Japan Curling Championships
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Kusaka1-7 at 2016 Japan Curling Championships
Feb 7 - 13, 2016

Aomori, Japan
![]() SKIP Minoru Kusaka |
![]() Third Jin Kasai |
![]() Second Hirotada Sugawara |
![]() Lead Kiyoto Ogura |
| Games: | 8 |
| Record: | 1W - 7L |
| PF/G: | 4.92 |
| PA/G: | 11.08 |
| Hammer Efficiency: | 0.14 |
| Steal Defense: | 0.51 |
| Force Efficiency: | 0.62 |
| Steal Efficiency: | 0.21 |
Minoru Kusaka (Aomori, JPN) finished 1-7 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kusaka lost 12-2 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), droppimg another game, 7-3 to Gaku Suzuki (Sapporo, JPN). Kusaka lost 12-3 to Japan's Junpei Kanda. Kusaka lost 10-3 to Japan's Ryo Ogihara. Kusaka lost 8-1 to Yasumoto Natsuizaka (Karuizawa, JPN). Kusaka lost 11-3 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Kusaka lost 7-6 to Kanya Shimizun (Furano, JPN) where Kusaka responded with a 11-5 win over Japan's Ryo Wakabayashi in their final qualifying round match.
Kusaka earned 0.499 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 167 spots the World Ranking Standings into 513th place overall with 0.499 total points. Kusaka ranks 462nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.499 points earned so far this season.
| RECORD | W | L | T | PCT | HMR | STL | 1PT | EEH | EES |
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| SCORING | ENDs | PF | PA | PF/G | PA/G | +/- | EF/G | EA/G | PF/E | PA/E | BE/G |
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| WITH HAMMER | ENDs | PF | PA | BE | 4s | 3s | 2s | PF/E | PA/E | HE | SD |
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| WITHOUT HAMMER | ENDs | PF | PA | BE | 4s | 3s | 2s | PF/E | PA/E | FE | SE |
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