The Japan or is held annually to determine the Japanese figure skating title. The disciplines of competition are men's singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, ladies singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, pairs

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, and ice dancing

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. Some years some disciplines are not held because there are no skaters in those disciplines. This event was used to determine the teams for the World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

 and the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

Four Continents Figure Skating Championships

The Four Continents Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition. The International Skating Union established it in 1999 to provide skaters representing non-European countries with a similar competition to the much older European Figure Skating Championships and a chance...

. The level of competition is Senior-level only. Juniors compete at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions on the Junior level for Japan. The first Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships was held in 1931. It is the junior level equivalent of the Japan Figure Skating Championships...

, where the top three advance to the World Junior Figure Skating Championships

World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...

.

The 2002–2003 season championships were held in Kyoto Aquarena  in Kyoto

Kyoto

is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:...

 between December 19th and 22nd, 2002. The 2002–2003 competition was the 71st year of the championships.

Men

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Takeshi Honda Takeshi Honda in Kōriyama, Fukushima is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist , two-time Four Continents champion , and six-time Japan national champion.-Biography:...	1.5	1	1
2	Yamato Tamura Yamato Tamura is a Japanese figure skater who competed in both singles and pairs. As a single skater, he is a two-time Japanese national champion. He represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, placing 17th...	3.5	3	2
3	Kensuke Nakaniwa Kensuke Nakaniwa is a Japanese figure skater. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the Japanese national championships and the 2005 silver medalist. His programs are choreographed by David Wilson.-Programs:-Competitive highlights:-External links:...	5.0	4	3
4	Daisuke Takahashi Daisuke Takahashi is a Japanese figure skater, notable as the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2010 World Champion, the 2007 World silver medalist, a two-time Four Continents Champion, and a four-time Japanese national champion....	5.0	2	4
5	Ryo Shibata Ryo Shibata is a Japanese figure skater. He is a two-time competitor at the Junior Grand Prix final and the World Junior Championships. He has been called "the Japanese Johnny Weir".Shibata has performed a Biellmann spin in competition.-Competitive highlights:...	7.5	5	5
6	Nobunari Oda Nobunari Oda is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2006 Four Continents Champion, the 2009–2010 and 2010–2011 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2005 World Junior Champion and the 2008 Japanese National Champion.- Personal life :...	10.0	8	6
7	Eiji Iwamoto Eiji Iwamoto is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 1999 Japanese junior national champion. He went on to compete for Japan at the 2000 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where he placed 24th. He competed for three seasons on the Junior Grand Prix, winning the silver medal at the 1998 event in Mexico....	11.0	6	8
8	Hirokazu Kobayashi Hirokazu Kobayashi (figure skater) is a Japanese figure skater. He placed 22nd at the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and 12th at the 2004 NHK Trophy. He is coached by Nobuo Satō.-External links:...	12.5	7	9
9	Noriyuki Kanzaki Noriyuki Kanzaki is a Japanese figure skater. He placed fourth at the 2007 Japanese national championships, and won the silver medal at the 2005 Nebelhorn Trophy.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...	15.0	16	7
10	Soshi Tanaka Soshi Tanaka is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2001 Japanese junior national champion. He won both his Junior Grand Prix events in the 1999-2000 season, qualifying himself for the Junior Grand Prix Final, where he placed 4th. He is a three-time competitor at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships....	16.5	13	10
11	Takao Ogawa	18.0	12	12
12	Yutaka Tsuru	19.0	10	14
13	Shinya Yoshida	20.0	18	11
14	Suguru Nakai	20.5	9	16
15	Jun Ishigaki	22.5	11	17
16	Kazumi Kishimoto Kazumi Kishimoto is a Japanese figure skater. He has won medals on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. In his senior grand prix debut, he placed 11th at the 2005 Cup of China.-Results:-External links:...	23.5	21	13
17	Takushi Kuroda	25.0	20	15
18	Atsushi Usuda	25.0	14	18
19	Takahito Kawai	26.5	15	19
20	Shumpei Watanabe	29.5	17	21
21	Megumu Seki	31.5	23	20
22	Yusuke Nakagawa	31.5	19	22
23	Tomohiro Suzuki	35.0	24	23
24	Kimitaka Sakurai	35.0	22	24
Free Skate Not Reached
25	Takashiro Nakagawa		25
26	Kazunari Kishida		26
27	Kyohei Fukuda		27
28	Jun Inoue		28
29	Moriyuki Ninomiya		29
30	Yoshinori Susaki		30

