2005–06 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2005–06 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 74th edition of the event. They were held between December 23 and 25, 2005 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing on the senior level. This event was used to determine the teams for the 2006 Winter Olympics, the 2006 World Championships, and the 2006 Four Continents Championships. The level of competition was Senior-level only. Juniors competed at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships, where the top three advanced to the 2006 World Junior Championships.

Notes

• Because of an error in the scoring system software, Nobunari Oda was originally declared the winner of the men's event, with Daisuke Takahashi placing second. Oda had done four combination jumps instead of the allowed three, but the software had counted the fourth combination jump. When the error was discovered and fixed, their placements switched, with Takahashi winning the event and being sent to the Olympics. Oda was sent to World Championships. Japan had only one entry to the Olympics and to the World Championships in the men's event.
• Despite her 2nd-place finish, Mao Asada was not chosen for the Olympic, World, or Four Continents team, because she was not old enough. She was instead sent back to Junior Worlds.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	SP		FS
1	Daisuke Takahashi	Kansai Univ Skating Club	223.12	2	74.52	1	148.60
2	Nobunari Oda	Kansai Univ Skating Club	218.70	1	79.90	2	138.80
3	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Papio Fukuoka	200.62	3	71.50	4	129.12
4	Takahiko Kozuka	Chukyo Senior High School	193.00	10	55.80	3	137.20
5	Takeshi Honda	IMG	179.64	7	60.60	5	119.04
6	Takemochi Ohgami	Nihon Univ	173.82	6	61.44	7	112.38
7	Yasuharu Nanri	Nakamura Gakuen Univ	173.39	4	63.29	8	110.10
8	Takahito Mura	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	171.35	9	55.85	6	115.50
9	Hideo Umetani	Osaka Univ Figure Skatec	165.35	5	61.65	12	103.70
10	Noriyuki Kanzaki	Kyoto Univ.Figure	164.27	8	59.57	11	104.70
11	Ryo Shibata	Meiji Univ	161.35	11	53.15	9	108.20
12	Hirokazu Kobayashi	Hosei Univ	160.02	12	53.02	10	107.00
13	Takao Ogawa	Shinyokohama Prince Club	148.74	14	48.82	13	99.92
14	Tatsuya Kitagaki	Doshisha Univ.Figure	140.14	13	50.48	14	89.66
15	Atsushi Usuda	Keio University	132.19	16	44.79	15	87.40
16	Ken Tanabe	Meiji Univ	128.90	15	45.50	19	83.40
17	Yusuke Nakagawa	Nihon Univ	126.95	18	40.91	16	86.04
18	Taku Tamura	Ritsumei Univ.	126.48	17	41.50	17	84.98
19	Naofumi Torii	St.Paul's	121.84	20	38.44	18	83.40
20	Makoto Nakata	Fukuoka Univ	115.17	19	38.45	20	76.72
21	Hayato Odajima	Obihiro Figure Club	111.47	21	37.31	21	74.16
22	Tomohiro Suzuki	Tobu Kawagoe FSC	107.54	22	36.06	22	71.48
23	Hidenori Kambayashi	Keio University	95.32	23	35.74	23	59.58
24	Kazunari Aoki	Kyoto Univ.Figure	91.72	24	34.06	24	57.66
Did not advance to free skating
25	Toru Kimura			25	33.11
26	Kengo Shibata			26	32.23
27	Koji Nakaniwa			27	31.43

