# 2015–16 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2015–16 Japan Figure Skating Championships was held on December 24–27, 2015 at the Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena in Sapporo. It was the 84th edition of the event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | All-Nippon Airways / ANA | 286.36 | 1 | 102.63 | 1 | 183.73 |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Chukyo University High School / 中京大中京高校 | 267.15 | 2 | 97.94 | 3 | 169.21 |
| 3 | Takahito Mura | HIROTA | 263.46 | 3 | 93.26 | 2 | 170.20 |
| 4 | Keiji Tanaka | Kurashiki Univ. of Science and Arts / 倉敷芸術科学大学 | 242.05 | 6 | 74.19 | 4 | 167.86 |
| 5 | Takahiko Kozuka | Toyota Cars / トヨタ自動車 | 228.82 | 5 | 78.19 | 6 | 150.63 |
| 6 | Sota Yamamoto | Aichi Mizuho University High School / 愛知みずほ大瑞穂高校 | 215.15 | 11 | 62.92 | 5 | 152.23 |
| 7 | Daisuke Murakami | Yoshindo / 陽進堂 | 214.56 | 4 | 83.49 | 8 | 131.07 |
| 8 | Ryuju Hino | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 213.17 | 7 | 74.03 | 7 | 139.14 |
| 9 | Shu Nakamura | Kansai University / 関西大学 | 194.84 | 8 | 69.47 | 11 | 125.37 |
| 10 | Daichi Miyata | Hosei University / 法政大学 | 193.17 | 10 | 66.61 | 10 | 126.56 |
| 11 | Koshiro Shimada | Shujitsu High School / 就実学園 | 188.76 | 17 | 58.41 | 9 | 130.35 |
| 12 | Sei Kawahara | Fukuoka University / 福岡大学 | 188.39 | 9 | 66.72 | 13 | 121.67 |
| 13 | Jun Suzuki | Hokkaido University / 北海道大学 | 185.18 | 14 | 61.82 | 12 | 123.36 |
| 14 | Mitsuki Sumoto | Ueno Shiba Skating Club / 上野芝スケートクラブ | 176.32 | 18 | 58.11 | 14 | 118.21 |
| 15 | Daisuke Isozaki | Doshisha University / 同志社大学F | 175.02 | 19 | 57.15 | 15 | 117.87 |
| 16 | Kazuki Tomono | Naniwa High School Skating Club / 浪速高校ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 173.72 | 12 | 62.51 | 17 | 111.21 |
| 17 | Eiki Hattori | Hosei University / 法政大学 | 173.26 | 13 | 61.94 | 16 | 111.32 |
| 18 | Hiroaki Sato | Iwate University / 岩手大学 | 167.92 | 16 | 60.03 | 20 | 107.89 |
| 19 | Kohei Yoshino | Kansai University / 関西大学 | 163.88 | 20 | 55.97 | 19 | 107.91 |
| 20 | Koshin Yamada | Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation / SMBC | 161.09 | 23 | 53.02 | 18 | 108.07 |
| 21 | Naoki Oda | Okayama Univ. of Science High School / 岡山理大附高校 | 158.95 | 15 | 61.21 | 22 | 97.74 |
| 22 | Kosuke Nozoe | Meiji University / 明治大学 | 156.44 | 21 | 54.89 | 21 | 101.55 |
| 23 | Masato Kimura | Hachinohe GOLD Figure Skating Club / 八戸GOLD FSC | 150.55 | 22 | 53.19 | 23 | 97.36 |
| 24 | Ryuta Katada | Nagoya Institute of Technology / 名古屋工業大学 | 140.34 | 24 | 51.54 | 24 | 88.80 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Kento Kajita | Meiji University / 明治大学 | | 25 | 51.42 | — | — |
| 26 | Keiichiro Sasahara | Doshisha University / 同志社大学F | | 26 | 51.28 | — | — |
| 27 | Ryo Sagami | Meiji University / 明治大学 | | 27 | 50.85 | — | — |
| 28 | Ryoichi Yuasa | Kansai University / 関西大学 | | 28 | 50.69 | — | — |
| 29 | Kosuke Nakano | Iizuka Figure Skating Club / 飯塚フィギュアクラブ | | 29 | 50.36 | — | — |
| 30 | Kosuke Watabe | Hosei University / 法政大学 | | 30 | 49.56 | — | — |

