Tanaka/Sato Runner-Up at Obihiro Spring Cup

Moka Tanaka/Koei Sato (Obihiro, JPN) lost 10-7 to Miyu Ueno/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Obihiro Spring Cup, held June 26 - 29 in Obihiro, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Tanaka/Sato won 9-5 over Wakaba Matsuda/Shunya Matsuda (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals

Tanaka/Sato finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tanaka/Sato defeated Hikari Yoshino/Ayumu Ohta (Obihiro, JPN) 7-6, then won 10-1 against Arisa Funaki/Yuto Kamada (Aomori, JPN) and 5-4 against Aone Nakamura/Hinata Michitani (Sapporo, JPN). Tanaka/Sato won 11-7 against Yuri Suzuki/Kazushi Niino (Obihiro, JPN), then won 8-3 against Tomoko Takeda/Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Obihiro Spring Cup, Tanaka/Sato take home 4.400 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN prize. Tanaka/Sato gained 7.876 points improving upon their best 1 events, though dropped 104 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 104thplace overall with 7.876 total points. Tanaka/Sato ranks 252nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	6	1	0	0.857	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	51	57	36	11.18	7.06	4.12	5.88	4.12	1.90	1.71	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	23	37	8	0	2-0	4-1	6-0	1.61	0.35	0.52	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	28	20	28	0	0-1	1-3	5-4	0.71	1.00	0.47	0.46

Team Anna Hasselborg (Photo: World Curling) are back on top at the Olympics with a 6-5 victory over Switzerland in the gold medal game.