# 2011–12 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2011–12 Japan Figure Skating Championships took place on 23–26 December 2011 at the Namihaya Dome in Kadoma, Osaka. It was the 80th edition of the event. 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.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Daisuke Takahashi | Kansai University Skating Club | 254.60 | 1 | 96.05 | 3 | 158.38 |
| 2 | Takahiko Kozuka | Toyota Motor | 250.97 | 2 | 85.60 | 2 | 165.37 |
| 3 | Yuzuru Hanyu | | 241.91 | 4 | 74.32 | 1 | 167.59 |
| 4 | Tatsuki Machida | Kansai University Skating Club | 213.48 | 3 | 74.64 | 6 | 138.84 |
| 5 | Takahito Mura | | 204.21 | 12 | 60.05 | 4 | 144.16 |
| 6 | Daisuke Murakami | yoshindo | 203.41 | 9 | 62.65 | 5 | 140.76 |
| 7 | Keiji Tanaka | | 201.45 | 6 | 67.48 | 7 | 133.97 |
| 8 | Kento Nakamura | St.Paul's | 195.94 | 5 | 68.58 | 9 | 127.36 |
| 9 | Shoma Uno | Grand Prix Tokai Club | 190.42 | 7 | 63.49 | 10 | 126.93 |
| 10 | Ryuju Hino | Chukyo Senior High School | 188.30 | 11 | 60.19 | 8 | 128.11 |
| 11 | Yoji Tsuboi | | 178.72 | 8 | 63.21 | 13 | 115.51 |
| 12 | Ryuichi Kihara | | 178.64 | 13 | 57.45 | 11 | 121.19 |
| 13 | Yukihiro Yoshida | | 165.82 | 18 | 49.40 | 12 | 116.42 |
| 14 | Akio Sasaki | Meiji Univ | 164.84 | 10 | 60.45 | 15 | 104.39 |
| 15 | Yuki Horinouchi | Nihon Univ | 155.33 | 17 | 49.96 | 14 | 105.37 |
| 16 | Sei Kawahara | | 149.01 | 14 | 54.96 | 18 | 95.06 |
| 17 | Takuya Kondo | Keio University | 148.42 | 19 | 48.71 | 16 | 99.71 |
| 18 | Yuta Onuma | Nihon Univ | 147.59 | 16 | 50.82 | 17 | 96.77 |
| 19 | Tomoyuki Koriyama | | 145.49 | 15 | 50.93 | 19 | 94.56 |
| 20 | Satoshi Nakamura | | 134.82 | 20 | 46.75 | 21 | 88.07 |
| 21 | Jo Matsumura | Meiji Univ | 133.68 | 22 | 41.90 | 20 | 91.78 |
| 22 | Hayato Miyazaki | Kansai University Skating Club | 124.63 | 21 | 41.96 | 21 | 88.07 |
| 23 | Ryoichi Eguchi | | 124.08 | 23 | 41.51 | 23 | 82.57 |
| 24 | Yuya Tamada | | 115.97 | 24 | 38.99 | 24 | 76.98 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Masaki Kondo | | | 25 | 38.59 | | |
| 26 | Koshin Yamada | Kansai University Skating Club | | 26 | 37.60 | | |
| 27 | Kosuke Nozoe | | | 27 | 36.34 | | |
| 28 | Yuuhi Matsuzaka | Kansai University Skating Club | | 28 | 34.66 | | |
| 29 | Shota Taketazu | | | 29 | 32.80 | | |
| WD | Nobunari Oda | Kansai University Skating Club | | | | | |

### Ladies

The ladies' free skating attracted television ratings of 26.7% in the Tokyo and Osaka regions, and 29.9% in Nagoya, peaking at 40.0% before Asada's score was announced.
