Goto

Miyota, Japan

SKIP
Masahiko
Goto

Third
Shunsuke
Kubouchi

Second
Naoki
Ikegami

Lead
Noritoshi
Tsumori

Games:	6
Record:	3W - 3L
PF/G:	6.51
PA/G:	6.74
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.32
Force Efficiency:	0.71
Steal Efficiency:	0.38

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

Goto earned 0.497 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 129 spots the World Ranking Standings into 458th place overall with 0.497 total points. Goto ranks 193rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.497 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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