### Ladies

Nakashio withdrew due to injury sustained during practice before the Short Program was held.
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | Kansai Univ. JHS/HS Skating Club / 関西大学中・高ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 212.83 | 1 | 73.24 | 1 | 139.59 |
| 2 | Wakaba Higuchi | Kaichi Nihonbashi Gakuen JHS/HS / 開智日本橋学園中学校 | 195.35 | 3 | 67.48 | 3 | 127.87 |
| 3 | Mao Asada | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 193.75 | 5 | 62.03 | 2 | 131.72 |
| 4 | Rika Hongo | Howa Sportsland / 邦和スポーツランド | 193.28 | 2 | 67.48 | 4 | 124.89 |
| 5 | Yuna Shiraiwa | Kyoto Daigo Figure Skating Club / 京都醍醐 FSC | 186.33 | 6 | 61.92 | 5 | 124.41 |
| 6 | Kanako Murakami | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 181.58 | 4 | 66.02 | 8 | 115.56 |
| 7 | Yuka Nagai | Komaba Gakuen High School / 駒場学園高校 | 178.86 | 7 | 60.42 | 6 | 118.44 |
| 8 | Rin Nitaya | Aichi Mizuho University High School / 愛知みずほ大瑞穂高校 | 178.48 | 8 | 60.10 | 7 | 118.38 |
| 9 | Marin Honda | Kansai Univ. JHS/HS Skating Club / 関西大学中・高ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 171.62 | 11 | 58.23 | 9 | 113.39 |
| 10 | Mariko Kihara | Kyoto Daigo Figure Skating Club / 京都醍醐 FSC | 170.69 | 12 | 58.10 | 11 | 112.59 |
| 11 | Yuhana Yokoi | Howa Sportsland / 邦和スポーツランド | 169.40 | 13 | 56.30 | 10 | 113.10 |
| 12 | Yura Matsuda | Chukyo University High School / 中京大中京高校 | 165.84 | 10 | 58.76 | 13 | 107.08 |
| 13 | Kaori Sakamoto | Kobe Figure Skating Club / 神戸FSC | 165.50 | 17 | 53.90 | 12 | 111.60 |
| 14 | Hinano Isobe | Ritsumeikan Uji High School / 立命館宇治高校 | 161.24 | 14 | 55.69 | 15 | 105.55 |
| 15 | Haruka Imai | Niigata Kenren / 新潟県連 | 161.23 | 15 | 55.20 | 14 | 106.03 |
| 16 | Yuna Aoki | Kanagawa Figure Skating Club / 神奈川 FSC | 155.84 | 9 | 58.96 | 18 | 96.88 |
| 17 | Miyabi Oba | Chukyo University / 中京大学 | 153.41 | 22 | 49.52 | 16 | 103.89 |
| 18 | Yuki Nishino | Meiji University / 明治大学 | 151.32 | 21 | 49.81 | 17 | 101.51 |
| 19 | Saya Ueno | Kansai University / 関西大学 | 147.06 | 16 | 55.05 | 19 | 92.01 |
| 20 | Riona Kato | Nagaodani High School / 長尾谷高校 | 141.12 | 19 | 52.35 | 20 | 88.77 |
| 21 | Haruna Suzuki | Nittai Ebara High School Skating Club / 日体荏原高スケート部 | 137.28 | 20 | 51.49 | 21 | 85.79 |
| 22 | Chinatsu Mori | Aichi Mizuho University High School / 愛知みずほ大瑞穂高校 | 137.28 | 24 | 45.84 | 22 | 85.14 |
| 23 | Uruha Takahashi | Sapporo University / 札幌大学 | 130.75 | 18 | 52.41 | 24 | 78.34 |
| 24 | Kaho Komaki | Shujitsu Gakuen / 就実学園 | 127.79 | 23 | 47.38 | 23 | 80.41 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Ayana Yasuhara | Kansai University / 関西大学 | | 25 | 42.96 | — | — |
| 26 | Rika Oya | Chukyo University High School / 中京大中京高校 | | 26 | 42.78 | — | — |
| 27 | Ayaka Hosoda | Kansai University / 関西大学 | | 27 | 41.44 | — | — |
| 28 | Mina Taniguchi | Chukyo University High School / 中京大中京高校 | | 28 | 37.08 | — | — |
| 29 | Ami Dobashi | Hokkai High School / 北海高等学校 | | 29 | 35.82 | — | — |
| WD | Miyu Nakashio | Hiroshima Skating Club / 広島スケートクラブ | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |

