Yuna Kotani
Japanese curler
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Born | (1998-05-26) May 26, 1998 (age 26) Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
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Curling club | Sapporo CC, Sapporo | |||||||||||||||||
Skip | Sayaka Yoshimura | |||||||||||||||||
Third | Yuna Kotani | |||||||||||||||||
Second | Kaho Onodera | |||||||||||||||||
Lead | Anna Ohmiya | |||||||||||||||||
Alternate | Mina Kobayashi | |||||||||||||||||
Curling career ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
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World Championship appearances | 1 (2018) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuna Kotani (小谷 優奈, Kotani Yuna, born May 26, 1998 in Sagamihara) is a Japanese female curler.[1]
At the national level she is a 2018 Japan women's champion.
Teams
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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2015–16 | Junko Nishimuro (fourth) | Misato Yanagisawa | Tori Koana (skip) | Riko Toyoda | Yuna Kotani | JWCC 2016 ![]() | |
2016–17 | Junko Nishimuro (fourth) | Tori Koana (skip) | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Kyoka Kuramitsu | JWCC 2017 ![]() | |
2017–18 | Junko Nishimuro (fourth) | Tori Koana (skip) | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | ||
Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | Junko Nishimuro (JWCC) Kaho Onodera (WCC) | J. D. Lind (WCC) Yuji Nishimuro (WCC) | JWCC 2018 ![]() WCC 2018 (10th) | |
2018–19 | Tori Koana | Junko Nishimuro | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | Yuna Kotani | Yuji Nishimuro | CWC/3 (6th) JWCC 2019 (4th)[5][6] |
2019–20 | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | |||
2020–21 | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | Jim Cotter | ||
2021–22 | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | |||
2022–23 | Sayaka Yoshimura | Yuna Kotani | Kaho Onodera | Anna Ohmiya | Yumie Funayama Mina Kobayashi | Connor Njegovan | [7][8] |
2023–24 | Yuna Kotani[a] | Kaho Onodera | Anna Ohmiya | Mina Kobayashi | Sayaka Yoshimura | ||
2024–25 | Sayaka Yoshimura | Yuna Kotani | Kaho Onodera | Anna Ohmiya | Mina Kobayashi |
Personal life
Her younger sister Arisa is also a curler. They played together at the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship.
Notes
- ^ Sayaka Yoshimura did not play during the 2023–24 season as she was on maternity leave. Kotani moved up to skip the team with Onodera, Ohmiya and Kobayashi each moving up a position as well.
References
- ^ Yuna Kotani on the World Curling database
- ^ 2016 Japan Curling Championships Coverage on CurlingZone
- ^ "第34回 全農日本カーリング選手権大会" [34th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships]. Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ "第35回 全農日本カーリング選手権大会" [35th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships]. Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ "The 36th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships". sapporo-curling.org. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ 2019 Japan Curling Championships Coverage on CurlingZone
- ^ "Teams". Karuizawa International Curling Championships. 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ WCTジャパン ニューイヤーメダリストカーリング in 御代田 2023 [WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling in Miyota 2023]. LIVE-Link (in Japanese). 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
External links
- Yuna Kotani at World Curling
- Yuna Kotani - Curling World Cup player profile
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