{{short description|Japanese curler}} {{Infobox curler | name = Yusuke Morozumi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|1|16}} | birth_place = [[Karuizawa, Nagano]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.town.karuizawa.lg.jp/www/contents/1001000000226/files/eigobann.pdf |title=Karuizawa Town Guidebook 95th Anniversary Commemorative Edition |publisher=Karuizawa Town |date=2018-08-09 |access-date=2019-05-29 |archive-date=2019-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529122420/https://www.town.karuizawa.lg.jp/www/contents/1001000000226/files/eigobann.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | Curling club = [[Karuizawa Curling Club|Karuizawa CC]], <br />[[Karuizawa, Nagano|Karuizawa, JPN]] | Skip = '''Yusuke Morozumi''' | Third = [[Yuta Matsumura (curler)|Yuta Matsumura]] | Second = [[Ryotaro Shukuya]] | Lead = [[Masaki Iwai]] | Alternate = [[Kosuke Morozumi]] | Member Association = {{JPN}} | World Championship appearances = 6 ({{WMCC|2009}}, {{WMCC|2013}}, {{WMCC|2014}}, {{WMCC|2015}}, {{WMCC|2016}}, {{WMCC|2017}}) | Pacific Championship appearances = 10 ({{PACC|2007}}, {{PACC|2008}}, {{PACC|2009}}, {{PACC|2012}}, {{PACC|2013}}, {{PACC|2014}}, {{PACC|2015}}, {{PACC|2016}}, {{PACC|2017}}, {{PACC|2021}}) | Olympic appearances = 1 ([[Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament|2018]]) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[curling]] }} {{MedalCountry | {{JPN}} }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Asian Winter Games]] }} {{MedalSilver | [[Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games|2017 Sapporo]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|Pacific-Asia Championships]] }} {{MedalGold | [[2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|2016 Uiseong]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2008 Pacific Curling Championships|2008 Naseby]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2009 Pacific Curling Championships|2009 Karuizawa]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|2012 Naseby]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2013 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|2013 Shanghai]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|2014 Karuizawa]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|2015 Almaty]] | }} {{MedalSilver | [[2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|2021 Almaty]] | }} {{MedalBronze | [[2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|2017 Erina]] | }} {{MedalCompetition | [[Pacific-Asia Junior Curling Championships|Pacific-Asia Junior Championships]] }} {{MedalSilver | 2006 Beijing | }} }}
{{nihongo|'''Yusuke Morozumi'''|両角 友佑|Morozumi Yusuke|born January 16, 1985 in [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]]}} is a Japanese [[curling|curler]] from [[Karuizawa, Nagano|Karuizawa]]. He [[skip (curling)|skipped]] the Japanese men's team at the [[2018 Winter Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldcurling.org/owg2018/team-japan-profile |title=PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games - Japan teams celebrating Olympic qualification after 20 years |access-date=2017-10-10 |archive-date=2017-11-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116053114/http://www.worldcurling.org/owg2018/team-japan-profile |url-status=dead }}</ref> He currently coaches the [[Chubu Electric Power]] Curling Team.
==Curling career== Yusuke Morozumi was the skip of the Japanese team at the 2004 World Junior Curling Championships,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/sherrard-shines-at-junior-curling-worlds-1.514045|title=Sherrard shines at junior curling worlds|date=2004-03-24|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=3 January 2010}}</ref> placing 9th.
In 2008, by finishing 2nd at the Pacific Curling Championships he and his team qualified for the 2009 World Men's Curling Championships, finishing 10th overall. Since then, he has skipped Japan at the 2013 (11th place), 2014 (5th), 2015 (6th), 2016 (4th) and 2017 (7th) World Championships. In total, he has played in 9 [[Pacific-Asia Curling Championships]] (as of 2017), with his best finish coming at the [[2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships]] where he captured gold.
Morozumi skipped the Japanese team which also included [[Tetsuro Shimizu]], [[Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (curler)|Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi]], [[Kosuke Morozumi]] and [[Kohsuke Hirata]] at the 2018 Winter Olympics. There, he led his team to a 4–5 record, in 8th place overall.
