Figure skating competition
The 1997–98 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 66th edition of the event. They were held on December 12–14, 1997 in Kobe. 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 1997–98 season, the results of this competition were used to assist in choosing the teams for the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 World Championships.
Results [ edit ]
Men [ edit ]
Rank
Name
TFP
SP
FS
1
Yamato Tamura
2.5
3
1
2
Naoki Shigematsu
2.5
1
2
3
Yousuke Takeuchi
6.0
6
3
4
Seiichi Suzuki
6.0
2
5
5
Makoto Okazaki
7.5
7
4
6
Taijin Hiraike
8.0
4
6
7
Shouhei Nagata
9.5
9
7
8
Takashi Yamamoto
13.0
10
8
9
Shin Amano
13.5
9
9
10
Masashi Takagi
15.5
11
10
11
Naoki Moriyama
16.0
8
12
12
Junichi Takemura
19.0
16
11
13
Yutaka Tsuru
19.0
12
13
14
Isao Matsuura
22.0
14
15
15
Gaku Aiyoshi
22.5
17
14
16
Hironori Iizuka
22.5
13
16
17
Daisuke Watanabe
24.5
15
17
18
Takeo Ogasawara
27.5
19
18
19
Masamichi Ogiwara
29.0
18
20
20
Takeshi Shirasaka
30.5
23
19
21
Yusuke Hayashi
31.5
21
21
22
Kazuya Kishida
32.0
20
22
23
Youga Akiyama
34.0
22
23
24
Yukihiro Matsumura
36.0
24
24
Ladies [ edit ]
Rank
Name
TFP
SP
FS
1
Shizuka Arakawa
2.0
2
1
2
Fumie Suguri
2.5
1
2
3
Rena Inoue
5.5
3
4
4
Hanae Yokoya
6.0
6
3
5
Yuka Kanazawa
7.0
4
5
6
Kanako Takahashi
8.5
5
6
7
Hanae Tsuji
12.0
10
7
8
Mami Egawa
12.0
8
8
9
Yukiko Kawasaki
13.5
9
9
10
Asa Okuyama
16.0
12
10
11
Shino Suzuki
16.5
7
13
12
Tomoko Ito
17.5
13
11
13
Hiroko Inaba
17.5
11
12
14
Yumi Fujino
21.0
14
14
15
Chiaki Saika
23.5
17
15
16
Hitomi Suzuki
25.0
16
17
17
Michiko Otsuka
26.5
15
19
18
Tomomi Sano
27.5
23
16
19
Keiko Yamamuro
30.0
24
18
20
Kumi Iwaki
30.0
18
21
21
Hiroko Sekine
30.5
21
20
22
Rina Sasaki
32.0
20
22
23
Noriko Kinoshita
32.5
19
23
24
Mamiko Yamai
35.0
22
24
Pairs [ edit ]
Rank
Name
TFP
SP
FS
1
Makiko Ogasawara / Takeo Ogasawara
1.5
1
1
Ice dancing [ edit ]
Rank
Name
TFP
CD+OD
FD
1
Nakako Tsuzuki / Rinat Farkhoutdinov
1.5
1
1
2
Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido
3.0
2
2
3
Aya Hatsuta / Kouichi Suyama
6.0
3
3
4
Hiromi Irie / Norihiro Muto
6.5
5
4
5
Yuko Kato / Naohisa Kato
7.0
4
5
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