NHK Trophy – Japan (Figure Skating)

Here are the results of the final ISU Grand Prix event of the 2015 Grand Prix season in Japan.

Men
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Yuzuru HANYU JPN 322.40 1 1
2 Boyang JIN CHN 266.43 2 2
3 Takahito MURA JPN 242.21 3 5
4 Grant HOCHSTEIN USA 235.63 8 3
5 Keiji TANAKA JPN 234.90 9 4
6 Konstantin MENSHOV RUS 233.58 6 6
7 Michal BREZINA CZE 222.49 5 9
8 Richard DORNBUSH USA 217.50 7 10
9 Chafik BESSEGHIER FRA 215.82 10 7
10 Maxim KOVTUN RUS 212.63 4 11
11 Elladj BALDE CAN 211.09 11 8
12 Brendan KERRY AUS 177.98 12 12

Hanyu demonstrated that he is Olympic Champion condition by breaking scoring records in both the short program and the long program. In the short program he landed two quadruple jumps and a triple axel to score 106.33 points. In the long program he landed three quadruple jumps including a quadruple toe loop – triple toe loop combination along with a triple axel – single loop – triple salchow combination for a score of 216.07. His artistic marks also dominated the competition.

Ladies
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Satoko MIYAHARA JPN 203.11 1 1
2 Courtney HICKS USA 183.12 2 3
3 Mao ASADA JPN 182.99 4 2
4 Ashley WAGNER USA 179.33 3 5
5 Mirai NAGASU USA 175.64 5 6
6 Kaetlyn OSMOND CAN 168.48 8 7
7 Zijun LI CHN 166.40 6 10
8 Alena LEONOVA RUS 165.75 7 9
9 Anna POGORILAYA RUS 164.63 11 4
10 Mariko KIHARA JPN 163.19 10 8
11 Maria ARTEMIEVA RUS 158.33 9 11

The ladies program was won by the 17-year-old 2015 World Silver medalist and two time Japan National Champion. The ladies all had minor deductions from their scores from under-rotated jumps to falls and artistic marks that were lower than normal. Mao Asada opted to do a double axel instead of a triple axel. Ashley Wagner was able to qualify for the last remaining position at the Grand Prix Final.

Pairs
FPl. Name Nation Points SP FS
1 Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD CAN 202.72 1 1
2 Xiaoyu YU / Yang JIN CHN 191.02 3 2
3 Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM USA 190.66 2 3
4 Vera BAZAROVA / Andrei DEPUTAT RUS 181.70 4 5
5 Lubov ILIUSHECHKINA / Dylan MOSCOVITCH CAN 180.63 5 6
6 Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES FRA 180.20 6 4
7 Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU USA 150.26 7 7
8 Amani FANCY / Christopher BOYADJI GBR 125.80 8 8

The Canadian pair of Duhamel/Radford attempted a quadruple salchow throw but she fell on the attempt. Their scores were aided by completing triple lutz jumps and higher artistic marks. The American pair of Scimeca/Knierim received a deduction on their quadruple twist, but landed their jumps and throws. They also qualified for the Grand Prix Final.

Ice Dance
FPl. Name Nation Points SD FD
1 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA 174.43 1 1
2 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS 169.33 3 2
3 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE USA 167.49 2 3
4 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS 160.64 4 4
5 Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR 155.88 5 5
6 Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS USA 138.41 6 6
7 Kana MURAMOTO / Chris REED JPN 134.97 7 7
8 Emi HIRAI / Marien DE LA ASUNCION JPN 115.59 8 8

Two pairs of American ice dancers stood on the medals podium at the end of the event and both pairs will dance at the Grand Prix Final.

Write-up compiled from reports at Yahoo! Sports, the 2015 ISU Grand Prix NHK Trophy Website (http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent00051667.htm) and the International Skating Union Website (http://www.isu.org/en/single-and-pair-skating-and-ice-dance/series/isu-grand-prix-of-figure-skating) .