==Personal life== Morozumi is married and works as a sports instructor.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cloudfront7.curling.ca/2015worldmen-en/files/2015/03/EYE-OPENER-SUN-ALL.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-04-02 |archive-date=2015-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403174209/http://cloudfront7.curling.ca/2015worldmen-en/files/2015/03/EYE-OPENER-SUN-ALL.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a graduate of Kanazawa University.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.joc.or.jp/games/olympic/pyeongchang/sports/curling/team/morozumiyusuke.html |language=ja |title=両角 友佑 (カーリング) - 平昌オリンピック2018 |trans-title=Yusuke Morozumi (Curling) - Pyeongchang Olympic 2018 |website=Japanese Olympic Committee |date=2018-02-09 |access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> He has three children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/2022-OK-Tire-BKT-Tires-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-WEB.pdf|title=2022 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide|work=[[Curling Canada]]|accessdate=16 March 2022|archive-date=18 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318021807/https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/03/2022-OK-Tire-BKT-Tires-World-Womens-Curling-Championship-media-guide-WEB.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Teams == {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row"| 2002–03 | [[Hiroaki Kashiwagi]] || [[Kazuto Yanagizawa]] || [[Yoichi Nakasato]] || Yusuke Morozumi || [[Keita Satoh (curler)|Keita Satoh]] || 2003 [[World Junior Curling Championships|WJCC]] |- ! scope="row"| 2003–04 | Yusuke Morozumi || [[Masahori Satoh]] || Yoichi Nakasato || Keisaku Fujimaki || Kazuya Kobayashi || 2004 WJCC |- ! scope="row"| 2005–06 | Yusuke Morozumi || [[Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (curler)|Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi]] || Masahori Satoh || Yoichi Nakasato || [[Kosuke Morozumi]] || 2006 PJCC |- ! scope="row" rowspan="2"| 2006–07 | Yusuke Morozumi || Masonori Satoh || Yoichi Nakasato || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || || |- | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Masanori Satoh || [[Tetsuro Shimizu]] || [[Ryo Ogihara]] || 2007 [[Curling at the 2007 Winter Universiade|WUG]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/Curling.pdf |title=Torino Winter Universiade 2007. Result Book: Curling |website=FISU |date=2007-01-18 |access-date=2019-08-30 |archive-date=2019-08-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830054411/https://www.fisu.net/medias/fichiers/Curling.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2007–08 | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Tetsuro Shimizu || [[Yuta Matsumura (curler)|Yuta Matsumura]] || || |- ! scope="row"| 2008–09 | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Tetsuro Shimizu || Kosuke Morozumi || Keita Satoh || 2008 [[2008 Pacific Curling Championship|PCC]], 2009 [[2009 World Men's Curling Championship|WCC]] |- ! scope="row"| 2009–10 | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Tetsuro Shimizu || Kosuke Morozumi || Hayato Sato || 2009 [[2009 Pacific Curling Championships|PCC]] |- ! scope="row"| 2010–11 | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Tetsuro Shimizu || Kosuke Morozumi || || |- ! scope="row"| 2011–12 | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Tetsuro Shimizu || Kosuke Morozumi || || |- ! scope="row"| 2012–13 | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Tetsuro Shimizu || Kosuke Morozumi || [[Yoshiro Shimizu]] || 2012 [[2012 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|PCC]], 2013 [[2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|WCC]] |- ! scope="row"| 2013–14 | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Tetsuro Shimizu || Kosuke Morozumi || [[Shinya Abe]] || 2013 [[2013 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|PCC]], [[Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Qualification event|OQE]], 2014 [[2014 World Men's Curling Championship|WCC]] |- ! scope="row"| 2014–15 | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Tetsuro Shimizu || Kosuke Morozumi || Yuta Matsumura || 2014 [[2014 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|PCC]], 2015 [[2015 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|WCC]] |- ! scope="row"| 2015–16 | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Tetsuro Shimizu || Kosuke Morozumi || [[Kohsuke Hirata]] / [[Yasumasa Tanida]] || 2015 [[2015 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|PCC]], 2016 [[2016 World Men's Curling Championship|WCC]] |- ! scope="row"| 2016–17 | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Tetsuro Shimizu || Kosuke Morozumi || Kohsuke Hirata || 2016 [[2016 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|PCC]], 2017 [[2017 Asian Winter Games|AWG]], [[2017 Ford World Men's Curling Championship|WCC]] |- ! scope="row"| 2017–18 | Yusuke Morozumi || Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi || Tetsuro Shimizu || Kosuke Morozumi || Kohsuke Hirata || 2017 [[2017 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|PCC]], 2018 [[2018 Winter Olympics|OG]] |- ! scope="row"| 2019–20<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.karuizawa.co.jp/topics/2019/05/tm.php |language=ja |title=カーリング男子「TM軽井沢」が発足 |trans-title=Men's Curling, "TM Karuizawa" is Launched |website=Kawuizawa web |publisher=Karuizawa Newspaper, Inc. |date=2019-05-24 |access-date=2019-05-29}}</ref> | Yusuke Morozumi || [[Masaki Iwai]] || [[Ryotaro Shukuya]] || Kosuke Morozumi || || |- ! scope="row"| 2020–21 | Yusuke Morozumi || Masaki Iwai || Ryotaro Shukuya || Kosuke Morozumi || || |- ! scope="row"| 2021–22 | Yusuke Morozumi || Masaki Iwai || Ryotaro Shukuya || Kosuke Morozumi || || 2021 [[2021 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships|PCC]] |- ! scope="row"| 2022–23 | Yusuke Morozumi || [[Yuta Matsumura (curler)|Yuta Matsumura]] || Ryotaro Shukuya || Kosuke Morozumi || Masaki Iwai || |- ! scope="row"| 2023–24 | Yusuke Morozumi || Yuta Matsumura || Ryotaro Shukuya || Masaki Iwai || Kosuke Morozumi || |- ! scope="row"| 2024–25 | Yusuke Morozumi || Yuta Matsumura || Ryotaro Shukuya || Masaki Iwai || Kosuke Morozumi || |}
==Grand Slam record== {{Curling GS key}} {{clear}} {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Event ! [[2013–14 curling season|2013–14]] ! [[2014–15 curling season|2014–15]] ! [[2015–16 curling season|2015–16]] ! [[2016–17 curling season|2016–17]] ! [[2017–18 curling season|2017–18]] ! [[2018–19 curling season|2018–19]] ! [[2019–20 curling season|2019–20]] ! [[2020–21 curling season|2020–21]] ! [[2021–22 curling season|2021–22]] ! [[2022–23 curling season|2022–23]] ! [[2023–24 curling season|2023–24]] ! [[2024–25 curling season|2024–25]] |- | [[Tour Challenge]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2023 Tour Challenge|T2]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2024 Tour Challenge|T2]] |- | [[National (curling)|The National]] |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2014 The National (March)|Q]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |- | [[Champions Cup (curling)|Champions Cup]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#afeeee;"| [[2017 Humpty's Champions Cup|Q]] |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| DNP |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| N/A |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Sports links}} *[http://wcc.curlit.com/CURLITBio/Bio.aspx?BioID=0&Name=Morozumi Curlit.com biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514141742/http://wcc.curlit.com/CURLITBio/Bio.aspx?BioID=0&Name=Morozumi |date=2018-05-14 }}
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