2018 NHK Trophy

2018 NHK Trophy
Type: Grand Prix
Date: November 9 – 11
Season: 2018–19
Location: Hiroshima
Host: Japan Skating Federation
Champions
Men's singles:
TBD
Ladies' singles:
TBD
Pair skating:
TBD
Ice dance:
TBD
Previous:
2017 NHK Trophy
Next:
2019 NHK Trophy
Previous GP:
2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki
Next GP:
2018 Rostelecom Cup

The 2018 NHK Trophy is the 4th event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It will be held in Hiroshima on November 9–11. Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters will compete to earn points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[1]

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
 Canada Kevin Reynolds Gabrielle Daleman Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus
 China Peng Cheng / Jin Yang Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu
 France Maé-Bérénice Méité Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
 Germany Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert
 United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
 Italy Matteo Rizzo
 Japan Hiroaki Sato
Shoma Uno
Sōta Yamamoto		 Rika Kihira
Mai Mihara
Satoko Miyahara		 Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
 Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs
 South Korea Lee June-hyoung
 Russia Dmitri Aliev
Sergei Voronov		 Elena Radionova
Maria Sotskova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva		 Natalia Zabiiako / Alexander Enbert Anastasia Skoptcova / Kirill Aleshin
Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro
 Ukraine Yaroslav Paniot Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin
 United States Alexander Johnson
Vincent Zhou		 Mariah Bell
Courtney Hicks
Angela Wang		 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea
Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov
Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim		 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
July 30 and August 6 Pairs China Sui Wenjing / Han Cong United States Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Injury recovery (Sui) [2]
August 9 and 31 Ice dance Japan Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Split [3]
September 3 Men N/A Japan Sōta Yamamoto Host pick [4]
Ladies Japan Rika Kihira
October 8 and 11 Ladies China Li Xiangning France Maé-Bérénice Méité [5][6]
October 12 Ladies South Korea Choi Da-bin [7]

References

  1. ↑ ISU Figure Skating [@ISU_figure] (June 29, 2018). "Who is going where? This week the Grand Prix assignments were announced" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Pairs". International Skating Union. July 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ "平昌五輪アイスダンスの村元・リード組がペア解消「方向性の違い」" [Pyeongchang Olympians Muramoto and Reed end partnership due to "difference in direction"] (in Japanese). Daily Sports Japan. August 9, 2018.
  4. ↑ "ＧＰ　ＮＨＫ杯の開催国枠は山本草太と紀平梨花　男女３選手決定" [Grand Prix NHK Cup adds Sota Yamamoto and Rika Kihira, three men and ladies decided] (in Japanese). Yahoo! Japan. September 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 8, 2018.
  6. ↑ "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2018: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 11, 2018.
  7. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2018/19: Ladies". International Skating Union. October 12, 2018.
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