NHK Trophy
{{Short description|International figure skating competition}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Other uses|NHK Cup (disambiguation){{!}}NHK Cup}}
{{Infobox recurring event
| name = NHK Trophy
| logo = NHK Trophy Logo.jpg
| organized = Japan Skating Federation
| logo_alt = Logo of the NHK Trophy
| genre = ISU Grand Prix
| frequency = Annual
| status = Active
| country = {{flagicon|JPN}} Japan
| first = 1979
| prev = 2024 NHK Trophy
| next = 2025 NHK Trophy
}}
File:NHK Trophy 2012 – Men.jpg: Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan (center), Daisuke Takahashi of Japan (left), and Ross Miner of the United States (right)]]
File:Photos – NHK Trophy 2017 – Ladies (Medalists) (1).jpg: Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia (center), Carolina Kostner of Italy (left), and Polina Tsurskaya of Russia (right)]]
File:2011 NHK Trophy Pairs Podium.jpg: Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov of Russia (center), Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran of Japan (right), and Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany (left)]]
File:2016 NHK Trophy - Ice Dance winners.jpg: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada (center), Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron of France (left), and Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy (right)]]
The NHK Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Japan Skating Federation. The first NHK Trophy was held in 1979 in Tokyo. When the ISU launched the Champions Series (later renamed the Grand Prix Series) in 1995, the NHK Trophy was one of the five qualifying events. It has been a Grand Prix event every year since.
Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earn points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to then compete at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final.
Daisuke Takahashi of Japan holds the record for winning the most NHK Trophy titles in men's singles (with six), while Midori Ito of Japan holds the record in women's singles (also with six). Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China hold the record in pair skating (with four), while Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat of France hold the record in ice dance (with five).
History
Beginning with the 1995–96 season, the ISU launched the Champions Series – later renamed the Grand Prix Series – which, at its inception, consisted of five qualifying competitions and the Champions Series Final. This allowed skaters to perfect their programs earlier in the season, as well as compete against the skaters with whom they would later compete at the World Championships.{{cite book |last=Hines |first=James R. |title=Figure Skating: A History |publisher=University of Illinois Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-252-07286-4 |pages=246–247; 332–335}} This series also provided the viewing public with additional televised skating, which had been in demand. The five qualifying competitions during the inaugural season were the 1995 Nations Cup, the 1995 NHK Trophy, the 1995 Skate America, the 1995 Skate Canada International, and the 1995 Trophée de France.{{Cite magazine |date=August 1995 |title=Lucrative Grand Prix gets green light |url=https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199508.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250425004732/https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/issue/199508.pdf |archive-date=April 25, 2025 |access-date=April 20, 2025 |magazine=Skating |page=8 |volume=72 |issue=8 |issn=0037-6132}} Skaters earned points based on their results in their respective competitions and the top skaters or teams in each discipline were invited to compete at the 1995–96 Champions Series Final.
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, a number of modifications were made to the structure of the 2020 NHK Trophy. The competitors consisted initially only of skaters from Japan,{{cite web |author= |date=August 4, 2020 |title=Grand Prix figure skating series downsized to localized events |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/figureskating/grand-prix-figure-skate-events-downsized-1.5673788 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017233914/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/figureskating/grand-prix-figure-skate-events-downsized-1.5673788 |archive-date=October 17, 2020 |access-date=April 19, 2025 |website=CBC |publisher= |agency=Associated Press}} though You Young of South Korea was added to the roster once her travel to Japan was approved.{{Cite web |last=Slater |first=Paula |date=November 28, 2020 |title=Sakamoto claims ladies' title at 2020 NHK Trophy |url=https://www.goldenskate.com/2020-nhk-trophy-ladies-free-skate/ |access-date=May 3, 2025 |website=Golden Skate |archive-date=September 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240911063822/https://www.goldenskate.com/2020-nhk-trophy-ladies-free-skate/ |url-status=live }} The pair skating event was also cancelled.
