# 2017–18 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2017-18 Japan Figure Skating Championships were held on December 20–24, 2017 at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo. It was the 86th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

## Results
### Men

Uno won his second consecutive national title.
Hanyu withdrew to continue recovering from an ankle injury he sustained in practice at the 2017 NHK Trophy.
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Toyota Motor Corporation / トヨタ自動車 | 283.30 | 1 | 96.83 | 1 | 186.47 |
| 2 | Keiji Tanaka | Kurashiki Univ. of Science and Arts / 倉敷芸術科学大学 | 267.15 | 2 | 91.34 | 2 | 175.81 |
| 3 | Takahito Mura | HIROTA | 258.41 | 3 | 85.53 | 3 | 172.88 |
| 4 | Kazuki Tomono | Doshisha Figure Skating Club / 同志社大学 | 231.21 | 5 | 78.16 | 5 | 153.05 |
| 5 | Daisuke Murakami | yoshindo / 陽進堂 | 230.95 | 4 | 80.99 | 7 | 149.96 |
| 6 | Mitsuki Sumoto | Naniwa High School / 浪速中・高ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 225.76 | 7 | 72.93 | 6 | 152.83 |
| 7 | Ryuju Hino | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 223.61 | 10 | 68.22 | 4 | 155.39 |
| 8 | Hiroaki Sato | Iwate University / 岩手大学 | 214.85 | 6 | 77.98 | 9 | 136.87 |
| 9 | Sota Yamamoto | AMC Mizuho High School / 愛知みずほ大瑞穂高校 | 208.27 | 8 | 72.88 | 10 | 135.39 |
| 10 | Jun Suzuki | Hokkaido University / 北海道大学 | 207.39 | 12 | 66.83 | 8 | 140.56 |
| 11 | Sena Miyake | Okayama Figure Skating Club / 岡山FSC | 199.95 | 9 | 68.77 | 15 | 131.18 |
| 12 | Sei Kawahara | Fukuoka University / 福岡大学 | 199.37 | 11 | 67.74 | 14 | 131.63 |
| 13 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | Howa Sportsland / 邦和スポーツランド | 198.71 | 14 | 63.35 | 11 | 135.36 |
| 14 | Shu Nakamura | Kansai University Skating Club / 関西大学 | 198.16 | 13 | 65.75 | 13 | 134.41 |
| 15 | Taichi Honda | Kansai University Skating Club / 関西大学 | 192.87 | 18 | 59.75 | 12 | 133.12 |
| 16 | Shun Sato | Sendai FSC / 仙台FSC | 185.52 | 20 | 57.77 | 16 | 127.75 |
| 17 | Kazuki Kushida | Okayama Figure Skating Club / 岡山FSC | 181.29 | 17 | 60.06 | 17 | 121.23 |
| 18 | Koshin Yamada | SMBC | 177.40 | 16 | 61.01 | 19 | 116.39 |
| 19 | Yuto Kishina | Konkou Gakuen / 金光学園 | 174.13 | 23 | 56.16 | 18 | 117.97 |
| 20 | Kento Kajita | Meiji University / 明治大学 | 172.57 | 19 | 58.65 | 20 | 113.92 |
| 21 | Tsunehito Karakawa | Nihon University / 日本大学 | 169.86 | 21 | 56.64 | 21 | 113.22 |
| 22 | Yoji Nakano | Meiji University / 明治大学 | 159.34 | 22 | 56.56 | 22 | 102.78 |
| 23 | Ryo Sagami | Meiji University / 明治大学 | 154.16 | 15 | 63.05 | 24 | 99.90 |
| 24 | Junya Watanabe | Kansai Gakuin University / 関西学院大学 | 153.91 | 24 | 54.01 | 23 | 91.11 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Kousuke Nakano | Fukuoka University / 福岡大学 | | 25 | 53.62 | — | — |
| 26 | Hidetsugu Kamata | Meiji University / 明治大学 | | 26 | 52.66 | — | — |
| 27 | Junsuke Tokikuni | Doshisha Figure Skating Club / 同志社大学 | | 27 | 51.71 | — | — |
| 28 | Kento Kobayashi | Hosei / 法政大学 | | 28 | 51.18 | — | — |
| 29 | Kento Suginaka | 関西学院大学 | | 29 | 43.66 | — | — |
| 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 fourth year in a row.
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | Kansai University Figure Skating Club / 関西大学 | 220.39 | 2 | 73.23 | 1 | 147.16 |
| 2 | Kaori Sakamoto | Sysmex / シスメックス | 213.51 | 1 | 73.59 | 4 | 139.92 |
| 3 | Rika Kihira | Kansai University Figure Skating Club / 関西大学KFSC | 208.03 | 5 | 66.74 | 2 | 141.29 |
| 4 | Wakaba Higuchi | Nihonbashi Girls' High School / 日本橋女学館 | 206.96 | 4 | 68.93 | 5 | 138.03 |
| 5 | Mai Mihara | Sysmex / シスメックス | 204.67 | 7 | 64.27 | 3 | 140.40 |
| 6 | Rika Hongo | Howa Sportsland / 邦和スポーツランド | 197.62 | 3 | 70.48 | 8 | 127.14 |
