They would lose this match 9 - 7, which would become the second-best performance by a Pacific region team at the Curling World Championships.
Kotomi Ishizaki played Lead position for Team Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Ishizaki was chosen as an alternate member for Team Japan at the 2022 Winter Olympics, in which they won first-ever silver medals.
Ishizaki became the oldest Japanese athlete to win a medal at the Winter Olympics at age 43 years and 1 month, surpassing Noriaki Kasai, who won 2 medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics at age 41 years and 8 months.
2022 Beijing Olympic Games Satsuki Fujisawa, Skip Chinami Yoshida Third Yumi Suzuki Second Yurika Yoshida Lead 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games Moe Meguro, Skip Anna Ohmiya, Third Mari Motohashi, Second Mayo Yamaura, Alternate 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Games Akiko Katoh, Skip Yumie Hayashi, Third Ayumi Onodera, Second Mika Konaka, Lead