Michitani Runner-Up at 2026 Japan Junior Nationals

[[2:2.7500]] Michitani Runner-Up at 2026 Japan Junior Nationals

Hokkaido, Japan

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SKIP
Yota
Michitani

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Third
Yuto
Abe

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Second
Yuta
Kimura

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Lead
Akitsugu
Yoshimoto

Games:	10
Record:	7W - 3L
PF/G:	10.00
PA/G:	6.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Defense:	0.04
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Yota Michitani (Hokkaido, JPN) lost 6-4 to Japan's Kaito Fujii in the Final of the Japan Junior Nationals, held March 16 - 22, 2026 in . To advance to the championship game, Michitani won 7-2 over Kohei Sato (Aomori, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2026 Japan Junior Nationals in ;

Michitani are currently . In their opening game, Michitani plays Mitsuki Yokoyama (Nagano, JPN) on Monday at 11:30pm Atsuto Ido (Okayama, JPN) on Tuesday at 7:30pm Japan's Yuasa Yuine on Wednesday at 3:30am and Japan's Kaito Fujii at 11:30pm and Japan's Kaito Fujii at 11:30pm Mitsuki Yokoyama (Nagano, JPN) on Monday at 11:30pm Atsuto Ido (Okayama, JPN) on Tuesday at 7:30pm Japan's Yuasa Yuine on Wednesday at 3:30am, Japan's Kaito Fujii at 11:30pm Sato on Thursday at 7:30pm Kaisei Yamaguchi (Hokkaido, JPN) on Friday at 3:30am and Akihiro Yamaguchi (Hokkaido, JPN) at 11:30pm.

With their runner-up finish at the Japan Junior Nationals, Michitani take home 2.750 world rankings points, moving up 63 spots the World Ranking Standings into 200th place overall with 6.350 total points. Michitani ranks 201st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.350 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	2	3	0	0.400	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	34	30	32	8.82	9.41	-0.59	4.41	4.71	2.00	2.00	0.88

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	19	24	12	2	3-0	1-2	0-2	1.26	0.63	0.24	0.32

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	15	6	20	1	0-1	1-1	0-5	0.40	1.33	0.30	0.27

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