Fujinaka4-1 at 2017 Minebea Mitsumi Cup

Okajama, Japan

SKIP
Hiromitsu
Fujinaka

Third
Shinya
Yoshimoto

Second
Hiroki
Yoshioka

Lead
Hiroshi
Fukui

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	8.75
PA/G:	5.71
Hammer Efficiency:	0.32
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.29

Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okajama, JPN) finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujinaka lost 6-5 to Satoru Tsukamoto (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 7-4 win over Shungo Nomizo (Yokohama, JPN). Fujinaka won 7-3 against Masahiko Goto (Miyota, JPN), then won 8-4 against Hiromitsu Kuriyama (Karuizawa, JPN) and 9-2 against Shunto Tsuchiya (Miyota, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Fujinaka earned 4.698 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Minebea Mitsumi Cup, moving up 58 spots the World Ranking Standings into 213th place overall with 10.121 total points. Fujinaka ranks 119th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.698 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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