Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) lost 7-3 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. of the 2022 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan; Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) lost 7-3 to John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2022 Karuizawa International in Karuizawa, Japan. Hirata lost
5-4 to
Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Hirata finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata lost
7-6 to
Hayato Sato (Sapporo, JPN), then responded with a
7-6 win over
Chang-Min Kim (Gyeongbuk, KOR). Hirata won
8-7 against
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Karuizawa International, Hirata take home
7.500 world rankings points along with 1004CDN. For week 20 of the event schedule, Hirata did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Hirata ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
