The 2025 Japanese mixed doubles curling Olympic trials were held from September 25 to 28 at the Wakkanai City Midori Sports Park in Wakkanai, Japan. The winning team earned the right to represent Japan at the Olympic Qualification Event where they will need to finish in the top two to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.
The event was held in a double round robin format with the top two teams advancing to a best-of-five series which includes the results from their first two games. The 2024 (Miyu Ueno & Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi) and 2025 (Chiaki Matsumura & Yasumasa Tanida) Japanese champions qualified by winning the previous two national titles while points leaders and world number six ranked Tori Koana & Go Aoki will also participate. By finishing ninth and thirteenth respectively at the and World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, Japan earned twenty Olympic qualification points, not enough to qualify the nation directly for the Games.
Teams The teams are listed as follows: Female Male Locale Tori Koana Go Aoki Kōfu / Sapporo Chiaki Matsumura Yasumasa Tanida Nagano / Sapporo Miyu Ueno Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi Karuizawa
Round robin standings Final Round Robin Standings KeyTeams to Best-of-five Team Koana / Aoki 4 0 – 33 19 18 13 0 4 Matsumura / Tanida 2 2 – 24 29 15 16 0 4 Ueno / Yamaguchi 0 4 – 20 29 14 18 0 3
+ Round Robin Summary Table Pos. Team K / A M / T U / Y Record 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1 Koana / Aoki colspan=2 4–0 2 Matsumura / Tanida colspan=2 2–2 3 Ueno / Yamaguchi colspan=2 0–4
Round robin results All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00).
Draw 1 Thursday, September 25, 8:00 am
Draw 2 Thursday, September 25, 12:00 pm
Draw 3 Thursday, September 25, 4:00 pm
Draw 4 Friday, September 26, 8:00 am
Draw 5 Friday, September 26, 12:00 pm
Draw 6 Friday, September 26, 4:00 pm
Best-of-five The teams' head-to-head games in rounds one and two were counted towards their best-of-five score.
Game 3 Saturday, September 27, 3:00 pm
Game 4 Sunday, September 28, 9:00 am
See also 2025 Japanese Olympic curling trials
References
External links Official Website