Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) qualified for the 2025 Red Deer Curling Classic playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match
7-5 against
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitmai, JPN). of the 2025 Red Deer Curling Classic in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada;
Kitazawa finished 4-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated
Emma Artichuk (Waterloo, ON) 8-1, then went on to lose
5-4 against
Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Kitazawa responded with a
6-2 win over
Isabella Wrana (Sundbyberg, SWE). Kitazawa won
9-4 against
Myla Plett (Edmonton, AB) to advance to a B-Qualifier game where they lost
9-3 against
Xenia Schwaller (Zurich, SUI) to drop into a C-Qualifier game where they responded with a
5-2 win over
Kayla MacMillan (Victoria, BC) to advance to the playoff round. in their final qualifying round match.
Kitazawa earned
18.300 world rankings points for their Top 5 finish in the Red Deer Curling Classic. Kitazawa move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -2.794 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 13th overall with
195.831 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Kitazawa ranks 9th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
131.050 points earned so far this season.
