2007–08 Japan Figure Skating Championships

2007–08 Japan Figure Skating Championships
Type:	National championship
Date:	26–28 December 2007 (S) 24–25 November 2007 (J)
Season:	2007–08
Location:	Kadoma (S) Sendai (J)
Venue:	Namihaya Dome (S)
Champions
Men's singles: Daisuke Takahashi (S) Takahito Mura (J)
Ladies' singles: Mao Asada (S) Rumi Suizu (J)
Pairs: Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran (J)
Ice dance: Cathy Reed / Chris Reed (S) Haruka Maeda / Taiyo Mizutani (J)
Previous: 2006–07 Japan Championships
Next: 2008–09 Japan Championships

The 2007–08 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 76th edition of the event. They were held on December 26–28, 2007 at the Namihaya Dome arena in Kadoma, Osaka. National Champions were crowned in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. Results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the 2008 World Championships and the 2008 Four Continents Championships.

Competition notes

• Nobunari Oda withdrew before the competition.
• The following skaters placed high enough at Junior Nationals and so were invited to compete at Nationals: Takahito Mura, Akio Sasaki, and Yukihiro Yoshida for men, and Rumi Suizu, Yuki Nishino, and Shoko Ishikawa for ladies.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	SP		FS
1	Daisuke Takahashi	Kansai Univ. Skating Club	254.58	1	85.43	1	169.15
2	Takahiko Kozuka	Toyota	219.34	2	72.70	2	146.64
3	Yasuharu Nanri	Nakamura Gakuen University	199.81	4	68.30	3	131.51
4	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Papio Fukuoka	198.94	3	71.30	4	127.64
5	Takahito Mura	Komaba Gakuen	188.80	5	67.35	6	121.45
6	Hideo Umetani	Osaka Univ. Figure Skatec	181.36	6	57.99	5	123.37
7	Yukihiro Yoshida	Kobe P.I. FSC	168.03	10	52.15	8	115.88
8	Ryo Shibata	Meiji University	167.93	11	50.00	7	117.93
9	Hirokazu Kobayashi	Hosei	164.95	8	56.55	9	108.40
10	Akio Sasaki	buso High school	159.52	9	54.50	10	105.02
11	Tatsuya Kitagaki	Doshisha F.Skating Club	154.14	7	57.71	12	96.43
12	Takemochi Ohgami	Kurashiki FSC	148.55	14	46.79	11	101.76
13	Naofumi Torii	St.Paul's	136.72	18	41.92	13	94.80
14	Hayato Odajima	Hokkaido.Forest.F.S.C	135.49	12	48.89	15	86.60
15	Junki Sano	Chukyo University	135.33	13	48.09	14	87.24
16	Ken Tanabe	Meiji University	132.51	15	46.61	16	85.90
17	Takumi Suenaga	Tohoku Fukushi University	131.62	16	46.08	17	85.54
18	Toru Kimura	Hachinohe Gold F･S･C	120.96	19	41.49	18	79.47
19	Hikaru Sato	Iizuka FC	119.00	17	42.69	19	76.31
20	Tatsuya Ishii	Osakauniv Of Economicsisc	107.82	22	35.62	20	72.20
21	Mizuki Honda	Toyo University	103.21	20	37.34	21	65.87
22	Teruki Nagano	Kyoto Daigo Fsc	98.61	21	36.44	22	62.17
23	Taketo Omae	Ritsumei University	82.55	23	34.02	23	48.53
24	Gento Yamanaka	Kyoto Aquarena Sc	73.76	24	26.41	24	47.35