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Medalists
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| footer = The reigning NHK Trophy champions: Yuma Kagiyama of Japan (men's singles); Kaori Sakamoto of Japan (women's singles); Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia (pair skating); and Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States (ice dance)
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| image1 = Yuma Kagiyama 2024 Worlds Free Skate 1.jpg
| image2 = Kaori Sakamoto 2024 Worlds Short Program 4.jpg
| image3 = Anastasiia Metelkina & Luka Berulava 2024 Worlds Short Program 3.jpg
| image4 = Madison Chock and Evan Bates - 2019 Internationaux de France.jpg
| alt1 = Yuma Kagiyama at the 2024 World Championships
| alt2 = Kaori Sakamoto at the 2024 World Championships
| alt3 = Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava at the 2024 World Championships
| alt4 = Madison Chock and Evan Bates at the 2019 Internationaux de France
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=Men's singles=
=Women's singles=
class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%"
|+Women's event medalists ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
scope="row" | 1979
| Tokyo | {{flagicon|JPN}} Emi Watanabe | {{flagicon|USA}} Lisa-Marie Allen | {{flagicon|USA}} Sandy Lenz |
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scope="row" | 1980
| Sapporo | {{flagicon|SUI}} Denise Biellmann | {{flagicon|GDR}} Katarina Witt | {{flagicon|USA}} Melissa Thomas |
scope="row" | 1981
| Kobe | {{flagicon|FIN}} Kristiina Wegelius | {{flagicon|USA}} Vikki de Vries | {{flagicon|CAN}} Charlene Wong |
scope="row" | 1982
| Tokyo | {{flagicon|GDR}} Katarina Witt | {{flagicon|USA}} Rosalynn Sumners | {{flagicon|USA}} Tiffany Chin |
scope="row" | 1983
| colspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | No competition held |
scope="row" | 1984
| Tokyo | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Midori Ito | {{flagicon|USA}} Debi Thomas | rowspan="3" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Juri Ozawa |
scope="row" | 1985
| Kobe | {{flagicon|CAN}} Cynthia Coull |
scope="row" | 1986
| Tokyo | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|GDR}} Katarina Witt | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Midori Ito |
scope="row" | 1987
| Kushiro | {{flagicon|USA}} Tonya Harding |
scope="row" | 1988
| Tokyo | rowspan="4" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Midori Ito | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|USA}} Kristi Yamaguchi | {{flagicon|FRG}} Marina Kielmann |
scope="row" | 1989
| Kobe | {{flagicon|USA}} Tonia Kwiatkowski |
scope="row" | 1990
| {{flagicon|USA}} Tonya Harding | {{flagicon|URS}} Larisa Zamotina |
scope="row" | 1991
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Surya Bonaly | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Lu |
scope="row" | 1992
| Tokyo | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|FRA}} Surya Bonaly | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kumiko Koiwai | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuka Sato |
scope="row" | 1993
| Chiba | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuka Sato | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Lu |
scope="row" | 1994
| Morioka | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Lu | {{flagicon|FRA}} Surya Bonaly | {{flagicon|JPN}} Junko Yaginuma |
scope="row" | 1995
| Nagoya | {{flagicon|JPN}} Hanae Yokoya | {{flagicon|RUS}} Olga Markova |
scope="row" | 1996
| Osaka | {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Butyrskaya | {{flagicon|USA}} Tonia Kwiatkowski | {{flagicon|AZE}} Yulia Vorobieva |
scope="row" | 1997
| Nagano | {{flagicon|GER}} Tanja Szewczenko | {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Butyrskaya | {{flagicon|CHN}} Chen Lu |
scope="row" | 1998
| Sapporo | {{flagicon|UZB}} Tatiana Malinina | {{flagicon|RUS}} Irina Slutskaya | {{flagicon|JPN}} Fumie Suguri |
scope="row" | 1999
| Nagoya | {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Butyrskaya | {{flagicon|RUS}} Viktoria Volchkova | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|UZB}} Tatiana Malinina |
scope="row" | 2000
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Irina Slutskaya | {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Butyrskaya |
scope="row" | 2001
| Kumamoto | {{flagicon|UZB}} Tatiana Malinina | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshie Onda | {{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Liashenko |
scope="row" | 2002
| Kyoto | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshie Onda | {{flagicon|RUS}} Irina Slutskaya | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shizuka Arakawa |
