# 2002–03 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2002–03 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 71st edition of the event. They were held between December 19 and 22, 2002 at the Kyoto Aquarena in Kyoto. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. This event was used to determine the teams for the 2003 World Championships and the 2003 Four Continents Championships. The level of competition is Senior-level only. Juniors compete at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships, where the top three advance to the 2003 World Junior Championships.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Takeshi Honda | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Yamato Tamura | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Kensuke Nakaniwa | 5.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Daisuke Takahashi | 5.0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Ryo Shibata | 7.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Nobunari Oda | 10.0 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Eiji Iwamoto | 11.0 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Hirokazu Kobayashi | 12.5 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 | Noriyuki Kanzaki | 15.0 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | Soshi Tanaka | 16.5 | 13 | 10 |
| 11 | Takao Ogawa | 18.0 | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Yutaka Tsuru | 19.0 | 10 | 14 |
| 13 | Shinya Yoshida | 20.0 | 18 | 11 |
| 14 | Suguru Nakai | 20.5 | 9 | 16 |
| 15 | Jun Ishigaki | 22.5 | 11 | 17 |
| 16 | Kazumi Kishimoto | 23.5 | 21 | 13 |
| 17 | Takushi Kuroda | 25.0 | 20 | 15 |
| 18 | Atsushi Usuda | 25.0 | 14 | 18 |
| 19 | Takahito Kawai | 26.5 | 15 | 19 |
| 20 | Shumpei Watanabe | 29.5 | 17 | 21 |
| 21 | Megumu Seki | 31.5 | 23 | 20 |
| 22 | Yusuke Nakagawa | 31.5 | 19 | 22 |
| 23 | Tomohiro Suzuki | 35.0 | 24 | 23 |
| 24 | Kimitaka Sakurai | 35.0 | 22 | 24 |
| Free Skating Not Reached |||||
| 25 | Takashiro Nakagawa | | 25 | |
| 26 | Kazunari Kishida | | 26 | |
| 27 | Kyohei Fukuda | | 27 | |
| 28 | Jun Inoue | | 28 | |
| 29 | Moriyuki Ninomiya | | 29 | |
| 30 | Yoshinori Susaki | | 30 | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Fumie Suguri | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Yoshie Onda | 3.5 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Shizuka Arakawa | 5.5 | 7 | 2 |
| 4 | Yukina Ota | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Miki Ando | 7.0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Yukari Nakano | 7.5 | 5 | 5 |
| 7 | Mao Asada | 11.5 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | Mai Asada | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Akiko Suzuki | 12.0 | 6 | 9 |
| 10 | Rie Takeuchi | 17.0 | 10 | 12 |
| 11 | Yuko Kagita | 17.5 | 15 | 10 |
| 12 | Kanako Takahashi | 19.5 | 17 | 11 |
| 13 | Kanako Sato | 21.0 | 16 | 13 |
| 14 | Kana Kibesaki | 21.0 | 14 | 14 |
| 15 | Fumi Hasebe | 21.0 | 12 | 15 |
| 16 | Chisato Shiina | 22.5 | 11 | 17 |
| 17 | Kaoru Sato | 24.5 | 13 | 18 |
| 18 | Marie Arai | 25.0 | 18 | 16 |
| 19 | Chika Suguri | 29.0 | 20 | 19 |
| 20 | Yuuki Umetani | 29.5 | 19 | 20 |
| 21 | Mai Izawa | 32.5 | 23 | 21 |
| 22 | Junko Ichii | 32.5 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | Chihoko Tanaka | 34.0 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | Kei Takahashi | 36.0 | 24 | 24 |
| Free Skating Not Reached |||||
| 25 | Hanako Hirata | | 25 | |
| 26 | Emiko Kato | | 26 | |
| 27 | Rie Hamamura | | 27 | |
| 28 | Kumi Iwaki | | 28 | |
| 29 | Yuuri Akagawa | | 29 | |
| 30 | Sachie Yamaguti | | 30 | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Makiko Ogasawara / Takeo Ogasawara | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | TFP | CD | OD | FD |
| 1 | Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido | 3.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Masumi Haruki / Hiroaki Tokita | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Minami Sakacho / Tatsuya Sakacho | 8.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Shoko Siina / Tomokazu Tanaka | 10.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |