Asuka Kanai
Japanese curler
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Asuka Kanai (金井 亜翠香, Kanai Asuka; born April 14, 2001) is a Japanese curler from Karuizawa.[1]
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| Born | April 14, 2001 Karuizawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| Team | ||||||||||||||||||
| Curling club | Karuizawa CC, Karuizawa | |||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Miyu Ueno | |||||||||||||||||
| Third | Yui Ueno | |||||||||||||||||
| Second | Junko Nishimuro | |||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Asuka Kanai | |||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 1 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Pan Continental Championship appearances | 1 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| World Junior Curling Championship appearances | 2 (2016, 2019) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
She began curling in 2008 at the age of 7[2]
Career
At the national level she is a Japan women's champion curler.
Teams and events
Women's
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
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| 2014–15 | Ayano Tsuchiya | Yumi Suzuki | Miyu Ueno | Asuka Kanai | |||
| 2015–16 | Ayano Tsuchiya | Yumi Suzuki | Miyu Ueno | Asuka Kanai | Yui Ueno | Nagisa Matsumura | WJBCC 2016  |
| Ayano Tsuchiya | Yumi Suzuki | Yui Ueno | Asuka Kanai | Sae Yamamoto | Nagisa Matsumura | WJCC 2016 (10th) | |
| 2017–18 | Asuka Kanai | Miyu Ueno | Hinako Sonobe | Nagisa Matsumura | JCC 2018 (5th) | ||
| 2018–19 | Asuka Kanai | Miyu Ueno | Yui Ueno | Hinako Sonobe | Nagisa Matsumura | ||
| Ami Enami | Minori Suzuki | Sae Yamamoto | Mone Ryokawa | Asuka Kanai | Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi | WJCC 2019 (9th) | |
| 2019–20 | Asuka Kanai | Ami Enami | Junko Nishimuro | Mone Ryokawa | |||
| 2020–21 | Ami Enami | Asuka Kanai | Junko Nishimuro | Mone Ryokawa | JCC 2021 (5th) | ||
| 2021–22 | Asuka Kanai | Ami Enami | Junko Nishimuro | Mone Ryokawa | Yuji Nishimuro | JCC 2022 (6th) | |
| 2022–23 | Asuka Kanai | Ami Enami | Junko Nishimuro | Mone Ryokawa | Miyu Ueno | Yuji Nishimuro | JCC 2023 |
| 2023–24 | Miyu Ueno | Asuka Kanai | Junko Nishimuro | Yui Ueno | Mone Ryokawa | Yuji Nishimuro | JCC 2024  WCC 2024 (11th) |
| 2024–25 | Miyu Ueno | Yui Ueno | Junko Nishimuro | Asuka Kanai | Kaho Onodera (PCCC) | Yuji Nishimuro | PCCC 2024 (4th) JCC 2025 (8th) |
| 2025–26 | Miyu Ueno | Yui Ueno | Junko Nishimuro | Asuka Kanai | Yuji Nishimuro |
Mixed
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Coach | Events |
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| 2018–19 | Taisei Kanai | Asuka Kanai | Takeru Ichimura | Mone Ryokawa | Tatsuhiro Matsunouchi | WMxCC 2018 (17th) |