scope="row" | 2003
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Fumie Suguri | {{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Liashenko | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yoshie Onda |
scope="row" | 2004
| Nagoya | {{flagicon|JPN}} Shizuka Arakawa | {{flagicon|JPN}} Miki Ando | {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Sokolova |
scope="row" | 2005
| Osaka | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yukari Nakano | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Fumie Suguri | {{flagicon|UKR}} Elena Liashenko |
scope="row" | 2006
| Nagano | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mao Asada | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yukari Nakano |
scope="row" | 2007
| Sendai | {{flagicon|ITA}} Carolina Kostner | {{flagicon|SUI}} Sarah Meier | {{flagicon|JPN}} Nana Takeda |
scope="row" | 2008
| Tokyo | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mao Asada | {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Suzuki | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yukari Nakano |
scope="row" | 2009
| Nagano | {{flagicon|JPN}} Miki Ando | {{flagicon|RUS}} Alena Leonova | {{flagicon|USA}} Ashley Wagner |
scope="row" | 2010
| Nagoya | {{flagicon|ITA}} Carolina Kostner | {{flagicon|USA}} Rachael Flatt | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kanako Murakami |
scope="row" | 2011
| Sapporo | {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Suzuki | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mao Asada | {{flagicon|RUS}} Alena Leonova |
scope="row" | 2012
| Rifu | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mao Asada | {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Suzuki | {{flagicon|USA}} Mirai Nagasu |
scope="row" | 2013
| Tokyo | {{flagicon|RUS}} Elena Radionova | {{flagicon|JPN}} Akiko Suzuki |
scope="row" | 2014
| Osaka | {{flagicon|USA}} Gracie Gold | {{flagicon|RUS}} Alena Leonova | {{flagicon|JPN}} Satoko Miyahara |
scope="row" | 2015
| Nagano | {{flagicon|JPN}} Satoko Miyahara | {{flagicon|USA}} Courtney Hicks | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mao Asada |
scope="row" | 2016
| Sapporo | {{flagicon|RUS}} Anna Pogorilaya | {{flagicon|JPN}} Satoko Miyahara | {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Sotskova |
scope="row" | 2017
| Osaka | {{flagicon|RUS}} Evgenia Medvedeva | {{flagicon|ITA}} Carolina Kostner | {{flagicon|RUS}} Polina Tsurskaya |
scope="row" | 2018
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Kihira | {{flagicon|JPN}} Satoko Miyahara | {{flagicon|RUS}} Elizaveta Tuktamysheva |
scope="row" | 2019
| Sapporo | {{flagicon|RUS}} Alena Kostornaia | {{flagicon|JPN}} Rika Kihira | {{flagicon|RUS}} Alina Zagitova |
scope="row" | 2020
| Osaka | rowspan="2" | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kaori Sakamoto | {{flagicon|JPN}} Wakaba Higuchi | {{flagicon|JPN}} Rino Matsuike |
scope="row" | 2021
| Tokyo | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mana Kawabe | {{flagicon|KOR}} You Young |
scope="row" | 2022
| Sapporo | {{flagicon|KOR}} Kim Ye-lim | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kaori Sakamoto | {{flagicon|JPN}} Rion Sumiyoshi |
scope="row" | 2023
| Osaka | {{flagicon|USA}} Ava Marie Ziegler | {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Thorngren | {{flagicon|BEL}} Nina Pinzarrone |
scope="row" | 2024
| Tokyo | {{flagicon|JPN}} Kaori Sakamoto | {{flagicon|JPN}} Mone Chiba | {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuna Aoki |
=Pairs=
class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%"
|+Pairs event medalists ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
scope="row" | 1979
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|URS|Irina Vorobieva|Igor Lisovski}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Vicki Heasley|Robert Wagenhoffer}} | {{FS skater|USA|Sheryl Franks|link2=Michael Botticelli (figure skater)|Michael Botticelli}} |
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scope="row" | 1980
| Sapporo | {{FS skater|CAN|Barbara Underhill|Paul Martini}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Maria Di Domenico|Burt Lancon}} | {{FS skater|JPN|nolink=yes|Toshimi Ito|Takashi Mura}} |
scope="row" | 1981
| Kobe | {{FS skater|USA|Caitlin Carruthers|link2=Peter Carruthers (figure skater)|Peter Carruthers}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Birgit Lorenz|Knut Schubert}} | {{FS skater|USA|nolink=yes|Maria Di Domenico|Burt Lancon}} |
scope="row" | 1982
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|CAN|Barbara Underhill|Paul Martini}} | {{FS skater|URS|Irina Vorobieva|Igor Lisovski}} | {{FS skater|URS|Marina Avstriyskaya|Yuri Kvashnin}} |
