Japan's Kaito Fujii2-2 at Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup

Japan

SKIP
Kaito
Fujii

Third
Yuki
Yamamoto

Second
Kounosuke
Takahashi

Lead
Kanakawa
Shunsuke

Games:	4
Record:	2W - 2L
PF/G:	7.33
PA/G:	5.33
Hammer Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Defense:	0.29
Force Efficiency:	0.67
Steal Efficiency:	0.46

Japan's Kaito Fujii finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Kaito Fujii defeated Japan's Takuma Makanae 8-3, then went on to lose 6-5 against Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Japan's Kaito Fujii responded with a 5-2 win over Hakjun Kim (Chuncheon, KOR). Japan's Kaito Fujii went on to lose 5-4 against Japan's Kohsuke Hirata in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Kaito Fujii earned 1.650 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 36 spots the World Ranking Standings into 223rd place overall with 3.275 total points. Japan's Kaito Fujii ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.650 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	4	4	0	0.500	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	60	42	41	7.00	6.83	0.17	4.50	4.50	1.56	1.52	1.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	33	28	17	5	1-0	0-1	7-5	0.85	0.52	0.29	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	27	14	24	1	0-0	1-2	3-3	0.52	0.89	0.71	0.33

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