Kentaro Koike (Hirosaki, JPN) lost 6-4 to Harunobu Kawahira (Obihiro, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan, Japan. of the 2023 Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan, Japan; Kentaro Koike (Hirosaki, JPN) lost 6-4 to Harunobu Kawahira (Obihiro, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2023 Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan, Japan. Koike lost
7-2 to
Syunta Kobayashi (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2023 Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan, Japan;
Koike finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koike lost
8-4 to
Hayaki Kasai (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a
7-4 win over
Kota Kimura (Wakkanai, JPN). Koike won
13-1 against
Hideaki Kurokawa (Nagano, JPN), then won
15-0 against
Daichi Sato (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Japan Intercollegiate Curling Championship, Koike take home
2.000 world rankings points. For week 19 of the event schedule, Koike did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Koike ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
