2012 NHK Trophy

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2012 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.

Prior to competing in a Grand Prix event, skaters were required to have earned the following scores (3/5 of the top scores at the 2012 World Championships):

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" ! Discipline ! Minimum
Men	159.66
Ladies	113.43
Pairs	120.90
Ice dancing	109.59

The entries were as follows.[http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-136494-137802-nav-list,00.html International Skating Union] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829052850/http://www.sportcentric.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0%2C10853%2C4844-136494-137802-nav-list%2C00.html |date=2011-08-29 }}

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Country ! Men ! Ladies ! Pairs ! Ice dancing
{{CAN}} | Kevin Reynolds Andrei Rogozine | | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch | Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams
{{CHN}} | | Li Zijun | | Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen
{{ESP}} | Javier Fernández | | |
{{GBR}} | | | | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
{{GEO}} | | Elene Gedevanishvili | |
{{ITA}} | | | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise |
{{JPN}} | Yuzuru Hanyu Daisuke Murakami Daisuke Takahashi | Mao Asada Haruka Imai Akiko Suzuki | | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
{{RUS}} | Sergei Voronov | Sofia Biryukova Ksenia Makarova | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov
{{USA}} | Richard Dornbush Ross Miner Adam Rippon | Mirai Nagasu Agnes Zawadzki | Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Lindsay Davis / Mark Ladwig Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | Meryl Davis / Charlie White Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani

Withdrawals included Mary Beth Marley / Rockne Brubaker of the United States, due to the end of their partnership, Japan's Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran in order to undergo surgery on Takahashi's repeatedly dislocating shoulder, China's Sui Wenjing / Han Cong due to an injury to Sui, Russia's Polina Shelepen due to worsening of a long-standing ankle injury (she was replaced by the United States' Mirai Nagasu), the United States' Alissa Czisny to continue her recovery from surgery, Caitlin Yankowskas / Joshua Reagan due to Reagan's rib injury, and Germany's Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave due to Van Cleave's broken cheekbone.

The competition took place in Miyagi, one of the regions severely affected by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, with the arena used as a temporary morgue. The Japan Skating Federation said it selected the location to "send a message about our recovery, in response to support from around the world." Moderate tremors occurred during the weekend of the event but did not affect the competition.

Skating in his hometown, Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu won the men's short program with a world record score of 95.32 points – slightly surpassing the record he set at the 2012 Skate America (95.07) – while his teammate Daisuke Takahashi and Spain's Javier Fernández rounded out the top three. Daisuke Murakami attempted to continue after partially dislocating his right shoulder in a fall but eventually withdrew. In the free skating, Hanyu maintained his lead and won the second GP gold medal of his career, Takahashi took silver, and the United States' Ross Miner rose from fourth after the short to take the bronze.

Japan's Mao Asada won the ladies' short program ahead of the United States' Mirai Nagasu and China's Li Zijun. Akiko Suzuki of Japan won the free skating by over nine points and finished with the silver medal, Asada was second in the segment but finished first overall by 0.05 points, and Nagasu took the bronze.

Meryl Davis / Charlie White of the United States placed first in the short dance, followed by their teammates Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani and Russia's Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov. Ilinykh fell ill with food poisoning before the free dance. Davis / White also placed first in the free dance and won the gold medal, Ilinykh / Katsalapov the silver, and the Shibutanis the bronze.

Russia's Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov won the pairs' short program, slightly ahead of Canada's Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch, with the United States' Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir in third. The top three remained the same after the free skating and Bazarova / Larionov won their first gold medal on the Grand Prix series.

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