Over the last meetings Sato, Hikaru holds wins - 2, losses - 3. Kuramochi, Miho on the other hand holds the following results from the latest games: wins - 1, losses - 4. Based on this data we come to a conclusion that Sato, Hikaru currently is in better form, unlike Kuramochi, Miho.
Sato, Hikaru: Yoshida, Sara – (Win 0:2), Hanna Chang – (Loss 2:0), Haruka Kaji – (Loss 2:1), Ya-Hsuan Lee – (Win 2:0), Hiromi Abe – (Loss 2:1).
Kuramochi, Miho: Nagisa Suzuki – (Win 0:2), Misaki Matsuda – (Loss 2:0), Yuki Naito – (Loss 2:1), Kurea Hayasaka – (Loss 2:0), Chengyiyi Yuan – (Loss 1:2).