Tori Koana

Tori Koana (小穴 桃里, Koana Tōri) is a Japanese curler. She is the skip of Team Fujikyu.[2]

Tori Koana
Curler
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Born (1995-05-25) May 25, 1995
Kōfu, Yamanashi[1]
Team
Curling clubTeam Fujikyu, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi
SkipTori Koana
ThirdYuna Kotani
SecondMao Ishigaki
LeadArisa Kotani
Career
World Championship
appearances		1 (2018)
Medal record
Japanese Women's Curling Championship
2018 Hokkaido
2016 Aomori
2015 Karuizawa
2017 Karuizawa

Career

In 2017–2018 season, Koana played as skip, she would win a gold medal at the 2018 Japan Women's Curling Championships,[3]. Koana skipped the Japanese team at the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship[1] finishing in 10th. She represented Japan at the third leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup, finishing with a 2-4 record.

To begin the 2019-20 curling season, Koana won the Morioka City Women's Memorial Cup and finished runner-up at the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker.[4][5]

Personal life

Koana works as an amusement park employee for Fujikyu Highland Co., Ltd.[1]

Teams
SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
2013–14Junko Nishimuro (Fourth)Tori Koana (Skip)Misato YanagisawaRiko Toyoda
2014–15Junko Nishimuro (Fourth)Misato YanagisawaTori Koana (Skip)Riko ToyodaYuna Kotani
2015–16Junko Nishimuro (Fourth)Misato YanagisawaTori Koana (Skip)Yuna KotaniRiko Toyoda
2016–17Junko Nishimuro (Fourth)Tori Koana (Skip)Yuna KotaniMao IshigakiKyoka Kuramitsu
2017–18Tori KoanaYuna KotaniMao IshigakiArisa KotaniJunko Nishimuro / Kaho OnoderaWWCC 2018 (10th)
2018–19Tori KoanaJunko NishimuroMao IshigakiArisa KotaniYuna KotaniCWC (6th)
2019–20Tori KoanaYuna KotaniMao IshigakiArisa Kotani[6]

References
  1. "Media Guide – 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship" (PDF). Curling Canada. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  2. https://twitter.com/tori_koana?lang=en
  3. "35th Japan Curling Championships". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  4. "2019 Morioka City Women's Memorial Cup". Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  5. "2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker". World Curling Tour. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  6. Morioka City Womens Memorial Cup
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