2000–01 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2000–01 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 69th edition of the event. They were held on December 8–10, 2000 at the Big Hat arena in Nagano. National Champions were crowned in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. As well as crowning the national champions of Japan for the 2000–01 season, the results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the 2001 World Championships and the 2001 Four Continents Championships.

Competition notes

• The following skaters placed high enough at Junior Nationals and so were invited to compete at Nationals: Soshi Tanaka, Kazumi Kishimoto, and Kensuke Nakaniwa for men, and Akiko Suzuki, Utako Wakamatsu for ladies.
• Yukari Nakano and Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov did not compete due to a time conflict with the 2000–01 ISU Junior Grand Prix.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1	Takeshi Honda	Hosei Univ	1.5	1	1
2	Yamato Tamura	Nihon Univ	4.5	5	2
3	Yosuke Takeuchi	Hosei Univ	4.5	3	3
4	Makoto Okazaki	Iizuka FC	5.0	2	4
5	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Fukuoka Univ	8.0	6	5
6	Soshi Tanaka	Tohoku High School	8.0	4	6
7	Eiji Iwamoto	Nihon Univ	12.0	8	8
8	Yutaka Tsuru	Kashii FSC	12.5	7	9
9	Megumu Seki	Katsuyama FC	14.5	15	7
10	Takashi Ueno	Meiji Univ	16.0	12	10
11	Junichi Takemura	Hosei Univ	16.5	11	11
12	Akira Okamoto	Meiji Univ	16.5	9	12
13	Kazumi Kishimoto	Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy	18.0	10	13
14	Yasuo Ogawa	Keio Univ	23.0	18	14
15	Shunpei Watanabe	Musashino FC	23.0	16	15
16	Shigeya Morigaki	Kwansei Gakuin Univ	24.0	14	17
17	Suguru Nakai	Higashiyama High School	25.5	19	16
18	Takashiro Nakagawa	Toyo Univ	25.5	13	19
19	Kazunari Kishida	Hiroshima SC	28.5	21	18
20	Ryo Arai	Nihon Univ	28.5	17	20
21	Masataka Morishita	Kinki Univ	33.0	24	21
22	Takahito Kawai	Aichi Gakuin Univ	33.0	20	23
23	Jun Ishigaki	Komaba Gakuen High School	33.5	23	22
24	Ryo Utsunomiya	Iyotetsu Club	35.0	22	24
Free Skating Not Reached
25	Masashi Takagi	Sapporo Gakuin Univ		25
26	Takeshi Shirasaka	Katsuyama FC		26
27	Yoga Akiyama	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC		27
28	Tadao Kusaka	Nihon Univ		28
29	Fumiaki Shimokawa	Meiji Univ		29
WD	Naoji Mogi	Senshu Univ

Ladies

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1	Fumie Suguri	Waseda Univ	1.5	1	1
2	Shizuka Arakawa	Waseda Univ	3.5	3	2
3	Yoshie Onda	Tokai Gakuen High School	4.0	2	3
4	Akiko Suzuki	Nagoya FSC	6.5	5	4
5	Utako Wakamatsu	Tohoku Fukushi Univ	7.0	4	5
6	Kanako Takahashi	Senshu Univ	10.0	6	7
7	Yuka Kanazawa	Tohoku Gakuin Univ	11.5	11	6
8	Masayo Oishi	Kinki Univ	13.0	10	8
9	Yuko Kudo	Okayama Kokusai FSC	13.5	9	9
10	Junko Ichii	Kyoto Sangyo Univ	13.5	7	10
11	Kanako Sato	Senshu Univ	18.0	14	11
12	Yuko Kagita	Konan Women's Univ	19.0	12	13
13	Rie Hamamura	Iizuka FC	20.0	8	16
14	Chisato Shiina	Shutoku High School	21.0	18	12
15	Rie Takeuchi	Doshisha Univ	22.0	16	14
16	Fumi Hasebe	Kawagoe Shogyo high school	23.5	17	15
17	Chiaki Saika	Kyoto Sangyo Univ	26.5	13	20
18	Yukie Nogami	Toyo Univ	28.5	23	17
19	Hitomi Suzuki	Chunichi SC	28.5	21	18
20	Marie Arai	Tohoku Fukushi Univ	29.0	20	19
21	Ari Yamanouchi	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	29.5	15	22
22	Mamiko Yamai	Ryukoku Univ	32.0	22	21
23	Shiho Honda	Kawagoe Shogyo high school	32.5	19	23
24	Mai Izawa	Toyo Univ	36.0	24	24
Free Skating Not Reached
25	Emiko Kato	Orion FSC		25
26	Ai Musha	Izumi DOSC Academy		26
27	Mayumi Honda	Tohoku high school		27
28	Kei Takahashi	Nihon Univ		28
29	Miho Yamamoto	Senshu Univ		29

Pairs

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1	Makiko Ogasawara / Takeo Ogasawara	Gold FSC	1.5	1	1

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov	Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy	2.4	2	2	1	1
2	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido	Shinyokohama Prince Club	3.6	1	1	2	2
3	Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	6.0	3	3	3	3
4	Shoko Shiina / Tomokazu Tanaka	Kansai SC	8.0	4	4	4	4

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2000–01 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place between November 25 and 26, 2000 at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall.

The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals to be invited to compete here: Miki Ando (1st in novice, 3rd in junior) and Takahiko Kozuka (1st in novice, 18th in junior).

Although normally under the rules, a podium finish in the Ladies event on the Junior level would bring an invitation to compete at the senior level, twelve years old Miki Ando was not able to be invited due to her age and skating level.

Men

• Entry: 27 athletes

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1	Soshi Tanaka	Tohoku High School	1.5	1	1
2	Kazumi Kishimoto	Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy	3.0	2	2
3	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Fukuoka Univ	4.5	3	3
4	Daisuke Takahashi	Kurashiki FSC	6.0	4	4
5	Takeshi Ushigome	Orion FSC	8.0	6	5

Ladies

• Entry: 32 athletes

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	SP	FS
1	Yukari Nakano	Tokai FSC	1.5	1	1
2	Akiko Suzuki	Nagoya FSC	4.0	4	2
3	Miki Ando	Meito FSC	4.0	2	3
4	Utako Wakamatsu	Tohoku Fukushi Univ	6.5	3	5
5	Ichie Hayashi	Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC	7.0	6	4

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Club	TFP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	Minami Sakacho / Tatsuya Sakacho	Hachinohe Seagull FC	2.0	1	1	1	1
2	Ikuko Chida / Atsushi Funabashi	Musashino FSC	4.0	2	2	2	2

International team selections

World Championships

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Takeshi Honda	Fumie Suguri	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov	Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov
2	Yamato Tamura
1st Alternate	Yosuke Takeuchi	Yoshie Onda		Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido

Four Continents Championships

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Takeshi Honda	Fumie Suguri	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov	Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov
2	Yamato Tamura	Shizuka Arakawa		Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido
3	Yosuke Takeuchi	Yoshie Onda
1st Alternate	Soshi Tanaka	Akiko Suzuki

World Junior Championships

	Men	Ladies	Pairs
1	Soshi Tanaka	Yukari Nakano	Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov
2	Kazumi Kishimoto	Akiko Suzuki
1st Alternate	Kensuke Nakaniwa	Utako Wakamatsu

External links

• 2000–01 Japan Figure Skating Championships results
• 2000–01 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships results (in Japanese)