# 2018 NHK Trophy

The 2018 NHK Trophy was the fourth event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Hiroshima Green Arena in Hiroshima on November 9–11. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters also earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Australia | | Kailani Craine | | |
| Canada | Kevin Reynolds | | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus |
| China | | | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu |
| France | | Maé-Bérénice Méité | | |
| Italy | Matteo Rizzo | | | |
| Japan | Hiroaki Sato Shoma Uno Sōta Yamamoto | Rika Kihira Mai Mihara Satoko Miyahara | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
| Latvia | Deniss Vasiļjevs | | | |
| Russia | Dmitri Aliev Sergei Voronov | Alena Leonova Maria Sotskova Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro |
| South Korea | Lee June-hyoung | Lim Eun-soo | | |
| Spain | | | Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu | |
| Ukraine | Yaroslav Paniot | | | Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin |
| United Kingdom | | | | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson |
| United States | Alexander Johnson Vincent Zhou | Mariah Bell Courtney Hicks Angela Wang | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes |
| July 30 and August 6 | Pairs | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | Injury recovery (Sui) |
| August 9 and 31 | Ice dance | Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Split |
| September 3 | Men | N/A | Sōta Yamamoto | Host pick |
| September 3 | Ladies | N/A | Rika Kihira | Host pick |
| October 8 and 11 | Ladies | Li Xiangning | Maé-Bérénice Méité | |
| October 12 and 17 | Ladies | Choi Da-bin | Lim Eun-soo | |
| October 26 and 29 | Ladies | Elena Radionova | Alena Leonova | Back injury |
| October 29 and 30 | Ladies | Gabrielle Daleman | Kailani Craine | Focus on mental health |
| November 1 | Pairs | Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert | Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu | |
| November 6 | Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | N/A | Back injury (Cizeron) |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Shoma Uno | Japan | 276.45 | 1 | 92.49 | 1 | 183.96 |
| 2 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 254.28 | 2 | 91.37 | 2 | 162.91 |
| 3 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy | 224.71 | 4 | 77.00 | 3 | 147.71 |
| 4 | Vincent Zhou | United States | 223.42 | 5 | 75.90 | 4 | 147.52 |
| 5 | Dmitri Aliev | Russia | 219.52 | 3 | 81.16 | 6 | 138.36 |
| 6 | Sōta Yamamoto | Japan | 213,40 | 6 | 74.98 | 5 | 138.42 |
| 7 | Alexander Johnson | United States | 199.75 | 8 | 72.03 | 7 | 127.72 |
| 8 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Latvia | 197.60 | 7 | 72.39 | 8 | 125.21 |
| 9 | Lee June-hyoung | South Korea | 188.26 | 11 | 66.16 | 9 | 122.10 |
| 10 | Hiroaki Sato | Japan | 185.18 | 10 | 67.38 | 11 | 117.80 |
| 11 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada | 182.67 | 12 | 61.14 | 10 | 121.53 |
| 12 | Yaroslav Paniot | Ukraine | 173.64 | 9 | 68.59 | 12 | 105.05 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Rika Kihira | Japan | 224.31 | 5 | 69.59 | 1 | 154.72 |
| 2 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 219.47 | 2 | 76.08 | 2 | 143.39 |
| 3 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Russia | 219.02 | 1 | 76.17 | 3 | 142.85 |
| 4 | Mai Mihara | Japan | 204.20 | 3 | 70.38 | 5 | 133.82 |
| 5 | Mariah Bell | United States | 198.96 | 7 | 62.97 | 4 | 135.99 |
| 6 | Lim Eun-soo | South Korea | 196.31 | 4 | 69.78 | 6 | 126.53 |
| 7 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 194.15 | 6 | 68.22 | 7 | 125.93 |
| 8 | Courtney Hicks | United States | 178.07 | 10 | 59.10 | 8 | 118.97 |
| 9 | Maria Sotskova | Russia | 176.99 | 9 | 60.75 | 9 | 116.24 |
| 10 | Mae Berenice Meite | France | 162.58 | 12 | 50.49 | 10 | 112.09 |
| 11 | Angela Wang | United States | 159.36 | 8 | 60.82 | 11 | 98.54 |
| 12 | Kailani Craine | Australia | 154.22 | 11 | 58.21 | 12 | 96.01 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert | Russia | 214.14 | 1 | 73.48 | 1 | 140.66 |
| 2 | Peng Cheng / Jin Yang | China | 207.24 | 2 | 70.66 | 2 | 136.58 |
| 3 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States | 190.49 | 4 | 64.75 | 3 | 125.74 |
| 4 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada | 189.66 | 3 | 67.70 | 4 | 121.96 |
| 5 | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | United States | 164.16 | 5 | 59.00 | 5 | 105.16 |
| 6 | Laura Barquero / Aritz Maestu | Spain | 159.59 | 6 | 55.37 | 6 | 104.22 |
| 7 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | United States | 149.25 | 7 | 52.35 | 7 | 96.90 |
| 8 | Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara | Japan | 143.69 | 8 | 49.93 | 8 | 93.76 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | United States | 184.63 | 2 | 70.71 | 1 | 113.92 |
| 2 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia | 183.05 | 1 | 75.49 | 4 | 107.56 |
| 3 | Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons | United States | 178.64 | 3 | 69.07 | 3 | 109.57 |
| 4 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | United Kingdom | 177.20 | 7 | 63.91 | 2 | 113.29 |
| 5 | Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus | Canada | 169.84 | 5 | 66.01 | 5 | 103.83 |
| 6 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu | China | 167.96 | 4 | 66.27 | 6 | 101.69 |
| 7 | Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin | Russia | 159.96 | 6 | 64.53 | 7 | 95.43 |
| 8 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto | Japan | 154.27 | 9 | 59.40 | 8 | 94.87 |
| 9 | Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin | Ukraine | 153.22 | 8 | 60.20 | 9 | 93.02 |