Ryo Ogihara (Karuizawa, JPN) won
6-3 over
Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup, held June 15 - 16, 2019 in Morioka, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Ogihara won
5-1 over
Suguru Tsukamoto (Kanagawa, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2019 Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup in Morioka, Japan;
Ogihara finished 3-0 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ogihara defeated
Naomasa Takeda (Sapporo, JPN) 7-5, then won
8-2 against
Kyosuke Sawaguchi (Morioka, JPN) and
6-2 against
Tomoji Arai (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup Championship title, Ogihara earned
10.595 world rankings points along with the $984CDN first prize cheque. Ogihara gained 15.756 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 164 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 164thplace overall with
15.756 total points. Ogihara ranks 2nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
10.595 points earned so far this season.
