Hirata4-3 at ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

SKIP
Kohsuke
Hirata

Third
Shingo
Usui

Second
Ryota
Meguro

Lead
Yoshiya
Miura

Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) finished 4-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata lost 8-4 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 11-1 win over Koei Sato (Tohoku, JPN). Hirata won 9-4 against Ryo Wakabayashi (Kyoto, JPN), then won 9-1 against Rui Matsuura (Nagano, JPN). Hirata went on to lose 11-9 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN). Hirata responded with a 6-5 win over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Hirata went on to lose 10-6 against Takumi Maeda (Tokoro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Hirata earned 6.000 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 57th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 59.625 total points. Hirata ranks 57th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 59.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	28	20	0	0.583	5-2	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	348	300	216	8.62	6.21	2.41	5.03	4.11	1.71	1.51	0.86

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	161	200	52	11	7-0	14-2	39-7	1.24	0.32	0.40	0.25

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	187	100	164	19	4-4	3-9	16-32	0.53	0.88	0.56	0.35

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