Masaki Iwai

Masaki Iwai (岩井 真幸, Iwai Masaki; born July 31, 1985) is a Japanese curler from Takarazuka, Hyōgo.

Masaki Iwai
Curler
Born	(1985-07-31) 31 July 1985 (age 40) Hyogo Prefecture, Japan[1]
Team
Skip	Yusuke Morozumi
Third	Yuta Matsumura
Second	Ryotaro Shukuya
Lead	Masaki Iwai
Alternate	Kosuke Morozumi
Curling career
Member Association	Japan
World Championship appearances	1 (2018)
Pacific-Asia Championship appearances	1 (2021)
Medal record Representing  Japan Pacific-Asia Championships 2021 Almaty

After winning the 2018 Japanese curling championship,^[2] Iwai skipped 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. 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,^[3] his first World Curling Tour event win.