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He took 183.19 in the free skate for a total of
286.51 to Uno's 286.05.
"I'm extremely honored to be Grand Prix champion," Chen said
after an ambitious routine to "Mao's Last Dancer" that included
attempts to make at least five quadruple jumps.
Uno, who won the free skate with 184.50, fell on his first quad
loop and pulled a face at the end of his routine. Russian
Mikhail Kolyada finished third.
Earlier, Canada's Kaetlyn Osmond took a surprise lead in the
short program in the women's final but was less that half a
point ahead of Russian teenager Alina Zagitova.
Osmond hit a seasonal best with 77.04 after her sultry, sassy
routine to "Sous le Ciel de Paris" that had the audience at the
packed arena in the central Japanese city of Nagoya clapping
along.
"Overall, I'm really happy," the 22-year-old Osmond told a news
conference.
"I've been working really hard on my free program, especially in
the last few weeks," she added.
Zagitova, making her Grand Prix Final debut at the age of 15,
skated a routine at turns lyrical and powerful to "Black Swan"
but a mistake on a jump kept her score at 76.27.
"I was nervous first of all, but happy that I could win out over
my nervousness," she said.
Japan's Satoko Miyahara was third on her comeback after an
11-month absence due to a hip injury.
(Reporting by Elaine Lies,; Editing by Ed Osmond)
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