# 2009–10 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2009–10 Japan Figure Skating Championships was the 78th edition of the event. It took place between December 25 and 27, 2009 at the Namihaya Dome arena in Kadoma, Osaka. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing on the senior level for the title of national champion of Japan. The event was also used to choose the Japanese teams to the 2010 World Championships and the 2010 Four Continents Championships, as well as being among the competition results used to determine the team to the 2010 Winter Olympics. The Japanese team to the 2010 World Junior Championships was chosen at the Japanese Junior Championships.

## Competition notes

The following junior skaters were invited to compete at the senior championships: Yuzuru Hanyu, Kento Nakamura, Ryuju Hino, Fumiya Itai, Keiji Tanaka, and Yoji Tsuboi in men's singles, and Kanako Murakami, Haruka Imai, Yukiko Fujisawa, Kako Tomotaki, and Karen Kemanai in ladies' singles. Shoma Uno, who placed third in junior men, and Satoko Miyahara, who placed fourth in junior ladies, were not invited due to being novice skaters.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Daisuke Takahashi | Kansai Univ. Skating Club | 261.13 | 1 | 92.85 | 1 | 168.28 |
| 2 | Nobunari Oda | Kansai Univ. Skating Club | 244.30 | 3 | 79.60 | 2 | 164.70 |
| 3 | Takahiko Kozuka | Toyota Motor | 236.13 | 2 | 80.54 | 3 | 155.59 |
| 4 | Tatsuki Machida | Kansai Univ. Skating Club | 215.02 | 4 | 75.35 | 4 | 139.67 |
| 5 | Yasuharu Nanri | | 201.01 | 7 | 68.88 | 6 | 132.13 |
| 6 | Yuzuru Hanyu | | 195.22 | 13 | 57.99 | 5 | 137.23 |
| 7 | Kento Nakamura | | 188.39 | 10 | 61.10 | 7 | 127.29 |
| 8 | Keiji Tanaka | | 187.26 | 9 | 65.90 | 8 | 121.36 |
| 9 | Akio Sasaki | Meiji University | 179.83 | 12 | 59.15 | 9 | 120.68 |
| 10 | Takahito Mura | | 177.78 | 5 | 74.85 | 14 | 102.93 |
| 11 | Tomoyuki Koriyama | | 176.18 | 6 | 69.39 | 13 | 106.79 |
| 12 | Kensuke Nakaniwa | | 169.14 | 8 | 68.52 | 18 | 100.62 |
| 13 | Hirokazu Kobayashi | Shinyokohama Prince Club | 166.65 | 15 | 57.08 | 10 | 109.57 |
| 14 | Naoto Saito | Tohoku Fukushi University | 162.47 | 18 | 54.39 | 11 | 108.08 |
| 15 | Ryo Shibata | | 161.49 | 11 | 60.40 | 17 | 101.09 |
| 16 | Yukihiro Yoshida | | 158.62 | 14 | 57.25 | 16 | 101.37 |
| 17 | Hayato Odajima | Hokkaido.Forest.F.S.C | 158.08 | 21 | 51.06 | 12 | 107.02 |
| 18 | Ryujyu Hino | | 155.39 | 16 | 56.15 | 19 | 99.24 |
| 19 | Daisuke Murakami | Aomoriuniversity | 154.90 | 20 | 52.19 | 15 | 102.71 |
| 20 | Fumiya Itai | | 143.73 | 17 | 55.05 | 20 | 88.68 |
| 21 | Takumi Suenaga | Tohoku Fukushi University | 137.88 | 23 | 49.78 | 21 | 88.10 |
| 22 | Junzo Nishigami | Kansai Univ. Skating Club | 137.68 | 19 | 52.39 | 22 | 85.29 |
| 23 | Yuki Horinouchi | Nihon University | 131.79 | 22 | 50.87 | 23 | 80.92 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 24 | Yoji Tsuboi | | | 25 | 48.84 | | |
| 25 | Hikaru Murayama | Hosei | | 26 | 44.82 | | |
| 26 | Junki Sano | | | 27 | 44.44 | | |
| 27 | Hirofumi Torii | Meiji University | | 28 | 42.69 | | |
| 28 | Hisashi Tahara | | | 29 | 39.85 | | |
| 29 | Taketo Omae | Ritsumei University | | 30 | 30.05 | | |
| WD | Takemochi Ohgami | | | 24 | 49.60 | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Mao Asada | | 204.62 | 1 | 69.12 | 1 | 135.50 |
| 2 | Akiko Suzuki | Howa Sports Land Skate Club | 195.90 | 4 | 67.84 | 2 | 128.06 |
| 3 | Yukari Nakano | Prince Hotel | 195.73 | 2 | 68.90 | 3 | 126.83 |
| 4 | Miki Ando | Toyota Motr | 185.44 | 3 | 68.68 | 4 | 116.76 |
