2021 NHK Trophy

The 2021 NHK Trophy was the fourth event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo on November 12–14. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final.

2021 NHK Trophy
Type:	Grand Prix
Date:	November 12 – 14
Season:	2021–22
Location:	Tokyo
Host:	Japan Skating Federation
Venue:	Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Champions
Men's singles: Shoma Uno
Women's singles: Kaori Sakamoto
Pairs: Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
Ice dance: Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
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Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2021.^[1]

Country	Men[2]	Women[3]	Pairs[4]	Ice dance[5]
Canada	Nam Nguyen		Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha
Germany		Nicole Schott	Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert
Great Britain				Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
Italy	Matteo Rizzo
Japan	Kao Miura Shoma Uno Sōta Yamamoto	Mana Kawabe Rino Matsuike Kaori Sakamoto	Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
Russia	Makar Ignatov Alexander Samarin	Daria Usacheva	Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov
South Korea	Cha Jun-hwan	Lim Eun-soo Wi Seo-yeong You Young
Spain				Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin
Ukraine				Oleksandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
United States	Tomoki Hiwatashi Camden Pulkinen Vincent Zhou	Amber Glenn Alysa Liu	Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov	Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Changes to preliminary assignments

Discipline	Withdrew		Added		Notes	Ref.
	Date	Skater(s)	Date	Skater(s)
Men	—		September 15	Kao Miura	Host picks	[6]
Women				Rino Matsuike		[7]
Ice dance				Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto		[8]
	October 6	Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu	October 6	Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko
Men	October 27	Daniil Samsonov	—			[6]
Women		Olga Mikutina			Injury recovery[9]	[7]
Pairs		Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer			Lack of preparation after injury[10]	[11]
Men	November 4	Yuzuru Hanyu	November 5	Sōta Yamamoto	Injury[12]	[6]
Women	November 5	Rika Kihira	November 8	Mana Kawabe	Injury[13]	[7]
	November 7	Alexandra Trusova	—		Injury[14]
Ice dance		Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker			Concussion (Hawayek)[15]	[8]

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Shoma Uno	Japan	290.15	1	102.58	1	187.57
2	Vincent Zhou	United States	260.69	2	99.51	6	161.18
3	Cha Jun-hwan	South Korea	259.60	3	95.92	5	163.68
4	Makar Ignatov	Russia	257.20	4	90.54	4	166.66
5	Matteo Rizzo	Italy	255.84	6	84.78	3	171.06
6	Alexander Samarin	Russia	255.65	7	84.32	2	171.33
7	Sōta Yamamoto	Japan	238.90	5	86.05	8	152.85
8	Kao Miura	Japan	232.89	8	76.62	7	156.27
9	Tomoki Hiwatashi	United States	217.08	9	72.36	9	144.72
10	Nam Nguyen	Canada	208.39	10	64.28	10	144.11
11	Camden Pulkinen	United States	193.18	11	55.53	11	137.65

Women

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Kaori Sakamoto	Japan	223.34	1	76.56	1	146.78
2	Mana Kawabe	Japan	205.44	2	73.88	4	131.56
3	You Young	South Korea	203.60	3	68.08	2	135.52
4	Alysa Liu	United States	202.90	4	67.72	3	135.18
5	Lim Eun-soo	South Korea	186.68	5	65.23	6	121.45
6	Rino Matsuike	Japan	186.17	7	63.34	5	122.83
7	Amber Glenn	United States	175.83	6	63.43	8	112.40
8	Nicole Schott	Germany	172.37	8	59.26	7	113.11
9	Wi Seo-yeong	South Korea	170.54	9	58.23	9	112.31

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov	Russia	227.28	1	78.40	1	148.88
2	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Russia	213.27	2	75.78	2	137.49
3	Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara	Japan	209.42	3	73.98	3	135.44
4	Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc	United States	202.79	4	70.75	4	132.04
5	Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov	United States	190.03	5	64.95	5	125.08
6	Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud	Canada	167.98	6	56.97	6	111.01
7	Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert	Germany	161.89	7	54.63	7	107.26

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
1	Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov	Russia	215.44	1	86.33	1	129.11
2	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	United States	210.78	2	86.02	2	124.76
3	Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson	Great Britain	191.91	3	76.43	3	115.48
4	Sara Hurtado / Kirill Khaliavin	Spain	188.09	4	76.40	5	111.69
5	Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha	Canada	187.38	5	74.45	4	112.93
6	Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi	Japan	179.50	6	70.74	6	108.76
7	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto	Japan	172.20	7	68.13	7	104.07
8	Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin	Ukraine	165.38	8	66.07	8	99.31
9	Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko	Russia	160.13	9	65.17	9	94.96