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.
Entries The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.
Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Kailani Craine Kevin Reynolds Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Maé-Bérénice Méité Matteo Rizzo Hiroaki Sato Shoma Uno Sōta Yamamoto Rika Kihira Mai Mihara Satoko Miyahara Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Deniss Vasiļjevs Dmitri Aliev Sergei Voronov Alena Leonova Maria Sotskova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro Lee June-hyoung Lim Eun-soo Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu Yaroslav Paniot Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Alexander Johnson Vincent Zhou Mariah Bell Courtney Hicks Angela Wang Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
Changes to preliminary assignments 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) August 9 and 31 Ice dance Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Split September 3 MenN/A Sōta YamamotoHost pick Ladies Rika Kihira October 8 and 11 Ladies Li Xiangning Maé-Bérénice Méité October 12 and 17 Ladies Choi Da-bin Lim Eun-soo October 26 and 29 Ladies Elena Radionova Alena Leonova Back injury October 29 and 30 Ladies Gabrielle Daleman Kailani Craine Focus on mental health November 1 Pairs Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu November 6 Ice dance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron N/A Back injury (Cizeron)
Results Men
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1Shoma Uno276.45192.491183.96 2Sergei Voronov254.28291.372162.91 3Matteo Rizzo224.71477.003147.71 4Vincent Zhou223.42575.904147.52 5Dmitri Aliev 219.52381.166138.36 6Sōta Yamamoto213,40674.985138.42 7Alexander Johnson199.75872.037127.72 8Deniss Vasiļjevs197.60772.398125.21 9Lee June-hyoung188.261166.16 9122.10 10Hiroaki Sato185.181067.3811117.80 11Kevin Reynolds182.671261.1410121.53 12Yaroslav Paniot173.64968.5912105.05
Ladies
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1Rika Kihira224.31 5 69.591154.72 2 Satoko Miyahara 219.47 2 76.082143.39 3Elizaveta Tuktamysheva219.02 1 76.173142.85 4Mai Mihara 204.20 3 70.385 133.82 5 Mariah Bell 198.96 7 62.974135.99 6 Lim Eun-soo 196.31 4 69.786126.53 7 Alena Leonova 194.15 6 68.227125.93 8 Courtney Hicks 178.07 10 59.108118.97 9 Maria Sotskova 176.99 9 60.759116.24 10 Mae Berenice Meite 162.58 12 50.4910112.09 11 Angela Wang 159.36 8 60.821198.54 12 Kailani Craine 154.22 11 58.211296.01
Pairs
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert214.14173.481 140.66 2Peng Cheng / Jin Yang207.24 270.662136.58 3Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim190.49464.753125.74 4Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro189.66367.704121.96 5Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea164.16559.005105.16 6Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu159.59655.376104.22 7Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov149.25752.35796.90 8Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara143.69849.93893.76
Ice dancing
Rank Name Nation Total points RD FD 1Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker 184.63270.71 1113.92 2Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro 183.05175.49 4 107.56 3Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons 178.64369.07 3109.57 4Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson 177.20763.912113.29 5Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus 169.84566.01 5 103.83 6Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu 167.96466.27 6 101.69 7Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin 159.96664.53 7 95.43 8Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto 154.27959.40 8 94.87 9Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin 153.22860.20 9 93.02
References
External links 2018 NHK Trophy at the International Skating Union Entry orders and results