# 2000–01 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2000–01 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 69th edition of the event. They were held on December 8–10, 2000 at the Big Hat arena in Nagano. 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 2000–01 season, the results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the 2001 World Championships and the 2001 Four Continents Championships.

## Competition notes

* The following skaters placed high enough at Junior Nationals and so were invited to compete at Nationals: Soshi Tanaka, Kazumi Kishimoto, and Kensuke Nakaniwa for men, and Akiko Suzuki, Utako Wakamatsu for ladies.
* Yukari Nakano and Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov did not compete due to a time conflict with the 2000–01 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Takeshi Honda | Hosei Univ | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Yamato Tamura | Nihon Univ | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Yosuke Takeuchi | Hosei Univ | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Makoto Okazaki | Iizuka FC | 5.0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Kensuke Nakaniwa | Fukuoka Univ | 8.0 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Soshi Tanaka | Tohoku High School | 8.0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Eiji Iwamoto | Nihon Univ | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | Yutaka Tsuru | Kashii FSC | 12.5 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Megumu Seki | Katsuyama FC | 14.5 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | Takashi Ueno | Meiji Univ | 16.0 | 12 | 10 |
| 11 | Junichi Takemura | Hosei Univ | 16.5 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Akira Okamoto | Meiji Univ | 16.5 | 9 | 12 |
| 13 | Kazumi Kishimoto | Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy | 18.0 | 10 | 13 |
| 14 | Yasuo Ogawa | Keio Univ | 23.0 | 18 | 14 |
| 15 | Shunpei Watanabe | Musashino FC | 23.0 | 16 | 15 |
| 16 | Shigeya Morigaki | Kwansei Gakuin Univ | 24.0 | 14 | 17 |
| 17 | Suguru Nakai | Higashiyama High School | 25.5 | 19 | 16 |
| 18 | Takashiro Nakagawa | Toyo Univ | 25.5 | 13 | 19 |
| 19 | Kazunari Kishida | Hiroshima SC | 28.5 | 21 | 18 |
| 20 | Ryo Arai | Nihon Univ | 28.5 | 17 | 20 |
| 21 | Masataka Morishita | Kinki Univ | 33.0 | 24 | 21 |
| 22 | Takahito Kawai | Aichi Gakuin Univ | 33.0 | 20 | 23 |
| 23 | Jun Ishigaki | Komaba Gakuen High School | 33.5 | 23 | 22 |
| 24 | Ryo Utsunomiya | Iyotetsu Club | 35.0 | 22 | 24 |
| Free Skating Not Reached ||||||
| 25 | Masashi Takagi | Sapporo Gakuin Univ | | 25 | |
| 26 | Takeshi Shirasaka | Katsuyama FC | | 26 | |
| 27 | Yoga Akiyama | Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC | | 27 | |
| 28 | Tadao Kusaka | Nihon Univ | | 28 | |
| 29 | Fumiaki Shimokawa | Meiji Univ | | 29 | |
| WD | Naoji Mogi | Senshu Univ | | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Fumie Suguri | Waseda Univ | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Shizuka Arakawa | Waseda Univ | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Yoshie Onda | Tokai Gakuen High School | 4.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Akiko Suzuki | Nagoya FSC | 6.5 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Utako Wakamatsu | Tohoku Fukushi Univ | 7.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Kanako Takahashi | Senshu Univ | 10.0 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Yuka Kanazawa | Tohoku Gakuin Univ | 11.5 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 | Masayo Oishi | Kinki Univ | 13.0 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | Yuko Kudo | Okayama Kokusai FSC | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Junko Ichii | Kyoto Sangyo Univ | 13.5 | 7 | 10 |
| 11 | Kanako Sato | Senshu Univ | 18.0 | 14 | 11 |
| 12 | Yuko Kagita | Konan Women's Univ | 19.0 | 12 | 13 |
| 13 | Rie Hamamura | Iizuka FC | 20.0 | 8 | 16 |
| 14 | Chisato Shiina | Shutoku High School | 21.0 | 18 | 12 |
| 15 | Rie Takeuchi | Doshisha Univ | 22.0 | 16 | 14 |
| 16 | Fumi Hasebe | Kawagoe Shogyo high school | 23.5 | 17 | 15 |
| 17 | Chiaki Saika | Kyoto Sangyo Univ | 26.5 | 13 | 20 |
| 18 | Yukie Nogami | Toyo Univ | 28.5 | 23 | 17 |
| 19 | Hitomi Suzuki | Chunichi SC | 28.5 | 21 | 18 |
| 20 | Marie Arai | Tohoku Fukushi Univ | 29.0 | 20 | 19 |
| 21 | Ari Yamanouchi | Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC | 29.5 | 15 | 22 |
| 22 | Mamiko Yamai | Ryukoku Univ | 32.0 | 22 | 21 |
| 23 | Shiho Honda | Kawagoe Shogyo high school | 32.5 | 19 | 23 |
| 24 | Mai Izawa | Toyo Univ | 36.0 | 24 | 24 |
| Free Skating Not Reached ||||||
| 25 | Emiko Kato | Orion FSC | | 25 | |
| 26 | Ai Musha | Izumi DOSC Academy | | 26 | |
| 27 | Mayumi Honda | Tohoku high school | | 27 | |
| 28 | Kei Takahashi | Nihon Univ | | 28 | |
| 29 | Miho Yamamoto | Senshu Univ | | 29 | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Makiko Ogasawara / Takeo Ogasawara | Gold FSC | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD |
| 1 | Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov | Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy | 2.4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido | Shinyokohama Prince Club | 3.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto | Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Shoko Shiina / Tomokazu Tanaka | Kansai SC | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2000–01 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place between November 25 and 26, 2000 at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall.
The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals to be invited to compete here: Miki Ando (1st in novice, 3rd in junior) and Takahiko Kozuka (1st in novice, 18th in junior).
Although normally under the rules, a podium finish in the Ladies event on the Junior level would bring an invitation to compete at the senior level, twelve years old Miki Ando was not able to be invited due to her age and skating level.

