The 2018 NHK Trophy was the fourth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Hiroshima Green Arena in Hiroshima on November 9–11. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters also earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.
| 2018 NHK Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 9 – 11 |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
| Location: | Hiroshima |
| Venue: | Hiroshima Green Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Shoma Uno | |
| Ladies' singles: Rika Kihira | |
Pairs:  Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | |
Ice dance:  Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | |
| Previous: 2017 NHK Trophy | |
| Next: 2019 NHK Trophy | |
| Previous GP: 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki | |
| Next GP: 2018 Rostelecom Cup | |
Entries edit
The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[1]
Changes to preliminary assignments edit
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 30 and August 6 | Pairs |  Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
|
Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov
|
Injury recovery (Sui) | [2] |
| August 9 and 31 | Ice dance | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
|
 Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
|
Split | [3] |
| September 3 | Men | N/A | Sōta Yamamoto
|
Host pick | [4] |
| Ladies | Rika Kihira
| ||||
| October 8 and 11 | Ladies | Li Xiangning
|
 Maé-Bérénice Méité
|
[5][6] | |
| October 12 and 17 | Ladies |  Choi Da-bin
|
Lim Eun-soo
|
[7][8] | |
| October 26 and 29 | Ladies | Elena Radionova
|
Alena Leonova
|
Back injury | [9][10] |
| October 29 and 30 | Ladies |  Gabrielle Daleman
|
 Kailani Craine
|
Focus on mental health | [11][12] |
| November 1 | Pairs |  Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert
|
 Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu
|
[13] | |
| November 6 | Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
N/A | Back injury (Cizeron) | [14] |
Results edit
Men edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan
|
276.45 | 1 | 92.49 | 1 | 183.96 |
| 2 | Sergei Voronov | Russia
|
254.28 | 2 | 91.37 | 2 | 162.91 |
| 3 | Matteo Rizzo |  Italy
|
224.71 | 4 | 77.00 | 3 | 147.71 |
| 4 | Vincent Zhou |  United States
|
223.42 | 5 | 75.90 | 4 | 147.52 |
| 5 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia
|
219.52 | 3 | 81.16 | 6 | 138.36 |
| 6 | Sōta Yamamoto | Japan
|
213,40 | 6 | 74.98 | 5 | 138.42 |
| 7 | Alexander Johnson | United States
|
199.75 | 8 | 72.03 | 7 | 127.72 |
| 8 | Deniss Vasiļjevs |  Latvia
|
197.60 | 7 | 72.39 | 8 | 125.21 |
| 9 | Lee June-hyoung | South Korea
|
188.26 | 11 | 66.16 | 9 | 122.10 |
| 10 | Hiroaki Sato | Japan
|
185.18 | 10 | 67.38 | 11 | 117.80 |
| 11 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada
|
182.67 | 12 | 61.14 | 10 | 121.53 |
| 12 | Yaroslav Paniot |  Ukraine
|
173.64 | 9 | 68.59 | 12 | 105.05 |
Ladies edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rika Kihira | Japan
|
224.31 | 5 | 69.59 | 1 | 154.72 |
| 2 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan
|
219.47 | 2 | 76.08 | 2 | 143.39 |
| 3 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia
|
219.02 | 1 | 76.17 | 3 | 142.85 |
| 4 | Mai Mihara | Japan
|
204.20 | 3 | 70.38 | 5 | 133.82 |
| 5 | Mariah Bell | United States
|
198.96 | 7 | 62.97 | 4 | 135.99 |
| 6 | Lim Eun-soo | South Korea
|
196.31 | 4 | 69.78 | 6 | 126.53 |
| 7 | Alena Leonova | Russia
|
194.15 | 6 | 68.22 | 7 | 125.93 |
| 8 | Courtney Hicks | United States
|
178.07 | 10 | 59.10 | 8 | 118.97 |
| 9 | Maria Sotskova | Russia
|
176.99 | 9 | 60.75 | 9 | 116.24 |
| 10 | Mae Berenice Meite | France
|
162.58 | 12 | 50.49 | 10 | 112.09 |
| 11 | Angela Wang | United States
|
159.36 | 8 | 60.82 | 11 | 98.54 |
| 12 | Kailani Craine | Australia
|
154.22 | 11 | 58.21 | 12 | 96.01 |
Pairs edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Russia
|
214.14 | 1 | 73.48 | 1 | 140.66 |
| 2 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China
|
207.24 | 2 | 70.66 | 2 | 136.58 |
| 3 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States
|
190.49 | 4 | 64.75 | 3 | 125.74 |
| 4 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada
|
189.66 | 3 | 67.70 | 4 | 121.96 |
| 5 | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | United States
|
164.16 | 5 | 59.00 | 5 | 105.16 |
| 6 | Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu | Spain
|
159.59 | 6 | 55.37 | 6 | 104.22 |
| 7 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | United States
|
149.25 | 7 | 52.35 | 7 | 96.90 |
| 8 | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan
|
143.69 | 8 | 49.93 | 8 | 93.76 |
Ice dancing edit
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States
|
184.63 | 2 | 70.71 | 1 | 113.92 |
| 2 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia
|
183.05 | 1 | 75.49 | 4 | 107.56 |
| 3 | Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons | United States
|
178.64 | 3 | 69.07 | 3 | 109.57 |
| 4 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | United Kingdom
|
177.20 | 7 | 63.91 | 2 | 113.29 |
| 5 | Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Canada
|
169.84 | 5 | 66.01 | 5 | 103.83 |
| 6 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China
|
167.96 | 4 | 66.27 | 6 | 101.69 |
| 7 | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Russia
|
159.96 | 6 | 64.53 | 7 | 95.43 |
| 8 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Japan
|
154.27 | 9 | 59.40 | 8 | 94.87 |
| 9 | Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin | Ukraine
|
153.22 | 8 | 60.20 | 9 | 93.02 |
References edit
- ^ ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (July 1, 2018). "Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. July 30, 2018.
- ^ "平昌五輪アイスダンスの村元・リード組がペア解消「方向性の違い」" [Pyeongchang Olympians Muramoto and Reed end partnership due to "difference in direction"] (in Japanese). Daily Sports Japan. August 9, 2018.
- ^ "ＧＰ ＮＨＫ杯の開催国枠は山本草太と紀平梨花 男女３選手決定" [Grand Prix NHK Cup adds Sota Yamamoto and Rika Kihira, three men and ladies decided] (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. September 3, 2018. Archived from the original on September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 8, 2018.
- ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 11, 2018.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 12, 2018.
- ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 17, 2018.
- ^ Vilevich, Alexander (October 26, 2018). "Российская фигуристка Елена Радионова снялась с этапа Гран-при в Японии" [Russian figure skater Elena Radionova withdrew from the Grand Prix in Japan] (in Russian). RIA Novosti.
- ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 29, 2018.
- ^ "Daleman withdraws from NHK Trophy" (Press release). Skate Canada. October 30, 2018.
- ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 30, 2018.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. November 1, 2018.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (November 6, 2018). "Gabriella Papadakis, Guillaume Cizeron sidelined by injury". NBC Sports.
External links edit
- 2018 NHK Trophy at the International Skating Union
- Entry orders and results