Sae Yamamoto (curler)
Japanese curler (born 2001)
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Sae Yamamoto (山本 冴, Yamamoto Sae; born 2 May 2001) is a Japanese curler. She currently plays second on the Hokkaido Bank curling team skipped by Miku Nihira. In 2022, she won the World Junior Curling Championships as the skip for the Japanese team.
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| Born | 2 May 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Curling club | Hokkaido Bank, Sapporo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Miku Nihira | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Momoha Tabata | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Sae Yamamoto | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Mikoto Nakajima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member Association |  Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
Yamamoto was born in Saku, Nagano. She graduated from Saku Municipal Asashina Junior High School and Nagano Prefecture Nozawa Kita High School, and currently attends Japan Women's University.[1]
She began curling in fourth grade through the SWAN Project, which was held in Nagano to train Winter Olympic medalists.[2]
Career
In November 2015, Yamamoto was the runner up in the Japan Junior Curling Championship.[3]
At the Japan Curling Championships in February 2016, although she advanced to the playoffs in 3rd place, Yamamoto ultimately placed 4th. She competed in the World Junior Curling Championships the next month in replacement of Miyu Ueno who was absent because of her high school entrance exams; Yamamoto placed tenth.
In May 2016, she joined the Karuizawa Fire Bomber as a first-generation student of the Curling Elite Academy opened by Sports Community Karuizawa Club.[4][5] In August 2019, Karuizawa Fire Bomber disbanded after the JCA Jr. training camp.[6]
In May 2022, Yamamoto won the first Japanese gold medal for the World Junior Curling Championship.
Yamamoto joined the Hokkaido Bank Women's Curling Club in November 2022.[7]
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
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| 2015–16 | Seina Nakajima | Minori Suzuki | Ami Enami | Sae Yamamoto | |
| Fumino Tsuchiya | Yuumi Suzuki | Yui Ueno | Asuka Kanai | Sae Yamamoto | |
| 2016–17 | Ami Enami (Fourth) | Minori Suzuki | Sae Yamamoto (Skip) | Mone Ryokawa | |
| 2018–19 | Ami Enami (Fourth) | Minori Suzuki | Sae Yamamoto | Mone Ryokawa (Skip) | Asuka Kanai |
| 2019–20 | Minori Suzuki (Fourth) | Eri Ogihara | Yui Ueno | Sae Yamamoto (Skip) | Miyu Ueno |
| 2020–21 | Miyu Ueno (Fourth) | Eri Ogihara | Yui Ueno | Sae Yamamoto (Skip) | |
| 2021–22 | Miyu Ueno (Fourth) | Eri Ogihara | Yui Ueno | Sae Yamamoto (Skip) | Asuka Kanai |
| Yuina Miura | |||||
| 2022–23 | Miyu Ueno (Fourth) | Sae Yamamoto (Skip) | Suzune Yasui | Moeka Iwase | Mizuki Hara |
| Momoha Tabata | Miku Nihira | Mikoto Nakajima | Sae Yamamoto | Ayami Ito | |
| 2023–24 | Momoha Tabata | Miku Nihira | Sae Yamamoto | Mikoto Nakajima | Ayami Ito |
| 2024–25 | Momoha Tabata (Fourth) | Miku Nihira (Skip) | Sae Yamamoto | Mikoto Nakajima | Ayami Ito |
| 2025–26 | Momoha Tabata (Fourth) | Miku Nihira (Skip) | Sae Yamamoto | Mikoto Nakajima |