Takigahira4-4 at 2020 Japan National Championship

Nayoro, Japan

SKIP
Yuya
Takigahira

Third
Kazuki
Yoshikawa

Second
Tatsuya
Ogawa

Lead
Tomoya
Ogawa

Games:	9
Record:	4W - 5L
PF/G:	5.71
PA/G:	7.53
Hammer Efficiency:	0.17
Steal Defense:	0.30
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.23

Yuya Takigahira (Nayoro, JPN) finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Takigahira defeated Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) 6-3, then won 10-5 against Hiroki Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN). Takigahira went on to lose 8-2 against Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN). Takigahira lost 12-2 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Takigahira lost 7-2 to Yuta Matsumura (Kitami, JPN) where Takigahira responded with a 6-3 win over Kotaro Noguchi (Miyagi, JPN). Takigahira went on to lose 6-2 against Ryutaro Tani (Hokkaido, JPN). Takigahira responded with a 11-5 win over Kantaro Kawano (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Takigahira earned 12.231 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Japan National Championship. For week 30 of the event schedule, Takigahira did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Takigahira ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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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