2005-2006 Japan Figure Skating Championships
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The Japan or All-Japan Figure Skating Championships are held annually to determine the Japanese figure skating title. The disciplines of competition were 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...

 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....

. This event was used to determine the teams for the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
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, the 2006 World Figure Skating Championships
2006 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. This event is considered the most prestigious of the ISU Championships.The 2006 Worlds were held at the...

 and the 2006 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
2006 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
The 2006 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships were the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships for the 2005/2006 season. Commonly abbreviated "4CC", they are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of Four Continents Champion. Skaters...

. The level of competition was Senior-level only. Juniors competed 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 advanced to the 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition. The 2006 competition took place in Ljubljana, Slovenia from March 6–12, 2006...

.

The 2005–2006 season championships were held in the Yoyogi National Symnasium in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

 between December 23 and 25, 2005.

Men

Rank Name Club Total Points SP FS
1 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....

 
Kansai Univ Skating Club 223.12 2 1
2 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 :...

 
Kansai Univ Skating Club 218.70 1 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:...

 
Papio Fukuoka 200.62 3 4
4 Takahiko Kozuka
Takahiko Kozuka
is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2011 World silver medalist and Japanese national champion, the 2006 World Junior Champion, the 2009 Four Continents bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final medalist and the 2005-2006 Junior Grand Prix Final champion....

 
Chukyo Senior High School 193.00 10 3
5 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:...

 
IMG 179.64 7 5
6 Takemochi Ohgami  Nihon Univ 173.82 6 7
7 Yasuharu Nanri
Yasuharu Nanri
is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2007 & 2008 Japanese national bronze medalist. He skated at the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, and placed 19th while earning his personal best total score in international competition.-Programs:...

 
Nakamura Gakuen Univ 173.39 4 8
8 Takahito Mura
Takahito Mura
is a Japanese figure skater. He is a two-time Finlandia Trophy champion, 2010 Triglav Trophy champion, the 2009 Japanese bronze medalist, and and 2008 junior national champion.-Personal life:...

 
Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 171.35 9 6
9 Hideo Umetani  Osaka Univ Figure Skatec 165.35 5 12
10 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:...

 
Kyoto Univ.Figure 164.27 8 11
11 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:...

 
Meiji Univ 161.35 11 9
12 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:...

 
Hosei Univ 160.02 12 10
13 Takao Ogawa  Shinyokohama Prince Club 148.74 14 13
14 Tatsuya Kitagaki  Doshisha Univ.Figure 140.14 13 14
15 Atsushi Usuda  Keio University 132.19 16 15
16 Ken Tanabe  Meiji Univ 128.90 15 19
17 Yusuke Nakagawa  Nihon Univ 126.95 18 16
18 Taku Tamura  Ritsumei Univ. 126.48 17 17
19 Naofumi Torii  St.Paul's 121.84 20 18
20 Makoto Nakata  Fukuoka Univ 115.17 19 20
21 Hayato Odajima  Obihiro Figure Club 111.47 21 21
22 Tomohiro Suzuki  Tobu Kawagoe FSC 107.54 22 22
23 Hidenori Kambayashi  Keio University 95.32 23 23
24 Kazunari Aoki  Kyoto Univ.Figure 91.72 24 24
Did not advance to free skate
25 Toru Kimura  33.11 25
26 Kengo Shibata  32.23 26
27 Koji Nakaniwa  31.43 27

Ladies

Rank Name Club Total Points 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...

 
Avex 194.16 2 1
2 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...

 
Grand Prix Tokai Club 188.10 3 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...

 
Prince Hotel 187.36 1 4
4 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....

 
Tokai Gakuen University 186.06 4 2
5 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...

 
Waseda Univ 175.66 5 5
6 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....

 
Chukyo Senior High School 173.36 6 6
7 Aki Sawada
Aki Sawada
is a Japanese ladies figure skater. She has landed triple axels in national competition.-Career:Sawada began skating when she was six when her mother recommended that she go to figure skating class.-Programs:-Senior results:-Junior Results:-References:...

 
Kyoto Nishi High. 155.98 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....

 
Tokai Gakuen High School 150.66 7 9
9 Nana Takeda
Nana Takeda
in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Japanese junior national champion. She won a gold and a silver medal on the 2006 Junior Grand Prix circuit and placed fifth at the Junior Grand Prix Final.-Programs:-Post-2005:-Pre-2005:...

