CHAMPION: Fujii Wins 2026 Chubu Curling Championships

SKIP
Kaito
Fujii

Third
Yuki
Yamamoto

Second
Kounosuke
Takahashi

Lead
Shunsuke
Kanagawa

Kaito Fujii (Nagano, JPN) won 7-4 over Ryo Ogihara (Nagano, JPN) in the Final of the Chubu Curling Championships, held February 21 - 23, 2026 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Japan.

Fujii are currently . In their opening game, Fujii plays Takuma Shimoji (Toyama, JPN) on Thursday at 7:25pm and Minato Hayamizu (Nagano, JPN) at 11:55pm Takuma Shimoji (Toyama, JPN) on Thursday at 7:25pm, Minato Hayamizu (Nagano, JPN) at 11:55pm Kouhei Sawai (Aichi, JPN) on Friday at 7:25pm and Kiyotaka Kurbayashi (Nigata, JPN) at 11:55pm and Kiyotaka Kurbayashi (Nigata, JPN) at 11:55pm.

For winning the Chubu Curling Championships Championship title, Fujii earned 3.750 world rankings points, moving up 57 spots the World Ranking Standings into 172nd place overall with 8.150 total points. Fujii ranks 172nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 8.150 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