Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Fujinaka finished 2-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujinaka defeated Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) 5-4, then went on to lose 6-5 against Junpei Kanda (Tokyo, JPN). Fujinaka responded with a 9-6 win over Tomoji Arai (Tokyo, JPN). Fujinaka went on to lose 6-5 against Kenji Iwasaki (Miyota, JPN). Fujinaka lost 8-1 to Yoshihiro Sakaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. Fujinaka gained -0.47 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 10 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 296thplace overall with 4.228 total points. Fujinaka ranks 665th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.