| 2023 NHK Trophy | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | November 24 – 26 |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Location: | Osaka, Japan |
| Host: | Japan Skating Federation |
| Venue: | Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: 
Yuma Kagiyama | |
Women's singles: 
Ava Ziegler | |
Pairs: 
Minerva Fabienne Hase /
Nikita Volodin | |
Ice dance: 
Lilah Fear /
Lewis Gibson | |
| Previous: 2022 NHK Trophy | |
| Next: 2024 NHK Trophy | |
| Previous GP: 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo | |
| Next GP: 2023–24 Grand Prix Final | |
The 2023 NHK Trophy was the sixth event of the 2023–24 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Towa Pharmaceutical Ractab Dome in Osaka, Japan, from November 24–26. [1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final.
Entries
The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 28, 2023. [2]
Changes to preliminary assignments
| Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Skater(s) | Date | Skater(s) | |||
| Women | August 24 |
Nicole Schott
|
August 31 |
Ava Marie Ziegler
|
Break from competition | [7] |
| Pairs | August 29 |
Anastasiia Smirnova /
Danylo Siianytsia
|
September 8 |
Minerva Fabienne Hase /
Nikita Volodin
|
Smirnova retired. | [8] [9] |
| Men | — | September 6 |
Tatsuya Tsuboi
|
Host picks | [10] | |
| Women |
Yuna Aoki
| |||||
| Pairs |
Yuna Nagaoka /
Sumitada Moriguchi
| |||||
| Ice dance | October 25 |
Kaitlin Hawayek /
Jean-Luc Baker
|
October 26 |
Lorraine McNamara /
Anton Spiridonov
|
Concussion | [11] [12] |
| Men | October 26 |
Daniel Grassl
|
October 30 |
Wesley Chiu
|
[13] | |
| Pairs | October 30 |
Riku Miura /
Ryuichi Kihara
|
Lucrezia Beccari /
Matteo Guarise
|
Injury | ||
|
Emily Chan /
Spencer Howe
|
Chelsea Liu /
Balazs Nagy
| |||||
| Women | November 1 |
Bradie Tennell
|
November 3 |
Léa Serna
|
[14] | |
| Men | November 14 |
Lee Si-hyeong
|
November 15 |
Aleksandr Selevko
|
||
| Ice dance | November 17 |
Maria Kazakova /
Georgy Reviya
|
— | Health reasons | [15] | |
Results
Men's singles
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Yuma Kagiyama |
Japan
|
288.39 | 1 | 105.51 | 2 | 182.88 |
|
Shoma Uno |
Japan
|
286.55 | 2 | 100.20 | 1 | 186.35 |
|
Lukas Britschgi | 
Switzerland
|
254.60 | 3 | 86.42 | 3 | 168.18 |
| 4 | Nika Egadze |
Georgia
|
237.34 | 7 | 81.30 | 4 | 156.04 |
| 5 | Camden Pulkinen | 
United States
|
229.32 | 4 | 86.40 | 8 | 142.92 |
| 6 | Gabriele Frangipani |
Italy
|
227.15 | 8 | 78.20 | 6 | 148.95 |
| 7 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | 
Latvia
|
221.95 | 5 | 82.14 | 9 | 139.81 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Selevko |
Estonia
|
221.43 | 9 | 75.85 | 7 | 145.58 |
| 9 | Tatsuya Tsuboi |
Japan
|
216.62 | 12 | 64.63 | 5 | 151.99 |
| 10 | Luc Economides |
France
|
211.12 | 10 | 74.24 | 11 | 136.88 |
| 11 | Wesley Chiu |
Canada
|
209.16 | 11 | 72.02 | 10 | 137.14 |
| 12 | Mihhail Selevko |
Estonia
|
207.58 | 6 | 81.31 | 12 | 126.27 |
Women's singles
| Rank | Skater | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Ava Ziegler |
United States
|
200.50 | 5 | 62.04 | 1 | 138.46 |
|
|
Lindsay Thorngren |
United States
|
198.73 | 1 | 68.93 | 3 | 129.80 |
|
|
Nina Pinzarrone | 
Belgium
|
194.66 | 2 | 63.44 | 2 | 131.22 |
| 4 | Lee Hae-in |
South Korea
|
188.95 | 3 | 62.93 | 6 | 126.02 |
| 5 | Yuna Aoki |
Japan
|
184.46 | 8 | 58.28 | 5 | 126.18 |
| 6 | Anastasiia Gubanova |
Georgia
|
184.32 | 10 | 55.80 | 4 | 128.52 |
| 7 | Kim Ye-lim |