| 7 | Marin Honda | Kansai JHS/HS Skating Club / 関西大学中・高ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 193.37 | 6 | 66.65 | 9 | 126.72 |
| 8 | Yuhana Yokoi | Chukyo Senior High School / 中京大中京高校 | 192.99 | 9 | 62.68 | 6 | 130.31 |
| 9 | Yuna Shiraiwa | Kansai University Figure Skating Club / 関西大学KFSC | 191.69 | 8 | 63.33 | 7 | 128.36 |
| 10 | Mako Yamashita | Grand Prix Tokai Club / グランプリ東海クラブ | 183.34 | 15 | 57.80 | 10 | 125.54 |
| 11 | Yura Matsuda | Chukyo University High School / 中京大中京高校 | 174.12 | 17 | 55.91 | 11 | 118.21 |
| 12 | Rin Nitaya | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 172.50 | 10 | 61.28 | 15 | 111.22 |
| 13 | Nana Araki | Chukyo Senior High School / 中京大中京高校 | 171.74 | 12 | 59.66 | 14 | 112.08 |
| 14 | Kokoro Iwamoto | Kansai University Figure Skating Club / 関西大学KFSC | 170.64 | 16 | 56.16 | 12 | 114.48 |
| 15 | Mariko Kihara | Doshisha University / 同志社大学 | 169.61 | 18 | 55.50 | 13 | 114.11 |
| 16 | Hina Takeno | Fukuoka University / 福岡大学 | 169.55 | 14 | 59.22 | 16 | 110.33 |
| 17 | Sui Takeuchi | Daido High School Skating Club / 大同大大同SC | 169.02 | 11 | 60.93 | 17 | 108.09 |
| 18 | Miaki Morisita | Aquapia Skating Club / ｱｸｱﾋﾟｱｽｹｰﾃｨﾝｸﾞC | 165.25 | 13 | 59.43 | 20 | 105.82 |
| 19 | Rinka Watanabe | Aomoriyamada JHS F.S / 青森山田中学校 | 161.91 | 19 | 55.46 | 18 | 106.45 |
| 20 | Hinano Isobe | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 158.18 | 21 | 52.36 | 21 | 105.82 |
| 21 | Tomoe Kawabata | N-kō Tōkyō / N高東京 | 158.16 | 22 | 52.13 | 19 | 106.03 |
| 22 | Yuka Nagai | Waseda University / 早稲田大学 | 152.26 | 20 | 55.25 | 24 | 97.01 |
| 23 | Riona Kato | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 151.06 | 24 | 49.53 | 22 | 101.53 |
| 24 | Ibuki Satoh | Komaba Gakuen High School / 駒場学園高校 | 148.56 | 23 | 50.84 | 23 | 97.72 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Rika Oya | Meiji University / 明治大学 | | 25 | 48.49 | — | — |
| 26 | Ayaka Hosoda | Kansai University / 関西大学 | | 26 | 47.15 | — | — |
| 27 | Chinatsu Mori | Meiji University / 明治大学 | | 27 | 46.37 | — | — |
| 28 | Miyu Nakashio | Hiroshima Skate Club / 広島スケートクラブ | | 28 | 44.60 | — | — |
| 29 | Mone Kawanishi | Yamanashi HS/Univ. / 山梨学院大学 | | 29 | 42.75 | — | — |
| 30 | Honoka Hirotani | Hachinohe Kodai Ichi / 八戸工大一高 | | 30 | 38.17 | — | — |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Kinoshita Club / 木下クラブ | 160.71 | 1 | 54.53 | 1 | 106.18 |
| 2 | Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata | Kinoshita Club / 木下クラブ | 143.93 | 3 | 49.29 | 2 | 94.64 |
| 3 | Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi | Osaka Skating Club 大阪スケート倶楽部 / Kansai University 関西大学 | 140.76 | 2 | 51.54 | 3 | 89.22 |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Kinoshita Club / 木下クラブ | 166.45 | 1 | 65.71 | 1 | 100.74 |
| 2 | Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto | Kurashiki FSC/USA / 倉敷FSC/USA | 149.47 | 2 | 56.65 | 2 | 92.82 |
| 3 | Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno | Daitobunka University 大東文化大学 / Hosei University 法政大学 | 130.27 | 3 | 47.43 | 3 | 82.84 |
| 4 | Yuka Orihara / Kanata Mori | Musashino FSC ムサシノFSクラブ / Meiji University 明治大学 | 113.89 | 4 | 45.54 | 4 | 68.35 |
| 5 | Mio Iida / Kenta Ishibashi | Kansai HS/Univ. / 関西学院大学 | 86.32 | 5 | 34.25 | 5 | 52.07 |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2017–18 Junior Championships took place on November 24–26, 2017 at the Gunma Sports Complex in Maebashi, Gunma.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Mitsuki Sumoto | 198.19 | 1 | 67.34 | 1 | 130.85 |
| 2 | Sena Miyake | 189.17 | 2 | 66.09 | 5 | 123.08 |
| 3 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | 189.15 | 5 | 63.53 | 2 | 125.62 |
| 4 | Kazuki Kushida | 189.00 | 4 | 63.98 | 3 | 125.02 |
