2023 NHK Trophy

The 2023 NHK Trophy will be the sixth event in the 2023–24 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It will be held in Osaka on November 24–26.[1] Medals will be awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. Skaters will earn points toward qualifying for the 2023–24 Grand Prix Final.

2023 NHK Trophy
Type:Grand Prix
Date:November 24 – 26
Season:2023–24
Location:Osaka
Host:Japan Skating Federation
Defending champions
Men's singles:
Japan Shoma Uno
Women's singles:
South Korea Kim Ye-lim
Pair skating:
Japan Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Ice dance:
Canada Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen
Previous:
2022 NHK Trophy
Next:
2024 NHK Trophy
Previous GP:
2023 Grand Prix of Espoo
Next GP:
2023–24 Grand Prix Final

Entries

The International Skating Union announced the preliminary assignments on June 28, 2023.[2]

Country Men[3] Women[4] Pairs[5] Ice dance[6]
 Australia Anastasia Golubeva / Hektor Giotopoulos Moore
 Belgium Nina Pinzarrone
 Canada Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
 Estonia Mihhail Selevko
 Finland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis
 France Luc Economides Loïcia Demougeot / Théo le Mercier
 Georgia Nika Egadze Anastasiia Gubanova Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya
 Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin
 Great Britain Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
 Italy Gabriele Frangipani Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
 Japan Yuma Kagiyama
Shoma Uno
Tatsuya Tsuboi		 Yuna Aoki
Wakaba Higuchi
Mai Mihara		 Riku Miura / Ryuichi Kihara
Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi		 Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
 Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs
 Lithuania Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
 Netherlands Lindsay van Zundert Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba
 South Korea Lee Si-hyeong Kim Ye-lim
Lee Hae-in
Wi Seo-yeong
  Switzerland Lukas Britschgi
 United States Camden Pulkinen Bradie Tennell
Lindsay Thorngren
Ava Ziegler		 Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville

Changes to preliminary assignments
Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
Date Skater(s) Date Skater(s)
Women August 24 Germany Nicole Schott August 31 United States Ava Marie Ziegler Break from competition [7]
Pairs August 29 United States Anastasiia Smirnova / Danylo Siianytsia September 8 Germany Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nikita Volodin Smirnova retired [8][9]
Men N/A September 6 Japan Tatsuya Tsuboi Host pick [10]
Women Japan Yuna Aoki
Pairs Japan Yuna Nagaoka / Sumitada Moriguchi
Ice dance October 25 United States Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker October 26 United States Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov Concussion [11][12]
Men October 26 Italy Daniel Grassl

References
  1. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating NHK Trophy". International Skating Union. June 28, 2023.
  2. Anything GOEs [@AnythingGOEs] (June 28, 2023). "2023/24 Grand Prix Assignments" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2023: Men". International Skating Union.
  4. "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2023: Women". International Skating Union.
  5. "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2023: Pairs". International Skating Union.
  6. "ISU GP NHK Trophy 2023: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
  7. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2023/24 - Women: As of August 31, 2023". International Skating Union. August 31, 2023.
  8. @smirnovasiianytsia (August 29, 2023). "Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia announce the end of their partnership" – via Instagram.
  9. Lechner, Pamela (September 7, 2023). "Neues Paarlauf-Paar: Minerva Hase/Nikita Volodin starten mit Vorfreude in erste gemeinsame Saison" [New figure skating pair: Minerva Hase/Nikita Volodin start their first season together with anticipation].
  10. Sponichi on Ice [@SponichiF] (September 6, 2023). "日本スケート連盟の理事会が行われ、GPシリーズNHK杯の追加選手を承認。" [The Board of Directors of the Japanese Skating Federation met and approved additional athletes for the GP Series NHK Trophy.] (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. "https://twitter.com/AnythingGOE/status/1717123545484947813?s=20". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 2023-10-25. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  12. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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