Ladies

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	SP		FS
1	Fumie Suguri	Avex	194.16	2	67.30	1	126.86
2	Mao Asada	Grand Prix Tokai Club	188.10	3	66.64	3	121.46
3	Shizuka Arakawa	Prince Hotel	187.36	1	68.76	4	118.60
4	Yoshie Onda	Tokai Gakuen University	186.06	4	62.20	2	123.86
5	Yukari Nakano	Waseda Univ	175.66	5	61.46	5	114.20
6	Miki Ando	Chukyo Senior High School	173.36	6	60.24	6	113.12
7	Aki Sawada	Kyoto Nishi High.	155.98	9	52.44	7	103.54
8	Mai Asada	Tokai Gakuen High School	150.66	7	53.94	9	96.72
9	Nana Takeda	Nihonbashi Jogakan	149.76	10	50.50	8	99.26
10	Akiko Kitamura	Kyoto Daigo Fsc	147.02	8	53.54	10	93.48
11	Yuki Umetani	Kansai Gakuen Univ	121.78	14	42.84	11	78.94
12	Akiko Suzuki	Tohoku Fukushi University	117.18	12	45.34	15	71.84
13	Chika Suguri	Toyo Eiwa University	114.84	17	38.68	12	76.16
14	Miki Sone	Chukyo Univ	114.16	15	41.10	14	73.06
15	Emi Hirai	Kansai Univ Skating Club	113.86	11	45.60	16	68.26
16	Nagisa Hayashi	Musashino Gakuin	113.84	16	40.40	13	73.44
17	Sayaka Yodo	Kobe Port Island FSC	109.16	13	43.52	17	65.64
18	Ayumi Miyamoto	Chukyo Univ	101.78	19	36.38	18	65.40
19	Sachie Yamaguchi	Nihon Univ	100.72	20	36.28	19	64.44
20	Chihoko Tanaka	Kyoto Daigo Fsc	100.18	18	37.18	20	63.00
21	Sayaka Ishida	Keio University	93.58	21	36.16	23	57.42
22	Haruka Miki	Suma Gakuen	93.30	22	35.40	22	57.90
23	Natsuki Wakao	Toyo Univ	92.88	24	33.22	21	59.66
24	Haruka Oshima	Meito Figure Skating Club	89.44	23	33.56	24	55.88
Did not advance to free skating
25	Kana Kibesaki			25	33.22
26	Hiroe Kakisawa			26	32.54
27	Aya Sumida			27	29.18
28	Ami Kobayashi			28	29.18
29	Sachiyo Imaichi			29	29.18
30	Kayoko Tsuji			30	27.26
31	Yukina Mada			31	25.44
32	Mayumi Hirota			32	23.90

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido	Shinyokohama Prince Club	162.50	1	30.67	1	49.69	1	82.14
2	Nakako Tsuzuki / Kenji Miyamoto	Kyoto Aquarena SC	138.45	2	26.05	2	41.74	2	70.66
3	Minami Sakacho / Tatsuya Sakacho	Hachinohekogyo University	111.05	3	22.14	3	31.72	3	57.19

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2005–06 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held between December 10 and 11, 2005 at the Big Hat in Nagano.

The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals to be invited to compete here: Satoshi Nakamura (1st in novice A boys, 20th in junior), Ayane Nakamura (1st in novice A girls, 9th in junior), Yuki Nishino (2nd in novice A girls, 16th in junior), and Miruku Matsushita (3rd in novice A girls, 14th in junior).

Men

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	SP		FS
1	Takahiko Kozuka	Chukyo Senior High School	183.30	1	62.10	1	121.20
2	Takahito Mura	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	173.10	2	58.40	2	114.70
3	Ryo Shibata	Meiji Univ	169.25	3	56.75	3	112.50
4	Takemochi Ogami	Nihon Univ	157.78	5	52.40	4	105.38
5	Tatsuki Machida	Kurashiki FSC	146.34	4	54.34	5	92.00
6	Yukihiro Yoshida	Kobe Port Island FSC	134.89	6	48.73	6	86.16
7	Hirofumi Torii	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	127.96	8	43.52	8	84.44
8	Takumi Suenaga	Tohoku High School	124.32	12	39.42	7	84.90
9	Kosuke Morinaga		123.21	7	45.55	12	77.66
10	Kunihito Yuasa		117.38	19	37.30	9	80.08
11	Tomoyuki Koriyama		116.58	15	38.90	11	77.68
12	Hikaru Sato		116.04	17	37.84	10	78.20
13	Hayato Miyazaki		113.87	11	40.25	16	73.62
14	Takuya Kondo		113.38	13	39.30	15	74.08
15	Kouki Nakano		112.29	18	37.61	14	74.68
16	Junzo Nishigami		110.53	10	42.35	19	68.18
17	Yuki Horinouchi		109.09	22	34.09	13	75.00
18	Ikuya Itai		109.02	9	42.60	20	66.42
19	Kento Nakamura		107.57	14	39.25	18	68.32
20	Satoshi Nakamura		103.65	20	34.81	17	68.84
21	Junki Sano		98.99	16	37.95	21	61.04
22	Tatsuya Ishii		92.54	23	32.48	22	60.06
23	Koshin Yamada		85.17	24	32.35	23	52.82
24	Taketo Omae		84.51	21	34.39	24	50.12
Did not advance to free skating
25	Atsuki Kunisawa			25	30.31

