Japan's Moka Tanaka Runner-Up at New Year Curling in Miyota 2025

Japan

Fourth
Kotone
Suzuki

SKIP
Moka
Tanaka

Second
Minami
Nakao

Lead
Aira
Inada

Games:	5
Record:	3W - 2L
PF/G:	6.84
PA/G:	6.05
Hammer Efficiency:	0.25
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.80
Steal Efficiency:	0.36

Japan's Moka Tanaka lost 7-3 to Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the New Year Curling in Miyota 2025, held December 29 - January 1 at the Miyota Curling Club in Miyota, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Japan's Moka Tanaka won 8-4 over Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in the semifinals

Japan's Moka Tanaka finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Moka Tanaka lost 5-4 to Ueno, then responded with a 5-4 win over Rebecca Mariani (Trentino, ITA). Japan's Moka Tanaka won 6-3 against Yui Ozeki (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the New Year Curling in Miyota 2025, Japan's Moka Tanaka take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $5,463CDN prize. For week 23 of the event schedule, Japan's Moka Tanaka did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Japan's Moka Tanaka ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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