Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) lost 7-3 to Yuhei Kusui (Osaka, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan. of the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan; Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) lost 7-3 to Yuhei Kusui (Osaka, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan. Komoda lost
9-1 to
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Komoda finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Komoda defeated
Takashi Kawahara (Niigata, JPN) 10-4, then won
7-6 against
Minako Tsuji (Karuizawa, JPN) and
5-0 against
Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN). Komoda went on to lose
11-2 against
Marina Oiwa (Miyota, JPN). Komoda lost
7-3 to
Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the WCT Kurosawa Cup, Komoda take home
3.439 world rankings points along with 607CDN. Komoda move up 201 spots after posting a net gain of 3.278 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 334th overall with
3.761 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Komoda ranks 312th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
3.439 points earned so far this season.
