Curling - Team Japan

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest

Curling

Name	Height	Date of Birth
FUJISAWA SFUJISAWA Satsuki		24 May 1991
YOSHIDA CYOSHIDA Chinami		26 Jul 1991
SUZUKI YSUZUKI Yumi		2 Dec 1991
YOSHIDA YYOSHIDA Yurika		7 Jul 1993
ISHIZAKI KISHIZAKI Kotomi		4 Jan 1979

Team Officials

Function	Name
Coach	CAN LIND JDLIND J.D.
Coach	ONODERA RONODERA Ryoji
Team Leader	YANAGI HYANAGI Hitoshi

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Curling	Women	2

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Women's Round Robin Session 1 SWE Sweden 8 JPN Japan 5	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Round Robin Session 3 CAN Canada 5 JPN Japan 8	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Women's Round Robin Session 4 JPN Japan 8 DEN Denmark 7	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Women's Round Robin Session 5 ROC ROC 5 JPN Japan 10	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Round Robin Session 7 CHN People's Republic of China 2 JPN Japan 10	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Women's Round Robin Session 8 JPN Japan 5 KOR Republic of Korea 10	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet D	Women's Round Robin Session 9 GBR Great Britain 10 JPN Japan 4	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Round Robin Session 11 JPN Japan 10 USA United States of America 7	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet A	Women's Round Robin Session 12 JPN Japan 4 SUI Switzerland 8	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet C	Women's Semi-final JPN Japan 8 SUI Switzerland 6	Finished
National Aquatics Centre - Sheet B	Women's Gold Medal Game JPN Japan 3 GBR Great Britain 10	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Year	Location
3	2018	PyeongChang, KOR
5	2014	Sochi, RUS
5	1998	Nagano, JPN
7	2006	Torino, ITA
8	2010	Vancouver, CAN
8	2002	Salt Lake City, USA
8	1992	Albertville, FRA

World Championships
Rank	Year	Location
2	2016	Swift Current, SK, CAN
4	2019	Silkeborg, DEN
4	2008	Vernon, BC, CAN
4	1997	Bern, SUI
6	2015	Sapporo, JPN
6	1996	Hamilton, ON, CAN
7	2013	Riga, LAT
7	2004	Gavle, SWE
7	2001	Lausanne, SUI
7	1993	Geneva, SUI
8	2007	Aomori, JPN
8	1998	Kamloops, BC, CAN
9	2005	Paisley, SCO
9	2000	Glasgow, SCO
9	1999	Saint John, NB, CAN
9	1995	Brandon, MB, CAN
9	1992	Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GER
10	2018	North Bay, ON, CAN
10	2003	Winnipeg, MB, CAN
10	1994	Oberstdorf, GER
10	1990	Vasteras, SWE
11	2021	Calgary, AB, CAN
11	2010	Swift Current, SK, CAN
11	2006	Grande Prairie, AB, CAN

Pacific-Asia Championships
Rank	Year	Location
1	2021	Almaty, KAZ
1	2015	Almaty, KAZ
2	2019	Shenzhen, CHN
2	2018	Gangneung, KOR
2	2017	Erina, NSW, AUS
2	2012	Naseby, NZL
3	2016	Uiseong, KOR
3	2014	Karuizawa, JPN
3	2013	Shanghai, CHN
4	2011	Nanjing, CHN

Pacific Championships
Rank	Year	Location
1	2005	Taipei, TPE
1	2004	Chuncheon, KOR
1	2003	Aomori, JPN
1	2002	Queenstown, NZL
1	2000	Esquimalt, BC, CAN
1	1999	Tokoro, JPN
1	1998	Qualicum Beach, BC, CAN
1	1997	Karuizawa, JPN
1	1996	Sydney, NSW, AUS
1	1995	Tokoro, JPN
1	1994	Christchurch, NZL
1	1993	Adelaide, SA, AUS
1	1991	Sagamihara, JPN
2	2009	Karuizawa, JPN
2	2007	Beijing, CHN
2	2001	Jeonju, KOR
3	2010	Uiseong, KOR
3	2008	Naseby, NZL
3	2006	Tokyo, JPN

Olympic Qualification Event
Rank	Year	Location
2	2021	Leeuwarden, NED

World Junior Championships
Rank	Year	Location
2	1999	Oestersund, SWE
2	1998	Thunder Bay, ON, CAN
3	2013	Sochi, RUS
4	2020	Krasnoyarsk, RUS
4	2001	Ogden, UT, USA
5	2012	Oestersund, SWE
5	2003	Flims, SUI
5	2000	Geising, GER
5	1997	Karuizawa, JPN
5	1996	Red Deer, AB, CAN
7	2008	Oestersund, SWE
7	1995	Perth, SCO
8	2017	Gangneung, KOR
8	2011	Perth, SCO
8	2004	Trois Rivieres, QC, CAN
9	2019	Liverpool, NS, CAN
9	1994	Sofia, BUL
10	2016	Copenhagen, DEN
10	2009	Vancouver, BC, CAN
10	2002	Kelowna, BC, CAN
10	1993	Grindelwald, SUI
10	1992	Oberstdorf, GER

Nickname:

Team Fujisawa

General Interest

When Great Britain’s Eve Muirhead missed a tricky shot for bronze in PyeongChang, Japan’s love affair with their national women’s team – already popular since 2006 – shot to new levels. The country’s first Olympic curling medal stands far above two previous fifth-place finishes (1998, 2014), seventh (2006) and eighth (2010).

At World Championships, Japan has struggled with one podium finish – a silver – in 2016. Satsuki Fujisawa, the 2018 Olympic bronze medallist, lost that final to Switzerland and hasn’t made it back to the World Championships since.

A surprisingly strong World Curling Tour team in recent years, Team Fujisawa is a solid 28-12 this season, scoring an average 8.18 points per game versus an average of 5.91 points against. They came from behind to capture the Japanese Olympic Trials, finished first and second at two tour events in Canada, and claimed their berth in Beijing by winning the second of three spots at the Olympic Qualification Event in Leeuwarden.

In head-to-head matchups against the Beijing field, Team Fujisawa are a career 41-61, but improve to 23-26 over the past four seasons. In the current Olympic cycle they are 5-4 against Canada, 3-1 versus the USA, 3-0 against Korea, and 6-4 versus Great Britain. On the downside, they’ve lost their last eight matches to Sweden and are 1-5 against ROC.

World Ranking: 7th (47.099 pts)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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