# 2007–08 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2007–08 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 76th edition of the event. They were held on December 26–28, 2007 at the Namihaya Dome arena in Kadoma, Osaka. National Champions were crowned in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. Results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the 2008 World Championships and the 2008 Four Continents Championships.

## Competition notes

* Nobunari Oda withdrew before the competition.
* The following skaters placed high enough at Junior Nationals and so were invited to compete at Nationals: Takahito Mura, Akio Sasaki, and Yukihiro Yoshida for men, and Rumi Suizu, Yuki Nishino, and Shoko Ishikawa for ladies.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Daisuke Takahashi | Kansai Univ. Skating Club | 254.58 | 1 | 85.43 | 1 | 169.15 |
| 2 | Takahiko Kozuka | Toyota | 219.34 | 2 | 72.70 | 2 | 146.64 |
| 3 | Yasuharu Nanri | Nakamura Gakuen University | 199.81 | 4 | 68.30 | 3 | 131.51 |
| 4 | Kensuke Nakaniwa | Papio Fukuoka | 198.94 | 3 | 71.30 | 4 | 127.64 |
| 5 | Takahito Mura | Komaba Gakuen | 188.80 | 5 | 67.35 | 6 | 121.45 |
| 6 | Hideo Umetani | Osaka Univ. Figure Skatec | 181.36 | 6 | 57.99 | 5 | 123.37 |
| 7 | Yukihiro Yoshida | Kobe P.I. FSC | 168.03 | 10 | 52.15 | 8 | 115.88 |
| 8 | Ryo Shibata | Meiji University | 167.93 | 11 | 50.00 | 7 | 117.93 |
| 9 | Hirokazu Kobayashi | Hosei | 164.95 | 8 | 56.55 | 9 | 108.40 |
| 10 | Akio Sasaki | buso High school | 159.52 | 9 | 54.50 | 10 | 105.02 |
| 11 | Tatsuya Kitagaki | Doshisha F.Skating Club | 154.14 | 7 | 57.71 | 12 | 96.43 |
| 12 | Takemochi Ohgami | Kurashiki FSC | 148.55 | 14 | 46.79 | 11 | 101.76 |
| 13 | Naofumi Torii | St.Paul's | 136.72 | 18 | 41.92 | 13 | 94.80 |
| 14 | Hayato Odajima | Hokkaido.Forest.F.S.C | 135.49 | 12 | 48.89 | 15 | 86.60 |
| 15 | Junki Sano | Chukyo University | 135.33 | 13 | 48.09 | 14 | 87.24 |
| 16 | Ken Tanabe | Meiji University | 132.51 | 15 | 46.61 | 16 | 85.90 |
| 17 | Takumi Suenaga | Tohoku Fukushi University | 131.62 | 16 | 46.08 | 17 | 85.54 |
| 18 | Toru Kimura | Hachinohe Gold F･S･C | 120.96 | 19 | 41.49 | 18 | 79.47 |
| 19 | Hikaru Sato | Iizuka FC | 119.00 | 17 | 42.69 | 19 | 76.31 |
| 20 | Tatsuya Ishii | Osakauniv Of Economicsisc | 107.82 | 22 | 35.62 | 20 | 72.20 |
| 21 | Mizuki Honda | Toyo University | 103.21 | 20 | 37.34 | 21 | 65.87 |
| 22 | Teruki Nagano | Kyoto Daigo Fsc | 98.61 | 21 | 36.44 | 22 | 62.17 |
| 23 | Taketo Omae | Ritsumei University | 82.55 | 23 | 34.02 | 23 | 48.53 |
| 24 | Gento Yamanaka | Kyoto Aquarena Sc | 73.76 | 24 | 26.41 | 24 | 47.35 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Mao Asada | Chukyo Senior High School | 205.33 | 1 | 72.92 | 2 | 132.41 |
