The Japanese national team for curling mixed doubles, which will lead to the Beijing Olympics next year, will be held in Wakkanai, Hokkaido. The pair of players and Naomasa Takeda admitted to losing after throwing the last shot of the 8th end, so they won 10-4.

Yurika Yoshida / Yuta Matsumura pair

Yurika Yoshida and Yuta Matsumura, who won the Japan Championship this year, formed a pair last year.



Yoshida is 28 years old from Kitami City, Hokkaido.



With a powerful sweep that sweeps the ice with a brush and a delicate shot that slightly shifts the placed stone, he contributed to winning the bronze medal as the lead of Loco Solare at the Pyeongchang Olympics.



Matsumura is 31 years old from Karuizawa Town, Nagano Prefecture.



He is an immovable skipper at Consadole Sapporo, who has won the curling men's Japanese championship for the third time in a row.



It has a good reputation for its ability to assemble a match and the strength of the game to decide the last shot.



The order of throwing stones is planned to be Matsumura for the 1st and 5th throws and Yoshida for the 2nd to 4th throws, but the order may be changed depending on the situation.

Tomoko Takeda / Naomasa Takeda pair

Tomoko Takeda and Naomasa Takeda are a married couple pair that has been formed for 14 years.



I live in Nayoro City, Hokkaido and belong to the local Nayoro Association.



I met him at a curling club when I was in college and got married in 2008.



His wife Tomoko has accurate shots and competitive strength, and her husband Naomasa has fast weight shots and powerful sweeps.



By making use of the accumulated data such as the ice condition of the match venue, he left a result in domestic and overseas tournaments, and in the mixed doubles world curling tour as of January, he became the highest among the pair of Japanese players. rice field.



Both of them are practicing while working full-time as civil servants in Nayoro City, aiming to participate in the Beijing Olympics with their 5-year-old daughter, Taki.