26th Kisei

Preliminaries

Group A

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Mitsuhisa Yukawa 9 dan	1
	Norio Kudo 9 dan	0
					Mitsuhisa Yukawa 9 dan	0
					O Meien Honinbo	1
	O Meien Honinbo	1
	Yo Kaei 7 dan	0
									O Meien Honinbo	0
									Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan	1
	Masayuki Kurahashi 9 dan	0
	Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan	1
					Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan	1
					Atsushi Kato 7 dan	0
	Sunao Hasegawa 9 dan	0
	Atsushi Kato 7 dan	1

Group B

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Yasuhiro Nakano 7 dan	1
	Tadahiko Chino 9 dan	0
					Yasuhiro Nakano 9 dan	1
					Takehisa Matsumato 4 dan	0
	Yo Kagen 9 dan	0
	Takehisa Matsumoto 4 dan	1
									Yasuhiro Nakano 9 dan	0
									Tomochika Mizokami 7 dan	1
	Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan	0
	Katsuaki Kubo 9 dan	1
					Katsuaki Kubo 9 dan	0
					Tomochika Mizokami 7 dan	1
	Rin Shien 5 dan	0
	Tomochika Mizokami 7 dan	1

Group C

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan	1
	Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan	0
					Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan	1
					Kunihisa Honda 9 dan	0
	Kimio Yamada 8 dan	0
	Kunihisa Honda 9 dan	1
									Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan	0
									Takuji Yamada 6 dan	1
	Takuji Yamada 6 dan	1
	Tomihiko Masuko 6 dan	0
					Takuji Yamada 9 dan	1
					Shigeru Baba 9 dan	0
	Shigeru Baba 9 dan	1
	Masao Kato Honorary Oza	0

Group D

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Koichi Kobayashi Judan	1
	Masaki Takemiya 9 dan	0
					Koichi Kobayashi Judan	0
					Yasumasa Hane 9 dan	1
	Toshiya Imamura 9 dan	0
	Yasumasa Hane 9 dan	1
									Yasumasa Hane 9 dan	0
									Naoki Hane 8 dan	1
	Kaei Chin 9 dan	1
	Yusaku Ogaki 8 dan	0
					Kaei Chin 9 dan	0
					Naoki Hane 8 dan	1
	Takashi Kono 6 dan	0
	Naoki Hane 8 dan	1

Main tournament

Group A

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

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

	Finals
	Ryu Shikun 7 dan		1
	Cho Chikun 25th Honinbo		0

Finals

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