The 2004–05 Japan Figure Skating Championships was the 73rd edition of the event. They were held from December 24 through 26, 2004 at the Shinyokohama Stake Center in Yokohama , Kanagawa Prefecture . Skaters competed on the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles , ladies' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing . The competition was used to decide Japan's entries to the 2005 World Championships and the 2005 Four Continents Championships . The entries to the 2005 World Junior Championships were decided at the Japanese Junior Championships.
Competition notes [ ] The following skaters placed high enough at Junior Nationals and so were invited to compete at Nationals: Nobunari Oda (first in junior, third in senior), Kazumi Kishimoto (second in junior, fifth in senior), Yasuharu Nanri (third in junior, eighth in senior), and Takahiko Kozuka (fourth in junior, fourth in senior) in men, and Mao Asada (first in junior, second in senior), Mai Asada (second in junior, eighth in senior), Aki Sawada (third in junior, fourth in senior), and Akiko Kitamura (fourth in junior, fifth in senior) in ladies.
Silver medalist Mao Asada was not old enough to be sent to the World or the Four Continents Championships. Results [ ] Men [ ]
Rank
Name
Total points
SP
FS
1
Takeshi Honda 199.86
2
70.50
1
129.36
2
Kensuke Nakaniwa 191.39
3
63.89
2
127.50
3
Nobunari Oda 185.64
4
60.81
3
124.83
4
Takahiko Kozuka 182.69
1
71.46
6
111.23
5
Kazumi Kishimoto 174.96
7
53.99
4
120.97
6
Daisuke Takahashi 173.67
5
59.83
5
113.84
7
Noriyuki Kanzaki 162.54
9
53.55
7
108.99
8
Yasuharu Nanri 160.88
6
58.18
8
102.70
9
Hirokazu Kobayashi 156.12
8
53.74
9
102.38
10
148.72
10
51.57
10
97.15
11
146.71
11
51.18
13
95.53
12
141.94
18
45.62
12
96.32
13
140.71
12
49.37
16
91.34
14
139.04
21
42.45
11
96.59
15
137.76
17
45.65
14
92.11
16
137.50
16
46.10
15
91.40
17
127.93
14
46.53
18
81.40
18
127.53
24
37.29
17
90.24
19
126.91
15
46.50
19
80.41
20
125.15
13
47.02
20
78.13
21
120.57
19
44.78
22
75.79
22
117.86
22
41.98
21
75.88
23
115.12
20
43.93
24
71.19
24
114.04
23
39.84
23
74.20
Did not advance to free skating
25
25
34.04
26
26
32.86
27
27
30.40
28
28
30.28
29
29
28.05
WD
Ryo Shibata
Ladies [ ]
Rank
Name
Total points
SP
FS
1
Miki Ando 172.47
3
63.23
1
109.24
2
Mao Asada 166.82
4
60.46
2
106.36
3
Fumie Suguri 166.54
2
65.18
3
101.36
4
Aki Sawada 154.73
6
55.01
5
99.72
5
Akiko Kitamura 147.54
9
47.40
4
100.14
6
Yukari Nakano 147.48
7
49.08
6
98.40
7
Yoshie Onda 145.87
5
58.28
8
87.59
8
Mai Asada 136.77
8
48.17
7
88.60
9
126.85
11
44.50
9
82.35
10
118.44
10
44.61
12
73.83
11
117.08
12
42.94
11
74.14
12
Akiko Suzuki 113.86
13
42.02
13
71.84
13
112.37
20
34.94
10
77.43
14
103.64
16
39.38
15
64.26
15
103.46
15
40.18
16
63.28
16
Chisato Shiina 99.90
14
41.51
18
58.39
17
99.87
22
32.74
14
67.13
18
99.77
18
38.04
17
61.73
19
96.34
17
38.34
19
58.00
20
93.11
19
35.43
20
57.68
21
87.80
23
31.28
21
56.52
22
85.45
21
32.79
23
52.66
23
83.43
24
28.42
22
55.01
WD
Shizuka Arakawa 1
67.68
Did not advance to free skating
25
25
27.98
26
26
27.76
27
27
27.55
28
28
27.14
29
29
26.81
30
30
26.67
31
31
26.22
WD
Yukina Ota
Pairs [ ]
Rank
Name
Total points
SP
FS
1
Yuko Kawaguchi / 126.38
1
45.95
1
80.43
Ice dancing [ ] Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships [ ] The 2004–05 Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships took place between November 20 and 21, 2004 at the Osaka Pool arena in Osaka .
