Yamaguchi Reaches 2018 Karuizawa International Quarters

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Tsuyoshi
Yamaguchi

Third
Satoshi
Koizumi

Second
Fukuhiro
Ohno

Lead
Taisei
Kanai

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	7.65
PA/G:	5.29
Hammer Efficiency:	0.27
Steal Defense:	0.27
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.30

Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) qualified for the 2018 Karuizawa International playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 6-2 against Reid Carruthers (Winnipeg, CAN). of the 2018 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan;

Yamaguchi finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yamaguchi lost 5-2 to Carruthers, droppimg another game, 5-3 to Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR) where Yamaguchi responded with a 8-1 win over Daiki Shikano (Sapporo, JPN). Yamaguchi won 11-1 against Yoshiro Shimizu (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Yamaguchi earned 10.463 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Karuizawa International, moving up 54 spots the World Ranking Standings into 157th place overall with 22.991 total points. Yamaguchi ranks 197th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.463 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

2024: Marc Muskatewitz
Marc Muskatewitz, Benny Kapp, Felix Messenzehl, Johannes Scheuerl
Fuessen, GER
2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
St. John's, NL
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Mike McEwen, Matt Wozniak, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, CAN
2017: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2015: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR

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