Sayaka Yoshimura

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Sayaka Yoshimura
Curler
Born (1992-01-30) January 30, 1992 (age 30)
Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
Team
Curling club, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
SkipSayaka Yoshimura
ThirdKaho Onodera
SecondAnna Ohmiya
LeadYumie Funayama
AlternateMomoha Tabata
Career
Member Association Japan
World Championship
appearances		2 (2015, 2021)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		2 (2014, 2021)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Sochi
Pacific-Asia Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Almaty
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kariuzawa
Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tokoro
Gold medal – first place 2012 Jeonju City
Gold medal – first place
Silver medal – second place

Sayaka Yoshimura (born January 30, 1992) is a Japanese curler from Sapporo. She is currently the skip of the Hokkaido Bank FORTIUS curling team on the World Curling Tour.

Career[]

Yoshimura made her international debut for Japan at the , playing lead for Team Japan, skipped by . They would win a silver medal. Yoshimura did not return to the Pacific Juniors until 2011, when she skipped Japan to a gold medal at the , qualifying her nation for the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships. There, she led Japan to a 3–6 record, finishing in eighth place. Also that season, she skipped Japan at the 2011 Winter Universiade, finishing in fourth.

Yoshimura would once again lead Japan to a gold medal at the Pacific Juniors in 2012. She would then lead the team to a fifth place (6–4) finish at the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships. She won another gold medal for Japan at the 2013 Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships. She would finally make the podium at the World Juniors, leading Japan to bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships. After the round robin, her team of Rina Ida, and Mao Ishigaki were in second place with a 6–3 record. However, they lost both of their playoff games before beating the Czech Republic in the bronze medal game.

One year out of juniors, her team stuck together and played at the 2013 Winter Universiade, finishing in a disappointing seventh place. After the season, Yoshimura joined the Ayumi Ogasawara rink. On the World Curling Tour, they would win two events, the Prestige Hotels & Resorts Curling Classic and the Hub International Crown of Curling. At the 2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships, they would pick up a bronze medal. This would ordinarily not be enough to qualify Japan for the World Championships, but because Japan was hosting the event, the team represented their country at the 2015 World Women's Curling Championship, Yoshimura's first Worlds. There, they placed sixth. In 2015, the team won another tour event, the Karuizawa International Curling Championship. The team played in the 2016 Continental Cup of Curling where they were part of the losing Team World squad. They also played in the 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup, the team's first Grand Slam event. They would finish the round robin as the number one seed with a 4–0 record before losing in the quarterfinal.

In 2018, Ogasawara left the team, leaving Yoshimura to take over as skip. The team would have immediate success on the tour, winning the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic.[1][2] The team played in two Slams over the course of the 2018–19 curling season, playing in the 2018 National and 2019 Players' Championship, failing to qualify for the playoffs in either event. They also had two runner-up finishes at the Colonial Square Ladies Classic and the Karuizawa International. They would finish third at the 2019 Japanese Curling Championship.

Team Yoshimura had a slow start to the 2019–20 season, only qualifying for the playoffs in three of their first eight events. They reached the semifinals of the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker and the quarterfinals of both the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic and the 2019 KW Fall Classic. They would find success at the first Grand Slam event of the season however, reaching the playoffs of the 2019 Masters. They would then upset higher ranked teams Jennifer Jones and Silvana Tirinzoni before losing to Tracy Fleury in the final.[3] It marked the first time an Asian team has made it to a grand slam final, excluding defunct events.[4] The team would not qualify in any of the other slams during the season. They once again finished third at the 2020 Japan Curling Championships. The Japanese championship would be their last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were also cancelled due to the pandemic.[5]

In the abbreviated 2020–21 curling season, Yoshimura won the Japanese women's championship, and represented Japan at the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship. There, she led Japan to a 5–8 record in 11th place.

Personal life[]

Yoshimura attended Sapporo International University.[6] She is married and is employed as an officer worker.[7]

Grand Slam record[]

Yoshimura set a record at the 2019 Masters, being the first women's team from Asia to make a Grand Slam final, excluding inactive events.

Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP F N/A Q
Tour Challenge N/A DNP DNP DNP T2 Q N/A N/A
The National N/A DNP DNP DNP Q Q N/A DNP
Canadian Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Q N/A
Players' DNP DNP DNP DNP Q N/A DNP
Champions Cup N/A QF DNP DNP DNP N/A DNP

Former events[]

Event 2014–15
Autumn Gold Q

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
2005–06 Rina Ida Sayaka Yoshimura 2006 PJCC[8]
2010–11 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Mao Ishigaki / 2011 WUG,[9] ,[10] WJCC[11]
2011–12 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki 2012 PJCC,[12] WJCC[13]
2012–13 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki Natsuko Ishiyama 2013 PJCC,[14] WJCC[15]
2013–14 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki Natsuko Ishiyama 2013 WUG[6]
2014–15 Ayumi Ogasawara Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Yumie Funayama / Anna Ohmiya Anna Ohmiya / Rina Ida 2014 PACC,[16] 2015 WWCC[17]
2015–16[18] Ayumi Ogasawara Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya
2016–17[19] Ayumi Ogasawara Yumie Funayama Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya
2017–18[20] Ayumi Ogasawara Kaho Onodera Yumie Funayama Anna Ohmiya Sayaka Yoshimura
2018–19[21] Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Yumie Funayama
2019–20 Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Yumie Funayama
2020–21 Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Yumie Funayama 2021 WWCC
2021–22 Sayaka Yoshimura Kaho Onodera Anna Ohmiya Yumie Funayama

References[]

  1. ^ "Sayaka Yoshimura wins Oakville Fall Classic". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "WCT Recap: Japanese rinks dominate Oakville Fall Classic". TSN. September 3, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  3. ^ "Video (full game): 2019 Masters - Final - Sayaka Yoshimura vs Tracy Fleury". CBC Sports. October 27, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  4. ^ Jonathan Brazeau (October 27, 2019). "Fleury fearless in securing 1st Grand Slam title at Masters". Grand Slam of Curling. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  5. ^ "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Info System: Athletes / YOSHIMURA Sayaka". 2013 Winter Universiade. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  7. ^ "2021 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2021.
  8. ^ "Pacific Junior Curling Championships 2006". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  9. ^ "ENTRY LIST" (PDF). FISU. 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  10. ^ "Pacific Junior Curling Championships 2011". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  11. ^ "World Junior Curling Championships 2011". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  12. ^ "Pacific Junior Curling Championships 2012". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  13. ^ "World Junior Curling Championships 2012". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  14. ^ "Pacific Junior Curling Championships 2013". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  15. ^ "World Junior Curling Championships 2013". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  16. ^ "Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2014". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  17. ^ "Zen-Noh World Women's Curling Championship 2015". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  18. ^ "Karuizawa International -- Team Ogasawara - Sapporo, JPN". CurlingZone. 2015. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  19. ^ "Japan Curling Championships -- Team Ogasawara - Sapporo, JPN". CurlingZone. 2017. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  20. ^ "35th Japan Curling Championships". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  21. ^ "2018 Tour Challenge Tier 2: Women's Teams". Grand Slam of Curling. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-11-30.

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