Miyu Ueno/Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Karuizawa, JPN) are set to play Arisa Funaki/Yuto Kamada (Aomori, JPN) in the semifinals for a spot into the championship game, with the losing team dropping into the third place game. of the Obihiro Spring Cup in Obihiro, Japan;
 
Ueno/Yamaguchi are currently . In their opening game, Ueno/Yamaguchi plays Chihiro Yuki/Genji Ohara (Obihiro, JPN) on Wednesday at 10:30pm Wakaba Matsuda/Shunya Matsuda (Sapporo, JPN) on Thursday at 5:30am and Haruko Sakurai/Takanobu Iwasaki (Obihiro, JPN) at 9pm and Haruko Sakurai/Takanobu Iwasaki (Obihiro, JPN) at 9pm.
 
Ueno/Yamaguchi ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.