Ladies

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	SP		FS
1	Mao Asada	Chukyo Senior High School	205.33	1	72.92	2	132.41
2	Miki Ando	Toyota	204.18	2	68.68	1	135.50
3	Yukari Nakano	Waseda Univ	184.31	4	61.16	3	123.15
4	Fumie Suguri	Avex	161.79	3	63.50	6	98.29
5	Akiko Suzuki	Howa Sports Land Skate Club	159.93	5	58.66	5	101.27
6	Nana Takeda	Waseda University	157.97	9	49.34	4	108.63
7	Yukina Ohta	Hosei	142.96	7	50.84	8	92.12
8	Shoko Ishikawa	Nihonbashi Jogakan	142.57	8	50.10	7	92.47
9	Aki Sawada	Kansai Univ Skating Club	138.91	11	48.70	10	90.21
10	Yuki Nishino	Musashino Gakuin	137.51	10	48.94	11	88.57
11	Rumi Suizu	Komaba Gakuen	136.27	6	53.82	13	82.45
12	Mai Asada	Chukyo University	135.55	17	43.92	9	91.63
13	Sayaka Yodo	Kwansei Gakuin University	134.27	12	47.48	12	86.79
14	Emi Hirai	Kansai Univ. Skating Club	126.78	16	44.40	14	82.38
15	Nagisa Hayashi	Waseda University	126.22	13	46.60	16	79.62
16	Ayumi Miyamoto	Chukyo University	126.14	15	45.00	15	81.14
17	Ayako Hagiwara	Meiji University	116.59	14	45.56	19	71.03
18	Eri Seto	Osaka Skating Club	115.23	22	38.82	17	76.41
19	Asako Yodo	Kobe P.I. FSC	111.88	18	40.78	18	71.10
20	Misaki Ohara	Nihon University	106.10	23	38.66	20	67.44
21	Miki Sone	Chukyo University	99.61	24	38.14	21	61.47
22	Risa Mochizuki	Meiji University	97.67	21	39.04	22	58.63
23	Yurina Nagata	Chukyo University	97.04	19	40.10	23	56.94
24	Asami Nagumo	Shinyokohama Prince Club	94.76	20	39.92	24	54.84
Did not advance to free skating
25	Hinako Kikuchi			25	37.12
26	Sachie Yamaguchi			26	35.74
27	Yuko Iwaki			27	35.30
28	Ami Kobayashi			28	34.72
29	Mira Nanri			29	32.48
30	Haruka Miki			30	30.10

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Club	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1	Cathy Reed / Chris Reed	Kawagoe FSC	166.41	1	30.13	1	51.22	1	85.06

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2007–08 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place between November 24 and 25, 2007 in Sendai.

The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals to be invited to compete here: Yuzuru Hanyu (1st in novice, 3rd in junior), Keiji Tanaka (second in novice, 8th in junior), and Ryuju Hino (third in novice, 10th in junior) in men. In ladies, it was Roanna-Sari Oshikawa (1st in novice, 25 in junior), Yukiko Fujisawa (second in novice, 19th in junior), and Miho Sasaki (third in novice, 14th in junior).

Although normally under the rules, a podium finish in the men's event on the Junior level would bring an invitation to compete at the senior level, twelve-year-old Hanyu was not able to be invited due to his age and skating level. Yukihiro Yoshida was therefore invited instead. Hanyu is also not listed as an alternate to Junior Worlds because he is not old enough to attend that competition.

Ayane Nakamura withdrew before the competition.

Men

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	Takahito Mura	169.34	1	60.24	3	109.10
2	Akio Sasaki	164.66	3	53.73	2	110.93
3	Yuzuru Hanyu	161.02	7	49.55	1	111.47
4	Yukihiro Yoshida	157.23	5	51.99	4	105.24
5	Daisuke Murakami	156.97	2	54.95	6	102.02
6	Takuya Kondo	154.49	4	53.70	7	100.79
7	Tatsuki Machida	152.21	8	48.53	5	103.68
8	Keiji Tanaka	144.46	11	44.50	8	99.96
9	Naoto Saito	142.26	6	51.37	12	90.89
10	Ryuju Hino	140.42	10	45.95	10	94.47
11	Kunihito Yuasa	137.00	9	46.01	11	90.99
12	Yoji Tsuboi	135.02	16	40.38	9	94.64
13	Jun Suzuki	130.23	12	44.10	13	86.13
14	Kento Nakamura	127.15	13	41.82	14	85.33
15	Kozuke Nozoe	117.22	17	39.49	16	77.73
16	Ryuichi Kihara	116.60	21	37.57	15	79.03
17	Yuki Horinouchi	115.85	20	38.48	17	77.37
18	Kaoru Tsuji	114.63	14	40.72	18	73.91
19	Satoshi Nakamura	112.54	15	40.43	19	72.11
20	Hiroki Habu	106.51	18	39.05	21	67.46
21	Masataka Nakajima	105.66	22	37.27	20	68.39
22	Ikuya Itai	103.44	19	38.63	22	64.81
23	Kensuke Ogasawara	99.49	23	36.26	23	63.23
24	Hayato Miyazaki	93.91	24	35.50	24	58.41
Did not advance to free skating
25	Tomoyuki Koriyama		25	34.76
26	Hikaru Murayama		26	34.70
27	Daisuke Isozaki		27	33.86
28	Sei Matsumura		28	33.00
29	Eiki Hattori		29	31.80

