Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN) finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Fujinaka defeated Marina Oiwa (Miyota, JPN) 6-4, then went on to lose 8-4 against Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN). Fujinaka lost 5-4 to Takashi Kawahara (Niigata, JPN) where Fujinaka responded with a 8-4 win over Minako Tsuji (Karuizawa, JPN). Fujinaka won 7-3 against Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. Fujinaka gained -0.469 points improving upon their best 8 events, though dropped 58 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 499thplace overall with 0.940 total points. Fujinaka ranks 612th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.