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.

2021 NHK Trophy
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 12 – 14
Season:2021–22
Location:Tokyo
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Shoma Uno
Women's singles:
Japan Kaori Sakamoto
Pairs:
Russia Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
Ice dance:
Russia Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Navigation
Previous:
2020 NHK Trophy
Next:
2022 NHK Trophy
Previous GP:
2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
Next GP:
2021 Internationaux de France

Entries edit

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

Country Men[2] Women[3] Pairs[4] Ice dance[5]
  Canada Nam Nguyen Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
  Germany Nicole Schott Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
  Great Britain Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
  Italy Matteo Rizzo
  Japan Kao Miura
Shoma Uno
Sōta Yamamoto
Mana Kawabe
Rino Matsuike
Kaori Sakamoto
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
  Russia Makar Ignatov
Alexander Samarin
Daria Usacheva Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
  South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Lim Eun-soo
Wi Seo-yeong
You Young
  Spain Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
  Ukraine Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
  United States 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 edit

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
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 [6]
Women   Olga Mikutina Injury recovery[9] [7]
Pairs   Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Lack of preparation after injury[10] [11]
Men November 4   Yuzuru Hanyu November 5   Sōta Yamamoto Injury[12] [6]
Women November 5   Rika Kihira November 8   Mana Kawabe Injury[13] [7]
November 7   Alexandra Trusova Injury[14]
Ice dance   Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Concussion (Hawayek)[15] [8]

Results edit

Men edit

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

Women edit

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

Pairs edit

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

Ice dance edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/22 assignments announced". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Men". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Women". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  4. ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Pairs". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  5. ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 29, 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Men". International Skating Union. September 15, 2021.
  7. ^ a b c "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Women". International Skating Union. September 15, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. September 15, 2021.
  9. ^ Mikutina, Olga [@olgamikutina] (October 28, 2021). "Unfortunately I will not take part in the Grand Prix in Tokyo, Japan as I am still recovering from my injury" – via Instagram.
  10. ^ Ziegler, Miriam; Kiefer, Severin (October 28, 2021). "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" – via Facebook.
  11. ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2021: Pairs". International Skating Union. October 27, 2021.
  12. ^ "Yuzuru Hanyu to miss NHK Trophy due to injury". The Japan Times. November 4, 2021.
  13. ^ "Figure skating: Rika Kihira to miss NHK Trophy due to ankle injury". The Mainichi. November 5, 2021. Archived from the original on November 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  14. ^ Kuznetsov, Dmitry (November 7, 2021). "Трусова не поедет на «Гран-при Японии»" [Trusova will not go to the Japanese Grand Prix]. Sport Express.
  15. ^ "Hawayek and Baker Withdraw from 2021 NHK Trophy" (Press release). U.S. Figure Skating. November 7, 2021.

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