Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) finished 3-5 in the 9-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sasaki lost 6-5 to Rin Suzuki (Aomori, JPN), then responded with a 8-4 win over Riho Zaikan (Hioshima, JPN). Sasaki went on to lose 8-5 against Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN). Sasaki lost 13-4 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) where Sasaki responded with a 9-7 win over Asuka Kanai (Karuizawa, JPN). Sasaki went on to lose 11-1 against Miori Nakamura (Aomori, JPN). Sasaki lost 9-7 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) where Sasaki responded with a 11-4 win over Yumi Suzuki (Tokyo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Sasaki earned 5.063 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Sasaki move up 12 spots after posting a net gain of 4.883 points improving upon their best 7 results so far this season, ranking 69th overall with 43.867 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sasaki ranks 66th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 43.688 points earned so far this season.