South Korea
|
183.19 | 7 | 59.33 | 7 | 123.86 |
| 8 | Mai Mihara |
Japan
|
172.64 | 4 | 62.82 | 9 | 109.82 |
| 9 | Wakaba Higuchi |
Japan
|
165.69 | 11 | 52.18 | 8 | 113.51 |
| 10 | Wi Seo-yeong |
South Korea
|
158.15 | 6 | 60.63 | 10 | 97.52 |
| 11 | Léa Serna |
France
|
156.04 | 9 | 56.85 | 11 | 99.19 |
| 12 | Lindsay van Zundert | 
Netherlands
|
125.82 | 12 | 43.46 | 12 | 82.36 |
Pairs
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin |
Germany
|
202.51 | 1 | 67.23 | 1 | 135.28 |
|
|
Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise |
Italy
|
190.31 | 2 | 66.77 | 2 | 123.54 |
|
|
Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini |
Italy
|
186.47 | 4 | 62.98 | 3 | 123.49 |
| 4 | Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore | 
Australia
|
185.39 | 3 | 64.61 | 4 | 120.78 |
| 5 | Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba |
Netherlands
|
177.54 | 6 | 58.61 | 5 | 118.93 |
| 6 | Chelsea Liu / Balazs Nagy |
United States
|
172.60 | 5 | 61.23 | 7 | 111.37 |
| 7 | Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier |
Canada
|
160.79 | 7 | 49.18 | 6 | 111.61 |
| 8 | Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi |
Japan
|
135.39 | 8 | 45.36 | 8 | 90.03 |
Ice dance
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson |
Great Britain
|
215.19 | 2 | 84.93 | 1 | 130.26 |
|
|
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri |
Italy
|
214.56 | 1 | 85.27 | 2 | 129.29 |
|
|
Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | 
Lithuania
|
196.86 | 3 | 78.71 | 3 | 118.15 |
| 4 | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis | 
Finland
|
191.01 | 4 | 74.66 | 4 | 116.35 |
| 5 | Loïcia Demougeot / Théo le Mercier |
France
|
187.76 | 5 | 73.58 | 5 | 114.18 |
| 6 | Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville |
United States
|
183.43 | 6 | 71.47 | 6 | 111.96 |
| 7 | Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac |
Canada
|
176.26 | 7 | 71.35 | 7 | 104.91 |
| 8 | Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov |
United States
|
167.84 | 8 | 65.65 | 9 | 102.19 |
| 9 | Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto |
Japan
|
167.61 | 9 | 64.12 | 8 | 103.49 |
References
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- ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (June 28, 2023). "2023/24 Grand Prix Assignments" ( Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2023: Men". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2023: Women". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2023: Pairs". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2023: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2023/24 - Women: As of August 31, 2023". International Skating Union. August 31, 2023.
- ^ @smirnovasiianytsia (August 29, 2023). "Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia announce the end of their partnership" – via Instagram.
- ^ Lechner, Pamela (September 7, 2023). "Neues Paarlauf-Paar: Minerva Hase/Nikita Volodin starten mit Vorfreude in erste gemeinsame Saison" [New figure skating pair: Minerva Hase/Nikita Volodin start their first season together with anticipation].
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- ^ Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOE] (25 October 2023). "Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker have withdrawn from NHK Trophy" ( Tweet). Retrieved 2023-10-25 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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