### Pair skating

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet | Kanagawa FSC / 神奈川 FSC | 149.55 | 1 | 53.31 | 1 | 96.24 |
| 2 | Marin Ono / Wesley Killing | Hyougo Nishinomiya FSC / ひょうご西宮FSC | 133.22 | 2 | 45.94 | 2 | 87.28 |
| 3 | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Kinoshita Club / 木下クラブ | 126.12 | 3 | 43.64 | 3 | 82.48 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Kinoshita Club / 木下クラブ | 147.08 | 1 | 58.36 | 1 | 88.72 |
| 2 | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion | Osaka Skating Club / 大阪スケート倶楽部 | 141.63 | 2 | 54.24 | 2 | 87.39 |
| 3 | Ibuki Mori / Kentaro Suzuki | Meito FSC / Papio FC / 名東FSC/ﾊﾟﾋﾟｵﾌｨｷﾞｭｱｸﾗﾌﾞ | 110.56 | 3 | 43.66 | 3 | 66.90 |
| 4 | Haruno Yajima / Kokoro Mizutani | Shin-Yokohama Prince FSC / 新横浜プリンスFSC | 75.82 | 4 | 29.79 | 4 | 46.03 |

## Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2015–16 Junior Championships took place on November 21–23, 2015 in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki. Medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. There was no junior pairs event during the Junior Championship. The junior pairs event was held during the senior competition on December 24–27, 2015.

