Figure skating competition
The 2005–06 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 74th edition of the event. They were held between December 23 and 25, 2005 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo . 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 2006 Winter Olympics , the 2006 World Championships , and the 2006 Four Continents Championships . The level of competition was Senior-level only. Juniors competed at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships , where the top three advanced to the 2006 World Junior Championships .
Notes
Because of an error in the scoring system software, Nobunari Oda was originally declared the winner of the men's event, with Daisuke Takahashi placing second. Oda had done four combination jumps instead of the allowed three, but the software had counted the fourth combination jump. When the error was discovered and fixed, their placements switched, with Takahashi winning the event and being sent to the Olympics. Oda was sent to World Championships. Japan had only one entry to the Olympics and to the World Championships in the men's event.
Despite her 2nd-place finish, Mao Asada was not chosen for the Olympic, World, or Four Continents team, because she was not old enough. She was instead sent back to Junior Worlds.
Results
Men
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Daisuke Takahashi
Kansai Univ Skating Club
223.12
2
74.52
1
148.60
2
Nobunari Oda
Kansai Univ Skating Club
218.70
1
79.90
2
138.80
3
Kensuke Nakaniwa
Papio Fukuoka
200.62
3
71.50
4
129.12
4
Takahiko Kozuka
Chukyo Senior High School
193.00
10
55.80
3
137.20
5
Takeshi Honda
IMG
179.64
7
60.60
5
119.04
6
Takemochi Ohgami
Nihon Univ
173.82
6
61.44
7
112.38
7
Yasuharu Nanri
Nakamura Gakuen Univ
173.39
4
63.29
8
110.10
8
Takahito Mura
Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC
171.35
9
55.85
6
115.50
9
Hideo Umetani
Osaka Univ Figure Skatec
165.35
5
61.65
12
103.70
10
Noriyuki Kanzaki
Kyoto Univ.Figure
164.27
8
59.57
11
104.70
11
Ryo Shibata
Meiji Univ
161.35
11
53.15
9
108.20
12
Hirokazu Kobayashi
Hosei Univ
160.02
12
53.02
10
107.00
13
Takao Ogawa
Shinyokohama Prince Club
148.74
14
48.82
13
99.92
14
Tatsuya Kitagaki
Doshisha Univ.Figure
140.14
13
50.48
14
89.66
15
Atsushi Usuda
Keio University
132.19
16
44.79
15
87.40
16
Ken Tanabe
Meiji Univ
128.90
15
45.50
19
83.40
17
Yusuke Nakagawa
Nihon Univ
126.95
18
40.91
16
86.04
18
Taku Tamura
Ritsumei Univ.
126.48
17
41.50
17
84.98
19
Naofumi Torii
St.Paul's
121.84
20
38.44
18
83.40
20
Makoto Nakata
Fukuoka Univ
115.17
19
38.45
20
76.72
21
Hayato Odajima
Obihiro Figure Club
111.47
21
37.31
21
74.16
22
Tomohiro Suzuki
Tobu Kawagoe FSC
107.54
22
36.06
22
71.48
23
Hidenori Kambayashi
Keio University
95.32
23
35.74
23
59.58
24
Kazunari Aoki
Kyoto Univ.Figure
91.72
24
34.06
24
57.66
Did not advance to free skating
25
Toru Kimura
25
33.11
26
Kengo Shibata
26
32.23
27
Koji Nakaniwa
27
31.43
Ladies
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Fumie Suguri
Avex
194.16
2
67.30
1
126.86
2
Mao Asada
Grand Prix Tokai Club
188.10
3
66.64
3
121.46
3
Shizuka Arakawa
Prince Hotel
187.36
1
68.76
4
118.60
4
Yoshie Onda
Tokai Gakuen University
186.06
4
62.20
2
123.86
5
Yukari Nakano
Waseda Univ
175.66
5
61.46
5
114.20
6
Miki Ando
Chukyo Senior High School
173.36
6
60.24
6
113.12
7
Aki Sawada
Kyoto Nishi High.
155.98
9
52.44
7
103.54
8
Mai Asada
Tokai Gakuen High School
150.66
7
53.94
9
96.72
9
Nana Takeda
Nihonbashi Jogakan
149.76
10
50.50
8
99.26
10
Akiko Kitamura
Kyoto Daigo Fsc
147.02
8
53.54
10
93.48
11
Yuki Umetani
Kansai Gakuen Univ
121.78
14
42.84
11
78.94
12
Akiko Suzuki
Tohoku Fukushi University
117.18
12
45.34
15
71.84
13
Chika Suguri
Toyo Eiwa University
114.84
17
38.68
12
76.16
14
Miki Sone
Chukyo Univ
114.16
15
41.10
14
73.06
15
Emi Hirai
Kansai Univ Skating Club
113.86
11
45.60
16
68.26
16
Nagisa Hayashi
Musashino Gakuin
113.84
16
40.40
13
73.44
17
Sayaka Yodo
Kobe Port Island FSC
109.16
13
43.52
17
65.64
18
Ayumi Miyamoto
Chukyo Univ
101.78
19
36.38
18
65.40
19
Sachie Yamaguchi
Nihon Univ
100.72
20
36.28
19
64.44
20
Chihoko Tanaka
Kyoto Daigo Fsc
100.18
18
37.18
20
63.00
21
Sayaka Ishida
Keio University
93.58
21
36.16
23
57.42
22
Haruka Miki
Suma Gakuen
93.30
22
35.40
22
57.90
23
Natsuki Wakao
Toyo Univ
92.88
24
33.22
21
59.66
24
Haruka Oshima
Meito Figure Skating Club
89.44
23
33.56
24
55.88
Did not advance to free skating
25
Kana Kibesaki
25
33.22
26
Hiroe Kakisawa
26
32.54
27
Aya Sumida
27
29.18
28
Ami Kobayashi
28
29.18
29
Sachiyo Imaichi
29
29.18
30
Kayoko Tsuji
30
27.26
31
Yukina Mada
31
25.44
32
Mayumi Hirota
32
23.90
Ice dancing
Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2005–06 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships were held between December 10 and 11, 2005 at the Big Hat in Nagano .
