Kasahara Reaches 2017 Karuizawa International Quarters

SKIP
Arihito
Kasahara

Third
Akira
Otsuka

Second
Tomoya
Watanabe

Lead
Yuta
Higuchi

Arihito Kasahara (Tokyo, JPN) qualified for the 2017 Karuizawa International playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-3 against Chang-Min Kim (Uiseong, KOR). of the 2017 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Kasahara finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kasahara lost 8-1 to Kyle Smith (Perth, SCO), droppimg another game, 2-1 to SooHyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR) where Kasahara responded with a 5-4 win over Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN). Kasahara won 5-4 against Kanya Shimizuno (Furano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Kasahara earned 12.206 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Karuizawa International, moving up 98 spots the World Ranking Standings into 194th place overall with 19.855 total points. Kasahara ranks 142nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 15.522 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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