| 2 | Miki Ando | Toyota | 204.18 | 2 | 68.68 | 1 | 135.50 |
| 3 | Yukari Nakano | Waseda Univ | 184.31 | 4 | 61.16 | 3 | 123.15 |
| 4 | Fumie Suguri | Avex | 161.79 | 3 | 63.50 | 6 | 98.29 |
| 5 | Akiko Suzuki | Howa Sports Land Skate Club | 159.93 | 5 | 58.66 | 5 | 101.27 |
| 6 | Nana Takeda | Waseda University | 157.97 | 9 | 49.34 | 4 | 108.63 |
| 7 | Yukina Ohta | Hosei | 142.96 | 7 | 50.84 | 8 | 92.12 |
| 8 | Shoko Ishikawa | Nihonbashi Jogakan | 142.57 | 8 | 50.10 | 7 | 92.47 |
| 9 | Aki Sawada | Kansai Univ Skating Club | 138.91 | 11 | 48.70 | 10 | 90.21 |
| 10 | Yuki Nishino | Musashino Gakuin | 137.51 | 10 | 48.94 | 11 | 88.57 |
| 11 | Rumi Suizu | Komaba Gakuen | 136.27 | 6 | 53.82 | 13 | 82.45 |
| 12 | Mai Asada | Chukyo University | 135.55 | 17 | 43.92 | 9 | 91.63 |
| 13 | Sayaka Yodo | Kwansei Gakuin University | 134.27 | 12 | 47.48 | 12 | 86.79 |
| 14 | Emi Hirai | Kansai Univ. Skating Club | 126.78 | 16 | 44.40 | 14 | 82.38 |
| 15 | Nagisa Hayashi | Waseda University | 126.22 | 13 | 46.60 | 16 | 79.62 |
| 16 | Ayumi Miyamoto | Chukyo University | 126.14 | 15 | 45.00 | 15 | 81.14 |
| 17 | Ayako Hagiwara | Meiji University | 116.59 | 14 | 45.56 | 19 | 71.03 |
| 18 | Eri Seto | Osaka Skating Club | 115.23 | 22 | 38.82 | 17 | 76.41 |
| 19 | Asako Yodo | Kobe P.I. FSC | 111.88 | 18 | 40.78 | 18 | 71.10 |
| 20 | Misaki Ohara | Nihon University | 106.10 | 23 | 38.66 | 20 | 67.44 |
| 21 | Miki Sone | Chukyo University | 99.61 | 24 | 38.14 | 21 | 61.47 |
| 22 | Risa Mochizuki | Meiji University | 97.67 | 21 | 39.04 | 22 | 58.63 |
| 23 | Yurina Nagata | Chukyo University | 97.04 | 19 | 40.10 | 23 | 56.94 |
| 24 | Asami Nagumo | Shinyokohama Prince Club | 94.76 | 20 | 39.92 | 24 | 54.84 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Hinako Kikuchi | | | 25 | 37.12 | | |
| 26 | Sachie Yamaguchi | | | 26 | 35.74 | | |
| 27 | Yuko Iwaki | | | 27 | 35.30 | | |
| 28 | Ami Kobayashi | | | 28 | 34.72 | | |
| 29 | Mira Nanri | | | 29 | 32.48 | | |
| 30 | Haruka Miki | | | 30 | 30.10 | | |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | CD | CD | OD | OD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | Kawagoe FSC | 166.41 | 1 | 30.13 | 1 | 51.22 | 1 | 85.06 |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2007–08 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place between November 24 and 25, 2007 in Sendai.
The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals to be invited to compete here: Yuzuru Hanyu (1st in novice, 3rd in junior), Keiji Tanaka (second in novice, 8th in junior), and Ryuju Hino (third in novice, 10th in junior) in men. In ladies, it was Roanna-Sari Oshikawa (1st in novice, 25 in junior), Yukiko Fujisawa (second in novice, 19th in junior), and Miho Sasaki (third in novice, 14th in junior).