### Men

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Sota Yamamoto | 愛知みずほ大瑞穂高校 | 213.40 | 1 | 70.42 | 1 | 142.98 |
| 2 | Kazuki Tomono | 浪速高校ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 183.19 | 3 | 63.53 | 3 | 119.66 |
| 3 | Daichi Miyata | 法政大学 | 178.38 | 4 | 60.94 | 4 | 117.44 |
| 4 | Koshiro Shimada | 就実学園 | 177.43 | 8 | 55.04 | 2 | 122.39 |
| 5 | Shu Nakamura | 関西大学 | 172.83 | 2 | 63.78 | 8 | 109.05 |
| 6 | Mitsuki Sumoto | 上野芝スケートクラブ | 169.87 | 6 | 58.82 | 6 | 111.05 |
| 7 | Taichiro Yamakuma | ひょうご西宮FSC | 167.99 | 12 | 50.68 | 5 | 117.31 |
| 8 | Hidetsuku Kamata | 明治大学 | 163.87 | 5 | 58.89 | 9 | 104.98 |
| 9 | Sena Miyake | 岡山FSC | 162.05 | 9 | 52.93 | 7 | 109.12 |
| 10 | Taichi Honda | 関西大学中・高ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 154.67 | 7 | 55.98 | 11 | 98.69 |
| 11 | Yuto Kishina | 金光学園 | 151.55 | 16 | 47.98 | 10 | 103.57 |
| 12 | Kotaro Tekeuchi | 愛知みずほ大瑞穂高校 | 149.51 | 10 | 51.61 | 13 | 97.90 |
| 13 | Kazuki Kushida | 岡山理大附高校 | 146.38 | 15 | 48.43 | 12 | 97.95 |
| 14 | Tatsuya Tsuboi | 邦和SC | 145.58 | 14 | 48.89 | 14 | 96.69 |
| 15 | Shun Sato | 仙台FSC | 143.46 | 13 | 50.11 | 15 | 93.35 |
| 16 | Tsunehito Karakawa | 新横浜プリンスFSC | 141.61 | 11 | 51.02 | 16 | 90.59 |
| 17 | Mahu Nishiyama | 明治神宮外苑FSC | 132.43 | 18 | 46.88 | 20 | 85.55 |
| 18 | Kento Kobayashi | 秀明英光高校 | 132.33 | 19 | 45.86 | 18 | 86.47 |
| 19 | Kyoren Yakamoto | 愛知みずほ大学 | 130.73 | 23 | 44.17 | 17 | 86.56 |
| 20 | Sasaki Haruya | 邦和SC | 129.07 | 24 | 42.98 | 19 | 86.09 |
| 21 | Satoshi Yamafuji | 石見スケートクラブ | 129.00 | 21 | 45.22 | 21 | 83.78 |
| 22 | Rei Takeshi | 駒場学園高校 | 120.19 | 20 | 45.57 | 23 | 74.62 |
| 23 | Shion Kamada | 札幌第一高校 | 119.90 | 22 | 44.36 | 22 | 75.54 |
| 24 | Shoya Ichihashi | 関大北陽スケート部 | | 17 | 46.98 | withdrew | withdrew |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Hori Yoshito | 明治神宮外苑FSC | | 25 | 42.60 | — | — |
| 26 | Kazuki Hasegawa | ROYCE'F･S･C | | 26 | 39.68 | — | — |
| 27 | Ryu Migaku | 北九州FSC | | 27 | 39.47 | — | — |
| 28 | Ryoshin Kobayashi | 新横浜プリンスFSC | | 28 | 36.35 | — | — |
| 29 | Kotaro Hayakawa | ﾊﾟﾋﾟｵﾌｨｷﾞｭｱｸﾗﾌﾞ | | 29 | 32.54 | — | — |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Wakaba Higuchi | 開智日本橋学園中学校 | 189.23 | 1 | 66.83 | 1 | 122.40 |
| 2 | Yuna Shiraiwa | 京都醍醐FSC | 184.16 | 2 | 62.77 | 2 | 121.39 |
| 3 | Yuhana Yokoi | 邦和スポーツランド | 177.40 | 4 | 60.16 | 3 | 117.24 |
| 4 | Rin Nitaya | 愛知みずほ大瑞穂高校 | 175.97 | 3 | 61.03 | 4 | 114.94 |
| 5 | Kaori Sakamoto | 神戸FSC | 170.72 | 5 | 58.96 | 6 | 111.76 |
| 6 | Marin Honda | 関西大学中・高ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 168.88 | 7 | 54.65 | 5 | 114.23 |
| 7 | Yuna Aoki | 神奈川FSC | 162.47 | 10 | 52.96 | 8 | 109.51 |
| 8 | Mai Mihara | 神戸PFSC | 160.12 | 15 | 49.08 | 7 | 111.04 |
| 9 | Mako Yamashita | グランプリ東海クラブ | 159.21 | 12 | 51.40 | 9 | 107.81 |
| 10 | Kokoro Iwamoto | 大阪スケート倶楽部 | 154.98 | 6 | 55.53 | 10 | 99.45 |
| 11 | Rika Kihira | 大阪スケート倶楽部 | 142.91 | 8 | 53.38 | 15 | 89.53 |
| 12 | Nana Araki | 名東FSC | 141.89 | 11 | 51.83 | 14 | 90.06 |
| 13 | Rinka Watanabe | 文華女子中高 | 140.90 | 9 | 53.35 | 17 | 87.55 |
| 14 | Rino Kasakake | ポラリス中部FSC | 139.25 | 18 | 47.04 | 12 | 92.31 |
| 15 | Sui Takeuchi | オリオンFSC | 139.25 | 21 | 45.05 | 11 | 94.20 |
| 16 | Sumi Kihana | グランプリ東海クラブ | 138.39 | 13 | 50.07 | 16 | 88.32 |
| 17 | Riko Takino | 大阪スケート倶楽部 | 137.82 | 19 | 46.47 | 13 | 91.35 |
| 18 | Emiri Nagata | 中京大中京高校 | 131.48 | 20 | 45.18 | 18 | 86.30 |
| 19 | Moa Iwano | 神戸PFSC | 130.06 | 17 | 47.19 | 19 | 82.87 |
| 20 | Hina Takeno | 沖学園 | 129.84 | 16 | 47.49 | 20 | 82.35 |
| 21 | Ayane Yokoi | 大同大大同SC | 126.97 | 14 | 49.75 | 22 | 77.22 |
| 22 | Ozawa Minamoto | 甲府FSC | 124.33 | 22 | 44.94 | 21 | 79.39 |
| 23 | Kiyoshiyo Kobayashi | 伊勢崎クラブ | 120.56 | 23 | 44.51 | 23 | 76.05 |
| 24 | Misaki Morishita | ｱｸｱﾋﾟｱｽｹｰﾃｨﾝｸﾞC | 120.43 | 24 | 44.47 | 24 | 75.96 |
| Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
| 25 | Akari Matsuraba | 武蔵野学院 | | 25 | 44.23 | — | — |
| 26 | Saya Suzuki | 邦和SC | | 26 | 44.17 | — | — |
| 27 | Tomoe Kawabata | シチズンクラブ | | 27 | 44.17 | — | — |
| 28 | Harua Baba | 明治神宮外苑FSC | | 28 | 43.33 | — | — |
| 29 | Dayang Osawa | 三沢GOLD F・S・C | | 29 | 40.47 | — | — |
| 30 | Mizuho Higuchi | 開智日本橋学園中学校 | | 30 | 38.23 | — | — |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Riku Miura / Shoya Ichihashi | 大阪スケート倶楽部 / 関大北陽スケート部 | 107.50 | 1 | 37.11 | 1 | 70.39 |
| 2 | Yoshino Sekiguchi / Shunsuke Sekiguchi | 白鵬女子高校 / 武相高校スケート部 | 69.95 | 2 | 22.75 | 2 | 47.20 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno | 霞ヶ関高校 / 明治神宮外苑FSC | 120.10 | 1 | 47.71 | 1 | 72.39 |
| 2 | Kumiko Maeda / Junya Watanabe | 明治神宮外苑FSC / 浪速高校ｽｹｰﾄ部 | 99.62 | 2 | 44.36 | 2 | 55.26 |
| 3 | Himesato Hirayama / Kenta Azuma | 倉敷FSC / 倉敷FSC | 79.99 | 3 | 34.50 | 3 | 45.49 |
| 4 | Ayumi Takanami / Daiki Shimazaki | ｱｸｱﾘﾝｸちばクラブ / 新横浜プリンスFSC | 68.51 | 4 | 24.66 | 4 | 43.85 |

