Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) lost
10-4 to
Marc Muskatewitz (Fuessen, GER) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 12 - 15, 2024 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Yanagisawa won
6-4 over
Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2024 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan;
Yanagisawa finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Yanagisawa defeated
Takumi Maeda (Tokoro, JPN) 7-4, then went on to lose
10-4 against
Muskatewitz . Yanagisawa responded with a
6-4 win over
Niklas Edin (Karlstad , SWE) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Karuizawa International, Yanagisawa take home
27.500 world rankings points along with the $3,734CDN prize. For week 20 of the event schedule, Yanagisawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Yanagisawa ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
