Marina Oiwa (Miyota, JPN) lost
9-4 to
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the WCT Kurosawa Cup, held January 12 - 14, 2019 in Miyota, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Oiwa won
6-3 over
Yuhei Kusui (Osaka, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2019 WCT Kurosawa Cup in Miyota, Japan;
Oiwa finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Oiwa lost
6-4 to
Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN), then responded with a
11-1 win over
Takashi Kawahara (Niigata, JPN). Oiwa won
13-5 against
Minako Tsuji (Karuizawa, JPN), then won
11-2 against
Kenji Komoda (Sagamihara, JPN) and
5-4 against
Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the WCT Kurosawa Cup, Oiwa take home
6.305 world rankings points along with the $1,821CDN prize. For week 22 of the event schedule, Oiwa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Oiwa ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
