Noguchi1-2 at Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup

Sendai-shi, Japan

SKIP
Kotaro
Noguchi

Third
Yuto
Kamada

Second
Hiroshi
Kato

Lead
Hiromasa
Yonehara

Games:	3
Record:	1W - 2L
PF/G:	7.14
PA/G:	10.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.10
Force Efficiency:	0.38
Steal Efficiency:	0.18

Kotaro Noguchi (Sendai-shi, JPN) finished 1-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Noguchi lost 9-5 to Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN), droppimg another game, 10-3 to Hiroki Hasegawa (Sapporo, JPN) where Noguchi responded with a 7-2 win over Ryo Wakabayashi (Okayama, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Noguchi earned 0.338 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Noguchi gained 1.555 points improving upon their best 0 events, though dropped 289 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 289thplace overall with 1.555 total points. Noguchi ranks 94th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	11	7	0	0.611	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	131	105	95	8.02	7.25	0.76	4.96	4.05	1.62	1.79	0.99

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	64	75	18	8	2-0	3-2	16-3	1.17	0.28	0.38	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	67	30	77	5	1-3	1-5	3-16	0.45	1.15	0.43	0.30

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