Juvic Pagunsan faltered with a 73 on Friday to slide to a share of 19th place going into moving day in the Japan Tour's Golf Nippon Series JT Cup.

A day after making a 69 and tying for seventh, Pagunsan struggled to settle for 142, 13 shots off the leader.

Japanese Keita Nakajima shot a 66 to protect a two-shot lead with an 11-under 129.

Taiga Semikawa and Takumi Kenaya are tied for second place following a 64 and a 67, respectively, they are two shots away at 131.