Rio Hayashi (Hokkaido, JPN) lost 8-5 to Hiroki Hasegawa (Sapporo, JPN) in the Final of the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup, held June 7 - 8 in Morioka, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Hayashi won 6-4 over Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) in the semifinals of the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup in Morioka, Japan;
 
Hayashi finished 1-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hayashi defeated Kouki Tonuma (Tokyo, JPN) 7-5, then went on to lose 6-6 against Takumi Tanabe (Tokyo, JPN). Hayashi lost 5-4 to Chikara Segawa (Morioka, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Hayashi ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.