Watanabe Runner-Up at New Year Curling in Miyota 2026

Fourth
Hinako
Sonobe

SKIP
Aoi
Watanabe

Second
Mao
Ishigaki

Lead
Mizuki
Hara

Aoi Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) lost 7-2 to Misaki Tanaka (Aomori, JPN) in the Final of the New Year Curling in Miyota 2026, held December 29 - January 1 at the Miyota Curling Club in Miyota, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Watanabe won 7-6 over Kayla Skrlik (Calgary, AB) in the semifinals

Watanabe are currently . In their opening game, Watanabe plays Michaela Baudysova (Prague, CZE) on Monday at 7pm Kai Tsuchiya (Miyota, JPN) on Tuesday at 7pm and Tanaka at 11pm.

With their runner-up finish at the New Year Curling in Miyota 2026, Watanabe take home 8.250 world rankings points along with the $7,041CDN prize. Watanabe move up 60 spots after posting a net gain of 8.019 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 119th overall with 11.108 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Watanabe ranks 114th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.876 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2026	5	12	0	0.294	0-0	0-2	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2026	111	66	117	5.95	10.54	-4.59	3.69	5.59	1.61	1.89	0.72

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	57	44	50	2	1-2	2-5	9-5	0.77	0.88	0.22	0.49

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	54	22	67	6	1-3	1-5	3-11	0.41	1.24	0.44	0.26

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