1996–97 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 1996–97 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 65th Japan Figure Skating Championships to be held. They were held in Nagano from January 13–15, 1997. 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 Figure Skating Championships.

Results

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

Japan Figure Skating Championships

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1996–97 figure skating season

ISU Championships	World Junior Championships European Championships World Championships

ISU Grand Prix	Skate America Skate Canada International Trophée Lalique Nations Cup NHK Trophy Cup of Russia Champions Series Final

Senior Internationals	Finlandia Trophy Karl Schäfer Memorial Nebelhorn Trophy Ondrej Nepela Memorial Piruetten

National Championships	Australia Canada Estonia Germany Japan Italy Russia United States

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