is a curler

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 from Japan.

Kotomi Ishizaki currently throws Lead stones for skip Moe Meguro

Moe Meguro

is a Japanese curler, born November 20, 1984 in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.- History :Moe Meguro won her first medal at the international level at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships winning the gold medal. She played lead under skip Yumie Hayashi....

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She made her World Championship debut at the 2003 Winnipeg World Championships playing lead for Shinobu Aota's team from Japan. She would return to the world championships in 2004 with the same team.

Her next World Championships came in 2008

2008 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

-Draw 2:March 22, 18:00-Draw 3:March 23, 10:30-Draw 4:March 23, 16:00-Draw 5:March 23, 20:00-Draw 6:March 24, 8:30-Draw 7:March 24, 1:00 PM-Draw 8:March 24, 18:30-Draw 9:March 25, 8:30...

 where the Japanese women (along with Team China) became the first team from the Pacific region to qualify for the Playoffs at the World Championships. Ishizaki and her team, skipped by Moe Meguro

Moe Meguro

is a Japanese curler, born November 20, 1984 in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.- History :Moe Meguro won her first medal at the international level at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships winning the gold medal. She played lead under skip Yumie Hayashi....

 defeated Team Switzerland

Mirjam Ott

Mirjam Ott is skip of the Swiss Olympic Curling Team. She has participated in several Olympic Games contests and has won numerous awards in many other curling events worldwide...

 in the 3 vs. 4 Playoff

Page playoff system

The Page playoff system is a playoff format used primarily in softball and curling at the championship level. Teams are seeded using a round-robin tournament and the top four play a mix of a single-elimination and double-elimination tournament to determine the winner...

 match. In the Semifinal they nearly defeated Team Canada and went to the Bronze Medal match to face a rematch against Team Switzerland. They would lose this match 9 - 7 which would become the second best performance by a Pacific region team at the Curling World Championships.

Kotomi Ishizaki played Lead position for Team Japan

Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Japan participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Ninety-four athletes participated in all sports except ice hockey. Japanese athletes earned five medals at the games, including three silver and two bronze, short of the 10-medal goal set by the Japanese Olympic...

 at the 2010 Winter Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

. and at the 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

The 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada from March 20-28, 2010.-Qualification:...

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Teammates

2010 Vancouver Olympic Games

Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics

The curling competition of the 2010 Olympics was held at Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre in Vancouver. It is the fifth time that curling was on the Olympic program, after having been staged in 1924, 1998, 2002 and 2006...

Moe Meguro

Moe Meguro

is a Japanese curler, born November 20, 1984 in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.- History :Moe Meguro won her first medal at the international level at the 2004 Pacific Curling Championships winning the gold medal. She played lead under skip Yumie Hayashi....

, Skip

Anna Ohmiya

Anna Ohmiya

is a Japanese curler, born October 12, 1989 in Tokoro District, Hokkaidō, Japan.Member of Team Aomori, Ohmiya competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada for Team Japan...

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Mari Motohashi

Mari Motohashi

is a Japanese curler, born June 10, 1986 in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture, Hokkaidō.- History :Motohashi was a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the 2006 Games she threw Second under skip Ayumi Onodera. She also competed with Team...

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Mayo Yamaura

Mayo Yamaura

is a curler from Aomori, Japan.Mayo Yamaura made her debut at a major curling competition at the 2008 World Championships in Vernon, Canada. She threw second stones...

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2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games

Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics took place from February 11 to February 18 in Ogden, Utah:-Medal winners:-Teams:* Hammy McMillan was replaced by Warwick Smith as skip after Draw 4.-Final standings:-Draw 1:February 11, 9:00...

Akiko Katoh, Skip

Yumie Hayashi

Yumie Hayashi

is a Japanese curler, born April 5, 1978 in Sorachi District, Hokkaidō.- History :Hayashi is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics . At the Games she threw third under skip Ayumi Onodera.- References :...

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Ayumi Onodera

Ayumi Onodera

is a Japanese curler, born November 25, 1978 in Tokoro District, Abashiri Subprefecture, Hokkaidō.- History :Onodera is a member of Team Aomori which was selected to represent Japan at the 2006 Winter Olympics...

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