2017 NHK Trophy

The 2017 NHK Trophy was the 4th event of six in the 2017–18 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held in Osaka on November 10–12. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2017–18 Grand Prix Final.

2017 NHK Trophy
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	November 10 – 12
Season:	2017–18
Location:	Osaka
Host:	Japan Skating Federation
Champions
Men's singles: Sergei Voronov
Ladies' singles: Evgenia Medvedeva
Pairs: Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Ice dance: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
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Previous Grand Prix: 2017 Cup of China
Next Grand Prix: 2017 Internationaux de France

Records

For the all-time highest scores, see list of highest scores in figure skating.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event	Component	Skater(s)	Score	Date	Ref
Pairs	Free skate	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	155.10	11 November 2017	[1]

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on May 26, 2017.^[2][3][4][5]

Country	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dance
Austria			Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer
Canada	Keegan Messing Nam Nguyen	Alaine Chartrand	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir
China			Sui Wenjing / Han Cong
Czech Republic	Michal Březina
Denmark				Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
France				Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
Israel	Oleksii Bychenko
Italy		Carolina Kostner		Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
Japan	Hiroaki Sato Kazuki Tomono	Rika Hongo Satoko Miyahara Yuna Shiraiwa	Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara	Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed
Latvia	Deniss Vasiļjevs
Russia	Dmitri Aliev Sergei Voronov	Alena Leonova Evgenia Medvedeva Polina Tsurskaya	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
Slovakia		Nicole Rajičová
South Korea		Park So-youn
Ukraine				Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
United Kingdom				Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
United States	Jason Brown Adam Rippon	Mariah Bell Mirai Nagasu	Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue

Changes to preliminary assignments

Discipline	Withdrew		Added		Notes	Ref.
	Date	Skater(s)	Date	Skater(s)
Men	—		August 23	Hiroaki Sato	Host picks	[2]
Pairs			September 19	Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara
Ice dance				Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto
Men	September 22	Joshua Farris	September 29	Nam Nguyen		[6]
	November 3	Patrick Chan	November 3	Keegan Messing	Focus on preparing for Canadian Nationals	[7]
	November 6	Daisuke Murakami	November 6	Kazuki Tomono	Pneumonia	[8]
Ice dance	November 8	Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko	November 8	Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland
Men	November 10	Yuzuru Hanyu	—		Injury	[9]

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Sergei Voronov	Russia	271.12	1	90.06	1	181.06
2	Adam Rippon	United States	261.99	4	84.95	2	177.04
3	Alexei Bychenko	Israel	252.07	2	85.52	3	166.55
4	Jason Brown	United States	245.95	3	85.36	4	160.59
5	Keegan Messing	Canada	235.80	5	80.13	6	155.67
6	Deniss Vasiļjevs	Latvia	234.80	8	76.51	5	158.29
7	Kazuki Tomono	Japan	231.93	6	79.88	7	152.05
8	Dmitri Aliev	Russia	223.45	7	77.51	9	145.94
9	Michal Březina	Czech Republic	220.45	9	76.24	10	144.21
10	Nam Nguyen	Canada	214.51	11	65.82	8	148.69
11	Hiroaki Sato	Japan	199.20	10	75.95	11	123.25

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Evgenia Medvedeva	Russia	224.39	1	79.99	1	144.40
2	Carolina Kostner	Italy	212.24	2	74.57	3	137.67
3	Polina Tsurskaya	Russia	210.19	3	70.04	2	140.15
4	Mirai Nagasu	United States	194.46	5	65.17	4	129.29
5	Satoko Miyahara	Japan	191.80	6	65.05	6	126.75
6	Alena Leonova	Russia	190.95	7	63.61	5	127.34
7	Rika Hongo	Japan	187.83	4	65.83	7	122.00
8	Yuna Shiraiwa	Japan	171.94	8	57.34	8	114.60
9	Mariah Bell	United States	166.04	9	57.25	10	108.79
10	Nicole Rajičová	Slovakia	159.78	10	53.36	11	106.42
11	Alaine Chartrand	Canada	159.36	12	49.60	9	109.76
12	Park So-youn	South Korea	135.79	11	51.54	12	84.25

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Sui Wenjing / Han Cong	China	234.53	1	79.43	1	155.10
2	Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov	Russia	222.74	2	75.05	2	147.69
3	Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov	Russia	203.64	3	70.47	3	133.17
4	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	Canada	194.37	5	63.98	4	130.39
5	Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	United States	192.51	4	65.86	5	126.65
6	Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer	Austria	171.13	6	62.61	6	108.52
7	Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet	Japan	156.52	7	51.69	7	104.83
8	Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara	Japan	139.98	8	44.83	8	95.15

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SD		FD
1	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	Canada	198.64	1	80.92	1	117.72
2	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	United States	188.35	2	76.31	2	112.04
3	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Italy	186.56	3	75.87	3	110.69
4	Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov	Russia	177.15	4	72.49	4	104.66
5	Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen	Denmark	164.40	6	65.34	5	99.06
6	Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin	Ukraine	160.88	7	63.33	6	97.55
7	Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland	United Kingdom	158.15	5	65.64	9	92.51
8	Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac	France	157.62	8	62.79	7	94.83
9	Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed	Japan	156.41	9	61.82	8	94.59
10	Misato Komatsubara / Timothy Koleto	Japan	132.41	10	53.83	10	78.58