# 2016–17 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2016–17 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held on December 22ー25, 2016 at the RACTAB Namihaya Dome in Kadoma, Osaka. It was the 85th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

## Results
### Men

Hanyu withdrew due to influenza two days before the competition.
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 280.41 | 2 | 88.05 | 1 | 192.36 |
| 2 | Keiji Tanaka | Kurashiki Univ. of Science and Arts / 倉敷芸術科学大学 | 249.38 | 3 | 85.68 | 2 | 163.70 |
| 3 | Takahito Mura | HIROTA | 242.11 | 1 | 90.34 | 3 | 151.77 |
| 4 | Ryuju Hino | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 230.31 | 4 | 78.65 | 4 | 151.66 |
| 5 | Kazuki Tomono | Naniwa JHS/HS Skating Club / 浪速中・高ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 216.55 | 6 | 67.63 | 5 | 148.92 |
| 6 | Shu Nakamura | Kansai University / 関西大学 | 202.16 | 7 | 66.96 | 7 | 135.20 |
| 7 | Koshiro Shimada | Shujitsu High School / 就実学園 | 200.18 | 10 | 62.66 | 6 | 137.52 |
| 8 | Hiroaki Sato | Iwate University / 岩手大学 | 192.70 | 5 | 72.01 | 10 | 120.69 |
| 9 | Sena Miyake | Okayama Figure Skating Club / 岡山FSC | 188.46 | 11 | 61.96 | 9 | 126.50 |
| 10 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | Howa Sportsland / 邦和スポーツランド | 187.03 | 15 | 59.49 | 8 | 127.54 |
| 11 | Sei Kawahara | Fukuoka University / 福岡大学 | 180.69 | 13 | 60.47 | 12 | 120.22 |
| 12 | Taichi Honda | Kansai Univ. JHS/HS Skating Club / 関西大学中・高ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 179.84 | 9 | 63.87 | 16 | 115.97 |
| 13 | Mitsuki Sumoto | Naniwa JHS/HS Skating Club / 浪速中・高ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 178.60 | 12 | 60.97 | 14 | 117.63 |
| 14 | Jun Suzuki | Hokkaido University / 北海道大学 | 177.54 | 8 | 66.17 | 18 | 111.37 |
| 15 | Naoki Oda | Kurashiki Univ. of Science and Arts / 倉敷芸術科学大学 | 177.02 | 16 | 58.76 | 13 | 118.26 |
| 16 | Yuto Kishina | Konkou Gakuen / 金光学園 | 175.94 | 17 | 58.43 | 15 | 117.51 |
| 17 | Yoji Nakano | Meiji University / 明治大学 | 175.29 | 14 | 60.25 | 17 | 115.04 |
| 18 | Ryo Sagami | Meiji University / 明治大学 | 173.69 | 23 | 53.27 | 11 | 120.42 |
| 19 | Hidetsugu Kamata | Meiji University / 明治大学 | 159.07 | 20 | 54.53 | 19 | 104.54 |
| 20 | Kohei Yoshino | Kansai University / 関西大学 | 157.32 | 19 | 55.23 | 21 | 102.09 |
| 21 | Satoshi Nakamura | Nagano City Skating Club / 長野市スケート協会 | 157.24 | 22 | 53.53 | 20 | 103.71 |
| 22 | Junsuke Tokikuni | Doshisha University / 同志社大学 | 151.99 | 18 | 56.47 | 23 | 95.52 |
| 23 | Keiichiro Sasahara | Doshisha University / 同志社大学 | 151.29 | 21 | 54.37 | 22 | 96.92 |
| 24 | Kosuke Nakano | Fukuoka University / 福岡大学 | 140.77 | 24 | 52.82 | 24 | 87.95 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Koshin Yamada | SMBC | | 25 | 51.16 | — | — |
| 26 | Junya Watanabe | Kansai Gakuin University / 関西学院大学 | | 26 | 50.52 | — | — |
| 27 | Hiroki Honda | Nippon University / 日本大学 | | 27 | 49.23 | — | — |
| 28 | Genki Suzuki | Gakushuin University / 学習院大学 | | 28 | 44.12 | — | — |
| 29 | Shion Kamata | Meiji University / 明治大学 | | 29 | 39.81 | — | — |
| WD | Yuzuru Hanyu | All Nippon Airways (ANA) | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |

