2025 Japan Curling Championships

2025 Japan Curling Championships

Host city	Yokohama, Kanagawa
Dates	February 2 – February 9
Men's winner	SC Karuizawa Club
Curling club	Karuizawa CC, Karuizawa, Nagano
Skip	Riku Yanagisawa
Fourth	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Second	Takeru Yamamoto
Lead	Satoshi Koizumi
Finalist	Loco Solare (Maeda)
Women's winner	Fortius
Curling club 2	Sapporo CC, Sapporo, Hokkaido
Skip 2	Sayaka Yoshimura
Third 2	Kaho Onodera
Second 2	Yuna Kotani
Lead 2	Anna Ohmiya
Alternate 2	Mina Kobayashi
Finalist 2	Hokkaido Bank (Nihira)
Prev	2024
Next	2026

The 2025 Japan Curling Championships (日本カーリング選手権大会 横浜2025, branded as the 42nd Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships) took place from February 2 to 9 at the in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.^[1] The winning rinks, led by Riku Yanagisawa and Sayaka Yoshimura, earned the right to represent Japan at the 2025 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship, respectively. Additionally, they have the opportunity to accumulate points toward qualification for the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Men

Qualification

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2025 Japan Curling Championship:^[2]

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team(s)
2024 Champion	1	Consadole
2024 Runner-Up	1	SC Karuizawa Club
Committee Recommendation	3	TM Karuizawa Loco Solare KiT Curling Club
Hokkaido Region	1	Hokkaido University
Tōhoku Region	1	Team Sato
Kanto Region	1	Team TANI
Chūbu Region	1	Nagano CA
West Japan Region	1	Team Kyoto CA
TOTAL	10

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Team	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Consadole	Tetsuro Shimizu (Fourth)	Shinya Abe (Skip)	Hayato Sato	Haruto Ouchi	Sota Tsuruga	Kitami
Hokkaido University	Natsu Kikuchi	Genji Ohara	Rio Hayashi	Shunki Kasai	Ryota Hata	Sapporo
KiT Curling Club	Kohsuke Hirata	Shingo Usui	Ryota Meguro	Yoshiya Miura	Hirofumi Kobayashi	Kitami
Loco Solare	Takumi Maeda	Asei Nakahara	Hiroki Maeda	Uryu Kamikawa	Toa Nakahara	Kitami
Nagano CA	Rui Matsuura	Yoshiro Shimizu	Minato Hayami	Kai Shu	Genya Nishizawa	Nagano
SC Karuizawa Club	Riku Yanagisawa	Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi	Takeru Yamamoto	Satoshi Koizumi		Karuizawa
Team Kyoto CA	Ryo Wakabayashi	Kosuke Yuuki	Akira Kageyama	Shinji Okamoto	Masahiro Aisaka	Kyoto
Team Sato	Koei Sato	Chikara Segawa	Kaishi Sato	Haruta Imamoto	Kota Imamoto	Aomori
Team TANI	Ryutaro Tani	Shunta Mizukami	Kohei Okamura	Daiki Yamazaki	Takuya Ishikawa	Tokyo
TM Karuizawa	Yusuke Morozumi	Yuta Matsumura	Ryotaro Shukuya	Masaki Iwai	Kosuke Morozumi	Karuizawa

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[3]

Key
	Teams to Championship Round (Top 3 of Each Pool)

Pool C Team Skip W L W–L DSC TM Karuizawa Yusuke Morozumi 3 1 1–0 48.1 SC Karuizawa Club Riku Yanagisawa 3 1 0–1 18.3 Loco Solare Takumi Maeda 2 2 – 27.5 Hokkaido University Natsu Kikuchi 1 3 1–0 90.7 Team TANI Ryutaro Tani 1 3 0–1 49.6

Pool D Team Skip W L W–L DSC Consadole Shinya Abe 4 0 – 48.9 KiT Curling Club Kohsuke Hirata 3 1 – 42.1 Nagano CA Rui Matsuura 2 2 – 48.1 Team Sato Koei Sato 1 3 – 56.0 Team Kyoto CA Ryo Wakabayashi 0 4 – 34.3

