# 2014 NHK Trophy

The 2014 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 2014–15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Namihaya Dome in Osaka on November 28–30. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

The entries were as follows:
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Canada | Elladj Balde Jeremy Ten | Gabrielle Daleman | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje |
| China | | Li Zijun | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | |
| Georgia | | Elene Gedevanishvili | | |
| Germany | | | Mari Vartmann / Aaron van Cleave | Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi |
| United Kingdom | | | | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland |
| Italy | Ivan Righini | | | |
| Japan | Yuzuru Hanyu Takahito Mura Daisuke Murakami | Riona Kato Satoko Miyahara Kanako Murakami | Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| Norway | | Anne Line Gjersem | | |
| South Korea | Kim Jin-seo | | | |
| Russia | Sergei Voronov | Alena Leonova | Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov |
| Switzerland | | Anna Ovcharova | | |
| United States | Jeremy Abbott Joshua Farris Ross Miner | Polina Edmunds Christina Gao Gracie Gold | DeeDee Leng / Simon Shnapir | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

* On July 10, Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay were removed from the roster. On July 15, it was announced that Mari Vartmann / Aaron van Cleave had been named as replacements. On July 16, it was revealed that Zhang/Bartholomay had split up.
* On August 12, Daisuke Murakami, Riona Kato, and Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion were added as host picks.
* On September 29, Julia Antipova / Nodari Maisuradze were removed from the roster, due to Antipova being hospitalized due to anorexia. On October 8, Arina Cherniavskaia / Antonio Souza-Kordeyru were announced as their replacements.
* On October 9, Guan Jinlin was removed from the roster. No reason has been given. On October 23, Jeremy Ten was announced as his replacement.
* On October 14, Nikol Gosviani was removed from the roster. No reason has been given. On October 30, Elene Gedevanishvili was announced as he replacement.
* On October 27, Kevin Reynolds withdrew due to an injury. On October 30, Jorik Hendrickx was announced as his replacement.
* On October 29, it was reported by the German Skating Union that Peter Liebers was withdrawing. He was officially removed on October 30. On November 11, Elladj Balde was announced as his replacement.
* On November 9, it was reported that Adelina Sotnikova withdrew due to a torn ankle ligament. She was officially removed from the roster on November 11. On November 17, Anne Line Gjersem was announced as her replacement.
* On November 24, Jorik Hendrickx and Arina Cherniavskaia / Antonio Souza-Kordeyru were removed from the roster. No replacements have been announced.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Daisuke Murakami | Japan | 246.07 | 3 | 79.68 | 1 | 166.39 |
| 2 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 236.65 | 4 | 78.93 | 2 | 157.72 |
| 3 | Takahito Mura | Japan | 234.44 | 1 | 86.28 | 4 | 148.16 |
| 4 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan | 229.80 | 5 | 78.01 | 3 | 151.79 |
| 5 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 229.65 | 2 | 81.51 | 5 | 148.14 |
| 6 | Elladj Baldé | Canada | 212.50 | 7 | 67.50 | 6 | 145.00 |
| 7 | Ross Miner | United States | 205.36 | 10 | 63.36 | 7 | 142.00 |
| 8 | Jeremy Ten | Canada | 203.27 | 8 | 65.81 | 8 | 137.46 |
| 9 | Kim Jin-seo | South Korea | 197.20 | 9 | 65.69 | 9 | 131.51 |
| 10 | Ivan Righini | Italy | 196.22 | 6 | 70.27 | 10 | 125.95 |
| 11 | Joshua Farris | United States | 169.88 | 11 | 58.35 | 11 | 111.53 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Gracie Gold | United States | 191.16 | 1 | 68.16 | 1 | 123.00 |
| 2 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 186.40 | 2 | 68.11 | 3 | 118.29 |
| 3 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 179.02 | 4 | 60.69 | 2 | 118.33 |
| 4 | Kanako Murakami | Japan | 173.09 | 3 | 64.38 | 7 | 108.71 |
| 5 | Riona Kato | Japan | 168.38 | 8 | 50.87 | 4 | 117.51 |
| 6 | Gabrielle Daleman | Canada | 164.74 | 7 | 53.46 | 6 | 111.28 |
| 7 | Li Zijun | China | 162.90 | 5 | 56.44 | 8 | 106.46 |
| 8 | Polina Edmunds | United States | 161.79 | 11 | 48.96 | 5 | 112.83 |
| 9 | Christina Gao | United States | 147.51 | 6 | 54.86 | 10 | 92.65 |
| 10 | Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia | 142.96 | 9 | 50.18 | 9 | 92.78 |
| 11 | Anna Ovcharova | Switzerland | 132.32 | 12 | 45.83 | 11 | 86.49 |
| 12 | Anne Line Gjersem | Norway | 125.17 | 10 | 49.09 | 12 | 76.08 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada | 199.78 | 1 | 72.70 | 1 | 127.08 |
| 2 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 183.60 | 2 | 64.60 | 3 | 119.00 |
| 3 | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | China | 182.00 | 3 | 60.15 | 2 | 121.85 |
| 4 | Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat | Russia | 165.70 | 4 | 59.62 | 4 | 106.08 |
| 5 | Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave | Germany | 145.36 | 5 | 48.39 | 5 | 96.97 |
| 6 | DeeDee Leng / Simon Shnapir | United States | 138.24 | 6 | 45.91 | 6 | 92.33 |
| 7 | Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | 131.26 | 7 | 45.35 | 7 | 85.91 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 169.42 | 1 | 67.51 | 1 | 101.91 |
| 2 | Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin | Russia | 152.54 | 3 | 59.70 | 2 | 92.84 |
| 3 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States | 146.41 | 4 | 58.50 | 3 | 87.91 |
| 4 | Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi | Germany | 138.41 | 6 | 54.13 | 4 | 84.28 |
| 5 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | United Kingdom | 137.88 | 2 | 60.49 | 6 | 77.39 |
| 6 | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | Japan | 130.88 | 7 | 50.55 | 5 | 80.33 |
| 7 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia | 122.31 | 5 | 54.94 | 8 | 67.37 |
| 8 | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion | Japan | 112.04 | 8 | 44.38 | 7 | 67.66 |