Mao Ishigaki Explained

Mao Ishigaki
Birth Name:石垣真央
Birth Date:26 November 1991
Birth Place:Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan[1]
Curling Club:GRANDIR, Tokyo, Japan
Skip:Yui Ozeki
Third:Mao Ishigaki
Second:Reika Tateda
Lead:Hinako Sonobe
World Championship Appearances:1

is a Japanese curler from Fujiyoshida.

Career

Juniors

Ishigaki played lead for the Japanese junior women's team (skipped by Sayaka Yoshimura) from 2011 to 2013 winning three straight Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships in the process. The team finished in 8th place at the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships, 5th place at the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships. The team also played in two Winter Universiades while Ishigaki was attending Sapporo International University.[2] The team places fourth in 2011 and 7th in 2013.

Women's

Ishigaki joined the Tori Koana rink in 2016, playing lead for the team. They would represent Japan at the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, with Ishigaki playing second on the team.

To begin the 2019-20 curling season, Ishigaki and her team won the Morioka City Women's Memorial Cup and finished runner-up at the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker.[3] [4]

2023, Ishigaki is a founding member of team GRANDIR in Tokyo.[5]

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
2010–11[6] Mao Ishigaki
2011–12 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki
2012–13 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki
2013–14 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki
2014–15 Mao Ishigaki
2015–16 Rina Ida Mao Ishigaki Natsuko Ishiyama
2016–17 Junko Nishimuro (fourth) Tori Koana (skip) Mao Ishigaki Kyoka Kuramitsu
2017–18 Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki (10th)
2018–19 Tori Koana Junko Nishimuro Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani Yuna Kotani CWC (6th)
2019–20 Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani
2020–21Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani
2021–22Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani
2023-24Yui OzekiMao IshigakiReika TatedaHinako SonobeHaruka Hosoda

Personal life

Ishigaki works as an amusement park employee for Fujikyu Highland Co. Ltd.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Media Guide – 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship . PDF . Curling Canada . 2018-03-14 . 2018-12-28 .
  2. Web site: Info System: Schedule .
  3. Web site: 2019 Morioka City Women's Memorial Cup. August 10, 2019. July 8, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190708145708/https://morioka-curling.com/2019/06/30/%e7%ac%ac5%e5%9b%9e%e7%9b%9b%e5%b2%a1%e5%b8%82%e3%82%a2%e3%82%a4%e3%82%b9%e3%83%aa%e3%83%b3%e3%82%af%e3%83%a1%e3%83%a2%e3%83%aa%e3%82%a2%e3%83%ab%e3%82%ab%e3%83%83%e3%83%97%e5%a5%b3%e5%ad%90-11/. dead.
  4. Web site: 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker. CurlingZone. August 25, 2019.
  5. Web site: 2023-06-15 . Instagram . 2024-02-06 . www.instagram.com . The Fujikyu curling club is closed, but I thought I couldn't proceed if I didn't work now, so I decided to play in a different team while working for Fujikyu.
    The team name is Grandir, which means growth in French..
  6. Web site: Mao Ishigaki past teams. Curling Zone. August 11, 2019.
  7. 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide

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