Japan Curling Championships
{{Short description|Japanese national curling championships}}
{{Infobox curling event|1=2025|2=2025
| Name = Japan Curling Championships
| Logo =
| Logo size =
| Established = Men's: 1984
Women's: 1988{{Cite web |url=http://www.curling.or.jp/result/jcc/jcc-v-teamlist.html|title=日本カーリング選手権 歴代優勝チーム|language=ja |trans-title=Japan Curling Championships - Past winning teams|website=Japan Curling Association|access-date=2019-11-27|df=mdy-all}}
| Current host city = Yokohama, Kanagawa
| Current arena = Yokohama Buntai
| Men's purse =
| Women's purse =
| Current men's champion = {{flagicon|Nagano}} SC Karuizawa Club (Riku Yanagisawa)
| Current women's champion = {{flagicon|Hokkaido}} Fortius (Sayaka Yoshimura)
| Current = 2025 Japan Curling Championships
}}
The Japan Curling Championships ({{langx|ja|日本カーリング選手権}}) are the annual Japanese men's and women's curling championships, organized by the Japan Curling Association (JCA). The winners get to represent Japan at the men's and women's World Curling Championships and the next season's Pacific-Asia Curling Championships.
Summary
=Qualification=
The following teams have the right to participate to this championship.
; In 2019 (2018–2019 season)
- Last year's winners and runner-up teams.
- Teams represented Japan at 2018 Winter Olympics.
- Teams that won the regional championships (top 3 of Hokkaido, 1 of Tohoku, 1 of Kanto, 1 of Chubu and 1 of Western Japan).
- Last year's winners and runner-up teams.
- Top ranked teams in top 50 on WCT ranking at end of last October (without last year's winners and runner-up teams).
- Teams that won the regional championships (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu and Western Japan).
- Winners of wild-card games by runner-up teams in regional championships.
=Format=
Round-robins by 9 teams and Page playoffs by qualified 4 teams.
=Team names=
In Japan, curling teams have historically used freely nicknames instead of the skip name. However, the {{Abbr|JCA|Japan Curling Association}} restricted the names that teams could use in the championship tournament in 2005, to one of the following: the skip's surname, organization name, association name, residential regional name, or the school name for the championships.
=Championships=
Results
=Men=
class="wikitable"
!Edition !Year !style="background:gold;"|Winners !style="background:silver;"|Runner-up !style="background:#c96;"|3rd |
1
|1984 |Team: Red Pajamas (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Sapporo Penguin (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Victory (24px Hokkaido) |
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2
|1985 |Team: Big Marin (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Subellows (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Chasers (24px Hokkaido) |
3
|1986 |Team: Tokyo Max (24px Tokyo) |Team: Matsudo Maple (24px Chiba) |Team: Ebeotsu Business Association (24px Hokkaido) |
4
|1987 |Team: Tokyo Max (24px Tokyo) |Team: Nayoro Skyroad (24px Hokkaido) |Team: City Office Takikawa, Popeyes (24px Hokkaido) |
5
|1988 |Team: City Office Takikawa, Popeyes (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Hyouentai (24px Tokyo) |Team: Nagoya JC Hack (24px Aichi) |
6
|1989 |Team: Iwakeshu Atoms (24px Hokkaido) |Team: City Office Takikawa, Popeyes (24px Hokkaido) |Team: City Office Shibetsu, Muteking Jr. (24px Hokkaido) |
7
|1990 |Team: Iwakeshu Atoms (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Blue Gale (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Red Pajamas (24px Hokkaido) |
8
