The 1979 NHK Trophy was held at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo on October 26–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin Cousins |  United Kingdom |
1 | 1 |
| 2 | Fumio Igarashi |  Japan |
2 | 2 |
| 3 | David Santee |  United States |
3 | 4 |
| 4 | Scott Hamilton | United States |
6 | 3 |
| 5 | Mitsuru Matsumura | Japan |
4 | 7 |
| 6 | Takeshi Mura | Japan |
8 | 5 |
| 7 | Shinji Someya | Japan |
9 | 6 |
| 8 | Vladimir Kotin |  Soviet Union |
7 | 8 |
| 9 | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union |
5 | 9 |
| 10 | Istvan Simon |  Hungary |
11 | 10 |
| 11 | Wenyi Cong |  China |
10 | 11 |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emi Watanabe | Japan |
1 | 1 |
| 2 | Lisa-Marie Allen | United States |
3 | 2 |
| 3 | Sandy Lenz | United States |
4 | 3 |
| 4 | Susan Driano |  Italy |
2 | 5 |
| 5 | Karin Riediger |  Germany |
7 | 4 |
| 6 | Mariko Yoshida | Japan |
6 | 6 |
| 7 | Kim Myo-shil |  North Korea |
5 | 7 |
| 8 | Masako Kato | Japan |
10 | 8 |
| 9 | Anita Siegfried |  Switzerland |
11 | 10 |
| 10 | Megumi Yanagihara | Japan |
12 | 9 |
| 11 | Reiko Kobayashi | Japan |
9 | 11 |
| 12 | Yoko Yakushi | Japan |
8 | 13 |
| 13 | Svetlana Frantsuzova | Soviet Union |
13 | 12 |
| 14 | Sonja Stanek |  Austria |
14 | 14 |
| 15 | Shin Hae-sook |  South Korea |
15 | 15 |
| 16 | Zhiying Liu | China |
16 | 16 |
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Vorobieva / Igor Lisovski | Soviet Union |
1 | 1 |
| 2 | Vicki Heasley / Robert Wagenhoffer | United States |
3 | 2 |
| 3 | Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli | United States |
4 | 3 |
| 4 | Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov | Soviet Union |
2 | 5 |
| 5 | Yukiko Okabe / Takashi Mura | Japan |
5 | 4 |
| 6 | Kyoko Hagiwara / Hisao Ozaki | Japan |
6 | 6 |
Ice dancing
| Rank | Name | Nation | OSP | FD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | Soviet Union |
1 | 1 |
| 2 | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | United Kingdom |
2 | 2 |
| 3 | Natalia Karamisheva / Rostislav Sinitsin | Soviet Union |
4 | 3 |
| 4 | Stacey Smith / John Summers | United States |
3 | 4 |
| 5 | Jana Berankova / Jan Bartak |  Czechoslovakia |
5 | 5 |
| 6 | Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán | Czechoslovakia |
6 | 6 |
| 7 | Michiko Abe / Nozomi Sakai | Japan |
7 | 7 |