Pool C Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Team	HU	LS	SCKC	TT	TMK	Record
4	Hokkaido University (Kikuchi)						1–3
3	Loco Solare (Maeda)						2–2
2	SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa)						3–1
5	Team TANI (Tani)						1–3
1	TM Karuizawa (Morozumi)						3–1

Pool D Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Team	C	KCC	NCA	TKCA	TS	Record
1	Consadole (Abe)						4–0
2	KiT Curling Club (Hirata)						3–1
3	Nagano CA (Matsuura)						2–2
5	Team Kyoto CA (Wakabayashi)						0–4
4	Team Sato (Sato)						1–3

Round robin results

All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).^[4]

Draw 2

Monday, February 3, 9:00

Draw 4

Monday, February 3, 18:00

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 4, 13:30

Draw 8

Wednesday, February 5, 9:00

Draw 10

Wednesday, February 5, 18:00

Championship round standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[3]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs (Top 3)

Championship Round
Pos	Team	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
C2	SC Karuizawa Club	Riku Yanagisawa	4	1	1–0	28.96
D1	Consadole	Shinya Abe	4	1	0–1	42.78
C3	Loco Solare	Takumi Maeda	3	2	–	28.98
D2	KiT Curling Club	Kohsuke Hirata	2	3	–	40.45
D3	Nagano CA	Rui Matsuura	1	4	1–0	54.83
C1	TM Karuizawa	Yusuke Morozumi	1	4	0–1	30.27

Championship Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Team	C	KCC	LS	NCA	SCKC	TMK	Record
2	Consadole (Abe)							4–1
4	KiT Curling Club (Hirata)							2–3
3	Loco Solare (Maeda)							3–2
5	Nagano CA (Matsuura)							1–4
1	SC Karuizawa Club (Yanagisawa)							4–1
6	TM Karuizawa (Morozumi)							1–4

Championship round results

All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).^[4]

Draw 12

Thursday, February 6, 13:30

Draw 14

Friday, February 7, 9:00

Draw 16

Friday, February 7, 18:00

Playoffs

Source:^[3]

Semifinal

Saturday, February 8, 13:30

Final

Sunday, February 9, 10:00

Women

Qualification

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2025 Japan Curling Championship:^[2]

Qualification method	Berths	Qualifying team(s)
2024 Champion	1	SC Karuizawa Club
2024 Runner-Up	1	Hokkaido Bank
Committee Recommendation	3	Loco Solare Chubu Electric Power Fortius
Hokkaido Region	1	Sapporo International University
Tōhoku Region	1	Philoseek Aomori
Kanto Region	1	Tokyo Association
Chūbu Region	1	Team Miyota
West Japan Region	1	Team Osaka
TOTAL	10

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:^[2]

Team	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Chubu Electric Power	Ikue Kitazawa	Seina Nakajima	Ami Enami	Minori Suzuki	Hasumi Ishigooka	Nagano
Fortius	Sayaka Yoshimura	Kaho Onodera	Yuna Kotani	Anna Ohmiya	Mina Kobayashi	Sapporo
Hokkaido Bank	Momoha Tabata (Fourth)	Miku Nihira (Skip)	Sae Yamamoto	Mikoto Nakajima	Ayami Ito	Sapporo
Loco Solare	Satsuki Fujisawa	Chinami Yoshida	Yumi Suzuki	Yurika Yoshida	Yako Matsuzawa	Kitami
Philoseek Aomori	Misaki Tanaka (Fourth)	Haruka Kihara	Miori Nakamura (Skip)	Hiyori Ichinohe	Yuna Harada	Aomori
Sapporo International University	Kohane Tsuruga	Aone Nakamura	Suzuki Rin	Kotoka Segawa	Yumeka Mori	Sapporo
SC Karuizawa Club	Miyu Ueno	Yui Ueno	Junko Nishimuro	Asuka Kanai		Karuizawa
Team Miyota	Kai Tsuchiya	Erika Ohtani	Manami Anzai	Yumiko Kashiwagi	Mikiko Tsuchiya	Nagano
Team Osaka	Ayaka Shimba	Keiko Watanabe	Kotomi Hatayama	Yui Kasahara	Yuka Yao	Kyoto
Tokyo Association	Yumi Suzuki	Aki Goto	Kyoka Kuramitsu	Miho Fujimori	Luna Miura	Tokyo

