Japan's Nobuyuki Kato3-1 at 2023 Tohoku Curling Championships

Japan

SKIP
Nobuyuki
Kato

Third
Junichi
Ishida

Second
Keiji
Tsunoda

Lead
Masaki
Takimoto

Games:	4
Record:	3W - 1L
PF/G:	9.66
PA/G:	5.17
Hammer Efficiency:	0.36
Steal Defense:	0.36
Force Efficiency:	0.60
Steal Efficiency:	0.60

Japan's Nobuyuki Kato finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Nobuyuki Kato defeated Tsuyoshi Sukekawa (Morioka, JPN) 9-2, then won 7-4 against Masayuki Namioka (Morioka, JPN). Japan's Nobuyuki Kato went on to lose 5-4 against Yuun Ishimura (Aomori, JPN). Japan's Nobuyuki Kato responded with a 8-4 win over Japan's Takahiro Kodama in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Nobuyuki Kato earned 1.125 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 19 of the event schedule, Japan's Nobuyuki Kato did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Japan's Nobuyuki Kato 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

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