| 5 | Kanako Murakami | Grand Prix Tokai Club | 176.61 | 5 | 60.28 | 5 | 116.33 |
| 6 | Haruka Imai | Nihonbashi Jogakan | 166.16 | 7 | 55.98 | 6 | 110.18 |
| 7 | Fumie Suguri | AK | 161.29 | 6 | 58.70 | 9 | 102.59 |
| 8 | Ayumi Goto | Amc Mizuho High School | 159.15 | 8 | 55.96 | 8 | 103.19 |
| 9 | Nana Takeda | Waseda University | 158.81 | 12 | 54.54 | 7 | 104.27 |
| 10 | Yukiko Fujisawa | | 157.88 | 9 | 55.82 | 11 | 102.06 |
| 11 | Karen Kemanai | Nihonbashi Jogakan | 150.97 | 19 | 48.50 | 10 | 102.47 |
| 12 | Ayane Nakamura | Chukyo Senior High School | 148.42 | 11 | 54.60 | 13 | 93.82 |
| 13 | Satsuki Muramoto | Kansai Univ. Skating Club | 144.73 | 17 | 50.06 | 12 | 94.67 |
| 14 | Shion Kokubun | | 141.57 | 16 | 51.12 | 14 | 90.45 |
| 15 | Mutsumi Takayama | Meiji University | 138.78 | 10 | 54.92 | 17 | 83.86 |
| 16 | Yuki Nishino | | 138.22 | 14 | 53.26 | 16 | 84.96 |
| 17 | Kana Muramoto | | 137.01 | 13 | 53.34 | 18 | 83.67 |
| 18 | Kako Tomotaki | | 136.53 | 18 | 49.02 | 15 | 87.51 |
| 19 | Aki Sawada | Kansai Univ. Skating Club | 134.99 | 15 | 51.48 | 19 | 83.51 |
| 20 | Mayumi Hioki | Chukyo Senior High School | 124.91 | 23 | 43.60 | 20 | 81.31 |
| 21 | Sayaka Yodo | | 122.24 | 20 | 47.04 | 21 | 75.20 |
| 22 | Ayako Hagiwara | Meiji University | 120.30 | 22 | 45.70 | 22 | 74.60 |
| 23 | Rumi Suizu | | 117.17 | 21 | 46.94 | 23 | 70.23 |
| 24 | Eri Seto | Kansai Univ. Skating Club | 108.57 | 24 | 41.50 | 24 | 67.07 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Nanoha Sato | Obihiro North Wing FC | | 25 | 40.80 | | |
| 26 | Shoko Ishikawa | Meiji University | | 26 | 39.54 | | |
| 27 | Hinako Kikuchi | | | 27 | 37.10 | | |
| 28 | Haruka Inoue | Doshisha F.Skating Club | | 28 | 37.08 | | |
| 29 | Misaki Ohara | Nihon University | | 29 | 36.40 | | |
| 30 | Naoko Oguma | | | 30 | 35.80 | | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Aqua Rink Chiba Club | 151.17 | 1 | 50.96 | 1 | 100.21 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | CD | CD | OD | OD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | Kinoshita Club Tokyo | 163.37 | 1 | 31.17 | 1 | 49.58 | 1 | 82.62 |
| 2 | Emi Hirai / Taiyo Mizutani | Kansai Univ. Skating Club / Hosei | 119.49 | 2 | 25.01 | 2 | 37.67 | 2 | 56.81 |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2009–10 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were the Japanese National Championships for the junior level for the 2009–10 season. They were the 78th Japan Junior Championships. They took place at the Shinyokohama Skate Center in Yokohama from November 21 through 23, 2009. The results of this competition were used to choose the Japanese team to the 2010 World Junior Championships.
The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals and so were invited to compete at Junior Nationals: Shoma Uno (1st in novice, 3rd in junior), Shuu Nakamura (2nd in novice, 23rd in junior) for the men; and Ayana Yasuhara (1st in novice, 28th in junior), Risa Shoji (2nd in novice, 10th in junior), Riona Kato (3rd in novice, 7th in junior), and Satoko Miyahara (4th in novice, 4th in junior) for the ladies.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | | 194.15 | 1 | 76.00 | 2 | 118.15 |
| 2 | Kento Nakamura | | 186.21 | 2 | 64.65 | 1 | 121.56 |
| 3 | Shoma Uno | Grand Prix Tokai Club | 148.04 | 4 | 52.95 | 4 | 95.09 |
| 4 | Ryuju Hino | | 147.36 | 9 | 51.03 | 3 | 96.33 |
| 5 | Fumiya Itai | | 143.61 | 8 | 51.79 | 5 | 91.82 |
| 6 | Keiji Tanaka | | 141.97 | 7 | 52.05 | 6 | 89.92 |
| 7 | Yoji Tsuboi | | 141.22 | 6 | 52.39 | 9 | 88.83 |
| 8 | Ryuichi Kihara | Chukyo Senior High School | 139.24 | 3 | 53.20 | 13 | 86.04 |
