The2022NHK Trophywas the fifth event of the2022-23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating:a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at theMakomanai Ice ArenainSapporo, Japan,from November 18-20. Medals were awarded inmen's singles, women's singles,pair skating,andice dance.Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the2022-23 Grand Prix Final.

2022 NHK Trophy
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 18 – 20
Season:2022–23
Location:Sapporo, Japan
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Makomanai Ice Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
JapanShoma Uno
Women's singles:
South KoreaKim Ye-lim
Pairs:
JapanRiku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara
Ice dance:
CanadaLaurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Sørensen
Navigation
Previous:
2021 NHK Trophy
Next:
2023 NHK Trophy
Previous GP:
2022 MK John Wilson Trophy
Next GP:
2022 Grand Prix of Espoo

Entries

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TheInternational Skating Unionannounced the preliminary assignments on July 22, 2022.[1][2]

Country Men[3] Women[4] Pairs[5] Ice dance[6]
Austria Maurizio Zandron Olga Mikutina
Canada Stephen Gogolev
Conrad Orzel
Brooke McIntosh/Benjamin Mimar Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Sørensen
China Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu
Estonia Eva-Lotta Kiibus
Niina Petrõkina
Finland Yuka Orihara/Juho Pirinen
France Adam Siao Him Fa Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev Evgenia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud
Georgia Nika Egadze
Italy Gabriele Frangipani
Matteo Rizzo
Irma Caldara/Riccardo Maglio
Japan Kazuki Tomono
Shoma Uno
Sōta Yamamoto
Kaori Sakamoto
Rion Sumiyoshi
Rinka Watanabe
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi
Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto
Lithuania Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevičius
Netherlands Daria Danilova/Michel Tsiba
South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Ji Seo-yeon
Wi Seo-yeong
Kim Ye-lim
United States Tomoki Hiwatashi Starr Andrews
Amber Glenn
Audrey Shin
Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe Madison Chock/Evan Bates
Caroline Green/Michael Parsons
Katarina Wolfkostin/Jeffrey Chen

Changes to preliminary assignments

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Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men September 1 Sōta Yamamoto Host picks [7]
Women Rion Sumiyoshi
Ice dance Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto
Women September 6 Ekaterina Ryabova September 22 Eva-Lotta Kiibus Ryabova retired. [8]
Pairs October 4 Maria Chernyshova/Harley Windsor October 14 Daria Danilova/Michel Tsiba Injury (Windsor) [9]
Women October 5 Wakaba Higuchi October 6 Rinka Watanabe Injury [10]
Men October 27 Jin Boyang October 27 Conrad Orzel Recovery from surgery
Pairs November 11 Jelizaveta Žuková/Martin Bidař
November 15 Annika Hocke/Robert Kunkel PositiveCOVID-19test (Hocke) [11]

Results

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Men's singles

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Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
Shoma Uno Japan 279.76 2 91.66 1 188.10
Sōta Yamamoto Japan 257.85 1 96.49 6 161.36
Cha Jun-hwan South Korea 254.76 6 80.35 2 174.41
4 Kazuki Tomono Japan 251.83 4 85.07 3 166.76
5 Adam Siao Him Fa France 250.45 3 87.44 4 163.01
6 Matteo Rizzo Italy 240.76 7 78.57 5 162.19
7 Nika Egadze Georgia 232.86 5 84.47 8 148.39
8 Stephen Gogolev Canada 221.02 9 69.01 7 152.01
9 Gabriele Frangipani Italy 212.31 10 68.78 9 143.53
10 Conrad Orzel Canada 202.69 8 73.10 11 129.59
11 Maurizio Zandron Austria 201.72 11 68.21 10 133.51
12 Tomoki Hiwatashi United States 185.05 12 57.18 12 127.87

