The 2019 NHK Trophy was the sixth event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan from November 22–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final.

2019 NHK Trophy
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 22 – 24
Season:2019–20
Location:Sapporo
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Makomanai Ice Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Ladies' singles:
Russia Alena Kostornaia
Pairs:
China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance:
France Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
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2018 NHK Trophy
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2020 NHK Trophy
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2019 Rostelecom Cup
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2019–20 Grand Prix Final

Entries

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The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.[1]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
  Australia Kailani Craine
  Canada Conrad Orzel
Roman Sadovsky
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
  China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
  France Kévin Aymoz Maé-Bérénice Méité Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
  Great Britain Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
  Israel Alexei Bychenko
  Italy Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
  Japan Yuzuru Hanyu
Koshiro Shimada
Sōta Yamamoto
Rika Kihira
Mako Yamashita
Yuhana Yokoi
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
  Russia Makar Ignatov
Anton Shulepov
Sergei Voronov
Alena Kostornaia
Sofia Samodurova
Alina Zagitova
Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin
Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
  South Korea Lim Eun-soo
  United States Jason Brown
Tomoki Hiwatashi
Starr Andrews
Karen Chen
Megan Wessenberg
Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim
Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter

Changes to preliminary assignments

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Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men August 1   Koshiro Shimada Host picks [2]
Ladies   Yuhana Yokoi
Men August 15   Artur Dmitriev August 23   Anton Shulepov Recovery [3]
Pairs September 13   Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès September 17   Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Personal reasons [4][5]
  Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Host picks [5]
Men October 2   Mikhail Kolyada October 9   Makar Ignatov Surgery [6]
Ladies October 9   Ting Cui October 14   Megan Wessenberg Injury [7][8]
November 5   Viveca Lindfors November 6   Kailani Craine [9]
Ice dance November 14   Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Recovery [10]

Records

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The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event Component Skater(s) Score Date Ref
Ice dance Rhythm dance   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 90.03 November 22, 2019 [11]
Pairs Short program   Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 81.27 [12]
Ladies   Alena Kostornaia 85.04 [13]
Ice dance Free dance   Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 136.58 November 23, 2019 [14]
Total score 226.61 [15]

Results

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yuzuru Hanyu   Japan 305.05 1 109.34 1 195.71
2 Kévin Aymoz   France 250.02 2 91.47 3 158.55
3 Roman Sadovsky   Canada 247.50 4 78.51 2 168.99
4 Sergei Voronov   Russia 239.05 3 88.63 6 150.42
5 Jason Brown   United States 231.37 8 73.73 4 157.54
6 Sōta Yamamoto   Japan 226.27 7 74.88 5 151.39
7 Makar Ignatov   Russia 222.45 5 78.47 8 143.98
8 Anton Shulepov   Russia 218.38 9 71.76 7 146.62
9 Koshiro Shimada   Japan 213.65 6 75.98 10 137.67
10 Tomoki Hiwatashi   United States 207.30 11 64.54 9 142.76
11 Alexei Bychenko   Israel 197.63 12 61.97 11 135.66
12 Conrad Orzel   Canada 196.34 10 70.35 12 125.99

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Alena Kostornaia   Russia 240.00 1 85.04 1 154.96
2 Rika Kihira   Japan 231.84 2 79.89 2 151.95
3 Alina Zagitova   Russia 217.99 4 66.84 3 151.15
4 Yuhana Yokoi   Japan 189.54 8 62.67 4 126.87
5 Mako Yamashita   Japan 189.25 5 65.70 5 123.55
6 Sofia Samodurova   Russia 183.27 7 63.85 6 119.42
7 Lim Eun-soo   South Korea 172.47 6 65.28 10 107.19
8 Starr Andrews   United States 166.72 9 58.92 9 107.80
9 Karen Chen   United States 165.70 3 67.21 11 98.49
10 Kailani Craine   Australia 165.46 10 55.82 8 109.64
11 Maé-Bérénice Méité   France 159.98 11 49.77 7 110.21
12 Megan Wessenberg   United States 131.73 12 44.78 12 86.95

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong   China 226.96 1 81.27 1 145.69
2 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro   Canada 208.49 2 71.21 2 137.28
3 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov   Russia 203.35 3 69.00 3 134.35
4 Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin   Russia 189.34 4 64.94 4 124.40
5 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara   Japan 179.94 6 62.41 6 117.53
6 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea   United States 178.73 7 58.70 5 120.03
7 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim   United States 173.33 5 63.63 8 109.70
8 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise   Italy 171.43 8 57.55 7 113.88

Ice dance

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Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD
1 Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron   France 226.61 1 90.03 1 136.58
2 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin   Russia 208.81 2 84.07 2 124.74
3 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 198.06 3 82.13 4 115.93
4 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 193.01 4 76.09 3 116.92
5 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu   China 183.11 6 74.73 6 108.38
6 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko   United States 182.26 5 75.25 7 107.01
7 Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko   Russia 178.08 7 69.59 5 108.49
8 Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus   Canada 172.01 9 68.39 8 103.62
9 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter   United States 170.21 8 68.80 9 101.41

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic and World Champions to compete in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2019/20" (Press release). International Skating Union. June 20, 2019.
  2. ^ NHK Trophy [@NHKTrophyFigure] (August 1, 2019). "2019NHK杯国際フィギュアスケート競技大会出場選手情報を更新いたしました。" [2019 NHK Trophy international figure skating competition participant information has been updated.] (Tweet) (in Japanese) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Krasko, Irina (August 15, 2019). "Дмитриев пропустит Гран-при из-за нарушения координации после операции" [Dmitriev will miss the Grand Prix due to a lack of coordination after the operation] (in Russian). NEVA Sport.
  4. ^ Russell, Susan D. (September 16, 2019). "James, McGrattan Ready for a Competitive Battle". International Figure Skating Magazine. James and Ciprès will not be competing on the Grand Prix or Challenger circuits this season.
  5. ^ a b "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2019/20: Pair Skating". September 17, 2019.
  6. ^ Samokhvalov, Anatoly (October 2, 2019). "Чеботарева: Коляде предстоит операция, он пропустит этапы Гран-при" [Chebotareva: Kolyada will have an operation, he will miss the stages of the Grand Prix] (in Russian). RIA Novosti.
  7. ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Grand Prix Series Withdrawals". U.S. Figure Skating. October 10, 2019.
  8. ^ "Andrews and Wessenberg Added to Grand Prix Series Events". U.S. Figure Skating. October 14, 2019.
  9. ^ "2019 NHK Trophy: Competitors". Japan Skating Federation. November 6, 2019.
  10. ^ Koleto, Tim [@Timkoleto] (November 14, 2019). "As you guys have probably seen, Misato and I have withdrawn from NHK Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score". International Skating Union. November 22, 2019.
  12. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. November 22, 2019.
  13. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ladies – Short Program Score". International Skating Union. November 22, 2019.
  14. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Free Dance Score". International Skating Union. November 23, 2019.
  15. ^ "Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Total Score". International Skating Union. November 23, 2019.