| 37th Japan | |
| Host City: | Karuizawa, Nagano |
| Dates: | February 8–16, 2020 |
| Attendance: | Men: 9 teams Women: 9 teams |
| Men's Winner: | Consadole |
| Skip: | Yuta Matsumura |
| Third: | Tetsuro Shimizu |
| Second: | Yasumasa Tanida |
| Lead: | Shinya Abe |
| Alternate: | Kosuke Aita |
| Finalist: | (Yusuke Morozumi) |
| Women's Winner: | Loco Solare |
| Skip2: | Satsuki Fujisawa |
| Third2: | Chinami Yoshida |
| Second2: | Yumi Suzuki |
| Lead2: | Yurika Yoshida |
| Coach2: | Ryoji Onodera |
| Finalist2: | Chubu Electric Power (Seina Nakajima) |
| Prev: | 2019 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The 2020 Japan Curling Championships (ja|2020年日本カーリング選手権大会), or the 37th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships (ja|第37回全農日本カーリング選手権大会), the Japanese national men's and women's curling championships, were held from February 8 to 16 in 2020 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Nagano.[1] [2] [3] These championships were organized by the Japan Curling Association, and sponsored primarily by Zen-Noh.[4] The women's winner was to represent Japan at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship,[5] but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
| Qualification | Team | Locale | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last winner | Consadole | Hokkaido | |
| Last runner-up | Team Tokyo | Tokyo | |
| WCT top ranking[6] | Nagano | ||
| Winner of Hokkaido regional championship[7] | City Office Nayoro | Hokkaido | |
| Winner of Tohoku regional championship[8] | Miyagi CA | Miyagi | |
| Winner of Kanto regional championship[9] | Team Tani | Tokyo | |
| Winner of Chubu regional championship | Nagano | ||
| Winner of regional championship | Okayama CA | Okayama | |
| Winner of wild-card competition[10] | Hokkaido University | Hokkaido |
The teams are listed as follows[13] [14]
| Team | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consadole | Yuta Matsumura | Tetsuro Shimizu | Yasumasa Tanida | Shinya Abe | Kosuke Aita | ||
| Team Tokyo | Jumpei Kanda | Hiromu Otani | Kizuki Ryokawa | Shotaro Hashimoto | Shinya Iwamoto | ||
| Yusuke Morozumi | Masaki Iwai | Ryotaro Shukuya | Kosuke Morozumi | ||||
| City Office Nayoro | Yuya Takigahira | Kazuki Yoshikawa | Tatsuya Ogawa | Tomoya Ogawa | Kanya Shimizuno | Kenji Ogawa | |
| Miyagi CA | Kotaro Noguchi | Yuto Kamada | Hiroshi Kato | Yuuki Yoshimura | Naoki Kon | Motoko Kitada | |
| Team Tani | Ryutaro Tani | Syunta Mizukami | Kohei Okamura | Daiki Yamazaki | Takuya Ishikawa | ||
| Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | Riku Yanagisawa | Satoshi Koizumi | Fukuhiro Ohno | Taisei Kanai | Yuji Nishimuro | ||
| Okayama CA | Hiroki Yoshioka | Hiromitsu Fujinaka | Hiroshi Fukui | Yusuke Nonomura | |||
| Hokkaido University | Kantaro Kawano | Kazuki Matsuoka | Hiroki Hasegawa | Yusuke Yamashita | Syun Takahashi | ||
Final round-robin standings[15]
| Team | Skip | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consadole | Yuta Matsumura | 8 | 0 | 27.24 | Q | 1 | ||
| Yusuke Morozumi | 7 | 1 | 31.74 | Q | 2 | |||
| Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | 6 | 2 | 21.30 | Q | 3 | |||
| City Office Nayoro | Yuya Takigahira | 4 | 4 | 65.04 | Q | 4 | ||
| Team Tani | Ryutaro Tani | 3 | 5 | 1–1 | 43.66 | 5 | ||
| Okayama CA | Hiroki Yoshioka | 3 | 5 | 1–1 | 75.21 | 6 | ||
| Team Tokyo | Jumpei Kanda | 3 | 5 | 1–1 | 83.11 | 7 | ||
| Miyagi CA | Kotaro Noguchi | 1 | 7 | 1–0 | 85.69 | 8 | ||
| Hokkaido University | Kantaro Kawano | 1 | 7 | 0–1 | 76.39 | 9 |
All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).
