Yuta Matsumura (curler)

Yuta Matsumura is a Japanese curler from Kitami. He was the skip of the Consadole curling team until 2022 when he joined TM Karuizawa skipped by Yusuke Morozumi.

For footballer, see Yuta Matsumura (footballer).

Yuta Matsumura
Curler
Born (1989-09-29) 29 September 1989
Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan[1][2]
Team
Curling clubHokkaido Consadole Sapporo Curling Team, Hokkaido, Japan
SkipYusuke Morozumi
ThirdYuta Matsumura
SecondRyotaro Shukuya
LeadKosuke Morozumi
AlternateMasaki Iwai
Mixed doubles
partner		Yurika Yoshida
Curling career
Member Association Japan
World Championship
appearances		3 (2015, 2019, 2021)
World Mixed Doubles Championship
appearances		1 (2021)
Pacific-Asia Championship
appearances		3 (2007, 2018, 2019)
Medal record
Curling
Representing  Japan
Pacific-Asia Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Gangneung
Silver medal – second place 2019 Shenzhen
Pacific-Asia Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2010 Nayoro
Silver medal – second place2008 Jeonju City
Bronze medal – third place2011 Naseby
Bronze medal – third place2007 Naseby

Career

Matsumura competed at the 2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, as alternate for the Japanese team, which placed sixth in the tournament.[3][4]

Matsumura won the 2018 Oakville Fall Classic,[5] his first career World Curling Tour title. A month later he would also win the Driving Force Abbotsford Cashpiel.

Matsumura represented Japan in the 2018 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in South Korea, which his team would end up winning, defeating China's Zou Qiang in the final.[6] Later in the season he went on to win the 2019 Janapense Men's Championship and represented Japan at the 2019 World Men's Curling Championship as the team's skip. There, he led his team to a fourth place finish, after losing the bronze medal game to Switzerland.

Matsumura began the 2019-20 curling season by winning the 2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic.[7] That season, he also won the Driving Force Decks International Abbotsford Cashspiel, the Kamloops Crown of Curling and the Karuizawa International. Team Matsumura represented Japan at the 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships. After going 8-1 through the round robin and defeating China in the semi-final, they lost the final 11-2 to South Korea's Kim Chang-min. He then had to skip Japan at the 2020 World Qualification Event in order to qualify for the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship. There, the team only finished third, and did not qualify for the Worlds. However, the World Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2021 World Men's Curling Championship did occur in a fan-less bubble, and the field was increased to 14 teams, allowing Japan a spot. Matsumura skipped Japan at the World Championship, and led his team to a 6–7 record, in 9th place overall.[8]

Personal life

Matsumura is employed as a market researcher for Nagayama Unsou. He is married.[9]

Grand Slam record
Key
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 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Tour Challenge DNP DNP N/A N/A DNP T2
The National DNP Q N/A DNP DNP DNP
Masters DNP DNP N/A QF DNP
Champions Cup Q N/A DNP DNP DNP N/A

References
  1. "Players, Yuta Matsumura". Curling World Cup. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. "松村　雄太" [Yuta Matsumura]. consadole-curling.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  3. "Teams". Ford World Men's Curling Championship 2015. worldcurling.org. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  4. "Yuta Matsumura Personal Information". Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  5. "Japan's Matsumura, Yoshimura win Oakville Fall Classic". thegrandslamofcurling.com. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  6. "Japan win Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2018 men's title". World Curling Federation. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  7. CurlingZone
  8. "2021 World men's curling championship: Scores, schedule and standings". Sportsnet. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  9. 2019 World Men's Curling Championship Media Guide: Team Japan
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