Honoka Sasaki (Kitami, JPN) finished 2-5 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sasaki lost 8-2 to Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN), droppimg another game, 11-2 to Momoha Tabata (Sapporo, JPN) where Sasaki responded with a 6-5 win over Yui Ozeki (Tokyo, JPN). Sasaki won 10-2 against Kotoka Segawa (Morioka, JPN). Sasaki went on to lose 9-6 against Yuna Kotani (Sapporo, JPN). Sasaki lost 7-3 to Miyu Ueno (Karuizawa, JPN). Sasaki lost 8-4 to Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
Sasaki earned 4.125 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Sasaki move up 3 spots after posting a net gain of -7.031 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 50th overall with 54.438 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Sasaki ranks 50th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 54.438 points earned so far this season.