Tsuyoshi Sukekawa (Morioka, JPN) lost
9-4 to
Kotaro Noguchi (Sendai-shi, JPN) in the Final of the Tohoku Curling Championships, held December 9 - 11, 2022 in Tohoku, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Sukekawa won
8-3 over
Yoshito Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 Tohoku Curling Championships in Tohoku, Japan;
Sukekawa finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sukekawa defeated
Japan's Takahiro Kodama 9-8, then went on to lose
9-2 against
Japan's Nobuyuki Kato. Sukekawa responded with a
6-5 win over
Yuun Ishimura (Aomori, JPN). Sukekawa won
7-4 against
Masayuki Namioka (Morioka, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Tohoku Curling Championships, Sukekawa take home
5.500 world rankings points. For week 19 of the event schedule, Sukekawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Sukekawa ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
