# 2003–04 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2003–04 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 72nd edition of the event. They were held between December 25 and 26, 2003 at the Big Hat arena in Nagano. Skaters competed on the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. No pairs competition was held due to a lack of entrants. The competition was used to decide Japan's entries to the 2004 World Championships and the 2004 Four Continents Championships. The entries to the 2004 World Junior Championships were decided at the Japanese Junior Championships.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Yamato Tamura | 日本大学 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Kazumi Kishimoto | 明治神宮外苑FSC | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | Daisuke Takahashi | 倉敷翠松高校 | 5.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Yasuharu Nanri | 沖学園スケートクラブ | 6.0 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Nobunari Oda | 大阪スケートクラブ | 8.0 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | Kensuke Nakaniwa | 福岡大学 | 9.5 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Hirokazu Kobayashi | 新横浜プリンスFSC | 10.0 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Shinya Yoshida | 立命館大学 | 11.5 | 3 | 10 |
| 9 | Tadayoshi Maekawa | グランプリ東海クラブ | 13.0 | 10 | 8 |
| 10 | Noriyuki Kanzaki | 京都大学 | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |
| 11 | Yutaka Tsuru | 法政大学 | 17.0 | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Takao Ogawa | 慶應義塾大学 | 17.5 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | Takushi Kuroda | 明治大学 | 20.5 | 15 | 13 |
| 14 | Megumu Seki | 勝山フィギュアクラブ | 21.0 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Yusuke Nakagawa | 日本大学 | 23.0 | 16 | 15 |
| 16 | Atsushi Usuda | 慶應義塾大学 | 23.5 | 13 | 17 |
| 17 | Ryosuke Sasaki | 日本大学 | 24.5 | 17 | 16 |
| 18 | Takashi Ushigome | 新横浜プリンスFSC | 27.0 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | Toru Kimura | GOLD FSC | 29.5 | 21 | 19 |
| 20 | Makoto Nakata | 福岡大学 | 30.0 | 20 | 20 |
| 21 | Taku Tamura | 立命館大学 | 31.5 | 19 | 22 |
| 22 | Kazunari Kishida | 広島スケートクラブ | 33.0 | 24 | 21 |
| 23 | Hidenori Kambayashi | 慶應義塾大学 | 34.0 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | Tomohiro Suzuki | 日本大学 | 35.5 | 23 | 24 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||
| 25 | Shunpei Watanabe | 明治大学 | | 25 | |
| 26 | Kimitaka Sakurai | 専修大学 | | 26 | |
| 27 | Suguru Nakai | 早稲田大学 | | 27 | |
| 28 | Yuichi Fukui | 京都産業大学 | | 28 | |
| 29 | Koji Nakaniwa | 第一福祉大学 | | 29 | |
| 30 | Moriyuki Ninomiya | 名古屋FSC | | 30 | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Miki Ando | オリオンFSC | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Fumie Suguri | 新横浜プリンスFSC | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Shizuka Arakawa | 早稲田大学 | 4.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Yoshie Onda | 東海学園大学 | 5.5 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Yukina Ota | 京都醍醐FSC | 7.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Mai Asada | グランプリ東海クラブ | 10.5 | 9 | 6 |
| 7 | Yukari Nakano | グランプリ東海クラブ | 11.0 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | Mao Asada | グランプリ東海クラブ | 11.0 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | Aki Sawada | 京都醍醐FSC | 12.5 | 7 | 9 |
| 10 | Nana Takeda | 日本橋女学館 | 15.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Fumi Hasebe | 東洋大学 | 16.5 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Chika Suguri | 東洋英和女学院大学 | 19.0 | 14 | 12 |
| 13 | Rie Takeuchi | 同志社大学 | 19.5 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Kana Kibesaki | 早稲田大学 | 20.0 | 12 | 14 |
| 15 | Marie Arai | 東北福祉大学 | 23.5 | 17 | 15 |
| 16 | Miki Sone | 中日SC | 23.5 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | Yuki Umetani | 関西学院大学 | 26.0 | 18 | 17 |
| 18 | Chihoko Tanaka | 京都醍醐FSC | 26.0 | 16 | 18 |
| 19 | Hiroe Kakisawa | 新横浜プリンスFSC | 30.0 | 20 | 20 |
| 20 | Sachie Yamaguchi | オリオンFSC | 30.5 | 23 | 19 |
| 21 | Nagisa Suwabe | 東北高校 | 32.5 | 19 | 23 |
| 22 | Sayaka Ishida | 慶應義塾大学 | 33.0 | 24 | 21 |
| 23 | Mai Isawa | 東洋大学 | 33.0 | 22 | 22 |
| 24 | Ami Kobayashi | 京都外大西高校 | 34.5 | 21 | 24 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||
| 25 | Sachiyo Imaichi | 同志社大学 | | 25 | |
| 26 | Yuri Takehisa | 神戸ポートアイランドFSC | | 26 | |
| 27 | Aya Sumida | オリオンFSC | | 27 | |
| 28 | Kaoru Sato | ハマFSC | | 28 | |
| 29 | Mayumi Koshimuta | 熊本SCOAフィギュアクラブ | | 29 | |
| 30 | Kanako Sakai | 筑紫女学園大学 | | 30 | |
| 31 | Mai Kawanishi | 岡山スケーティングクラブ | | 31 | |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | CD | OD | FD |
| 1 | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido | 新横浜プリンスFSC | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Nakako Tsuzuki / Kenji Miyamoto | KSC泉、京都アクアリーナSC | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Yurie Oda / Sho Kagayama | 慶應義塾大学、立教大学 | 6.4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Minami Sakacho / Tatsuya Sakacho | 八戸工業大学 | 7.6 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Masumi Haruki / Hiroaki Tokita | 新横浜プリンスFSC、昭和の森FSC | 10.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Michiyo Katano / Yoshihito Yano | 明治神宮外苑FSC | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2003–04 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were used to pick the Japanese team to the 2004 World Junior Championships. They took place between November 21 and 23, 2003 in Kyoto.

