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Argo Graphics Cup
The Argo Graphics Cup, stylized as the ARGO GRAPHICS Cup is an annual curling tournament on the Hokkaido Curling Tour, and is a World Curling team ranking event. It is held annually in late August or early September at the Kitami Curling Hall in Kitami, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea .... The event began in 2022, and has alternated between men's and women's events. The purse for the event is ¥ 1,700,000. Men's champions Women's champions References {{Reflist Kitami Curling competitions in Japan Sports competitions in Hokkaido ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitami
is a city in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the most populous city and the commercial center in the subprefecture, although the subprefecture capital is Abashiri. Kitami is physically in the middle of Okhotsk Subprefecture. The Kitami Mountains are nearby and are the main reason behind the city's name. The city is the result of the merger of Kitami, Tanno, Tokoro and Rubeshibe towns in 2006 administrative reform. Kitami developed mainly in commerce and industry/service industries, Tanno in agriculture, Tokoro in fishery and agriculture, and Rubeshibe in forestry and tourism on hot springs. Due to the characteristics of the region, Kitami has the highest onion and white flower bean production in Japan. Scallop fishing also flourishes, which makes it the "birthplace of scallop farming" in the country. In addition, the region is home to historical and tourist places like the Pearson Museum, Wakka Wild Flower Garden, and Tokoro Ruins, which are listed as " H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miyu Ueno
is a Japanese curler. She is a former World Junior champion. Career Junior Ueno first represented Japan at the 2016 World Junior B Curling Championships, where she played second for the team, which was skipped by Ayano Tsuchiya. There the team finished in second place, qualifying Japan for the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships. Ueno did not play for the team there, as she had high school entrance exams. Ueno was the alternate on the Japanese team (skipped by Sae Yamamoto) for the 2019–20 season. That season, the team won the World Junior-B Curling Championships and represented Japan at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. There, the finished in fourth place. Ueno did not play in any games in either event. Ueno threw last rocks on the Japanese team (skipped by Yamamoto, who threw lead rocks) at the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships. There, the team finished the round robin with a 6–3 record. In the playoffs, the team won both of their games, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yurika Yoshida
is a Japanese curler. She currently plays lead for Team Loco Solare, which is skipped by Satsuki Fujisawa. The team won the bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Yoshida was a member of a team, "Tokoro Junior High school Robins", with Chinami Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, and Kaho Onodera. They were the Hokkaido representative at the Japan Curling Championships, where they ranked third in both 2006 and 2007. Yoshida and teammates Mari Motohashi and Yumi Suzuki added former skip Chinami Yoshida to their team at third for the 2014–15 season. With the team, she won her first World Curling Tour title at the 2014 Avonair Cash Spiel. Later that season, at the national championships, they lost the final against the Ogasawara rink to miss a berth to the world championships. In May 2015, the Motohashi rink added Satsuki Fujisawa, a four-time Japanese champion skip. Motohashi moved from skip to alternate because of her pregnanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumi Suzuki
is a Japanese curler. She currently plays second for Team Loco Solare, which is skipped by Satsuki Fujisawa. The team won the bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Suzuki was a member of a team, "Tokoro Junior High school Robins", with Chinami Yoshida, Yurika Yoshida, and Kaho Onodera. They were the Hokkaido representative at the Japan Curling Championships, where they ranked third in both 2006 and 2007. Suzuki and teammates Mari Motohashi and Yurika Yoshida added former skip Chinami Yoshida to their team at third for the 2014–15 season. With the team, she won her first World Curling Tour title at the 2014 Avonair Cash Spiel. Later that season, at the national championships, they lost the final against the Ogasawara rink to miss a berth to the world championships. In May 2015, the Motohashi rink added Satsuki Fujisawa, a four-time Japanese champion skip. Motohashi moved from skip to alternate because of her pregna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinami Yoshida
is a Japanese curler. She currently plays third for Team Loco Solare, which is skipped by Satsuki Fujisawa. The team won the bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the silver medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Career Yoshida began curling at age seven at the Tokoro Curling Club in Kitami. During her junior days, she skipped a Kitami-based junior rink of Kaho Onodera, Yumi Suzuki, and her sister Yurika Yoshida. They became a sensation by winning two straight bronze medals at the Japan Curling Championships when they were only in their early teens. However, on the national junior scene, the Yoshida rink was usually lagging behind other Japanese junior rinks, such as Satsuki Fujisawa and Sayaka Yoshimura, and therefore never earned the right to represent Japan at the Pacific Junior Curling Championships or the World Junior Curling Championships. After her junior career, Yoshida joined Ayumi Ogasawara's Sapporo-based rink in late 2010, for which she mainly played l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satsuki Fujisawa
is a Japanese curler from Kitami, Hokkaido. As a skip, she has won the Japanese national championship six times. Fujisawa skipped the bronze medal-winning Japanese team at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and the silver medal-winning team at the 2022 Winter Olympics. She is currently the skip of the Loco Solare curling team. Career Fujisawa's junior career began with a championship at the 2008 Pacific Junior Curling Championships over China's Sun Yue. This qualified her and her Japanese team for the 2008 World Junior Curling Championships, where they finished seventh with a 3–6 record. Fujisawa defended her Pacific Junior title by winning the 2009 Pacific Junior Curling Championships defeating China's Liu Jinli in the final. At the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships, she skipped Japan to a last-place (10th) finish and a 2–7 record. In 2011, Fujisawa played in her first non-junior international event, skipping for Japan at the 2011 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikoto Nakajima
