Satsuki Fujisawa
Satsuki Fujisawa (藤澤 五月, Fujisawa Satsuki, born 24 May 1991) is a Japanese
Career
Fujisawa's junior career began with a championship at the 2008
In 2011, Fujisawa played in her first non-junior international event, skipping for Japan at the
Fujisawa left the team and joined
Fujisawa skipped the Japanese rink at the 2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. After posting a 6–1 round robin record, tied with China and South Korea, her team would lose to China's Wang Bingyu in the semifinal. This meant that she could not defend her silver medal at the World Championships, as she had to make it to the finals to qualify Japan for the 2017 Worlds.
Fujisawa began the
Fujisawa skipped the Japanese team that won the 2018 Olympics women curling bronze medal.[8]
Fujisawa again represented Japan at the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. She led her team to an undefeated 6–0 record in the round robin but lost to the Koreans (skipped by Kim Min-ji in the final. The next month, she represented Japan in the second leg of the 2018–19 Curling World Cup in Omaha, United States, which her team would end up winning, this time defeating Kim and her South Korean rink in the final.[9]
Team Fujisawa began the
Team Fujisawa played in no World Curling Tour events during the abbreviated 2020–21 season as there were no events held in Japan or Asia.[13] The team would compete in the 2021 Japan Curling Championships, held from February 8 to 14, 2021 in Wakkanai, Hokkaido, as the defending champions.[14] After an unblemished 6–0 round robin record, the team defeated Team Sayaka Yoshimura of Hokkaido Bank to advance to the final where they would once again face Yoshimura.[15] Down one in the tenth, Team Yoshimura scored two points to win the national championship 7–6 over Team Fujisawa.[16] This meant that once again, the team would not get to represent Japan at the World Championships. Team Fujisawa ended their season at the 2021 Champions Cup and 2021 Players' Championship Grand Slam events, which were played in a "curling bubble" in Calgary, Alberta, with no spectators, to avoid the spread of the coronavirus.[17] The team had quarterfinal finishes at both events, losing out to Rachel Homan at the Champions Cup and Anna Hasselborg at the Players'.[18][19]
In their first event of the
The Fujisawa rink won their second event of the 2022–23 season, going undefeated to win the Advics Cup.[26] At the 2022 National, the team went undefeated until the semifinals where they were stopped by Kerri Einarson 8–5.[27] They also lost to Team Einarson at the next Slam, 6–5 in a tiebreaker. Because they won the 2022 national championship, Team Fujisawa represented Japan at the 2022 Pan Continental Curling Championships where they finished third in the round robin with a 6–2 record.[28] They then beat Canada's Einarson in the semifinal before defeating Korea's Ha Seung-youn 8–6 in the championship game.[29] The team again missed the playoffs at the 2022 Masters after a 1–3 record.[30] In the new year, the team was the first qualifier at the 2023 Canadian Open, winning all three of their pre-qualifying matches. They then won 8–7 over Anna Hasselborg in the quarterfinals and 7–6 over Gim Eun-ji in the semifinals to reach their first Slam final. There, they became the first Asian team to win a Slam, excluding defunct events, with a 5–3 win over Team Einarson.[31] Team Fujisawa won their second straight national title at the 2023 Japan Curling Championships, defeating SC Karuizawa Club's Asuka Kanai 7–5 in the final.[32] This qualified them for the 2023 World Women's Curling Championship where they qualified for the playoffs with a 7–5 record.[33] They were then eliminated by Canada 6–4 in the qualification round.[34] They finished their season with a quarterfinal appearance at the 2023 Players' Championship and a semifinal appearance at the 2023 Champions Cup, losing out to the Einarson rink at both events.[35]
For a second year in a row, Team Fujisawa won the Advics Cup to begin their season, going undefeated to claim the title.[36] Because they defended their title at the national championship, they again represented Japan at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championships, this year finishing second through the round robin with a 6–1 record. In the semifinal, they stole the win against the United States' Tabitha Peterson before coming up short against Korea's Gim Eun-ji in the final, settling for silver.[37] In December, the team went undefeated at the 2023 Western Showdown until the semifinal where they lost 6–2 to Jolene Campbell. In the new year, they could not defend their national title, failing to reach the playoff round of the 2024 Japan Curling Championships.[38] They bounced back with a strong run at the Sun City Cup before losing the final to Isabella Wranå.[39] In Grand Slam play, the team only qualified in one of five events during the 2023–24 season, losing in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Canadian Open to Team Einarson.[40]
Mixed doubles
