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.
CountryMenLadiesPairsIce dance
Kailani Craine
Conrad Orzel
Roman Sadovsky
Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael MarinaroCarolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
Sui Wenjing / Han CongWang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
Kévin AymozMaé-Bérénice MéitéGabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
Alexei Bychenko
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo GuariseCharlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Yuzuru Hanyu
Koshiro Shimada
Sōta Yamamoto
Rika Kihira
Mako Yamashita
Yuhana Yokoi
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
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
Lim Eun-soo
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

Records

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
EventComponentSkaterScoreDateRef
Ice danceRhythm dance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron90.03November 22, 2019
PairsShort program Sui Wenjing / Han Cong81.27November 22, 2019
LadiesShort program Alena Kostornaia85.04November 22, 2019
Ice danceFree dance Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron136.58November 23, 2019
Ice danceTotal score Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron226.61November 23, 2019

Results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dance

/ Guillaume Cizeron of France became the first team in history to score over 90 points for the rhythm dance.