scope="row" | 1983
| colspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | No competition held |
scope="row" | 1984
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|URS|Veronika Pershina|Marat Akbarov}} | {{FS skater|GDR|Birgit Lorenz|Knut Schubert}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Cynthia Coull|Mark Rowsom}} |
scope="row" | 1985
| Kobe | {{FS skater|USA|Gillian Wachsman|Todd Waggoner}} | {{FS skater|URS|Veronika Pershina|Marat Akbarov}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Denise Benning|Lyndon Johnston}} |
scope="row" | 1986
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|URS|Elena Valova|link2=Oleg Vasiliev (figure skater)|Oleg Vasiliev}} | {{FS skater|USA|Jill Watson|Peter Oppegard}} | {{FS skater|USA|Natalie Seybold|Wayne Seybold}} |
scope="row" | 1987
| Kushiro | {{FS skater|URS|Elena Leonova|Gennadi Krasnitski}} | {{FS skater|USA|Gillian Wachsman|Todd Waggoner}} | {{FS skater|USA|Katy Keeley|Joseph Mero}} |
scope="row" | 1988
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|URS|Larisa Selezneva|link2=Oleg Makarov (figure skater)|Oleg Makarov}} | {{FS skater|URS|Elena Bechke|Denis Petrov}} | {{FS skater|USA|Kristi Yamaguchi|Rudy Galindo}} |
scope="row" | 1989
| Kobe | {{FS skater|URS|Ekaterina Gordeeva|Sergei Grinkov}} | {{FS skater|URS|Larisa Selezneva|link2=Oleg Makarov (figure skater)|Oleg Makarov}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Christine Hough|Doug Ladret}} |
scope="row" | 1990
| {{FS skater|URS|Elena Bechke|Denis Petrov}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Isabelle Brasseur|Lloyd Eisler}} | {{FS skater|URS|Natalia Mishkutenok|Artur Dmitriev}} |
scope="row" | 1991
| {{FS skater|URS|Evgenia Shishkova|Vadim Naumov}} | {{FS skater|CZE|Radka Kovaříková|René Novotný}} | {{FS skater|URS|Marina Eltsova|Andrei Bushkov}} |
scope="row" | 1992
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|RUS|Evgenia Shishkova|Vadim Naumov}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Marina Eltsova|Andrei Bushkov}} | {{FS skater|USA|Calla Urbanski|Rocky Marval}} |
scope="row" | 1993
| Chiba | {{FS skater|CAN|Isabelle Brasseur|Lloyd Eisler}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|CZE|Radka Kovaříková|René Novotný}} | {{FS skater|JPN|Yukiko Kawasaki|Alexei Tikhonov}} |
scope="row" | 1994
| Morioka | {{FS skater|RUS|Marina Eltsova|Andrei Bushkov}} | {{FS skater|GER|Mandy Wötzel|Ingo Steuer}} |
scope="row" | 1995
| Nagoya | {{FS skater|RUS|Evgenia Shishkova|Vadim Naumov}} | {{FS skater|GER|Mandy Wötzel|Ingo Steuer}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Natalia Krestianinova|Alexei Torchinski}} |
scope="row" | 1996
| Osaka | {{FS skater|USA|Jenni Meno|Todd Sand}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Evgenia Shishkova|Vadim Naumov}} | {{FS skater|USA|Kyoko Ina|Jason Dungjen}} |
scope="row" | 1997
| Nagano | {{FS skater|CHN|Shen Xue|Zhao Hongbo}} | {{FS skater|USA|Jenni Meno|Todd Sand}} | {{FS skater|GER|Peggy Schwarz|Mirko Müller}} |
scope="row" | 1998
| Sapporo | {{FS skater|RUS|Elena Berezhnaya|Anton Sikharulidze}} | {{FS skater|CHN|Shen Xue|Zhao Hongbo}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Jamie Salé|David Pelletier}} |
scope="row" | 1999
| Nagoya | {{FS skater|RUS|link=Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova|Alexei Tikhonov}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|FRA|Sarah Abitbol|Stéphane Bernadis}} | {{FS skater|POL|Dorota Zagorska|Mariusz Siudek}} |
scope="row" | 2000
| rowspan="3" | {{FS skater|CHN|Shen Xue|Zhao Hongbo}} | {{FS skater|RUS|link=Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova|Alexei Tikhonov}} |
scope="row" | 2001
| Kumamoto | {{FS skater|RUS|link=Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova|Alexei Tikhonov}} | {{FS skater|POL|Dorota Zagorska|Mariusz Siudek}} |
scope="row" | 2002
| Kyoto | {{FS skater|POL|Dorota Zagorska|Mariusz Siudek}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Anabelle Langlois|Patrice Archetto}} |
scope="row" | 2003
| rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|RUS|link=Maria Petrova (figure skater)|Maria Petrova|Alexei Tikhonov}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Anabelle Langlois|Patrice Archetto}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|POL|Dorota Zagorska|Mariusz Siudek}} |
scope="row" | 2004
| Nagoya | {{FS skater|CHN|Pang Qing|Tong Jian}} |
scope="row" | 2005
| Osaka | {{FS skater|CHN|Zhang Dan|link2=Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao}} | {{FS skater|GER|Aljona Savchenko|Robin Szolkowy}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Utako Wakamatsu|Jean-Sébastien Fecteau}} |
scope="row" | 2006
