Kenichi Nakagawa (Okayama, JPN) finished 0-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nakagawa lost 7-0 to Shuhei Takamatsu (Okayama, JPN), droppimg another game, 10-3 to Ryo Wakabayashi (Okayama, JPN). Nakagawa lost 7-1 to Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 19 of the event schedule, Nakagawa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Nakagawa ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.