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Japanese curler (born 1991)
Mao Ishigaki
Curler
Born石垣真央
(1991-11-26) November 26, 1991 (age 33)
Kitami, Hokkaido, Japan
Team
Curling clubGRANDIR, Tokyo, Japan
SkipYui Ozeki
ThirdMao Ishigaki
SecondReika Tateda
LeadHinako Sonobe
Curling career
Member Association Japan
World Championship
appearances		1 (2018)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Japan
World Junior Curling Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Sochi
Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Naseby
Gold medal – first place 2012 Jeonju City
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tokoro

Mao Ishigaki (石垣 真央, Ishigaki Mao, born 26 November 1991 in Kitami, Hokkaido) is a Japanese curler from Fujiyoshida.

Career

Juniors

Ishigaki played lead for the Japanese junior women's team (skipped by Sayaka Yoshimura) from 2011 to 2013 winning three straight Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships in the process. The team finished in 8th place at the 2011 World Junior Curling Championships, 5th place at the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships and won a bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships. The team also played in two Winter Universiades while Ishigaki was attending Sapporo International University. The team places fourth in 2011 and 7th in 2013.

Women's

Ishigaki joined the Tori Koana rink in 2016, playing lead for the team. They would represent Japan at the 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship, with Ishigaki playing second on the team.

To begin the 2019-20 curling season, Ishigaki and her team won the Morioka City Women's Memorial Cup and finished runner-up at the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker.

2023, Ishigaki is a founding member of team GRANDIR in Tokyo.

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Events
2010–11 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki
2011–12 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki
2012–13 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki
2013–14 Sayaka Yoshimura Rina Ida Risa Ujihara Mao Ishigaki
2014–15 Yumie Funayama Kotomi Ishizaki Mao Ishigaki Natsuko Ishiyama
2015–16 Rina Ida Tamami Naito Mao Ishigaki Natsuko Ishiyama
2016–17 Junko Nishimuro (fourth) Tori Koana (skip) Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Kyoka Kuramitsu
2017–18 Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani Junko Nishimuro / Kaho Onodera WWCC 2018 (10th)
2018–19 Tori Koana Junko Nishimuro Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani Yuna Kotani CWC (6th)
2019–20 Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani
2020–21 Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani
2021–22 Tori Koana Yuna Kotani Mao Ishigaki Arisa Kotani
2023-24 Yui Ozeki Mao Ishigaki Reika Tateda Hinako Sonobe Haruka Hosoda

Personal life

Ishigaki works as an amusement park employee for Fujikyu Highland Co. Ltd.

References

  1. "Media Guide – 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship" (PDF). Curling Canada. 2018-03-14. Retrieved 2018-12-28.
  2. "Info System: Schedule".
  3. "2019 Morioka City Women's Memorial Cup". Archived from the original on July 8, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2019.
  4. "2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker". CurlingZone. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  5. "Instagram". www.instagram.com. 2023-06-15. Retrieved 2024-02-06. [The Fujikyu curling club is closed, but I thought I couldn't proceed if I didn't work now, so I decided to play in a different team while working for Fujikyu.
    The team name is Grandir, which means growth in French.]
  6. "Mao Ishigaki past teams". Curling Zone. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  7. 2018 Ford World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide

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