The 2024 NHK Trophy was the fourth event of the 2024–25 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, from November 8–10.[1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters also earned points toward qualifying for the 2024–25 Grand Prix Final.

2024 NHK Trophy
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 8 – 10
Season:2024–25
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Yuma Kagiyama
Women's singles:
Japan Kaori Sakamoto
Pairs:
Georgia (country) Anastasiia Metelkina
and Luka Berulava
Ice dance:
United States Madison Chock
and Evan Bates
Navigation
Previous:
2023 NHK Trophy
Next:
2025 NHK Trophy
Previous GP:
2024 Grand Prix de France
Next GP:
2024 Finlandia Trophy

Entries

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The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 9, 2024.[2]

Country Men[3] Women[4] Pairs[5] Ice dance[6]
  Austria Olga Mikutina
  Azerbaijan Vladimir Litvintsev
  Estonia Niina Petrõkina
  Finland
  France
  Georgia
  Germany
  Great Britain
  Israel Mark Gorodnitsky
  Italy Gabriele Frangipani Lara Naki Gutmann
Daniel Grassl
Matteo Rizzo
  Japan Yuma Kagiyama Yuna Aoki
Kao Miura Mone Chiba
Tatsuya Tsuboi Kaori Sakamoto
  Lithuania
  Netherlands
  Poland Ekaterina Kurakova
  South Korea Lim Ju-heon Kim Ye-lim
Wi Seo-yeong
  United States Jason Brown Alysa Liu
Tomoki Hiwatashi Bradie Tennell
Andrew Torgashev Lindsay Thorngren

Changes to preliminary entries

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Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men August 5 August 6 Hagara to remain on the Junior Grand Prix circuit [7][8]
Pairs August 9 Host picks [9]
Women September 3 September 10 Suspension (Lee) [10][11]
Men September 5 Host picks [12]
Women
Ice dance October 3 October 8 Suspension (Sørensen) [13][14][15]
Pairs October 15 October 16 Injury [16][17]
October 30 October 31 Foot issues (Beccari) [18][19]
November 1 November 1 Visa issues [20][21]
Men November 4 November 4 [22]

Results

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Men's singles

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Men's results[23]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
  Yuma Kagiyama   Japan 300.09 1 105.70 1 194.39
  Daniel Grassl   Italy 264.85 5 83.01 2 181.84
  Tatsuya Tsuboi   Japan 251.52 3 85.02 3 166.50
4 Andrew Torgashev   United States 246.58 4 84.36 5 162.22
5 Matteo Rizzo   Italy 246.56 7 81.79 4 164.77
6 Kao Miura   Japan 240.38 2 102.96 11 137.42
7 Jason Brown   United States 229.09 10 77.08 6 152.01
8 Tomoki Hiwatashi   United States 226.38 11 74.59 7 151.79
9 Vladimir Litvintsev   Azerbaijan 225.67 6 81.85 8 143.82
10 Gabriele Frangipani   Italy 223.82 8 81.33 9 142.49
11 Mark Gorodnitsky   Israel 215.76 9 77.74 10 138.02
12 Lim Ju-heon   South Korea 196.05 12 74.31 12 121.74

Women's singles

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Women's results[24]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
  Kaori Sakamoto   Japan 231.88 1 78.93 1 152.95
  Mone Chiba   Japan 212.54 2 71.69 2 140.85
  Yuna Aoki   Japan 195.07 3 69.78 5 125.29
4 Alysa Liu   United States 190.75 4 65.03 4 125.72
5 Bradie Tennell   United States 190.25 5 62.05 3 128.20
6 Lara Naki Gutmann   Italy 180.28 6 61.51 6 118.77
7 Wi Seo-yeong   South Korea 173.77 7 61.43 9 112.34
8 Olga Mikutina   Austria 169.93 8 60.94 10 108.99
9 Lindsay Thorngren   United States 169.93 10 54.79 7 114.24
10 Niina Petrõkina   Estonia 165.84 11 52.98 8 112.86
11 Ekaterina Kurakova   Poland 157.14 9 56.46 12 100.68
12 Kim Ye-lim   South Korea 152.84 12 51.32 11 101.52

