# 2012–13 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2012–13 Japan Figure Skating Championships took place on December 20–24, 2012 at the Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo. It was the 81st edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and ice dancing. No pairs competition was held this year.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | | 285.23 | 1 | 97.68 | 2 | 187.55 |
| 2 | Daisuke Takahashi | KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB | 280.40 | 2 | 88.04 | 1 | 192.36 |
| 3 | Takahito Mura | | 242.70 | 4 | 84.58 | 4 | 158.22 |
| 4 | Nobunari Oda | KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB | 240.56 | 5 | 80.75 | 3 | 159.81 |
| 5 | Takahiko Kozuka | Toyota Motor | 228.56 | 3 | 84.58 | 7 | 143.98 |
| 6 | Kento Nakamura | St. Paul's | 226.64 | 6 | 76.54 | 5 | 150.10 |
| 7 | Keiji Tanaka | | 208.52 | 11 | 62.54 | 6 | 145.98 |
| 8 | Akio Sasaki | Meiji Univ | 208.52 | 7 | 74.92 | 10 | 133.60 |
| 9 | Tatsuki Machida | KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB | 206.17 | 8 | 68.48 | 8 | 137.69 |
| 10 | Ryuju Hino | Chukyo Senior High School | 202.30 | 9 | 68.28 | 9 | 134.02 |
| 11 | Shoma Uno | Grand Prix Tokai Club | 199.03 | 10 | 67.56 | 11 | 131.07 |
| 12 | Ryuichi Kihara | | 184.14 | 12 | 58.07 | 12 | 126.07 |
| 13 | Tomoyuki Koriyama | | 168.09 | 14 | 55.87 | 13 | 112.22 |
| 14 | Taichi Honda | kansai univ.jhs.shs sc | 164.84 | 15 | 55.58 | 14 | 110.20 |
| 15 | Yukihiro Yoshida | | 155.33 | 17 | 53.02 | 15 | 109.43 |
| 16 | Yoji Tsuboi | | 149.01 | 16 | 54.40 | 16 | 106.41 |
| 17 | Sei Kawahara | Keio University | 148.42 | 19 | 52.10 | 19 | 103.26 |
| 18 | Daisuke Iwozaki | DOSHISHA F.SKATING CLUB | 154.33 | 18 | 52.92 | 21 | 101.41 |
| 19 | Koshin Yamada | KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB | 145.49 | 21 | 50.41 | 18 | 103.36 |
| 20 | Eiki Hattori | Hosei | 153.05 | 20 | 51.03 | 20 | 102.02 |
| 21 | Yuta Onuma | Nihon Univ | 152.32 | 22 | 48.33 | 17 | 103.99 |
| 22 | Kosuke Nozoe | Meiji Univ | 143.68 | 13 | 55.94 | 23 | 87.74 |
| 23 | Jo Matsumura | Meiji Univ | 137.14 | 23 | 47.55 | 22 | 89.59 |
| 24 | Masato Kimura | Hachinohe GOLD F･S･C | 115.97 | 24 | 42.66 | 24 | 76.73 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Ryo Norimatsu | | | 25 | 38.22 | | |
| 26 | Ryoichi Eguchi | | | 26 | 38.10 | | |
| 27 | Masaki Kondo | | | 27 | 37.40 | | |
| WD | Yuki Horinouchi | Nihon Univ | | | | | |
| WD | Daisuke Murakami | yoshindo | | | | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Mao Asada | Chukyo University | 193.56 | 2 | 62.81 | 1 | 130.75 |
| 2 | Kanako Murakami | Chukyo Senior High School | 183.67 | 5 | 57.26 | 2 | 126.41 |
