2018 NHK Trophy

{{Short description|Figure skating competition}}

{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition

| title = 2018 NHK Trophy

| comptype = Grand Prix

| startdate = November 9

| enddate = 11

| skatingseason = 2018–19

| location = Hiroshima

| venue = Hiroshima Green Arena

| prizemoney =

| championmen = {{flagicon|JPN}} Shoma Uno

| championladies = {{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Kihira

| championpairs = {{flagicon|RUS}} Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert

| championdance = {{flagicon|USA}} Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker

| previouscomp = 2017 NHK Trophy

| nextcomp = 2019 NHK Trophy

| previousgp = 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki

| nextgp = 2018 Rostelecom Cup

}}

The 2018 NHK Trophy was the fourth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Hiroshima Green Arena in Hiroshima on November 9–11. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters also earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.{{cite tweet | number = 1013419285417426950 | title = Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced. | user= ISU_figure | author = ISU Figure Skating | author-link=International Skating Union }}

class="wikitable"
Country

! Men

! Ladies

! Pairs

! Ice dancing

{{AUS}}

|

| Kailani Craine

|

|

{{CAN}}

| Kevin Reynolds

|

| Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro

| Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus

{{CHN}}

|

|

| Peng Cheng / Jin Yang

| Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu

{{FRA}}

|

| Maé-Bérénice Méité

|

|

{{ITA}}

| Matteo Rizzo

|

|

|

{{JPN}}

| Hiroaki Sato
Shoma Uno
Sōta Yamamoto

| Rika Kihira
Mai Mihara
Satoko Miyahara

| Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara

| Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto

{{LAT}}

| Deniss Vasiļjevs

|

|

|

{{RUS}}

| Dmitri Aliev
Sergei Voronov

| Alena Leonova
Maria Sotskova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

| Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert

| Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro

{{KOR}}

| Lee June-hyoung

| Lim Eun-soo

|

|

{{ESP}}

|

|

| Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu

|

{{UKR}}

| Yaroslav Paniot

|

|

| Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin

{{GBR}}

|

|

|

| Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson

{{USA}}

| Alexander Johnson
Vincent Zhou

| Mariah Bell
Courtney Hicks
Angela Wang

| Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim

| Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons

=Changes to preliminary assignments=

class="wikitable sortable"
Date

! Discipline

! Withdrew

! Added

! Reason/Other notes

! Refs

July 30 and August 6

| Pairs

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Sui Wenjing / Han Cong

| {{flagicon|USA}} Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov

| Injury recovery (Sui)

| {{cite web|title=ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs|url=https://isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2018-19/gp-8/series-files-19/entries-2/17410-pair-skating-2018-19-all-6-events/file|publisher=International Skating Union|date=July 30, 2018}}

August 9 and 31

| Ice dance

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson

| Split

| {{cite web| url= https://www.daily.co.jp/general/2018/08/09/0011527116.shtml |title= 平昌五輪アイスダンスの村元・リード組がペア解消「方向性の違い」|trans-title=Pyeongchang Olympians Muramoto and Reed end partnership due to "difference in direction"|language=ja|publisher=Daily Sports Japan|date= August 9, 2018 }}

rowspan=2|September 3

| Men

| rowspan=2|N/A

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Sōta Yamamoto

| rowspan=2|Host pick

| rowspan=2|{{cite web|url=https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180903-00000188-sph-spo|title=GP NHK杯の開催国枠は山本草太と紀平梨花 男女3選手決定|trans-title=Grand Prix NHK Cup adds Sota Yamamoto and Rika Kihira, three men and ladies decided|language=ja|publisher=Yahoo! Japan|date=September 3, 2018|access-date=September 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180903134558/https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20180903-00000188-sph-spo|archive-date=September 3, 2018|url-status=dead}}

Ladies

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Kihira

October 8 and 11

| Ladies

| {{flagicon|CHN}} Li Xiangning

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Maé-Bérénice Méité

|

| {{cite web|title=ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies|url=https://www.isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2018-19/gp-8/series-files-19/entries-2/17412-ladies-2018-19-all-6-events/file|publisher=International Skating Union|date=October 8, 2018}}{{cite web|title=ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018: Ladies|url=http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03108896.htm|publisher=International Skating Union|date=October 11, 2018}}

