Kenji Tomabechi (苫米地 賢司, born 19 June, 1978) is a Japanese curler.[1]
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| Born | 19 June 1978 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Team Iwate | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mixed doubles partner | Michiko Tomabechi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances | 4 (2008, 2011, 2012, 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the national level, he is a four-time Japan mixed doubles champion curler (2007, 2011, 2012, 2015).
Teams and events
editMen's
edit| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Events |
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| 2020–21 | Kenji Tomabechi | Eiwa Matsubara | Tadashi Sato | Mitsuru Kikuchi | JMCC 2021 (7th) |
Mixed doubles
edit| Season | Male | Female | Coach | Events |
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| 2007–08 | Michiko Taira | Kenji Tomabechi | JMDCC 2007  WMD 2008 (13th) | |
| 2008–09 | Michiko Tomabechi | Kenji Tomabechi | JMDCC 2008 
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| 2009–10 | Michiko Tomabechi | Kenji Tomabechi | JMDCC 2009 
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| 2010–11 | Michiko Tomabechi | Kenji Tomabechi | Akira Takada (WMDCC) | JMDCC 2011 WMDCC 2011 (7th) |
| 2011–12 | Michiko Tomabechi | Kenji Tomabechi | Akira Takada (WMDCC) | JMDCC 2012 WMDCC 2012 (15th) |
| 2014–15 | Michiko Tomabechi | Kenji Tomabechi | Akira Takada (WMDCC) | JMDCC 2015 WMDCC 2015 (10th) |
| 2020–21 | Michiko Tomabechi | Kenji Tomabechi | Yoshito Nakamura | JMDCC 2021 (10th) |
Personal life
editHis wife, Michiko Tomabechi is also a competitive curler.[2] Together, they are four time national mixed doubles champions,[3] and they have played four times in the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship for Japan.
References
edit- ^ Kenji Tomabechi on the World Curling database
- ^ Michiko TOMABECHI | Curling | Japan - Sochi 2014 Olympics
- ^ "ミックスダブルス歴代優勝チーム" [Mixed doubles, past winning teams] (in Japanese). Japan Curling Association. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
External links
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