Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) lost
6-5 to
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup, held August 17 - 20, 2023 at the Kitami Curling Club in Kitami, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Hirata won
4-3 over
Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2023 ARGO GRAPHICS Cup in Kitami, Japan, Japan;
Hirata finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata defeated
Japan's Kantaro Kawano 8-3, then won
6-2 against
Takumi Maeda (Kitami, JPN) and
7-1 against
Morozumi. Hirata went on to lose
7-4 against
Ryo Aoki (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup, Hirata take home
11.000 world rankings points along with the $500,000CDN prize. Hirata move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 10.062 points improving upon their best 2 results so far this season, ranking 43rd overall with
88.625 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Hirata ranks 3rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
33.500 points earned so far this season.
