1996–97 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 1996–97 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 65th edition of the event. They were held on January 13–15, 1997 in Nagano. National Champions were crowned in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing. As well as crowning the national champions of Japan for the 1996–97 season, the results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the 1997 World Championships.

Results

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Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Takeshi Honda 2.5 3 1
2 Yamato Tamura 2.5 1 2
3 Makoto Okazaki 4.0 2 3
4 Yosuke Takeuchi 7.5 5 5
5 Seiichi Suzuki 8.0 8 4
6 Naoki Shigematsu 9.5 7 6
7 Takashi Yamamoto 11.0 6 8
8 Shin Amano 11.5 9 7
9 Gaku Aiyoshi 12.0 4 10
10 Taijin Hiraike 15.5 13 9
11 Munetaka Shigematsu 16.0 10 11
12 Shohei Nagata 18.5 13 12
13 Isao Matsuura 18.5 11 13
14 Daisuke Watanabe 21.0 12 15
15 Hironori Iizuka 22.0 16 14
16 Junichi Takemura 23.5 15 16
17 Naoki Moriyama 26.5 17 18
18 Yutaka Tsuru 27.5 20 17
19 Toshio Takahashi 28.0 18 19
20 Yukihiro Matsumura 30.5 19 21
21 Takatomo Asai 31.0 22 20
22 Hironori Taira 32.5 21 22
23 Masamichi Ogiwara 35.5 23 23
WD Takeo Ogasawara 24

Ladies

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Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Fumie Suguri 2.5 3 1
2 Shizuka Arakawa 3.5 1 2
3 Yuka Kanazawa 6.0 2 5
4 Kumiko Koiwai 6.5 7 3
5 Hiromi Sano 6.5 5 4
6 Rena Inoue 9.0 6 6
7 Mari Kobayashi 11.0 8 7
8 Asa Okuyama 13.0 4 11
9 Aiko Suyama 14.0 10 9
10 Hanae Tsuji 15.5 15 8
11 Masayo Ohisi 17.5 9 13
12 Yukiko Kawasaki 18.0 16 10
13 Yoko Kosugi 18.5 13 12
14 Mari Utamura 21.0 14 14
15 Yuko Inaba 21.0 12 15
16 Keiko Yamamuro 21.5 11 16
17 Akane Nikaido 25.5 17 17
18 Shino Suzuki 29.0 22 18
19 Keiko Yonaha 29.0 20 19
20 Keiko Imai 30.5 21 20
21 Tomomi Sano 30.5 19 21
22 Hiroko Sekine 31.0 18 22
WD Hanae Yokoya

Ice dancing

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Rank Name TFP CD OD FD
1 Aya Kawai / Hiroshi Tanaka 2.0 1 1 1
2 Akiko Kinoshita / Yosuke Moriwaki 4.0 2 2 2
3 Nozomi Watanabe / Akiyuki Kido 6.0 3 3 3
4 Hiromi Irie / Norihiro Muto 8.0 4 4 4
5 Yuko Kato / Naohisa Kato 10.0 5 5 5
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