After the 2018 Olympics, Fujisawa was awarded a wild-card spot in the 2018 Japan Mixed Doubles Curling Championship with fellow Olympian Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi.[41] Despite having never teamed together and having very little mixed doubles experience overall, Fujisawa and Yamaguchi went undefeated to win the championship and the right to represent Japan at the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they would finish fifth overall.[42]
Fujisawa and Yamaguchi successfully defended their title in 2019,[43] and represented Japan at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. There, they made it to the quarterfinal, where they lost to Australia.[44]
Personal life
Fujisawa graduated from
Fujisawa began bodybuilding in 2023, and competed in the MOLA cup.[46]
Grand Slam record
Fujisawa and her team became the first Asian team to win a Grand Slam event (excluding defunct Slams) at the 2023 Canadian Open.[47] China's Wang Bingyu had won the 2010 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, which was considered a Slam at the time.[48]
Key | |
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C | Champion |
F | Lost in Final |
SF | Lost in Semifinal |
QF | Lost in Quarterfinals |
R16 | Lost in the round of 16 |
Q | Did not advance to playoffs |
T2 | Played in Tier 2 event |
DNP | Did not participate in event |
N/A | Not a Grand Slam event that season |
Event | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 |
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Tour Challenge | N/A | N/A | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | SF | N/A | N/A | Q | Q |
The National | N/A | N/A | DNP | DNP | DNP | QF | SF | N/A | Q | SF | Q |
Masters | Q | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Q | QF | N/A | Q | Q | Q |
Canadian Open | N/A | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Q | SF | N/A | N/A | C | QF |
Players' | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | QF | QF | N/A | QF | QF | QF | Q |
Champions Cup | N/A | N/A | Q | DNP | DNP | DNP | N/A | QF | DNP | SF | N/A |
Former events
Event | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 |
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Autumn Gold | DNP | DNP | Q | SF |
Manitoba Lotteries
|
Q | DNP | Q | N/A |
Teams
Women's
Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Events |
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2007–08[49] | Satsuki Fujisawa | Shiori Fujisawa | Yui Okabe | Madoka Shinoo | Yukina Furuse | WJCC 2008[50] |
2008–09 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Shiori Fujisawa | Yui Okabe | Madoka Shinoo | Kai Tsuchiya | WJCC 2009[51] |
2009–10 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Miyo Ichikawa | Emi Shimizu | Miyuki Satoh | ||
2010–11 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Miyo Ichikawa | Emi Shimizu | Miyuki Satoh | Chiaki Matsumura | |
2011–12 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Miyo Ichikawa | Emi Shimizu | Miyuki Satoh | Chiaki Matsumura | PACC 2011 |
2012–13 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Miyo Ichikawa | Emi Shimizu | Chiaki Matsumura | Miyuki Satoh | PACC 2012, WWCC 2013[52] |
2013–14 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Miyo Ichikawa | Emi Shimizu | Miyuki Satoh | Chiaki Matsumura | |
2014–15 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Emi Shimizu | Chiaki Matsumura | Ikue Kitazawa | Hasumi Ishigooka | |
2015–16 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Kotomi Ishizaki / Mari Motohashi | PACC 2015,[53] WWCC 2016[54] |
2016–17 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Mari Motohashi | PACC 2016[55] |
2017–18 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Mari Motohashi / Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki / Mari Motohashi | PACC 2017,[56] 2018 OG[57] |
2018–19 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Kotomi Ishizaki | CWC,[58] PACC 2018[59] |
2019–20 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | ||
2020–21 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | ||
2021–22 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Kotomi Ishizaki | OQE 2021, 2022 OG |
2022–23 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Kotomi Ishizaki | PCCC 2022, WWCC 2023 |
2023–24 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Chinami Yoshida | Yumi Suzuki | Yurika Yoshida | Kotomi Ishizaki | PCCC 2023 |
Mixed doubles
Season | Female | Male | Events |
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2017–18 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | WMDCC 2018 |
2018–19 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | WMDCC 2019 |
2019–20[60] | Satsuki Fujisawa | Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | |
2020–21 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | |
2021–22 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | |
2022–23 | Satsuki Fujisawa | Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi |
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External links
- Media related to Satsuki Fujisawa at Wikimedia Commons
- Satsuki Fujisawa at World Curling
- Satsuki Fujisawa at Olympics.com
- Satsuki Fujisawa at Olympedia
- Team Loco Solare, Official site(in Japanese)