Minako Tsuji (Karuizawa, JPN) are currently 0-4 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tsuji lost 12-4 to Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN), droppimg another game, 7-6 to Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN). Tsuji lost 13-5 to Marina Oiwa (Miyota, JPN). Tsuji lost 8-4 to Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN). In their next game, Tsuji plays.
 
. For week 22 of the event schedule, Tsuji did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Tsuji ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.