Mizuki Kitaguchi (born April 17, 1994) is a Japanese curler. She currently skips a team on the World Curling Tour.

Career

Youth

Kitaguchi represented Japan at the

2012 Winter Youth Olympics The 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2012), officially known as the I Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG), were an international multi-sport event for youths that took place in Innsbruck, Austria, on 13–22 J ...

, playing third on the team. The team would finish 7th at the event, with a 4–4 record. Kitaguchi also played in the mixed doubles event with partner Thomas Muirhead of Great Britain. The pair would finish 17th. Kitaguchi represented Japan again, at the 2014 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships. She played third on the team, which was skipped by Mayu Minami. The team would win a bronze medal at the event, finishing behind South Korea and China respectively. Kitaguchi played for the Japan team at the

2015 Winter Universiade The 2015 Winter Universiade, the XXVII Winter Universiade, was a multi sport winter event held in Granada, Spain and Štrbské Pleso, Slovakia. On 14 March 2009, FISU announced that the host would be Granada because they were the only bid. On 25 J ...

, representing

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. Once again, she was third on the team, and it was skipped by Minama. The team finished in 9th place with a 1–8 record.

Women's

From 2013 to 2015, Kitaghuchi played third for Minami on the World Curling Tour as well. They did not win any events together. They played in one Grand Slam event, the

2014 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic The 2014 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held from October 10 to 13 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. The event was the first women's Grand Slam of the 2014–15 World Curling Tour. The event was a triple knockout f ...

, where they were eliminated after losing their first three games. In 2015, Kitaguchi and Minami switched positions on the team, with Kitaguchi skipping the rink. They would find immediate success with their new lineup, winning their first WCT event, the inaugural Morioka Ice Rink Memorial Cup.

External links

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2015 Winter Universiade Profile
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