### Ladies

Miyahara won the national title for the third year in a row.
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | Kansai Univ. JHS/HS Skating Club / 関西大学中・高ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 214.87 | 1 | 76.49 | 1 | 138.38 |
| 2 | Wakaba Higuchi | Nihonbashi Girls' High School / 日本橋女学館 | 199.49 | 3 | 68.74 | 4 | 130.75 |
| 3 | Mai Mihara | Kobe Port Island Club / 神戸ポートアイランドクラブ | 198.17 | 5 | 65.91 | 2 | 132.26 |
| 4 | Marin Honda | Kansai Univ. JHS/HS Skating Club / 関西大学中・高ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 196.11 | 4 | 67.52 | 5 | 128.59 |
| 5 | Rika Hongo | Howa Sportsland / 邦和スポーツランド | 194.28 | 2 | 69.20 | 6 | 125.08 |
| 6 | Yuna Shiraiwa | Kansai University FSC / 関西大学KFSC | 185.37 | 17 | 54.30 | 3 | 131.07 |
| 7 | Kaori Sakamoto | Kobe Figure Skating Club / 神戸FSC | 184.00 | 6 | 63.36 | 9 | 120.64 |
| 8 | Kanako Murakami | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 182.55 | 12 | 58.52 | 7 | 124.03 |
| 9 | Saya Suzuki | Howa SC / 邦和SC | 180.41 | 9 | 60.36 | 10 | 120.35 |
| 10 | Yura Matsuda | Chukyo University High School / 中京大中京高校 | 180.27 | 7 | 61.63 | 11 | 118.64 |
| 11 | Rin Nitaya | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 176.86 | 16 | 54.31 | 8 | 122.55 |
| 12 | Mao Asada | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 174.42 | 8 | 60.32 | 12 | 114.10 |
| 13 | Miyabi Oba | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 165.45 | 10 | 59.19 | 13 | 106.26 |
| 14 | Riko Takino | Osaka Skating Club / 大阪スケート倶楽部 | 163.27 | 11 | 59.13 | 14 | 104.14 |
| 15 | Ayaka Hosoda | Kansai University / 関西大学 | 159.13 | 13 | 56.88 | 15 | 102.25 |
| 16 | Hinano Isobe | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 153.34 | 14 | 55.10 | 17 | 98.24 |
| 17 | Mariko Kihara | Doshisha University/ 同志社大学 | 151.35 | 23 | 50.44 | 16 | 100.91 |
| 18 | Honoka Hirotani | Hachinohe Institute of Technology High School / 八工大一高 | 148.71 | 18 | 53.50 | 20 | 95.21 |
| 19 | Haruka Imai | Niigata Kenren / 新潟県連 | 147.58 | 21 | 51.29 | 18 | 96.29 |
| 20 | Nana Matsushima | Waseda University / 早稲田大学 | 147.32 | 20 | 51.97 | 19 | 95.35 |
| 21 | Miyu Nakashio | Hiroshima Skating Club / 広島スケートクラブ | 145.85 | 15 | 54.99 | 21 | 90.86 |
| 22 | Rino Kasakake | Polaris Chubu FSC / ポラリス中部FSC | 135.11 | 22 | 51.22 | 22 | 83.89 |
| 23 | Kirari Kobayashi | Shumei Eiko High School / 秀明英光高校 | 131.75 | 24 | 49.14 | 23 | 82.61 |
| 24 | Yuka Nagai | Komaba Gakuen High School / 駒場学園高校 | 131.40 | 19 | 53.23 | 24 | 78.17 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Hina Takeno | Fukuoka University / 福岡大学 | | 25 | 47.39 | — | — |
| 26 | Saya Ueno | Kansai University / 関西大学 | | 26 | 47.38 | — | — |
| 27 | Miaki Morishita | Aquapia Skating Club / ｱｸｱﾋﾟｱｽｹｰﾃｨﾝｸﾞC | | 27 | 47.13 | — | — |
| 28 | Hinata Oosawa | Misawa Gold FSC / 三沢GOLD FSC | | 28 | 46.41 | — | — |
| 29 | Chinatsu Mori | Aichi Mizuho University High School / 愛知みずほ大瑞穂高校 | | 29 | 45.10 | — | — |
| 30 | Reia Funasako | Chiba Keizai University High School / 千葉経済大学附属高校 | | 30 | 41.12 | — | — |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet | Kanagawa FSC/CAN / 神奈川/CAN | 160.25 | 1 | 56.96 | 1 | 103.29 |
| 2 | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Kinoshita Club / 木下クラブ | 146.25 | 2 | 50.07 | 2 | 96.18 |
| 3 | Marin Ono / Wesley Killing | Hyougo Nishinomiya FSC/CAN / ひょうご西宮FSC/CAN | 136.06 | 3 | 45.54 | 3 | 90.12 |
| 4 | Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata | Kinoshita Club / 木下クラブ | 122.38 | 4 | 43.25 | 4 | 79.13 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Kinoshita Club / 木下クラブ | 158.36 | 1 | 62.04 | 1 | 96.32 |
| 2 | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion | Osaka Skating Club / 大阪スケート倶楽部 | 140.97 | 2 | 56.47 | 2 | 84.50 |
| 3 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Kurashiki FSC/USA / 倉敷FSC/USA | 125.12 | 3 | 51.47 | 3 | 73.85 |
| 4 | Ibuki Mori / Kentaro Suzuki | Meito FSC/Papio FC / 名東FSC/ﾊﾟﾋﾟｵﾌｨｷﾞｭｱｸﾗﾌﾞ | 122.59 | 4 | 49.65 | 4 | 72.94 |
