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 |