# 2001–02 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2001–02 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 70th edition of the event. They were held on December 21–23, 2001 at the Namihaya Dome arena in Kadoma, Osaka. 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 2001–02 season, the results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the 2002 Winter Olympics, 2002 World Championships, and the 2002 Four Continents Championships.

## Competition notes

* Takeshi Honda and Yoshie Onda withdrew before the competition, but had already been chosen before the event to compete at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
* The following skaters placed high enough at Junior Nationals and so were invited to compete at Nationals: Daisuke Takahashi, Ryosuke Sasaki. Makoto Nakata, and Nobunari Oda for men, Miki Ando, Yukari Nakano, Ichie Hayashi, and Akiko Suzuki for ladies.
* Despite technically qualifying by placing third, Miki Ando was not selected for the Four Continents team because she was not age-eligible. Fourth place finisher Akiko Suzuki went instead.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Yosuke Takeuchi | Hosei Univ | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 | Yamato Tamura | Nihon Univ | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Makoto Okazaki | Iizuka FC | 5.5 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Kensuke Nakaniwa | Fukuoka Univ | 6.5 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | Daisuke Takahashi | Kurashikisuisho High School | 8.0 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 | Yutaka Tsuru | Hosei Univ | 9.0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Eiji Iwamoto | Nihon Univ | 9.0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Soshi Tanaka | Nihon Univ | 10.5 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | Shinya Yoshida | Ritsumeikan Univ | 15.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 10 | Megumu Seki | Katsuyama FC | 16.0 | 14 | 9 |
| 11 | Ryosuke Sasaki | Tohoku High School | 16.5 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Makoto Nakata | Kitakyushu Prince SC | 16.5 | 9 | 12 |
| 13 | Junichi Takemura | Hosei Univ | 19.0 | 12 | 13 |
| 14 | Naoji Mogi | Senshu Univ | 22.5 | 13 | 16 |
| 15 | Takashiro Nakagawa | Toyo Univ | 23.0 | 18 | 14 |
| 16 | Nobunari Oda | Osaka SC | 23.0 | 16 | 15 |
| 17 | Yasuo Ogawa | Keio Univ | 25.5 | 15 | 18 |
| 18 | Akira Okamoto | Meiji Univ | 27.5 | 21 | 17 |
| 19 | Suguru Nakai | Waseda Univ | 27.5 | 17 | 19 |
| 20 | Shunpei Watanabe | Meiji Univ | 32.0 | 24 | 20 |
| 21 | Atsushi Usuda | Keio High School | 32.0 | 20 | 22 |
| 22 | Takushi Kuroda | Meiji Univ | 32.5 | 23 | 21 |
| 23 | Masataka Morishita | Kinki Univ | 32.5 | 19 | 23 |
| 24 | Takahito Kawai | Aichi gakuin Univ | 35.0 | 22 | 24 |
| Free Skating Not Reached ||||||
| 25 | Kazunari Kishida | Hiroshima SC | | 25 | |
| 26 | Toru Shibata | Hosei Univ | | 26 | |
| 27 | Fumiaki Shimokawa | Meiji Univ | | 27 | |
| 28 | Yoshinori Susaki | Tottori Club | | 28 | |
| 29 | Jun Ishigaki | Nihon Univ | | 29 | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Fumie Suguri | Waseda Univ | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Shizuka Arakawa | Waseda Univ | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Miki Ando | Orion FSC | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Akiko Suzuki | Nagoya FSC | 7.0 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Yukari Nakano | Tokai FSC | 7.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 | Utako Wakamatsu | Tohoku Fukushi Univ | 9.5 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Kanako Takahashi | Senshu Univ | 9.5 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Ichie Hayashi | Nihonbashi Jogakkan | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Kanako Sato | Senshu Univ | 13.5 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Marie Arai | Tohoku Fukushi Univ | 16.0 | 12 | 10 |
| 11 | Rie Takeuchi | Doshisha Univ | 16.0 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | Fumi Hasebe | Toyo Univ | 19.5 | 15 | 12 |
| 13 | Kana Kibesaki | Shinyokohama Prince Club | 19.5 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | Hitomi Suzuki | Chunichi SC | 19.5 | 11 | 14 |
| 15 | Yuko Kudo | Okayama Kokusai FSC | 23.0 | 16 | 15 |
| 16 | Yuko Kagita | Konan Joshi Univ | 23.0 | 14 | 16 |
| 17 | Yuki Umetani | Himeji Club | 25.5 | 17 | 17 |
| 18 | Rie Hamamura | Iizuka FC | 27.5 | 19 | 18 |
| 19 | Chika Suguri | Shinyokohama Prince Club | 29.0 | 18 | 20 |
| 20 | Hiromi Abe | Kashii FSC | 30.5 | 23 | 19 |
| 21 | Chiaki Saika | Kyoto Sangyo Univ | 31.0 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | Shoko Kawamura | Iizuka FC | 33.5 | 21 | 23 |
| 23 | Shiho Honda | Hosei Univ | 34.0 | 24 | 22 |
| 24 | Mayumi Honda | Tohoku High School | 35.0 | 22 | 24 |
| Free Skating Not Reached ||||||
| 25 | Ai Musya | Tohoku Fukushi Univ | | 25 | |
| 26 | Junko Ichii | Kyoto Sangyo Univ | | 26 | |
| 27 | Ayano Watanabe | TWCPE | | 27 | |
| 28 | Ayumi Satouchi | Ryukoku Univ | | 28 | |
| 29 | Aiko Suyama | Chunichi SC | | 29 | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov | Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Makiko Ogasawara / Takeo Ogasawara | Gold FSC | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD |
| 1 | Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto | Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC | 2.4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido | Shinyokohama Prince Club | 3.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Masumi Haruki / Hiroaki Tokita | Showanomori 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 2001–02 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place between November 23 and 24, 2001 in Tokyo.
The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals to be invited to compete here: Takahiko Kozuka (1st in novice A, 8th in junior), Aki Sawada (1st in novice A, 7th in junior), Nana Takeda (2nd in novice A, 9th in junior), Eri Ishigami (3rd in novice A, 25th in junior), and Mao Asada (1st in novice B, 6th in junior).

