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2021 NHK Trophy
Logo of the 2021 NHK Trophy
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 12 – 14
Season:2021–22
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Venue:Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Shoma Uno
Women's singles:
Japan Kaori Sakamoto
Pairs:
Russia Anastasia Mishina
and Aleksandr Galliamov
Ice dance:
Russia Victoria Sinitsina
and Nikita Katsalapov
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2020 NHK Trophy
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2022 NHK Trophy
Previous Grand Prix:
2021 Gran Premio d'Italia
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2021 Internationaux de France

The 2021 NHK Trophy was a figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Japan Skating Federation (Japanese: 日本スケート連盟), and the fourth event of the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It was held at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, from November 12 to 14, 2021. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their results, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline at the end of the season were then invited to compete at the 2021–22 Grand Prix Final in Osaka, Japan. Shoma Uno and Kaori Sakamoto, both of Japan, won the men's and women's events, respectively. Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov of Russia won the pairs event, while Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia won the ice dance event.

Background

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The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of seven events sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and held during the autumn: six qualifying events and the Grand Prix Final. This allows skaters to perfect their programs earlier in the season, as well as compete against the skaters with whom they will later compete at the World Championships. This series also provides the viewing public with additional televised skating, which was in high demand. Skaters earn points based on their results in their respective competitions and the top skaters or teams in each discipline are invited to compete at the Grand Prix Final.[1]

Changes to preliminary assignments

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The International Skating Union announced the preliminary list of entrants on June 29, 2021.[2]

Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Men — September 15
  • Japan
 Host picks [3]
Women [4]
Ice dance [5]
October 6 October 6 — [6]
Men October 27 — [7]
Women Recovery from injury [8][9]
Pairs Lack of preparation after injury [10][11]
Men November 4 November 5 Injury [12][13]
Women November 5 November 8 Injury [14][15]
November 7 — Injury [14][16]
Ice dance Concussion (Hawayek) [17][18]

Required performance elements

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Single skating

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Men and women competing in single skating performed their short programs on Friday, November 12.[19] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[20] the short program had to include the following elements:

For men: one double or triple Axel; one triple or quadruple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, two triple jumps, or a quadruple jump and a double jump or triple jump; one flying spin; one camel spin or sit spin with a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[21]

For women: one double or triple Axel; one triple jump; one jump combination consisting of a double jump and a triple jump, or two triple jumps; one flying spin; one layback spin, sideways leaning spin, camel spin, or sit spin without a change of foot; one spin combination with a change of foot; and one step sequence using the full ice surface.[21]

Men and women then performed their free skates on Saturday, November 13.[19] The free skate for both men and women could last no more than 4 minutes,[20] and had to include the following: seven jump elements, of which one had to be an Axel-type jump; three spins, of which one had to be a spin combination, one had to be a flying spin, and one had to be a spin with only one position; a step sequence; and a choreographic sequence.[22]

Pair skating

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Couples competing in pair skating performed their short programs on Friday, November 12.[19] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 40 seconds,[23] it had to include the following elements: one pair lift, one twist lift, one double or triple throw jump, one double or triple solo jump, one solo spin combination with a change of foot, one death spiral, and a step sequence using the full ice surface.[24]

Couples performed their free skates on Saturday, November 13.[19] The free skate could last no more than 4 minutes,[20] and had to include the following: three pair lifts, of which one had to be a twist lift; two different throw jumps; one solo jump; one jump combination or sequence; one pair spin combination; one death spiral; and a choreographic sequence.[25]

Ice dance

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See also: Competition elements in ice dance

Couples competing in ice dance performed their rhythm dances on Friday, November 12.[19] Lasting no more than 2 minutes 50 seconds,[20] the theme of the rhythm dance this season was "street dance rhythms". Examples of applicable dance styles included, but were not limited, to: hip-hop, disco, swing, krump, popping, funk, jazz, reggae (reggaeton), and blues. The required pattern dance element was the Midnight Blues.[26] The rhythm dance had to include the following elements: the pattern dance, the pattern dance step sequence, one dance lift, one set of sequential twizzles, and one step sequence.[27]

Couples performed their free dances on Saturday, November 13.[19] The free dance performance could last no longer than 4 minutes,[20] and had to include the following: three dance lifts, one dance spin, one set of synchronized twizzles, one step sequence in hold, one step sequence while on one skate and not touching, and three choreographic elements, of which one had to be a choreographic character step sequence.[28]

Judging

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Further information: ISU Judging System

For the 2021–2022 season, all of the technical elements in any figure skating performance – such as jumps, spins, and lifts – were assigned a predetermined base point value and were then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from -5 to 5 based on their quality of execution.[29] The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (that is, an average after deleting the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total element score.[30] At the same time, judges evaluated each performance based on five program components – skating skills, transitions, performance, composition, and interpretation of the music – and assigned a score from .25 to 10 in .25 point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.[31]

Program component factoring[32]
Discipline Short progam
or Rhythm dance 		Free skate
or Free dance
Men 1.00 2.00
Women 0.80 1.60
Pairs 0.80 1.60
Ice dance 0.80 1.20

Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls.[33] The total element score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.[34]

Medal summary

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Shoma Uno at the 2018 Skate Canada International
Kaori Sakamoto at the 2022 World Championships
Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov at the 2019 Russian Championships
Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov at the 2019 World Championships
From left to right: The 2021 NHK Trophy champions: Shoma Uno of Japan (men's singles); Kaori Sakamoto of Japan (women's singles); Anastasia Mishina and Aleksandr Galliamov of Russia (pair skating); and Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia (ice dance)
Medalists[35]
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Japan Shoma Uno United States Vincent Zhou South Korea Cha Jun-hwan
Women Japan Kaori Sakamoto Japan Mana Kawabe South Korea You Young
Pairs
Ice dance

Results

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Men's singles

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Men's results[36]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Shoma Uno  Japan 290.15 1 102.58 1 187.57
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vincent Zhou  United States 260.69 2 99.51 6 161.18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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's singles

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Women's results[37]
Rank Skater Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kaori Sakamoto  Japan 223.34 1 76.56 1 146.78
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mana Kawabe  Japan 205.44 2 73.88 4 131.56
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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Pairs results[38]
Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia 227.28 1 78.40 1 148.88
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia 213.27 2 75.78 2 137.49
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 209.42 3 73.98 3 135.44
4  United States 202.79 4 70.75 4 132.04
5  United States 190.03 5 64.95 5 125.08
6  Canada 167.98 6 56.97 6 111.01
7  Germany 161.89 7 54.63 7 107.26

Ice dance

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Ice dance results[39]
Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Russia 215.44 1 86.33 1 129.11
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 210.78 2 86.02 2 124.76
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Great Britain 191.91 3 76.43 3 115.48
4  Spain 188.09 4 76.40 5 111.69
5  Canada 187.38 5 74.45 4 112.93
6  Japan 179.50 6 70.74 6 108.76
7  Japan 172.20 7 68.13 7 104.07
8  Ukraine 165.38 8 66.07 8 99.31
9  Russia 160.13 9 65.17 9 94.96

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