### Men

| Rank | Name | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Kazumi Kishimoto | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Nobunari Oda | 2.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Yasuharu Nanri | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Tadayoshi Maekawa | 7.5 | 7 | 4 |
| 5 | Hirokazu Kobayashi | 7.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Takahiko Kozuka | 8.0 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Naoto Saito | 10.0 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Takemochi Ogami | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Hayato Odajima | 14.5 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Tatsuya Kitagaki | 16.0 | 10 | 11 |
| 11 | Hirofumi Torii | 16.5 | 15 | 9 |
| 12 | Tatsuki Machida | 19.0 | 14 | 12 |
| 13 | Takahito Mura | 19.5 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Kunihito Yuasa | 19.5 | 11 | 14 |
| 15 | Kosuke Morinaga | 21.0 | 12 | 15 |
| 16 | Ken Tanabe | 24.0 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Yukihiro Yoshida | 27.5 | 21 | 17 |
| 18 | Hisashi Tahara | 28.0 | 20 | 18 |
| 19 | Mizuki Honda | 28.5 | 17 | 20 |
| 20 | Tomoyuki Koriyama | 30.0 | 22 | 19 |
| 21 | Hayato Miyazaki | 30.0 | 18 | 21 |
| 22 | Atsuki Kunisawa | 31.5 | 19 | 22 |
| 23 | Junzo Nishigami | 35.0 | 24 | 23 |
| 24 | Taketo Omae | 35.5 | 23 | 24 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||
| 25 | Ryota Asano | | 25 | |
| 26 | Hikaru Sato | | 26 | |
| 27 | Takumi Suenaga | | 27 | |
| 28 | Tatsuya Ishii | | 28 | |
| WD | Ryo Shibata | | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Miki Ando | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Mai Asada | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Aki Sawada | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Mao Asada | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Nana Takeda | 7.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Satsuki Muramoto | 10.5 | 7 | 7 |
| 7 | Nagisa Hayashi | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | Mutsumi Takayama | 12.0 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Ayako Hagiwara | 12.5 | 13 | 6 |
| 10 | Sayaka Yodo | 14.5 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Shoko Ishikawa | 16.0 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | Risa Mochizuki | 18.5 | 11 | 13 |
| 13 | Rumi Suizu | 19.5 | 15 | 12 |
| 14 | Akiko Kitamura | 21.0 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Eri Ishigami | 21.0 | 12 | 15 |
| 16 | Miri Yoshida | 24.0 | 16 | 16 |
| 17 | Emi Hirai | 25.5 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Ayumi Miyamoto | 27.0 | 18 | 18 |
| 19 | Jun Suwabe | 30.0 | 22 | 19 |
| 20 | Ayaka Nagase | 30.5 | 21 | 20 |
| 21 | Haruka Oshima | 31.0 | 18 | 22 |
| 22 | Yurie Abe | 32.5 | 23 | 21 |
| 23 | Hinako Kikuchi | 33.0 | 20 | 23 |
| 24 | Saki Matsumura | 36.0 | 24 | 24 |
| Did not advance to free skating |||||
| 25 | Haruka Inoue | | 25 | |
| 26 | Yukina Mada | | 26 | |
| 27 | Ayako Kaneishi | | 27 | |
| 28 | Momo Makino | | 28 | |
| 29 | Yuka Ishikawa | | 29 | |
| 30 | Yurina Nagata | | 30 | |
| 31 | Asato Nakanishi | | 31 | |
| 32 | Rina Kasama | | 32 | |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | TFP | OD | CD | FD |
| 1 | Ikuko Chida / Ayato Yuzawa | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |