Mari Motohashi Explained

is a Japanese curler. She currently plays third on Team Honoka Sasaki.

Career

Motohashi was a member of Team Aomori which represented Japan at two Winter Olympics (2006 and 2010). She threw second stones for Ayumi Onodera at the 2006 Winter Olympics, finishing 7th, and played second for Moe Meguro at the 2010 Winter Olympics, finishing 8th. She skipped the Japan team at the 2002 World Junior Curling Championships, finishing last. She has also played for Japan at five World Curling Championships: 2004 (7th), 2005 (9th), 2007 (9th), 2008 (4th) & 2010 (11th).

After playing for the Meguro rink from 2007 to 2010, Motohashi began skipping her own team. She has yet to represent Japan internationally as a skip on the senior level.

On the World Curling Tour, Motohashi won the 2007 Meyers Norris Penny Charity Classic and the 2009 Twin Anchors Invitational while playing for Meguro, and later skipped her own rink to win the 2014 Avonair Cash Spiel.

Founded own rink "Loco Solare", a.k.a. "LS Kitami" in her hometown Tokoro, Kitami in Aug. 2010.The team members are all local members but achieved international success as the 2nd place in the 2016 World Women's Curling Championship in Swift Current.

Motohashi was part of the Japanese team that won the 2018 Olympics women curling bronze medal.

In June 2018, Motohashi announced that she would rest for a while from a top curling player and concentrate on training young players.^[1]

In 2021, she took over the Miki Hayashi rink as their skip.^[2]

Personal life

Motohashi graduated from Nippon Sport Science University. Her nickname is 'Marilyn' named after her given name.Holding Teacher's License for Junior High School - Grade 2 in Japan (health and physical training).She was awarded as an honorary citizen of Kitami City.

Teammates

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Events
2001–02	Mari Motohashi					2002 WJCC[3]
2003–04					Mari Motohashi	2003 PCC,[4] 2004 WCC[5]
2004–05			Mari Motohashi			2004 PCC,[6] 2005 WCC[7]
2005–06	Ayumi Onodera	Yumie Hayashi	Mari Motohashi		Sakurako Terada	2006 OG[8]
2006–07	Moe Meguro	Mari Motohashi		Sakurako Terada		2006 PCC, 2007 WUG, WCC[9]
2007–08	Moe Meguro	Mari Motohashi	Mayo Yamaura		Anna Ohmiya	2007 PCC, 2008 WCC[10]
2008–09	Moe Meguro	Mari Motohashi	Mayo Yamaura	Kotomi Ishizaki	Anna Ohmiya	2008 PCC[11]
2009–10	Moe Meguro	Anna Ohmiya	Mari Motohashi	Kotomi Ishizaki	Mayo Yamaura	2009 PCC, 2010 OG, WCC[12]
2010–11	Mari Motohashi
2011–12[13]	Mari Motohashi	Megumi Mabuchi	Yumi Suzuki	Akane Eda		Yurika Yoshida
2012–13[14]	Mari Motohashi	Yurika Yoshida	Megumi Mabuchi	Yumi Suzuki	Akane Eda
2013–14[15]	Mari Motohashi	Yurika Yoshida	Yumi Suzuki	Megumi Mabuchi
2014–15[16]	Mari Motohashi		Yumi Suzuki	Yurika Yoshida	Megumi Mabuchi
2015–16		Chinami Yoshida	Yumi Suzuki	Yurika Yoshida	Mari Motohashi	2016 WCC[17]
2016–17	Satsuki Fujisawa	Chinami Yoshida	Mari Motohashi	Yurika Yoshida	Yumi Suzuki	2016 PCC,[18] 2017 AWG[19]
2017–18	Satsuki Fujisawa	Chinami Yoshida	Yumi Suzuki	Yurika Yoshida	Mari Motohashi	2017 PCC,[20] 2018 OG[21]
2021–22	Mari Motohashi
2022–23	Honoka Sasaki	Mari Motohashi	Miki Hayashi	Ayuna Aoki	Mayumi Saito
2023–24	Honoka Sasaki	Mari Motohashi	Miki Hayashi	Mayumi Saito	Yako Matsuzawa

Grand Slam record

Event	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18
Players'	DNP	DNP	QF
Champions Cup	Q	DNP	DNP

Former events

External links

• • Curling Athlete Profile: Mari MOTOHASHI - Pyeongchang 2018
• MariLog: Official blog by Mari Motohashi (in Japanese)
• Loco Solare, a.k.a. LS Kitami: Official site (in Japanese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 今後のチーム体制に関するお知らせ . Announcement about the future of the team . Japanese . Team Loco Solare . 26 June 2018 . 7 May 2019 .
2. Web site: 2021 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic – Teams List. Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic. 18 August 2021.
3. Web site: World Junior Curling Championships 2002. results.worldcurling.org. 31 March 2002.
4. Web site: Pacific Curling Championships 2003. results.worldcurling.org. 29 November 2003.
5. Web site: Ford World Curling Championships 2004. results.worldcurling.org. 25 April 2004.
6. Web site: Pacific Curling Championships 2004. results.worldcurling.org. 25 November 2004.
7. Web site: World Women's Curling Championship 2005. results.worldcurling.org. 27 March 2005.
8. Web site: XX. Olympic Winter Games 2006. results.worldcurling.org. 26 February 2006.
9. Web site: World Women's Curling Championships 2007. results.worldcurling.org. 25 March 2007.
10. Web site: Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2008. results.worldcurling.org. 30 March 2008.
11. Web site: Pacific Curling Championships 2008. results.worldcurling.org. 9 November 2008.
12. Web site: Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2010. results.worldcurling.org. 28 March 2010.
13. Web site: Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel: Team Motohashi - Aomori, JPN. www.curlingzone.com. 18 December 2011.
14. Web site: Iron Trail Motors Shoot-Out @ Curl Mesabi: Team Motohashi - Aomori, JPN. www.curlingzone.com. 16 December 2012.
15. Web site: Asia-Pacific / Olympic Qualifier: Team Motohashi - Aomori, JPN. www.curlingzone.com. 17 September 2013.
16. Web site: Avonair Cash Spiel: Team Motohashi - Aomori, JPN. www.curlingzone.com. 5 October 2014.
17. Web site: Ford World Women's Curling Championship 2016. results.worldcurling.org. 27 March 2016.
18. Web site: Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2016. results.worldcurling.org. 12 November 2016.
19. Web site: 8th Asian Winter Games Sapporo 2017. results.worldcurling.org. 26 February 2017.
20. Web site: Pacific-Asia Curling Championships 2017. results.worldcurling.org. 19 November 2017.
21. Web site: XXIII. Olympic Winter Games 2018. results.worldcurling.org. 25 February 2018.