Sakurai, Hikaru
Current rating: 1528
Record: 7-6-1
| Grand Prix Okayama 2008 (ALA limited) | starting rating: 1487 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 1sealed | 232 | Adachi, Takeshi (1516) | Won 0-0 | +191506 |
| 2sealed | 81 | Ishibashi, Satoshi (1542) | Lost 1-2 | -171489 |
| 3sealed | 123 | Ishida, Yuuichi (1624) | Lost 0-2 | -161473 |
| 4sealed | 251 | Haratake, Noriyuki (1509) | Won 2-1 | +191492 |
| 5sealed | 163 | Shirasaka, Shingo (1500) | Won 2-1 | +181510 |
| 6sealed | 138 | Azuma, Nobuaki (1529) | Lost 0-2 | -181492 |
| 7sealed | 97 | Nagata, Satoshi (1458) | Won 2-0 | +181510 |
| 8sealed | 20 | Shimomura, Takuya (1503) | Won 2-1 | +181528 |
| average opponent: 1523record: 5-3 | new rating: 1528 | |||
| Grand Prix Kobe 2008 (Lorwyn block) | starting rating: 1500 | |||
| round | table | opponent (rating) | result | Δrating |
| 2block | 4 | Yamada, Yuma (1538) | Won 2-0 | +191519 |
| 3block | 32 | Inoue, Junji (1602) | Lost 1-2 | -171502 |
| 4block | 112 | Ide, Katsuhiro (1619) | Won 2-0 | +201522 |
| 5block | 72 | Minamimura, Yukihiro (1533) | Draw 1-1 | +11523 |
| 6block | 111 | Yamaguchi, Hiroshi (1527) | Lost 0-2 | -181505 |
| 7block | 172 | Mochiki, Kazuto (1553) | Lost 0-2 | -181487 |
| average opponent: 1562record: 2-3-1 | new rating: 1487 | |||