Yuna Kotani
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| Born | May 26, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Curling club | Sapporo CC, Sapporo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Skip | Sayaka Yoshimura | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Third | Kaho Onodera | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Second | Yuna Kotani | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Lead | Anna Ohmiya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternate | Mina Kobayashi | ||||||||||||||||||||
Curling career  | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Member Association |  Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship appearances | 2 (2018, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Yuna Kotani (小谷 優奈, Kotani Yuna; born May 26, 1998 in Sagamihara) is a Japanese female curler.[1]
At the national level she is a 2018 Japan women's champion.
Teams
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Junko Nishimuro (fourth) | Misato Yanagisawa | Tori Koana (skip) | Riko Toyoda | Yuna Kotani | JWCC 2016  [2] | |
| 2016–17 | Junko Nishimuro (fourth) | Tori Koana (skip) | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Kyoka Kuramitsu | JWCC 2017  [3] | |
| 2017–18 | Junko Nishimuro (fourth) | Tori Koana (skip) | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | ||
| Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | Junko Nishimuro (JWCC) Kaho Onodera (WCC) | J. D. Lind (WCC) Yuji Nishimuro (WCC) | JWCC 2018  [4]WCC 2018 (10th) | |
| 2018–19 | Tori Koana | Junko Nishimuro | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | Yuna Kotani | Yuji Nishimuro | CWC/3 (6th) JWCC 2019 (4th)[5][6] |
| 2019–20 | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | |||
| 2020–21 | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | Jim Cotter | ||
| 2021–22 | Tori Koana | Yuna Kotani | Mao Ishigaki | Arisa Kotani | |||
| 2022–23 | Sayaka Yoshimura | Yuna Kotani | Kaho Onodera | Anna Ohmiya | Yumie Funayama Mina Kobayashi | Connor Njegovan | [7][8] |
| 2023–24 | Yuna Kotani[a] | Kaho Onodera | Anna Ohmiya | Mina Kobayashi | Sayaka Yoshimura | ||
| 2024–25 | Sayaka Yoshimura | Kaho Onodera[b] | Yuna Kotani[b] | Anna Ohmiya | Mina Kobayashi | Yumie Funayama | WWCC 2025 (9th) |
| 2025–26 | Sayaka Yoshimura | Kaho Onodera | Yuna Kotani | Anna Ohmiya | Mina Kobayashi | Yumie Funayama |
Personal life
Her younger sister Arisa is also a curler. They played together at the 2018 World Women's Curling Championship.
Notes
- ^ Sayaka Yoshimura did not play during the 2023–24 season as she was on maternity leave. Kotani moved up to skip the team with Onodera, Ohmiya and Kobayashi each moving up a position as well.
- ^ a b Kotani and Kaho Onodera switched positions halfway through the season.
References
- ^ Yuna Kotani at World Curling
- ^ 2016 Japan Curling Championships Coverage on CurlingZone
- ^ "第34回 全農日本カーリング選手権大会" [34th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships]. Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ "第35回 全農日本カーリング選手権大会" [35th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships]. Japan Curling Association (in Japanese). Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ "The 36th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships". sapporo-curling.org. Archived from the original on January 29, 2019. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
- ^ 2019 Japan Curling Championships Coverage on CurlingZone
- ^ "Teams". Karuizawa International Curling Championships. 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ WCTジャパン ニューイヤーメダリストカーリング in 御代田 2023 [WCT-Japan New Year Medalist Curling in Miyota 2023]. LIVE-Link (in Japanese). 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.