The 2007–08
Japan Figure Skating Championships
The Japan or All-Japan Figure Skating Championships ( ja, 全日本フィギュアスケート選手権) are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Japan. Skaters compete in the disciplines of ...
were the 76th edition of the event. They were held on December 26–28, 2007 at the
Namihaya Dome
is an indoor sporting arena located in Kadoma city in the Osaka Prefecture of Japan.
Construction was completed in early 1996. The primary architect was Mamoru Kawaguchi, founder of the firm Kawaguchi & Engineers.
The dome is composed largel ...
arena in
Kadoma, Osaka
270px, Kadoma City Hall
is a city located in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 119,069 in 63029 households and a population density of 9700 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Kadoma i ...
. National Champions were crowned in the disciplines of
men's singles,
ladies' singles, and
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
. Results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the
2008 World Championships and the
2008 Four Continents Championships.
Competition notes
*
Nobunari Oda
is a Japanese competitive figure skater. He is the 2006 Four Continents champion, a four-time Grand Prix Final medalist (silver in 2009 and 2010; bronze in 2006 and 2013), the 2005 World Junior champion and the 2008 Japanese national champio ...
withdrew before the competition.
* The following skaters placed high enough at Junior Nationals and so were invited to compete at Nationals:
Takahito Mura
is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 Four Continents champion, 2014 Skate Canada International champion, and 2012 Trophée Éric Bompard champion. Nationally, he is a five-time Japan Championships bronze medalist and ...
,
Akio Sasaki
is a Japanese former figure skater. He is the 2010 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, 2010 Asian Trophy champion, and 2013 Winter Universiade
The Universiade is an international multi-sport event, organized for university athletes by the Inte ...
, and
Yukihiro Yoshida
Yukihiro is a masculine Japanese given name.
Possible writings
Yukihiro can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
*幸弘, "happiness, vast"
*幸宏, "happiness, wide"
*幸浩, "happiness, wide"
* ...
for men, and
Rumi Suizu,
Yuki Nishino
is a Japanese former figure skater. She is the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist and represented Japan at two World Junior Championships. She won silver medals at two senior internationals, the 2011 NRW Trophy and 2012 Gardena Spr ...
, and
Shoko Ishikawa
is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 NRW Trophy champion, 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial silver medalist, and 2008 Japanese junior bronze medalist.
Programs
Competitive highlights
''GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand ...
for ladies.
Results
Men
Ladies
Ice dancing
Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2007–08
Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships
The Japan Junior Figure Skating Championships ( ja, 全日本フィギュアスケートジュニア選手権) is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions on the Junior level for Japan. The first Japan Junior Figur ...
took place between November 24 and 25, 2007 in
Sendai
is the capital Cities of Japan, city of Miyagi Prefecture, the largest city in the Tōhoku region. , the city had a population of 1,091,407 in 525,828 households, and is one of Japan's 20 Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, desig ...
.
The following skaters placed high enough at Novice Nationals to be invited to compete here: Yuzuru Hanyu (1st in novice, 3rd in junior), Keiji Tanaka (second in novice, 8th in junior), and Ryuju Hino (third in novice, 10th in junior) in men. In ladies, it was
Roanna-Sari Oshikawa (1st in novice, 25 in junior),
Yukiko Fujisawa
is a Japanese former figure skater. She was born in Chiba. She is the 2008 JGP Czech Skate champion, 2009 JGP Final silver medalist, and 2010 Japanese junior bronze medalist.
Programs
Competitive highlights
''JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix
...
(second in novice, 19th in junior), and
Miho Sasaki (third in novice, 14th in junior).
Although normally under the rules, a podium finish in the men's event on the Junior level would bring an invitation to compete at the senior level, twelve-year-old Hanyu was not able to be invited due to his age and skating level. Yukihiro Yoshida was therefore invited instead. Hanyu is also not listed as an alternate to Junior Worlds because he is not old enough to attend that competition.
Ayane Nakamura
is a Japanese former competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Asian Trophy champion and competed at three ISU Junior Grand Prix events.
Programs
Competitive highlights
''JGP: Junior Grand Prix
The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skat ...
withdrew before the competition.
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
International team selections
World Championships
Four Continents Championships
World Junior Championships
After Junior Nationals, the World Junior team was announced as follows:
External links
2007–08 Japan Figure Skating Championships results
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