## International team selections

Based on the results of the National Championships, as well as international ISU-sanctioned competitions, the Japan Skating Federation selected the following skaters for international competitions in the second half of the 2015–16 season.

### World Championships

| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Satoko Miyahara | Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | Mao Asada | | |
| 3 | | Rika Hongo | | |
| 1st alt. | Takahito Mura | Kanako Murakami | | |
| 2nd alt. | Daisuke Murakami | Yuka Nagai | | |

### Four Continents Championships

| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Satoko Miyahara | Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau Audet | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed |
| 2 | Takahito Mura | Mao Asada (withdrew) | | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion |
| 3 | Keiji Tanaka | Rika Hongo | | |
| 1st alt. | Daisuke Murakami | Kanako Murakami (added) | | |
| 2nd alt. | Takahiko Kozuka | Yuka Nagai | | |

### World Junior Championships

| | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| 1 | Sota Yamamoto | Wakaba Higuchi | N/A | Rikako Fukase / Aru Tateno |
| 2 | Shu Nakamura | Yuna Shiraiwa | | |
| 3 | Daichi Miyata | Marin Honda | | |
| 1st alt. | Kazuki Tomono | Yuhana Yokoi | | |

### Winter Youth Olympics

| | Men | Ladies |
| 1 | Sota Yamamoto | Yuna Shiraiwa |
| 2 | Koshiro Shimada | Kaori Sakamoto |