CHAMPION: Noguchi Wins 2023 Tohoku Curling Championships

SKIP
Kotaro
Noguchi

Third
Yuto
Kamada

Second
Hiroshi
Kato

Lead
Yuuki
Yoshimura

Kotaro Noguchi (Sendai-shi, JPN) won 9-4 over Tsuyoshi Sukekawa (Morioka, JPN) in the Final of the Tohoku Curling Championships, held December 9 - 11, 2022 in Tohoku, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Noguchi won 6-4 over Yuun Ishimura (Aomori, JPN) in the semifinals

Noguchi finished 4-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Noguchi defeated Japan's Yasuhiro Sano 8-2, then won 9-5 against Japan's Junto Nagatani and 11-2 against Japan's Toshiaki Takahashi. Noguchi won 8-3 against Yoshito Nakamura (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Tohoku Curling Championships Championship title, Noguchi earned 7.500 world rankings points. For week 19 of the event schedule, Noguchi did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Noguchi ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.