2021 NHK Trophy explained

2021 NHK Trophy
Comptype:	Grand Prix
Startdate:	November 12
Enddate:	14
Skatingseason:	2021–22
Location:	Tokyo
Host:	Japan Skating Federation
Venue:	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Championmen:	Shoma Uno
Championwomen:	Kaori Sakamoto
Championpairs:	Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
Championdance:	Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Previouscomp:	2020 NHK Trophy
Nextcomp:	2022 NHK Trophy
Previousgp:	2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
Nextgp:	2021 Internationaux de France

The 2021 NHK Trophy was the fourth event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on November 12–14. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.^[1]

Country	Men^[2]	Women^[3]	Pairs^[4]	Ice dance^[5]
	Nam Nguyen		Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
		Nicole Schott	Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
				Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
	Matteo Rizzo
	Kao Miura Shoma Uno Sōta Yamamoto	Mana Kawabe Rino Matsuike Kaori Sakamoto	Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
	Makar Ignatov Alexander Samarin	Daria Usacheva	Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
	Cha Jun-hwan	Lim Eun-soo Wi Seo-yeong You Young
				Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
				Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
	Tomoki Hiwatashi Camden Pulkinen Vincent Zhou	Amber Glenn Alysa Liu	Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov	Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Changes to preliminary assignments

Discipline	Withdrew	Added	Notes
Date	Skater(s)	Date	Skater(s)
Men	September 15	Kao Miura	Host picks	^[6]
Women	Rino Matsuike	^[7]
Ice dance	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto	^[8]
October 6	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu		October 6	Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Men	October 27	Daniil Samsonov
Women		Olga Mikutina	Injury recovery^[9]
Pairs		Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer	Lack of preparation after injury^[10]	^[11]
Men	November 4	Yuzuru Hanyu	November 5	Sōta Yamamoto	Injury^[12]
Women	November 5	Rika Kihira	November 8	Mana Kawabe	Injury^[13]
November 7	Alexandra Trusova	Injury^[14]
	Ice dance	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker	Concussion (Hawayek)^[15]

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Shoma Uno		290.15	1	102.58	1	187.57
2	Vincent Zhou		260.69	2	99.51	6	161.18
3	Cha Jun-hwan		259.60	3	95.92	5	163.68
4	Makar Ignatov		257.20	4	90.54	4	166.66
5	Matteo Rizzo		255.84	6	84.78	3	171.06
6	Alexander Samarin		255.65	7	84.32	2	171.33
7	Sōta Yamamoto		238.90	5	86.05	8	152.85
8	Kao Miura		232.89	8	76.62	7	156.27
9	Tomoki Hiwatashi		217.08	9	72.36	9	144.72
10	Nam Nguyen		208.39	10	64.28	10	144.11
11	Camden Pulkinen		193.18	11	55.53	11	137.65

Women

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Kaori Sakamoto		223.34	1	76.56	1	146.78
2	Mana Kawabe		205.44	2	73.88	4	131.56
3	You Young		203.60	3	68.08	2	135.52
4	Alysa Liu		202.90	4	67.72	3	135.18
5	Lim Eun-soo		186.68	5	65.23	6	121.45
6	Rino Matsuike		186.17	7	63.34	5	122.83
7	Amber Glenn		175.83	6	63.43	8	112.40
8	Nicole Schott		172.37	8	59.26	7	113.11
9	Wi Seo-yeong		170.54	9	58.23	9	112.31
	Daria Usacheva

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov		227.28	1	78.40	1	148.88
2	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov		213.27	2	75.78	2	137.49
3	Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara		209.42	3	73.98	3	135.44
4	Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc		202.79	4	70.75	4	132.04
5	Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov		190.03	5	64.95	5	125.08
6	Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud		167.98	6	56.97	6	111.01
7	Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert		161.89	7	54.63	7	107.26

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
1	Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov		215.44	1	86.33	1	129.11
2	Madison Chock / Evan Bates		210.78	2	86.02	2	124.76
3	Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson		191.91	3	76.43	3	115.48
4	Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin		188.09	4	76.40	5	111.69
5	Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha		187.38	5	74.45	4	112.93
6	Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi		179.50	6	70.74	6	108.76
7	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto		172.20	7	68.13	7	104.07
8	Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin		165.38	8	66.07	8	99.31
9	Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko		160.13	9	65.17	9	94.96

External links

• NHK Trophy at the International Skating Union
  • Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 assignments announced. International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
2. Web site: ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Men. International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
3. Web site: ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Women. International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
4. Web site: ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Pairs. International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
5. Web site: ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Ice Dance. International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
6. Web site: ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Men. International Skating Union. September 15, 2021.
7. Web site: ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Women. International Skating Union. September 15, 2021.
8. Web site: ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Ice Dance. International Skating Union. September 15, 2021.
9. CVkKT90tG-V. olgamikutina. Unfortunately I will not take part in the Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan as I am still recovering from my injury.. Olga. Mikutina. Olga Mikutina. October 28, 2021.
10. Web site: After a couple of weeks of missed practice due to an ongoing injury, we were forced to withdraw from GP NHK Trophy and are working hard to be back at our competition level for GP Rostelecom Cup in Sochi.. Miriam. Ziegler. Severin. Kiefer. Miriam Ziegler. Severin Kiefer. Facebook. October 28, 2021.
11. Web site: ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Pairs. International Skating Union. October 27, 2021.
12. Web site: Yuzuru Hanyu to miss NHK Trophy due to injury. The Japan Times. November 4, 2021.
13. Web site: Figure skating: Rika Kihira to miss NHK Trophy due to ankle injury. The Mainichi. November 5, 2021. November 5, 2021. November 6, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106002019/https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20211105/p2g/00m/0sp/078000c. dead.
14. Web site: Трусова не поедет на «Гран-при Японии». Trusova will not go to the Japanese Grand Prix. Dmitry. Kuznetsov. Sport Express. November 7, 2021.
15. Hawayek and Baker Withdraw from 2021 NHK Trophy. U.S. Figure Skating. November 7, 2021.