Japan's Kazuhisa Unoura2-3 at 2015 Minebea Cup

Japan

SKIP
Kazuhisa
Unoura

Third
Tomoaki
Mizuno

Second
Hironori
Yoshida

Lead
Akihiro
Aisaka

Games:	6
Record:	2W - 4L
PF/G:	6.17
PA/G:	6.81
Hammer Efficiency:	0.24
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Japan's Kazuhisa Unoura finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Kazuhisa Unoura lost 5-4 to Japan's Arihito Kasahara, droppimg another game, 5-4 to Japan's Shinpei Matsumoto where Japan's Kazuhisa Unoura responded with a 6-4 win over Japan's Satoshi Okada. Japan's Kazuhisa Unoura went on to lose 9-6 against Japan's Hideaki Nakamura. Japan's Kazuhisa Unoura responded with a 7-4 win over Hiromitsu Kuriyama (Nagano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Kazuhisa Unoura earned 3.053 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Minebea Cup, moving up 448 spots the World Ranking Standings into 263rd place overall with 3.053 total points. Japan's Kazuhisa Unoura ranks 144th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 3.053 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

2017: Satoru Tsukamoto
Satoru Tsukamoto, Suguru Tsukamoto, Yuma Endo, Nobuhito Kasahara, Tatsunori Naganuma
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Ryo Ogihara
Ryo Ogihara, Kohei Okamura, Tatsuya Hayashi, Daiki Yamazaki
Karuizawa, JPN
2015: Arihito Kasahara
Arihito Kasahara, Akira Ohtsuka, Yuta Higuchi, Akihiro Yokokura
, JPN

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