2023 Japan Curling Championships

2023 Japan Curling Championships
Host cityTokoro, Kitami, Hokkaido
ArenaTokoro Curling Club
DatesJanuary 29 – February 5
Men's winner SC Karuizawa Club
Curling clubKaruizawa CC, Karuizawa, Nagano
SkipRiku Yanagisawa
ThirdTsuyoshi Yamaguchi
SecondTakeru Yamamoto
LeadSatoshi Koizumi
CoachYuji Nishimuro
Finalist Kitami Association (Hirata)
Women's winner Loco Solare
Curling clubTokoro CC, Tokoro, Hokkaido
SkipSatsuki Fujisawa
ThirdChinami Yoshida
SecondYumi Suzuki
LeadYurika Yoshida
AlternateKotomi Ishizaki
CoachJ. D. Lind, Ryoji Onodera
Finalist SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai)
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The 2023 Japan Curling Championships (branded as the 40th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships) were held from January 29 to February 5 at the Tokoro Curling Club in Tokoro, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan.[1] Both the men's and women's events were played in a round robin format which qualified four teams for a page playoff.

After being pushed to May in 2022 due to the 2022 Winter Olympics, the championship returned to its normal dates from the end of January to the start of February. The winning teams earned the right to represent Japan at the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship respectively.[2]

Summary

Both the men's and women's champions from 2022 were able to defend their titles in this year's championship.[3]

On the men's side, SC Karuizawa Club, represented by Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto and Satoshi Koizumi, won their second consecutive and tenth overall national championship. The team finished 7–1 through the round robin portion of the event, losing their last round robin game to Kitami Association (Kosuka Hirata) who finished first overall at 7–1. In the 1 vs. 2 page playoff, trailing 9–6 after eight ends, SC Karuizawa Club scored two in the ninth end, stole a single in the tenth end, and stole two more in the extra end for an 11–9 victory. Kitami Association went on to defeat Consadole (Shinya Abe) 7–1 in the semifinal to set up a rematch in the gold medal game. SC Karuizawa Club took two in the fourth end to open up a 3–1 lead, and later led 4–2 after eight ends. In the ninth, the defending champions stole two points en route to claiming the national title once again. SC Karuizawa Club qualified Japan for the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship by finishing fourth at the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships.

In the women's event, Team Loco Solare, with Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida and Kotomi Ishizaki won their second consecutive and fourth national championship since joining for the 2015–16 season. After the round robin, Team Fujisawa finished tied for first with Chubu Electric Power (Ikue Kitazawa) and Philoseek Aomori (Miori Nakamura). Since they had all gone 1–1 against each other, positions for the playoffs were determined through draw to the button totals, which Loco Solare had the best of, followed by Chubu Electric in second and Aomori in third. The playoff picture was complete by SC Karuizawa Club (Asuka Kanai). In the 1 vs. 2 game, Loco Solare came back from a 4–2 deficit, stealing four consecutive ends to defeat Chubu Electric 7–4. SC Karuizawa Club also came from behind in the 3 vs. 4 game, coming back from an 8–1 deficit to win 11–9 thanks to a steal of five in the eighth end. SC Karuizawa Club then beat Chubu Electric 7–6 in the semifinal to eliminate Japan's representative at the previous World Women's Curling Championship. In the final, the Fujisawa rink got out to a 4–0 lead after three ends, eventually taking the championship 7–5 over SC Karuizawa Club. Loco Solare qualified Japan for the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship by winning gold at the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Men SC Karuizawa Club
Riku Yanagisawa
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Takeru Yamamoto
Satoshi Koizumi
Kitami Association
Kohsuke Hirata
Shingo Usui
Ryota Meguro
Kosuke Aita
Yoshiya Miura
Consadole
Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth)
Haruto Ouchi
Shinya Abe (Skip)
Sota Tsuruga
Minori Suzuki
Women Loco Solare
Satsuki Fujisawa
Chinami Yoshida
Yumi Suzuki
Yurika Yoshida
Kotomi Ishizaki
SC Karuizawa Club
Asuka Kanai
Ami Enami
Junko Nishimuro
Mone Ryokawa
Miyu Ueno
Chubu Electric Power
Ikue Kitazawa
Seina Nakajima
Minori Suzuki
Hasumi Ishigooka
Chiaki Matsumura

Men

Qualification

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2023 Japan Curling Championship:[4]

Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s)
2022 Champion 1 SC Karuizawa Club
2022 Runner-Up 1 Sapporo International University
Hokkaido Region 1 Kitami Association
Tōhoku Region 1 Miyagi CA
Kanto Region 1 Team Ogiwara
Central Region 1 TM Karuizawa
West Japan Region 1 Okayama CA
Wild Card 1 1 Team Ichimura
Wild Card 2 1 Consadole

