# 2015 NHK Trophy

The 2015 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Big Hat in Nagano on November 27–29. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Australia | Brendan Kerry | | | |
| Canada | Elladj Baldé | Kaetlyn Osmond | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch | |
| China | Jin Boyang | Li Zijun | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | |
| Czech Republic | Michal Březina | | | |
| France | Chafik Besseghier | | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | |
| United Kingdom | | | Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland |
| Japan | Yuzuru Hanyu Takahito Mura Keiji Tanaka | Mao Asada Mariko Kihara Satoko Miyahara | | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed |
| Russia | Maxim Kovtun Konstantin Menshov | Maria Artemieva Alena Leonova Anna Pogorilaya | Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin |
| United States | Richard Dornbush Grant Hochstein | Courtney Hicks Mirai Nagasu Ashley Wagner | Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

* On September 9, Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed, Mariko Kihara and Keiji Tanaka were added as host picks.
* On September 24, Joshua Farris was removed from the roster. U.S. Figure Skating announced he had to withdraw due to a concussion. On September 28, his replacement was announced as Grant Hochstein.
* On November 11, Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron withdrew due to Papadakis not having fully recovered from her concussion. On November 17, Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland were announced as their replacement.
* On November 20, Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov withdrew due to an injury to Volosozhar. They were replaced by Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji. Ice dancers Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam also withdrew. On November 21, they were replaced by Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus.
* On November 21, Jason Brown withdrew due to a back strain injury. On November 23, he was replaced by Brendan Kerry.
* On November 23, Maé-Bérénice Méité withdrew from the ladies' event.

## Results
### Men

Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record for the short program (106.33), for the free skating (216.07), and for the combined total (322.40). He became the first person to have broken 200-point in the free skating and 300-point in the combined total as well as 100-point in the short program (2014 Winter Olympics).
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan | 322.40 | 1 | 106.33 | 1 | 216.07 |
| 2 | Jin Boyang | China | 266.43 | 2 | 95.64 | 2 | 170.79 |
| 3 | Takahito Mura | Japan | 242.21 | 3 | 88.29 | 5 | 153.92 |
| 4 | Grant Hochstein | United States | 235.63 | 8 | 74.30 | 3 | 161.33 |
| 5 | Keiji Tanaka | Japan | 234.90 | 9 | 73.74 | 4 | 161.16 |
| 6 | Konstantin Menshov | Russia | 233.58 | 6 | 79.79 | 6 | 153.79 |
| 7 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 222.49 | 5 | 81.64 | 9 | 140.85 |
| 8 | Richard Dornbush | United States | 217.50 | 7 | 78.20 | 10 | 139.30 |
| 9 | Chafik Besseghier | France | 215.82 | 10 | 72.51 | 7 | 143.31 |
| 10 | Maxim Kovtun | Russia | 212.63 | 4 | 82.27 | 11 | 130.36 |
| 11 | Elladj Baldé | Canada | 211.09 | 11 | 69.47 | 8 | 141.62 |
| 12 | Brendan Kerry | Australia | 177.98 | 12 | 61.20 | 12 | 116.78 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 203.11 | 1 | 69.53 | 1 | 133.58 |
| 2 | Courtney Hicks | United States | 183.12 | 2 | 65.60 | 3 | 117.52 |
| 3 | Mao Asada | Japan | 182.99 | 4 | 62.50 | 2 | 120.49 |
| 4 | Ashley Wagner | United States | 179.33 | 3 | 63.71 | 5 | 115.62 |
| 5 | Mirai Nagasu | United States | 175.64 | 5 | 61.10 | 6 | 114.54 |
| 6 | Kaetlyn Osmond | Canada | 168.48 | 8 | 57.07 | 7 | 111.41 |
| 7 | Li Zijun | China | 166.40 | 6 | 60.78 | 10 | 105.62 |
| 8 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 165.75 | 7 | 59.63 | 9 | 106.12 |
| 9 | Anna Pogorilaya | Russia | 164.63 | 11 | 47.35 | 4 | 117.28 |
| 10 | Mariko Kihara | Japan | 163.19 | 10 | 54.96 | 8 | 108.23 |
| 11 | Maria Artemieva | Russia | 158.33 | 9 | 55.68 | 11 | 102.65 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford | Canada | 202.72 | 1 | 71.04 | 1 | 131.68 |
| 2 | Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang | China | 191.02 | 3 | 67.00 | 2 | 124.02 |
| 3 | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim | United States | 190.66 | 2 | 68.43 | 3 | 122.23 |
| 4 | Vera Bazarova / Andrei Deputat | Russia | 181.70 | 4 | 64.06 | 5 | 117.64 |
| 5 | Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch | Canada | 180.63 | 5 | 63.80 | 6 | 116.83 |
| 6 | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | France | 180.20 | 6 | 61.91 | 4 | 118.29 |
| 7 | Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu | United States | 150.26 | 7 | 55.19 | 7 | 95.07 |
| 8 | Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji | United Kingdom | 125.80 | 8 | 42.52 | 8 | 83.28 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | United States | 174.43 | 1 | 68.08 | 1 | 106.35 |
| 2 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia | 169.33 | 3 | 66.19 | 2 | 103.14 |
| 3 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 167.49 | 2 | 66.57 | 3 | 100.92 |
| 4 | Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin | Russia | 160.64 | 4 | 61.96 | 4 | 98.68 |
| 5 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | United Kingdom | 155.88 | 5 | 61.00 | 5 | 94.88 |
| 6 | Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus | United States | 138.41 | 6 | 55.21 | 6 | 83.2 |
| 7 | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Japan | 134.97 | 7 | 53.44 | 7 | 81.53 |
| 8 | Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion | Japan | 115.59 | 8 | 43.61 | 8 | 71.98 |