Ikue Kitazawa

Ikue Kitazawa (北澤 育恵, Kitazawa Ikue, born 12 October, 1996 in Karuizawa) is a Japanese curler. She is the fourth rock thrower of the Chubu Electric Power curling team, which won the 2019 Japanese women's championship, winning all of their games including three matches against Japan's bronze medal winning 2018 Olympic Team, skipped by Satsuki Fujisawa.[1]

Ikue Kitazawa
Curler
Born
Ikue Kitazawa

(1996-10-12) October 12, 1996
Team
Curling clubKaruizawa CC,
Karuizawa
SkipSeina Nakajima
FourthIkue Kitazawa
ThirdChiaki Matsumura
LeadHasumi Ishigooka
AlternateMinori Suzuki
Career
Member Association Japan
World Championship
appearances		1 (2019)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		1 (2019)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Japan
Pacific-Asia Championships
2019 Shenzhen
Japan Women's Championship
2017 Karuizawa
2019 Sapporo
2020 Karuizawa
2018 Nayoro

Career

By winning the Japanese championship, Kitazawa and teammates Seina Nakajima, Chiaki Matsumura and Hasumi Ishigooka represented Japan at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship. It was Kitazawa's first international curling event. At the world championships, the team squeaked into the playoffs with a 6–6 record, before upsetting the third place Russian team in the quarterfinals. They then lost to Sweden in the semifinal, and lost to South Korea in the bronze medal game, settling for fourth place.[2][3]

Kitazawa and her team represented Japan at the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in Shenzhen, China the following season. After going 6–1 in the round robin and defeating Hong Kong in the semifinal, they lost in the final to China's Han Yu.[4]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2013–14[5] Ikue KitazawaSeina NakajimaMinori SuzukiEri OgiharaAyoko Tanimoto
2014–15 Satsuki FujisawaEmi ShimizuChiaki MatsumuraIkue KitazawaHasumi Ishigooka
2015–16 Emi ShimizuChiaki MatsumuraHasumi IshigookaIkue Kitazawa
2016–17 Chiaki MatsumuraEmi ShimizuIkue KitazawaHasumi IshigookaSeina Nakajima
2017–18 Chiaki MatsumuraEmi ShimizuIkue KitazawaHasumi IshigookaSeina Nakajima
2018–19 Ikue Kitazawa (Fourth)Chiaki MatsumuraSeina Nakajima (Skip)Hasumi IshigookaEmi Shimizu
2019–20 Ikue Kitazawa (Fourth)Chiaki MatsumuraSeina Nakajima (Skip)Hasumi IshigookaEmi Shimizu
2020–21 Ikue Kitazawa (Fourth)Chiaki MatsumuraSeina Nakajima (Skip)Hasumi IshigookaMinori Suzuki

References
  1. "2019 Japanese Women's Curling Championship". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  2. Strong, Gregory (March 15, 2019). "A capsule look at teams competing at the world women's curling championship". National Post. The Canadian Press. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  3. "2019 World Women's Curling Championship Bronze Medal Game". World Curling Federartion. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  4. "China women win Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2019". World Curling Federation. November 9, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2020.
  5. "Ikue Kitazawa Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved December 6, 2020.


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