2025 Japanese Olympic curling trials
| 2025 Japanese Olympic curling trials | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Wakkanai, Japan |
| Arena | Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park |
| Dates | September 11–14 |
| Men's winner | SC Karuizawa Club |
| Curling club | Karuizawa CC, Karuizawa, Nagano |
| Skip | Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi |
| Fourth | Riku Yanagisawa |
| Second | Takeru Yamamoto |
| Lead | Satoshi Koizumi |
| Alternate | Shingo Usui |
| Coach | Yuji Nishimuro |
| Finalist | Consadole (Abe) |
| Women's winner | Fortius |
| Curling club | Sapporo CC, Sapporo, Hokkaido |
| Skip | Sayaka Yoshimura |
| Third | Kaho Onodera |
| Second | Yuna Kotani |
| Lead | Anna Ohmiya |
| Alternate | Mina Kobayashi |
| Coach | Yumie Funayama & Niklas Edin |
| Finalist | SC Karuizawa Club |
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The 2025 Japanese Olympic curling trials were held from September 11 to 14 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan.[1] The winning Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi and Sayaka Yoshimura rinks earned the right to represent Japan at the Olympic Qualification Event where they will need to finish in the top two to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.[2] It was the first time a men's trial is being held.
The men's event featured a best-of-five series between the 2024 and 2025 Japanese champion rinks of Shinya Abe (Consadole) and Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (SC Karuizawa Club).[3] In 2024, Consadole led Japan to a 3–9 record at the 2024 World Men's Curling Championship, only earning three qualification points for the nation. SC Karuizawa Club did slightly better in 2025 by finishing ninth and earning five points, though it was not enough to advance Japan directly to the Olympic Games.[4]
The women's event was held in a double round robin format with the top two teams advancing to a best-of-five series which includes the results from their first two games.[1] The 2024 and 2025 Japanese champions Miyu Ueno (SC Karuizawa Club) and Sayaka Yoshimura (Fortius) qualified by winning the previous two national titles while two-time Olympic medallist Satsuki Fujisawa (Loco Solare) qualified as the points leader. Like the men's teams, SC Karuizawa Club finished eleventh in 2024 while Fortius placed ninth in 2025, resulting in just eight qualification points.[4]
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[3]
| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consadole | Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth) | Shinya Abe (Skip) | Hayato Sato | Haruto Ouchi | Sota Tsuruga | Kitami |
| SC Karuizawa Club | Riku Yanagisawa (Fourth) | Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Skip) | Takeru Yamamoto | Satoshi Koizumi | Shingo Usui | Karuizawa |
Standings
| Best-of-five | |||||||
| Consadole | 6 | 3 | 7 | 4 | X | ||
| SC Karuizawa Club | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 | X | ||
Results
All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[5][6]
Game 1
Thursday, September 11, 8:00 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consadole (Abe) 🔨 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Game 2
Thursday, September 11, 1:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi) 🔨 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 9 |
| Consadole (Abe) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Game 3
Friday, September 12, 8:00 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Consadole (Abe) 🔨 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
Game 4
Friday, September 12, 1:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consadole (Abe) 🔨 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| SC Karuizawa Club (Yamaguchi) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
Women
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[3]
| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortius | Sayaka Yoshimura | Kaho Onodera | Yuna Kotani | Anna Ohmiya | Mina Kobayashi | Sapporo |
| Loco Solare | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Kitami | |
| SC Karuizawa Club | Miyu Ueno | Yui Ueno | Yuina Miura[a] | Asuka Kanai | Junko Nishimuro | Karuizawa |
Round robin standings
Final Round Robin Standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Team to Best-of-five | |
| Teams to Tiebreaker | |
| Team | Skip | W | L | PF | PA | EW | EL | BE | SE | DSC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Karuizawa Club | Miyu Ueno | 2 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 23.49 |
| Fortius | Sayaka Yoshimura | 2 | 2 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 32.06 |
| Loco Solare | Satsuki Fujisawa | 2 | 2 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 45.31 |
| Pos. | Team | F | LS | SC | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |||
| 2 | Fortius | N/a | 7–9 | 7–6 | 6–8 | 5–3 | 2–2 | |
| 3 | Loco Solare | 9–7 | 6–7 | N/a | 13–4 | 4–5 | 2–2 | |
| 1 | SC Karuizawa Club | 8–6 | 3–5 | 4–13 | 5–4 | N/a | 2–2 | |
Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).[5][6]
Draw 1
Thursday, September 11, 8:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortius (Yoshimura) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 🔨 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
Draw 2
Thursday, September 11, 1:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loco Solare (Fujisawa) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 13 |
| SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 🔨 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 4 |
Draw 3
Thursday, September 11, 6:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 🔨 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Fortius (Yoshimura) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Draw 4
Friday, September 12, 8:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Loco Solare (Fujisawa) 🔨 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Draw 5
Friday, September 12, 1:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loco Solare (Fujisawa) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Fortius (Yoshimura) 🔨 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Draw 6
Friday, September 12, 6:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortius (Yoshimura) 🔨 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Tiebreaker
Saturday, September 13, 8:00 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Fortius (Yoshimura) 🔨 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 7 |
| Loco Solare (Fujisawa) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
Best-of-five
The teams' head-to-head games in rounds one and two were counted towards their best-of-five score.
| Best-of-five | |||||||
| SC Karuizawa Club | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Fortius | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||
Game 3
Saturday, September 13, 2:00 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 🔨 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | X | X | 11 |
| Fortius (Yoshimura) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Game 4
Sunday, September 14, 8:30 am
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) 🔨 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Fortius (Yoshimura) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Game 5
Sunday, September 14, 2:30 pm
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Fortius (Yoshimura) 🔨 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
See also
Notes
- ^ Yuina Miura spared for Junko Nishimuro.
References
- ^ a b "日本代表決定戦（ミラノコルティナダンペッツォ冬季オリンピック最終予選）について". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ "ZEN-NOH WOMEN'S CURLING JAPAN TOURNAMENT". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2025-08-12. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ a b c "TEAMS 出場チーム (PARTICIPATING TEAMS)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2025-09-19. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ a b "Qualification System - XXV Olympic Winter Games - Milano Cortina 2026" (PDF). Olympics. February 12, 2024. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ a b "スケジュール (SCHEDULE)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2025-09-12. Retrieved July 27, 2025.
- ^ a b "試合結果 (RESULTS)". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2025-10-04. Retrieved July 27, 2025.