| 9 | Kosuke Nozoe | | 138.81 | 10 | 49.53 | 7 | 89.28 |
| 10 | Satoshi Nakamura | | 135.35 | 12 | 47.77 | 11 | 87.58 |
| 11 | Jun Suzuki | Tsukisamu FSC | 134.88 | 16 | 45.84 | 8 | 89.04 |
| 12 | Kohei Yoshino | | 134.71 | 15 | 46.26 | 10 | 88.45 |
| 13 | Takuya Kondo | Keio High School | 132.09 | 5 | 52.91 | 16 | 79.18 |
| 14 | Eiki Hattori | Shumeieikou High School | 129.81 | 11 | 48.27 | 14 | 81.54 |
| 15 | Hiroki Honda | Kanagawa FSC | 127.49 | 19 | 40.55 | 12 | 86.94 |
| 16 | Kaoru Tsuji | | 127.03 | 14 | 46.46 | 15 | 80.57 |
| 17 | Daisuke Isozaki | | 121.86 | 13 | 46.90 | 18 | 74.96 |
| 18 | Koshin Yamada | | 119.71 | 18 | 42.97 | 17 | 76.74 |
| 19 | Takaya Hashizume | Chukyo Senior High School | 115.56 | 17 | 44.30 | 21 | 71.26 |
| 20 | Kentaro Suzuki | | 112.80 | 22 | 38.07 | 19 | 74.73 |
| 21 | Sei Kawahara | | 109.02 | 23 | 36.93 | 20 | 72.09 |
| 22 | Ryuta Katada | Orion FSC | 107.25 | 21 | 39.58 | 22 | 67.67 |
| 23 | Shuu Nakamura | | 105.40 | 20 | 40.50 | 23 | 64.90 |
| 24 | Ryuichi Chiba | | 97.00 | 24 | 35.18 | 24 | 61.82 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Yuta Onuma | | | 25 | 34.04 | | |
| 26 | Kota Tadano | | | 26 | 33.84 | | |
| 27 | Takumi Yamamoto | Osaka Skating Club | | 27 | 33.05 | | |
| 28 | Ryoichi Eguchi | AMC Mizuho High School | | 28 | 32.76 | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Kanako Murakami | Grand Prix Tokai Club | 165.85 | 1 | 58.96 | 1 | 106.89 |
| 2 | Haruka Imai | Nihonbashi Jogakan | 143.97 | 3 | 49.82 | 2 | 94.15 |
| 3 | Yukiko Fujisawa | | 135.27 | 2 | 51.20 | 4 | 84.07 |
| 4 | Satoko Miyahara | Kyoto Daigo FSC | 130.99 | 4 | 48.32 | 6 | 82.67 |
| 5 | Kako Tomotaki | | 130.58 | 5 | 47.00 | 5 | 83.58 |
| 6 | Karen Kemanai | Nihonbashi Jogakan | 129.42 | 14 | 42.12 | 3 | 87.30 |
| 7 | Riona Kato | Kansai Skating Club | 124.38 | 8 | 45.02 | 8 | 79.36 |
| 8 | Rina Kondo | Grand Prix Tokai Club | 123.76 | 6 | 46.50 | 10 | 77.26 |
| 9 | Miyabi Ohba | Meito Figure Skating Club | 122.93 | 16 | 41.72 | 7 | 81.21 |
| 10 | Risa Shoji | | 120.89 | 10 | 43.46 | 9 | 77.43 |
| 11 | Roannasari Oshikawa | | 119.65 | 12 | 42.80 | 11 | 76.85 |
| 12 | Kanade Hasegawa | | 118.99 | 11 | 42.96 | 12 | 76.03 |
| 13 | Yuka Kouno | | 116.41 | 7 | 46.12 | 16 | 70.29 |
| 14 | Sara Imamura | | 114.27 | 18 | 41.28 | 13 | 72.99 |
| 15 | Satomi Akuzawa | Nihonbashi Jogakan | 114.26 | 13 | 42.66 | 15 | 71.60 |
| 16 | Shiori Tanikawa | AomoriGOLD | 113.52 | 15 | 41.88 | 14 | 71.64 |
| 17 | Yuka Touyama | | 108.46 | 9 | 44.00 | 20 | 64.46 |
| 18 | Naomi Tanikawa | AomoriGOLD | 105.60 | 23 | 39.06 | 18 | 66.54 |
| 19 | Mika Nakamura | | 105.24 | 24 | 38.42 | 17 | 66.82 |
| 20 | Risa Sawai | | 105.24 | 21 | 40.16 | 19 | 65.08 |
| 21 | Kuriko Oikawa | | 102.43 | 20 | 41.14 | 21 | 61.29 |
| 22 | Mari Suzuki | | 99.88 | 19 | 41.16 | 22 | 58.72 |
| 23 | Kanako Matsumaru | | 94.45 | 22 | 39.92 | 23 | 54.53 |
| 24 | Uruha Takahashi | Tsukisamu FSC | 92.27 | 17 | 41.30 | 24 | 50.97 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Momoka Gonohe | Hachikodainiko High School | | 25 | 38.08 | | |
| 26 | Mio Iida | | | 26 | 37.88 | | |
| 27 | Shiho Seto | Osaka Skating Club | | 27 | 37.10 | | |
| 28 | Ayana Yasuhara | Shiga Figure Skating Club | | 28 | 35.58 | | |
| 29 | Risa Sato | Hachinohe GOLD F･S･C | | 29 | 35.24 | | |
| WD | Saya Ueno | | | | | | |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | CD | CD | OD | OD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Misato Komatsubara / Kokoro Mizutani | Shinyokohama prince club | 122.60 | 1 | 23.49 | 1 | 37.50 | 1 | 61.61 |

