Kenji Tomabechi

Kenji Tomabechi (苫米地 賢司, born 19 June, 1978) is a Japanese curler.^[1]

Kenji Tomabechi
Curler  ♂
Born	(1978-06-19) 19 June 1978 (age 45)
Team
Curling club	Team Iwate
Mixed doubles partner	Michiko Tomabechi
Curling career
Member Association	Japan
World Mixed Doubles Championship appearances	4 (2008, 2011, 2012, 2015)
Medal record Japan Mixed Doubles Championship 2007 Tokoro 2011 Karuizawa 2012 Tokoro 2015 Karuizawa 2009 Aomori 2008 Karuizawa

At the national level, he is a four-time Japan mixed doubles champion curler (2007, 2011, 2012, 2015).

Teams and events

Men's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Events
2020–21	Kenji Tomabechi	Eiwa Matsubara	Tadashi Sato	Mitsuru Kikuchi	JMCC 2021 (7th)

Mixed doubles

Season	Male	Female	Coach	Events
2007–08	Michiko Taira	Kenji Tomabechi		JMDCC 2007   WMD 2008 (13th)
2008–09	Michiko Tomabechi	Kenji Tomabechi		JMDCC 2008
2009–10	Michiko Tomabechi	Kenji Tomabechi		JMDCC 2009
2010–11	Michiko Tomabechi	Kenji Tomabechi	Akira Takada (WMDCC)	JMDCC 2011   WMDCC 2011 (7th)
2011–12	Michiko Tomabechi	Kenji Tomabechi	Akira Takada (WMDCC)	JMDCC 2012   WMDCC 2012 (15th)
2014–15	Michiko Tomabechi	Kenji Tomabechi	Akira Takada (WMDCC)	JMDCC 2015   WMDCC 2015 (10th)
2020–21	Michiko Tomabechi	Kenji Tomabechi	Yoshito Nakamura	JMDCC 2021 (10th)

Personal life

His wife, Michiko Tomabechi is also a competitive curler.^[2] Together, they are four time national mixed doubles champions,^[3] and they have played four times in the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship for Japan.

References

1. Kenji Tomabechi on the World Curling database  
2. Michiko TOMABECHI | Curling | Japan - Sochi 2014 Olympics
3. "ミックスダブルス歴代優勝チーム" [Mixed doubles, past winning teams] (in Japanese). Japan Curling Association. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

External links

• Kenji Tomabechi at World Curling