Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN) lost
5-4 to
Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the Karuizawa International, held December 16 - 18, 2022 in Karuizawa, Japan. To advance to the championship game, Morozumi won
5-4 over
Kohsuke Hirata (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals
Morozumi finished 2-1 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Morozumi defeated
Hiroyuki Honda (Kitami, JPN) 9-1, then won
8-4 against
ByeongJin Jeong (Seoul, KOR). Morozumi went on to lose
7-3 against
John Shuster (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Karuizawa International, Morozumi take home
13.750 world rankings points along with the $4,018CDN prize. Morozumi move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 3.125 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 41st overall with
90.831 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Morozumi ranks 32nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
75.500 points earned so far this season.
