The 2013 Japanese Figure Skating Championships is nearly upon us, and here is everything you need to do about the pre-Olympic nationals.

For the 2013 Japanese Figure Skating Championships, some very big names in the sport will compete for a spot to the Sochi Winter Olympics, and here is a list of entries for all four disciplines.

Men
1 Daisuke Isozaki
2 Shoma Uno
3 Ryoichi Eguchi
4 Nobunari Oda
5 Takahiko Kozuka
6 Takuya Kondo
7 Masaki Kondo
8 Akio Sasaki
9 Kento Suginaka
10 Daisuke Takahashi
11 Kota Tadano
12 Keiji Tanaka
13 Yuya Tamada
14 Yoji Tsuboi
15 Kazuki Tomono
16 Kento Nakamura
17 Kosuke Nozoe
18 Ryo Norimatsu
19 Takaya Hashizume
20 Yuzuru Hanyu
21 Ryuju Hino
22 Taichi Honda
23 Tatsuki Machida
24 Takahito Mura
25 Daisuke Murakami
26 Koshin Yamada
27 Sota Yamamoto
28 Takumi Yamamoto
29 Kohei Yoshino

Ladies
1 Mao Asada
2 Miki Ando
3 Haruka Imai
4 Saya Ueno
5 Miyabi Oba
6 Mayuko Okamoto
7 Riona Kato
8 Mariko Kihara
9 Shion Kokubun
10 Kaho Komaki
11 Kaori Sakamoto
12 Risa Shoji
13 Akiko Suzuki
14 Saya Suzuki
15 Shiori Tanikawa
16 Kako Tomotaki
17 Miyu Nakashio
18 Yuki Nishino
19 Yukiko Fujisawa
20 Ayaka Hosoda
21 Rika Hongo
22 Yura Matsuda
23 Mai Mihara
24 Satoko Miyahara
25 Kanako Murakami
26 Kana Muramoto
27 Ibuki Mori
28 Ayana Yasuhara
29 Sakura Yamada
30 Mayu Yamamoto

Pairs
1 Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara

Ice Dance
1 Shizuru Agata / Kentaro Suzuki
2 Chinatsu Nakazawa / Kokoro Mizutani
3 Emi Hirai / Marien De La Asuncion
4 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed

The schedule for the Japanese Figure Skating Championships 2013 is as follows:

December 21
15:15-15:45 Ice Dance SD
16:00-16:30 Pairs SP
16:45-20:45 Men SP

December 22
14:20-18:20 Ladies SP
18:35-22:30 Men FS

December 23
14:30-15:10 Ice Dance FD
15:25-15:55 Pairs FS
16:15-20:00 Ladies FS

December 24
17:30-20:30 MOI Gala

If you are not in Japan, finding the appropriate live stream may be difficult to view the 2013 Japanese Figure Skating Championships.

However, here is a website where you can see updated results as the competition goes on this weekend.
More live stream options may surface over the weekend, depending on if NHK or Fuji TV will broadcast the event. Stay tuned for updates!