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{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 2008 NHK Trophy
| image = 
| imagesize = 
| caption = 
| comptype = [[ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating|Grand Prix]]
| startdate = November 27
| enddate = 30
| skatingseason = [[2008–09 figure skating season|2008–09]]
| location = [[Tokyo]]
| host = [[Japan Skating Federation]]
| venue = [[Yoyogi National Gymnasium]]
| prizemoney = 
| championmen = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nobunari Oda]]
| championladies = {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Mao Asada]]
| championpairs = {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Pang Qing]] / [[Tong Jian]]
| championdance = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Federica Faiella]] / [[Massimo Scali]]
| previouscomp = [[2007 NHK Trophy]]
| nextcomp = [[2009 NHK Trophy]]
| previousgp = [[2008 Cup of Russia]]
| nextgp = [[2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2008–09 Grand Prix Final]]
}}

The '''2008 NHK Trophy''' was the final event of six in the [[2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating]], a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the [[Yoyogi National Gymnasium]] in [[Tokyo]] on November 27–30. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of [[single skating|men's singles, ladies' singles]], [[pair skating]], and [[ice dancing]]. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the [[2008–09 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final|2008–09 Grand Prix Final]]. The [[compulsory dance]] was the Paso Doble.

==Schedule==
(Japan local time, [[UTC+9]])

* '''Friday, November 28'''
** 14:15 Ice dancing - Compulsory dance
** 15:35 Pairs - Short program
** 17:00 Men - Short program
** 18:55 Ladies - Short program
** 20:45 Ice dancing - Original dance
* '''Saturday, November 29'''
** 14:15 Pairs - Free skating
** 15:56 Ice dancing - Free skating
** 18:42 Ladies - Free skating
* '''Sunday, November 30'''
** 13:00 Men - Free skating
** 16:00 Gala exhibition

==Results==
===Men===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free skating|FS]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Nobunari Oda]] || {{JPN}} || 236.18 || 1 || 81.63 || 1 || 154.55
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Johnny Weir]] || {{USA}} || 224.42 || 2 || 78.15 || 2 || 146.27
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Yannick Ponsero]] || {{FRA}} || 217.24 || 3 || 74.39 || 3 || 142.85
|-
! 4
| [[Kevin Reynolds (figure skater)|Kevin Reynolds]] || {{CAN}} || 199.74 || 6 || 67.51 || 4 || 132.23
|-
! 5
| [[Takahito Mura]] || {{JPN}} || 198.07 || 4 || 69.70 || 5 || 128.37
|-
! 6
| [[Stephen Carriere]] || {{USA}} || 192.30 || 5 || 68.99 || 6 || 123.31
|-
! 7
| [[Adrian Schultheiss]] || {{SWE}} || 177.75 || 7 || 66.31 || 7 || 111.44
|-
! 8
| [[Yasuharu Nanri]] || {{JPN}} || 167.73 || 8 || 63.87 || 10 || 103.86
|-
! 9
| [[Andrei Lutai]] || {{RUS}} || 166.36 || 11 || 56.34 || 8 || 110.02
|-
! 10
| [[Peter Liebers]] || {{GER}} || 165.90 || 10 || 58.27 || 9 || 107.63
|-
! 11
| [[Anton Kovalevski]] || {{UKR}} || 157.94 || 9 || 58.84 || 12 || 99.10
|-
! 12
| [[Jamal Othman]] || {{SUI}} || 157.90 || 12 || 55.94 || 11 || 101.96
|}

===Ladies===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free skating|FS]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Mao Asada]] || {{JPN}} || 191.13 || 1 || 64.64 || 1 || 126.49
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Akiko Suzuki]] || {{JPN}} || 167.64 || 4 || 55.56 || 2 || 112.08
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Yukari Nakano]] || {{JPN}} || 166.87 || 5 || 54.82 || 3 || 112.05
|-
! 4
| [[Ashley Wagner]] || {{USA}} || 161.10 || 2 || 61.52 || 5 || 99.58
|-
! 5
| [[Laura Lepistö]] || {{FIN}} || 158.85 || 3 || 59.14 || 4 || 99.71
|-
! 6
| Katrina Hacker || {{USA}} || 139.46 || 6 || 53.80 || 6 || 85.66
|-
! 7
| [[Cynthia Phaneuf]] || {{CAN}} || 138.90 || 7 || 53.48 || 7 || 85.42
|-
! 8
| [[Mirai Nagasu]] || {{USA}} || 124.22 || 8 || 50.14 || 9 || 74.08
|-
! 9
| [[Kim Na-young (figure skater)|Kim Na-young]] || {{KOR}} || 119.77 || 9 || 47.92 || 11 || 71.85
|-
! 10
| [[Annette Dytrt]] || {{GER}} || 115.57 || 12 || 37.62 || 8 || 77.95
|-
! 11
| [[Anastasia Gimazetdinova]] || {{UZB}} || 115.10 || 10 || 42.84 || 10 || 72.26
|-
! 12
| [[Katarina Gerboldt]] || {{RUS}} || 113.95 || 11 || 42.42 || 12 || 71.53
|}

