Watanabe Runner-Up at 2025 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, 2026 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 61 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	15	0	0.250	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	133	78	136	5.86	10.23	-4.36	3.83	5.34	1.53	1.92	0.83

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2026	71	55	53	5	1-2	2-5	11-6	0.77	0.75	0.21	0.42

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2026	62	23	83	6	1-3	1-7	3-16	0.37	1.34	0.37	0.24

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