[[2:25.3000]] Kitazawa Runner-Up at 2026 Karuizawa International

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M: Yokohama 2026: Japan Curling Championships
Yokohama, JPN
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Yoshioka 5  Final
Sato 8  (9)
Maeda 7  Final
Noguchi 4  (10)
Yamaguchi 8  Final
Hirata 7  (10)
Abe 5  Final
Fujii 4  (10)
D: Denver Mixed Doubles Cash Spiel
Denver, CO
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Moor/Whee 10  Final
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M: Australia Mixed Doubles Curling Championships
Naseby, NZL
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Draw: CF2 -- Tue, May 26 -- 7:00pm MT
Wytr/Hewi 5  Final
Forg/Benc 3  (7)
M: Australia Mens Curling Championships
Naseby, NZL
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Draw: CF2 -- Wed, May 20 -- 8:00pm MT
Millikin 15  Final
Gagnon 3  (8)
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North Bay, ON
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Kitazawa Runner-Up at 2026 Karuizawa International

Mar 12 - 15, 2026

Nagano, Japan
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Ikue
Kitazawa
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Third
Seina
Nakajima
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Second
Minori
Suzuki
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Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka
  
Games: 5  
Record: 4W - 1L  
PF/G: 9.68  
PA/G: 4.52  
Hammer Efficiency: 0.42  
Steal Defense: 0.15  
Force Efficiency: 0.88  
Steal Efficiency: 0.50  
Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 7-3 to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held March 12 - 15, 2026 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kitazawa won 6-1 over Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2026 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan;
 
Kitazawa are currently . In their opening game, Kitazawa plays Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) on Friday at 3am and Aoi Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) at 10:30pm and Aoi Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) at 10:30pm.
 
With their runner-up finish at the Karuizawa International, Kitazawa take home 25.300 world rankings points along with the $3,437CDN prize. Kitazawa move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 13.825 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 189.525 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kitazawa ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 189.525 points earned so far this season.
 

Statistics

 RECORD W L T PCT HMR STL 1PT EEH EES 
 2026 55 37 0 0.598 4-0 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0 
 SCORING ENDs PF PA PF/G PA/G +/- EF/G EA/G PF/E PA/E BE/G 
 2026 661 546 443 8.26 6.70 1.56 4.95 4.13 1.67 1.62 0.92 
 WITH HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E HE SD 
 2026 320 380 88 37 7-2 23-3 87-13 1.19 0.28 0.41 0.19 
 WITHOUT HAMMER ENDs PF PA BE 4s 3s 2s PF/E PA/E FE SE 
 2026 341 166 355 24 6-11 10-18 20-64 0.49 1.04 0.56 0.31 

Scores

 Draw Team Game Watch
  2 vs. Tabata (JPN) - WTR:11 Mar 13, 03:00am ET
  4 vs. Watanabe (JPN) - WTR:123 Mar 13, 10:30pm ET
  5 vs. Sasaki (JPN) - WTR:115 Mar 14, 02:00am ET

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