| Nagano | {{FS skater|CHN|Shen Xue|Zhao Hongbo}} | {{FS skater|CHN|Zhang Dan|link2=Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Zhang Hao}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Valérie Marcoux|Craig Buntin}} |
scope="row" | 2007
| Sendai | {{FS skater|GER|Aljona Savchenko|Robin Szolkowy}} | {{FS skater|USA|Keauna McLaughlin|Rockne Brubaker}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|CAN|Jessica Dubé|Bryce Davison}} |
scope="row" | 2008
| Tokyo | rowspan="3" | {{FS skater|CHN|Pang Qing|Tong Jian}} | {{FS skater|USA|Rena Inoue|link2=John Baldwin (figure skater)|John Baldwin}} |
scope="row" | 2009
| Nagano | {{FS skater|RUS|Yuko Kavaguti|link2=Alexander Smirnov (figure skater)|Alexander Smirnov}} | {{FS skater|USA|Rena Inoue|link2=John Baldwin (figure skater)|John Baldwin}} |
scope="row" | 2010
| Nagoya | {{FS skater|RUS|Vera Bazarova|Yuri Larionov}} | {{FS skater|JPN|Narumi Takahashi|Mervin Tran}} |
scope="row" | 2011
| Sapporo | {{FS skater|RUS|Yuko Kavaguti|link2=Alexander Smirnov (figure skater)|Alexander Smirnov}} | {{FS skater|JPN|Narumi Takahashi|Mervin Tran}} | {{FS skater|GER|Aljona Savchenko|Robin Szolkowy}} |
scope="row" | 2012
| Rifu | {{FS skater|RUS|Vera Bazarova|Yuri Larionov}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Kirsten Moore-Towers|Dylan Moscovitch}} | {{FS skater|USA|Marissa Castelli|Simon Shnapir}} |
scope="row" | 2013
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|RUS|Tatiana Volosozhar|Maxim Trankov}} | {{FS skater|CHN|Peng Cheng|link2=Zhang Hao (figure skater)|Hao Zhang}} | {{FS skater|CHN|Wenjing Sui|Cong Han}} |
scope="row" | 2014
| Osaka | rowspan="3" | {{FS skater|CAN|Meagan Duhamel|Eric Radford}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Yuko Kavaguti|link2=Alexander Smirnov (figure skater)|Alexander Smirnov}} | {{FS skater|CHN|Yu Xiaoyu|Jin Yang}} |
scope="row" | 2015
| Nagano | {{FS skater|CHN|Yu Xiaoyu|Jin Yang}} | {{FS skater|USA|Alexa Scimeca|Chris Knierim}} |
scope="row" | 2016
| Sapporo | {{FS skater|CHN|Peng Cheng|Jin Yang}} | {{FS skater|CHN|Wang Xuehan|link2=Wang Lei (figure skater)|Wang Lei}} |
scope="row" | 2017
| Osaka | {{FS skater|CHN|Sui Wenjing|Han Cong}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Ksenia Stolbova|Fedor Klimov}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Kristina Astakhova|Alexei Rogonov}} |
scope="row" | 2018
| {{FS skater|RUS|Natalia Zabiiako|Alexander Enbert}} | {{FS skater|CHN|Peng Cheng|Jin Yang}} | {{FS skater|USA|Alexa Scimeca Knierim|Chris Knierim}} |
scope="row" | 2019
| Sapporo | {{FS skater|CHN|Sui Wenjing|Han Cong}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Kirsten Moore-Towers|Michael Marinaro}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Anastasia Mishina|Aleksandr Galliamov}} |
scope="row" | 2020
| Osaka | colspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | No pairs competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
scope="row" | 2021
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|RUS|Anastasia Mishina|Aleksandr Galliamov}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Evgenia Tarasova|link2=Vladimir Morozov (figure skater)|Vladimir Morozov}} | {{FS skater|JPN|Riku Miura|Ryuichi Kihara}} |
scope="row" | 2022
| Sapporo | {{FS skater|JPN|Riku Miura|Ryuichi Kihara}} | {{FS medalist|USA|Emily Chan|link2=Spencer Howe|Spencer Akira Howe}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Brooke McIntosh|Benjamin Mimar}} |
scope="row" | 2023
| Osaka | {{FS skater|GER|Minerva Fabienne Hase|Nikita Volodin}} | {{FS skater|ITA|Lucrezia Beccari|Matteo Guarise}} | {{FS skater|ITA|Rebecca Ghilardi|Filippo Ambrosini}} |
scope="row" | 2024
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|GEO|Anastasiia Metelkina|Luka Berulava}} | {{FS skater|JPN|Riku Miura|Ryuichi Kihara}} | {{FS skater|USA|Ellie Kam|link2=Daniel O'Shea (figure skater)|Daniel O'Shea}} |
=Ice dance=
class="wikitable unsortable" style="text-align:left; width:80%"
|+Ice dance event medalists ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | Year ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:15%" | Location ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:gold" | Gold ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:silver" | Silver ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:25%; background:#c96" | Bronze ! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:5%" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
scope="row" | 1979
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|URS|Irina Moiseeva|Andrei Minenkov}} | {{FS skater|GBR|Jayne Torvill|Christopher Dean}} | {{FS skater|URS|Natalia Karamysheva|Rostislav Sinitsyn}} |
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scope="row" | 1980
