is a curler from Aomori, Japan. Mayo Yamaura made her debut at a major curling competition at the 2008 World Championships in

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, Canada. She threw second stones. Team Japan, along with Team China, made history by becoming the first teams from the Pacific region to advance to the Medal Rounds at a Curling World Championship. She played for

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at the

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, British Columbia, Canada. Yamaura served as the Alternate for the team.

Teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games *

Moe Meguro is a Japanese curler. She was born November 20, 1984, in Kushiro, Hokkaido, but grew up in Minamifurano, Hokkaido. Career Moe Meguro won her first medal at the international level at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships winning the gold m ...

, ''Skip'' *

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 Aomor ...

, ''Third'' *

Mari Motohashi is a Japanese curler. She currently plays third on Team Honoka Sasaki. Career Motohashi was a member of Team Aomori which represented Japan at two Winter Olympics (2006 and 2010). She threw second stones for Ayumi Onodera at the 2006 Winter O ...

, ''Second'' *

Kotomi Ishizaki is a Japanese curler from Sapporo. Career She made her World Championship debut at the 2003 Winnipeg World Championships playing lead for Shinobu Aota's team from Japan. She would return to the world championships in 2004 with the same team. ...

, ''Lead''

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* 1984 births Living people Japanese female curlers Olympic curlers for Japan Curlers at the 2010 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in curling FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Japan Competitors at the 2007 Winter Universiade Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade 21st-century Japanese sportswomen {{Japan-curling-bio-stub