is a unisex Japanese given name. It may refer to: People Women *, Japanese women's professional shogi player Men *Mikoto Usui, Japanese-born American development economist and scholar. Fictional Characters *Female: **Yamato Mikoto, a character in ''Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?'' **Mikoto Minagi, a character in the anime ''My-HiME'' **Mikoto Misaka, a character in the anime ''Toaru Majutsu no Index'' ** Mikoto Uchiha, mother to Sasuke Uchiha and Itachi Uchiha, a character in the popular manga/anime series ''Naruto'' **Mikoto Urabe, a character in the anime "Nazo no Kanojo X" **Mikoto Suo, a character in the manga and anime ''School Rumble'' ** Mikoto, the Genome pseudo-sister to Zidane Tribal in ''Final Fantasy IX''. **Mikoto, the Queen of Hoshido, a character in ''Fire Emblem Fates'' ** Mikoto, a villain in the anime/manga ''Flame of Recca'' **Mikoto, a character in the video game " Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny" ** Mikoto, a character in the game ''Samur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momoha Tabata
is a Japanese curler. She currently throws fourth stones on the Hokkaido Bank curling team. At the international level, Tabata medaled silver at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics as the third on the Japanese mixed team. Early life and education Tabata was born in Ebetsu, Hokkaido. She attended . In sixth grade, she applied for and was accepted to the Hokkaido Talent Athlete Discovery and Development Project at the recommendation of her parents. Alongside curling, Tabata did track and field during middle and high school. Career In the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, Tabata medaled silver as the third on the Japanese team in the Curling at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team, mixed team event. She was also the captain of the Japanese national team. Tabata also skipped for the Sapporo Association team at the where she medaled gold. In April 2021, Tabata joined the Hokkaido Bank Fortius team, led by Sayaka Yoshimura, as an alternate. Tabata participated in the opening cerem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mina Kobayashi
is a Japanese curler from Sapporo, Hokkaido. She is the alternate on the FORTIUS curling team, which is skipped by Sayaka Yoshimura. At the international level, she represented Japan at the 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship and the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, winning silver in the mixed team competition. Career Kobayashi competed in her first Japan Curling Championships during the 2017–18 season as third for the Sapporo CA team. Her team, with skip Momoka Iwase, second Midori Sugasawa, lead Mao Hino and alternate Suzune Yasui finished seventh with a 2–6 record, only defeating Nayoro Association and Team Hiroshima. Kobayashi and her teammates were unable to return to the national championship the following year. In 2019, Kobayashi was selected to play lead on the Japanese team for the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics. The team also included skip Takumi Maeda, third Momoha Tabata and second Asei Nakahara. In preparation for the event, the team represented Japan at the 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Ohmiya
is a Japanese curler from Sapporo, Hokkaido. She is the lead on the FORTIUS curling team, which won the Japan Curling Championships in 2015, 2021 and 2025. She also won the national championship in 2008, 2009 and 2010 as a member of Team Aomori. She competed for Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, placing eighth. At the international level, she has represented Japan at five World Women's Curling Championship (, , , , ) and six Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in , , , , and , winning the gold medal in 2021. Career Ohmiya made her international debut for Japan at the 2007 Pacific Junior Curling Championships, skipping her own team of Chiaki Matui, Megumi Tabusa, Akane Eda and Kiiko Kawaguchi. There, the team finished in last place with a 1–5 record. For the 2007–08 season, Ohmiya joined the reigning Japanese champions Team Aomori as their alternate. The team, skipped by Moe Meguro, competed in the 2007 Pacific Curling Championships where they ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaho Onodera
is a Japanese curler from Sapporo, Hokkaido. She is the third on the FORTIUS curling team, which won the Japan Curling Championships in 2015, 2021 and 2025. At the international level, she has represented Japan at four World Women's Curling Championship (, , , ) and three Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in , and , winning the gold medal in 2021. Career While attending Tokoro Junior High School, Onodera competed on the girls team that consisted of Chinami Yoshida, Yurika Yoshida and Yumi Suzuki. The team won back to back bronze medals at the Japan Curling Championships in 2006 and 2007. In 2009, she joined the Tokoro High School team, skipped by Sayaka Yoshimura as alternate. The team competed in the qualification round for the 2010 Winter Olympics, but lost in the first round to Team Nagano. Onodera joined the Hokkaido Bank Fortius curling team consisting of skip Ayumi Ogasawara, Yumie Funayama at third, Michiko Tomabechi at lead and Chinami Yoshida as alternate in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sayaka Yoshimura
is a Japanese curler from Sapporo, Hokkaido. She is the skip of the FORTIUS curling team, which won the Japan Curling Championships in 2015, 2021 and 2025. At the international level, she has represented Japan three times at the World Women's Curling Championship (, , ) and two Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in and , winning the gold medal in 2021. Career Yoshimura made her international debut for Japan at the 2006 Pacific Junior Curling Championships, playing lead for Team Japan, skipped by Megumi Kobayashi. They would win a silver medal after losing in the final to China's Wang Bingyu. In 2009, her junior team competed in the qualification round for the 2010 Winter Olympics, but lost in the first round to Team Nagano. Yoshimura did not return to the Pacific Juniors until 2011, when she skipped Japan to a gold medal at the 2011 Pacific Junior Curling Championships, qualifying her nation for the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships. There, she led Japan to a 3–6 reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
