# 2021 NHK Trophy

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.

## Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.
| Country | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
| 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

| Discipline | Withdrew | Withdrew | Added | Added | Notes | Ref. |
| Discipline | Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | Notes | Ref. |
| Men | — | — | September 15 | Kao Miura | Host picks | |
| Women | — | — | September 15 | Rino Matsuike | Host picks | |
| Ice dance | — | — | September 15 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Host picks | |
| Ice dance | October 6 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | October 6 | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko | | |
| Men | October 27 | Daniil Samsonov | — | — | | |
| Women | October 27 | Olga Mikutina | — | — | Injury recovery | |
| Pairs | October 27 | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | — | — | Lack of preparation after injury | |
| Men | November 4 | Yuzuru Hanyu | November 5 | Sōta Yamamoto | Injury | |
| Women | November 5 | Rika Kihira | November 8 | Mana Kawabe | Injury | |
| Women | November 7 | Alexandra Trusova | — | — | Injury | |
| Ice dance | November 7 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | — | — | Concussion (Hawayek) | |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | 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

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | 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 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | 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

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | RD | FD | 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 |