| 5 | Nicole Takahashi / Atsuhiko Okuda | Dream FSC/Kansai Skating Club / Dream FSC/関西スケーティングC | 81.60 | 5 | 32.38 | 5 | 49.22 |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2016–17 Junior Championships took place on November 18–20, 2016 at the Tsukisamu Gymnasium in Sapporo, Hokkaido. Medals were awarded in the men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. The junior pairs competition was held during the senior Championships the following month.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Kazuki Tomono | 207.85 | 1 | 71.77 | 1 | 136.08 |
| 2 | Koshiro Shimada | 198.20 | 2 | 66.19 | 2 | 132.01 |
| 3 | Mitsuki Sumoto | 191.81 | 3 | 63.60 | 3 | 128.21 |
| 4 | Yuto Kishina | 181.25 | 5 | 58.76 | 4 | 122.49 |
| 5 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | 177.62 | 6 | 56.07 | 5 | 121.55 |
| 6 | Sena Miyake | 174.86 | 10 | 53.75 | 6 | 121.11 |
| 7 | Kazuki Hasegawa | 170.89 | 4 | 59.66 | 11 | 111.23 |
| 8 | Taichiro Yamakuma | 167.15 | 18 | 50.05 | 7 | 117.10 |
| 9 | Ryoma Kobayashi | 166.59 | 14 | 52.33 | 8 | 114.26 |
| 10 | Kento Kobayashi | 164.27 | 17 | 50.26 | 9 | 114.01 |
| 11 | Yuma Kagiyama | 164.14 | 8 | 54.35 | 12 | 109.79 |
| 12 | Tsunehito Karakawa | 163.84 | 15 | 52.23 | 10 | 111.61 |
| 13 | Ichigo Santo | 163.19 | 11 | 53.64 | 13 | 109.55 |
| 14 | Kotaro Takeuchi | 157.53 | 9 | 53.80 | 15 | 103.73 |
| 15 | Shun Sato | 157.03 | 7 | 55.89 | 16 | 101.14 |
| 16 | Shingo Nishiyama | 154.63 | 19 | 48.95 | 14 | 105.68 |
| 17 | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | 150.83 | 16 | 51.32 | 17 | 99.51 |
| 18 | Reo Ishizuka | 149.39 | 12 | 53.57 | 20 | 95.82 |
| 19 | Yuki Kunikata | 146.14 | 13 | 52.86 | 21 | 93.28 |
| 20 | Haruya Sasaki | 145.80 | 20 | 47.91 | 18 | 97.89 |
| 21 | Takeru Amine Kataise | 141.66 | 22 | 45.73 | 19 | 95.93 |
| 22 | Keisuke Kadowaki | 137.94 | 21 | 46.54 | 23 | 91.40 |
| 23 | Tatuma Furuya | 135.52 | 23 | 43.33 | 22 | 92.19 |
| 24 | Shinichi Yamada | 125.46 | 24 | 42.02 | 24 | 83.44 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Shoya Ichihashi | | 25 | 41.19 | — | — |
| 26 | Takumi Sugiyama | | 26 | 40.96 | — | — |
| 27 | Kazuki Kushida | | 27 | 40.92 | — | — |
| 28 | Yuki Mori | | 28 | 40.86 | — | — |
| 29 | Sumitada Moriguchi | | 29 | 37.57 | — | — |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Kaori Sakamoto | 191.97 | 1 | 67.45 | 2 | 124.52 |
| 2 | Yuna Shiraiwa | 185.13 | 3 | 59.16 | 1 | 125.97 |
| 3 | Marin Honda | 176.23 | 2 | 64.86 | 6 | 111.37 |
| 4 | Rino Kasakake | 173.97 | 5 | 57.40 | 3 | 116.57 |
| 5 | Saya Suzuki | 166.38 | 9 | 53.72 | 4 | 112.66 |
| 6 | Riko Takino | 165.41 | 6 | 57.28 | 8 | 108.13 |
| 7 | Akari Matsubara | 162.96 | 12 | 50.68 | 5 | 112.28 |
| 8 | Yuhana Yokoi | 162.84 | 10 | 52.28 | 7 | 110.56 |
| 9 | Yuna Aoki | 161.35 | 8 | 56.80 | 9 | 104.55 |
| 10 | Kokoro Iwamoto | 157.56 | 7 | 57.02 | 11 | 100.54 |
| 11 | Rika Kihira | 153.73 | 4 | 58.86 | 14 | 94.87 |
| 12 | Akari Matsuoka | 148.80 | 20 | 45.48 | 10 | 103.32 |
| 13 | Rion Sumiyoshi | 147.64 | 11 | 52.13 | 13 | 95.51 |
| 14 | Yukino Fuji | 142.21 | 15 | 47.43 | 15 | 94.78 |
| 15 | Moa Iwano | 139.98 | 21 | 45.46 | 16 | 94.52 |
| 16 | Mako Yamashita | 139.81 | 22 | 42.28 | 12 | 97.53 |
| 17 | Maho Mitsuno | 138.29 | 17 | 46.53 | 17 | 91.76 |
| 18 | Lina Yoshida | 132.49 | 18 | 46.37 | 18 | 86.12 |
| 19 | Hinako Katou | 131.58 | 16 | 46.89 | 19 | 84.69 |
| 20 | Midori Yokoyama | 124.58 | 14 | 47.67 | 21 | 76.91 |
| 21 | Mana Kawabe | 123.94 | 24 | 41.41 | 20 | 82.53 |
| 22 | Chisato Uramatsu | 122.79 | 13 | 49.44 | 23 | 73.35 |
| 23 | Sui Takeuchi | 122.36 | 19 | 45.62 | 22 | 76.74 |
| 24 | Riko Ohashi | 113.65 | 23 | 41.81 | 24 | 71.84 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Hinako Senoo | | 25 | 41.33 | — | — |
| 26 | Yuna Miyoshi | | 26 | 39.97 | — | — |
| 27 | Tomoe Kawabata | | 27 | 39.87 | — | — |
| 28 | Maika Kubo | | 28 | 38.95 | — | — |
| 29 | Niina Takeno | | 29 | 37.51 | — | — |
| 30 | Eri Tamiwa | | 30 | 35.95 | — | — |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi | 大阪スケート倶楽部 / 関大北陽スケート部 | 111.68 | 1 | 39.19 | 1 | 72.49 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno | 130.84 | 1 | 53.24 | 1 | 77.60 |
| 2 | Yuka Orihara / Kanata Mori | 103.54 | 2 | 47.88 | 3 | 55.66 |
| 3 | Haruno Yajima / Daiki Shimazaki | 90.04 | 3 | 37.56 | 4 | 52.48 |
| 4 | Utana Yoshida / Takumi Sugiyama | 86.70 | 6 | 29.88 | 2 | 56.82 |
| 5 | Mai Kashino / Yuhi Kashino | 74.74 | 5 | 30.62 | 5 | 44.12 |
| 6 | Yu Iwasaki / Yoshimitu Ikeda | 68.48 | 4 | 33.82 | 6 | 34.66 |

