| 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: Yuzuru Hanyu | |
Ladies' singles: Alena Kostornaia | |
Pairs: Sui Wenjing /Han Cong | |
Ice dance: Gabriella Papadakis /Guillaume Cizeron | |
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The2019 NHK Trophy was the sixth event of the2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held atMakomanai Ice Arena inSapporo,Japan from November 22–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines ofmen's singles, ladies' singles,pair skating, andice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the2019–20 Grand Prix Final.
TheISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.[1]
| 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] | |
The following newISU 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] |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
James and Ciprès will not be competing on the Grand Prix or Challenger circuits this season.