Noguchi1-2 at 2023 Karuizawa International

SKIP
Kotaro
Noguchi

Third
Yuto
Kamada

Second
Hiroshi
Kato

Lead
Yuuki
Yoshimura

Kotaro Noguchi (Sendai-shi, JPN) finished 1-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Noguchi defeated Yuun Ishimura (Aomori, JPN) 9-5, then went on to lose 6-3 against Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN). Noguchi lost 11-3 to Niklas Edin (Karlstad, SWE) in their final qualifying round match.

Noguchi earned 1.313 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, remaining in 160th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of -1.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. Noguchi ranks 194th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.188 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	11	0	0.476	1-0	4-2	2-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	153	124	130	8.10	8.50	-0.39	4.77	4.58	1.70	1.86	0.65

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	74	98	25	5	5-0	5-2	20-5	1.32	0.34	0.43	0.22

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	79	26	105	5	1-5	0-8	2-18	0.33	1.33	0.43	0.25

2024: Marc Muskatewitz
Marc Muskatewitz, Benny Kapp, Felix Messenzehl, Johannes Scheuerl
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2023: Brad Gushue
Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden, Geoff Walker , Siyu Liu
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2022: Riku Yanagisawa
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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
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Aberdeen, SCO
2015: David Murdoch
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Stirling, SCO
2014: Kevin Koe
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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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