## International team selections

The Japan Skating Federation selected skaters for international competitions in the second half of the 2016–17 season based on the results of the National Championships, as well as international ISU-sanctioned competitions. It published its list of entries on December 27, 2016.

### World Championships

The 2017 World Championships will be held from March 29 to April 2, 2017, in Helsinki, Finland. The event will also determine the number of spots per discipline that countries will earn for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Satoko Miyahara | Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Wakaba Higuchi | | |
| 3 | Keiji Tanaka | Mai Mihara | | |

### Four Continents Championships

The 2017 Four Continents Championships will be held on February 14–19, 2017 in Gangneung, South Korea.
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Satoko Miyahara | Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Wakaba Higuchi | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion |
| 3 | Keiji Tanaka | Mai Mihara | | |

### World Junior Championships

The 2017 World Junior Figure Skating Championships will take place on March 14–19, 2017 in Taipei.
| | Men | Ladies | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Kazuki Tomono | Marin Honda | Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno |
| 2 | Koshiro Shimada | Kaori Sakamoto | |
| 3 | | Yuna Shiraiwa | |

### Asian Winter Games

The 2017 Asian Winter Games will be held on February 19–26, 2017 in Sapporo and Obihiro, Hokkaido, Japan. Within the Winter Games period, figure skating events will take place on February 23–26, 2017 at the Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo.
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Satoko Miyahara | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Takahito Mura | Rika Hongo | Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata | Ibuki Mori / Kentaro Suzuki |