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[4]

Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Consadole Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth) Haruto Ouchi Shinya Abe (Skip) Sota Tsuruga Minori Suzuki Kitami
Kitami Association Kohsuke Hirata Shingo Usui Ryota Meguro Kosuke Aita Yoshiya Miura Kitami
Miyagi CA Kotaro Noguchi Yuto Kamada Hiroshi Kato Yuki Yoshimura Hayato Fujimura Miyagi
Okayama CA Hiroki Yoshioka Hiromitsu Fujinaka Yusuke Nonomura Makoto Takahashi Atsushi Kamigaito Okayama
Sapporo International University Go Aoki (Fourth) Hayato Sato (Skip) Kouki Ogiwara Kazushi Nino Ayato Sasaki Sapporo
SC Karuizawa Club Riku Yanagisawa Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Takeru Yamamoto Satoshi Koizumi Karuizawa
Team Ichimura Takanori Ichimura Daisuke Sonoyama Seiji Yamamoto Miki Yamamoto Nagano
Team Ogiwara Ryo Ogiwara Satoru Tsukamoto Wataru Henmi Nobuhito Kasahara Haruki Watanabe Tokyo
TM Karuizawa Yusuke Morozumi Yuta Matsumura Ryotaro Shukuya Kosuke Morozumi Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Team Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
Kitami Association Kohsuke Hirata 7 1 1–0 60 36 35 28 4 13 28.05
SC Karuizawa Club Riku Yanagisawa 7 1 0–1 69 36 36 26 3 13 29.81
Consadole Shinya Abe 6 2 1–0 68 40 32 26 8 9 30.78
TM Karuizawa Yusuke Morozumi 6 2 0–1 60 43 38 26 0 14 34.22
Sapporo International University Hayato Sato 4 4 58 43 29 28 4 7 27.93
Miyagi CA Kotaro Noguchi 3 5 49 67 30 35 2 3 47.95
Team Ogiwara Ryo Ogiwara 2 6 41 60 30 35 4 3 37.10
Okayama CA Hiroki Yoshioka 1 7 28 71 24 34 0 5 62.41
Team Ichimura Takanori Ichimura 0 8 28 65 22 38 0 3 75.62

Round robin results

All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[5][6]

Draw 1

Sunday, January 29, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kitami Association (Hirata) 0 1 0 2 2 0 3 3 X X 11
Miyagi CA (Noguchi) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Consadole (Abe) 0 2 0 2 1 2 3 X X X 10
Team Ogiwara (Ogiwara) 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 2 X X 9
Sapporo International University (Sato) 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Okayama CA (Yoshioka) 1 0 3 1 1 1 2 X X X 9
Team Ichimura (Ichimura) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 2

Draw 3

Sunday, January 29, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Sapporo International University (Sato) 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 0 7
Consadole (Abe) 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Ogiwara (Ogiwara) 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 6
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Miyagi CA (Noguchi) 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 X X X 10
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kitami Association (Hirata) 0 2 0 3 0 3 5 X X X 10
Okayama CA (Yoshioka) 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X 3

Draw 5

Monday, January 30, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 1 X X 9
Team Ogiwara (Ogiwara) 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 0 0 3 0 1 0 X X X X 4
Consadole (Abe) 2 5 0 3 0 3 X X X X 13
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Sapporo International University (Sato) 3 0 2 0 5 0 2 X X X 12
Miyagi CA (Noguchi) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X X X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Ichimura (Ichimura) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 4
Kitami Association (Hirata) 0 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 X 7

Draw 7

Tuesday, January 31, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Consadole (Abe) 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 X X 8
Team Ichimura (Ichimura) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Okayama CA (Yoshioka) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 X X X 2
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 2 0 3 2 0 2 2 X X X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kitami Association (Hirata) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Ogiwara (Ogiwara) 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 3
Sapporo International University (Sato) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 X 7

Draw 9

Tuesday, January 31, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Miyagi CA (Noguchi) 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 6
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Sapporo International University (Sato) 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 X 8
Team Ichimura (Ichimura) 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Ogiwara (Ogiwara) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 7
Okayama CA (Yoshioka) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 3 1 9
Consadole (Abe) 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6

Draw 11

Wednesday, February 1, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Ogiwara (Ogiwara) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Kitami Association (Hirata) 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Ichimura (Ichimura) 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X 5
Miyagi CA (Noguchi) 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Okayama CA (Yoshioka) 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X 2
Consadole (Abe) 0 3 1 0 3 1 0 X X X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 7
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 8