| Sapporo | {{FS skater|USA|link=Carol Fox (figure skater)|Carol Fox|Richard Dalley}} | {{FS skater|GBR|Karen Barber|Nicholas Slater}} | {{FS skater|GBR|nolink=yes|Lillian Heming|nolink2=yes|Murray Carey}} |
scope="row" | 1981
| Kobe | {{FS skater|GBR|Karen Barber|Nicholas Slater}} | {{FS skater|URS|Natalia Karamysheva|Rostislav Sinitsyn}} | {{FS skater|TCH|Jana Berankova|Jan Bartak}} |
scope="row" | 1982
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|URS|Elena Batanova|link2=Alexei Soloviev (ice dancer)|Alexei Soloviev}} | {{FS skater|USA|link=Carol Fox (figure skater)|Carol Fox|Richard Dalley}} | {{FS skater|GBR|Wendy Sessions|link2=Stephen Williams (figure skater)|Stephen Williams}} |
scope="row" | 1983
| colspan="5" align="center" bgcolor="e5e4e2" | No competition held |
scope="row" | 1984
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|GBR|Karen Barber|Nicholas Slater}} | {{FS skater|URS|Elena Batanova|link2=Alexei Soloviev (ice dancer)|Alexei Soloviev}} | {{FS skater|CAN|link=John Thomas (figure skater)|John Thomas|link2=Kelly Johnson (figure skater)|Kelly Johnson}} |
scope="row" | 1985
| Kobe | {{FS skater|URS|Marina Klimova|Sergei Ponomarenko}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Karyn Garossino|Rod Garossino}} | {{FS skater|GBR|link=Sharon Jones (figure skater)|Sharon Jones|Paul Askham}} |
scope="row" | 1986
| Tokyo | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|URS|Natalia Bestemianova|Andrei Bukin}} | {{FS skater|USA|Suzanne Semanick|link2=Scott Gregory (ice skater)|Scott Gregory}} | {{FS skater|AUT|Kathrin Beck|Christoff Beck}} |
scope="row" | 1987
| Kushiro | {{FS skater|URS|Svetlana Liapina|Gorsha Sur}} | {{FS skater|USA|Susan Wynne|Joseph Druar}} |
scope="row" | 1988
| Tokyo | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|URS|Marina Klimova|Sergei Ponomarenko}} | {{FS skater|URS|Maya Usova|Alexander Zhulin}} | {{FS skater|USA|April Sargent|Russ Witherby}} |
scope="row" | 1989
| Kobe | {{FS skater|URS|Pasha Grishuk|Evgeni Platov}} | {{FS skater|CAN|nolink=yes|Jo-Anne Borlase|link2=Martin Smith (figure skater)|Martin Smith}} |
scope="row" | 1990
| rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|URS|Maya Usova|Alexander Zhulin}} | {{FS skater|HUN|Klára Engi|Attila Tóth}} | {{FS skater|ITA|Stefania Calegari|Pasquale Camerlengo}} |
scope="row" | 1991
| {{FS skater|URS|Pasha Grishuk|Evgeni Platov}} | {{FS skater|ITA|Stefania Calegari|Pasquale Camerlengo}} |
scope="row" | 1992
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|RUS|Maya Usova|Alexander Zhulin}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Anjelika Krylova|Vladimir Fedorov}} | {{FS skater|FRA|Sophie Moniotte|Pascal Lavanchy}} |
scope="row" | 1993
| Chiba | {{FS skater|RUS|Oksana Grishuk|Evgeni Platov}} | {{FS skater|UKR|link=Irina Romanova (figure skater)|Irina Romanova|Igor Yaroshenko}} | {{FS skater|UZB|Aliki Stergiadu|Juris Razgulajevs}} |
scope="row" | 1994
| Morioka | {{FS skater|FRA|Sophie Moniotte|Pascal Lavanchy}} | {{FS skater|BLR|Tatiana Navka|Samvel Gezalian}} | {{FS skater|FRA|Marina Anissina|Gwendal Peizerat}} |
scope="row" | 1995
| Nagoya | {{FS skater|FRA|Marina Anissina|Gwendal Peizerat}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Shae-Lynn Bourne|Viktor Kraatz}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Anna Semenovich|Vladimir Fedorov}} |
scope="row" | 1996
| Osaka | {{FS skater|FRA|Sophie Moniotte|Pascal Lavanchy}} | {{FS skater|FRA|Marina Anissina|Gwendal Peizerat}} | {{FS skater|UKR|link=Irina Romanova (figure skater)|Irina Romanova|Igor Yaroshenko}} |
scope="row" | 1997
| Nagano | {{FS skater|RUS|Pasha Grishuk|Evgeni Platov}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Shae-Lynn Bourne|Viktor Kraatz}} | {{FS skater|ITA|Barbara Fusar-Poli|Maurizio Margaglio}} |
scope="row" | 1998
| Sapporo | rowspan="4" | {{FS skater|FRA|Marina Anissina|Gwendal Peizerat}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|RUS|Irina Lobacheva|Ilia Averbukh}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|LTU|Margarita Drobiazko|Povilas Vanagas}} |
scope="row" | 1999
| Nagoya |
scope="row" | 2000
| rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|LTU|Margarita Drobiazko|Povilas Vanagas}} | {{FS skater|GER|Kati Winkler|René Lohse}} |
scope="row" | 2001
| Kumamoto | {{FS skater|BUL|Albena Denkova|Maxim Staviski}} |
scope="row" | 2002
| Kyoto | {{FS skater|RUS|Irina Lobacheva|Ilia Averbukh}} | {{FS skater|GER|Kati Winkler|René Lohse}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|ISR|Galit Chait|Sergei Sakhnovski}} |
scope="row" | 2003
| rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|BUL|Albena Denkova|Maxim Staviski}} | {{FS skater|UKR|Elena Grushina|Ruslan Goncharov}} |
scope="row" | 2004
