Takigahira4-3 at 2022 Hokkaido Curling Championships

SKIP
Yuya
Takigahira

Third
Kazuki
Yoshikawa

Second
Kanya
Shimizuno

Lead
Tatsuya
Ogawa

Yuya Takigahira (Japan) finished 4-3 in the 8 team Hokkaido Curling Championships qualifying round, held January 12 - 17, 2022 in , . In their opening game, Takigahira lost 6-4 to Go Aoki (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 8-3 to Kohsuke Hirata (Japan) where Takigahira responded with a 7-2 win over Harunobu Kawahira (Japan). Takigahira won 7-5 against Masaki Ishikawa (Japan), then won 7-3 against Naoki Kanazawa (Japan). Takigahira went on to lose 7-5 against Toa Nakahara (Japan). Takigahira responded with a 8-6 win over Ryouichi Saitou (Japan) in their final qualifying round match.

Takigahira earned 1.800 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the Hokkaido Curling Championships. For week 25 of the event schedule, Takigahira did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Takigahira ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	4	4	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	60	44	48	7.33	8.00	-0.67	4.17	5.00	1.76	1.60	0.83

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	35	37	23	1	1-0	4-3	4-4	1.06	0.66	0.26	0.37

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	25	7	25	4	0-0	1-1	1-6	0.28	1.00	0.59	0.16

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