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 (1st in novice A girls, 9th in junior), Yuki Nishino (2nd in novice A girls, 16th in junior), and Miruku Matsushita (3rd in novice A girls, 14th in junior).
Men
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Takahiko Kozuka
Chukyo Senior High School
183.30
1
62.10
1
121.20
2
Takahito Mura
Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC
173.10
2
58.40
2
114.70
3
Ryo Shibata
Meiji Univ
169.25
3
56.75
3
112.50
4
Takemochi Ogami
Nihon Univ
157.78
5
52.40
4
105.38
5
Tatsuki Machida
Kurashiki FSC
146.34
4
54.34
5
92.00
6
Yukihiro Yoshida
Kobe Port Island FSC
134.89
6
48.73
6
86.16
7
Hirofumi Torii
Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC
127.96
8
43.52
8
84.44
8
Takumi Suenaga
Tohoku High School
124.32
12
39.42
7
84.90
9
Kosuke Morinaga
123.21
7
45.55
12
77.66
10
Kunihito Yuasa
117.38
19
37.30
9
80.08
11
Tomoyuki Koriyama
116.58
15
38.90
11
77.68
12
Hikaru Sato
116.04
17
37.84
10
78.20
13
Hayato Miyazaki
113.87
11
40.25
16
73.62
14
Takuya Kondo
113.38
13
39.30
15
74.08
15
Kouki Nakano
112.29
18
37.61
14
74.68
16
Junzo Nishigami
110.53
10
42.35
19
68.18
17
Yuki Horinouchi
109.09
22
34.09
13
75.00
18
Ikuya Itai
109.02
9
42.60
20
66.42
19
Kento Nakamura
107.57
14
39.25
18
68.32
20
Satoshi Nakamura
103.65
20
34.81
17
68.84
21
Junki Sano
98.99
16
37.95
21
61.04
22
Tatsuya Ishii
92.54
23
32.48
22
60.06
23
Koshin Yamada
85.17
24
32.35
23
52.82
24
Taketo Omae
84.51
21
34.39
24
50.12
Did not advance to free skating
25
Atsuki Kunisawa
25
30.31
Ladies
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Aki Sawada
Kyoto Nishi High School
151.22
1
56.74
2
94.48
2
Nana Takeda
Nihonbashi Jogakan
143.88
2
48.38
1
95.50
3
Akiko Kitamura
Kyoto Daigo FSC
134.78
5
45.22
4
89.56
4
Rumi Suizu
Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC
133.58
12
41.00
3
92.58
5
Miri Yoshida
Grand Prix Tokai Club
127.80
7
44.66
5
83.14
6
Shoko Ishikawa
Showanomori FSC
126.66
4
46.16
6
80.50
7
Mai Asada
Tokai Gakuen High School
123.76
6
45.10
7
78.66
8
Mutsumi Takayama
Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC
120.90
3
48.10
12
72.80
9
Ayane Nakamura
117.70
9
41.98
8
75.72
10
Ayako Hagiwara
113.96
15
39.16
9
74.80
11
Satsuki Muramoto
113.96
11
41.12
11
72.84
12
Haruka Inoue
113.02
10
41.32
13
71.70
13
Risa Mochizuki
108.62
13
40.38
15
68.24
14
Miruku Matsushita
107.92
22
33.20
10
74.72
15
Yuka Ishikawa
107.20
8
43.28
19
63.92
16
Yuki Nishino
106.21
14
40.06
16
66.06
17
Mari Suzuki
103.36
21
34.86
14
68.50
18
Asuka Miyamoto
103.14
16
38.36
18
64.78
19
Yuko Iwaki
101.34
17
36.52
17
64.82
20
Akari Okawa
98.30
19
35.30
20
63.00
21
Risa Matsuzaki
92.42
24
32.40
21
60.02
22
Kana Nishizawa
91.28
20
35.22
23
56.06
23
Mari Senda
89.24
23
32.84
22
56.40
24
Erika Fujisawa
87.58
18
35.84
24
51.74
Did not advance to free skating
25
Yurina Nobuhara
25
30.88
26
Midori Suzuki
26
30.44
27
Poemu Nakamura
27
28.64
28
Matsumi Sada
28
27.22
Ice dancing
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
CD
OD
FD
1
Rina Sawayama / Taiyo Mizutani
Shinyokohama Prince Club
103.02
1
21.89
1
33.43
1
47.70
2
Tamaho Sugimoto / Aran Ono
Meiji Jingu Gaien FSC
76.79
2
16.70
2
22.58
2
37.51
International team selections
Winter Olympics
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.
World Championships
Four Continents Championships
External links
2005–06 figure skating season
Winter Olympics ISU Championships ISU Grand Prix Senior Internationals Junior Internationals National Championships