The 1999–2000 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 68th Japan Figure Skating Championships

Japan Figure Skating Championships

The Japan or All-Japan Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Japan. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, although not every discipline has been held...

 to be held. They were held in Fukuoka

Fukuoka

Fukuoka most often refers to the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture.It can also refer to:-Locations:* Fukuoka, Gifu, a town in Gifu Prefecture, Japan* Fukuoka, Toyama, a town in Toyama Prefecture, Japan...

 from December 24-26 , 1999. National Champions were crowned in the disciplines of men's singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, ladies singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, Pair skating

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, and ice dancing

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. As well as crowning the national champions of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 for the 1999–2000 season, the results of this competition were used to help pick the teams for the 2000 Four Continents Championships and the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships

2000 World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. This event is considered the most prestigious of the ISU Championships...

.

Men

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Takeshi Honda Takeshi Honda in Kōriyama, Fukushima is a Japanese retired competitive figure skater. He is a two-time World bronze medalist , two-time Four Continents champion , and six-time Japan national champion.-Biography:...	1.5	1	1
2	Yamato Tamura Yamato Tamura is a Japanese figure skater who competed in both singles and pairs. As a single skater, he is a two-time Japanese national champion. He represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, placing 17th...	4.0	4	2
3	Naoki Shigematsu Naoki Shigematsu is a Japanese retired figure skater who currently works as a coach. He is a four-time Japanese national silver medalist and the 1994 World Junior silver medalist. He placed 23rd at the 1995 World Figure Skating Championships...	4.0	2	3
4	Yosuke Takeuchi Yosuke Takeuchi is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 1999 World Junior bronze medalist and the 1999 & 2002 Japanese national champion. He represented Japan at the 2002 Winter Olympics, placing 22nd. He was coached by Takashi Mura and his programs were choreographed by Tatiana Tarasova and Nikolai...	5.5	3	4
5	Soushi Tanaka	8.0	6	5
6	Eiji Iwamoto Eiji Iwamoto is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 1999 Japanese junior national champion. He went on to compete for Japan at the 2000 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, where he placed 24th. He competed for three seasons on the Junior Grand Prix, winning the silver medal at the 1998 event in Mexico....	9.5	5	7
7	Daisuke Watanabe Daisuke Watanabe is a Japanese video game scenario writer that has been an employee of Square Enix since September, 1998. He is mostly known for his work on the role-playing video game series Final Fantasy and the action role-playing video game series Kingdom Hearts....	12.0	8	8
8	Makoto Okazaki Makoto Okazaki is a Japanese figure skater. He is the 1997 and 2002 Japanese national bronze medalist. He retired from competitive skating following the 2001-2002 season and now works as a coach.He is an ISU Technical Specialist for Japan.-Results:-External links:...	12.5	13	6
9	Kensuke Nakaniwa Kensuke Nakaniwa is a Japanese figure skater. He is a two-time bronze medalist at the Japanese national championships and the 2005 silver medalist. His programs are choreographed by David Wilson.-Programs:-Competitive highlights:-External links:...	13.5	9	9
10	Syouhei Nagata	14.5	7	11
11	Junichi Takemura	16.0	12	10
12	Yutaka Tsuru	18.0	10	13
13	Negumu Seki	20.0	16	12
14	Yasuko Ogawa	20.5	11	15
15	Naoji Mogi	21.0	14	14
16	Syunpei Watanabe	25.5	19	16
17	Masashi Takagi	26.5	19	17
18	Kazunari Kishida	27.0	18	18
19	Takeo Ogasawara	29.5	21	19
20	Shigeya Morigaki	29.5	15	22
21	Yusuke Hayashi	31.5	23	20
22	Naoki Moriyama	31.5	17	23
23	Takahito Kawai	32.0	22	21
24	Yoshinori Susasi	36.0	24	24
Free Skating Not Reached
25	Masataka Morishita		25
26	Akira Okamoto		26
27	Yoga Akiyama		27
28	Hironori Iizuka		28
29	Ryou Arai		29
30	Tadao Kusaka		30
31	Mitsuru Ikeda		30

