Koana Runner-Up at 2016 Japan Curling Championships

Fourth
Junko
Nishimuro

Third
Misato
Yanagisawa

SKIP
Tori
Koana

Lead
Riko
Toyoda

Touri Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) lost 9-5 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the Final of the Japan Curling Championships, held February 7 - 13, 2016 in Aomori, Japan.

Koana finished 4-4 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana lost 8-2 to Ayumi Ogasawara (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 6-5 to Fujisawa. Koana lost 9-7 to Natsuki Saito (Aomori, JPN) where Koana responded with a 7-4 win over Japan's Mizuki Kitaguchi. Koana won 5-3 against Rina Ida (Sapporo, JPN). Koana went on to lose 7-5 against Sena Nakajima (Karuizawa, JPN). Koana responded with a 10-3 win over Japan's Misaki Tanaka. Koana won 10-7 against Emi Sato (Kyoto, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Japan Curling Championships, Koana take home 15.518 world rankings points, moving up 24 spots the World Ranking Standings into 99th place overall with 36.851 total points. Koana ranks 86th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 31.651 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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