| 3 | Satoko Miyahara | kansai univ.jhs.shs sc | 180.55 | 3 | 60.19 | 3 | 120.36 |
| 4 | Akiko Suzuki | Howa sports landSkateclub | 180.03 | 1 | 65.09 | 5 | 114.94 |
| 5 | Rika Hongo | AMC Mizuho High School | 172.43 | 6 | 56.61 | 4 | 115.82 |
| 6 | Riona Kato | KANSAI SKATING CLUB | 167.62 | 7 | 54.88 | 6 | 112.74 |
| 7 | Yuki Nishino | Meiji Univ | 162.63 | 4 | 58.83 | 9 | 104.10 |
| 8 | Yura Matsuda | | 160.30 | 12 | 51.29 | 7 | 109.01 |
| 9 | Satsuki Muramoto | KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB | 158.47 | 8 | 53.63 | 8 | 104.84 |
| 10 | Rin Nitaya | | 146.93 | 9 | 53.49 | 11 | 93.44 |
| 11 | Miyabi Oba | Chukyo Senior High School | 143.89 | 23 | 42.43 | 10 | 101.66 |
| 12 | Risa Shoji | | 143.19 | 14 | 50.45 | 12 | 92.74 |
| 13 | Kako Tomotaki | | 140.10 | 11 | 51.75 | 14 | 88.35 |
| 14 | Haruka Imai | | 137.92 | 18 | 47.30 | 13 | 90.62 |
| 15 | Miyu Nakashio | | 137.36 | 13 | 50.50 | 17 | 86.86 |
| 16 | Kana Muramoto | KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB | 135.08 | 17 | 47.49 | 16 | 87.59 |
| 17 | Saya Ueno | | 134.67 | 15 | 48.29 | 18 | 88.36 |
| 18 | Yukiko Fujisawa | | 134.31 | 19 | 46.31 | 15 | 88.08 |
| 19 | Mari Suzuki | Tohoku Fukushi University | 132.07 | 16 | 47.75 | 20 | 84.32 |
| 20 | Ayaka Hosoda | OSAKA SKATING CLUB | 130.00 | 22 | 43.84 | 19 | 86.16 |
| 21 | Mutsumi Takayama | Meiji Univ | 121.60 | 10 | 52.75 | 23 | 68.85 |
| 22 | Hikaru Nasuno | | 121.32 | 21 | 44.59 | 24 | 76.73 |
| 23 | Shion Kokobun | KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB | 114.67 | 20 | 46.09 | 22 | 68.88 |
| 24 | Saya Suzuki | KYOTO DAIGO FSC | 107.79 | 24 | 41.90 | 24 | 67.89 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Mio Suzuki | KEIO SFC SKATING CLUB | | 25 | 40.74 | | |
| 26 | Shoko Ishikawa | Meiji Univ | | 26 | 40.56 | | |
| 27 | Mai Hirono | Chukyo Senior High School | | 27 | 39.39 | | |
| 28 | Nana Matsushina | | | 28 | 39.30 | | |
| 29 | Yuka Touyama | | | 29 | 38.27 | | |
| 30 | Yuka Kouno | | | 30 | 37.40 | | |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | KINOSHITA CLUB | 133.92 | 1 | 53.41 | 1 | 80.51 |
| 2 | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion | KANSAI UNIV SKATING CLUB | 110.31 | 3 | 42.00 | 2 | 68.31 |
| 3 | Burina Oi / Taiyo Mizutani | Juujou FSC | 99.32 | 2 | 42.12 | 4 | 57.20 |
| 4 | Misato Komatsubara / Kaoru Tsuji | Hosei/KYOTO AQUARENA SC | 92.17 | 4 | 34.27 | 3 | 57.90 |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2012–13 Junior Championships took place on November 17–18, 2012 at the DyDo Drinco Ice Arena in Nishitōkyō, Tokyo.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Ryuju Hino | Chukyo Senior High School | 209.85 | 1 | 71.35 | 1 | 138.50 |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Grand Prix Tokai Club | 190.58 | 2 | 66.21 | 2 | 124.37 |
