Japan F5 qualifying Singles Seeds: 1. Naoki Arimoto 2. Wei-Jen Cheng 3. Melvin Tong 4. Kazuhito Tsunematsu 5. Hung-Soon Park 6. Hiroki Ishii 7. Nam-Hoon Kim 8. Yoshio Tanikawa 9. Kenso Ukon 10. Hirokazu Tashimi 11. Kenji Fujiwara 12. Takashi Yoshino 13. Makoto Nakenishi 14. Tetsuya Sato 15. Tetsushi Tsushiya 16. Junishi Ishiura First Round (1)Naoki Arimoto bye (16)Junichi Ishiura d. Tai Tsuchiya 7-5 7-5 (2)Wei-Jen Cheng bye (15)Tetsushi Tsushiya d. Makoto Setsugi 6-1 6-2 (3)(WC)Melvin Tong bye Kensuka Goto d. (14)Tetsuya Sato 6-2 6-1 (4)Kazuhito Tsunematsu bye (13)Makoto Nakenishi d. Youshi Tsuji 7-5 6-2 (5)Hung-Soon Park d. Naoto Okimura 6-3 6-1 (12)Takeshi Yoshino d. Kiso Murakami 6-2 6-1 (6)(WC)Hiroki Ishii d. Ryota Hisamatsu 6-4 6-4 (11)Kenji Fujiwara d. (WC)Toshihisa Tsuchihashi 6-2 5-7 6-3 (7)Nam-Hoon Kim d. Shingo Maeda 4-6 6-2 6-1 (9)(WC)Kenso Ukon d. Isao Miyoshi 6-4 6-2 (8)Yoshio Tanikawa d. Takashi Anegawa 6-3 6-2 (10)Hirokazu Tachimi d. Atsushi Ueda 6-4 6-2 Qualifying Round (16)Junichi Ishiura d. (1)Naoki Arimoto 6-4 6-2 (2)Wei-Jen Cheng d. (15)Tetsushi Tsushiya 6-3 6-3 (3)(WC)Melvin Tong d. Kensuka Goto 6-1 7-5 (4)Kazuhito Tsunematsu d. (13)Makoto Nakenishi 6-2 6-3 (12)Takeshi Yoshino d. (5)Hung-Soon Park 6-2 7-6(2) (6)(WC)Hiroki Ishii d. (11)Kenji Fujiwara 6-7(5) 6-2 6-2 (7)Nam-Hoon Kim d. (9)(WC)Kenso Ukon 6-2 6-2 (8)Yoshio Tanikawa d. (10)Hirokazu Tachimi 6-0 6-2