|1991 |Team: Miracle Takers (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Wings (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Iwakeshu Atoms (24px Hokkaido) |
9
|1992 |Team: Iwakeshu Atoms ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |Team: Muteking Jr. ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |Team: Blue Gale ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |
10
|1993 |Team: Iwakeshu Atoms (24px Hokkaido) |{{unknown}} |{{unknown}} |
11
|1994 |Team: Iwakeshu Atoms (24px Hokkaido) |{{unknown}} |{{unknown}} |
12
|1995 |Team: Miracle Takers (24px Hokkaido) |{{unknown}} |{{unknown}} |
13
|1996 |Team: Iceman (24px Hokkaido) |{{unknown}} |{{unknown}} |
14
|1997 |Team: Olympic team (All Japan) |Team: Karuizawa Granit (24px Nagano) |Team: Iceman (24px Hokkaido) |
15
|1998 |Team: Olympic team (All Japan) |Team: ZEARTH (24px Nagano) |Team: Seaside Curling Club (24px Hokkaido) |
16
|1999 |Team: Japan national team |Team: VICTORY (24px Nagano) |Team: Super bloom (24px Hokkaido) |
17
|2000 |Team: VICTORIOUS (24px Nagano) |Team: Japan national team |Team: ETOILE (24px Hokkaido) |
18
|2001 |Team: VICTORIOUS (24px Nagano) |Team: ETOILE (24px Hokkaido) |Team: MAX (24px Hokkaido) |
19
|2002 |Team: VICTORIOUS (24px Nagano) |Team: MAX (24px Hokkaido) |Team: ETOILE (24px Hokkaido) |
20
|2003 |Team: VICTORIOUS (24px Nagano) |Team: Donkoro Bears (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Seaside Curling Club (24px Hokkaido) |
21
|2004 |Team: Super Mariners (24px Hokkaido) |Team: VICTORIOUS (24px Nagano) |Team: GAFFER (24px Aomori Prefecture) |
22
|2005 |Team: Team Ohmiya (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Team Kashiwagi (24px Nagano) |Team: Karuizawa Junior (24px Nagano) |
23
|2006 |Team: Team Asama (24px Nagano) |Team: SC Karuizawa Club (24px Nagano) |Team: Tokoro Association (24px Hokkaido) |
24
|2007 |Team: SC Karuizawa Club (24px Nagano) |Team: Team Asama (24px Nagano) |Team: Tokoro Association (24px Hokkaido) |
25
|2008 |Team: SC Karuizawa Club (24px Nagano) |Team: Tokyo University (24px Tokyo) |Team: Tokoro Association (24px Hokkaido) |
26
| 2009 | Team: SC Karuizawa Club ({{Flag|Nagano}}) | Team: Nagano CA ({{Flag|Nagano}}) | Team: Team Tokoro ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |
27
| 2010 | Team: Team Tokoro ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) | Team: SC Karuizawa Club ({{Flag|Nagano}}) | Team: All Kitami ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |
28
| 2011 | Team: Team Tokoro ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) | Team: City Office Shibetsu ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) | Team: Karuizawa C.C. ({{Flag|Nagano}}) |
29
| 2012 | Team: Team Kitami ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) | Team: SC Karuizawa Club ({{Flag|Nagano}}) | Team: Kitami Association ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |
30{{Cite web |url=http://www.curling.or.jp/result/jcc/jcc2013/jcc2013-top.html |title=第30回 全農 日本カーリング選手権大会 |language=ja |trans-title=30th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships |website=Japan Curling Association |access-date=2020-06-28 }}
|2013 | Team: SC Karuizawa Club ({{Flag|Nagano}}) | Team: Team Kitami ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) | Team: Sapporo ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |
31
| Team: SC Karuizawa Club ({{Flag|Nagano}}) | Team: Team Tokyo ({{Flag|Tokyo}}) | Team: Team Obihiro ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |
32
|2015 |Team: SC Karuizawa Club |Team: Sapporo |Team: Kitami Institute of Technology |
