Overview
- Yuma Kagiyama totaled 287.24 in Osaka, recovering from an early fall in his free skate to convert his 98.58 short-program lead into victory.
- Shun Sato earned silver with 285.71 and clinched a Grand Prix Final berth, while Switzerland’s Lukas Britschgi took bronze with 246.94.
- Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson won ice dance with 205.88 to qualify for Nagoya, finishing ahead of Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri and the U.S. team of Caroline Green and Michael Parsons.
- Sara Conti and Niccolò Macii captured pairs with 208.58 to secure their Final spot, with Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko second and China’s Sui Wenjing and Han Cong third.
- Kaori Sakamoto led the women’s short with a season-best 77.05 at what she says will be her final NHK Trophy, with the free skate still to come.