| 3 | Keiji Tanaka | | 189.46 | 3 | 65.21 | 3 | 124.25 |
| 4 | Sota Yamamoto | | 159.61 | 11 | 47.32 | 4 | 112.29 |
| 5 | Sei Kawahara | | 157.51 | 8 | 50.25 | 5 | 107.26 |
| 6 | Taichi Honda | kansai univ.jhs.shs sc | 155.76 | 6 | 51.57 | 6 | 104.19 |
| 7 | Taichiro Yamakuma | | 150.44 | 7 | 51.29 | 9 | 99.15 |
| 8 | Shu Nakamura | KANSAI UNIV HOKUYO HS | 149.82 | 4 | 53.13 | 10 | 96.69 |
| 9 | Takaha Hashizume | | 149.46 | 10 | 49.46 | 8 | 99.60 |
| 10 | Kazuki Tomono | UENOSHIBA SKATE CLUB | 144.90 | 20 | 40.91 | 7 | 103.99 |
| 11 | Kento Kajita | meidaifuzokunakanokoko | 137.09 | 9 | 50.18 | 14 | 86.91 |
| 12 | Ryuta Katada | Orion FSC | 136.39 | 13 | 40.19 | 11 | 92.14 |
| 13 | Hiroaki Satou | | 135.86 | 5 | 53.09 | 19 | 82.77 |
| 14 | Naoki Oda | kansai univ.jhs.shs sc | 135.45 | 14 | 43.62 | 12 | 91.83 |
| 15 | Hidetsugu Yamata | | 129.93 | 17 | 41.48 | 13 | 88.09 |
| 16 | Kohei Yoshino | OSAKA SKATING CLUB | 129.20 | 15 | 43.44 | 16 | 85.66 |
| 17 | Yoji Nakano | Kanagawa FSC | 129.89 | 16 | 42.53 | 15 | 85.66 |
| 18 | Kosuke Nakano | | 127.32 | 11 | 44.48 | 18 | 82.84 |
| 19 | Keiichiro Sasahara | OSAKA SKATING CLUB | 124.26 | 19 | 40.94 | 17 | 83.32 |
| 20 | Takumi Yamamoto | OSAKA SKATING CLUB | 122.28 | 18 | 41.21 | 20 | 81.07 |
| 21 | Naoya Watanabe | | 117.05 | 24 | 39.12 | 21 | 77.93 |
| 22 | Taiga Aoki | NAMIHAYA ISC | 114.39 | 21 | 40.20 | 22 | 74.19 |
| 23 | Kanata Mori | | 111.78 | 22 | 39.96 | 23 | 71.82 |
| 24 | Keisuke Kobayashi | | 98.10 | 23 | 39.65 | 24 | 58.45 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Hiroki Hondo | | | 25 | 39.03 | | |
| 26 | Reo Ishizuka | SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI | | 26 | 38.29 | | |
| 27 | Kento Kobayashi | | | 27 | 38.26 | | |
| 28 | Takahiro Ozone | | | 28 | 36.94 | | |
| 29 | Masataka Nakajima | Nihon Univ | | 29 | 33.96 | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | kansai univ.jhs.shs sc | 172.68 | 1 | 61.31 | 1 | 111.37 |
| 2 | Riona Kato | KANSAI SKATING CLUB | 161.47 | 5 | 53.90 | 2 | 107.57 |
| 3 | Rika Hongo | KANSAI SKATING CLUB | 159.34 | 3 | 55.47 | 3 | 103.87 |
| 4 | Yura Matsuda | | 156.07 | 4 | 54.07 | 5 | 102.00 |
| 5 | Rin Nitaya | | 157.51 | 8 | 48.97 | 4 | 103.27 |
| 6 | Miyabi Oba | Chukyo Senior High School | 144.01 | 2 | 56.61 | 12 | 87.40 |
| 7 | Wakaba Higuchi | | 143.08 | 6 | 51.20 | 9 | 91.88 |
| 8 | Mai Mihara | | 140.14 | 11 | 47.53 | 8 | 92.61 |
| 9 | Kaori Sakamoto | | 139.52 | 13 | 46.56 | 7 | 92.96 |
| 10 | Mariko Kihara | KYOTO DAIGO FSC | 149.46 | 15 | 44.94 | 6 | 93.98 |
