Sayaka Yoshimura

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

Sayaka Yoshimura
Curler
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Born (1992-01-30) January 30, 1992
Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
Team
Curling clubHokkaido Bank Fortius, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
SkipSayaka Yoshimura
ThirdKaho Onodera
SecondAnna Ohmiya
LeadYumie Funayama
Career
Member Association Japan
World Championship
appearances		1 (2015)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		1 (2014)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing  Japan
World Junior Championships
2013 Sochi
Pacific-Asia Championships
2014 Kariuzawa
Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships
2013 Tokoro
2012 Jeonju City
2011 Naseby
2006 Beijing

Career

Yoshimura made her international debut for Japan at the 2006 Pacific Junior Curling Championships, playing lead for Team Japan, skipped by Megumi Kobayashi. 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 2011 Pacific Junior Curling Championships, qualifying her nation for the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships. There, she led Japan to a 3-6 record in 8th place. Also that season, she skipped Japan at the 2011 Winter Universiade, finishing 4th place.

Yoshimura would once again lead Japan to a gold medal at the Pacific Juniors in 2012. She would then lead the team to a 5th 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, Risa Ujihara and Mao Ishigaki were in 2nd 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 7th place. After the season, Yoshimura joined the 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 played in the 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup, the team's first Grand Slam event, where they lost 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] The team played in two Slams over the course of the 2018-19 season, playing in the 2018 National and 2019 Players' Championship, failing to qualify for the playoffs in either event.

Personal life

Yoshimura attended Sapporo International University.[2]

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
Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP F
Tour Challenge N/A DNP DNP DNP T2 Q
The National N/A DNP DNP DNP Q Q
Canadian Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Q
Players' DNP DNP DNP DNP Q N/A
Champions Cup N/A QF DNP DNP DNP N/A

Former events
Event 2014–15
Autumn Gold Q

Teams
SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
2005–06Megumi KobayashiNatsuki YoshidaRina IdaSayaka YoshimuraPJCC[3]
2010–11Sayaka YoshimuraRina IdaRisa UjiharaMao IshigakiMidori Hachimaru
/ Nanami Ohmiya		WUG[4],
PJCC[5],
WJCC[6]
2011–12Sayaka YoshimuraRina Ida Risa UjiharaMao IshigakiNatsuko IshiyamaPJCC[7],
WJCC[8]
2012–13Sayaka YoshimuraRina Ida Risa UjiharaMao IshigakiNatsuko IshiyamaPJCC[9],
WJCC[10]
2013–14Sayaka YoshimuraRina Ida Risa UjiharaMao IshigakiNatsuko IshiyamaWUG[2]
2014–15Ayumi OgasawaraSayaka YoshimuraKaho OnoderaYumie Funayama
/ Anna Ohmiya		Anna Ohmiya
/ Rina Ida		PACC[11],
WCC[12]
2015–16Ayumi OgasawaraSayaka YoshimuraKaho OnoderaAnna Ohmiya[13]
2016–17Ayumi OgasawaraYumie FunayamaSayaka YoshimuraKaho OnoderaAnna Ohmiya[14]
2017–18Ayumi OgasawaraKaho OnoderaYumie FunayamaAnna OhmiyaSayaka Yoshimura[15]
2018–19Sayaka YoshimuraKaho OnoderaAnna OhmiyaYumie Funayama[16]
2019–20Sayaka YoshimuraKaho OnoderaAnna OhmiyaYumie Funayama

References
  1. "Sayaka Yoshimura wins Oakville Fall Classic". World Curling Tour. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  2. "Info System: Athletes / YOSHIMURA Sayaka". 2013 Winter Universiade. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  3. "Pacific Junior Curling Championships 2006". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  4. "ENTRY LIST" (PDF). FISU. 2011-01-26. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  5. "Pacific Junior Curling Championships 2011". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  6. "World Junior Curling Championships 2011". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  7. "Pacific Junior Curling Championships 2012". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  8. "World Junior Curling Championships 2012". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  9. "Pacific Junior Curling Championships 2013". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
  10. "World Junior Curling Championships 2013". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  11. "Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2014". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  12. "Zen-Noh World Women's Curling Championship 2015". World Curling Federation. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  13. "Karuizawa International -- Team Ogasawara - Sapporo, JPN". CurlingZone. 2015. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  14. "Japan Curling Championships -- Team Ogasawara - Sapporo, JPN". CurlingZone. 2017. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  15. "35th Japan Curling Championships". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  16. "2018 Tour Challenge Tier 2: Women's Teams". Grand Slam of Curling. 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
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