## International team selections
### Winter Olympics

The Olympic team was announced as follows:
| | Men | Ladies | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Nobunari Oda | Miki Ando | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Daisuke Takahashi | Mao Asada | |
| 3 | Takahiko Kozuka | Akiko Suzuki | |
| 1st Alternate | Tatsuki Machida | Yukari Nakano | |
| 2nd Alternate | Yasuharu Nanri | Haruka Imai | |

### World Championships

The World Championships team was announced as follows:
| | Men | Ladies | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Daisuke Takahashi | Mao Asada | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Nobunari Oda | Yukari Nakano | |
| 3 | Takahiko Kozuka | Miki Ando | |
| 1st Alternate | Tatsuki Machida | Akiko Suzuki | |
| 2nd Alternate | Yasuharu Nanri | Haruka Imai | |

### Four Continents Championships

The Four Continents Championships team was announced as follows:
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Takahiko Kozuka | Mao Asada | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Tatsuki Machida | Akiko Suzuki | | |
| 3 | Yasuharu Nanri | Yukari Nakano | | |
| 1st Alternate | Kento Nakamura | Haruka Imai | | |
| 2nd Alternate | Keiji Tanaka | Fumie Suguri | | |

### World Junior Championships

The World Junior Championships team was announced as follows:
| | Men | Ladies | Pairs |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Kanako Murakami | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran |
| 1st Alternate | | | |
| 2nd Alternate | | | |