61st Honinbo

Host Organization: Mainichi Shimbun

Title match

Players 1st Round
05-08,09
Sapporo
Hokkaido
2nd Round
05-29,30
Toba
Mie
3rd Round
06-07,08
Onomichi
Hiroshima
4th Round
06-12,13
Karatsu
Saga
5th Round
06-26,27
Yonezawa
Yamagata
6th Round
07-11,12
Hakone
Kanagawa
7th Round
07-20,21
Nigata
Nigata
Takao Shinji (Honinbo) W+R   W+R B+R   B+R  
Yamada Kimio (9 dan)   W+R     B+R    

Challenger decision match

Players 1st Round Final
Hane Naoki(9d) Yamada K
B+R
04-03
Yamada K
B+0.5
04-13
Yamada Kimio(9d)
Yoda Norimoto(G)

League

Rank Players C.U C.S Y.N O.M H.N O.R Y.K S.Y Result
1 Cho U(M) - B+1.5 X B+R W+R B+R X X 4-3 4
2 Cho Sonjin(9d) X - X W+8.5 X W+R B+2.5 X 3-4 DM
3 Yoda Norimoto(G) B+3.5 W+6.5 - B+R X B+R W+1.5 X 5-2 2
4 O Meien(9d) X X X - X X X X 0-7 DM
5 Hane Naoki(9d) X W+R B+0.5 W+R - B+1.5 X B+R 5-2 3
5 O Rissei(9d) X X X B+3.5 X - X W+R 2-5 DM
5 Yamada Kimio(9d) B+R X X W+5.5 B+0.5 W+R - B+R 5-2 C
5 So Yokoku(8d) W+R B+0.5 W+R B+R X X X - 4-3 DM

League scene

Player1(upper);winner
Player2(lower);loser
B|W+x.x|R ;result
xx-xx ;date
1
C.U
2
C.S
3
Y.N
4
O.M
5
H.N
5
O.R
5
Y.K
5
S.Y
Round
1
(Oct.)
H.N
C.S
W+R
10-06
S.Y
Y.N
W+R
10-13
C.U
O.M
B+R
10-24
Y.K
O.R
W+R
10-27
1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0
Round
2
(Nov.)
S.Y
C.S
B+0.5
11-03
H.N
Y.N
B+0.5
11-03
C.U
O.R
B+R
11-17
Y.K
O.M
W+5.5
11-17
2-0 0-2 0-2 0-2 2-0 0-2 2-0 2-0
Round
3
(Dec.)
O.R
S.Y
W+R
12-08
H.N
O.M
W+R
12-08
C.U
C.S
B+1.5
12-22
Y.N
Y.K
W+1.5
12-22
3-0 0-3 1-2 0-3 3-0 1-2 2-1 2-1
Round
4
(Jan.)
C.U
H.N
W+R
01-06
C.S
O.M
W+8.5
01-12
Y.K
S.Y
B+R
01-12
Y.N
O.R
B+R
01-26
4-0 1-3 2-2 0-4 3-1 1-3 3-1 2-2
Round
5
(Feb.)
C.S
Y.K
B+2.5
02-02
Y.N
C.U
B+3.5
02-09
H.N
O.R
B+1.5
02-16
S.Y
O.M
B+R
02-23
4-1 2-3 3-2 0-5 4-1 1-4 3-2 3-2
Round
6
(Mar.)
Y.N
C.S
W+6.5
03-02
O.R
O.M
B+3.5
03-02
H.N
S.Y
B+R
03-08
Y.K
C.U
B+R
03-09
4-2 2-4 4-2 0-6 5-1 2-4 4-2 3-3
Round
7
(Apr.)
C.S
O.R
W+R
03-30
S.Y
C.U
W+R
03-30
Y.N
O.M
B+R
03-30
Y.K
H.N
B+0.5
03-30
4-3 3-4 5-2 0-7 5-2 2-5 5-2 4-3
Result 4 DM 2 DM 3 DM C DM
Age at 2015-09-30 25 35 39 43 29 46 33 26
Registered Honinbo and league(years) 6 10 5 10 3 10 6 2
Win-Loss 2015-09-30(win-loss) 32-18 14-16 20-22 22-21 20-14 22-20 23-13 37-10
Percentage 2015-09-30(%) 64 47 48 51 59 53 64 79
Ranking 2015-09-30 4 - 30 22 30 22 17 1

The last preliminary tournament

Players 1st round Semifinals Final
Ko Iso(4d) Nakaonoda T
B+R
04-28
Ryu Shikun
W+R
06-16
O Rissei
W+3.5
08-11
Nakaonoda Tomomi(9d)
Araki Issei(5d) Katayama Y
W+0.5
04-28
Ryu Shikun
B+R
05-19
Katayama Yasuo(8d)
Ryu Shikun(9d)
Miyazawa Goro(9d) Yasuda Y
W+R
05-12
O Rissei
W+R
07-21
Yasuda Yasutoshi(9d)
Yamada Noriyoshi(9d) O Rissei
B+4.5
06-02
O Rissei(9d)
Otake Hideo(HG) Otake H
B+R
05-26
Honda K
W+4.5
07-28
So Yokoku
B+R
08-18
Awaji Shuzo(9d)
Yo Kagen(9d) Yo Kagen
W+R
05-12
Honda K
B+R
06-30
Hane Yasumasa(9d)
Honda Kunihisa(9d)
Komatsu Hideki(9d) Takano H
B+R
05-12
So Yokoku
B+R
07-21
Takano Hideki(6d)
Shimojima Yohei(7d) So Yokoku
B+R
06-02
So Yokoku(8d)
Kiyonari Tetsuya(9d) Kiyonari T
B+R
05-26
Hane N
W+6.5
07-14
Hane N
B+2.5
08-04
Obuchi Morito(9d)
Kojima Takaho(9d) Sonoda Y
B+5.5
04-28
Hane N
W+4.5
06-02
Sonoda Yasutaka(9d)
Hane Naoki(K)
Oba Jyunya(3d) Ishida A
W+10.5
05-12
Ishida A
B+2.5
06-16
Ishida Atsushi(9d)
Takagi Shoichi(9d) Han Zenki
W+2.5
05-12
Han Zenki(7d)
Kono Rin(7d) Kono R
W+8.5
05-12
Yamada K
B+R
07-28
Yamada K
W+5.5
09-12
Fukui Masaaki(9d)
Nakane Naoyuki(8d) Mizokami T
B+R
05-12
Yamada K
B+R
06-23
Mizokami Tomochika(8d)
Yamada Kimio(8d)
Kamimura Haruo(9d) Kobayashi S
W+1.5
05-26
Kobayashi S
B+R
08-18
Kobayashi Satoru(9d) Kobayashi S
W+6.5
04-28
Iyama Yuta(4d)
Yuki Satoshi(9d) Yuki S
B+R
06-16
Mimura Tomoyasu(9d)