| 5 | Yuto Kishina | 184.94 | 6 | 61.35 | 4 | 123.59 |
| 6 | Shun Sato | 180.20 | 11 | 59.64 | 6 | 120.56 |
| 7 | Kazuki Hasegawa | 175.48 | 3 | 64.18 | 10 | 111.30 |
| 8 | Taichiro Yamakuma | 173.67 | 7 | 61.18 | 8 | 112.49 |
| 9 | Shingo Nishayama | 172.97 | 8 | 60.07 | 7 | 112.90 |
| 10 | Takeru Amine Kataise | 170.87 | 12 | 58.68 | 9 | 112.19 |
| 11 | Ichigo Santo | 170.61 | 9 | 59.99 | 11 | 110.62 |
| 12 | Yuma Kagiyama | 162.40 | 14 | 55.25 | 13 | 107.15 |
| 13 | Kao Miura | 162.40 | 10 | 59.98 | 14 | 102.42 |
| 14 | Haruya Sasaki | 155.25 | 19 | 45.87 | 12 | 109.38 |
| 15 | Keisuke Kadowaki | 154.08 | 13 | 55.53 | 15 | 98.55 |
| 16 | Lucas Tsuyoshi Honda | 146.23 | 15 | 53.51 | 17 | 92.72 |
| 17 | Kenta Kuninaka | 142.88 | 20 | 45.22 | 16 | 97.66 |
| 18 | Yuga Furusho | 140.15 | 17 | 49.33 | 18 | 90.82 |
| 19 | Minato Shiga | 134.32 | 18 | 48.28 | 21 | 86.04 |
| 20 | Nozomu Yoshioka | 131.52 | 23 | 41.82 | 19 | 89.70 |
| 21 | Haru Kakiuchi | 130.24 | 22 | 41.86 | 20 | 88.38 |
| 22 | Kosho Oshima | 129.71 | 21 | 44.99 | 22 | 84.72 |
| 23 | Yuki Kunikata | 128.09 | 16 | 50.39 | 23 | 77.70 |
| 24 | Kinari Sugahara | 115.05 | 24 | 41.09 | 24 | 73.96 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Ryoto Midorikawa | | 25 | 38.88 | — | — |
| 26 | Shunsuke Nakamura | | 26 | 38.86 | — | — |
| 27 | Kimichika Wada | | 27 | 38.68 | — | — |
| 28 | Seiya Tsuboi | | 28 | 33.51 | — | — |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Rika Kihira | 193.46 | 6 | 57.89 | 1 | 135.57 |
| 2 | Mako Yamashita | 190.03 | 1 | 65.13 | 2 | 124.90 |
| 3 | Nana Araki | 177.07 | 2 | 61.51 | 4 | 115.56 |
| 4 | Yuhana Yokoi | 172.97 | 7 | 56.89 | 3 | 116.08 |
| 5 | Rinka Watanabe | 168.62 | 4 | 59.45 | 5 | 109.17 |
| 6 | Tomoe Kawabata | 167.52 | 3 | 61.49 | 6 | 106.03 |
| 7 | Riko Takino | 164.78 | 5 | 58.87 | 7 | 105.91 |
| 8 | Hana Yoshida | 158.04 | 12 | 54.89 | 10 | 103.15 |
| 9 | Saya Suzuki | 157.29 | 11 | 54.95 | 11 | 102.34 |
| 10 | Wakana Naganawa | 155.47 | 8 | 56.87 | 12 | 98.60 |
| 11 | Moa Iwano | 153.52 | 9 | 56.62 | 13 | 96.90 |
| 12 | Akari Matsubara | 153.51 | 20 | 50.28 | 9 | 103.23 |
| 13 | Lina Yoshida | 151.91 | 24 | 48.81 | 8 | 104.10 |
| 14 | Kinayu Yokoi | 150.38 | 14 | 53.83 | 14 | 96.55 |
| 15 | Shiika Yoshioka | 148.00 | 13 | 54.43 | 17 | 93.57 |
| 16 | Akari Matsuoka | 147.32 | 16 | 51.36 | 15 | 95.96 |
| 17 | Yuna Aoki | 146.20 | 17 | 51.27 | 16 | 94.93 |
| 18 | Maria Egawa | 143.26 | 21 | 50.21 | 18 | 93.05 |
| 19 | Serina Okada | 143.30 | 19 | 50.43 | 19 | 92.77 |
| 20 | Miyu Honda | 140.39 | 15 | 52.57 | 21 | 87.82 |
| 21 | Nonoka Ise | 137.72 | 22 | 49.15 | 20 | 88.57 |
| 22 | Rino Kasakake | 137.31 | 10 | 55.61 | 22 | 81.70 |
| 23 | Natsu Suzuki | 128.62 | 18 | 51.19 | 23 | 77.43 |
| 24 | Yuka Chon | 121.51 | 23 | 48.99 | 24 | 72.52 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Rei Yoshimoto | | 25 | 48.45 | — | — |
| 26 | Arisa Nakamoto | | 26 | 48.07 | — | — |
| 27 | Rika Tejima | | 27 | 47.05 | — | — |
| 28 | Saki Miyake | | 28 | 45.57 | — | — |
| 29 | Midori Yokoyama | | 29 | 45.03 | — | — |
| 30 | Yukino Fuji | | 30 | 41.21 | — | — |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi | 124.72 | 1 | 48.47 | 1 | 76.25 |
| 2 | Marino Ono / Kurtis Kazuki Schreiber | 112.90 | 2 | 42.27 | 2 | 70.63 |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Name | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Haruno Yajima / Daiki Shimazaki | 110.77 | 1 | 47.03 | 1 | 63.74 |
| 2 | Kiria Hirayama / Kenta Higashi | 94.90 | 3 | 38.50 | 2 | 56.40 |
| 3 | Ayumi Takanami / Yosimitu Ikeda | 94.66 | 2 | 39.33 | 3 | 55.33 |
| 4 | Mai Kashino / Yuhi Kashino | 82.82 | 4 | 35.32 | 4 | 47.50 |
| 5 | Mirei Oda / Ryouto Yamauchi | 61.62 | 5 | 26.88 | 5 | 34.74 |