33
|Team: SC Karuizawa Club |Team: Team Tokyo |Team: Sapporo |
34
|Team: SC Karuizawa Club |Team: Sapporo |Team: Team Kitami |
35
|2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=5266&eventtypeid=81&view=Playoffs#1|title=Japan Curling Championship: Playoffs}} |Team: Team Iwai |Team: Team Hokkaido |Team: Karuizawa CC |
36
|2019{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?eventid=5777&eventtypeid=81&view=Main#1|title = ZEN-NOH Japan Curling Championships: Main}} |Team: Consadole |Team: Team Tokyo |Team: Sapporo International University |
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|2020{{cite tweet |user=curling|number=1229010287308742656 |date= 16 Feb 2020 |title=Matsumura repeats as men’s champion; Fujisawa is back into women’s worlds #curling 🇯🇵 }} |Team: Consadole |Team: TM Karuizawa |Team: SC Karuizawa Club |
38
|2021 |Team: Consadole |Team: Tokoro Junior |Team: TM Karuizawa |
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|2022 |Team: SC Karuizawa Club |Team: Sapporo International University |Team: Consadole |
40
|2023 |Team: SC Karuizawa Club |Team: Kitami Association |Team: Consadole |
41
|2024 |Team: Consadole |Team: SC Karuizawa Club |Team: Loco Solare |
42
|2025 |Team: SC Karuizawa Club |Team: Loco Solare |Team: Consadole |
= Women =
class="wikitable"
!Edition !Year !style="background:gold;"|Winners !style="background:silver;"|Runner-up !style="background:#c96;"|3rd |
1
|1984||colspan="3" rowspan="4" {{N/a}} |
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2
|1985 |
3
|1986 |
4
|1987 |
5
|1988 |Team: Big Bonanza (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Tohkoh Pavement Ladies (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Aomori Curling Club (24px Aomori) |
6
|1989 |Team: Kawanishi Construction Women (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Parsons (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Big Bonanza (24px Hokkaido) |
7
|1990 |Team: Silver Mate (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Tokyo Ladies (24px Tokyo) |Team: Kawanishi Construction Women (24px Hokkaido) |
rowspan="2"|8
|rowspan="2"|1991 |rowspan="2"|Team: Tohkoh Pavement Ladies (24px Hokkaido) |rowspan="2"|Team: Silver Mate (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Kawanishi Construction Women (24px Hokkaido) |
Team: Parsons (24px Hokkaido) Ayako Ishigaki, Yoko Mimura, Yukiko Nakajima, Yukari Kondo, Keiko Nakata |
9
|1992 |Team: Tohkoh Pavement Ladies ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |Team: Tokyo Marine ({{Flag|Tokyo}}) |Team: Kawanishi Construction Women ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |
10
|1993 |Team: Tohkoh Pavement Ladies (24px Hokkaido) |{{unknown}} |{{unknown}} |
11
|1994 |Team: Parsons (24px Hokkaido) |{{unknown}} |{{unknown}} |
12
|1995 |Team: Parsons (24px Hokkaido) |{{unknown}} |{{unknown}} |
13
|1996 |Team: Team Ishigaki (All Japan selection) |{{unknown}} |{{unknown}} |
14
|1997 |Team: Olympic team (All Japan) |Team: Simsons (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Tom Collins (24px Nagano) |
15
|1998 |Team: Olympic team (All Japan) |Team: Simsons (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Pic Tic (24px Nagano) |
16
|1999 |Team: Japan national team |Team: Kawanishi Construction Women (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Super Lovers (24px Hokkaido) |
17
|2000 |Team: Kawanishi Construction Women (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Japan national team |Team: Maplies (24px Kanagawa) |
18
