1996 NHK Trophy explained

1996 NHK Trophy
Comptype:	Champions Series
Startdate:	December 5
Enddate:	8
Skatingseason:	1996–97
Location:	Osaka
Championmen:	Elvis Stojko
Championladies:	Maria Butyrskaya
Championpairs:	Jenni Meno / Todd Sand
Championdance:	Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy
Previouscomp:	1995 NHK Trophy
Nextcomp:	1997 NHK Trophy
Previousgp:	1996 Nations Cup
Nextgp:	1996 Cup of Russia

The 1996 NHK Trophy was the fifth event of six in the 1996–97 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Osaka on December 5–8. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1996–97 Champions Series Final.

Competition notes

Midori Ito was expected to compete, but withdrew before the competition when she retired from competitive figure skating and just skated in the Exhibition.^[1]

Rank	TFP	SP	FS
1	2.0	2	1
2	2.5	1	2
3	6.0	4	4
4	6.5	3	5
5	8.0	10	3
6	9.0	6	6
7	11.5	9	7
8	12.0	8	8
9	12.5	7	9
10	15.5	11	10
11	17.0	12	11
WD		5

Rank	TFP	SP	FS
1	2.5	2	1
2	2.5	1	2
3	6.0	6	3
4	6.0	4	4
5	6.5	3	5
6	8.5	5	6
7	11.5	9	7
8	11.5	7	8
9	14.0	10	9
10	14.0	8	10

Rank	TFP	SP	FS
1	1.5	1	1
2	3.0	2	2
3	4.5	6	4
4	7.0	4	5
5	8.5	5	6
6	8.5	5	6
7	10.5	7	7
8	12.0	8	8

Rank	TFP	CD	OD	FD
1	3.0	2	2	1
2	3.0	1	1	2
3	6.0	3	3	3
4	8.4	5	4	4
5	9.6	4	5	5
6	12.0	6	6	6
7	14.0	7	7	7
8	16.0	8	8	8
9	18.6	9	10	9
10	19.4	10	9	10
11	22.0	11	11	11