The All Japan Championship in figure skating, which also serves as the representative selection for the Beijing Olympics, has a short program in the first half of the women's singles, and Kaori Sakamoto, who aims to win the championship for the first time in three years, decides all three jumps and is personal best with no big mistakes. Marked 79.23 and took the lead.
Second place was Wakaba Higuchi and third place was Mana Kawabe.