Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujinaka lost 6-4 to Se Hyeon Seong (Uiseong, KOR), droppimg another game, 10-2 to Kevin Koe (Calgary, AB) where Fujinaka responded with a 9-6 win over Tamotsu Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN). Fujinaka won 7-5 against Suguru Tsukamoto (Kanagawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 17 of the event schedule, Fujinaka did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 464th to 475th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Fujinaka ranks 607th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.