The 2026 Japan Curling Championships (日本カーリング選手権大会 横浜2026, branded as the 43rd Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships) were held from June 7 to 14 at the Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Usually held in February, the event was moved to June due to the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Men
Qualification The following teams qualified to participate in the 2026 Japan Curling Championship:
Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s) 2025 Champion 1 SC Karuizawa Club 2025 Runner-Up 1 Loco Solare Committee Recommendation 3 Consadole KiT Curling Club Team Sato Hokkaido Region 1 Sapporo International University Tōhoku Region 1 Team Noguchi Kanto Region 1 Team Kyoto Chūbu Region 1 SC Karuizawa Club Jr. West Japan Region 1 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) Haruto Ouchi Hayato Sato Asei Nakahara Kitami KiT Curling Club Kohsuke Hirata Shingo Usui Takeshi Aoyanagi Ryota Meguro Hirofumi Kobayashi Kitami Kyoto CA Hiroki Yoshioka Ryo Wakabayashi Kosuke Yuuki Shinji Okamoto Yakumo Nakamura Kyoto Loco Solare Takumi Maeda Hiroki Maeda Uryu Kamikawa Gakuto Tokoro Ryotaro Shukuya Kitami Sapporo International University Shunta Kobayashi (Fourth) Kouki Ogiwara (Skip) Go Aoki Taiki Kudo Hinata Michitani Sapporo SC Karuizawa Club Riku Yanagisawa (Fourth) Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Skip) Takeru Yamamoto Satoshi Koizumi Yasumasa Tanida Karuizawa SC Karuizawa Club Jr. Kaito Fujii Miki Yamamoto Kounosuke Takahashi Shunsuke Kanagawa Ruki Yokoyama Karuizawa Team Kyoto Haruki Watanabe (Fourth) Osuke Miya Ayumu Henmi Rin Kyoto (Skip) Satoru Tsukamoto Tokyo Team Noguchi Kotaro Noguchi Minori Suzuki Yuto Kamada Hiroshi Kato Hiromasa Yonehara Miyagi Team Sato Chikara Segawa (Fourth) Kaishi Sato (Skip) Haruta Imamoto Kota Imamoto Koei Sato Aomori
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Championship Round Pool CTeamSkip 4 0 39 30 21 17 1 4 42.2 3 1 31 30 17 20 0 1 35.3 2 2 36 19 19 13 1 9 33.3 Team Sato 1 3 27 39 16 18 1 7 43.1 Kyoto CA 0 4 22 37 15 20 2 6 68.2Pool DTeamSkip Loco Solare 3 1 30 23 19 13 1 6 34.5 Consadole 3 1 28 17 17 14 4 5 48.0 3 1 32 21 18 16 1 4 50.4 1 3 25 32 17 19 2 3 45.6 Team Kyoto 0 4 17 39 10 19 2 1 60.6
Round robin results All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 2 Monday, June 8, 9:00
Draw 4 Monday, June 8, 18:00
Draw 6 Tuesday, June 9, 13:30
Draw 8 Wednesday, June 10, 9:00
Draw 10 Wednesday, June 10, 18:00
Championship round standings Final Championship Pool Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs TeamSkip SC Karuizawa Club Jr. Kaito Fujii 3 2 1–1 34 27 20 20 3 5 36.82 Loco Solare Takumi Maeda 3 2 1–1 38 41 23 23 3 6 38.53 Consadole Shinya Abe 3 2 1–1 37 28 23 18 4 6 41.26 SC Karuizawa Club Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 2 3 2–0 34 39 21 24 2 3 36.38 Sapporo International University Kouki Ogiwara 2 3 1–1 29 39 19 23 2 2 37.69 KiT Curling Club Kohsuke Hirata 2 3 0–2 38 36 23 21 2 7 31.15
Championship round results All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 12 Thursday, June 11, 13:30
Draw 14 Friday, June 12, 9:00
Draw 16 Friday, June 12, 18:00
Playoffs Source:
1 vs. 2 Saturday, June 13, 9:00
3 vs. 4 Saturday, June 13, 9:00
Semifinal Saturday, June 13, 14:00
Final Sunday, June 14, 9:30
Final standings PlaceTeamSkip SC Karuizawa Club Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Loco Solare Takumi Maeda SC Karuizawa Club Jr. Kaito Fujii4 Consadole Shinya Abe5 Sapporo International University Kouki Ogiwara6 KiT Curling Club Kohsuke Hirata7 Team Sato Kaishi Sato8 Team Noguchi Kotaro Noguchi9 Team Kyoto Rin Kyoto10 Kyoto CA Hiroki Yoshioka
