Tanaka/Sato Runner-Up at Obihiro Spring Cup

Moka Tanaka/Koei Sato (Obihiro, JPN) lost 10-7 to Miyu Ueno/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Obihiro Spring Cup, held June 26 - 29 in Obihiro, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Tanaka/Sato won 9-5 over Wakaba Matsuda/Shunya Matsuda (Sapporo, JPN) in the semifinals

Tanaka/Sato finished 5-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tanaka/Sato defeated Hikari Yoshino/Ayumu Ohta (Obihiro, JPN) 7-6, then won 10-1 against Arisa Funaki/Yuto Kamada (Aomori, JPN) and 5-4 against Aone Nakamura/Hinata Michitani (Sapporo, JPN). Tanaka/Sato won 11-7 against Yuri Suzuki/Kazushi Niino (Obihiro, JPN), then won 8-3 against Tomoko Takeda/Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Obihiro Spring Cup, Tanaka/Sato take home 4.400 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN prize. Tanaka/Sato gained 3.938 points improving upon their best 1 events, though dropped 107 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 107thplace overall with 3.938 total points. Tanaka/Sato ranks 290th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.