Minebea Cup
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Natsuizaka1-4 at 2016 Minebea Cup
Oct 8 - 10, 2016

Aomori City, Japan
![]() SKIP Taiki Natsuizaka |
![]() Third Masaki Fujimura |
![]() Second Tetsuo Yamaguchi |
![]() Lead Takahiko Yoshida |
| Games: | 6 |
| Record: | 1W - 5L |
| PF/G: | 6.19 |
| PA/G: | 11.67 |
| Hammer Efficiency: | 0.33 |
| Steal Defense: | 0.48 |
| Force Efficiency: | 0.42 |
| Steal Efficiency: | 0.18 |
Taiki Natsuizaka (Aomori City, JPN) finished 1-4 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Natsuizaka defeated Yasuhiro Morita (Kyoto, JPN) 9-8, then went on to lose 7-3 against Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN). Natsuizaka lost 5-4 to Hiromitsu Kuriyama (Nagano, JPN). Natsuizaka lost 7-2 to Arihito Kasahara (Tokyo, JPN). Natsuizaka lost 12-3 to Hideaki Nakamura (Okayama, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
Natsuizaka earned 0.180 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 11 spots the World Ranking Standings into 374th place overall with 1.676 total points. Natsuizaka ranks 226th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.180 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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