 
Nihonbashi Jogakan 149.76 10 8
10 Akiko Kitamura
Akiko Kitamura
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Japanese junior national bronze medalist. Kitamura is a four season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and has qualified twice for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Kitamura represented Japan at the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and...

 
Kyoto Daigo Fsc 147.02 8 10
11 Yuki Umetani  Kansai Gakuen Univ 121.78 14 11
12 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....

 
Tohoku Fukushi University 117.18 12 15
13 Chika Suguri  Toyo Eiwa University 114.84 17 12
14 Miki Sone  Chukyo Univ 114.16 15 14
15 Emi Hirai  Kansai Univ Skating Club 113.86 11 16
16 Nagisa Hayashi  Musashino Gakuin 113.84 16 13
17 Sayaka Yodo  Kobe Port Island FSC 109.16 13 17
18 Ayumi Miyamoto  Chukyo Univ 101.78 19 18
19 Sachie Yamaguchi  Nihon Univ 100.72 20 19
20 Chihoko Tanaka  Kyoto Daigo Fsc 100.18 18 20
21 Sayaka Ishida  Keio University 93.58 21 23
22 Haruka Miki  Suma Gakuen 93.30 22 22
23 Natsuki Wakao  Toyo Univ 92.88 24 21
24 Haruka Oshima  Meito Figure Skating Club 89.44 23 24
Did not advance to free skate
25 Kana Kibesaki  33.22 25
26 Hiroe Kakisawa  32.54 26
27 Aya Sumida  29.18 27
28 Ami Kobayashi  29.18 28
29 Sachiyo Imaichi  29.18 29
30 Kayoko Tsuji  27.26 30
31 Yukina Mada  25.44 31
32 Mayumi Hirota  23.90 32

Ice dancing

Rank Name Club Total Points CD OD FD
1 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:*...

 
Shinyokohama Prince Club 162.50 1 1 1
2 Nakako Tsuzuki
Nakako Tsuzuki
is a Japanese retired ice dancer. She is a multiple Japanese national champion and national medalist with four partners. She has competed with Kazu Nakamura, Yuri Razguliaiev, Rinat Farkhoutinov, and Kenji Miyamoto. She retired following the 2005/2006 season....

 / 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...

 
Kyoto Aquarena SC 138.45 2 2 2
3 Minami Sakacho / Tatsuya Sakacho  Hachinohekogyo University 111.05 3 3 3

Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2005–2006 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place in Nagano Big Hat between December 10 and 11, 2005.

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
Ayane Nakamura
is a Japanese figure skater. She placed 4th at the 2007 Junior Grand Prix, Vienna. She is the 2005 Japanese Championships novice gold medalist. She withdrew from the 2007–2008 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships before the event.-Competitive highlights:...

 (1st in Novice-A girls, 9th in Junior), Yuki Nishino
Yuki Nishino
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and the 2007 Japanese Junior silver medalist.- Programs :-Competitive highlights:* N = Novice level; J = Junior level-Detailed results:-References:* * * *...

 (2nd in Novice-A girls, 16th in Junior), and Miruku Matsushita
Miruku Matsushita
is a Japanese figure skater. She placed 11th at the 2007 Junior Grand Prix, USA.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 (3rd in Novice-A girls, 14th in Junior).

Junior Men

Rank Name Club Total Points SP FS
1 Takahiko Kozuka
Takahiko Kozuka
is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2011 World silver medalist and Japanese national champion, the 2006 World Junior Champion, the 2009 Four Continents bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final medalist and the 2005-2006 Junior Grand Prix Final champion....

 
Chukyo Senior High School 183.30 1 1
2 Takahito Mura
Takahito Mura
is a Japanese figure skater. He is a two-time Finlandia Trophy champion, 2010 Triglav Trophy champion, the 2009 Japanese bronze medalist, and and 2008 junior national champion.-Personal life:...

 
Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 173.10 2 2
3 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:...

 
Meiji Univ 169.25 3 3
4 Takemochi Ogami  Nihon Univ 157.78 5 4
5 Tatsuki Machida
Tatsuki Machida
is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist and 2007 Japanese Junior national champion.As of 2011, he trains at the Ice Castle in Lake Arrowhead, California.- Programs :-Senior results:...