October 12 and 17

| Ladies

|{{flagicon|KOR}} Choi Da-bin

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Lim Eun-soo

|

| {{cite web|title=ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies|url=https://isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2018-19/gp-8/series-files-19/entries-2/17412-ladies-2018-19-all-6-events/file|publisher=International Skating Union|date=October 12, 2018}}{{cite web|title=ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018: Ladies|url=http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03108896.htm|publisher=International Skating Union|date=October 17, 2018}}

October 26 and 29

| Ladies

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Radionova

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Alena Leonova

| Back injury

| {{cite web|url=https://rsport.ria.ru/figure_skating/20181026/1144778619.html|title=Российская фигуристка Елена Радионова снялась с этапа Гран-при в Японии|trans-title=Russian figure skater Elena Radionova withdrew from the Grand Prix in Japan|language=ru|first=Alexander|last=Vilevich|publisher=RIA Novosti|date=October 26, 2018}}{{cite web|title=ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018: Ladies|url=http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03108896.htm|publisher=International Skating Union|date=October 29, 2018}}

October 29 and 30

| Ladies

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Gabrielle Daleman

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kailani Craine

| Focus on mental health

| {{cite press release|url=https://skatecanada.ca/2018/10/daleman-withdraws-from-nhk-trophy/|title=Daleman withdraws from NHK Trophy|publisher=Skate Canada |date=October 30, 2018}}{{cite web|title=ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018: Ladies|url=http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03108896.htm|publisher=International Skating Union|date=October 30, 2018}}

November 1

| Pairs

| {{flagicon|GER}} Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu

|

| {{cite web|title=ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs|url=https://isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2018-19/gp-8/series-files-19/entries-2/17410-pair-skating-2018-19-all-6-events/file|publisher=International Skating Union|date=November 1, 2018}}

November 6

| Ice dance

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron

| N/A

| Back injury (Cizeron)

| {{cite web|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/11/06/gabriella-papadakis-guillaume-cizeron-injury/|title=Gabriella Papadakis, Guillaume Cizeron sidelined by injury|publisher=NBC Sports|first=Nick|last=Zaccardi|date=November 6, 2018}}

