# 2013 NHK Trophy

The 2013 NHK Trophy was the fourth event of six in the 2013–14 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 8–10. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2013–14 Grand Prix Final.

## Eligibility

Skaters who reached the age of 14 by July 1, 2013 were eligible to compete on the senior Grand Prix circuit.

## Entries

The entries were as follows.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Canada | | | Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier |
| China | | | Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | |
| Germany | | | | Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso |
| Georgia | | Elene Gedevanishvili | | |
| Italy | | Valentina Marchei | | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte |
| Japan | Takahito Mura Nobunari Oda Daisuke Takahashi | Mao Asada Akiko Suzuki Satoko Miyahara | Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed |
| Russia | Konstantin Menshov Sergei Voronov | Alena Leonova Elena Radionova | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin |
| Spain | Javier Fernández | | | |
| United States | Max Aaron Jeremy Abbott Adam Rippon | Gracie Gold Mirai Nagasu | Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | Meryl Davis / Charlie White Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |

### Changes to initial lineup

In the pairs' event, Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov withdrew due to an injury to Smirnov. Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov were named as their replacements. In the ladies event, Li Zijun withdrew and was not replaced. In the men's event, Chafik Besseghier withdrew and was not replaced.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 268.31 | 1 | 95.55 | 1 | 172.76 |
| 2 | Nobunari Oda | Japan | 253.16 | 3 | 82.70 | 2 | 170.46 |
| 3 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 237.41 | 7 | 78.78 | 3 | 158.63 |
| 4 | Adam Rippon | United States | 233.71 | 4 | 82.25 | 4 | 151.46 |
| 5 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 230.45 | 2 | 84.78 | 8 | 145.67 |
| 6 | Takahito Mura | Japan | 227.22 | 5 | 79.97 | 6 | 147.25 |
| 7 | Max Aaron | United States | 223.35 | 8 | 76.21 | 7 | 147.14 |
| 8 | Konstantin Menshov | Russia | 221.32 | 9 | 73.57 | 5 | 147.75 |
| 9 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 221.18 | 6 | 79.80 | 9 | 141.38 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Mao Asada | Japan | 207.59 | 1 | 71.26 | 1 | 136.33 |
| 2 | Elena Radionova | Russia | 191.81 | 3 | 62.83 | 2 | 128.98 |
| 3 | Akiko Suzuki | Japan | 179.32 | 2 | 66.03 | 4 | 113.29 |
| 4 | Gracie Gold | United States | 177.81 | 4 | 62.83 | 3 | 114.98 |
| 5 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 170.21 | 6 | 58.39 | 5 | 111.82 |
| 6 | Valentina Marchei | Italy | 168.95 | 5 | 61.90 | 6 | 107.05 |
| 7 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 161.94 | 7 | 55.86 | 7 | 106.08 |
| 8 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 141.71 | 8 | 51.01 | 8 | 90.70 |
| 9 | Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia | 129.24 | 9 | 45.14 | 9 | 84.10 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov | Russia | 236.49 | 1 | 82.03 | 1 | 154.46 |
| 2 | Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao | China | 182.18 | 3 | 65.09 | 2 | 117.09 |
| 3 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | China | 171.32 | 2 | 70.13 | 5 | 101.19 |
| 4 | Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir | United States | 168.89 | 5 | 58.60 | 3 | 110.29 |
| 5 | Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier | United States | 167.85 | 4 | 58.67 | 4 | 109.18 |
| 6 | Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers | Canada | 153.55 | 6 | 52.78 | 6 | 100.77 |
| 7 | Anastasia Martiusheva / Alexei Rogonov | Russia | 145.37 | 8 | 48.97 | 7 | 96.40 |
| 8 | Narumi Takahashi / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | 136.13 | 7 | 49.54 | 8 | 86.59 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States | 186.65 | 1 | 73.70 | 1 | 112.95 |
| 2 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 160.06 | 2 | 64.58 | 2 | 95.48 |
| 3 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States | 157.58 | 3 | 63.09 | 3 | 94.49 |
| 4 | Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia | 155.37 | 4 | 61.35 | 4 | 94.02 |
| 5 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier | Canada | 144.07 | 5 | 55.20 | 5 | 88.87 |
| 6 | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | Japan | 133.76 | 7 | 51.91 | 6 | 81.85 |
| 7 | Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso | Germany | 130.51 | 6 | 52.39 | 8 | 78.12 |
| 8 | Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin | Russia | 124.23 | 8 | 44.34 | 7 | 79.89 |