31st Meijin
Host Organization: Asahi Shimbun
Title match
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
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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 |
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| 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 | |
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| Yata Naoki(9d) | So Yokoku B+R 09-08 |
Kono R B+R 09-29 |
Ko Iso B+R 10-27 |
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| So Yokoku(8d) | ||||
| Sakaguchi Ryuzo(9d) | Kono R B+R 08-25 |
Kono R W+R 09-08 |
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| Kono Rin(7d) | ||||
| Hikosaka Naoto(9d) | ||||
| Hane Naoki(K) | Hane N B+R 09-01 |
Ko Iso W+R 09-22 |
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| Cho Chikun(J) | ||||
| Ko Iso(7d) | Ko Iso W+3.5 09-08 |
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| 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 |
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| Komatsu Hideki(9d) | ||||
| Yokota Shigeaki(9d) | O Rissei W+R 09-08 |
O Rissei W+1.5 09-14 |
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| 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 |
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| Mizokami Tomochika(8d) | ||||
| Kanda Ei(9d) | ||||
| Kiyonari Tetsuya(9d) | O Meien W+7.5 09-22 |
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| 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 |
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| Rin Kaiho(HT) | ||||
| Imamura Yoshiaki(8d) | Mochizuki K B+R 08-11 |
Enda H B+1.5 09-08 |
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| 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 |
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| Oba Jyunya(3d) | ||||
| Han Zenki(7d) | ||||
| Takanashi Seiken(8d) | Takanashi S W+2.5 09-08 |
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| Ogata Masaki(9d) | ||||