Ladies

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Chisato Shiina Chisato Shiina is a Japanese figure skater.She is the 2000 Japanese national champion. She was a multiple medalist on the Junior Grand Prix and qualified for the 1999 Junior Grand prix Final. She competed on the senior Grand Prix, as well as at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships and Four Continents...	3.0	4	1
2	Arisa Yamazaki	3.5	3	2
3	Fumie Suguri Fumie Suguri is a Japanese figure skater. She is a five-time Japanese National Champion, a three-time World Championship medalist, a three-time Four Continents Champion and the 2003-2004 Grand Prix Final Champion.-Personal life:Suguri was born in Chiba, Chiba, Japan...	4.5	1	4
4	Yoshie Onda Yoshie Onda is a Japanese figure skater. She is the 2005 Four Continents silver medalist and 2001-2002 bronze medalist.-Career:Onda started skating when she turned nine years old....	3.0	6	3
5	Shizuka Arakawa Shizuka Arakawa is a Japanese figure skater.She is the 2006 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles and the 2004 World Champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in figure skating, after Midori Ito, who won silver...	7.0	2	6
6	Utako Wakamatsu Utako Wakamatsu is a Japanese figure skater who competed internationally in the disciplines of single skating and pair skating for the countries of Japan and Canada.She originally competed for Japan as a single skater....	8.5	7	5
7	Yuka Kanazawa	10.5	5	8
8	Yukari Nakano Yukari Nakano is a former competitive figure skater for Japan.She is the 2007 Asian Winter Games champion, the 2006 Four Continents silver medalist, 2003 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2005-2006 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and a three-time Japanese bronze medalist.She is one of the five ladies...	12.0	10	7
9	Masayo Oishi	13.0	8	9
10	Rie Takeuchi	17.0	12	11
11	Yukiko Kawasaki Yukiko Kawasaki is a Japanese figure skater who competed in both singles and pair skating. As a pair skater, she competed with Alexei Tikhonov for Japan. They are two-time Japanese national champions and won the bronze medal at the 1993 NHK Trophy...	18.0	16	10
12	Yumi Fujino	19.5	11	14
13	Yuko Kagita	19.5	9	15
14	Michiko Otsuka	20.0	14	13
15	Hiroko Nagaoke	21.0	18	12
16	Syoko Kawamura	23.5	15	16
17	Fumi Hasebe	24.5	13	18
18	Kei Takahashi	27.5	17	19
19	Tomomi Sano	28.5	23	17
20	Emi Chihara	30.5	21	20
21	Hiroko Inaba	32.0	22	21
22	Mami Egawa	32.0	20	22
23	Mai Izawa	32.5	19	23
24	Mayu Yamagishi	36.0	24	24
Free Skating Not Reached
25	Mayu Yamagishi		25
26	Takako Kimura		26
27	Kayoko Takeda		27
28	You Ohara		28
29	Chiaki Murai		29
30	Mamiko Yamai		30
31	Ari Yamanouchi		31

Pairs

Rank	Name	TFP	SP	FS
1	Makiko Ogasawara / Takeo Ogasawara	1.5	1	1

Ice Dancing

Rank	Name	TFP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	Nakako Tsuzuki Nakako Tsuzuki is a Japanese retired ice dancer. She is a multiple Japanese national champion and national medalist with four partners. She has competed with Kazu Nakamura, Yuri Razguliaiev, Rinat Farkhoutinov, and Kenji Miyamoto. She retired following the 2005/2006 season....  / Rinat Farkhoutdinov Rinat Farkhoutdinov Rinat Farkhoutdinov is a Russian ice dancer who competed internationally for Japan. With partner Nakako Tsuzuki, he is a three-time Japanese national champion and competed three times at the Four Continents and World Championships. They were unable to compete during the latter half of the...	2.0	1	1	1	1
2	Nozomi Watanabe Nozomi Watanabe is a Japanese ice dancer. she regularly dances with Akiyuki Kido. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.-Results:-External links:*...  / Akiyuki Kido Akiyuki Kido is a Japanese ice dancer. He competes with Nozomi Watanabe. They are the three time Japanese national champions. They placed 15th at the Torino Olympics.-Results:-External links:*...	4.0	2	2	2	2
3	Rie Arikawa Rie Arikawa in Kyoto, Japan is a Japanese retired ice dancer. She competed with Kenji Miyamoto. They are two time Japanese national champions. Their highest placement at an ISU championship was 8th at the 2002 and 2003 Four Continents Championships. Arikawa retired from competitive skating in 2003. She...  / Kenji Miyamoto Kenji Miyamoto (figure skater) is a Japanese retired ice dancer who currently works as a coach and a choreographer. He teamed up with partner Rie Arikawa in 1995. Together, they are two time Japanese national champions. After her retirement from competitive skating in 2003, Miyamoto teamed up with Nakako Tsuzuki. They competed...	6.0	3	3	3	3
4	Aya Hatsuta / Kouichi Suyama	8.0	4	4	4	4