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Yusuke Morozumi
Birth Date:16 January 1985
Birth Place:Karuizawa, Nagano[1]
Curling Club:Karuizawa CC,
Karuizawa, JPN
Skip:Yusuke Morozumi
Third:Yuta Matsumura
Second:Ryotaro Shukuya
Lead:Masaki Iwai
Alternate:Kosuke Morozumi
World Championship Appearances:6
Pacific Championship Appearances:10
Olympic Appearances:1 (2018)

is a Japanese curler from Karuizawa. He skipped the Japanese men's team at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2] He currently coaches the Chubu Electric Power Curling Team.

Curling career

Yusuke Morozumi was the skip of the Japanese team at the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships,[3] placing 9th.

In 2008, by finishing 2nd at the Pacific Curling Championships he and his team qualified for the 2009 World Men's Curling Championships, finishing 10th overall. Since then, he has skipped Japan at the 2013 (11th place), 2014 (5th), 2015 (6th), 2016 (4th) and 2017 (7th) World Championships. In total, he has played in 9 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships (as of 2017), with his best finish coming at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships where he captured gold.

Morozumi skipped the Japanese team which also included Tetsuro Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kosuke Morozumi and Kohsuke Hirata at the 2018 Winter Olympics. There, he led his team to a 4–5 record, in 8th place overall.

Personal life

Morozumi is married and works as a sports instructor.[4] He is a graduate of Kanazawa University.[5] He has three children.[6]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternateEvents
2002–03 Yusuke Morozumi 2003 WJCC
2003–04 Yusuke Morozumi Yoichi Nakasato Keisaku Fujimaki Kazuya Kobayashi 2004 WJCC
2005–06 Yusuke Morozumi Masahori Satoh Yoichi Nakasato 2006 PJCC
2006–07 Yusuke Morozumi Masonori Satoh Yoichi Nakasato Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi
Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Masanori Satoh 2007 WUG[7]
2007–08Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu
2008–09Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi Keita Satoh 2008 PCC, 2009 WCC
2009–10Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi Hayato Sato 2009 PCC
2010–11Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi
2011–12Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi
2012–13Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi 2012 PCC, 2013 WCC
2013–14Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi 2013 PCC, OQE, 2014 WCC
2014–15Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi Yuta Matsumura 2014 PCC, 2015 WCC
2015–16Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi 2015 PCC, 2016 WCC
2016–17Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi Kohsuke Hirata 2016 PCC, 2017 AWG, WCC
2017–18Yusuke Morozumi Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Tetsuro Shimizu Kosuke Morozumi Kohsuke Hirata 2017 PCC, 2018 OG
2019–20[8] Yusuke Morozumi Kosuke Morozumi
2020–21Yusuke Morozumi Masaki Iwai Ryotaro Shukuya Kosuke Morozumi
2021–22Yusuke Morozumi Masaki Iwai Ryotaro Shukuya Kosuke Morozumi 2021 PCC
2022–23Yusuke Morozumi Ryotaro Shukuya Kosuke Morozumi Masaki Iwai
2023–24Yusuke Morozumi Yuta Matsumura Ryotaro Shukuya Masaki Iwai Kosuke Morozumi
2024–25Yusuke Morozumi Yuta Matsumura Ryotaro Shukuya Masaki Iwai Kosuke Morozumi

Grand Slam record

Event2013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–24
Tour ChallengeN/AN/ADNPDNPDNPDNPDNPN/AN/ADNPT2
The NationalQDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPN/ADNPDNPDNP
Champions CupN/AN/ADNPQDNPDNPN/ADNPDNPDNPN/A

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Karuizawa Town Guidebook 95th Anniversary Commemorative Edition . Karuizawa Town . 2018-08-09 . 2019-05-29 .
  2. Web site: PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games - Japan teams celebrating Olympic qualification after 20 years . 2017-10-10 . 2017-11-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171116053114/http://www.worldcurling.org/owg2018/team-japan-profile . dead .
  3. News: Sherrard shines at junior curling worlds. 2004-03-24. CBC Sports. 3 January 2010.
  4. Web site: Archived copy . 2015-04-02 . 2015-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403174209/http://cloudfront7.curling.ca/2015worldmen-en/files/2015/03/EYE-OPENER-SUN-ALL.pdf . dead .
  5. Web site: 両角 友佑 (カーリング) - 平昌オリンピック2018 . ja . Yusuke Morozumi (Curling) - Pyeongchang Olympic 2018 . Japanese Olympic Committee . 2018-02-09 . 2019-05-22.
  6. Web site: 2022 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide. Curling Canada. 16 March 2022.
  7. Web site: Torino Winter Universiade 2007. Result Book: Curling . FISU . 2007-01-18 . 2019-08-30 .
  8. Web site: カーリング男子「TM軽井沢」が発足 . ja . Men's Curling, "TM Karuizawa" is Launched . Kawuizawa web . Karuizawa Newspaper, Inc. . 2019-05-24 . 2019-05-29.

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