Kanai Runner-Up at 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

SKIP
Asuka
Kanai

Third
Ami
Enami

Second
Junko
Nishimuro

Lead
Mone
Ryokawa

Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 7-5 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Kanai won 7-6 over Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan;

Kanai finished 5-3 in the 9 team ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship qualifying round, held January 28 - February 5, 2023 in , . In their opening game, Kanai lost 15-4 to Fujisawa, then responded with a 7-6 win over Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Kanai won 5-3 against Rin Suzuki (Aomori, JPN), then won 7-5 against Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) and 11-3 against Riho Zaikan (Hioshima, JPN). Kanai went on to lose 9-7 against Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN). Kanai responded with a 7-3 win over Yumi Suzuki (Tokyo, JPN). Kanai went on to lose 11-8 against Kitazawa in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship, Kanai take home 24.750 world rankings points. Kanai move up 20 spots after posting a net gain of 23.471 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 44th overall with 72.654 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kanai ranks 42nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 71.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	18	16	0	0.529	6-5	3-3	3-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	265	196	201	7.40	7.58	-0.19	4.72	4.30	1.57	1.76	0.98

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	131	145	44	10	3-0	6-1	31-13	1.11	0.34	0.33	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	134	51	157	16	1-7	2-9	10-30	0.38	1.17	0.46	0.25

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