Sunday, February 9, 13:30
Monday, February 10, 9:00
Monday, February 10, 18:00
Tuesday, February 11, 13:30
Wednesday, February 12, 9:00
Wednesday, February 12, 18:00
Thursday, February 13, 13:30
Friday, February 14, 9:00
Friday, February 14, 18:00
Saturday, February 15, 10:00
Saturday, February 15, 15:00
Sunday, February 16, 10:00
| Rank | Team | Skip | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consadole | Yuta Matsumura | ||
| Yusuke Morozumi | |||
| Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | |||
| 4 | City Office Nayoro | Yuya Takigahira | |
| 5 | Team Tani | Ryutaro Tani | |
| 6 | Okayama CA | Hiroki Yoshioka | |
| 7 | Team Tokyo | Jumpei Kanda | |
| 8 | Miyagi CA | Kotaro Noguchi | |
| 9 | Hokkaido University | Kantaro Kawano |
| Qualification | Team | Locale | Skip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last winner | Chubu Electric Power | Nagano | Seina Nakajima | |
| Last runner-up | Loco Solare | Hokkaido | Satsuki Fujisawa | |
| WCT top ranking | Hokkaido Bank | Hokkaido | Sayaka Yoshimura | |
| Winner of Hokkaido regional championship | Sapporo Association | Hokkaido | Honoka Sasaki | |
| Winner of Tohoku regional championship | Aomori CA | Aomori | Juri Ojima | |
| Winner of Kanto regional championship | Fujikyu | Yamanashi | Tori Koana | |
| Winner of Chubu regional championship | Team Karuizawa | Nagano | Yumiko Kashiwagi | |
| Winner of regional championship | Team Hiroshima | Hiroshima | Yuki Nobutoh | |
| Winner of wild-card competition | Team Tokyo | Tokyo | Shiori Fujisawa |
The teams are listed as follows:
| Team | Fourth | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chubu Electric Power | Ikue Kitazawa | Chiaki Matsumura | Seina Nakajima (S) | Hasumi Ishigooka | Emi Shimizu | Yusuke Morozumi | |
| Loco Solare | Satsuki Fujisawa (S) | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Ryoji Onodera | ||
| Hokkaido Bank | Sayaka Yoshimura (S) | Kaho Onodera | Anna Ohmiya | Yumie Funayama | Connor Njegovan | ||
| Sapporo Association | Honoka Sasaki (S) | Mikoto Nakajima | Yui Ohzeki | Miku Nihira | Yuina Miura | Kumiko Shimamura | |
| Takayuki Doi | |||||||
| Aomori CA | Shinobu Aota | Juri Ojima (S) | Natsuki Saito | Kaoru Ito | Chieri Yamashita | ||
| Fujikyu | Tori Koana (S) | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | Haruka Hosoda | James Howard Cotter | |
| Team Karuizawa | Yumiko Kashiwagi (S) | Misako Den | Yuka Takimoto | Makiko Uehara | Yukie Katase | Hiroaki Kashiwagi | |
| Team Hiroshima | Yuki Nobutoh (S) | Riho Zaikan | Ikumi Masuki | Akari Iwatani | Miwako Tatsudan | ||
| Team Tokyo | Kai Tsuchiya | Shiori Fujisawa (S) | Marina Oiwa | Saki Sogawa | Noriko Ishimura | ||
Final round-robin standings
| Team | Skip | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chubu Electric Power | Seina Nakajima | 8 | 0 | 70.10 | Q | 1 | ||
| Loco Solare | Satsuki Fujisawa | 7 | 1 | 56.85 | Q | 2 | ||
| Hokkaido Bank | Sayaka Yoshimura | 6 | 2 | 52.31 | Q | 3 | ||
| Fujikyu | Tori Koana | 4 | 4 | 1–0 | 46.95 | Q | 4 | |
| Aomori CA | Juri Ojima | 4 | 4 | 0–1 | 90.24 | 5 | ||
| Team Karuizawa | Yumiko Kashiwagi | 3 | 5 | 44.49 | 6 | |||
| Sapporo Association | Honoka Sasaki | 2 | 6 | 1–0 | 77.35 | 7 | ||
| Team Tokyo | Shiori Fujisawa | 2 | 6 | 0–1 | 72.24 | 8 | ||
| Team Hiroshima | Yuki Nobutoh | 0 | 8 | 103.34 | 9 |
All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).
Sunday, February 9, 9:00
Sunday, February 9, 18:00
Monday, February 10, 13:30
Tuesday, February 11, 9:00
Tuesday, February 11, 18:00
Wednesday, February 12, 13:30
Thursday, February 13, 9:00
Thursday, February 13, 18:00
Friday, February 14, 13:30
Saturday, February 15, 10:00
Saturday, February 15, 15:00
Sunday, February 16, 15:30
| Rank | Team | Skip | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loco Solare | Satsuki Fujisawa | ||
| Chubu Electric Power | Seina Nakajima | ||
| Hokkaido Bank | Sayaka Yoshimura | ||
| 4 | Fujikyu | Tori Koana | |
| 5 | Aomori CA | Juri Ojima | |
| 6 | Team Karuizawa | Yumiko Kashiwagi | |
| 7 | Sapporo Association | Honoka Sasaki | |
| 8 | Team Tokyo | Shiori Fujisawa | |
| 9 | Team Hiroshima | Yuki Nobutoh |