Japan's Kaito Fujii1-1 at Minebea Mitsumi Cup

Japan

SKIP
Kaito
Fujii

Third
Miki
Yamamoto

Second
Takahashi
Konosuke

Lead
Kanakawa
Shunsuke

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	6.67
PA/G:	8.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.20
Steal Defense:	0.31
Force Efficiency:	0.73
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Japan's Kaito Fujii are currently 1-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Kaito Fujii lost 7-4 to Japan's Kotaro Noguchi, then responded with a 5-4 win over Japan's Hiroki Hasegawa. In their opening game, Japan's Kaito Fujii plays.

With their runner-up finish at the Minebea Mitsumi Cup, Japan's Kaito Fujii take home 2.750 world rankings points along with the $927CDN prize. Japan's Kaito Fujii move up 41 spots after posting a net gain of 2.547 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 188th overall with 5.416 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Japan's Kaito Fujii ranks 130th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.400 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	4	4	0	0.500	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	60	42	41	7.00	6.83	0.17	4.50	4.50	1.56	1.52	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	33	28	17	5	1-0	0-1	7-5	0.85	0.52	0.29	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	27	14	24	1	0-0	1-2	3-3	0.52	0.89	0.71	0.33

2023: Kaito Fujii
Kaito Fujii, Miharu Kubota, Ruki Yokoyama, Ryouga Sakurai
Miyota, JPN
2017: Satoru Tsukamoto
Satoru Tsukamoto, Suguru Tsukamoto, Yuma Endo, Nobuhito Kasahara, Tatsunori Naganuma
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Ryo Ogihara
Ryo Ogihara, Kohei Okamura, Tatsuya Hayashi, Daiki Yamazaki
Karuizawa, JPN
2015: Arihito Kasahara
Arihito Kasahara, Akira Ohtsuka, Yuta Higuchi, Akihiro Yokokura
, JPN

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