Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) won
7-3 over
Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Japan Curling Championships, held February 9 - 14, 2015 in Karuizawa, Japan.
Morozumi finished 7-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated
Hironori Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN) 7-5, then won
9-4 against
Kouji Tsuruga (Kitami, JPN). Morozumi went on to lose
10-6 against
Abe. Morozumi responded with a
7-5 win over
Ryuji Shibatani (Kitami, JPN). Morozumi won
9-8 against
Naoki Iwanaga (Tokyo, JPN), then won
12-5 against
Japan's Doi Homaretoru and
7-3 against
Kazuto Funaki (Aomori, JPN). Morozumi won
11-1 against
Japan's Ryo Ogihara in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Japan Curling Championships Championship title, Morozumi earned
4.000 world rankings points, remaining in 21st place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 3.005 after improving upon their best so far this season. Morozumi ranks 20th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
51.373 points earned so far this season.
