2024 Japan Curling Championships

The 2024 Japan Curling Championships (branded as the 41st Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships) were held from January 28 to February 4 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.[1] The winning teams earned the right to represent Japan at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2024 World Women's Curling Championship respectively.[2]

2024 Japan Curling Championships
Host citySapporo, Hokkaido
ArenaHokkaido Bank Curling Stadium
DatesJanuary 28 – February 4
Men's winnerHokkaido Consadole
Curling clubTokoro CC, Tokoro, Hokkaido
SkipShinya Abe
FourthTetsuro Shimizu
SecondHaruto Ouchi
LeadSota Tsuruga
AlternateMakoto Tsuruga
FinalistNagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa)
Women's winnerNagano Prefecture SC Karuizawa Club
Curling clubKaruizawa CC, Karuizawa, Nagano
SkipMiyu Ueno
ThirdAsuka Kanai
SecondJunko Nishimuro
LeadYui Ueno
AlternateMone Ryokawa
CoachYuji Nishimuro
FinalistHokkaido Hokkaido Bank (Nihira)
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Both the men's and women's events were played in three rounds, a change in format from previous years.[3][4] Similar to the Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the ten teams were split into two pools of five. The top three teams in each group advanced to the championship round where they crossed over and played the three teams from the opposing pool. Following the conclusion of the championship round, the first-place team advanced directly to the final with the second and third place teams playing in the semifinal.[2]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Men Consadole
Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth)
Shinya Abe (Skip)
Haruto Ouchi
Sota Tsuruga
Makoto Tsuruga
SC Karuizawa Club
Riku Yanagisawa
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Takeru Yamamoto
Satoshi Koizumi
Loco Solare
Takumi Maeda
Asei Nakahara
Hiroki Maeda
Uryu Kamikawa
Ryoji Onodera
Women SC Karuizawa Club
Miyu Ueno
Asuka Kanai
Junko Nishimuro
Yui Ueno
Mone Ryokawa
Hokkaido Bank
Momoha Tabata (Fourth)
Miku Nihira (Skip)
Sae Yamamoto
Mikoto Nakajima
Ayami Ito
Chubu Electric Power
Ikue Kitazawa
Seina Nakajima
Ami Enami
Minori Suzuki
Hasumi Ishigooka

Men

Qualification

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2024 Japan Curling Championship:[5]

Qualification methodBerthsQualifying team(s)
2023 Champion1 SC Karuizawa Club
2023 Runner-Up1 Kitami Association
Hokkaido Region1 Loco Solare
Tōhoku Region1 Team Sato
Kanto Region1 Team Tani
Chūbu Region1 SC Karuizawa Club Jr.
West Japan Region1 Okayama CA
Committee Recommendation3 TM Karuizawa
Sapporo International University
Consadole
TOTAL10

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[5]

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
ConsadoleTetsuro Shimizu (Fourth)Shinya Abe (Skip)Haruto OuchiSota TsurugaMakoto Tsuruga Kitami
Kitami AssociationKohsuke HirataShingo UsuiRyota MeguroYoshiya MiuraKosuke Aita Kitami
Loco SolareTakumi MaedaAsei NakaharaHiroki MaedaUryu KamikawaRyoji Onodera Kitami
Okayama CAHiroki Yoshioka (Fourth)Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Skip)Sota TodoriYusuke NonomuraMakoto Takahashi Okayama
Sapporo International UniversityGo Aoki (Fourth)Hayato Sato (Skip)Kouki OgiwaraYousuke AbeShunta Kobayashi Sapporo
SC Karuizawa ClubRiku YanagisawaTsuyoshi YamaguchiTakeru YamamotoSatoshi Koizumi Karuizawa
SC Karuizawa Club Jr.Miki Yamamoto (Fourth)Konosuke Takahashi (Skip)Shunsuke KanagawaTaiki TozawaMiharu Kubota Karuizawa
Team SatoKoei SatoKaishi SatoAkiatsu YoshimotoYuto AbeTomoya Kawamura Aomori
Team TaniRyutaro TaniShunta MizukamiTakuya IshikawaDaiki YamazakiKohei Okamura Tokyo
TM KaruizawaYusuke MorozumiYuta MatsumuraRyotaro ShukuyaMasaki Iwai Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[6]