| 11 | Mei Ito | Nihonbashi Jogakkan | 135.89 | 10 | 47.67 | 11 | 88.22 |
| 12 | Ami Dobashi | | 134.41 | 9 | 48.55 | 14 | 85.86 |
| 13 | Rika Oya | | 131.08 | 20 | 43.99 | 13 | 87.09 |
| 14 | Hinano Isobe | RITUMEIKANUJIJr HISCHOOL | 130.16 | 24 | 41.67 | 10 | 88.49 |
| 15 | Yuka Kito | SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI | 129.77 | 16 | 44.89 | 15 | 84.88 |
| 16 | Haruna Suzuki | Shinyokohama prince club | 127.70 | 7 | 49.57 | 19 | 79.13 |
| 17 | Yoka Sakai | Grand Prix Tokai Club | 125.87 | 14 | 46.19 | 16 | 79.68 |
| 18 | Yuka Nagai | | 125.07 | 12 | 46.72 | 18 | 78.35 |
| 19 | Hina Takeno | | 123.29 | 19 | 44.00 | 17 | 79.39 |
| 20 | Ayana Yasuhara | | 118.52 | 17 | 44.49 | 20 | 74.03 |
| 21 | Honoka Kawanishi | | 115.64 | 18 | 44.01 | 21 | 71.63 |
| 22 | Mone Kawanishi | NAMIHAYA ISC | 112.87 | 23 | 42.53 | 22 | 70.44 |
| 23 | Satomi Akuzawa | Nihonbashi Jogakkan | 105.53 | 21 | 43.43 | 24 | 62.10 |
| 24 | Sakura Yamada | Aquapia SKATING CLUB | 98.10 | 22 | 42.67 | 23 | 62.12 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Hitomi Yaoita | | | 25 | 40.39 | | |
| 26 | Asahi Sorakawa | | | 26 | 39.43 | | |
| 27 | Mayako Matsuno | SEIBU HIGASHIFUSHIMI | | 27 | 38.45 | | |
| 28 | Mari Harumara | | | 28 | 38.29 | | |
| 29 | Reia Funasako | | | 29 | 36.57 | | |
| 30 | Kokoro Iwamoto | kansai univ.jhs.shs sc | | 30 | 33.11 | | |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Nana Sugiki / Hiroichi Noguchi | Meiji Univ | 87.58 | 1 | 34.44 | 1 | 53.14 |

## International team selections
### World Championships

The Japanese team to the 2013 World Championships:
| | Men | Ladies | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Mao Asada | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Takahito Mura | Kanako Murakami | |
| 3 | Daisuke Takahashi | Akiko Suzuki | |
| 1st alt. | Nobunari Oda | Yuki Nishino | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion |
| 2nd alt. | Takahiko Kozuka | | |

### Four Continents Championships

The Japanese team to the 2013 Four Continents Championships:
| | Men | Ladies | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Mao Asada | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Takahito Mura | Kanako Murakami | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion |
| 3 | Daisuke Takahashi | Akiko Suzuki | Bryna Oi / Taiyo Mizutani |
| 1st alt. | Nobunari Oda | Rika Hongo | |
| 2nd alt. | Takahiko Kozuka | Yuki Nishino | |

### World Junior Championships

The Japanese team to the 2013 World Junior Championships:
| | Men | Ladies |
| 1 | Ryuju Hino | Rika Hongo |
| 2 | Kenji Tanaka | Satoko Miyahara |
| 1st alt. | Shoma Uno | Riona Kato |