Masaki Iwai

{{short description|Japanese curler}} {{Infobox curler | name = Masaki Iwai | image = | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date and age |1985|7|31|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Hyogo Prefecture]], [[Japan]]<ref>{{Cite web | title=Masaki Iwai {{!}} Players {{!}} Curling World Cup | url=https://www.curlingworldcup.com/players/masaki-iwai | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909221957/https://www.curlingworldcup.com/players/masaki-iwai | access-date=2026-01-18 | archive-date=2018-09-09}}</ref> | Curling club = | Skip = [[Yusuke Morozumi]] | Third = [[Yuta Matsumura (curler)|Yuta Matsumura]] | Second = [[Ryotaro Shukuya]] | Lead = '''Masaki Iwai''' | Alternate = [[Kosuke Morozumi]] | Member Association = {{JPN}} | World Championship appearances = 1 ({{WMCC|2018}}) | Pacific Championship appearances = 1 ({{PACC|2021}}) | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|Pacific-Asia Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|2021 Almaty]] | }} }}

{{Nihongo|'''Masaki Iwai'''|岩井真幸|Iwai Masaki|born July 31, 1985}} is a Japanese [[curling|curler]] from [[Takarazuka, Hyōgo]].

After winning the 2018 Japanese curling championship,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=5266|title=Japan Curling Championship: Main|website=curlingzone.com}}</ref> Iwai [[skip (curling)|skip]]ped the Japan national team at the [[2018 World Men's Curling Championship]]. Iwai threw third stones on the team which also consisted of fourth [[Go Aoki]], second [[Ruyotaro Shukuya]] and lead [[Yutaka Aoyama (curler)|Yutaka Aoyama]]. Iwai led the team to a 3-9 round robin record, an 11th-place finish.

Iwai began the [[2018-19 curling season]] by winning the [[Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/event.php?view=Main&eventid=5338|title=Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic: Main|website=www.curlingzone.com}}</ref> his first [[World Curling Tour]] event win.

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