Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 8-4 to Bobae Kang (Jeonbuk, KOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan. of the 2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan; Ikue Kitazawa (Nagano, JPN) lost 8-4 to Bobae Kang (Jeonbuk, KOR) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2025 Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup in Wakkanai, Japan. Kitazawa lost
8-3 to
Satsuki Fujisawa (Kitami, JPN) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game.
Kitazawa finished 2-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kitazawa defeated
Misaki Tanaka (Aomori, JPN) 11-1, then went on to lose
8-2 against
Kang. Kitazawa responded with a
6-4 win over
Sayaka Yoshimura (Sapporo, JPN). Kitazawa went on to lose
6-4 against
Japan's Honoka Sasaki in their final qualifying round match.
With their fourth place finish at the Wakkanai Midori Challenge Cup, Kitazawa take home
18.800 world rankings points, moving up 2 spots the
World Ranking Standings into 15th place overall with
191.550 total points. Kitazawa ranks 7th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
18.800 points earned so far this season.
