is a Japanese curler. She was the

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of Team Fujikyu, and now focuses on mixed doubles with curling partner Go Aoki

Career

Womens

Koana found success in women's curling during the 2017–2018 season, where she would skip her team to a gold medal at the 2018 Japan Women's Curling Championships,. This win qualified the Koana rink to represent Japan at the

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finishing in 10th. She also 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. The Koana rink was unable to win another Japanese Women's title, finishing 4th at the

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and

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. Koana later decided to become an alternate on the team, that would now be skipped by

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for the 2021-22 curling season, where they finished in 8th at the

2022 Japan Curling Championships The 2022 Japan Curling Championships (branded as the 39th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships) were held from May 22 to 29 at the Tokoro Curling Club in Tokoro, Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan. Both the men's and women's events were played in a round r ...

Mixed doubles

Koana started curling with Go Aoki in mixed doubles in 2021, where they found success, finishing third at the 2021 Japan Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, and second at the 2023 and 2025 national championships, as well as winning multiple events on the mixed doubles tour. Koana and Aoki first represented Japan in mixed doubles at the

2025 Asian Winter Games The 2025 Asian Winter Games ( zh, s=第九届亚洲冬季运动会, p=Dì jiǔ jiè yàzhōu dōngjì yùndònghuì), officially known as the 9th Asian Winter Games, and commonly known as Harbin 2025 (), were the ninth edition of the Asian Winte ...

, where they won the gold medal, beating South Korea 7–6 in the final.

Personal life

Koana worked as an amusement park employee for Fujikyu Highland Co., Ltd. until 2022.

Teams

Grand Slam record

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koana, Tori 1995 births Living people Japanese female curlers Sportspeople from Yamanashi Prefecture 21st-century Japanese sportswomen Curlers at the 2025 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2025 Asian Winter Games Asian Games medalists in curling Asian Games gold medalists for Japan