Ladies

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Fumie Suguri Fumie Suguri is a Japanese figure skater. She is a five-time Japanese National Champion, a three-time World Championship medalist, a three-time Four Continents Champion and the 2003-2004 Grand Prix Final Champion.-Personal life:Suguri was born in Chiba, Chiba, Japan...	2.5	3	1
2	Yoshie Onda Yoshie Onda is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2005 Four Continents silver medalist and 2001-2002 bronze medalist.-Career:Onda started skating when she turned nine years old....	3.5	1	3
3	Shizuka Arakawa Shizuka Arakawa is a Japanese figure skater.She is the 2006 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles and the 2004 World Champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in figure skating, after Midori Ito, who won silver...	5.5	7	2
4	Yukina Ota Yukina Ota in Kyoto is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2003 World Junior Champion and the 2004 Four Continents Champion. She announced her retirement from competitive skating on November 26, 2008, retiring due to injury.-Biography:...	6.0	4	4
5	Miki Ando Miki Ando is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 World Champion, 2011 Four Continents Champion, 2004 World Junior Champion, and a three-time Japanese National Champion....	7.0	2	6
6	Yukari Nakano Yukari Nakano is a former competitive figure skater for Japan.She is the 2007 Asian Winter Games champion, the 2006 Four Continents silver medalist, 2003 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2005-2006 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a three-time Japanese bronze medalist.She is one of the five ladies...	7.5	5	5
7	Mao Asada Mao Asada is a Japanese figure skater.She is the 2010 Winter Olympic silver medalist, the 2008 & 2010 World champion, the 2008 & 2010 Four Continents champion, a two-time Grand Prix Final champion, the 2005 World Junior champion, the 2004–2005 Junior Grand Prix Final champion and a four-time Japanese...	11.5	9	7
8	Mai Asada Mai Asada is a Japanese figure skater. She was the 2004–2005 Japanese junior national silver medalist.Mai Asada studied ballet before taking up skating at the age of eight or nine....	12.0	8	8
9	Akiko Suzuki Akiko Suzuki is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2010 Japanese national silver medalist, the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2009 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and the 2007 Winter University Games Champion....	12.0	6	9
10	Rie Takeuchi	17.0	10	12
11	Yuko Kagita	17.5	15	10
12	Kanako Takahashi	19.5	17	11
13	Kanako Sato	21.0	16	13
14	Kana Kibesaki	21.0	14	14
15	Fumi Hasebe	21.0	12	15
16	Chisato Shiina Chisato Shiina is a Japanese figure skater.She is the 2000 Japanese national champion. She was a multiple medalist on the Junior Grand Prix and qualified for the 1999 Junior Grand prix Final. She competed on the senior Grand Prix, as well as at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships and Four Continents...	22.5	11	17
17	Kaoru Sato	24.5	13	18
18	Marie Arai Marie Arai in Tokyo, Japan is a Japanese pair skater who is now a coach. She competed with Yamato Tamura and Shin Amano. Arai and Amano placed 20th in the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. They also won the Japan Figure Skating Championships in 1995.- References :*...	25.0	18	16
19	Chika Suguri	29.0	20	19
20	Yuuki Umetani	29.5	19	20
21	Mai Izawa	32.5	23	21
22	Junko Ichii	32.5	21	22
23	Chihoko Tanaka	34.0	22	23
24	Kei Takahashi	36.0	24	24
Free Skate Not Reached
25	Hanako Hirata		25
26	Emiko Kato		26
27	Rie Hamamura		27
28	Kumi Iwaki		28
29	Yuuri Akagawa		29
30	Sachie Yamaguti		30

Pairs

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Yuko Kawaguchi Yuko Kawaguchi Yuko Kavaguti is a Japanese-Russian pair skater, who has represented Japan, the USA, and Russia in international competition. She competes with Alexander Smirnov, representing Russia. They are the 2010 European champions, 2009 and 2010 World bronze medalists, and 2008-2010 Russian champions...  / Alexander Markuntsov Alexander Markuntsov Alexander Markuntsov is a Russian pair skater who has also competed internationally for Japan. He had the most success with Yuko Kawaguchi, competing for Japan. They teamed up in 1999 and were the first pair team representing Japan to medal at an ISU Championship, which they did when they won the...	1.5	1	1
2	Makiko Ogasawara / Takeo Ogasawara	3.0	2	2

Ice Dancing

Rank	Name	TFP	CD	OD	FD
1	Rie Arikawa Rie Arikawa in Kyoto, Japan is a Japanese retired ice dancer. She competed with Kenji Miyamoto. They are two time Japanese national champions. Their highest placement at an ISU championship was 8th at the 2002 and 2003 Four Continents Championships. Arikawa retired from competitive skating in 2003. She...  / Kenji Miyamoto Kenji Miyamoto (figure skater) is a Japanese retired ice dancer who currently works as a coach and a choreographer. He teamed up with partner Rie Arikawa in 1995. Together, they are two time Japanese national champions. After her retirement from competitive skating in 2003, Miyamoto teamed up with Nakako Tsuzuki. They competed...	3.0	2	2	1
2	Nozomi Watanabe Nozomi Watanabe is a Japanese ice dancer. she regularly dances with Akiyuki Kido. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.-Results:-External links:*...  / Akiyuki Kido Akiyuki Kido is a Japanese ice dancer. He competes with Nozomi Watanabe. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.-Results:-External links:*...	3.0	1	1	2
3	Masumi Haruki / Hiroaki Tokita	6.0	3	3	3
4	Minami Sakacho / Tatsuya Sakacho	8.0	4	4	4
5	Shoko Siina / Tomokazu Tanaka	10.0	5	5	5