Men [ ]
Rank
Name
Total points
SP
FS
1
Nobunari Oda 180.75
4
57.53
1
123.22
2
Kazumi Kishimoto 171.30
2
59.49
2
111.81
3
Yasuharu Nanri 171.21
1
62.25
4
108.96
4
Takahiko Kozuka 169.11
3
58.50
3
110.61
5
158.81
7
50.01
5
108.80
6
Ryo Shibata 155.79
5
54.67
7
101.12
7
Tatsuki Machida 150.67
8
49.82
8
100.85
8
150.05
9
47.61
6
102.44
9
Naoto Saito
149.81
6
51.18
9
98.63
10
131.49
10
45.04
12
86.45
11
Hirofumi Torii 131.48
17
40.50
10
90.98
12
Takahito Mura 129.72
12
43.14
11
86.58
13
123.56
11
44.39
13
79.17
14
Kunihito Yuasa 119.83
14
42.47
14
77.36
15
115.68
15
41.98
16
73.70
16
111.66
19
36.79
15
74.87
17
110.64
16
40.53
18
70.11
18
109.85
13
42.73
21
67.12
19
Takuya Kondo 108.52
18
37.08
17
71.44
20
Junzo Nishigami 104.78
20
36.70
19
68.08
21
101.96
21
34.06
20
67.90
22
94.95
22
31.73
23
63.22
23
Akio Sasaki 94.75
23
31.41
22
63.34
24
90.44
24
31.07
24
59.37
Did not advance to free skating
25
25
30.57
26
26
29.42
27
Kento Nakamura 27
28.92
28
Ryuichi Kihara 28
27.94
WD
WD
Ladies [ ]
Rank
Name
Total points
SP
FS
1
Mao Asada 172.13
1
54.56
1
117.57
2
Mai Asada 147.50
2
52.19
3
95.31
3
Aki Sawada 145.96
3
48.79
2
97.17
4
Akiko Kitamura 138.90
4
44.82
4
94.08
5
122.40
14
35.85
5
86.55
6
Rumi Suizu 121.43
7
42.03
7
79.40
7
Nana Takeda 119.97
13
37.37
6
82.60
8
Ayako Hagiwara
119.44
5
42.50
8
76.94
9
Mutsumi Takayama 118.15
6
42.10
9
76.05
10
Yuka Ishikawa
108.82
18
35.01
10
73.81
11
Satsuki Muramoto 106.82
10
40.25
11
66.57
12
Emi Hirai 104.81
11
38.81
14
66.00
13
104.42
12
38.03
12
66.39
14
Haruka Inoue 102.71
9
40.41
17
62.30
15
101.64
15
35.64
13
66.00
16
100.02
8
41.13
18
58.89
17
96.93
19
34.05
15
62.88
18
94.19
24
31.48
16
62.71
19
93.49
16
35.31
19
58.18
20
91.89
17
35.12
21
56.77
21
90.82
21
33.45
20
57.37
22
Shoko Ishikawa 87.35
23
32.64
22
54.71
23
82.91
20
34.05
23
48.86
24
78.36
22
33.08
24
45.28
Did not advance to free skating
25
25
31.32
26
26
30.87
27
27
29.55
28
Nagisa Hayashi 28
29.48
29
29
28.44
Ice dancing [ ] International team selections [ ] World Championships [ ] Following the national championships, Honda, Arakawa, and Ando were assigned to the World team. All other places were filled following the 2005 Four Continents Championships , with the highest placing Japanese skater earning the available Worlds spot.
Four Continents Championships [ ] External links [ ]
2004–05 figure skating season
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