Kitazawa Runner-Up at 2026 Karuizawa International

SKIP
Ikue
Kitazawa

Third
Seina
Nakajima

Second
Minori
Suzuki

Lead
Hasumi
Ishigooka

Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 7-3 to Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held March 12 - 15, 2026 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kitazawa won 6-1 over Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2026 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan, Japan;

Kitazawa are currently . In their opening game, Kitazawa plays Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) on Friday at 3am and Aoi Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) at 10:30pm and Aoi Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) at 10:30pm.

With their runner-up finish at the Karuizawa International, Kitazawa take home 25.300 world rankings points along with the $3,437CDN prize. Kitazawa move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 13.825 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 16th overall with 189.525 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kitazawa ranks 16th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 189.525 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	51	36	0	0.586	4-0	1-2	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	630	516	429	8.19	6.81	1.38	4.89	4.17	1.68	1.63	0.94

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	307	365	86	36	7-2	23-3	82-13	1.19	0.28	0.41	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	323	151	343	23	5-10	9-18	19-64	0.47	1.06	0.55	0.29

2026: Anna Hasselborg
Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer, Sofia Scharback, Johanna Heldin, Kristian Lindstroem
Sundbyberg, SWE
2024: Sayaka Yoshimura
Sayaka Yoshimura, Yuna Kotani, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Mina Kobayashi
Sapporo, JPN
2023: Ikue Kitazawa
Ikue Kitazawa, Seina Nakajima, Minori Suzuki, Hasumi Ishigooka, Ami Enami
Nagano, JPN
2022: Eunjung Kim
Eunjung Kim, Kyeongae Kim, Chohi Kim, Seonyeong Kim, Yeongmi Kim, Myungsup Lim
Gangneung , KOR
2019: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Julia Portunova, Olga Kotelnikova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2018: Anna Sidorova
Anna Sidorova, Margarita Fomina, Julia Portunova, Julia Guzieva , Svetlana Kalalb
Moscow, RUS
2017: Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa, Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Yurika Yoshida, Mari Motohashi
Kitami, JPN
2016: Eun ji Gim
Eun ji Gim, Min-Ji Um, SeulBee Lee, Yoon-Jung Yeom, Ye-eun Seol
Gyeonggi-do, KOR
2015: Ayumi Ogasawara
Ayumi Ogasawara, Sayaka Yoshimura, Kaho Onodera, Anna Ohmiya, Yumie Funayama, Fuji Miki
Sapporo, JPN
2014: Jennifer Jones
Jennifer Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes, Jill Officer, Dawn McEwen
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Binia Feltscher
Binia Feltscher, Irene Schori, Franziska Kaufmann, Christine Urech
Flims, SUI