2006–07 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2006–07 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 75th edition of the event. They were held between December 27 and 29, 2006 at the Rainbow Ice Arena in Nagoya. 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 2007 World Championships and the 2007 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 2007 World Junior Championships.

Competition notes

• The following skaters placed high enough at Junior Nationals and so were invited to compete at Nationals: Tatsuki Machida, Takahito Mura, and Hirofumi Torii for men, and Nana Takeda, Rumi Suizu, and Satsuki Muramoto for ladies.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	Daisuke Takahashi	256.08	1	85.55	1	170.53
2	Nobunari Oda	235.66	2	81.75	2	153.91
3	Yasuharu Nanri	212.56	3	72.30	3	140.26
4	Noriyuki Kanzaki	210.97	4	70.78	4	140.19
5	Kensuke Nakaniwa	201.08	6	68.25	5	132.83
6	Takahiko Kozuka	200.88	5	70.49	6	130.39
7	Ryo Shibata	177.34	11	54.35	8	122.99
8	Takahito Mura	176.45	13	51.60	7	124.85
9	Hideo Umetani	172.94	9	57.80	9	115.14
10	Takemochi Ohgami	166.97	8	59.11	10	107.86
11	Tatsuya Kitagaki	160.53	10	55.55	11	104.98
12	Taku Tamura	158.23	12	53.36	12	104.87
13	Tatsuki Machida	157.38	7	60.44	14	96.94
14	Hirokazu Kobayashi	149.61	14	51.44	13	98.17
15	Yusuke Nakagawa	142.59	18	48.09	16	94.50
16	Naofumi Torii	140.82	15	49.51	17	91.31
17	Ken Tanabe	139.07	17	48.76	18	90.31
18	Hirofumi Torii	136.83	20	40.97	15	95.86
19	Hidenori Kambayashi	130.91	16	49.18	20	81.73
20	Mizuki Honda	125.48	21	40.54	19	84.94
21	Toru Kimura	113.68	23	36.57	21	77.11
22	Yuta Kurimura	107.30	19	41.84	23	65.46
23	Itsuki Namioka	105.14	22	39.28	22	65.86
24	Keisuke Kamagata	88.64	24	31.20	24	57.44
Did not advance to free skating
25	Koji Nakaniwa		25	30.72
26	Masato Endo		26	29.80

Ladies

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	Mao Asada	211.76	1	71.14	1	140.62
2	Miki Ando	185.65	2	69.50	3	116.15
3	Yukari Nakano	179.72	3	63.34	2	116.38
4	Fumie Suguri	172.56	5	58.56	4	114.00
5	Yoshie Onda	163.30	4	58.62	5	104.68
6	Aki Sawada	156.48	8	52.90	6	103.58
7	Nana Takeda	152.90	9	51.78	7	101.12
8	Mai Asada	148.28	6	55.56	11	92.72
9	Satsuki Muramoto	146.39	13	47.54	8	98.85
10	Akiko Suzuki	145.22	11	48.72	9	96.50
11	Rumi Suizu	144.56	10	51.10	10	93.46
12	Yukina Ohta	142.62	7	54.46	13	88.16
13	Yuki Umetani	130.81	15	42.24	12	88.57
14	Emi Hirai	124.11	17	39.10	14	85.01
15	Miki Sone	121.09	12	48.14	18	72.95
16	Sayaka Yodo	118.37	14	44.42	17	73.95
17	Haruka Miki	117.65	19	37.78	15	79.87
18	Ayumi Miyamoto	114.54	21	36.88	16	77.66
19	Kazuha Asami	109.70	18	38.24	20	71.46
20	Sachie Yamaguchi	105.61	23	33.80	19	71.81
21	Ayako Hagiwara	104.45	16	40.92	23	63.53
22	Yuko Iwaki	103.98	22	35.86	21	68.12
23	Nagisa Hayashi	103.68	20	37.70	22	65.98
24	Asami Nagumo	89.41	24	32.88	24	56.53
Did not advance to free skating
25	Yurina Nagata		25	31.20
26	Hinako Kikuchi		26	31.18
27	Mai Furukawa		27	28.26
28	Erika Fujisawa		28	27.62
29	Mio Yamazaki		29	27.32

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido	162.02	1	28.97	1	51.08	1	81.97
2	Cathy Reed / Chris Reed	150.04	2	26.74	2	46.30	2	77.00
3	Minami Sakacho / Tatsuya Sakacho	120.76	3	20.41	3	37.01	3	63.34

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2006–07 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place between November 26 and 27, 2006 in Hiroshima.

