Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) finished 0-4 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Takeda lost 6-2 to Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR), droppimg another game, 8-2 to Kosuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN). Takeda lost 7-3 to Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN). Takeda lost 12-1 to Pat Simmons (Calgary, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 18 of the event schedule, Takeda did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 483rd to 502nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.300 total points. Takeda ranks 630th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.