Key
Teams to Championship Round
Pool A
TeamSkipWLPFPAEWELBESEDSC
Loco SolareTakumi Maeda40331719133727.4
TM KaruizawaYusuke Morozumi31331917135617.0
Kitami AssociationKohsuke Hirata22292717142421.4
Sapporo UniversityHayato Sato13263315195246.0
Okayama CAHiromitsu Fujinaka0412379185045.8
Pool B
TeamSkipWLPFPAEWELBESEDSC
ConsadoleShinya Abe403581475444.4
SC Karuizawa ClubRiku Yanagisawa31391216641021.9
SC Karuizawa Club Jr.Konosuke Takahashi22142610128449.9
Team SatoKoei Sato13153611160252.6
Team TaniRyutaro Tani04173812222276.6

Round robin results

All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[7][8]

Draw 2

Monday, January 29, 9:00

Sheet A1234567891011Final
Loco Solare (Maeda) 200102001017
Sapporo International University (Sato)010010110206
Sheet B12345678910Final
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 20022033XX12
Okayama CA (Fujinaka)01000200XX3
Sheet D12345678910Final
Team Tani (Tani) 001000020X3
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa)200211104X11
Sheet E12345678910Final
Team Sato (Sato)000010000X1
SC Karuizawa Club Jr. (Takahashi) 000200012X5

Draw 4

Monday, January 29, 19:00

Sheet A12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club Jr. (Takahashi) 01002112007
Team Tani (Tani)10100000215
Sheet B12345678910Final
Kitami Association (Hirata) 10101202007
Loco Solare (Maeda)020300300210
Sheet D12345678910Final
Consadole (Abe)1003202XXX8
Team Sato (Sato) 0100010XXX2
Sheet E12345678910Final
Sapporo International University (Sato)010202000X5
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 003020213X11

Draw 6

Tuesday, January 30, 13:30

Sheet A12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 364103XXXX17
Team Sato (Sato)000010XXXX1
Sheet B12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club Jr. (Takahashi)0001010XXX2
Consadole (Abe) 0010603XXX10
Sheet D1234567891011Final
Sapporo International University (Sato)030200000207
Kitami Association (Hirata) 2020210000310
Sheet E12345678910Final
Okayama CA (Fujinaka) 0000010XXX1
Loco Solare (Maeda)2112103XXX10

Draw 8

Wednesday, January 31, 9:00

Sheet A12345678910Final
Kitami Association (Hirata)000031300X7
Okayama CA (Fujinaka) 000100020X3
Sheet B1234567891011Final
Team Sato (Sato) 1101101010511
Team Tani (Tani)002001020106
Sheet D12345678910Final
Loco Solare (Maeda) 010101300X6
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi)000020001X3
Sheet E12345678910Final
Consadole (Abe) 2000033XXX8
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa)0001000XXX1

Draw 10

Wednesday, January 31, 18:00

Sheet A12345678910Final
Team Tani (Tani)0020010XXX3
Consadole (Abe) 3100104XXX9
Sheet B12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 041401XXXX10
SC Karuizawa Club Jr. (Takahashi)000000XXXX0
Sheet D12345678910Final
Okayama CA (Fujinaka) 10101002005
Sapporo International University (Sato)02030010028
Sheet E12345678910Final
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi)02120010107
Kitami Association (Hirata) 10000201015

Championship round standings

Final Championship Round Standings[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
TeamSkipWLW–LPFPAEWELBESE
ConsadoleShinya Abe706128281877
Loco SolareTakumi Maeda6156343124711
SC Karuizawa ClubRiku Yanagisawa5260322917813
TM KaruizawaYusuke Morozumi436141302558
Kitami AssociationKohsuke Hirata344240262278
SC Karuizawa Club Jr.Konosuke Takahashi2519501424115

Championship round results

Draw 12

Thursday, February 1, 13:30

Sheet A12345678910Final
Loco Solare (Maeda) 200000211X6
SC Karuizawa Club Jr. (Takahashi)010100000X2
Sheet B12345678910Final
Kitami Association (Hirata) 10110002005
Consadole (Abe)01002010026
Sheet D12345678910Final
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi)01010030207
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 10100203018

Draw 14

Friday, February 2, 9:00

Sheet A12345678910Final
Consadole (Abe) 203001020311
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi)030110302010
Sheet B12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa)01100010306
Loco Solare (Maeda) 100311010512
Sheet D12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club Jr. (Takahashi)0000000XXX0
Kitami Association (Hirata) 0030121XXX7

Draw 16

Friday, February 2, 18:00

Sheet A12345678910Final
Kitami Association (Hirata)000001000X1
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa) 000100231X7
Sheet B12345678910Final
TM Karuizawa (Morozumi) 303023XXXX11
SC Karuizawa Club Jr. (Takahashi)010200XXXX3
Sheet D12345678910Final
Loco Solare (Maeda)000300200X5
Consadole (Abe) 201031002X9

