Japan's Ryo Ogihara5-3 at 2016 Japan Curling Championships

Japan

SKIP
Ryo
Ogihara

Third
Kohei
Okamura

Second
Tatsuya
Hayashi

Lead
Daiki
Yamazaki

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	8.04
PA/G:	7.42
Hammer Efficiency:	0.31
Steal Defense:	0.25
Force Efficiency:	0.43
Steal Efficiency:	0.32

Japan's Ryo Ogihara finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Ryo Ogihara defeated Japan's Ryo Wakabayashi 11-2, then went on to lose 9-3 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Japan's Ryo Ogihara lost 7-3 to Yasumoto Natsuizaka (Karuizawa, JPN) where Japan's Ryo Ogihara responded with a 10-3 win over Minoru Kusaka (Aomori, JPN). Japan's Ryo Ogihara won 5-4 against Kanya Shimizun (Furano, JPN). Japan's Ryo Ogihara went on to lose 10-4 against Japan's Junpei Kanda. Japan's Ryo Ogihara responded with a 7-6 win over Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Japan's Ryo Ogihara won 13-4 against Gaku Suzuki (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Ryo Ogihara earned 5.985 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Japan Curling Championships, moving up 78 spots the World Ranking Standings into 240th place overall with 11.244 total points. Japan's Ryo Ogihara ranks 207th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.309 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

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