Maeda4-5 at ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

SKIP
Takumi
Maeda

Third
Asei
Nakahara

Second
Hiroki
Maeda

Lead
Uryu
Kamikawa

Takumi Maeda (Tokoro, JPN) finished 4-5 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Maeda defeated Natsu Kikuchi (Hokkaido, JPN) 6-5, then went on to lose 6-4 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Maeda lost 7-6 to Ryutaro Tani (Tokyo, JPN) where Maeda responded with a 4-3 win over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Maeda went on to lose 6-5 against Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Maeda responded with a 7-3 win over Rui Matsuura (Nagano, JPN). Maeda won 10-6 against Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN). Maeda went on to lose 5-4 against Abe. Maeda lost 7-5 to Yanagisawa in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship, Maeda take home 22.000 world rankings points. Maeda move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 16.75 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 29th overall with 101.375 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Maeda ranks 29th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 101.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	39	35	0	0.527	10-2	8-7	2-2	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	547	406	392	7.42	7.17	0.26	4.42	4.42	1.68	1.62	1.15

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	277	297	101	33	7-5	17-2	65-10	1.07	0.36	0.36	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	270	109	291	30	4-5	9-24	11-56	0.40	1.08	0.51	0.25

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