### Men

* Entry: 27 athletes
| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Soshi Tanaka | Tohoku High School | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Kazumi Kishimoto | Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Kensuke Nakaniwa | Fukuoka Univ | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Daisuke Takahashi | Kurashiki FSC | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Takeshi Ushigome | Orion FSC | 8.0 | 6 | 5 |

### Ladies

* Entry: 32 athletes
| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Yukari Nakano | Tokai FSC | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Akiko Suzuki | Nagoya FSC | 4.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Miki Ando | Meito FSC | 4.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Utako Wakamatsu | Tohoku Fukushi Univ | 6.5 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Ichie Hayashi | Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC | 7.0 | 6 | 4 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD |
| 1 | Minami Sakacho / Tatsuya Sakacho | Hachinohe Seagull FC | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ikuko Chida / Atsushi Funabashi | Musashino FSC | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

## International team selections
### World Championships

| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Takeshi Honda | Fumie Suguri | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov | Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov |
| 2 | Yamato Tamura | | | |
| 1st Alternate | Yosuke Takeuchi | Yoshie Onda | | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido |

### Four Continents Championships

| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Takeshi Honda | Fumie Suguri | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov | Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov |
| 2 | Yamato Tamura | Shizuka Arakawa | | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido |
| 3 | Yosuke Takeuchi | Yoshie Onda | | |
| 1st Alternate | Soshi Tanaka | Akiko Suzuki | | |

### World Junior Championships

| | Men | Ladies | Pairs |
| 1 | Soshi Tanaka | Yukari Nakano | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov |
| 2 | Kazumi Kishimoto | Akiko Suzuki | |
| 1st Alternate | Kensuke Nakaniwa | Utako Wakamatsu | |