2002–03 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2002–03 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 71st edition of the event. They were held between December 19 and 22, 2002 at the Kyoto Aquarena in Kyoto. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. This event was used to determine the teams for the 2003 World Championships and the 2003 Four Continents Championships. The level of competition is Senior-level only. Juniors compete at the Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships, where the top three advance to the 2003 World Junior Championships.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Takeshi Honda	1.5	1	1
2	Yamato Tamura	3.5	3	2
3	Kensuke Nakaniwa	5.0	4	3
4	Daisuke Takahashi	5.0	2	4
5	Ryo Shibata	7.5	5	5
6	Nobunari Oda	10.0	8	6
7	Eiji Iwamoto	11.0	6	8
8	Hirokazu Kobayashi	12.5	7	9
9	Noriyuki Kanzaki	15.0	16	7
10	Soshi Tanaka	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	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 Skating 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	2.5	3	1
2	Yoshie Onda	3.5	1	3
3	Shizuka Arakawa	5.5	7	2
4	Yukina Ota	6.0	4	4
5	Miki Ando	7.0	2	6
6	Yukari Nakano	7.5	5	5
7	Mao Asada	11.5	9	7
8	Mai Asada	12.0	8	8
9	Akiko Suzuki	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	22.5	11	17
17	Kaoru Sato	24.5	13	18
18	Marie Arai	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 Skating 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 / Alexander Markuntsov	1.5	1	1
2	Makiko Ogasawara / Takeo Ogasawara	3.0	2	2

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	TFP	CD	OD	FD
1	Rie Arikawa / Kenji Miyamoto	3.0	2	2	1
2	Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido	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

External links

• 2002–03 Japan Figure Skating Championships results