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{{Short description|Figure skating competition}}
{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 2019 NHK Trophy
| comptype = [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix]]
| startdate = November 22
| enddate = 24
| skatingseason = [[2019–20 figure skating season|2019–20]]
| location = [[Sapporo]]
| venue = [[Makomanai Ice Arena]]
| host = [[Japan Skating Federation]]
| prizemoney = 
| championmen = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuzuru Hanyu]]
| championladies = {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alena Kostornaia]]|
| championpairs = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sui Wenjing]] / [[Han Cong]]
| championdance = {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gabriella Papadakis]] / [[Guillaume Cizeron]]
| previouscomp = [[2018 NHK Trophy]]
| nextcomp = [[2020 NHK Trophy]]
| previousgp = [[2019 Rostelecom Cup]]
| nextgp = [[2019–20 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2019–20 Grand Prix Final]]
}}

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 [[single skating|men's singles, ladies' singles]], [[pair skating]], and [[ice dance]]. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the [[2019–20 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2019–20 Grand Prix Final]].

==Entries==
The [[International Skating Union|ISU]] announced the preliminary assignments on June 20, 2019.<ref name=ISU-062019>{{cite press release|url=https://www.isu.org/media-centre/press-releases/2019-6/21488-gp19-20-assignments/file|title=Olympic and World Champions to compete in the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series 2019/20|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]|date=June 20, 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Men
! Ladies
! Pairs
! Ice dance
|-
| {{AUS}}
| 
| [[Kailani Craine]]
| 
| 
|-
| {{CAN}}
| [[Conrad Orzel]]<br>[[Roman Sadovsky]]
| 
| [[Kirsten Moore-Towers]] / [[Michael Marinaro]]
| [[Carolane Soucisse]] / [[Shane Firus]]
|-
| {{CHN}}
| 
| 
| [[Sui Wenjing]] / [[Han Cong]]
| [[Wang Shiyue]] / [[Liu Xinyu]]
|-
| {{FRA}}
| [[Kévin Aymoz]]
| [[Maé-Bérénice Méité]]
| 
| [[Gabriella Papadakis]] / [[Guillaume Cizeron]]
|-
| {{GBR2}}
| 
| 
| 
| [[Lilah Fear]] / [[Lewis Gibson (figure skater)|Lewis Gibson]]
|-
| {{ISR}}
| [[Alexei Bychenko]]
| 
| 
| 
|-
| {{ITA}}
| 
| 
| [[Nicole Della Monica]] / [[Matteo Guarise]]
| [[Charlène Guignard]] / [[Marco Fabbri]]
|-
| {{JPN}}
| [[Yuzuru Hanyu]]<br>[[Koshiro Shimada]]<br>[[Sōta Yamamoto]]
| [[Rika Kihira]]<br>[[Mako Yamashita]]<br>[[Yuhana Yokoi]]
| [[Riku Miura]] / [[Ryuichi Kihara]]
| 
|-
| {{RUS}}
| [[Makar Ignatov]]<br>[[Anton Shulepov]]<br>[[Sergei Voronov (figure skater)|Sergei Voronov]]
| [[Alena Kostornaia]]<br>[[Sofia Samodurova]]<br>[[Alina Zagitova]]
| [[Alisa Efimova]] / [[Alexander Korovin]]<br>[[Anastasia Mishina]] / [[Aleksandr Galliamov]]
| [[Sofia Shevchenko]] / [[Igor Eremenko]]<br>[[Alexandra Stepanova]] / [[Ivan Bukin]]
|-
| {{KOR}}
| 
| [[Lim Eun-soo]]
| 
| 
|-
| {{USA}}
| [[Jason Brown (figure skater)|Jason Brown]]<br>[[Tomoki Hiwatashi]]
| [[Starr Andrews]]<br>[[Karen Chen]]<br>Megan Wessenberg
| [[Tarah Kayne]] / [[Daniel O'Shea (figure skater)|Danny O'Shea]]<br>[[Alexa Scimeca Knierim]] / [[Chris Knierim]]
| [[Christina Carreira]] / [[Anthony Ponomarenko]]<br>[[Lorraine McNamara]] / [[Quinn Carpenter]]
|}

