2009 NHK Trophy
# 2009 NHK Trophy

The 2009 NHK Trophy was the fourth event of six in the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Big Hat in Nagano on November 5–8. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2009–10 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Tango Romantica.

## Schedule

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).

* Friday, November 6
   * 14:30 Ice dancing - Compulsory dance
   * 15:45 Pairs - Short program
   * 17:10 Men - Short program
   * 19:05 Ladies - Short program
* Saturday, November 7
   * 12:45 Ice dancing - Original dance
   * 14:15 Pairs - Free skating
   * 15:55 Men - Free skating
   * 18.50 Ladies - Free skating
* Sunday, November 8
   * 13:00 Ice dancing - Free dance
   * 16:00 Gala exhibition

## Results

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Brian Joubert | France | 232.70 | 1 | 85.35 | 1 | 147.35 |
| 2 | Johnny Weir | United States | 217.70 | 3 | 78.35 | 3 | 139.35 |
| 3 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 217.48 | 6 | 70.80 | 2 | 146.68 |
| 4 | Daisuke Takahashi | Japan | 214.29 | 4 | 78.18 | 4 | 136.11 |
| 5 | Jeremy Abbott | United States | 208.45 | 2 | 83.00 | 6 | 125.45 |
| 6 | Adam Rippon | United States | 197.61 | 8 | 67.15 | 5 | 130.46 |
| 7 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan | 186.00 | 5 | 74.05 | 10 | 111.95 |
| 8 | Artem Borodulin | Russia | 181.62 | 7 | 69.49 | 9 | 112.13 |
| 9 | Daisuke Murakami | Japan | 181.04 | 9 | 66.78 | 8 | 114.26 |
| 10 | Jeremy Ten | Canada | 178.87 | 12 | 61.69 | 7 | 117.18 |
| 11 | Vaughn Chipeur | Canada | 176.36 | 10 | 66.55 | 12 | 109.81 |
| 12 | Kristoffer Berntsson | Sweden | 176.01 | 11 | 64.64 | 11 | 111.37 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Miki Ando | Japan | 162.55 | 2 | 56.22 | 2 | 106.33 |
| 2 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 160.85 | 5 | 52.34 | 1 | 108.51 |
| 3 | Ashley Wagner | United States | 155.99 | 1 | 56.54 | 3 | 99.45 |
| 4 | Yukari Nakano | Japan | 152.35 | 3 | 54.92 | 5 | 97.43 |
| 5 | Laura Lepistö | Finland | 152.19 | 4 | 53.64 | 4 | 98.55 |
| 6 | Cynthia Phaneuf | Canada | 142.03 | 7 | 47.22 | 6 | 94.81 |
| 7 | Liu Yan | China | 126.49 | 6 | 47.64 | 10 | 78.85 |
| 8 | Annette Dytrt | Germany | 126.01 | 9 | 44.86 | 9 | 81.15 |
| 9 | Oksana Gozeva | Russia | 123.97 | 11 | 40.66 | 7 | 83.31 |
| 10 | Shoko Ishikawa | Japan | 119.63 | 10 | 44.28 | 11 | 75.35 |
| 11 | Becky Bereswill | United States | 118.42 | 12 | 36.26 | 8 | 82.16 |
| WD | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | | 8 | 45.96 | | |

* WD = Withdrawn

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pang Qing / Tong Jian | China | 199.65 | 2 | 67.30 | 1 | 132.35 |
| 2 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 193.05 | 1 | 68.90 | 2 | 124.15 |
| 3 | Rena Inoue / John Baldwin | United States | 158.78 | 4 | 52.52 | 3 | 106.26 |
| 4 | Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett | United States | 151.43 | 3 | 55.20 | 5 | 96.23 |
| 5 | Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall | Canada | 150.71 | 6 | 51.10 | 4 | 99.61 |
| 6 | Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh | Russia | 137.49 | 5 | 51.32 | 6 | 86.17 |
| 7 | Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers | Canada | 130.77 | 7 | 47.32 | 7 | 83.45 |
| 8 | Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran | Japan | 119.48 | 8 | 39.80 | 8 | 79.68 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | CD | OD | OD | FD | FD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Meryl Davis / Charlie White | United States | 201.97 | 1 | 38.09 | 1 | 63.09 | 1 | 100.79 |
| 2 | Sinead Kerr / John Kerr | United Kingdom | 177.73 | 2 | 35.04 | 2 | 56.53 | 2 | 86.16 |
| 3 | Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier | Canada | 165.89 | 4 | 30.51 | 3 | 50.87 | 3 | 84.51 |
| 4 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia | 160.01 | 3 | 31.72 | 6 | 47.51 | 4 | 80.78 |
| 5 | Huang Xintong / Zheng Xun | China | 154.90 | 6 | 28.77 | 5 | 48.34 | 5 | 77.79 |
| 6 | Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo | Ukraine | 154.61 | 5 | 29.67 | 4 | 49.01 | 6 | 75.93 |
| 7 | Cathy Reed / Chris Reed | Japan | 147.53 | 7 | 28.58 | 7 | 46.36 | 8 | 72.59 |
| 8 | Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno | Canada | 145.32 | 9 | 26.20 | 8 | 44.75 | 7 | 74.37 |
| 9 | Lucie Myslivečková / Matěj Novák | Czech Republic | 142.33 | 8 | 27.93 | 9 | 43.28 | 9 | 71.12 |
| 10 | Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles | United States | 130.24 | 10 | 24.23 | 10 | 39.16 | 10 | 66.85 |
