Japan's Hiroshi Kato2-2 at 2022 Tohuku Curling Championships

SKIP
Hiroshi
Kato

Third
Yuto
Kawada

Second
Hayato
Fujimura

Lead
Yuuki
Yoshimura

Japan's Hiroshi Kato finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Hiroshi Kato defeated Japan's Yuki Takayashiki 7-2, then went on to lose 7-6 against Japan's Kenji Tomabechi. Japan's Hiroshi Kato responded with a 8-4 win over Japan's Chihiro Kon. Japan's Hiroshi Kato went on to lose 4-2 against Japan's Minori Suzuki in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Hiroshi Kato earned 0.731 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Japan's Hiroshi Kato move up 48 spots after posting a net gain of 0.559 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 380th overall with 0.903 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Japan's Hiroshi Kato ranks 319th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.731 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	2	2	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
2022	29	23	17	7.93	5.86	2.07	4.83	4.48	1.64	1.31	0.69

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	14	16	7	1	1-1	0-0	4-0	1.14	0.50	0.38	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	15	7	10	1	0-0	1-0	0-1	0.47	0.67	0.89	0.33

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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