The 1981 NHK Trophy was held in Kobe. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

1981 NHK Trophy
Season:1981–82
Location:Kobe
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Fumio Igarashi
Ladies' singles:
Finland Kristina Wegelius
Pairs:
United States Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater
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Results

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Fumio Igarashi   Japan 1.5 1 1
2 Norbert Schramm   Germany 2.5 2 2
3 Jean-Christophe Simond   France 5.5 5 3
4 Grzegorz Filipowski   Poland 6.0 4 4
5 Paul Wylie   United States 8.0 6 5
6 Bobby Beauchamp   United States 10.5 7 6
7 Takashi Mura   Japan 11.5 9 7
8 Makoto Kano   Japan 13.0 10 8
9 Boris Uspenski   Soviet Union 14.0 8 10
10 Tatsuya Fujii   Japan 14.5 11 9
11 Kevin Hicks   Canada 18.0 12 12
12 Cong Wenyi   China 20.0 14 13
WD Jozef Sabovčík   Czechoslovakia 3

Ladies

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Kristina Wegelius   Finland 2.5 1 2
2 Vikki De Vries   United States 3.5 5 1
3 Charlene Wong   Canada 5.0 4 3
4 Simone Grigorescu   United States 5.0 2 4
5 Sanda Dubravčić   Yugoslavia 6.5 3 5
6 Sachie Yuki   Japan 10.0 8 6
7 Anna Antonova   Soviet Union 10.5 7 7
8 Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy   France 11.0 6 8
9 Sonja Stanek   Austria 13.5 9 9
10 S. Kawakami   Japan 16.0 12 10
11 Manuela Ruben   West Germany 16.0 10 11
12 Izumi Aotani   Japan 19.0 14 12
13 Masako Kato   Japan 19.5 13 13
14 Megumi Aotani   Japan 19.5 11 14
15 Lim Hye-kyung   South Korea 22.5 15 15
16 Lijie Yu   China 24.0 16 16

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers   United States 1.5 1 1
2 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert   East Germany 3.0 2 2
3 Maria Di Domenico / Burt Lancon   United States 4.0 2 3
4 Inna Volyanskaya / Valery Spiridonov   Soviet Union 5.5 3 4
5 Katherina Matousek / Eric Thomsen   Canada 7.0 4 5
6 Toshimi Ito / Takashi Mura   Japan 9.0 6 6

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation TFP OSP FD
1 Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater   United Kingdom 1.5 1 1
2 Natalia Karamysheva / Rostislav Sinitsyn   Soviet Union 3.0 2 2
3 Jana Berankova / Jan Bartok   Czechoslovakia 4.5 3 3
4 Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory   United States 6.0 4 4
5 Olga Makarova / Genrikh Sretenski   Soviet Union 7.5 5 5
6 Kelly Johnson / Kris Barber   Canada 9.0 6 6
7 Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi   Japan 10.5 7 7
8 Maria Kniffer / Manfred Hubler   Austria 12.0 8 8
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