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Mao Asada | | 184.07 | 2 | 65.40 | 2 | 118.67 |
| 2 | Akiko Suzuki | Howa sports land Skate Club | 179.27 | 3 | 59.60 | 1 | 119.67 |
| 3 | Kanako Murakami | Chukyo Senior High School | 172.69 | 1 | 65.56 | 6 | 107.13 |
| 4 | Haruka Imai | Nihonbashi Jogakkan | 166.67 | 5 | 57.82 | 5 | 108.85 |
| 5 | Miu Sato | Grand Prix Tokai Club | 163.86 | 7 | 54.14 | 4 | 109.72 |
| 6 | Satoko Miyahara | kansai univ.jhs.shs sc | 163.85 | 15 | 47.06 | 3 | 116.79 |
| 7 | Risa Shoji | Seibu Higashifushimi | 156.47 | 11 | 51.50 | 7 | 104.97 |
| 8 | Yuki Nishino | | 156.45 | 4 | 58.52 | 11 | 97.93 |
| 9 | Haruna Suzuki | Shinyokohama prince club | 156.23 | 9 | 53.04 | 8 | 103.19 |
| 10 | Kana Muramoto | | 154.11 | 6 | 54.20 | 9 | 99.91 |
| 11 | Kako Tomotaki | | 148.99 | 10 | 52.02 | 12 | 96.97 |
| 12 | Satsuki Muramoto | Kansai University Skating Club | 146.90 | 8 | 53.16 | 13 | 93.74 |
| 13 | Miyabi Oba | Chukyo Senior High School | 146.83 | 13 | 48.26 | 10 | 98.57 |
| 14 | Yuka Kona | | 135.68 | 18 | 45.74 | 14 | 89.94 |
| 15 | Shoko Ishikawa | Meiji Univ | 133.66 | 14 | 47.62 | 16 | 86.04 |
| 16 | Mari Suzuki | Tohoku Fukushi University | 132.56 | 17 | 45.90 | 15 | 86.66 |
| 17 | Shion Kokubun | Kansai University Skating Club | 131.90 | 16 | 46.92 | 18 | 84.98 |
| 18 | Mutsumi Takayama | Meiji Univ | 130.38 | 12 | 48.48 | 19 | 81.90 |
| 19 | Rina Kondo | Chukyo Senior High School | 129.53 | 20 | 44.52 | 17 | 85.01 |
| 20 | Sara Imamura | Chukyo Senior High School | 126.22 | 21 | 44.40 | 20 | 81.82 |
| 21 | Kanade Hasegawa | | 124.07 | 19 | 44.98 | 22 | 79.09 |
| 22 | Mika Nakamura | | 123.81 | 22 | 43.52 | 21 | 80.29 |
| 23 | Chisako Kiuchi | | 115.95 | 24 | 41.82 | 23 | 74.13 |
| 24 | Ayane Nakamura | Chukyo Senior High School | 113.89 | 23 | 42.80 | 24 | 71.09 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Hikaru Nasuno | | | 25 | 41.30 | | |
| 26 | Eri Seto | Kansai University Skating Club | | 26 | 40.08 | | |
| 27 | Mai Hirono | Chukyo Senior High School | | 27 | 38.62 | | |
| 28 | Ayaka Ishii | Nihon Univ | | 28 | 33.02 | | |
| 29 | Naomi Tanikawa | AomoriGOLD | | 29 | 29.24 | | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | KINOSHITA CLUB | 164.97 | 1 | 57.42 | 1 | 107.55 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Bryna Oi / Taiyo Mizutani | Juujou FSC | 114.21 | 1 | 47.02 | 1 | 67.19 |
| 2 | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion | Kansai University Skating Club | 106.99 | 2 | 43.08 | 2 | 63.91 |
| 3 | Anna Takei / Yuya Yamada | | 75.16 | 3 | 28.18 | 3 | 46.98 |
| WD | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | KINOSHITA CLUB | | | | | |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2011–12 Junior Championships took place on 25–27 November 2011 at the Technol Ice Park Niida in Hachinohe, Aomori.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Ryuju Hino | Chukyo Senior High School | 188.94 | 6 | 57.51 | 1 | 131.43 |
| 2 | Keiji Tanaka | | 187.80 | 1 | 62.99 | 3 | 124.81 |
| 3 | Ryuichi Kihara | | 187.68 | 2 | 62.14 | 2 | 125.54 |
| 4 | Sei Kawahara | | 173.56 | 5 | 58.88 | 4 | 114.68 |
| 5 | Shoma Uno | Grand Prix Tokai Club | 173.46 | 3 | 61.56 | 5 | 111.90 |
| 6 | Yoji Tsuboi | | 168.47 | 4 | 60.54 | 7 | 107.93 |
| 7 | Jun Suzuki | | 156.02 | 8 | 47.43 | 6 | 108.59 |
| 8 | Takaya Hashizume | Chukyo Senior High School | 150.91 | 7 | 52.46 | 8 | 98.45 |
| 9 | Kazuki Tomono | UENOSHIBA SKATE CLUB | 136.51 | 11 | 43.47 | 9 | 97.63 |
| 10 | Hiroaki Satou | | 136.51 | 9 | 46.39 | 12 | 90.12 |
