Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN) finished 0-4 in the 15-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kanda lost 9-3 to SooHyuk Kim (Seoul, KOR), droppimg another game, 6-3 to Shingo Usui (Kitami, JPN). Kanda lost 4-3 to Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN). Kanda lost 6-1 to Masaki Iwai (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 19 of the event schedule, Kanda did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 188th to 191st place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 16.810 total points. Kanda ranks 613th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.