The 2015 NHK Trophy was the final event of six in the
2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the
Big Hat in
Nagano on November 27–29. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...
, and
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the
2015–16 Grand Prix Final.
Entries
Changes to preliminary assignments
* On September 9,
Kana Muramoto /
Chris Reed,
Mariko Kihara and
Keiji Tanaka were added as host picks.
[
* On September 24, Joshua Farris was removed from the roster.][ U.S. Figure Skating announced he had to withdraw due to a concussion.][ On September 28, his replacement was announced as Grant Hochstein.][
* On November 11, Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron withdrew due to Papadakis not having fully recovered from her concussion.][ On November 17, Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland were announced as their replacement.][
* On November 20, Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov withdrew due to an injury to Volosozhar. They were replaced by Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji.][ Ice dancers ]Alexandra Paul
Alexandra Elizabeth Paul (born July 29, 1963) is an American actress. She began her career modeling in New York before landing her first major role in John Carpenter's horror film '' Christine'' (1983). This was followed with prominent roles in ...
/ Mitchell Islam
Mitchell Islam (born January 24, 1990) is a Canadian former competitive ice dancer. He teamed up with partner Alexandra Paul in 2009. They are the 2010 World Junior silver medalists, 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalists, and three-time Can ...
also withdrew.[ On November 21, they were replaced by Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus.][
* On November 21, Jason Brown withdrew due to a back strain injury.][ On November 23, he was replaced by Brendan Kerry.][
* On November 23, Maé-Bérénice Méité withdrew from the ladies' event.][
]
Results
Men
Yuzuru Hanyu set a new world record
A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book ''Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizatio ...
for the short program (106.33), for the free skating (216.07), and for the combined total (322.40). He became the first person to have broken 200-point in the free skating and 300-point in the combined total as well as 100-point in the short program (2014 Winter Olympics).
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
References
External links
2015 NHK Trophy
at the International Skating Union
Starting orders and result details
{{2015–16 in figure skating
NHK Trophy, 2015
NHK Trophy