Kenji Iwasaki (Miyota, JPN) finished 0-5 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Iwasaki lost 10-1 to Kazuhisa Unoura (Osaka, JPN), droppimg another game, 11-3 to Shota Iino (Tokyo, JPN). Iwasaki lost 15-3 to Hayato Matsumura (Karuizawa, JPN). Iwasaki lost 9-2 to Hiromitsu Fujinaka (Okayama, JPN). Iwasaki lost 7-5 to Suguru Tsukamoto (Kanagawa, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 8 of the event schedule, Iwasaki did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 612th to 614th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Iwasaki ranks 441st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.