===Changes to preliminary assignments===
{| class="wikitable unsortable"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Discipline
! scope="col" colspan=2 | Withdrew
! scope="col" colspan=2 | Added
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | Notes
! scope="col" rowspan=2 | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
! Date
! Skater(s)
! Date
! Skater(s)
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Men
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" {{NA}}
| rowspan="2" | August 1
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koshiro Shimada]]
| rowspan=2 | Host picks
| rowspan=2 | <ref name=nhk-host>{{cite tweet|number=1156762350977859584|user=NHKTrophyFigure|title=2019NHK杯国際フィギュアスケート競技大会出場選手情報を更新いたしました。|trans-title=2019 NHK Trophy international figure skating competition participant information has been updated.|language=Japanese|author=NHK Trophy|author-link=Japan Skating Federation|date=August 1, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ladies
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yuhana Yokoi]]
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Men
| August 15
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Artur Dmitriev Jr.|Artur Dmitriev]]
| August 23
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anton Shulepov]]
| Recovery
| <ref name=dmitriev>{{cite web|url=https://nevasport.ru/90072-dmitriev-propustit-gran-pri-iz-za-narusheniya-koordinatsii-posle-operatsii/|title=Дмитриев пропустит Гран-при из-за нарушения координации после операции|trans-title=Dmitriev will miss the Grand Prix due to a lack of coordination after the operation|language=Russian|first=Irina|last=Krasko|publisher=NEVA Sport|date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | Pairs
| September 13
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Vanessa James]] / [[Morgan Ciprès]]
| rowspan="2" | September 17
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alisa Efimova]] / [[Alexander Korovin]]
| Personal reasons
| <ref name=james-cipres>{{cite web|url=https://www.ifsmagazine.com/james-mcgrattan-ready-for-a-competitive-battle/|title=James, McGrattan Ready for a Competitive Battle|first=Susan D.|last=Russell|publisher=International Figure Skating Magazine|date=September 16, 2019|quote=James and Ciprès will not be competing on the Grand Prix or Challenger circuits this season.}}</ref><ref name=pairs-0917>{{cite web|url=https://isu.org/docman-documents-links/isu-files/event-documents/figure-skating-4/2019-20/grand-prix/series-files-27/entries-4/21485-entries-pairs-2019-20-all-6-events/file|title=ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2019/20: Pair Skating|date=September 17, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2" {{NA}}
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Riku Miura]] / [[Ryuichi Kihara]]
| Host picks
| <ref name=pairs-0917/>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Men
| October 2
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Mikhail Kolyada]]
| October 9
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Makar Ignatov]]
| Surgery
| <ref name=kolyada>{{cite web|url=https://rsport.ria.ru/20191002/1559357713.html|title=Чеботарева: Коляде предстоит операция, он пропустит этапы Гран-при|trans-title=Chebotareva: Kolyada will have an operation, he will miss the stages of the Grand Prix|language=Russian|first=Anatoly|last= Samokhvalov|publisher=[[RIA Novosti]]|date=October 2, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" rowspan="2" | Ladies
| October 9
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ting Cui]]
| October 14
| {{flagicon|USA}} Megan Wessenberg
| Injury
| <ref name=usfsa101019>{{cite web|url=https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news/2019/10/10/us-figure-skating-announces-grand-prix-series-withdrawals.aspx|title=U.S. Figure Skating Announces Grand Prix Series Withdrawals|publisher=[[U.S. Figure Skating]]|date=October 10, 2019}}</ref><ref name=usfsa101419>{{cite web|url=https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/news/2019/10/14/figure-skating-andrews-and-wessenberg-added-to-grand-prix-series-events.aspx|title=Andrews and Wessenberg Added to Grand Prix Series Events|publisher=[[U.S. Figure Skating]]|date=October 14, 2019}}</ref>
|-
| November 5
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Viveca Lindfors (figure skater)|Viveca Lindfors]]
| November 6
| {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kailani Craine]]
|
| <ref name=craine-nhk>{{cite web|url=http://nhk-trophy2019.jp/competitors.html|title=2019 NHK Trophy: Competitors|publisher=[[Japan Skating Federation]]|date=November 6, 2019}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align:left" | Ice dance
| November 14
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Misato Komatsubara]] / [[Tim Koleto]]
| colspan="2" {{NA}}
| Recovery
| <ref name="komatsubara-koleto">{{cite tweet|number=1195165403456004098|user=Timkoleto|title=As you guys have probably seen, Misato and I have withdrawn from NHK Trophy.|first=Tim|last=Koleto|author-link=Tim Koleto|date=November 14, 2019}}</ref>
|}