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[3]

Key
	Teams to Championship Round (Top 3 of Each Pool)

Pool A Team Skip W L W–L DSC Hokkaido Bank Miku Nihira 3 1 1–0 39.4 Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa 3 1 0–1 40.5 Sapporo International University Kohane Tsuruga 2 2 1–0 41.9 Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa 2 2 0–1 29.8 Team Osaka Ayaka Shimba 0 4 – 71.9

Pool B Team Skip W L W–L DSC Fortius Sayaka Yoshimura 4 0 – 21.0 Team Miyota Kai Tsuchiya 2 2 1–1 51.1 Philoseek Aomori Miori Nakamura 2 2 1–1 59.7 SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno 2 2 1–1 86.2 Tokyo Association Yumi Suzuki 0 4 – 64.4

Pool A Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Team	CEP	HB	LS	SIU	TO	Record
4	Chubu Electric Power (Kitazawa)						2–2
1	Hokkaido Bank (Nihira)						3–1
2	Loco Solare (Fujisawa)						3–1
3	Sapporo International University (Tsuruga)						2–2
5	Team Osaka (Shimba)						0–4

Pool B Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Team	F	PA	SCKC	TM	TA	Record
1	Fortius (Yoshimura)						4–0
3	Philoseek Aomori (Nakamura)						2–2
4	SC Karuizawa Club (Ueno)						2–2
2	Team Miyota (Tsuchiya)						2–2
5	Tokyo Association (Suzuki)						0–4

Round robin results

All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).^[4]

Draw 1

Sunday, February 2, 16:00

Draw 3

Monday, February 3, 13:30

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 4, 9:00

Draw 7

Tuesday, February 4, 18:00

Draw 9

Wednesday, February 5, 13:30

Championship round standings

Final Round Robin Standings^[3]

Key
	Teams to Playoffs (Top 3)

Championship Teams
Pos	Team	Skip	W	L	W–L	DSC
B1	Fortius	Sayaka Yoshimura	4	1	1–1	18.1
A1	Hokkaido Bank	Miku Nihira	4	1	1–1	26.4
A2	Loco Solare	Satsuki Fujisawa	4	1	1–1	27.5
B2	Team Miyota	Kai Tsuchiya	1	4	1–1	40.8
A3	Sapporo International University	Kohane Tsuruga	1	4	1–1	45.6
B3	Philoseek Aomori	Miori Nakamura	1	4	1–1	56.6

Championship Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Team	F	HB	LS	PA	SIU	TM	Record
1	Fortius (Yoshimura)							4–1
2	Hokkaido Bank (Nihira)							4–1
3	Loco Solare (Fujisawa)							4–1
6	Philoseek Aomori (Nakamura)							1–4
5	Sapporo International University (Tsuruga)							1–4
4	Team Miyota (Tsuchiya)							1–4

Championship round results

All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).^[4]

Draw 11

Thursday, February 6, 9:00

Draw 13

Thursday, February 6, 18:00

Draw 15

Friday, February 7, 13:30

Playoffs

Source:^[3]

Semifinal

Saturday, February 8, 18:00

Final

Sunday, February 9, 14:30

References

1. ^ "日本カーリング選手権大会 横浜2025" (in Japanese). Retrieved January 31, 2025.
2. ^ "Participating Teams" (in Japanese). Japan Curling Association. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
3. ^ "Results" (in Japanese). Japan Curling Association. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
4. ^ "Schedule" (in Japanese). Japan Curling Association. Retrieved February 2, 2025.

External links

• Official Website (in Japanese)
• Streaming