Kenji Iwasaki (Miyota, JPN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Iwasaki are currently 2-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Iwasaki lost 11-2 to Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN), droppimg another game, 6-5 to Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) where Iwasaki responded with a 8-7 win over Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN). Iwasaki won 6-5 against Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN). In their next game, Iwasaki plays.
 
. Iwasaki gained -0.013 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 4 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 515thplace overall with 0.112 total points. Iwasaki ranks 286th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.