Japanese Women’s Olympic Curling Team – Team Aomori

Team Aomori is the women’s curling team from Japan. They are young and extremely popular in Japan. After the Torino Olympics 4 years ago, the team members continued to find themselves followed by the tabloids and a myriad of fans.

This year’s team is also young and good-looking and promises to be popular in Japan whether they medal in Vancouver or not. Here is a short introduction to the team.

Moe Meguro is the Skip (Captain) of the team. (center in the picture above)

• Started curling in third grade
• Also represented Japan in Torino in 2006
• She also has a personal blog called “Moe Blog“

Anna Ohmiya is Third (second from the right in the picture above)

• Has been curling since she was 10
• On the team at the Torino Olympics
• Her official blog is on Team Aomori’s homepage here: “Anna Ohmiya’s Anna-log“

Mari Motohashi is the Second (second from the left in the picture above)

• She has been curling for 12 years
• Competed in the Torino Olympics
• Her favorite singers are Rihanna, Mariah Carey, and Lil’ Wayne
• Her blog is “Mari Motohashi Curling Life“, and has a lot of photos and information.

Kotomi Ishizaki is the Lead (furthest to the left in the photo above)

• She is the oldest member of the team at age 31
• Was on the Japanese Olympic Curling Team at the Salt Lake City Olympics in 2002
• Her blog is “Kotomi Ishizaki’s Beautiful Curling“

Mayo Yamaura is the fifth (furthest right in the photo above)

• Started curling as a first grader
• Official personal blog at “Mayo Yamaura’s Curling Life“