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2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic
The 2022 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic was held from August 4 to 7 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first tour event of the 2022–23 curling season and the first event of the Hokkaido Curling Tour. The total purse for the event is ¥ 1,700,000 on both the men's and women's sides. In the men's final, the 2022 Korean champions Team Jeong Byeong-jin defeated the Yusuke Morozumi rink 7–2 to win the title. Team Jeong, also consisting of Lee Jeong-jae, Kim Min-woo and Kim Tae-hwan went a perfect 5–0 to win the event, finishing first in their pool with a 3–0 record. They then beat the other Korean team skipped by Jeong Yeong-seok in the semifinal to earn their spot in the final game. Team Morozumi suffered one loss to the Jeong rink in the round robin but were able to defeat Team Hayato Sato in the semifinal to also reach the final. In the third-place game, the Jeong Yeong-seok rink won 5–4 over Team Sato. The eight-team field was rounded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city in Japan. It is the capital city of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture. Sapporo lies in the southwest of Hokkaido, within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, which is a tributary stream of the Ishikari. It is considered the cultural, economic, and political center of Hokkaido. As with most of Hokkaido, the Sapporo area was settled by the indigenous Ainu people, beginning over 15,000 years ago. Starting in the late 19th century, Sapporo saw increasing settlement by Yamato migrants. Sapporo hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics, the first Winter Olympics ever held in Asia, and the second Olympic games held in Japan after the 1964 Summer Olympics. Sapporo is currently bidding for the 2030 Winter Olympics. The Sapporo Dome host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic
The 2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic was held from August 19 to 22 at the Hokkaido Bank Curling Stadium in Sapporo, Japan. It was one of the first events of the 2021–22 curling season. The total purse for the event is Japanese yen, ¥ 1,700,000 on both the men's and women's sides. In the men's final, the defending Japan Curling Championships, Japanese champions Team Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo, Consadole skipped by Yuta Matsumura (curler), Yuta Matsumura defeated the Yusuke Morozumi rink TM Karuizawa, Nagano, Karuizawa 7–2. Matsumura and Morozumi also met in the final of the 2020 Japan Curling Championships, with Matsumura winning 6–4 after nine ends. Team Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (curler), Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, also of Karuizawa and the junior team of Takumi Maeda also qualified for the playoffs, with Yamaguchi winning the third place game 7–4 in an extra end. On the women's side, the Tori Koana rink, representing Fuji-Q Highland, Fujikyu capped off a perfect 5–0 tournament by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sae Yamamoto (curler)
is a Japanese curler. She currently plays second The second (symbol: s) is the unit of time in the International System of Units (SI), historically defined as of a day – this factor derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds ... on the Hokkaido Bank curling team skipped by Momoha Tabata. In 2022, she medaled gold at the World Junior Curling Championships as the skip for the Japanese team. Early life and education Yamamoto was born in Saku, Nagano. She graduated from and , and currently attends Japan Women's University. She began curling in fourth grade through the SWAN Project, which was held in Nagano to train Winter Olympic medalists. Career In November 2015, Yamamoto was the runner up in the Japan Junior Curling Championship. At the Japan Curling Championships in February 2016, although she advanced to the playoffs in 3rd place, Yamamoto ultimately placed 4th. She competed in the World Junior ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momoha Tabata
is a Japanese curler. She is the skip on the Hokkaido Bank curling team. At the international level, Tabata medaled silver at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics as the third on the Japanese mixed team. Early life and education Tabata was born in Ebetsu, Hokkaido. She attended . In sixth grade, she applied for and was accepted to the Hokkaido Talent Athlete Discovery and Development Project at the recommendation of her parents. Alongside curling, Tabata did track and field during middle and high school. Career In the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Tabata medaled silver as the third on the Japanese team in the mixed team event. She was also the captain of the Japanese national team. Tabata also skipped for the Sapporo Association team at the where she medaled gold. In April 2021, Tabata joined the Hokkaido Bank Fortius team, led by Sayaka Yoshimura, as an alternate. Tabata participated in the opening ceremony for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo as one of the flagbearers of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ha Seung-youn
Ha Seung-youn (born May 19, 2000) is a South Korean curler from Uijeongbu. She is the skip of the Chuncheon City Hall curling team. While playing with Kim Min-ji, she won a silver medal at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. Career Ha joined Team Kim in 2019. The team lost the final of the 2019 Korean Curling Championships in July 2019 to the Gim Un-chi rink. The team won the Tour Challenge Tier 2 event Grand Slam of Curling event after a strong 9–2 win over Jestyn Murphy. This qualified them for the Canadian Open in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. There, they defeated higher ranked teams such as three time Scotties champion Rachel Homan, 2013 world champion Eve Muirhead and 2020 Scotties champion Kerri Einarson. They made it all the way to the final before losing to the Anna Hasselborg rink in an extra end. They also made it all the way to the final of the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships, where they lost to Canada's Mackenzie Zacharias. On the World Curling Tou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikue Kitazawa
