Yuhei Kusui (Osaka, JPN) won 7-3 over Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan. of the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan; Yuhei Kusui (Osaka, JPN) won 7-3 over Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan. Kusui lost
6-3 to
Marina Oiwa (Miyota, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan;
Kusui finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kusui lost
8-4 to
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN), then responded with a
5-3 win over
Yumiko Kashiwagi (Karuizawa, JPN). Kusui went on to lose
5-4 against
Kota Onodera (Hokkaido, JPN). Kusui responded with a
7-3 win over
Tomoji Arai (Tokyo, JPN). Kusui won
6-1 against
Asuka Kanai (Karuizwaw, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the WCT Kurosawa Cup, Kusui earn
4.872 world rankings points and 1214CDN. Kusui move up 241 spots after posting a net gain of 4.711 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 295th overall with
5.194 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Kusui ranks 280th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
4.872 points earned so far this season.