 
Kurashiki FSC 146.34 4 5
6 Yukihiro Yoshida
Yukihiro Yoshida
is a Japanese figure skater. He is a four season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 
Kobe Port Island FSC 134.89 6 6
7 Hirofumi Torii
Hirofumi Torii
is a Japanese figure skater. He is a three season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and he won the bronze medal at the 2006 event in Miercurea Ciuc.-Competitive highlights:* J = Junior level-External links:...

 
Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 127.96 8 8
8 Takumi Suenaga  Tohoku High School 124.32 12 7
9 Kosuke Morinaga  123.21 7 12
10 Kunihito Yuasa
Kunihito Yuasa
is a Japanese figure skater. He is a three season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and placed 11th at the 2005 Junior Grand Prix, Romania.-Competitive highlights:* WD = Withdrawn-External links:...

 
117.38 19 9
11 Tomoyuki Koriyama  116.58 15 11
12 Hikaru Sato  116.04 17 10
13 Hayato Miyazaki  113.87 11 16
14 Takuya Kondo
Takuya Kondo
is a Japanese figure skater. He is a two season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and placed 14th at the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Norway.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 
113.38 13 15
15 Kouki Nakano  112.29 18 14
16 Junzo Nishigami
Junzo Nishigami
is a Japanese figure skater. He attends Kansai University.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 
110.53 10 19
17 Yuki Horinouchi  109.09 22 13
18 Ikuya Itai  109.02 9 20
19 Kento Nakamura
Kento Nakamura
is a Japanese mens figure skater.- Programs :- Competitive highlights :*N = Novice level; J = Junior level- External links :* at Icenetwork...

 
107.57 14 18
20 Satoshi Nakamura  103.65 20 17
21 Junki Sano  98.99 16 21
22 Tatsuya Ishii  92.54 23 22
23 Koshin Yamada  85.17 24 23
24 Taketo Omae  84.51 21 24
Did not advance to free skate
25 Atsuki Kunisawa  30.31 25

Junior Ladies

Rank Name Club Total Points SP FS
1 Aki Sawada
Aki Sawada
is a Japanese ladies figure skater. She has landed triple axels in national competition.-Career:Sawada began skating when she was six when her mother recommended that she go to figure skating class.-Programs:-Senior results:-Junior Results:-References:...

 
Kyoto Nishi High School 151.22 1 2
2 Nana Takeda
Nana Takeda
in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Japanese junior national champion. She won a gold and a silver medal on the 2006 Junior Grand Prix circuit and placed fifth at the Junior Grand Prix Final.-Programs:-Post-2005:-Pre-2005:...

 
Nihonbashi Jogakan 143.88 2 1
3 Akiko Kitamura
Akiko Kitamura
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Japanese junior national bronze medalist. Kitamura is a four season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and has qualified twice for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Kitamura represented Japan at the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and...

 
Kyoto Daigo FSC 134.78 5 4
4 Rumi Suizu
Rumi Suizu
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 Japan Junior Champion. Suizu placed 8th at the 2006-2007 Junior Grand Prix Final.-Programs:-Competitive highlights:-References:...

 
Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 133.58 12 3
5 Miri Yoshida  Grand Prix Tokai Club 127.80 7 5
6 Shoko Ishikawa
Shoko Ishikawa
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2008 Japanese junior bronze medalist. She placed 10th at the 2009 NHK Trophy.-Programs:- Competitive highlights :* J = Junior level-References:...

 
Showanomori FSC 126.66 4 6
7 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....

 
Tokai Gakuen High School 123.76 6 7
8 Mutsumi Takayama
Mutsumi Takayama
is a Japanese figure skater. She won the 2009 Ondrej Nepela Memorial.-Competitive highlights:-External links:*...

 
Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 120.90 3 12
9 Ayane Nakamura
Ayane Nakamura
is a Japanese figure skater. She placed 4th at the 2007 Junior Grand Prix, Vienna. She is the 2005 Japanese Championships novice gold medalist. She withdrew from the 2007–2008 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships before the event.-Competitive highlights:...

 
117.70 9 8
10 Ayako Hagiwara
Ayako Hagiwara
is a Japanese figure skater. She is a three-season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix, placing fourth at the 2002 event in Scottsdale, Arizona. She placed 21st at the 2007 Japanese Figure Skating Championships. She attends Meiji University....

