# 2019 NHK Trophy

The 2019 NHK Trophy was the sixth event of the 2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan from November 22–24. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

The ISU announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
| Australia | | Kailani Craine | | |
| Canada | Conrad Orzel Roman Sadovsky | | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus |
| China | | | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu |
| France | Kévin Aymoz | Maé-Bérénice Méité | | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron |
| Great Britain | | | | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson |
| Israel | Alexei Bychenko | | | |
| Italy | | | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri |
| Japan | Yuzuru Hanyu Koshiro Shimada Sōta Yamamoto | Rika Kihira Mako Yamashita Yuhana Yokoi | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | |
| Russia | Makar Ignatov Anton Shulepov Sergei Voronov | Alena Kostornaia Sofia Samodurova Alina Zagitova | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin |
| South Korea | | Lim Eun-soo | | |
| United States | Jason Brown Tomoki Hiwatashi | Starr Andrews Karen Chen Megan Wessenberg | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

| Discipline | Withdrew | Withdrew | Added | Added | Notes | Ref. |
| Discipline | Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | Notes | Ref. |
| Men | — | — | August 1 | Koshiro Shimada | Host picks | |
| Ladies | — | — | August 1 | Yuhana Yokoi | Host picks | |
| Men | August 15 | Artur Dmitriev | August 23 | Anton Shulepov | Recovery | |
| Pairs | September 13 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | September 17 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Personal reasons | |
| Pairs | — | — | September 17 | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Host picks | |
| Men | October 2 | Mikhail Kolyada | October 9 | Makar Ignatov | Surgery | |
| Ladies | October 9 | Ting Cui | October 14 | Megan Wessenberg | Injury | |
| Ladies | November 5 | Viveca Lindfors | November 6 | Kailani Craine | | |
| Ice dance | November 14 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | — | — | Recovery | |

## Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date |
| Ice dance | Rhythm dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | 90.03 | November 22, 2019 |
| Pairs | Short program | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | 81.27 | November 22, 2019 |
| Ladies | Short program | Alena Kostornaia | 85.04 | November 22, 2019 |
| Ice dance | Free dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | 136.58 | November 23, 2019 |
| Ice dance | Total score | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | 226.61 | November 23, 2019 |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan | 305.05 | 1 | 109.34 | 1 | 195.71 |
| 2 | Kévin Aymoz | France | 250.02 | 2 | 91.47 | 3 | 158.55 |
| 3 | Roman Sadovsky | Canada | 247.50 | 4 | 78.51 | 2 | 168.99 |
| 4 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 239.05 | 3 | 88.63 | 6 | 150.42 |
| 5 | Jason Brown | United States | 231.37 | 8 | 73.73 | 4 | 157.54 |
| 6 | Sōta Yamamoto | Japan | 226.27 | 7 | 74.88 | 5 | 151.39 |
| 7 | Makar Ignatov | Russia | 222.45 | 5 | 78.47 | 8 | 143.98 |
| 8 | Anton Shulepov | Russia | 218.38 | 9 | 71.76 | 7 | 146.62 |
| 9 | Koshiro Shimada | Japan | 213.65 | 6 | 75.98 | 10 | 137.67 |
| 10 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | United States | 207.30 | 11 | 64.54 | 9 | 142.76 |
| 11 | Alexei Bychenko | Israel | 197.63 | 12 | 61.97 | 11 | 135.66 |
| 12 | Conrad Orzel | Canada | 196.34 | 10 | 70.35 | 12 | 125.99 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Alena Kostornaia | Russia | 240.00 | 1 | 85.04 | 1 | 154.96 |
| 2 | Rika Kihira | Japan | 231.84 | 2 | 79.89 | 2 | 151.95 |
| 3 | Alina Zagitova | Russia | 217.99 | 4 | 66.84 | 3 | 151.15 |
| 4 | Yuhana Yokoi | Japan | 189.54 | 8 | 62.67 | 4 | 126.87 |
| 5 | Mako Yamashita | Japan | 189.25 | 5 | 65.70 | 5 | 123.55 |
| 6 | Sofia Samodurova | Russia | 183.27 | 7 | 63.85 | 6 | 119.42 |
| 7 | Lim Eun-soo | South Korea | 172.47 | 6 | 65.28 | 10 | 107.19 |
| 8 | Starr Andrews | United States | 166.72 | 9 | 58.92 | 9 | 107.80 |
| 9 | Karen Chen | United States | 165.70 | 3 | 67.21 | 11 | 98.49 |
| 10 | Kailani Craine | Australia | 165.46 | 10 | 55.82 | 8 | 109.64 |
| 11 | Maé-Bérénice Méité | France | 159.98 | 11 | 49.77 | 7 | 110.21 |
| 12 | Megan Wessenberg | United States | 131.73 | 12 | 44.78 | 12 | 86.95 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 226.96 | 1 | 81.27 | 1 | 145.69 |
| 2 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada | 208.49 | 2 | 71.21 | 2 | 137.28 |
| 3 | Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov | Russia | 203.35 | 3 | 69.00 | 3 | 134.35 |
| 4 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Russia | 189.34 | 4 | 64.94 | 4 | 124.40 |
| 5 | Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | 179.94 | 6 | 62.41 | 6 | 117.53 |
| 6 | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | United States | 178.73 | 7 | 58.70 | 5 | 120.03 |
| 7 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States | 173.33 | 5 | 63.63 | 8 | 109.70 |
| 8 | Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 171.43 | 8 | 57.55 | 7 | 113.88 |

### Ice dance

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France | 226.61 | 1 | 90.03 | 1 | 136.58 |
| 2 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Russia | 208.81 | 2 | 84.07 | 2 | 124.74 |
| 3 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 198.06 | 3 | 82.13 | 4 | 115.93 |
| 4 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain | 193.01 | 4 | 76.09 | 3 | 116.92 |
| 5 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China | 183.11 | 6 | 74.73 | 6 | 108.38 |
| 6 | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | United States | 182.26 | 5 | 75.25 | 7 | 107.01 |
| 7 | Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko | Russia | 178.08 | 7 | 69.59 | 5 | 108.49 |
| 8 | Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Canada | 172.01 | 9 | 68.39 | 8 | 103.62 |
| 9 | Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter | United States | 170.21 | 8 | 68.80 | 9 | 101.41 |