Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi2-6 at 2016 Japan Curling Championships

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Mizuki
Kitaguchi

Third
Mayu
Minami

Second
Mayu
Natsuizaka

Lead
Mari
Ikawa

Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi finished 2-6 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi lost 9-6 to Sena Nakajima (Karuizawa, JPN), droppimg another game, 11-3 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN). Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi lost 7-4 to Touri Koana (Yamanashi, JPN). Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi lost 9-8 to Japan's Misaki Tanaka. Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi lost 8-1 to Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN) where Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi responded with a 6-3 win over Natsuki Saito (Aomori, JPN). Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi won 16-2 against Emi Sato (Kyoto, JPN). Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi went on to lose 8-7 against Rina Ida (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi earned 1.411 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 4 spots the World Ranking Standings into 200th place overall with 6.351 total points. Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi ranks 204th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.265 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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