Although normally under the rules, a podium finish in the men's event on the Junior level would bring an invitation to compete at the senior level, twelve-year-old Hanyu was not able to be invited due to his age and skating level. Yukihiro Yoshida was therefore invited instead. Hanyu is also not listed as an alternate to Junior Worlds because he is not old enough to attend that competition.
Ayane Nakamura withdrew before the competition.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Takahito Mura | 169.34 | 1 | 60.24 | 3 | 109.10 |
| 2 | Akio Sasaki | 164.66 | 3 | 53.73 | 2 | 110.93 |
| 3 | Yuzuru Hanyu | 161.02 | 7 | 49.55 | 1 | 111.47 |
| 4 | Yukihiro Yoshida | 157.23 | 5 | 51.99 | 4 | 105.24 |
| 5 | Daisuke Murakami | 156.97 | 2 | 54.95 | 6 | 102.02 |
| 6 | Takuya Kondo | 154.49 | 4 | 53.70 | 7 | 100.79 |
| 7 | Tatsuki Machida | 152.21 | 8 | 48.53 | 5 | 103.68 |
| 8 | Keiji Tanaka | 144.46 | 11 | 44.50 | 8 | 99.96 |
| 9 | Naoto Saito | 142.26 | 6 | 51.37 | 12 | 90.89 |
| 10 | Ryuju Hino | 140.42 | 10 | 45.95 | 10 | 94.47 |
| 11 | Kunihito Yuasa | 137.00 | 9 | 46.01 | 11 | 90.99 |
| 12 | Yoji Tsuboi | 135.02 | 16 | 40.38 | 9 | 94.64 |
| 13 | Jun Suzuki | 130.23 | 12 | 44.10 | 13 | 86.13 |
| 14 | Kento Nakamura | 127.15 | 13 | 41.82 | 14 | 85.33 |
| 15 | Kozuke Nozoe | 117.22 | 17 | 39.49 | 16 | 77.73 |
| 16 | Ryuichi Kihara | 116.60 | 21 | 37.57 | 15 | 79.03 |
| 17 | Yuki Horinouchi | 115.85 | 20 | 38.48 | 17 | 77.37 |
| 18 | Kaoru Tsuji | 114.63 | 14 | 40.72 | 18 | 73.91 |
| 19 | Satoshi Nakamura | 112.54 | 15 | 40.43 | 19 | 72.11 |
| 20 | Hiroki Habu | 106.51 | 18 | 39.05 | 21 | 67.46 |
| 21 | Masataka Nakajima | 105.66 | 22 | 37.27 | 20 | 68.39 |
| 22 | Ikuya Itai | 103.44 | 19 | 38.63 | 22 | 64.81 |
| 23 | Kensuke Ogasawara | 99.49 | 23 | 36.26 | 23 | 63.23 |
| 24 | Hayato Miyazaki | 93.91 | 24 | 35.50 | 24 | 58.41 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Tomoyuki Koriyama | | 25 | 34.76 | | |
| 26 | Hikaru Murayama | | 26 | 34.70 | | |
| 27 | Daisuke Isozaki | | 27 | 33.86 | | |
| 28 | Sei Matsumura | | 28 | 33.00 | | |
| 29 | Eiki Hattori | | 29 | 31.80 | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Rumi Suizu | 146.58 | 1 | 53.52 | 1 | 93.06 |
| 2 | Yuki Nishino | 138.16 | 2 | 52.44 | 3 | 85.72 |
| 3 | Shoko Ishikawa | 130.96 | 9 | 41.56 | 2 | 89.40 |
| 4 | Satsuki Muramoto | 129.05 | 4 | 47.98 | 4 | 81.07 |
| 5 | Yuka Ishikawa | 128.19 | 3 | 49.88 | 5 | 78.31 |
| 6 | Nanoha Sato | 122.38 | 5 | 47.04 | 10 | 75.34 |
| 7 | Haruka Imai | 119.99 | 7 | 43.42 | 9 | 76.57 |
| 8 | Kana Muramoto | 116.57 | 11 | 39.96 | 8 | 76.61 |
| 9 | Juri Ohkawa | 116.52 | 13 | 39.38 | 6 | 77.14 |
