Over the last meetings Hazawa, Shinji holds victories - 2, losses - 3. Kikuchi, Yuta on the other hand ends the latest games with victories - 2, losses - 3. Based on the games played we can assume that rivals are in similar shape.
Hazawa, Shinji: Yeonsu Jeong – (Loss 2:0), Yunseok Jang – (Loss 1:2), Geun Jun Kim – (Win 2:1), Won Kyu Kim – (Win 2:0), Keisuke Saitoh – (Loss 0:2).
Kikuchi, Yuta: Koizumi, Noritaka – (Loss 2:1), Uisung Park – (Loss 2:0), Pan, Weiwen – (Win 0:1), Charlie Pade – (Win 0:2), Taisei Ichikawa – (Loss 1:2).