Japan's Takuro Yamada1-3 at 2023 Chubu Curling Championships

SKIP
Takuro
Yamada

Third
Yuto
Minegishi

Second
Shun
Yamamoto

Lead
Toru
Kihara

Japan's Takuro Yamada finished 1-3 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Japan's Takuro Yamada lost 20-0 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a 9-2 win over Hirotaka Ishikuro (Karuizawa, JPN). Japan's Takuro Yamada went on to lose 6-3 against Japan's Hiroki Hara. Japan's Takuro Yamada lost 6-3 to Katsuyuki Ohara (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

Japan's Takuro Yamada earned 0.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 24 of the event schedule, Japan's Takuro Yamada did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Japan's Takuro Yamada 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

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

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