Asuka Kanai

Asuka Kanai (金井 亜翠香, Kanai Asuka; born April 14, 2001) is a Japanese curler from Karuizawa.^[1]

Asuka Kanai
Curler  ♀
Born	(2001-04-14) April 14, 2001 (age 24) Karuizawa, Japan
Team
Curling club	Karuizawa CC, Karuizawa
Skip	Miyu Ueno
Third	Yui Ueno
Second	Junko Nishimuro
Lead	Asuka Kanai
Curling career
Member Association	Japan
World Championship appearances	1 (2024)
Pan Continental Championship appearances	1 (2024)
World Junior Curling Championship appearances	2 (2016, 2019)
Medal record Curling Representing Nagano Japan Curling Championships 2024 Sapporo 2023 Tokoro

At the national level she is a Japan women's champion curler.

She began curling in 2008 at the age of 7^[2]

Teams and events

Women's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
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
2018–19	Taisei Kanai	Asuka Kanai	Takeru Ichimura	Mone Ryokawa	Tatsuhiro Matsunouchi	WMxCC 2018 (17th)