31st Meijin

Host Organization: Asahi Shimbun

Title match

Players 1st round
09-08,09
Nagaoka
Nigata
2nd round
09-20,21
Beppu
Oita
3rd round
09-28,29
Kobe
Hyogo
4th round
10-11,12
Atami
Shizuoka
5th round
10-18,19
Ito
Shizuoka
6th round
11-02,03
Nagoya
Aichi
7th round
11-09,10
Izu
Shizuoka
Cho U (Meijin)     W+R   W+R    
Takao Shinji (Honinbo) B+0.5 W+R   W+0.5   W+3.5  

League

Rank Players K.S Y.K I.T Y.M S.H Y.N T.S H.Z K.I Result
1 Kobayashi Satoru(9d) - B+0.5 X X X B+2.5 X B+R W+R 4-4 4
2 Yamashita Keigo(K) X - B+R W+R B+R W+7.5 X X B+5.5 5-3 2
3 Imamura Toshiya(9d) B+4.5 X - X X X W+6.5 X X 2-6 DM
4 Yamada Kimio(9d) W+R X W+4.5 - X X X W+R B+R 4-4 5
5 Sakai Hideyuki(7d) B+R X B+R W+R - B+R X B+0.5 X 5-3 3
6 Yoda Norimoto(9d) X X W+R B+0.5 X - B+2.5 X B+R 4-4 6
7 Takao Shinji(H) B+R W+0.5 X W+R B+R X - B+R W+R 6-2 C
7 Han Zenki(7d) X B+4.5 W+R X X B+0.5 X - B+R 4-4 DM
7 Ko Iso(7d) X X B+3.5 X B+0.5 X X X - 2-6 DM

League scene

Player1(upper);winner
Player2(lower);loser
B|W+x.x|R ;result
xx-xx ;date
1
K.S
2
Y.K
3
I.T
4
Y.M
5
S.H
6
Y.N
7
T.S
7
H.Z
7
K.I
Round
1
(Dec.)
K.S
H.Z
B+R
12-08
Y.N
I.T
W+R
12-08
Y.M
K.I
B+R
12-08
T.S
S.H
B+R
12-22
1-0 - 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1
Round
2
(Jan.)
H.Z
Y.K
B+4.5
01-06
K.I
I.T
B+3.5
01-12
T.S
Y.M
W+R
01-19
S.H
Y.N
B+R
01-19
- 0-1 0-2 1-1 1-1 1-1 2-0 1-1 1-1
Round
3
(Feb.)
K.S
Y.N
B+2.5
02-01
Y.M
I.T
W+4.5
02-09
H.Z
K.I
B+R
02-09
T.S
Y.K
W+0.5
02-16
2-0 0-2 0-3 2-1 - 1-2 3-0 2-1 1-2
Round
4
(Mar.)
I.T
K.S
B+4.5
03-09
S.H
H.Z
B+0.5
03-09
Y.K
Y.M
W+R
03-13
Y.N
T.S
B+2.5
03-23
2-1 1-2 1-3 2-2 2-1 2-2 3-1 2-2 -
Round
5
(Apr.)
K.I
S.H
B+0.5
04-06
Y.N
Y.M
B+0.5
04-20
K.S
Y.K
B+0.5
04-20
I.T
T.S
W+6.5
04-20
3-1 1-3 2-3 2-3 2-2 3-2 3-2 - 2-2
Round
6
(May.)
Y.M
K.S
W+R
05-04
Y.N
K.I
B+R
05-11
H.Z
I.T
W+R
05-11
Y.K
S.H
B+R
05-25
3-2 2-3 2-4 3-3 2-3 4-2 - 3-2 2-3
Round
7
(Jun.)
Y.K
K.I
B+5.5
06-01
H.Z
Y.N
B+0.5
06-08
S.H
I.T
B+R
06-15
T.S
K.S
B+R
06-22
3-3 3-3 2-5 - 3-3 4-3 4-2 4-2 2-4
Round
8
(Jul.)
Y.K
I.T
B+R
07-06
Y.M
H.Z
W+R
07-06
T.S
K.I
W+R
07-06
S.H
K.S
B+R
07-13
3-4 4-3 2-6 4-3 4-3 - 5-2 4-3 2-5
Round
9
(Aug.)
S.H
Y.M
W+R
08-03
Y.K
Y.N
W+7.5
08-03
K.S
K.I
W+R
08-03
T.S
H.Z
B+R
08-03
4-4 5-3 - 4-4 5-3 4-4 6-2 4-4 2-6
Result   4 2 DM 5 3 6 C DM DM
Age at 2015-11-29 46 27 39 33 32 39 29 28 18
Registered Meijin and league(years) 5 5 3 3 2 17 1 1 1
Win-Loss This year 2005-11-29(win-loss) 42-14 30-18 34-14 30-17 30-15 23-25 33-14 24-15 19-12
Percentage This year 2005-11-29(%) 75 63 71 64 67 48 70 62 58
Ranking Win rank 2005-11-29 1 9 7 9 9 34 8 31 62

The last preliminary tournament

Players 1st round Semifinals Final
Yata Naoki(9d) So Yokoku
B+R
09-08
Kono R
B+R
09-29
Ko Iso
B+R
10-27
So Yokoku(8d)
Sakaguchi Ryuzo(9d) Kono R
B+R
08-25
Kono R
W+R
09-08
Kono Rin(7d)
Hikosaka Naoto(9d)
Hane Naoki(K) Hane N
B+R
09-01
Ko Iso
W+R
09-22
Cho Chikun(J)
Ko Iso(7d) Ko Iso
W+3.5
09-08
Cho Sonjin(9d)
Takao Shinji(H) Takao S
W+R
09-01
Takao S
B+4.5
10-20
Takao S
W+R
11-10
Komatsu Hideki(9d)
Yokota Shigeaki(9d) O Rissei
W+R
09-08
O Rissei
W+1.5
09-14
O Rissei(9d)
Furuya Yutaka(7d)
Nakano Hironari(9d) Nakano H
B+4.5
08-15
Kanda E
W+1.5
09-08
O Meien
B+R
10-20
Mizokami Tomochika(8d)
Kanda Ei(9d)
Kiyonari Tetsuya(9d) O Meien
W+7.5
09-22
O Meien(9d)
Yukawa Mitsuhisa(9d) Rin Kaiho
B+12.5
09-08
Enda H
W+4.5
09-29
Han Zenki
B+R
10-20
Rin Kaiho(HT)
Imamura Yoshiaki(8d) Mochizuki K
B+R
08-11
Enda H
B+1.5
09-08
Mochizuki Kenichi(5d)
Enda Hideki(9d)
Nakano Yasuhiro(9d) Nakano Y
W+5.5
08-11
Han Zenki
B+R
09-08
Han Zenki
W+R
09-29
Oba Jyunya(3d)
Han Zenki(7d)
Takanashi Seiken(8d) Takanashi S
W+2.5
09-08
Ogata Masaki(9d)