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 Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. 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:
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: 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 KeyTeams to Championship Round (Top 3 of Each Pool) Pool CTeamSkip 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 49.6Pool DTeamSkip 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).
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 KeyTeams to Playoffs (Top 3) Championship RoundTeamSkip 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 TablePos. 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).
Draw 12 Thursday, February 6, 13:30
Draw 14 Friday, February 7, 9:00
Draw 16 Friday, February 7, 18:00
Playoffs Source:
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:
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: 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 KeyTeams to Championship Round (Top 3 of Each Pool) Pool ATeamSkip 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 – 71.9Pool BTeamSkip 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).
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 KeyTeams to Playoffs (Top 3) Championship TeamsTeamSkip 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).
Draw 11 Thursday, February 6, 9:00
Draw 13 Thursday, February 6, 18:00
Draw 15 Friday, February 7, 13:30
Playoffs Source:
Semifinal Saturday, February 8, 18:00
Final Sunday, February 9, 14:30
References
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