## International team selections

The Japan Skating Federation selected skaters for international competitions in the second half of the 2017–18 season based on the results of the national championships as well as international ISU-sanctioned competitions.

### Winter Olympics

The 2018 Winter Olympics will be held on February 9-25, 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Yuzuru Hanyu was chosen to compete despite missing the national championships, by virtue of his status as reigning World and Olympic champion, and his first place in the ISU World Standings at the time of the championships.
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Satoko Miyahara | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Kaori Sakamoto | | |
| 3 | Keiji Tanaka | | | |
| 1st alt. | Takahito Mura | Wakaba Higuchi | Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata | |
| 2nd alt. | Kazuki Tomono | Mai Mihara | | |
| 3rd alt. | Daisuke Murakami | | | |

### World Championships

The 2018 World Championships will be held on March 19-25, 2018 in Milan, Italy. Japan's entries were announced in late December 2017.
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Satoko Miyahara | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Wakaba Higuchi | | |
| 3 | Keiji Tanaka | | | |

### Four Continents Championships

The 2018 Four Continents Championships will be held on January 22-28, 2018 in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei. Japan's entries were announced in late December 2017.
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 1 | Keiji Tanaka | Satoko Miyahara | Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Takahito Mura | Kaori Sakamoto | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno |
| 3 | Shoma Uno | Mai Mihara | Narumi Takahashi / Ryo Shibata | Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto |

### World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2018 World Junior Championships will take place on March 5-11, 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Japan's entries were announced in late December 2017.
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs |
| 1 | Mitsuki Sumoto | Rika Kihira | Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi |
| 2 | Sena Miyake | Mako Yamashita | |
| 3 | | Yuhana Yokoi | |