==Records==
{{for|the all-time highest scores|list of highest scores in figure skating}}

The following new [[list of highest scores in figure skating#Progression of men's highest scores|ISU best scores]] were set during this competition:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Event !! class="unsortable"|Component !! Skater(s) !! Score !! Date !! class="unsortable"|Ref
|-
| [[2019 NHK Trophy#Ice dance|Ice dance]]
| Rhythm dance
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gabriella Papadakis]] / [[Guillaume Cizeron]]
| '''90.03'''
| rowspan=3|November 22, 2019
| <ref name="isu-progress-D-RD">{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/phsdrd.htm|title=Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Rhythm Dance Score|date=November 22, 2019|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 NHK Trophy#Pairs|Pairs]]
| rowspan=2|Short program
| {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sui Wenjing]] / [[Han Cong]]
| '''81.27'''
| <ref name="isu-progress-P-SP">{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/phspsp.htm|title=Progression of Highest Score: Pairs – Short Program Score|date=November 22, 2019|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[2019 NHK Trophy#Ladies|Ladies]]
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Alena Kostornaia]]
| '''85.04'''
| <ref name="isu-progress-L-SP">{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/phslsp.htm|title=Progression of Highest Score: Ladies – Short Program Score|date=November 22, 2019|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2019 NHK Trophy#Ice dance|Ice dance]]
| Free dance
| rowspan=2|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Gabriella Papadakis]] / [[Guillaume Cizeron]]
| '''136.58'''
| rowspan=2|November 23, 2019
| <ref name="isu-progress-D-FD">{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/phsdfd.htm|title=Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Free Dance Score|date=November 23, 2019|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|-
| Total score
| '''226.61'''
| <ref name="isu-progress-D-TO">{{cite web|url=http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/phsdfd.htm|title=Progression of Highest Score: Ice Dance – Total Score|date=November 23, 2019|publisher=[[International Skating Union]]}}</ref>
|}

==Results==
===Men===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free skating|FS]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Yuzuru Hanyu]]
| {{JPN}}
| align="center" | 305.05
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 109.34
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 195.71
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Kévin Aymoz]]
| {{FRA}}
| align="center" | 250.02
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 91.47
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 158.55
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Roman Sadovsky]]
| {{CAN}}
| align="center" | 247.50
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 78.51
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 168.99
|-
! 4
| [[Sergei Voronov (figure skater)|Sergei Voronov]]
| {{RUS}}
| align="center" | 239.05
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 88.63
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 150.42
|-
! 5
| [[Jason Brown (figure skater)|Jason Brown]]
| {{USA}}
| align="center" | 231.37
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 73.73
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 157.54
|-
! 6
| [[Sōta Yamamoto]]
| {{JPN}}
| align="center" | 226.27
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 74.88
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 151.39
|-
! 7
| [[Makar Ignatov]]
| {{RUS}}
| align="center" | 222.45
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 78.47
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 143.98
|-
! 8
| [[Anton Shulepov]]
| {{RUS}}
| align="center" | 218.38
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 71.76
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 146.62
|-
! 9
| [[Koshiro Shimada]]
| {{JPN}}
| align="center" | 213.65
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 75.98
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 137.67
|-
! 10
| [[Tomoki Hiwatashi]]
| {{USA}}
| align="center" | 207.30
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" | 64.54
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 142.76
|-
! 11
| [[Alexei Bychenko]]
| {{ISR}}
| align="center" | 197.63
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | 61.97
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" | 135.66
|-
! 12
| [[Conrad Orzel]]
| {{CAN}}
| align="center" | 196.34
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 70.35
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | 125.99
|}