| Nagoya | {{FS skater|RUS|Tatiana Navka|Roman Kostomarov}} | {{FS skater|FRA|Isabelle Delobel|Olivier Schoenfelder}} |
scope="row" | 2005
| Osaka | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|CAN|Marie-France Dubreuil|Patrice Lauzon}} | {{FS skater|BUL|Albena Denkova|Maxim Staviski}} | {{FS skater|ARM|Anastasia Grebenkina|Vazgen Azrojan}} |
scope="row" | 2006
| Nagano | {{FS skater|RUS|Jana Khokhlova|Sergei Novitski}} | {{FS skater|USA|Melissa Gregory|Denis Petukhov}} |
scope="row" | 2007
| Sendai | {{FS skater|FRA|Isabelle Delobel|Olivier Schoenfelder}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Tessa Virtue|Scott Moir}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Jana Khokhlova|Sergei Novitski}} |
scope="row" | 2008
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|ITA|Federica Faiella|Massimo Scali}} | {{FS skater|FRA|Nathalie Péchalat|Fabian Bourzat}} | {{FS skater|USA|Emily Samuelson|Evan Bates}} |
scope="row" | 2009
| Nagano | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|USA|Meryl Davis|link2=Charlie White (figure skater)|Charlie White}} | {{FS skater|GBR|Sinead Kerr|link2=John Kerr (figure skater)|John Kerr}} | {{FS skater|CAN|Vanessa Crone|Paul Poirier}} |
scope="row" | 2010
| Nagoya | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|CAN|Kaitlyn Weaver|Andrew Poje}} | {{FS skater|USA|Maia Shibutani|Alex Shibutani}} |
scope="row" | 2011
| Sapporo | {{FS skater|USA|Maia Shibutani|Alex Shibutani}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Elena Ilinykh|Nikita Katsalapov}} |
scope="row" | 2012
| Rifu | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|USA|Meryl Davis|link2=Charlie White (figure skater)|Charlie White}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Elena Ilinykh|Nikita Katsalapov}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|USA|Maia Shibutani|Alex Shibutani}} |
scope="row" | 2013
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|ITA|Anna Cappellini|Luca Lanotte}} |
scope="row" | 2014
| Osaka | {{FS skater|CAN|Kaitlyn Weaver|Andrew Poje}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Ksenia Monko|Kirill Khaliavin}} | {{FS skater|USA|Kaitlin Hawayek|Jean-Luc Baker}} |
scope="row" | 2015
| Nagano | {{FS skater|USA|Maia Shibutani|Alex Shibutani}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Ekaterina Bobrova|Dmitri Soloviev}} | {{FS skater|USA|Madison Hubbell|Zachary Donohue}} |
scope="row" | 2016
| Sapporo | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|CAN|Tessa Virtue|Scott Moir}} | {{FS skater|FRA|Gabriella Papadakis|Guillaume Cizeron}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|ITA|Anna Cappellini|Luca Lanotte}} |
scope="row" | 2017
| Osaka | {{FS skater|USA|Madison Hubbell|Zachary Donohue}} |
scope="row" | 2018
| {{FS skater|USA|Kaitlin Hawayek|Jean-Luc Baker}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Tiffany Zahorski|Jonathan Guerreiro}} | {{FS skater|USA|link=Rachel Parsons (figure skater)|Rachel Parsons|link2=Michael Parsons (figure skater)|Michael Parsons}} |
scope="row" | 2019
| Sapporo | {{FS skater|FRA|Gabriella Papadakis|Guillaume Cizeron}} | {{FS skater|RUS|Alexandra Stepanova|Ivan Bukin}} | {{FS skater|ITA|Charlène Guignard|Marco Fabbri}} |
scope="row" | 2020
| Osaka | {{FS skater|JPN|Misato Komatsubara|Tim Koleto}} | {{FS skater|JPN|Rikako Fukase|link2=Oliver Zhang|Eichu Cho}} | {{FS skater|JPN|Kana Muramoto|Daisuke Takahashi}} |
scope="row" | 2021
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|RUS|Victoria Sinitsina|Nikita Katsalapov}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|USA|Madison Chock|Evan Bates}} | {{FS skater|GBR|Lilah Fear|link2=Lewis Gibson (figure skater)|Lewis Gibson}} |
scope="row" | 2022
| Sapporo | {{FS skater|CAN|Laurence Fournier Beaudry|Nikolaj Sørensen}} | {{FS skater|USA|Caroline Green|link2=Michael Parsons (figure skater)|Michael Parsons}} |
scope="row" | 2023
| Osaka | {{FS skater|GBR|Lilah Fear|link2=Lewis Gibson (figure skater)|Lewis Gibson}} | {{FS skater|ITA|Charlène Guignard|Marco Fabbri}} | rowspan="2" | {{FS skater|LIT|Allison Reed|Saulius Ambrulevičius}} |
scope="row" | 2024
| Tokyo | {{FS skater|USA|Madison Chock|Evan Bates}} | {{FS skater|USA|Christina Carreira|Anthony Ponomarenko}} |
Records
{{multiple image
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| total_width = 800
| footer = From left to right: Daisuke Takahashi of Japan has won six NHK Trophy titles in men's singles; Midori Ito of Japan has won six NHK Trophy titles in women's singles; Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China have won four NHK Trophy titles in pair skating; and Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat of France have won five NHK Trophy titles in ice dance.
