Mina Kobayashi (Sapporo, JPN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Kobayashi finished 0-3 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kobayashi lost 7-3 to Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN), droppimg another game, 6-4 to Un-Chi Gim (Gyeonggi -do, KOR). Kobayashi lost 7-2 to Shinobu Aota (Aomori, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. Kobayashi gained 0.908 points improving upon their best 2 events, though dropped 225 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 225thplace overall with 0.908 total points. Kobayashi ranks 44th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.