2022 NHK Trophy

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2022 NHK Trophy
Type: Grand Prix
Date:November 18 – 20
Season: 2022–23
Location: Sapporo, Japan
Host: Japan Skating Federation
Venue: Makomanai Ice Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of Japan.svg Shoma Uno
Women's singles:
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ye-lim
Pairs:
Flag of Japan.svg Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Ice dance:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
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The 2022 NHK Trophy was the fifth event of the 2022-23 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating: a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Makomanai Ice Arena in Sapporo, Japan, from November 18-20. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2022-23 Grand Prix Final.

Contents

Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on July 22, 2022. [1] [2]

CountryMen [3] Women [4] Pairs [5] Ice dance [6]
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Maurizio Zandron Olga Mikutina
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Stephen Gogolev
Conrad Orzel
Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Eva-Lotta Kiibus
Niina Petrõkina
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen
Flag of France.svg  France Adam Siao Him Fa Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Nika Egadze
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Gabriele Frangipani
Matteo Rizzo
Irma Caldara / Riccardo Maglio
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kazuki Tomono
Shoma Uno
Sōta Yamamoto
Kaori Sakamoto
Rion Sumiyoshi
Rinka Watanabe
Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi
Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Cha Jun-hwan Ji Seo-yeon
Wi Seo-yeong
Kim Ye-lim
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Tomoki Hiwatashi Starr Andrews
Amber Glenn
Audrey Shin
Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen

Changes to preliminary assignments

DisciplineWithdrewAddedNotesRef.
DateSkater(s)DateSkater(s)
MenSeptember 1 Flag of Japan.svg Sōta Yamamoto Host picks [7]
Women Flag of Japan.svg Rion Sumiyoshi
Ice dance Flag of Japan.svg Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
WomenSeptember 6 Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Ekaterina Ryabova September 22 Flag of Estonia.svg Eva-Lotta Kiibus Ryabova retired. [8]
PairsOctober 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maria Chernyshova / Harley Windsor October 14 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba Injury (Windsor) [9]
WomenOctober 5 Flag of Japan.svg Wakaba Higuchi October 6 Flag of Japan.svg Rinka Watanabe Injury [10]
MenOctober 27 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jin Boyang October 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Conrad Orzel Recovery from surgery
PairsNovember 11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jelizaveta Žuková / Martin Bidař
November 15 Flag of Germany.svg Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Positive COVID-19 test (Hocke) [11]

Results

Men's singles

RankSkaterNationTotal points SP FS
Gold medal icon.svg Shoma Uno Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 279.76291.661188.10
Silver medal icon.svg Sōta Yamamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 257.85196.496161.36
Bronze medal icon.svg Cha Jun-hwan Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 254.76680.352174.41
4 Kazuki Tomono Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 251.83485.073166.76
5 Adam Siao Him Fa Flag of France.svg  France 250.45387.444163.01
6 Matteo Rizzo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 240.76778.575162.19
7 Nika Egadze Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 232.86584.478148.39
8 Stephen Gogolev Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 221.02969.017152.01
9 Gabriele Frangipani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 212.311068.789143.53
10 Conrad Orzel Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 202.69873.1011129.59
11 Maurizio Zandron Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 201.721168.2110133.51
12 Tomoki Hiwatashi Flag of the United States.svg  United States 185.051257.1812127.87

Women's singles

RankSkaterNationTotal points SP FS
Gold medal icon.svg Kim Ye-lim Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 204.49172.222132.27
Silver medal icon.svg Kaori Sakamoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 201.87268.071133.80
Bronze medal icon.svg Rion Sumiyoshi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 193.12368.014125.11
4 Audrey Shin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 189.00465.875123.13
5 Rinka Watanabe Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 188.07958.363129.71
6 Ji Seo-yeon Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 184.14662.927121.22
7 Niina Petrõkina Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 180.29858.816121.48
8 Wi Seo-yeong Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 176.74761.0610115.68
9 Starr Andrews Flag of the United States.svg  United States 174.06564.1312109.93
10 Olga Mikutina Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 173.361056.959116.41
11 Amber Glenn Flag of the United States.svg  United States 169.361152.048117.32
12 Eva-Lotta Kiibus Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 162.371248.5611113.81

Pairs

RankTeamNationTotal points SP FS
Gold medal icon.svg Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 216.16178.251137.91
Silver medal icon.svg Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe Flag of the United States.svg  United States 187.49264.622122.87
Bronze medal icon.svg Brooke McIntosh / Benjamin Mimar Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 175.65362.313113.34
4 Irma Caldara / Riccardo Maglio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 164.23458.955105.28
5 Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev Flag of France.svg  France 162.01555.364106.65
6 Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 155.84654.466101.38

Ice dance

RankTeamNationTotal points RD FD
Gold medal icon.svg Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 210.41185.661124.75
Silver medal icon.svg Madison Chock / Evan Bates Flag of the United States.svg  United States 209.13285.002124.13
Bronze medal icon.svg Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Flag of the United States.svg  United States 191.10377.004114.10
4 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 189.98475.233114.75
5 Evgeniia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud Flag of France.svg  France 184.63672.845111.79
6 Kana Muramoto / Daisuke Takahashi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 178.78575.107103.68
7 Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 174.11770.326103.79
8 Yuka Orihara / Juho Pirinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 168.45966.478101.98
9 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 164.30866.65997.65
10 Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 148.011064.941083.07

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