Preliminaries

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Group A

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Mitsuhisa Yukawa 9 dan1
 
 
 
Norio Kudo 9 dan0
 
Mitsuhisa Yukawa 9 dan0
 
 
 
O Meien Honinbo1
 
O Meien Honinbo1
 
 
 
Yo Kaei 7 dan0
 
O Meien Honinbo0
 
 
 
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan1
 
Masayuki Kurahashi 9 dan0
 
 
 
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan1
 
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan1
 
 
 
Atsushi Kato 7 dan0
 
Sunao Hasegawa 9 dan0
 
 
Atsushi Kato 7 dan1
 

Group B

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Yasuhiro Nakano 7 dan1
 
 
 
Tadahiko Chino 9 dan0
 
Yasuhiro Nakano 9 dan1
 
 
 
Takehisa Matsumato 4 dan0
 
Yo Kagen 9 dan0
 
 
 
Takehisa Matsumoto
4 dan
1
 
Yasuhiro Nakano 9 dan0
 
 
 
Tomochika Mizokami
7 dan
1
 
Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan0
 
 
 
Katsuaki Kubo 9 dan1
 
Katsuaki Kubo 9 dan0
 
 
 
Tomochika Mizokami
7 dan
1
 
Rin Shien 5 dan0
 
 
Tomochika Mizokami
7 dan
1
 

Group C

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Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan1
 
 
 
Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan0
 
Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan1
 
 
 
Kunihisa Honda 9 dan0
 
Kimio Yamada 8 dan0
 
 
 
Kunihisa Honda 9 dan1
 
Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan0
 
 
 
Takuji Yamada 6 dan1
 
Takuji Yamada 6 dan1
 
 
 
Tomihiko Masuko 6 dan0
 
Takuji Yamada 9 dan1
 
 
 
Shigeru Baba 9 dan0
 
Shigeru Baba 9 dan1
 
 
Masao Kato Honorary Oza0
 

Group D

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Koichi Kobayashi Judan1
 
 
 
Masaki Takemiya 9 dan0
 
Koichi Kobayashi Judan0
 
 
 
Yasumasa Hane 9 dan1
 
Toshiya Imamura 9 dan0
 
 
 
Yasumasa Hane 9 dan1
 
Yasumasa Hane 9 dan0
 
 
 
Naoki Hane 8 dan1
 
Kaei Chin 9 dan1
 
 
 
Yusaku Ogaki 8 dan0
 
Kaei Chin 9 dan0
 
 
 
Naoki Hane 8 dan1
 
Takashi Kono 6 dan0
 
 
Naoki Hane 8 dan1
 

Main tournament

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Group A

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Player C.S. R.S. C.U. G.M. T.M. T.Y. T
Cho Sonjin 9 dan X L L W L W 2–3
Ryu Shikun 7 dan W X W W L W 4–1
Cho U 7 dan W L X W W L 3–2
Goro Miyazawa 9 dan L L L X W W 2–3
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan W W L L X W 3–2
Takuji Yamada 6 dan W L W L L X 2–3

Group B

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Player S.A. Y.I. C.C. A.I. N.H. T.M. T
Shuzo Awaji 9 dan X W L W L L 2–3
Yoshio Ishida 9 dan L X L W L W 2–3
Cho Chikun 25th Honinbo W W X W W L 4–1
Atsushi Ishida 8 dan L L L X L W 1–4
Naoki Hane 8 dan W W L W X W 4–1
Tomochika Mizokami 7 dan W L W L L X 2–3

Key:

  • Green – Winner of group; earns a spot in the challenger final.
  • Blue – Earns a place in the next edition's group stage.
  • Red – Eliminated from automatic berth; must qualify through preliminary stages.

Challenger finals

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Ryu Shikun 7 dan 1
Cho Chikun 25th Honinbo 0

Finals

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Player
January 10
(London)
January 24
(Sendai)
January 30
(Kitakyushu)
February 13
(Inuyama)
February 20
(Hokkaidō)
March 6
(Shizuoka)
March 13
(Shiga)
T
O Rissei
(Kisei)
W+R W+4.5 W+R W+2.5 4
Ryu Shikun (Challenger) W+0.5 W+1.5 2