Sarnia's Michael Marinaro and partner Kirsten Moore-Towers from St. Catherines placed second after Friday's pairs' free skate at the ISU Grand Prix in Japan scoring 70.87 points.
Marinaro and Moore-Towers needed at least a bronze medal to qualify for the Grand Prix Final in Turin, Italy December 6-8.
China's Wenjing Sui and Cong Han won the gold medal with 74.48 points
Anastasia Michina and Aleksandr Galliamov of Russia were third with 62.75 points.