Hirata Finishes Fourth at 2022 Karuizawa International

Kitami, Japan

SKIP
Kohsuke
Hirata

Third
Shingo
Usui

Second
Ryota
Meguro

Lead
Yoshiya
Miura

Games:	5
Record:	2W - 3L
PF/G:	6.83
PA/G:	7.80
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) lost 7-3 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. of the 2022 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) lost 7-3 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. Hirata lost 5-4 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.

Hirata finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata lost 7-6 to Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a 7-6 win over Chang-Min Kim (Gyeongbuk, KOR). Hirata won 8-7 against Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the Karuizawa International, Hirata take home 7.500 world rankings points along with 1004CDN. For week 20 of the event schedule, Hirata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Hirata ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 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

2024: Marc Muskatewitz
Marc Muskatewitz, Benny Kapp, Felix Messenzehl, Johannes Scheuerl
Fuessen, GER
2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
St. John's, NL
2022: Riku Yanagisawa
Riku Yanagisawa, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Takeru Yamamoto, Satoshi Koizumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2019: Yuta Matsumura
Yuta Matsumura, Tetsuro Shimizu, Yasumasa Tanida, Shinya Abe, Kosuke Aita
Kitami, JPN
2018: Reid Carruthers
Reid Carruthers, Mike McEwen, Matt Wozniak, Colin Hodgson
Winnipeg, CAN
2017: Yusuke Morozumi
Yusuke Morozumi, Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Tom Brewster
Tom Brewster, Glen Muirhead, Ross Paterson, Hammy McMillan Jr.
Aberdeen, SCO
2015: David Murdoch
David Murdoch, Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow
Stirling, SCO
2014: Kevin Koe
Kevin Koe, Marc Kennedy, Brent Laing, Ben Hebert
Calgary, AB
2013: Chang-Min Kim
Chang-Min Kim, Min-Chan Kim, Se-Hyun Sung, Young-Seon Seo, Eun Soo Oh
Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR

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