| 10 | Mari Suzuki | 114.79 | 16 | 37.76 | 7 | 77.03 |
| 11 | Mika Nakamura | 112.05 | 10 | 40.66 | 12 | 71.39 |
| 12 | Mutsumi Takayama | 110.80 | 12 | 39.58 | 13 | 71.22 |
| 13 | Yurina Nobuhara | 109.72 | 21 | 36.64 | 11 | 73.08 |
| 14 | Miho Sasaki | 109.35 | 6 | 44.20 | 20 | 65.15 |
| 15 | Shion Kokubun | 107.85 | 19 | 37.00 | 14 | 70.85 |
| 16 | Haruka Inoue | 107.37 | 8 | 42.10 | 19 | 65.27 |
| 17 | Naomi Tanigawa | 106.69 | 15 | 38.74 | 16 | 67.95 |
| 18 | Mao Nagao | 106.23 | 14 | 39.16 | 18 | 67.07 |
| 19 | Yukiko Fujisawa | 105.66 | 20 | 36.72 | 15 | 68.94 |
| 20 | Mari Senda | 103.90 | 22 | 36.36 | 17 | 67.54 |
| 21 | Momoka Gonohe | 100.95 | 18 | 37.02 | 21 | 63.93 |
| 22 | Kana Nishizawa | 100.88 | 17 | 37.18 | 22 | 63.70 |
| 23 | Misato Komatsubara | 94.18 | 23 | 35.82 | 23 | 58.36 |
| 24 | Kotoha Asami | 93.42 | 24 | 35.78 | 24 | 57.64 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||||
| 25 | Roanna-Sari Oshikawa | | 25 | 35.40 | | |
| 26 | Miruku Matsushita | | 26 | 35.34 | | |
| 27 | Saya Ueno | | 27 | 34.26 | | |
| 28 | Yuka Kawano | | 28 | 32.96 | | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | 104.36 | 1 | 36.84 | 1 | 67.52 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Total points | CD | CD | OD | OD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Haruka Maeda / Taiyo Mizutani | 119.82 | 1 | 22.91 | 1 | 41.53 | 1 | 55.38 |
| 2 | Nana Sugiki / Ayato Yuzawa | 106.85 | 2 | 22.55 | 2 | 34.21 | 2 | 50.09 |
| 3 | Kaede Hara / Kokoro Mizutani | 91.20 | 3 | 20.19 | 3 | 27.40 | 3 | 43.61 |

## International team selections
### World Championships

| | Men | Ladies | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Daisuke Takahashi | Mao Asada | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Takahiko Kozuka | Miki Ando | |
| 3 | Yasuharu Nanri | Yukari Nakano | |
| 1st Alternate | Kensuke Nakaniwa | Fumie Suguri | |
| 2nd Alternate | Takahito Mura | Akiko Suzuki | |

### Four Continents Championships

| | Men | Ladies | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Daisuke Takahashi | Mao Asada | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Takahiko Kozuka | Miki Ando | |
| 3 | Kensuke Nakaniwa | Fumie Suguri | |
| 1st Alternate | Hideo Umetani | Akiko Suzuki | |
| 2nd Alternate | Ryo Shibata | Nana Takeda | |

### World Junior Championships

After Junior Nationals, the World Junior team was announced as follows:
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs |
| 1 | Takahito Mura | Rumi Suizu | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran |
| 2 | Akio Sasaki | Yuki Nishino | |
| 1st Alternate | Yukihiro Yoshida | Shoko Ishikawa | |
| 2nd Alternate | Takuya Kondo | Satsuki Muramoto | |