Japan's Yuya Takigahira4-3 at 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships

Japan

SKIP
Yuya
Takigahira

Third
Kazuki
Yoshikawa

Second
Kanya
Shimizuno

Lead
Tatsuya
Ogawa

Games:	8
Record:	4W - 4L
PF/G:	7.33
PA/G:	8.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.37
Force Efficiency:	0.59
Steal Efficiency:	0.16

Japan's Yuya Takigahira finished 4-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Yuya Takigahira lost 6-4 to Go Aoki (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Japan's Kohsuke Hirata where Japan's Yuya Takigahira responded with a 7-2 win over Japan's Harunobu Kawahira. Japan's Yuya Takigahira won 7-5 against Japan's Masaki Ishikawa, then won 7-3 against Japan's Naoki Kanazawa. Japan's Yuya Takigahira went on to lose 7-5 against Japan's Toa Nakahara. Japan's Yuya Takigahira responded with a 8-6 win over Japan's Ryouichi Saitou in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Yuya Takigahira earned 1.800 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Hokkaido Curling Championships, moving up 30 spots the World Ranking Standings into 255th place overall with 4.858 total points. Japan's Yuya Takigahira ranks 276th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.800 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	4	4	0	0.500	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	60	44	48	7.33	8.00	-0.67	4.17	5.00	1.76	1.60	0.83

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	35	37	23	1	1-0	4-3	4-4	1.06	0.66	0.26	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	25	7	25	4	0-0	1-1	1-6	0.28	1.00	0.59	0.16

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