Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Ogihara finished 0-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ogihara lost 6-5 to Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN), droppimg another game, 8-6 to Souta Tsuruga (Sapporo, JPN). Ogihara lost 8-7 to Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. Ogihara gained 2.12 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 340 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 340thplace overall with 2.120 total points. Ogihara ranks 574th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.