Tomoji Arai (Tokyo, JPN) finished 0-5 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Arai lost 10-7 to Takuya Ishikawa (Tokyo, JPN), droppimg another game, 10-3 to Hiromitsu Kuriyama (Tokyo, JPN). Arai lost 11-1 to Hiroki Yoshioka (Okayama, JPN). Arai lost 4-3 to Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN). Arai lost 8-5 to Michio Hatano (Chiba, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 25 of the event schedule, Arai did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 510th to 512th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.530 total points. Arai ranks 454th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.530 points earned so far this season.