Women's singles

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Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
Kim Ye-lim South Korea 204.49 1 72.22 2 132.27
Kaori Sakamoto Japan 201.87 2 68.07 1 133.80
Rion Sumiyoshi Japan 193.12 3 68.01 4 125.11
4 Audrey Shin United States 189.00 4 65.87 5 123.13
5 Rinka Watanabe Japan 188.07 9 58.36 3 129.71
6 Ji Seo-yeon South Korea 184.14 6 62.92 7 121.22
7 Niina Petrõkina Estonia 180.29 8 58.81 6 121.48
8 Wi Seo-yeong South Korea 176.74 7 61.06 10 115.68
9 Starr Andrews United States 174.06 5 64.13 12 109.93
10 Olga Mikutina Austria 173.36 10 56.95 9 116.41
11 Amber Glenn United States 169.36 11 52.04 8 117.32
12 Eva-Lotta Kiibus Estonia 162.37 12 48.56 11 113.81

Pairs

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Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
Riku Miura/Ryuichi Kihara Japan 216.16 1 78.25 1 137.91
Emily Chan/Spencer Akira Howe United States 187.49 2 64.62 2 122.87
Brooke McIntosh/Benjamin Mimar Canada 175.65 3 62.31 3 113.34
4 Irma Caldara/Riccardo Maglio Italy 164.23 4 58.95 5 105.28
5 Camille Kovalev/Pavel Kovalev France 162.01 5 55.36 4 106.65
6 Daria Danilova/Michel Tsiba Netherlands 155.84 6 54.46 6 101.38

Ice dance

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Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
Laurence Fournier Beaudry/Nikolaj Sørensen Canada 210.41 1 85.66 1 124.75
Madison Chock/Evan Bates United States 209.13 2 85.00 2 124.13
Caroline Green/Michael Parsons United States 191.10 3 77.00 4 114.10
4 Allison Reed/Saulius Ambrulevičius Lithuania 189.98 4 75.23 3 114.75
5 Evgeniia Lopareva/Geoffrey Brissaud France 184.63 6 72.84 5 111.79
6 Kana Muramoto/Daisuke Takahashi Japan 178.78 5 75.10 7 103.68
7 Wang Shiyue/Liu Xinyu China 174.11 7 70.32 6 103.79
8 Yuka Orihara/Juho Pirinen Finland 168.45 9 66.47 8 101.98
9 Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto Japan 164.30 8 66.65 9 97.65
10 Katarina Wolfkostin/Jeffrey Chen United States 148.01 10 64.94 10 83.07

References

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  1. ^"World Champions to highlight ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating events 2022/23".International Skating Union.July 22, 2022.
  2. ^Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (July 22, 2022)."2022/23 Grand Prix Assignments"(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
  3. ^"ISU GP NHK Trophy 2022: Men".International Skating Union.June 2, 2022.
  4. ^"ISU GP NHK Trophy 2022: Women".International Skating Union.June 2, 2022.
  5. ^"ISU GP NHK Trophy 2022: Pairs".International Skating Union.June 2, 2022.
  6. ^"ISU GP NHK Trophy 2022: Ice Dance".International Skating Union.June 2, 2022.
  7. ^"フィギュアNHK bôi の khai thôi quốc 枠に sơn bổn thảo thái, trụ cát りをん, tiểu tùng nguyên mỹ lí, tôn tổ".スポーツ báo tri(in Japanese). 2022-09-01.Retrieved2022-09-01.
  8. ^Ryabova, Ekaterina [@_rina.r] (September 6, 2022)."Я завершила свою спортивную карьеру"[I completed my career in sports.] (in Russian) – viaInstagram.
  9. ^Windsor, Harley [@h_d22] (September 27, 2022)."Update. Surgery was a success!"– viaInstagram.
  10. ^@skatejapanews (October 5, 2022)."Update: Wakaba Higuchi has withdrawn from all competitions of the 2022/23 season competition." Due to the delay in recovery from the stress fracture in late April, I decided to postpone all competitions this season, including the two GP events and Nationals. ""(Tweet) – viaTwitter.
  11. ^Hocke, Annika."Withdrawal".Instagram.Retrieved15 November2022.
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