Draw 13

Thursday, February 2, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 2 0 0 2 2 3 1 X X X 10
Okayama CA (Yoshioka) 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kitami Association (Hirata) 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 X 7
Sapporo International University (Sato) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Ichimura (Ichimura) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 4
Team Ogiwara (Ogiwara) 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 3 X 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Consadole (Abe) 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 X 10
Miyagi CA (Noguchi) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 6

Draw 15

Thursday, February 2, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Ichimura (Ichimura) 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 X X 4
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 0 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 X X 8
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Miyagi CA (Noguchi) 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 2 0 X 9
Okayama CA (Yoshioka) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Consadole (Abe) 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 5
Kitami Association (Hirata) 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Sapporo International University (Sato) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 X 6

Draw 17

Friday, February 3, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Okayama CA (Yoshioka) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1
Sapporo International University (Sato) 2 0 4 1 3 4 X X X X 14
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 5
Kitami Association (Hirata) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 2 0 3 2 1 0 X X X X 8
Team Ichimura (Ichimura) 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X X X 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Miyagi CA (Noguchi) 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 4 X 11
Team Ogiwara (Ogiwara) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

Playoffs

Page playoff systemSemifinalFinal
1 Kitami Association92 SC Karuizawa Club6
2 SC Karuizawa Club111 Kitami Association2
1 Kitami Association7
3 Consadole1
3 Consadole8
4 TM Karuizawa6

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 4, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Kitami Association (Hirata) 1 0 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 9
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 11

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 4, 9:00

Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Consadole (Abe) 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 8
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 6

Semifinal

Saturday, February 4, 15:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Kitami Association (Hirata) 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 X X 7
Consadole (Abe) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1

Final

Sunday, February 5, 9:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 X 6
Kitami Association (Hirata) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
2023 Japan Curling Championships

Riku Yanagisawa
2nd Japanese Championship title

Final standings

Place Team Skip
SC Karuizawa Club Riku Yanagisawa
Kitami Association Kohsuke Hirata
Consadole Shinya Abe
4 TM Karuizawa Yusuke Morozumi
5 Sapporo International University Hayato Sato
6 Miyagi CA Kotaro Noguchi
7 Team Ogiwara Ryo Ogiwara
8 Okayama CA Hiroki Yoshioka
9 Team Ichimura Takanori Ichimura

Women

Qualification

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2023 Japan Curling Championship:[4]

Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s)
2022 Champion 1 Loco Solare
2022 Runner-Up 1 Chubu Electric Power
Hokkaido Region 1 Hokkaido Bank
Tōhoku Region 1 Philoseek Aomori
Kanto Region 1 Tokyo Metropolitan Institute
Central Region 1 SC Karuizawa Club
West Japan Region 1 Team Hiroshima
Wild Card 1 1 LS Kitami
Wild Card 2 1 Aomori CA

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[4]

Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Aomori CA Rin Suzuki Natsuki Saito Juuna Nagaya Shinyu Matsuyama Aizawa Sora Aomori
Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa Seina Nakajima Minori Suzuki Hasumi Ishigooka Chiaki Matsumura Nagano
Hokkaido Bank Momoha Tabata Miku Nihira Mikoto Nakajima Ayami Ito Sae Yamamoto Sapporo
Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa Chinami Yoshida Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Kotomi Ishizaki Kitami
LS Kitami Honoka Sasaki Mari Motohashi Miki Hayashi Mayumi Saito Yako Matsuzawa Kitami
Philoseek Aomori Misaki Tanaka (Fourth) Miori Nakamura (Skip) Haruka Kihara Hiyori Ichinohe Yuuna Harada Aomori
SC Karuizawa Club Asuka Kanai Ami Enami Junko Nishimuro Mone Ryokawa Miyu Ueno Nagano
Team Hiroshima Riho Zaikan Akari Iwatani Haruna Yamauchi Ai Kawada Sachiko Zaikan Hiroshima
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Yumi Suzuki Kyoka Kuramitsu Aki Goto Miho Fujimori Tori Koana Tokyo

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Team Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa 6 2 1–1 76 39 38 24 6 14 31.01
Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa 6 2 1–1 76 42 40 28 0 19 38.91
Philoseek Aomori Miori Nakamura 6 2 1–1 66 32 36 22 2 20 64.87
SC Karuizawa Club Asuka Kanai 5 3 1–0 56 55 36 31 2 11 34.81
Hokkaido Bank Momoha Tabata 5 3 0–1 68 46 36 29 5 11 53.75
LS Kitami Honoka Sasaki 3 5 1–0 50 62 34 37 2 8 34.93
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Yumi Suzuki 3 5 0–1 43 57 27 35 3 5 54.26
Aomori CA Rin Suzuki 2 6 35 60 23 37 7 3 65.15
Team Hiroshima Riho Zaikan 0 8 16 93 15 42 1 2 96.64

Round robin results

All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[5][6]

