Kazuto Funaki (Aomori, JPN) finished 0-8 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Funaki lost 9-2 to Kouji Tsuruga (Kitami, JPN), droppimg another game, 11-2 to Naoki Iwanaga (Tokyo, JPN). Funaki lost 8-3 to Japan's Ryo Ogihara. Funaki lost 7-4 to Ryuji Shibatani (Kitami, JPN). Funaki lost 7-2 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Funaki lost 7-3 to Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Funaki lost 8-7 to Japan's Doi Homaretoru. Funaki lost 8-2 to Hironori Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 25 of the event schedule, Funaki did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 495th to 501st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Funaki ranks 621st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.