Tori Koana (Yamanashi, JPN) finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Koana defeated Mizuki Hara (Sapporo, JPN) 9-3, then went on to lose 9-3 against Jie Mei (Beijing, CHN). Koana lost 8-6 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) where Koana responded with a 8-2 win over Misaki Tanaka (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Koana earned 4.022 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 2 spots the World Ranking Standings into 38th place overall with 106.088 total points. Koana ranks 11th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 6.243 points earned so far this season.