Kai Tsuchiya (Nagano-ken , JPN) finished 0-4 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tsuchiya lost 4-3 to Val Sweeting (Edmonton, CAN), droppimg another game, 8-4 to Chiaki Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN). Tsuchiya lost 7-6 to Rina Ida (Sapporo, JPN). Tsuchiya lost 8-7 to Eun ji Gim (gyeonggido, KOR) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 18 of the event schedule, Tsuchiya did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 361st to 363rd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Tsuchiya ranks 280th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.