Naomasa Takeda (Nayoro, JPN) are set to play Rio Hayashi (Hokkaido, JPN) in the semifinals for a spot into the championship game, with the losing team dropping into the third place game. of the Morioka City Mens Memorial Cup in Morioka, Japan;
 
Takeda finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Takeda defeated Kotaro Noguchi (Sendai-shi, JPN) 9-5, then won 9-1 against Ryo Wakabayashi (Okayama, JPN). Takeda went on to lose 4-3 against Hiroki Hasegawa (Sapporo, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Takeda ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.