Women
Qualification The following teams qualified to participate in the 2026 Japan Curling Championship:
Qualification method Berths Qualifying team(s) 2024 Champion 1 Fortius 2024 Runner-Up 1 Hokkaido Bank Committee Recommendation 3 Loco Solare Chubu Electric Power SC Karuizawa Club Hokkaido Region 1 Sapporo International University Tōhoku Region 1 Philoseek Aomori Kanto Region 1 Grandir Chūbu Region 1 Team Miyota West Japan Region 1 Kyoto University TOTAL 10
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Team Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa Seina Nakajima Minori Suzuki Hasumi Ishigooka Chiaki Matsumura Nagano Fortius Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Yuna Kotani Anna Ohmiya Mina Kobayashi Sapporo Grandir Mizuki Hara Aoi Watanabe Eri Ogihara Hinako Sonobe Mao Ishigaki Tokyo Hokkaido Bank Miku Nihira Momoha Tabata Sae Yamamoto Mikoto Nakajima Sapporo Kyoto University Ayaka Shinba Yuka Yao Minamikata Marin Yui Tamura Ayana Oikawa Kyoto Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa Tori Koana Yumi Suzuki Yurika Yoshida Yako Matsuzawa Kitami Philoseek Aomori Miori Nakamura Hiyori Ichinohe Misaki Tanaka Yuna Harada Junko Nishimuro Aomori Sapporo International University Kotoka Segawa Suzune Yasui Yuna Sakuma Aira Inada Yuina Miura Sapporo SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno Yui Ueno Asuka Kanai Ai Kawata Mayo Koyanagi Karuizawa Team Miyota Kai Tsuchiya Erika Ohtani Natsumi Urataki Yumiko Kashiwagi Anzai Manami Nagano
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Championship Round Pool ATeamSkip 4 0 37 12 20 8 3 11 41.5 3 1 30 21 16 14 3 2 34.6 Grandir 1 3 14 31 11 17 3 4 42.5 1 3 29 35 14 20 3 2 66.3 Loco Solare 1 3 18 29 12 14 1 5 73.0Pool BTeamSkip 4 0 43 16 22 11 0 11 80.1 Fortius 3 1 40 29 19 12 1 7 34.6 Kotoka Segawa 2 2 28 29 16 16 1 3 86.8 1 3 31 28 16 17 0 6 61.7 0 4 8 48 6 23 1 0 84.8
Round robin results All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Sunday, June 7, 17:00
Draw 3 Monday, June 8, 13:30
Draw 5 Tuesday, June 9, 9:00
Draw 7 Tuesday, June 9, 18:00
Draw 9 Wednesday, June 10, 13:30
Championship round standings Final Championship Pool Standings KeyTeams to Playoffs TeamSkip Hokkaido Bank Miku Nihira 5 0 – 45 27 23 20 0 6 50.5 SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno 4 1 – 37 22 26 16 3 13 38.9 Fortius Sayaka Yoshimura 2 3 1–1 35 40 18 22 3 5 30.2 Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa 2 3 1–1 28 29 20 20 3 5 41.0 Sapporo International University Kotoka Segawa 2 3 1–1 30 37 20 21 4 6 73.5 Grandir Mizuki Hara 0 5 – 23 43 16 24 3 3 37.7
Championship round results All draws are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 11 Thursday, June 11, 9:00
Draw 13 Thursday, June 11, 18:00
Draw 15 Friday, June 12, 13:30
Playoffs Source:
1 vs. 2 Saturday, June 13, 9:00
3 vs. 4 Saturday, June 13, 9:00
Semifinal Saturday, June 13, 14:00
Final Sunday, June 14, 14:00
Final standings PlaceTeamSkip SC Karuizawa Club Miyu Ueno Hokkaido Bank Miku Nihira Fortius Sayaka Yoshimura4 Chubu Electric Power Ikue Kitazawa5 Sapporo International University Kotoka Segawa6 Grandir Mizuki Hara7 Team Miyota Kai Tsuchiya8 Philoseek Aomori Miori Nakamura9 Loco Solare Satsuki Fujisawa10 Kyoto University Ayaka Shinba
References
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