Results

= Men =

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP

! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

|Shoma Uno

|{{JPN}}

| align="center" |276.45

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |92.49

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |183.96

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

|Sergei Voronov

|{{RUS}}

| align="center" |254.28

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |91.37

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |162.91

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

|Matteo Rizzo

|{{ITA}}

| align="center" |224.71

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |77.00

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |147.71

4

|Vincent Zhou

|{{USA}}

| align="center" |223.42

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |75.90

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |147.52

5

|Dmitri Aliev

|{{RUS}}

| align="center" |219.52

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |81.16

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |138.36

6

|Sōta Yamamoto

|{{JPN}}

| align="center" |213,40

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |74.98

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |138.42

7

|Alexander Johnson

|{{USA}}

| align="center" |199.75

| align="center" |8

| align="center" |72.03

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |127.72

8

|Deniss Vasiļjevs

|{{LAT}}

| align="center" |197.60

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |72.39

| align="center" |8

| align="center" |125.21

9

|Lee June-hyoung

|{{KOR}}

| align="center" |188.26

| align="center" |11

| align="center" |66.16

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" |122.10

10

|Hiroaki Sato

|{{JPN}}

| align="center" |185.18

| align="center" |10

| align="center" |67.38

| align="center" |11

| align="center" |117.80

11

|Kevin Reynolds

|{{CAN}}

| align="center" |182.67

| align="center" |12

| align="center" |61.14

| align="center" |10

| align="center" |121.53

12

|Yaroslav Paniot

|{{UKR}}

| align="center" |173.64

| align="center" |9

| align="center" |68.59

| align="center" |12

| align="center" |105.05

= Ladies =

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP

! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

|Rika Kihira

|{{JPN}}

| align="center" |224.31

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 69.59

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |154.72

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

| Satoko Miyahara

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" |219.47

| align="center" | 2

| align="center" | 76.08

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |143.39

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

|Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

|{{RUS}}

| align="center" |219.02

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" | 76.17

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |142.85

4

|Mai Mihara

| {{JPN}}

| align="center" |204.20

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" | 70.38

| align="center" |5

| align="center" | 133.82

5

| Mariah Bell

| {{USA}}

| align="center" |198.96

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 62.97

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |135.99

6

| Lim Eun-soo

| {{KOR}}

| align="center" |196.31

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 69.78

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |126.53

7

| Alena Leonova

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" |194.15

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 68.22

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |125.93

8

| Courtney Hicks

| {{USA}}

| align="center" |178.07

| align="center" | 10

| align="center" | 59.10

| align="center" |8

| align="center" |118.97

9

| Maria Sotskova

| {{RUS}}

| align="center" |176.99

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 60.75

| align="center" |9

| align="center" |116.24

10

| Mae Berenice Meite

| {{FRA}}

| align="center" |162.58

| align="center" | 12

| align="center" | 50.49

| align="center" |10

| align="center" |112.09

11

| Angela Wang

| {{USA}}

| align="center" |159.36

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 60.82

| align="center" |11

| align="center" |98.54

12

| Kailani Craine

| {{AUS}}

| align="center" |154.22

| align="center" | 11

| align="center" | 58.21

| align="center" |12

| align="center" |96.01

= Pairs =

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | SP

! colspan="2" width="80px" | FS

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

|Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert

|{{RUS}}

| align="center" |214.14

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |73.48

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |140.66

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

|Peng Cheng / Jin Yang

|{{CHN}}

| align="center" |207.24

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |70.66

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |136.58

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

|Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim

|{{USA}}

| align="center" |190.49

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |64.75

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |125.74

4

|Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro

|{{CAN}}

| align="center" |189.66

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |67.70

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |121.96

5

|Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea

|{{USA}}

| align="center" |164.16

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |59.00

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |105.16

6

|Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu

|{{ESP}}

| align="center" |159.59

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |55.37

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |104.22

7

|Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov

|{{USA}}

| align="center" |149.25

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |52.35

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |96.90

8

|Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara

|{{JPN}}

| align="center" |143.69

| align="center" |8

| align="center" |49.93

| align="center" |8

| align="center" |93.76

= Ice dancing =

class="wikitable sortable"
Rank

! Name

! Nation

! Total points

! colspan="2" width="80px" | RD

! colspan="2" width="80px" | FD

bgcolor="gold"

| align="center" | 1

|Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker

|{{USA}}

| align="center" | 184.63

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |70.71

| align="center" | 1

| align="center" |113.92

bgcolor="silver"

| align="center" | 2

|Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro

|{{RUS}}

| align="center" | 183.05

| align="center" |1

| align="center" |75.49

| align="center" | 4

| align="center" | 107.56

bgcolor="cc9966"

| align="center" | 3

|Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons

|{{USA}}

| align="center" | 178.64

| align="center" |3

| align="center" |69.07

| align="center" | 3

| align="center" |109.57

4

|Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson

|{{GBR}}

| align="center" | 177.20

| align="center" |7

| align="center" |63.91

| align="center" |2

| align="center" |113.29

5

|Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus

|{{CAN}}

| align="center" | 169.84

| align="center" |5

| align="center" |66.01

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 103.83

6

|Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu

|{{CHN}}

| align="center" | 167.96

| align="center" |4

| align="center" |66.27

| align="center" | 6

| align="center" | 101.69

7

|Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin

|{{RUS}}

| align="center" | 159.96

| align="center" |6

| align="center" |64.53

| align="center" | 7

| align="center" | 95.43

8

|Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto

|{{JPN}}

| align="center" | 154.27

| align="center" |9

| align="center" |59.40

| align="center" | 8

| align="center" | 94.87

9

|Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin

|{{UKR}}

| align="center" | 153.22

| align="center" |8

| align="center" |60.20

| align="center" | 9

| align="center" | 93.02

References

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