### Men

* Entry: 26 athletes
| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Daisuke Takahashi | Kurashiki FSC | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Ryosuke Sasaki | Tohoku High School | 2.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Makoto Nakata | Kitakyushu Prince SC | 5.5 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Nobunari Oda | Osaka SC | 6.5 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 | Kazumi Kishimoto | Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy | 8.0 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Ryo Shibata | Kushiro Loop FSC | 9.5 | 5 | 7 |
| 7 | Hirokazu Kobayashi | Shinyokohama Prince Club | 11.0 | 12 | 5 |
| 8 | Takahiko Kozuka | Orion FSC | 14.0 | 8 | 10 |

### Ladies

* Entry: 31 athletes
| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | SP | FS |
| 1 | Miki Ando | Orion FSC | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Yukari Nakano | Tokai FSC | 4.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Yukina Ota | Kyoto Daigo FSC | 5.0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Ichie Hayashi | Nihonbashi Jogakkan | 5.5 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Akiko Suzuki | Nagoya FSC | 6.5 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Mao Asada | Tokai FSC | 10.0 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 | Aki Sawada | Kyoto Daigo FSC | 10.0 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | Ayako Iwaki | Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy | 13.5 | 7 | 10 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | TFP | CD1 | CD2 | OD | FD |
| 1 | Minami Sakacho / Tatsuya Sakacho | Hachinohe Seagull FC | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

## International team selections
### Winter Olympics

| | Men | Ladies |
| 1 | Takeshi Honda | Yoshie Onda |
| 2 | Yosuke Takeuchi | Fumie Suguri |
| 1st Alternate | Yamato Tamura | Shizuka Arakawa |

### World Championships

| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Takeshi Honda | Yoshie Onda | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov | Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto |
| 2 | Yosuke Takeuchi | Fumie Suguri | | |
| 1st Alternate | Yamato Tamura | Shizuka Arakawa | | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido |

### Four Continents Championships

| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Takeshi Honda | Yoshie Onda | Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov | Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto |
| 2 | Yamato Tamura | Shizuka Arakawa | | Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido |
| 3 | Makoto Okazaki | Akiko Suzuki | | |
| 1st Alternate | Kensuke Nakaniwa | Yukari Nakano | | |

### World Junior Championships

After Junior Nationals, the World Junior team was announced as follows:
| | Men | Ladies |
| 1 | Daisuke Takahashi | Miki Ando |
| 2 | | Yukari Nakano |
| 3 | | Yukina Ota |
| 1st Alternate | Ryosuke Sasaki | Ichie Hayashi |
| 2nd Alternate | | Akiko Suzuki |