Men

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	Tatsuki Machida	165.38	1	60.35	2	105.03
2	Takahito Mura	164.58	2	58.35	1	106.23
3	Hirofumi Torii	145.76	5	47.39	3	98.37
4	Naoto Saito	136.57	3	50.85	6	85.72
5	Yukihiro Yoshida	132.24	7	42.69	5	89.55
6	Akio Sasaki	132.10	4	49.85	11	82.25
7	Yuzuru Hanyu	128.96	18	38.80	4	90.16
8	Kento Nakamura	127.50	6	44.37	9	83.13
9	Takuya Kondo	126.47	9	41.62	7	84.85
10	Ryuju Hino	124.65	13	40.45	8	84.20
11	Kunihito Yuasa	121.28	10	41.46	12	79.82
12	Junzo Nishigami	119.42	22	37.15	10	82.27
13	Tomoyuki Koriyama	117.66	11	41.05	13	76.61
14	Yuki Horinouchi	112.99	14	40.06	14	72.93
15	Ikuya Itai	110.25	15	39.30	16	70.95
16	Keiji Tanaka	110.21	21	37.54	15	72.67
17	Ryuichi Kihara	110.17	12	40.85	17	69.32
18	Satoshi Nakamura	106.35	17	38.82	18	67.53
19	Takumi Suenaga	105.01	8	42.54	20	62.47
20	Junki Sano	100.22	24	35.37	19	64.85
21	Seiya Hashimoto	99.00	16	39.02	23	59.98
22	Hayato Miyazaki	98.96	23	37.04	21	61.92
23	Yoji Tsuboi	98.93	19	37.85	22	61.08
24	Atsuki Kunisawa	95.19	20	37.67	24	57.52
Did not advance to free skating
25	Tatsuya Ishii		25	34.59
26	Koshin Yamada		26	34.36
27	Kaoru Tsuji		27	34.20
28	Kozuke Nozoe		28	32.38
29	Ryoichi Eguchi		29	32.13

Ladies

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	Nana Takeda	137.08	1	48.66	2	88.42
2	Rumi Suizu	132.61	4	43.02	1	89.59
3	Satsuki Muramoto	131.23	3	44.14	3	87.09
4	Ayane Nakamura	123.56	10	39.26	5	84.30
5	Nanoha Sato	122.84	5	42.94	7	79.90
6	Yuki Nishino	121.83	19	35.92	4	85.91
7	Miruku Matsushita	119.30	20	35.20	6	84.10
8	Yuka Ishikawa	116.19	15	37.82	8	78.37
9	Yurina Nobuhara	115.92	9	39.28	9	76.64
10	Mutsumi Takayama	110.36	7	41.08	12	69.28
11	Risa Mochizuki	110.10	6	42.06	14	68.04
12	Shoko Ishikawa	108.27	2	45.04	18	63.23
13	Shion Kokubun	108.16	14	38.22	11	69.94
14	Naomi Tanigawa	106.94	8	39.76	15	67.18
15	Poemu Nakamura	105.76	24	32.86	10	72.90
16	Kuriko Oikawa	103.30	16	37.38	16	65.92
17	Mari Suzuki	101.45	11	39.26	20	62.19
18	Akiko Kitamura	101.28	23	32.94	13	68.34
19	Kana Nishizawa	100.39	17	37.28	19	63.11
20	Miyu Yamazaki	98.39	22	33.20	17	65.19
21	Haruka Inoue	98.09	13	38.62	21	59.47
22	Mao Nagao	96.83	12	38.68	23	58.15
23	Kaori Tatematsu	95.08	18	36.22	22	58.86
24	Ayumi Goto	89.46	21	33.54	24	55.92
Did not advance to free skating
25	Mari Senda		25	31.86
26	Sae Onishi		26	27.84
27	Eri Seto		27	26.58
WD	Kana Muramoto

Pairs

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	Narumi Takahashi / Yoshiaki Yamada	87.23	1	31.44	1	55.79

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1	Rina Sawayama / Taiyo Mizutani	106.99	1	21.39	1	36.28	1	49.32

International team selections

World Championships

	Men	Ladies	Ice dancing
1	Daisuke Takahashi	Mao Asada	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido
2	Nobunari Oda	Miki Ando
3		Yukari Nakano
1st Alternate	Yasuharu Nanri	Fumie Suguri
2nd Alternate	Noriyuki Kanzaki	Yoshie Onda

Four Continents Championships

	Men	Ladies	Ice dancing
1	Yasuharu Nanri	Fumie Suguri	Chris Reed / Cathy Reed
2	Noriyuki Kanzaki	Yoshie Onda
3	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Aki Sawada

External links

• 2006–07 Japan Figure Skating Championships results
• 2006–07 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships results (in Japanese)