Playoffs

Source:[6]

SemifinalFinal
1 Consadole8
2 Loco Solare53 SC Karuizawa Club3
3 SC Karuizawa Club8

Semifinal

Saturday, February 3, 13:30

Sheet B12345678910Final
Loco Solare (Maeda) 002002100X5
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa)110020031X8

Final

Sunday, February 4, 10:00

Sheet D12345678910Final
Consadole (Abe) 002310011X8
SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa)010001100X3
2024 Japan Curling Championships

Shinya Abe
5th Japanese Championship title

Final standings

PlaceTeamSkip
ConsadoleShinya Abe
SC Karuizawa ClubRiku Yanagisawa
Loco SolareTakumi Maeda
4 TM KaruizawaYusuke Morozumi
5 Kitami AssociationKohsuke Hirata
6 SC Karuizawa Club Jr.Konosuke Takahashi
7 Sapporo International UniversityHayato Sato
8 Team SatoKoei Sato
9 Okayama CAHiromitsu Fujinaka
10 Team TaniRyutaro Tani

Women

Qualification

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2024 Japan Curling Championship:[5]

Qualification methodBerthsQualifying team(s)
2023 Champion1 Loco Solare
2023 Runner-Up1 SC Karuizawa Club
Hokkaido Region1 Hokkaido Bank
Tōhoku Region1 Iwate Institute
Kanto Region1 Grandir
Chūbu Region1 SC Karuizawa Club Jr.
West Japan Region1 Team Hiroshima
Committee Recommendation3 Chubu Electric Power
Fortius
Loco Solare.S
TOTAL10

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[5]

TeamSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateLocale
Chubu Electric PowerIkue KitazawaSeina NakajimaAmi EnamiMinori SuzukiHasumi Ishigooka Nagano
FortiusYuna KotaniKaho OnoderaAnna OhmiyaMina KobayashiYumie Funayama Sapporo
GrandirYui OzekiMao IshigakiReika TatedaHinako SonobeHaruka Hosoda Tokyo
Hokkaido BankMomoha Tabata (Fourth)Miku Nihira (Skip)Sae YamamotoMikoto NakajimaAyami Ito Sapporo
Iwate InstituteKotoka SegawaMichiko TomabechiRio MatsubaraMei Shimohori Iwate
Loco SolareSatsuki FujisawaChinami YoshidaYumi SuzukiYurika YoshidaKotomi Ishizaki Kitami
Loco Solare.SHonoka SasakiMari MotohashiMiki HayashiMayumi SaitoYako Matsuzawa Kitami
SC Karuizawa ClubMiyu UenoAsuka KanaiJunko NishimuroYui UenoMone Ryokawa Nagano
SC Karuizawa Club Jr.Aoi WatanabeKoharu AraiSeira ShinoharaRin ShigiharaAi Kawada Nagano
Team HiroshimaRiho ZaikanHaruna YamauchiSachi FukuokaTomoko Tsuda Hiroshima

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings[6]

Key
Teams to Championship Round
Pool A
TeamSkipWLW–LPFPAEWELBESEDSC
FortiusYuna Kotani311–1361621100936.8
Chubu Electric PowerIkue Kitazawa311–1321618123643.4
SC Karuizawa ClubMiyu Ueno311–1321716134356.4
SC Karuizawa Club Jr.Aoi Watanabe131835111802104.0
Team HiroshimaRiho Zaikan0410448212085.5
Pool B
TeamSkipWLW–LPFPAEWELBESEDSC
Loco SolareSatsuki Fujisawa40301919142752.3
Hokkaido BankMiku Nihira31311515141962.7
Loco Solare.SHonoka Sasaki22202613155241.1
GrandirYui Ozeki132326161814106.6
Iwate InstituteKotoka Segawa04193716180468.9

Round robin results

All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[7][8]

Draw 1

Sunday, January 28, 17:00

Sheet A12345678910Final
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan) 01010100XX3
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa)10501041XX12
Sheet B12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club Jr. (Watanabe)00010200XX3
SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 11403002XX11
Sheet D12345678910Final
Loco Solare.S (Sasaki)00000101XX2
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 20103020XX8
Sheet E12345678910Final
Grandir (Ozeki)001011001X4
Hokkaido Bank (Nihira) 200000310X6