Ladies

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	SP		FS
1	Aki Sawada	Kyoto Nishi High School	151.22	1	56.74	2	94.48
2	Nana Takeda	Nihonbashi Jogakan	143.88	2	48.38	1	95.50
3	Akiko Kitamura	Kyoto Daigo FSC	134.78	5	45.22	4	89.56
4	Rumi Suizu	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	133.58	12	41.00	3	92.58
5	Miri Yoshida	Grand Prix Tokai Club	127.80	7	44.66	5	83.14
6	Shoko Ishikawa	Showanomori FSC	126.66	4	46.16	6	80.50
7	Mai Asada	Tokai Gakuen High School	123.76	6	45.10	7	78.66
8	Mutsumi Takayama	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	120.90	3	48.10	12	72.80
9	Ayane Nakamura		117.70	9	41.98	8	75.72
10	Ayako Hagiwara		113.96	15	39.16	9	74.80
11	Satsuki Muramoto		113.96	11	41.12	11	72.84
12	Haruka Inoue		113.02	10	41.32	13	71.70
13	Risa Mochizuki		108.62	13	40.38	15	68.24
14	Miruku Matsushita		107.92	22	33.20	10	74.72
15	Yuka Ishikawa		107.20	8	43.28	19	63.92
16	Yuki Nishino		106.21	14	40.06	16	66.06
17	Mari Suzuki		103.36	21	34.86	14	68.50
18	Asuka Miyamoto		103.14	16	38.36	18	64.78
19	Yuko Iwaki		101.34	17	36.52	17	64.82
20	Akari Okawa		98.30	19	35.30	20	63.00
21	Risa Matsuzaki		92.42	24	32.40	21	60.02
22	Kana Nishizawa		91.28	20	35.22	23	56.06
23	Mari Senda		89.24	23	32.84	22	56.40
24	Erika Fujisawa		87.58	18	35.84	24	51.74
Did not advance to free skating
25	Yurina Nobuhara			25	30.88
26	Midori Suzuki			26	30.44
27	Poemu Nakamura			27	28.64
28	Matsumi Sada			28	27.22

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1	Rina Sawayama / Taiyo Mizutani	Shinyokohama Prince Club	103.02	1	21.89	1	33.43	1	47.70
2	Tamaho Sugimoto / Aran Ono	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	76.79	2	16.70	2	22.58	2	37.51

International team selections

Winter Olympics

The picking of the Olympic Ladies team used a complicated formula that took into consideration the season as a whole along with other previous competitions, not just the results of the National Championships. Therefore, sixth-place finisher Miki Ando was chosen ahead of fourth-place finisher Yoshie Onda and fifth-place finisher Yukari Nakano. However, Nakano was picked ahead of Ando for the World team.

	Men	Ladies	Ice dancing
1	Daisuke Takahashi	Fumie Suguri	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido
2		Shizuka Arakawa
3		Miki Ando
1st Alternate	Nobunari Oda	Yukari Nakano	Nakako Tsuzuki / Kenji Miyamoto
2nd Alternate		Yoshie Onda

World Championships

	Men	Ladies	Ice dancing
1	Nobunari Oda	Fumie Suguri	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido
2		Shizuka Arakawa
3		Yukari Nakano
1st Alternate	Daisuke Takahashi	Miki Ando	Nakako Tsuzuki / Kenji Miyamoto
2nd Alternate		Yoshie Onda (added)
3rd Alternate		Mai Asada

Four Continents Championships

	Men	Ladies	Ice dancing
1	Nobunari Oda	Yukari Nakano	Nakako Tsuzuki / Kenji Miyamoto
2	Takeshi Honda	Yoshie Onda
3	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Mai Asada
1st Alternate	Yasuharu Nanri (added)	Akiko Kitamura (added)
2nd Alternate	Takahiko Kozuka	Akiko Suzuki
3rd Alternate	Noriyuki Kanzaki

External links

• 2005–06 Japan Figure Skating Championships results
• 2005–06 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships results (in Japanese)