Draw 2

Sunday, January 29, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 8
Hokkaido Bank (Tabata) 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 3 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan) 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Aomori CA (R. Suzuki) 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 3 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 X X 4
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 4 2 0 2 0 5 0 2 X X 15
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Philoseek Aomori (Nakamura) 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 2 X 10
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute (Y. Suzuki) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 4

Monday, January 30, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 4 2 4 3 3 2 X X X X 18
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Aomori CA (R. Suzuki) 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 6
LS Kitami (Sasaki) 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hokkaido Bank (Tabata) 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6
SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai) 0 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 0 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 X X 9
Philoseek Aomori (Nakamura) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 X X 3

Draw 6

Monday, January 30, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai) 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 X 5
Aomori CA (R. Suzuki) 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
LS Kitami (Sasaki) 1 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 8
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan) 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6
Hokkaido Bank (Tabata) 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 2 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute (Y. Suzuki) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 2
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 0 0 1 1 2 1 3 4 X X 12

Draw 8

Tuesday, January 31, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan) 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 2
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute (Y. Suzuki) 0 3 0 2 1 1 3 X X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Philoseek Aomori (Nakamura) 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 5
SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai) 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 2 8
LS Kitami (Sasaki) 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Aomori CA (R. Suzuki) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 2
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 1 0 2 0 2 1 2 2 X X 10

Draw 10

Wednesday, February 1, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hokkaido Bank (Tabata) 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 X 13
LS Kitami (Sasaki) 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 X 4
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 X 7
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute (Y. Suzuki) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Aomori CA (R. Suzuki) 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 5
Philoseek Aomori (Nakamura) 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai) 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 5 X X 11
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan) 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 3

Draw 12

Wednesday, February 1, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Aomori CA (R. Suzuki) 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X 4
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 X X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute (Y. Suzuki) 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 4 0 X 9
Hokkaido Bank (Tabata) 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 X 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Philoseek Aomori (Nakamura) 3 1 3 2 0 4 X X X X 13
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan) 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X X 1
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
LS Kitami (Sasaki) 0 1 0 2 0 2 2 1 0 1 9
SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai) 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 7

Draw 14

Thursday, February 2, 13:30

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
LS Kitami (Sasaki) 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X 1
Philoseek Aomori (Nakamura) 2 3 0 1 1 1 3 X X X 11
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 6
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute (Y. Suzuki) 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 X 7
Aomori CA (R. Suzuki) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X 1
Hokkaido Bank (Tabata) 2 2 0 1 1 6 0 X X X 12

Draw 16

Friday, February 3, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute (Y. Suzuki) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai) 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 X 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hokkaido Bank (Tabata) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2
Philoseek Aomori (Nakamura) 0 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 X X 7
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X X X 1
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 4 4 1 0 1 1 1 X X X 12
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 9
LS Kitami (Sasaki) 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 7

Draw 18

Friday, February 3, 18:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Philoseek Aomori (Nakamura) 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 X 8
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 3
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai) 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 X 8
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 0 1 2 0 0 5 0 3 0 X 11
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
LS Kitami (Sasaki) 3 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 3 X 11
Tokyo Metropolitan Institute (Y. Suzuki) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Hokkaido Bank (Tabata) 3 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 X 10
Aomori CA (R. Suzuki) 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 4

Playoffs

Page playoff systemSemifinalFinal
1 Loco Solare71 Loco Solare7
2 Chubu Electric Power44 SC Karuizawa Club5
2 Chubu Electric Power6
4 SC Karuizawa Club7
3 Philoseek Aomori9
4 SC Karuizawa Club11

1 vs. 2

Saturday, February 4, 9:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4

3 vs. 4

Saturday, February 4, 9:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Philoseek Aomori (Nakamura) 2 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 9
SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai) 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 5 2 0 11

Semifinal

Saturday, February 4, 15:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 6
SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai) 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 7

Final

Sunday, February 5, 15:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 X 7
SC Karuizawa Club (Kanai) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 X 5
2023 Japan Curling Championships

Satsuki Fujisawa
8th Japanese Championship title

Final standings

Place Team Skip
Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa
SC Karuizawa Club Asuka Kanai
Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa
4 Philoseek Aomori Miori Nakamura
5 Hokkaido Bank Momoha Tabata
6 LS Kitami Honoka Sasaki
7 Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Yumi Suzuki
8 Aomori CA Rin Suzuki
9 Team Hiroshima Riho Zaikan

References

  1. ^ "Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships 2023". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  2. ^ "Outline of the Tournament". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  3. ^ "日本カーリング選手権 歴代優勝チームJCC RESULTS". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d "Participating Teams". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Draw Schedule". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 7, 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Japan Curling Association – YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved July 7, 2023.