Kota Onodera (Hokkaido, JPN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Onodera are currently 1-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Onodera lost 9-1 to Tomoya Watanabe (Tokyo, JPN), droppimg another game, 9-4 to Satoru Tsukamoto (Kanagawa, JPN). Onodera lost 9-4 to Masahiko Goto (Miyota, JPN) where Onodera responded with a 10-2 win over Yasuhiro Morita (Kyoto, JPN). In their next game, Onodera plays Akira Kageyama (Sagamihara, JPN) on Saturday at 6pm and Goto at 11:30pm.
 
. Onodera gained -0.166 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 12 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 381stplace overall with 1.492 total points. Onodera ranks 601st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.