The 4th Kisei was the 4th edition of the Kisei tournament. Since Fujisawa Hideyuki won the previous year, he is given an automatic place in the final. Eight players battled in a knockout tournament to decide the final 2. Those two would then play each other in a best-of-3 match to decide who would face Fujisawa. Rin Kaiho became the challenger after beating Hashimoto Shoji 2 games to 1, but would lose 4 games to 1 against Fujisawa.[1]

Main tournament

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Rin Kaiho 9 dan1
 
 
 
Kato Masao Honinbo0
 
Rin Kaiho 9 dan1
 
 
 
Otake Hideo Meijin0
 
Otake Hideo Meijin1
 
 
 
Sato Masaharu 7 dan0
 
Rin Kaiho 9 dan2
 
 
 
Shoji Hashimoto 9 dan1
 
Ishida Yoshio Oza0
 
 
 
Ishii Kunio 9 dan1
 
Ishii Kunio 9 dan0
 
 
 
Hashimoto Shoji 9 dan1
 
Hashimoto Shoji 9 dan1
 
 
Sakata Eio 9 dan0
 

Challenger finals

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Rin Kaiho 9 dan W+6.5 W+R 2
Shoji Hashimoto 9 dan W+R 1

Finals

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Player
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Hideyuki Fujisawa (Kisei) W+R W+0.5 W+R W+4.5 4
Rin Kaiho (Challenger) W+R 1

References

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  1. ^ "kisei title, 4th edition, 1980". Retrieved June 5, 2012.