The 2001–02 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 70th edition of the event. They were held on December 21–23, 2001 at the Namihaya Dome arena in Kadoma, Osaka . 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 2001–02 season, the results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the 2002 Winter Olympics , 2002 World Championships , and the 2002 Four Continents Championships .
Competition notes [ ] Results [ ] Men [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
TFP
SP
FS
1
Yosuke Takeuchi Hosei Univ
2.5
3
1
2
Yamato Tamura Nihon Univ
3.0
2
2
3
Makoto Okazaki Iizuka FC
5.5
1
5
4
Kensuke Nakaniwa Fukuoka Univ
6.5
7
3
5
Daisuke Takahashi Kurashikisuisho High School
8.0
8
4
6
Hosei Univ
9.0
6
6
7
Eiji Iwamoto Nihon Univ
9.0
4
7
8
Soshi Tanaka Nihon Univ
10.5
5
8
9
Ritsumeikan Univ
15.0
10
10
10
Katsuyama FC
16.0
14
9
11
Ryosuke Sasaki Tohoku High School
16.5
11
11
12
Kitakyushu Prince SC
16.5
9
12
13
Hosei Univ
19.0
12
13
14
Senshu Univ
22.5
13
16
15
Toyo Univ
23.0
18
14
16
Nobunari Oda Osaka SC
23.0
16
15
17
Keio Univ
25.5
15
18
18
Meiji Univ
27.5
21
17
19
Waseda Univ
27.5
17
19
20
Meiji Univ
32.0
24
20
21
Keio High School
32.0
20
22
22
Meiji Univ
32.5
23
21
23
Kinki Univ
32.5
19
23
24
Aichi gakuin Univ
35.0
22
24
Free Skating Not Reached
25
Hiroshima SC
25
26
Hosei Univ
26
27
Meiji Univ
27
28
Tottori Club
28
29
Nihon Univ
29
Ladies [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
TFP
SP
FS
1
Fumie Suguri Waseda Univ
1.5
1
1
2
Shizuka Arakawa Waseda Univ
3.0
2
2
3
Miki Ando Orion FSC
4.5
3
3
4
Akiko Suzuki Nagoya FSC
7.0
6
4
5
Yukari Nakano Tokai FSC
7.0
4
5
6
Utako Wakamatsu Tohoku Fukushi Univ
9.5
7
6
7
Senshu Univ
9.5
5
7
8
Nihonbashi Jogakkan
12.0
8
8
9
Senshu Univ
13.5
9
9
10
Marie Arai Tohoku Fukushi Univ
16.0
12
10
11
Doshisha Univ
16.0
10
11
12
Toyo Univ
19.5
15
12
13
Shinyokohama Prince Club
19.5
13
13
14
Chunichi SC
19.5
11
14
15
Okayama Kokusai FSC
23.0
16
15
16
Konan Joshi Univ
23.0
14
16
17
Himeji Club
25.5
17
17
18
Iizuka FC
27.5
19
18
19
Shinyokohama Prince Club
29.0
18
20
20
Kashii FSC
30.5
23
19
21
Kyoto Sangyo Univ
31.0
20
21
22
Iizuka FC
33.5
21
23
23
Hosei Univ
34.0
24
22
24
Tohoku High School
35.0
22
24
Free Skating Not Reached
25
Tohoku Fukushi Univ
25
26
Kyoto Sangyo Univ
26
27
TWCPE
27
28
Ryukoku Univ
28
29
Chunichi SC
29
Pairs [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
TFP
SP
FS
1
Yuko Kawaguchi / Alexander Markuntsov Shinmatsudo DOSC Academy
1.5
1
1
2
/
Gold FSC
3.0
2
2
Ice dancing [ ] Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships [ ] The 2001–02 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place between November 23 and 24, 2001 in Tokyo .
The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals to be invited to compete here: Takahiko Kozuka (1st in novice A, 8th in junior), Aki Sawada (1st in novice A, 7th in junior), Nana Takeda (2nd in novice A, 9th in junior), Eri Ishigami (3rd in novice A, 25th in junior), and Mao Asada (1st in novice B, 6th in junior).
Men [ ] Ladies [ ] Ice dancing [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
TFP
CD1
CD2
OD
FD
1
/
Hachinohe Seagull FC
2.0
1
1
1
1
International team selections [ ] Winter Olympics [ ] World Championships [ ] Four Continents Championships [ ] World Junior Championships [ ] After Junior Nationals, the World Junior team was announced as follows:
External links [ ]
2001–02 figure skating season
Winter Olympics
Men's singles Ladies' singles Pair skating Ice dance Scandal ISU Championships ISU Grand Prix Senior Internationals Junior Internationals National Championships