Draw 3

Monday, January 29, 13:30

Sheet A12345678910Final
Hokkaido Bank (Nihira)00253010XX11
Loco Solare.S (Sasaki) 00000101XX2
Sheet B12345678910Final
Fortius (Kotani) 151212XXXX12
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan)000000XXXX0
Sheet D12345678910Final
Iwate Institute (Segawa) 201021001X7
Grandir (Ozeki)030200220X9
Sheet E12345678910Final
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 11102301XX9
SC Karuizawa Club Jr. (Watanabe)00010020XX3

Draw 5

Tuesday, January 30, 9:00

Sheet A12345678910Final
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 102011011X7
Grandir (Ozeki)020100200X5
Sheet B12345678910Final
Hokkaido Bank (Nihira)21100320XX9
Iwate Institute (Segawa) 00011001XX3
Sheet D1234567891011Final
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 012020001006
Fortius (Kotani)000301010117
Sheet E12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 100220303X11
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan)001002010X4

Draw 7

Tuesday, January 30, 18:00

Sheet A12345678910Final
Fortius (Kotani) 101010101X5
SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno)020102020X7
Sheet B12345678910Final
Grandir (Ozeki)00101011015
Loco Solare.S (Sasaki) 02020100106
Sheet D12345678910Final
Team Hiroshima (Zaikan)02000010XX3
SC Karuizawa Club Jr. (Watanabe) 30310101XX9
Sheet E12345678910Final
Iwate Institute (Segawa) 20111001017
Loco Solare (Fujisawa)02000130309

Draw 9

Wednesday, January 31, 13:30

Sheet A12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club Jr. (Watanabe)0200100XXX3
Fortius (Kotani) 2021034XXX12
Sheet B12345678910Final
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 02100110016
Hokkaido Bank (Nihira)20010002005
Sheet D12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno)000100020X3
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 100001003X5
Sheet E12345678910Final
Loco Solare.S (Sasaki) 1033201XXX10
Iwate Institute (Segawa)0100010XXX2

Championship round standings

Final Championship Round Standings[6]

Key
Teams to Playoffs
TeamSkipWLW–LPFPAEWELBESEDSC
Hokkaido BankMiku Nihira615130282531160.9
Chubu Electric PowerIkue Kitazawa522–05331322441147.1
SC Karuizawa ClubMiyu Ueno521–1533430229751.6
Loco SolareSatsuki Fujisawa520–24942312941036.9
FortiusYuna Kotani435636342401328.3
Loco Solare.SHonoka Sasaki25335023306457.5

Championship round results

Draw 11

Thursday, February 1, 9:00

Sheet B12345678910Final
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa)02010102006
Hokkaido Bank (Nihira) 20102010017
Sheet D12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno)020210310110
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 20200300108
Sheet E12345678910Final
Fortius (Kotani) 220202010X9
Loco Solare.S (Sasaki)002020101X6

Draw 13

Thursday, February 1, 18:00

Sheet B12345678910Final
Loco Solare.S (Sasaki)002010000X3
SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 020201011X7
Sheet D12345678910Final
Hokkaido Bank (Nihira)10001031017
Fortius (Kotani) 01100100205
Sheet E12345678910Final
Loco Solare (Fujisawa)01020100004
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 00102010127

Draw 15

Friday, February 2, 13:30

Sheet B12345678910Final
Fortius (Kotani)02020001106
Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 00201110027
Sheet D12345678910Final
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa)100200212X8
Loco Solare.S (Sasaki) 011011000X4
Sheet E12345678910Final
SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 10000200104
Hokkaido Bank (Nihira)02000030016

Playoffs

Source:[6]

SemifinalFinal
1 Hokkaido Bank4
2 Chubu Electric Power53 SC Karuizawa Club5
3 SC Karuizawa Club6

Semifinal

Saturday, February 3, 18:00

Sheet D12345678910Final
Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa) 01010110105
SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno)00201001026

Final

Sunday, February 4, 14:30

Sheet B12345678910Final
Hokkaido Bank (Nihira) 00021001004
SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno)01000200025
2024 Japan Curling Championships

Miyu Ueno
1st Japanese Championship title

Final standings

PlaceTeamSkip
SC Karuizawa ClubMiyu Ueno
Hokkaido BankMiku Nihira
Chubu Electric PowerIkue Kitazawa
4 Loco SolareSatsuki Fujisawa
5 FortiusYuna Kotani
6 Loco Solare.SHonoka Sasaki
7 SC Karuizawa Club Jr.Aoi Watanabe
8 GrandirYui Ozeki
9 Iwate InstituteKotoka Segawa
10 Team HiroshimaRiho Zaikan

References