Japan's Team Aomori returns to the Winter Olympics four years after bringing curling to an ever-increasing audience in the country.
Mari Motohashi, one of the two remaining members from the Turin Games, even has her own DVD, titled "Days Off," which features her first trip to Okinawa.
Without doubt, the 23-year-old photogenic Hokkaido native is the face of the Japanese curling team in Vancouver, but she will not be happy with just another round of attention or an increase in her DVD sales. She wants results this time.