===Pairs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Short program (figure skating)|SP]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free skating|FS]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Pang Qing]] / [[Tong Jian]] || {{CHN}} || 186.06 || 1 || 63.10 || 1 || 122.96
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Rena Inoue]] / [[John Baldwin (figure skater)|John Baldwin]] || {{USA}} || 161.49 || 2 || 57.60 || 2 || 103.89
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Jessica Dubé]] / [[Bryce Davison]] || {{CAN}} || 156.76 || 3 || 55.24 || 3 || 101.52
|-
! 4
| [[Stacey Kemp]] / [[David King (figure skater)|David King]] || {{GBR}} || 132.89 || 4 || 49.36 || 4 || 83.53
|-
! 5
| [[Maria Sergejeva]] / [[Ilja Glebov]] || {{EST}} || 127.70 || 6 || 45.32 || 5 || 82.38
|-
! 6
| [[Laura Magitteri]] / [[Ondřej Hotárek]] || {{ITA}} || 127.18 || 7 || 45.10 || 6 || 82.08
|-
! 7
| [[Meeran Trombley]] / Laureano Ibarra || {{USA}} || 124.92 || 8 || 44.40 || 7 || 80.52
|-
! 8
| [[Monica Pisotta]] / [[Michael Stewart (figure skater)|Michael Stewart]] || {{CAN}} || 124.80 || 5 || 47.78 || 8 || 77.02
|}

===Ice dancing===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Nation
! Total points
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Compulsory dance|CD]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Original dance|OD]]
! colspan="2" width="80px" | [[Free dance (figure skating)|FD]]
|- bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | '''1'''
| [[Federica Faiella]] / [[Massimo Scali]] || {{ITA}} || 176.67 || 1 || 35.61 || 2 || 53.78 || 2 || 87.28
|- bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | '''2'''
| [[Nathalie Péchalat]] / [[Fabian Bourzat]] || {{FRA}} || 175.42 || 2 || 33.20 || 1 || 54.27 || 1 || 87.95
|- bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | '''3'''
| [[Emily Samuelson]] / [[Evan Bates]] || {{USA}} || 161.45 || 3 || 32.18 || 4 || 50.92 || 4 || 78.35
|-
! 4
| [[Ekaterina Bobrova]] / [[Dmitri Soloviev]] || {{RUS}} || 159.96 || 6 || 29.80 || 5 || 49.61 || 3 || 80.55
|-
! 5
| [[Kristina Gorshkova]] / [[Vitali Butikov]] || {{RUS}} || 159.51 || 4 || 31.54 || 3 || 51.80 || 6 || 76.17
|-
! 6
| [[Kimberly Navarro]] / [[Brent Bommentre]] || {{USA}} || 155.60 || 5 || 31.01 || 6 || 47.91 || 5 || 76.68
|-
! 7
| [[Kaitlyn Weaver]] / [[Andrew Poje]] || {{CAN}} || 151.10 || 7 || 28.70 || 7 || 46.58 || 7 || 75.82
|-
! 8
| [[Cathy Reed]] / [[Chris Reed (figure skater)|Chris Reed]] || {{JPN}} || 135.83 || 8 || 27.17 || 10 || 39.87 || 8 || 68.79
|-
! 9
| [[Yu Xiaoyang]] / [[Wang Chen (figure skater)|Wang Chen]] || {{CHN}} || 131.90 || 9 || 25.46 || 8 || 40.78 || 9 || 65.66
|-
! 10
| [[Isabella Pajardi]] / [[Stefano Caruso]] || {{ITA}} || 128.35 || 10 || 23.86 || 9 || 40.52 || 10 || 63.97
|}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* {{isu competition | domain = isuresults.com | id = gpjpn08 | name = 2008 NHK Trophy}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081009151810/http://www.skatingjapan.jp/InterNational/2008-2009/nhk/ 2008 NHK Trophy] at the [[Japan Skating Federation]]
* {{cite web |url= http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=956 |title= 2008–09 Grand Prix Announcement |access-date= 2008-06-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080928000648/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=956 |archive-date= 2008-09-28 |url-status= dead}}
* {{cite web |url= http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1197 |title= Men's Entries |access-date= 2008-11-12 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081203123744/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1197 |archive-date= 2008-12-03 |url-status= dead}}
* {{cite web |url= http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1202 |title= Ladies' Entries |access-date= 2008-11-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082236/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1202 |archive-date= 2011-07-24 |url-status= dead}}
* {{cite web |url= http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1200 |title= Pairs' Entries |access-date= 2008-11-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082216/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1200 |archive-date= 2011-07-24 |url-status= dead}}
* {{cite web |url= http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1201 |title= Ice dancing Entries |access-date= 2008-11-14 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082224/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=1201 |archive-date= 2011-07-24 |url-status= dead}}

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