Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) won 5-4 over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan. of the 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan; Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) won 5-4 over Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Hokkaido, Japan. Hirata lost
4-3 to
Shinya Abe (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Hirata finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hirata defeated
Taia Nakahara (Kitami, JPN) 8-1, then won
3-2 against
Kaito Fujii (Miyota, JPN). Hirata went on to lose
9-4 against
Morozumi. Hirata responded with a
6-1 win over
Toshiya Iida (Wakkanai, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their third place finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Hirata earn
11.250 world rankings points. For week 2 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.
