Unoura2-2 at 2023 Minebea Mitsumi Cup

Tokyo, Japan

SKIP
Kazuhisa
Unoura

Third
Shotaro
Shimada

Second
Ki-eun
Lee

Lead
Norio
Teramoto

Games:	7
Record:	4W - 3L
PF/G:	6.80
PA/G:	7.80
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.53
Force Efficiency:	0.45
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Kazuhisa Unoura (Tokyo, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Unoura defeated Kenji Iwasaki (Nagano, JPN) 7-4, then went on to lose 9-0 against Hiromitsu Kuriyama (Tokyo, JPN). Unoura responded with a 11-4 win over Japan's Yusuke Tanaka. Unoura went on to lose 5-0 against Kounosuke Takahashi (Nagano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Minebea Mitsumi Cup, Unoura take home 2.750 world rankings points along with the $926CDN prize. For week 11 of the event schedule, Unoura did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Unoura 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

2025: Kotaro Noguchi
Kotaro Noguchi, Yuto Kamada, Hiroshi Kato, Hiromasa Yonehara
, JPN
2023: Kaito Fujii
Kaito Fujii, Miharu Kubota, Ruki Yokoyama, Ryouga Sakurai
Miyota, JPN
2017: Satoru Tsukamoto
Satoru Tsukamoto, Suguru Tsukamoto, Yuma Endo, Nobuhito Kasahara, Tatsunori Naganuma
Karuizawa, JPN
2016: Ryo Ogihara
Ryo Ogihara, Kohei Okamura, Tatsuya Hayashi, Daiki Yamazaki
Karuizawa, JPN
2015: Arihito Kasahara
Arihito Kasahara, Akira Ohtsuka, Yuta Higuchi, Akihiro Yokokura
, JPN

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