Kanai Runner-Up at 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship

Karuizawa, Japan

SKIP
Asuka
Kanai

Third
Ami
Enami

Second
Junko
Nishimuro

Lead
Mone
Ryokawa

Games:	11
Record:	7W - 4L
PF/G:	7.75
PA/G:	7.55
Hammer Efficiency:	0.42
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.50
Steal Efficiency:	0.26

Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN) lost 7-5 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship, held January 28 - February 5, 2023 in Kitami, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Kanai won 7-6 over Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship in Kitami, Japan;

Kanai finished 5-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanai lost 15-4 to Fujisawa, then responded with a 7-6 win over Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN). Kanai won 5-3 against Rin Suzuki (Aomori, JPN), then won 7-5 against Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) and 11-3 against Riho Zaikan (Hioshima, JPN). Kanai went on to lose 9-7 against Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN). Kanai responded with a 7-3 win over Yumi Suzuki (Tokyo, JPN). Kanai went on to lose 11-8 against Kitazawa in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the ZEH-NOH Japan Curling Championship, Kanai take home 24.750 world rankings points. Kanai move up 19 spots after posting a net gain of 23.471 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 44th overall with 75.654 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kanai ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 74.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2023	24	16	0	0.600	12-5	3-3	3-1	1-0	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2023	311	251	216	8.07	6.95	1.13	4.98	4.08	1.62	1.70	0.93

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2023	150	177	46	11	4-0	9-1	38-13	1.18	0.31	0.37	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2023	161	74	170	18	2-7	3-9	14-32	0.46	1.06	0.50	0.29

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