 
113.96 15 9
11 Satsuki Muramoto
Satsuki Muramoto
is a Japanese figure skater. She placed 11th at the 2007 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. Muramoto is coached by Mie Hamada and Yamato Tamura.-Competitive highlights:-References:...

 
113.96 11 11
12 Haruka Inoue  113.02 10 13
13 Risa Mochizuki  108.62 13 15
14 Miruku Matsushita
Miruku Matsushita
is a Japanese figure skater. She placed 11th at the 2007 Junior Grand Prix, USA.-Competitive highlights:-External links:...

 
107.92 22 10
15 Yuka Ishikawa
Yuka Ishikawa
is a Japanese figure skater. She is a three-season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix. She placed 6th at the 2006 event in The Hague, Netherlands.- Programs :-Competitive highlights:-References:...

 
107.20 8 19
16 Yuki Nishino
Yuki Nishino
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and the 2007 Japanese Junior silver medalist.- Programs :-Competitive highlights:* N = Novice level; J = Junior level-Detailed results:-References:* * * *...

 
106.21 14 16
17 Mari Suzuki  103.36 21 14
18 Asuka Miyamoto  103.14 16 18
19 Yuko Iwaki  101.34 17 17
20 Akari Okawa  98.30 19 20
21 Risa Matsuzaki  92.42 24 21
22 Kana Nishizawa  91.28 20 23
23 Mari Senda  89.24 23 22
24 Erika Fujisawa  87.58 18 24
Did not advance to free skate
25 Yurina Nobuhara  30.88 25
26 Midori Suzuki  30.44 26
27 Poemu Nakamura  28.64 27
28 Matsumi Sada  27.22 28

Junior Ice Dancing

Rank Name Club Total Points CD OD FD
1 Rina Sawayama / Taiyo Mizutani  Shinyokohama Prince Club 103.02 1 1 1
2 Tamaho Sugimoto / Aran Ono  Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC 76.79 2 2 2

Olympic Team

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
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....

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...

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:*...

2 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...

3 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....

1st Alternate 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 :...

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...

Nakako Tsuzuki
Nakako Tsuzuki
is a Japanese retired ice dancer. She is a multiple Japanese national champion and national medalist with four partners. She has competed with Kazu Nakamura, Yuri Razguliaiev, Rinat Farkhoutinov, and Kenji Miyamoto. She retired following the 2005/2006 season....

 / 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...

2nd Alternate 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....


World Team

Men Ladies Ice Dancing
1 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 :...

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...

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:*...

2 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...

3 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...

1st Alternate 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....

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....

Nakako Tsuzuki
Nakako Tsuzuki
is a Japanese retired ice dancer. She is a multiple Japanese national champion and national medalist with four partners. She has competed with Kazu Nakamura, Yuri Razguliaiev, Rinat Farkhoutinov, and Kenji Miyamoto. She retired following the 2005/2006 season....

 / 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...

2nd Alternate 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....

3rd Alternate 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....



Arakawa withdrew from the World team following the Olympics. Onda was sent in her stead.

Four Continents Team

Men Ladies Ice Dancing
1 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 :...

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...

Nakako Tsuzuki
Nakako Tsuzuki
is a Japanese retired ice dancer. She is a multiple Japanese national champion and national medalist with four partners. She has competed with Kazu Nakamura, Yuri Razguliaiev, Rinat Farkhoutinov, and Kenji Miyamoto. She retired following the 2005/2006 season....

 / 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...

2 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:...

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 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:...

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....

1st Alternate Yasuharu Nanri
Yasuharu Nanri
is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2007 & 2008 Japanese national bronze medalist. He skated at the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships, and placed 19th while earning his personal best total score in international competition.-Programs:...

Akiko Kitamura
Akiko Kitamura
is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Japanese junior national bronze medalist. Kitamura is a four season competitor on the Junior Grand Prix circuit and has qualified twice for the Junior Grand Prix Final. Kitamura represented Japan at the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and...

2nd Alternate Takahiko Kozuka
Takahiko Kozuka
is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 2011 World silver medalist and Japanese national champion, the 2006 World Junior Champion, the 2009 Four Continents bronze medalist, a two-time Grand Prix Final medalist and the 2005-2006 Junior Grand Prix Final champion....

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....

3rd Alternate 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:...


Honda and Onda withdrew from Four Continents team. Nanri and Kitamura were sent in their stead.
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