Pairs

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Pairs' results[25]
Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
    Georgia 213.05 2 70.28 1 142.77
    Japan 209.45 1 71.90 2 137.55
    United States 197.44 3 69.15 3 128.29
4   Germany 188.54 4 67.37 4 121.17
5   Netherlands 178.37 6 58.90 5 119.47
6   Great Britain 174.45 7 58.17 6 116.28
7   Japan 172.47 5 60.32 7 112.15
8   United States 140.63 8 48.95 8 91.68

Ice dance

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Ice dance results[26]
Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
    United States 215.95 1 86.32 1 129.63
    United States 198.97 2 79.64 2 119.33
    Lithuania 195.52 3 77.91 3 117.61
4   United States 188.76 4 74.38 4 114.38
5   France 178.30 5 69.24 5 109.06
6   Finland 175.28 7 67.34 6 107.94
7   Germany 173.36 6 68.82 7 104.54
8   France 165.80 8 64.52 8 101.28
9   Japan 161.36 9 64.30 9 97.06
10   Japan 151.27 10 59.15 10 92.12

References

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  1. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy 2024". International Skating Union.
  2. ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (June 9, 2024). "Grand Prix Assignments 2024/25" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2024 Men". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2024 Women". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  5. ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2024 Pairs". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  6. ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2024 Ice Dance". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  7. ^ @AnythingGOE (August 5, 2024). "🇸🇰 Adam Hagara has withdrawn from NHK Trophy" (Tweet). Retrieved August 5, 2024 – via Twitter.
  8. ^ @AnythingGOE (August 6, 2024). "🇮🇹 Daniel Grassl has been assigned to NHK Trophy" (Tweet). Retrieved August 6, 2024 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ @AnythingGOE (August 9, 2024). "🇰🇷 Minchae Kim has been assigned to Skate America and Cup of China" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "Figure skater Lee Hae-in on 3-year suspension over sexual harassment dispute". Hankook Ilbo. June 27, 2024. Archived from the original on June 27, 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024 – via The Korea Times.
  11. ^ @AnythingGOE (September 3, 2024). "🇰🇷 Haein Lee has withdrawn from NHK Trophy and 🇰🇷 Young You has withdrawn from Finlandia Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ @goldsk8 (September 5, 2024). "Yuna Aoki and Tatsuya Tsuboi 🇯🇵 were added to the #GPFigure #NHKTrophy lineup" – via Instagram.
  13. ^ @AnythingGOE (October 3, 2024). "🇨🇦 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Soerensen have been withdrawn from Skate America and NHK Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. ^ @AnythingGOE (October 2, 2024). "🇨🇦 Nikolaj Soerensen is now listed as ineligible indefinitely (minimum of 6 years) for sexual maltreatment as of October 2nd 2024 by Abuse-Free Sport (subject to potential challenge or appeal)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. ^ @AnythingGOE (October 8, 2024). "🇩🇪 Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan have been assigned to Skate America" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ @AnythingGOE (October 15, 2024). "🇺🇸 Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez announce their withdrawal from the Grand Prix series due to an ongoing injury" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ >@AnythingGOE (October 16, 2024). "🇺🇸 Annabelle Morozov / Jeffrey Chen replace 🇺🇸 Isabella Flores / Ivan Desyatov at Skate America" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ^ @AnythingGOE (October 30, 2024). "🇮🇹 Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise have withdrawn from NHK Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  19. ^ @AnythingGOE (October 31, 2024). "🇵🇭 Isabella Gamez / Aleksandr Korovin have been assigned to NHK Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ^ @AnythingGOE (November 1, 2024). "🇵🇭 Isabella Gamez / Aleksandr Korovin were unable to take the NHK Trophy spot as they couldn't get visas in time" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  21. ^ @AnythingGOE (November 1, 2024). "🇺🇸 Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard have been assigned to NHK Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  22. ^ @AnythingGOE (November 4, 2024). "🇺🇸 Andrew Torgashev replaces 🇨🇦 Stephen Gogolev at NHK Trophy" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  23. ^ "2024 GP NHK Trophy Mens Final Results". SkatingScores.com.
  24. ^ "2024 NHK Trophy Womens Final Results". SkatingScores.com.
  25. ^ "2024 GP NHK Trophy Pairs Final Results". SkatingScores.com.
  26. ^ "2024 GP NHK Trophy Ice Dance Final Results". SkatingScores.com.
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