Japan's Kotaro Noguchi3-0 at Minebea Mitsumi Cup

Japan

SKIP
Kotaro
Noguchi

Third
Yuto
Kamada

Second
Hiroshi
Kato

Lead
Hiromasa
Yonehara

Games:	5
Record:	5W - 0L
PF/G:	11.18
PA/G:	5.59
Hammer Efficiency:	0.57
Steal Defense:	0.00
Force Efficiency:	0.58
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Japan's Kotaro Noguchi finished 3-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Kotaro Noguchi defeated Japan's Hiroki Hasegawa 7-5, then won 7-4 against Japan's Kaito Fujii and 9-2 against Japan's Ryutaro Tani in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Minebea Mitsumi Cup Championship title, Japan's Kotaro Noguchi earned 3.750 world rankings points along with the $1,391CDN first prize cheque. Japan's Kotaro Noguchi move up 10 spots after posting a net gain of 3.556 points improving upon their best 3 results so far this season, ranking 106th overall with 18.872 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Japan's Kotaro Noguchi ranks 60th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 17.900 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	11	7	0	0.611	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	131	105	95	8.02	7.25	0.76	4.96	4.05	1.62	1.79	0.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	64	75	18	8	2-0	3-2	16-3	1.17	0.28	0.38	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	67	30	77	5	1-3	1-5	3-16	0.45	1.15	0.43	0.30

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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