===Ladies===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free skating|FS]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Alena Kostornaia]]
| {{RUS}}
| align="center" | 240.00
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 85.04
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 154.96
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Rika Kihira]]
| {{JPN}}
| align="center" | 231.84
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 79.89
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 151.95
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Alina Zagitova]]
| {{RUS}}
| align="center" | 217.99
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 66.84
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 151.15
|-
! 4
| [[Yuhana Yokoi]]
| {{JPN}}
| align="center" | 189.54
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 62.67
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 126.87
|-
! 5
| [[Mako Yamashita]]
| {{JPN}}
| align="center" | 189.25
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 65.70
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 123.55
|-
! 6
| [[Sofia Samodurova]]
| {{RUS}}
| align="center" | 183.27
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 63.85
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 119.42
|-
! 7
| [[Lim Eun-soo]]
| {{KOR}}
| align="center" | 172.47
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 65.28
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 107.19
|-
! 8
| [[Starr Andrews]]
| {{USA}}
| align="center" | 166.72
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 58.92
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 107.80
|-
! 9
| [[Karen Chen]]
| {{USA}}
| align="center" | 165.70
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 67.21
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" | 98.49
|-
! 10
| [[Kailani Craine]]
| {{AUS}}
| align="center" | 165.46
| align="center" | 10
| align="center" | 55.82
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 109.64
|-
! 11
| [[Maé-Bérénice Méité]]
| {{FRA}}
| align="center" | 159.98
| align="center" | 11
| align="center" | 49.77
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 110.21
|-
! 12
| Megan Wessenberg
| {{USA}}
| align="center" | 131.73
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | 44.78
| align="center" | 12
| align="center" | 86.95
|}

===Pairs===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free skating|FS]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Sui Wenjing]] / [[Han Cong]]
| {{CHN}}
| align="center" | 226.96
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 81.27
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 145.69
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Kirsten Moore-Towers]] / [[Michael Marinaro]]
| {{CAN}}
| align="center" | 208.49
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 71.21
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 137.28
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Anastasia Mishina]] / [[Aleksandr Galliamov]]
| {{RUS}}
| align="center" | 203.35
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 69.00
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 134.35
|-
! 4
| [[Alisa Efimova]] / [[Alexander Korovin]]
| {{RUS}}
| align="center" | 189.34
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 64.94
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 124.40
|-
! 5
| [[Riku Miura]] / [[Ryuichi Kihara]]
| {{JPN}}
| align="center" | 179.94
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 62.41
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 117.53
|-
! 6
| [[Tarah Kayne]] / [[Daniel O'Shea (figure skater)|Danny O'Shea]]
| {{USA}}
| align="center" | 178.73
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 58.70
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 120.03
|-
! 7
| [[Alexa Scimeca Knierim]] / [[Chris Knierim]]
| {{USA}}
| align="center" | 173.33
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 63.63
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 109.70
|-
! 8
| [[Nicole Della Monica]] / [[Matteo Guarise]]
| {{ITA}}
| align="center" | 171.43
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 57.55
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 113.88
|}

===Ice dance===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Rhythm dance|RD]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free dance (ice dance)|FD]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Gabriella Papadakis]] / [[Guillaume Cizeron]]
| {{FRA}}
| align="center" | 226.61
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 90.03
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 136.58
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Alexandra Stepanova]] / [[Ivan Bukin]]
| {{RUS}}
| align="center" | 208.81
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 84.07
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | 124.74
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Charlène Guignard]] / [[Marco Fabbri]]
| {{ITA}}
| align="center" | 198.06
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 82.13
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 115.93
|-
! 4
| [[Lilah Fear]] / [[Lewis Gibson (figure skater)|Lewis Gibson]]
| {{GBR2}}
| align="center" | 193.01
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 76.09
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 116.92
|-
! 5
| [[Wang Shiyue]] / [[Liu Xinyu]]
| {{CHN}}
| align="center" | 183.11
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 74.73
| align="center" | 6
| align="center" | 108.38
|-
! 6
| [[Christina Carreira]] / [[Anthony Ponomarenko]]
| {{USA}}
| align="center" | 182.26
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 75.25
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 107.01
|-
! 7
| [[Sofia Shevchenko]] / [[Igor Eremenko]]
| {{RUS}}
| align="center" | 178.08
| align="center" | 7
| align="center" | 69.59
| align="center" | 5
| align="center" | 108.49
|-
! 8
| [[Carolane Soucisse]] / [[Shane Firus]]
| {{CAN}}
| align="center" | 172.01
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 68.39
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 103.62
|-
! 9
| [[Lorraine McNamara]] / [[Quinn Carpenter]]
| {{USA}}
| align="center" | 170.21
| align="center" | 8
| align="center" | 68.80
| align="center" | 9
| align="center" | 101.41
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{NHK Trophy Figure skating}}
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