Ladies

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	Rumi Suizu	146.58	1	53.52	1	93.06
2	Yuki Nishino	138.16	2	52.44	3	85.72
3	Shoko Ishikawa	130.96	9	41.56	2	89.40
4	Satsuki Muramoto	129.05	4	47.98	4	81.07
5	Yuka Ishikawa	128.19	3	49.88	5	78.31
6	Nanoha Sato	122.38	5	47.04	10	75.34
7	Haruka Imai	119.99	7	43.42	9	76.57
8	Kana Muramoto	116.57	11	39.96	8	76.61
9	Juri Ohkawa	116.52	13	39.38	6	77.14
10	Mari Suzuki	114.79	16	37.76	7	77.03
11	Mika Nakamura	112.05	10	40.66	12	71.39
12	Mutsumi Takayama	110.80	12	39.58	13	71.22
13	Yurina Nobuhara	109.72	21	36.64	11	73.08
14	Miho Sasaki	109.35	6	44.20	20	65.15
15	Shion Kokubun	107.85	19	37.00	14	70.85
16	Haruka Inoue	107.37	8	42.10	19	65.27
17	Naomi Tanigawa	106.69	15	38.74	16	67.95
18	Mao Nagao	106.23	14	39.16	18	67.07
19	Yukiko Fujisawa	105.66	20	36.72	15	68.94
20	Mari Senda	103.90	22	36.36	17	67.54
21	Momoka Gonohe	100.95	18	37.02	21	63.93
22	Kana Nishizawa	100.88	17	37.18	22	63.70
23	Misato Komatsubara	94.18	23	35.82	23	58.36
24	Kotoha Asami	93.42	24	35.78	24	57.64
Did not advance to free skating
25	Roanna-Sari Oshikawa		25	35.40
26	Miruku Matsushita		26	35.34
27	Saya Ueno		27	34.26
28	Yuka Kawano		28	32.96

Pairs

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran	104.36	1	36.84	1	67.52

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1	Haruka Maeda / Taiyo Mizutani	119.82	1	22.91	1	41.53	1	55.38
2	Nana Sugiki / Ayato Yuzawa	106.85	2	22.55	2	34.21	2	50.09
3	Kaede Hara / Kokoro Mizutani	91.20	3	20.19	3	27.40	3	43.61

International team selections

World Championships

	Men	Ladies	Ice dancing
1	Daisuke Takahashi	Mao Asada	Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
2	Takahiko Kozuka	Miki Ando
3	Yasuharu Nanri	Yukari Nakano
1st Alternate	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Fumie Suguri
2nd Alternate	Takahito Mura	Akiko Suzuki

Four Continents Championships

	Men	Ladies	Ice dancing
1	Daisuke Takahashi	Mao Asada	Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
2	Takahiko Kozuka	Miki Ando
3	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Fumie Suguri
1st Alternate	Hideo Umetani	Akiko Suzuki
2nd Alternate	Ryo Shibata	Nana Takeda

World Junior Championships

After Junior Nationals, the World Junior team was announced as follows:

	Men	Ladies	Pairs
1	Takahito Mura	Rumi Suizu	Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran
2	Akio Sasaki	Yuki Nishino
1st Alternate	Yukihiro Yoshida	Shoko Ishikawa
2nd Alternate	Takuya Kondo	Satsuki Muramoto

External links

• 2007–08 Japan Figure Skating Championships results
• 2007–08 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships results (in Japanese)