is a Japanese curler from Saku, Nagano. She is the skip of the Chubu Electric Power curling team, which won the Japan Curling Championships in both 2017 and 2019. At the international level, she has represented Japan twice at the World Women's Curling Championship (, ) and the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, where she won a silver medal. Career Kitazawa and her team of Chiaki Matsumura, Emi Shimizu, Hasumi Ishigooka and Seina Nakajima broke onto the national stage during the 2016–17 season when the team won the 2017 Japan Curling Championships. After suffering defeats to the Satsuki Fujisawa rink in both the round robin and 1 vs. 2 page playoff games, the team, representing Chubu Electric Power, edged Fujisawa by a score of 7–5 in the final game. Although they won the national championship, the team did not compete in the 2017 World Women's Curling Championship as Team Fujisawa failed to finish in the top two at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. Also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships
The 2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships was held from November 7 to 13 at the Almaty Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The top men's team and the top two women's teams qualified for the 2022 World Men's Curling Championship and 2022 World Women's Curling Championship respectively. The next two placed teams of each gender qualified for the World Qualification Event, for a second chance to qualify for the World Curling Championships. Men Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round robin standings ''Final Round Robin Standings'' Round robin results All draw times are listed in Alma-Ata Time ( UTC+06:00). Draw 1 ''Sunday, November 7, 9:00'' Draw 2 ''Sunday, November 7, 14:00'' Draw 3 ''Sunday, November 7, 19:00'' Draw 4 ''Monday, November 8, 9:00'' Draw 6 ''Monday, November 8, 19:00'' Draw 8 ''Tuesday, November 9, 14:00'' Draw 10 ''Wednesday, November 10, 9:00'' Draw 12 ''Wednesday, November 10, 19:00'' Draw 14 ''Thursday, November 11, 14:00'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohsuke Hirata
Kohsuke Hirata ( ja, 平田 洸介, born May 1, 1992, in Tokoro, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese curler, a . He currently skips his own team out of Kitami. He participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ..., where the Japanese men's team finished in eighth place. Teams References External links * 2018 Winter Olympics profile (web archive)2015 Winter Universiade profile2017 Winter Universiade profile* Living people 1992 births Japanese male curlers Olympic curlers for Japan Curlers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Winter Universiade Pacific-Asian curling champions Asian Games medalists in curling Curlers at the 2017 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2017 As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinya Abe
is a Japanese curler and curling coach from Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous cit ..., Japan. Personal life Abe is employed as a curling team manager at Consadole Hokkaido Sports Club. He is married. Teams and events Men's Mixed doubles Record as a coach of national teams References External links * Team official website Shinya Abe profile -- Curling World Cup 1980 births Living people Japanese male curlers Pacific-Asian curling champions Japanese curling champions Japanese curling coaches People from Kitami, Hokkaido Sportspeople from Sapporo Curlers from Hokkaido 21st-century Japanese people {{Japan-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeong Yeong-seok
Jeong Yeong-seok (born April 14, 1995) is a South Korean curling, curler from Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi Province, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. He currently plays Third (curling), third on the Gangwon Provincial Office curling team skipped by Park Jong-duk. While playing for the Gyeonggi-do Curling Federation, he skipped his team to victory at the 2020 Korean Curling Championships and later represented South Korea at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship. Career Jeong represented South Korea at the 2014 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships with his team of Kim Seung-min (curler), Kim Seung-min, Oh Seung-hoon (curler), Oh Seung-hoon, Park Se-won and Noh Chang-hyun. After going 6–2 through the round robin, the team lost to China's Wang Jinbo in the final 8–6, missing out on qualifying for the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships. In 2020, Jeong skipped his team of Kim San (curler), Kim San, Park Se-won, Lee Jun-hyung and Kim Seung-min to victory at the 2020 Korean Curling Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Korean Curling Championships
The 2022 Korean Curling Championships (branded as the 2022 KB Financial Korean Curling Championships), Korea's national curling championships, were held from June 11 to 17 at the Jincheon National Training Centre in Jincheon, South Korea. The winning teams on both the men's and women's sides became the Korean National Teams for the 2022–23 curling season. They will represent Korea at the 2022 Pan-Continental Curling Championships and later the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship and 2023 World Men's Curling Championship if they reach qualification. Both the men's and women's events were played in a round robin format which qualified four teams for the playoffs. Heading into the event, the men's side was headed by the champions of the 2021 Korean Curling Championships, Gyeongbuk Sports Council, which is skipped by Kim Chang-min. During their reign as national champions, the team won gold at the 2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships and finished in eighth place at the 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar (US$) and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the euro. The New Currency Act of 1871 introduced Japan's modern currency system, with the yen defined as of gold, or of silver, and divided decimally into 100 ''sen'' or 1,000 ''rin''. The yen replaced the previous Tokugawa coinage as well as the various ''hansatsu'' paper currencies issued by feudal ''han'' (fiefs). The Bank of Japan was founded in 1882 and given a monopoly on controlling the money supply. Following World War II, the yen lost much of its prewar value. To stabilize the Japanese economy, the exchange rate of the yen was fixed at ¥360 per US$ as part of the Bretton Woods system. When that system was abandoned in 1971, the yen became undervalued and was allowed to float. The yen had appreciated to a peak of ¥271 per US$ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
