Tori Koana
Tori Koana (小穴 桃里, Koana Tōri) is a Japanese curler. She is the skip of Team Fujikyu.[2]
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| Born | May 25, 1995 | ||||||||||||||||
| Team | |||||||||||||||||
| Curling club | Team Fujikyu, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi | ||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Tori Koana | ||||||||||||||||
| Third | Yuna Kotani | ||||||||||||||||
| Second | Mao Ishigaki | ||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Arisa Kotani | ||||||||||||||||
| Career | |||||||||||||||||
| Member Association |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (2018) | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013–14 | Junko Nishimuro (Fourth) | Tori Koana (Skip) | Misato Yanagisawa | Riko Toyoda | ||
| 2014–15 | Junko Nishimuro (Fourth) | Misato Yanagisawa | Tori Koana (Skip) | Riko Toyoda | Yuna Kotani | |
| 2015–16 | Junko Nishimuro (Fourth) | Misato Yanagisawa | Tori Koana (Skip) | Yuna Kotani | Riko Toyoda | |
| 2016–17 | Junko Nishimuro (Fourth) | Tori Koana (Skip) | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Kyoka Kuramitsu | |
| 2017–18 | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | Junko Nishimuro / Kaho Onodera | WWCC 2018 (10th) |
| 2018–19 | Tori Koana | Junko Nishimuro | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | Yuna Kotani | CWC (6th) |
| 2019–20[6] | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | ||
| 2020–21 | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | ||
| 2021–22 | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani |
Grand Slam record
| 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 | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Masters | Q |
References
- "Media Guide – 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship" (PDF). Curling Canada. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- https://twitter.com/tori_koana?lang=en
- "35th Japan Curling Championships". Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-12-04.
- "2019 Morioka City Women's Memorial Cup". Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- "2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
- Morioka City Womens Memorial Cup
External links
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