|2001 |Team: Simsons (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Kawanishi Construction Women (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Happy (24px Tokyo) |
19
|2002 |Team: Pocket (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Kawanishi Construction Women (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Simsons (24px Hokkaido) |
20
|2003 |Team: Kawanishi Construction Women (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Pic.Tic (24px Nagano) |Team: Ringo Stars (24px Aomori) |
21
|2004 |Team: FORTIUS (24px Aomori) |Team: Lovers (24px Hokkaido) |Team: Kawanishi Construction Women (24px Hokkaido) |
22
| 2005 | Team: Team Tsuchiya (24px Nagano) | Team: Team Aomori Association (24px Aomori) | Team: Team Matsumura (24px Nagano) |
23
| 2006 | Team: Team Aomori (24px Aomori) | Team: Team Nagano (24px Nagano) | Team: Tokoro Junior High School (24px Hokkaido) |
24
|2007 | Team: Team Aomori (24px Aomori) | Team: Team Nagano (24px Nagano) | Team: Tokoro Junior High School (24px Hokkaido) |
25
|2008 | Team: Team Aomori (24px Aomori) | Team: Team Nagano (24px Nagano) | Team: Team Tokoro (24px Hokkaido) |
26
| 2009 | Team: Team Aomori ({{Flag|Aomori}}) | Team: Tokoro High School ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) | Team: Karuizawa ({{Flag|Nagano}}) |
27{{Cite web |url=https://seesaawiki.jp/w/curlingtokoro/d/%c2%e827%b2%f3%c6%fc%cb%dc%a5%ab%a1%bc%a5%ea%a5%f3%a5%b0%c1%aa%bc%ea%b8%a2%c1%aa%bc%ea%cc%be%ca%ed |title=第27回日本カーリング選手権選手名簿 |language=ja |trans-title=27th Japan Curling Championships, Players' List |publisher=Tokoro Curling Club |date=2010-02-22 |access-date=2020-06-04 |df=dmy-all }}
| 2010 | Team: Team Aomori ({{Flag|Aomori}}) | Team: Tokoro High School ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) | Team: Chubu Electric Power ({{Flag|Nagano}}) |
28
|2011 | Team: Chubu Electric Power ({{Flag|Nagano}}) | Team: Team Aomori ({{Flag|Aomori}}) | Team: LS Kitami ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |
29
|2012 | Team: Chubu Electric Power ({{Flag|Nagano}}) | Team: LS Kitami ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) | Team: Team Aomori ({{Flag|Aomori}}) |
30
|2013 | Team: Chubu Electric Power ({{Flag|Nagano}}) | Team: Hokkaido Bank ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) | Team: Sapporo International University ({{Flag|Hokkaido}}) |
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| Satsuki Fujisawa, Miyo Ichikawa, Chiaki Matsumura, Emi Shimizu | Ayumi Ogasawara, Yumie Funayama, Kaho Onodera, Michiko Tomabechi | Mari Motohashi, Yurika Yoshida, Megumi Mabuchi, Yumi Suzuki |
32
|Team: Hokkaido Bank |Team: LS Kitami |Team: Fujiyama |
33
|Team: LS Kitami |Team: Fujikyu |Team: Hokkaido Bank |
34
|Team: Chubu Electric Power |Team: LS Kitami |Team: Fujikyu |
35
|2018 |Team: Fujikyu |Team: Hokkaido Bank |Team: Chubu Electric Power |
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|2019 |Team: Chubu Electric Power |Team: Loco Solare |Team: Hokkaido Bank |
37
|2020 |Team: Loco Solare |Team: Chubu Electric Power |Team: Hokkaido Bank |
38
|2021 |Team: Hokkaido Bank |Team: Loco Solare |Team: Chubu Electric Power |
39
|2022 |Team: Loco Solare |Team: Chubu Electric Power |Team: Hokkaido Bank |
40
|2023 |Team: Loco Solare |Team: SC Karuizawa Club |Team: Chubu Electric Power |
41
|2024 |Team: SC Karuizawa Club |Team: Hokkaido Bank |Team: Chubu Electric Power |
42
|2025 |Team: Fortius |Team: Hokkaido Bank |Team: Loco Solare |
References
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External links
- [http://www.curling.or.jp/ Japan Curling Association]{{in lang|ja}}