The 19th Kisei was the 19th edition of the Kisei tournament of the board game go, in 1995. Since Cho Chikun won the previous year, he was given an automatic place in the final to defend his title. Sixteen players battled in a single elimination tournament to decide the final 2. Those two would then play each other in a best-of-7 match to decide who would face Cho. Kobayashi Satoru became the challenger after beating Kobayashi Koichi, but lost 4 games to 2 against Cho.

Tournament

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Kobayashi Koichi (Meijin)0
 
 
 
(automatic berth)0
 
Kobayashi Koichi1
 
 
 
Hisosaka Naoto0
 
Hikosaka Naoto0
 
 
 
(automatic berth)0
 
Kobayashi Koichi1
 
 
 
Rin Kaiho0
 
Rin Kaiho (Tengen)0
 
 
 
(automatic berth)0
 
Rin Kaiho1
 
 
 
Imamura Yoshiaki0
 
Imamura Yoshiaki1
 
 
 
Yuki Satoshi0
 
Cho Chikun2
 
 
 
Kobayashi Satoru4
 
Hane Yasumasa0
 
 
 
(automatic berth)0
 
Hane Yasumasa0
 
 
 
Kato Masao1
 
Otake Hideo (Judan)0
 
 
 
Kato Masao (Oza)1
 
Kato Masao0
 
 
 
Kobayashi Satoru1 Third place
 
Morita Michihiro0
 
  
 
Kobayashi Satoru1
 
Kobayashi Satoru1Kobayashi Koichi0
 
 
 
Kudo Norio0 Lost to Kobayashi S.0
 
Kudo Norio0
 
 
(automatic berth)0