| footer_align = center
| image1 = 2010 Skate America Men - Daisuke TAKAHASHI - 7215a.jpg
| image2 = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1989-0407-022, Midori Ito.jpg
| image3 = 2009 Cup of China Pairs Shen-Zhao01.jpg
| alt1 = Daisuke Takahashi at the 2010 Skate America
| alt2 = Midori Ito on the ice
| alt3 = Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo at the 2009 Cup of China
| image4 = Anissina and Peizerat 2001 GPF.jpg
| alt4 = Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat at the 2001 Grand Prix Final
}}
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Cumulative medal count
= Men's singles =
{{Medals table
| caption = Total number of NHK Trophy medals in men's singles by nation
| host =
| flag_template = flagcountry
| event =
| team =
| gold_BUL = 0 | silver_BUL = 0 | bronze_BUL = 1
| gold_CAN = 3 | silver_CAN = 4 | bronze_CAN = 3
| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 4
| gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 1 | bronze_CZE = 1
| gold_FRA = 3 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 6
| gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 1 | bronze_FRG = 0
| gold_GBR = 1 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 0
| gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 1
| gold_ISR = 0 | silver_ISR = 0 | bronze_ISR = 1
| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 1
| gold_JPN = 21 | silver_JPN =11 | bronze_JPN = 8
| gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 2
| gold_POL = 1 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 1
| gold_RUS = 6 | silver_RUS = 5 | bronze_RUS = 3
| gold_SUI = 0 | silver_SUI = 0 | bronze_SUI = 1
| gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 1 | bronze_TCH = 0
| gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 2
| gold_URS = 4 | silver_URS = 3 | bronze_URS = 3
| gold_USA = 6 | silver_USA = 13 | bronze_USA = 7
}}
= Women's singles =
{{Medals table
| caption = Total number of NHK Trophy medals in women's singles by nation
| host =
| flag_template = flagcountry
| event =
| team =
| gold_AZE = 0 | silver_AZE = 0 | bronze_AZE = 1
| gold_BEL = 0 | silver_BEL = 0 | bronze_BEL = 1
| gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 1 | bronze_CAN = 1
| gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 3
| gold_DDR = 3 | silver_DDR = 1 | bronze_DDR = 0
| gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 0 | bronze_FIN = 0
| gold_FRA = 2 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 0
| gold_FRG = 0 | silver_FRG = 0 | bronze_FRG = 1
| gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 0 | bronze_GER = 0
| gold_ITA = 2 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0
| gold_JPN = 22 | silver_JPN = 19 | bronze_JPN = 18
| gold_KOR = 1 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 1
| gold_RUS = 6 | silver_RUS = 8 | bronze_RUS = 7
| gold_SUI = 1 | silver_SUI = 1 | bronze_SUI = 0
| gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 1 | bronze_UKR = 2
| gold_URS = 0 | silver_URS = 0 | bronze_URS = 1
| gold_USA = 2 | silver_USA = 11 | bronze_USA = 7
| gold_UZB = 2 | silver_UZB = 0 | bronze_UZB = 2
}}
= Pairs =
{{Medals table
| caption = Total number of NHK Trophy medals in pairs by nation
| host =
| flag_template = flagcountry
| event =
| team =
| gold_CAN = 6 | silver_CAN = 4 | bronze_CAN = 10
| gold_CHN = 11 | silver_CHN = 7 | bronze_CHN = 3
| gold_CZE = 0 | silver_CZE = 3 | bronze_CZE = 0
| gold_DDR = 0 | silver_DDR = 2 | bronze_DDR = 0
| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 2 | bronze_FRA = 0
| gold_GEO = 1 | silver_GEO = 0 | bronze_GEO = 0
| gold_GER = 2 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 3
| gold_ITA = 0 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 1
| gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 2 | bronze_JPN = 4
| gold_POL = 0 | silver_POL = 1 | bronze_POL = 4
| gold_RUS = 12 | silver_RUS = 8 | bronze_RUS = 4
| gold_URS = 8 | silver_URS = 4 | bronze_URS = 3
| gold_USA = 3 | silver_USA = 8 | bronze_USA = 12
}}
= Ice dance =
{{Medals table
| caption = Total number of NHK Trophy medals in ice dance by nation
| host =
| flag_template = flagcountry
| event =
| team =
| gold_ARM = 0 | silver_ARM = 0 | bronze_ARM = 1
| gold_AUT = 0 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 1
| gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 1 | bronze_BLR = 0
| gold_BUL = 2 | silver_BUL = 1 | bronze_BUL = 1
| gold_CAN = 6 | silver_CAN = 6 | bronze_CAN = 3
| gold_FRA = 9 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 3
| gold_GBR = 3 | silver_GBR = 3 | bronze_GBR = 4
| gold_GER = 0 | silver_GER = 1 | bronze_GER = 1
| gold_HUN = 0 | silver_HUN = 1 | bronze_HUN = 0
| gold_ISR = 0 | silver_ISR = 0 | bronze_ISR = 2
| gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 2 | bronze_ITA = 6
| gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 1
| gold_LIT = 0 | silver_LIT = 2 | bronze_LIT = 4
| gold_RUS = 5 | silver_RUS = 10 | bronze_RUS = 3
| gold_TCH = 0 | silver_TCH = 0 | bronze_TCH = 1
| gold_UKR = 0 | silver_UKR = 2 | bronze_UKR = 1
| gold_URS = 9 | silver_URS = 6 | bronze_URS = 1
| gold_USA = 9 | silver_USA = 6 | bronze_USA = 11
| gold_UZB = 0 | silver_UZB = 0 | bronze_UZB = 1
}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|NHK Trophy}}
- [https://www.skatingjapan.or.jp/ Japan Skating Federation]
- [https://isu-skating.com/figure-skating/events/isu-grand-prix ISU Grand Prix]
- [https://www.skatingscores.com/gpjpn/ NHK Trophy] at Skating Scores
{{NHK Trophy Figure skating}}
{{Grand Prix Figure skating}}
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