonbashi Jogakan	129.42	14	42.12	3	87.30
7	Riona Kato	Kansai Skating Club	124.38	8	45.02	8	79.36
8	Rina Kondo	Grand Prix Tokai Club	123.76	6	46.50	10	77.26
9	Miyabi Ohba	Meito Figure Skating Club	122.93	16	41.72	7	81.21
10	Risa Shoji		120.89	10	43.46	9	77.43
11	Roannasari Oshikawa		119.65	12	42.80	11	76.85
12	Kanade Hasegawa		118.99	11	42.96	12	76.03
13	Yuka Kouno		116.41	7	46.12	16	70.29
14	Sara Imamura		114.27	18	41.28	13	72.99
15	Satomi Akuzawa	Nihonbashi Jogakan	114.26	13	42.66	15	71.60
16	Shiori Tanikawa	AomoriGOLD	113.52	15	41.88	14	71.64
17	Yuka Touyama		108.46	9	44.00	20	64.46
18	Naomi Tanikawa	AomoriGOLD	105.60	23	39.06	18	66.54
19	Mika Nakamura		105.24	24	38.42	17	66.82
20	Risa Sawai		105.24	21	40.16	19	65.08
21	Kuriko Oikawa		102.43	20	41.14	21	61.29
22	Mari Suzuki		99.88	19	41.16	22	58.72
23	Kanako Matsumaru		94.45	22	39.92	23	54.53
24	Uruha Takahashi	Tsukisamu FSC	92.27	17	41.30	24	50.97
Did not advance to free skating
25	Momoka Gonohe	Hachikodainiko High School		25	38.08
26	Mio Iida			26	37.88
27	Shiho Seto	Osaka Skating Club		27	37.10
28	Ayana Yasuhara	Shiga Figure Skating Club		28	35.58
29	Risa Sato	Hachinohe GOLD F･S･C		29	35.24
WD	Saya Ueno

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1	Misato Komatsubara / Kokoro Mizutani	Shinyokohama prince club	122.60	1	23.49	1	37.50	1	61.61

International team selections

Winter Olympics

The Olympic team was announced as follows:

	Men	Ladies	Ice dancing
1	Nobunari Oda	Miki Ando	Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
2	Daisuke Takahashi	Mao Asada
3	Takahiko Kozuka	Akiko Suzuki
1st Alternate	Tatsuki Machida	Yukari Nakano
2nd Alternate	Yasuharu Nanri	Haruka Imai

World Championships

The World Championships team was announced as follows:

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Daisuke Takahashi	Mao Asada		Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
2	Nobunari Oda	Yukari Nakano
3	Takahiko Kozuka	Miki Ando
1st Alternate	Tatsuki Machida	Akiko Suzuki
2nd Alternate	Yasuharu Nanri	Haruka Imai

Four Continents Championships

The Four Continents Championships team was announced as follows:

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Takahiko Kozuka	Mao Asada	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
2	Tatsuki Machida	Akiko Suzuki
3	Yasuharu Nanri	Yukari Nakano
1st Alternate	Kento Nakamura	Haruka Imai
2nd Alternate	Keiji Tanaka	Fumie Suguri

World Junior Championships

The World Junior Championships team was announced as follows:

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Yuzuru Hanyu	Kanako Murakami	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran
1st Alternate
2nd Alternate

External links

• 2009–10 Japan Figure Skating Championships results
• 2009–10 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships results
• 2009–10 Japan Novice Figure Skating Championships results (in Japanese)
• 2009–10 Japan Figure Skating Championships results (in Japanese) at the Japan Skating Federation