| 11 | Sota Yamamoto | RINKAI FIGURE SC | 132.60 | 14 | 41.62 | 10 | 90.98 |
| 12 | Shuu Nakamura | | 132.56 | 12 | 42.19 | 11 | 90.37 |
| 13 | Kohei Yoshino | OSAKA SKATING CLUB | 130.62 | 13 | 42.10 | 13 | 88.52 |
| 14 | Kousuke Watabe | | 129.60 | 10 | 45.68 | 15 | 83.92 |
| 15 | Kento Kajita | | 124.29 | 18 | 39.99 | 14 | 84.30 |
| 16 | Ryoichi Yuasa | KYOTO DAIGO FSC | 122.25 | 22 | 38.84 | 16 | 83.41 |
| 17 | Eiki Hattori | Shumeieikou High School | 119.99 | 16 | 40.62 | 18 | 79.37 |
| 18 | Hidetsugu Kamata | | 119.60 | 23 | 38.41 | 17 | 81.19 |
| 19 | Daichi Miyata | | 118.30 | 17 | 40.45 | 19 | 77.85 |
| 20 | Masato Kimura | Hachinohe GOLD F･S･C | 113.03 | 19 | 39.43 | 21 | 73.60 |
| 21 | Kyohei Uetake | JYOUSAI JHS | 112.93 | 24 | 38.39 | 20 | 74.54 |
| 22 | Takumi Yamamoto | OSAKA SKATING CLUB | 111.33 | 21 | 39.34 | 22 | 71.99 |
| 23 | Taichiro Yamakuma | | 109.73 | 15 | 41.00 | 24 | 68.73 |
| 24 | Takayuki Yamamoto | | 108.99 | 20 | 39.38 | 23 | 69.61 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Hiroki Honda | | | 25 | 38.32 | | |
| 26 | Yoji Nakano | Kanagawa FSC | | 26 | 37.77 | | |
| 27 | Ryuta Katada | Orion FSC | | 27 | 37.45 | | |
| 28 | Taichi Honda | kansai univ.jhs.shs sc | | 28 | 36.97 | | |
| 29 | Junya Watanabe | | | 29 | 32.97 | | |
| 30 | Masataka Nakajima | | | 30 | 31.81 | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | kansai univ.jhs.shs sc | 172.17 | 1 | 56.76 | 1 | 115.41 |
| 2 | Kako Tomotaki | | 153.42 | 3 | 52.08 | 3 | 101.34 |
| 3 | Risa Shoji | Seibu Higashifushimi | 151.69 | 7 | 49.30 | 2 | 102.39 |
| 4 | Haruna Suzuki | Shinyokohama Prince Club | 150.92 | 2 | 53.22 | 5 | 97.70 |
| 5 | Miyabi Oba | Chukyo Senior High School | 148.02 | 6 | 49.34 | 4 | 98.68 |
| 6 | Miu Sato | Grand Prix Tokai Club | 138.48 | 4 | 51.52 | 7 | 86.96 |
| 7 | Hinano Isobe | RITUMEIKANUJIJr HISCHOOL | 136.35 | 5 | 49.50 | 8 | 86.85 |
| 8 | Mei Ito | Nihonbashi Jogakkan | 136.24 | 8 | 46.22 | 6 | 90.02 |
| 9 | Mayako Matsuno | Seibu Higashifushimi | 128.93 | 9 | 45.22 | 11 | 83.71 |
| 10 | Satomi Akuzawa | Nihonbashi Jogakkan | 128.15 | 10 | 44.12 | 9 | 84.03 |
| 11 | Ayana Yasuhara | SHIGA FIGURE SKATING CLUB | 127.70 | 12 | 43.88 | 10 | 83.82 |
| 12 | Honoka Kawanishi | | 122.32 | 14 | 43.12 | 13 | 79.20 |
| 13 | Rin Nitaya | | 121.19 | 23 | 41.02 | 12 | 80.17 |
| 14 | Yukiko Fujisawa | | 120.11 | 11 | 43.96 | 16 | 76.15 |
| 15 | Miyu Nakashio | | 119.10 | 21 | 41.50 | 15 | 77.60 |
| 16 | Sakura Yamada | Aquapia SKATING CLUB | 118.67 | 24 | 41.00 | 14 | 77.67 |
| 17 | Saya Ueno | | 118.19 | 18 | 42.54 | 17 | 75.65 |
| 18 | Yuka Nagai | Seibu Higashifushimi | 118.08 | 13 | 43.86 | 18 | 74.22 |
| 19 | Yuka Touyama | | 116.39 | 15 | 43.06 | 20 | 73.33 |
| 20 | Takana Ito | | 115.35 | 22 | 41.18 | 19 | 74.17 |
| 21 | Nana Matsushima | | 115.16 | 20 | 41.86 | 21 | 73.30 |
| 22 | Mayu Tajiri | Shinyokohama Prince Club | 114.53 | 16 | 42.96 | 22 | 71.57 |
| 23 | Yura Matsuda | | 114.14 | 17 | 42.90 | 23 | 71.24 |
| 24 | Eriko Yamakuma | | 108.57 | 19 | 41.94 | 24 | 66.63 |
| Free skating not reached ||||||||
| 25 | Riona Kato | KANSAI SKATING CLUB | | 25 | 40.74 | | |
| 26 | Mayu Kushida | Nihonbashi Jogakkan | | 26 | 40.12 | | |
| 27 | Misachi Fujiwara | NFSC | | 27 | 39.12 | | |
| 28 | Akari Katagiri | KYOTO DAIGO FSC | | 28 | 37.56 | | |
| 29 | Mio Suzuki | KEIO SFC SKATING CLUB | | 29 | 37.30 | | |
| 30 | Uruha Takahashi | SAPPORO.AURORA.FSC | | 30 | 36.62 | | |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Misato Komatsubara / Kaoru Tsuji | KYOTO AQUARENA SC | 73.92 | 1 | 33.04 | 1 | 40.88 |