32nd Kisei
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The 32nd Kisei was held from January
Mimura Tomoyasu, Kunihisa Honda, Satoshi Yuki, and Cho Chikun were eliminated from group play and had to earn a spot through preliminary stages. The players who qualified through preliminary tournaments are Cho Chikun, Hiroshi Yamashiro, Shinji Takao, and Yuta Iyama
. Players who ended with the two lowest records in the each league were eliminated from automatic berth into the next tournament while the 3 other players who were not eliminated or had the top record were given a place in the following year's groups.
Preliminaries
Group A
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| February 1 | ||||||||||
| Yoshiaki Imamura 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| March 1 | ||||||||||
| Hideki Enda 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Yoshiaki Imamura 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| February 1 | ||||||||||
| Daisuke Murakawa 3 dan | 0 | |||||||||
Masaharu Sato 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| March 22 | ||||||||||
| Daisuke Murakawa 3 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Yoshiaki Imamura 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| February 1 | ||||||||||
| Cho Chikun Judan | 1 | |||||||||
| Yasuo Katayama 8 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| February 22 | ||||||||||
| Mitsuki Kono 7 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Mitsuki Kono 7 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| January 25 | ||||||||||
| Cho Chikun Judan | 1 | |||||||||
Judan | 1 | |||||||||
Group B
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| February 22 | ||||||||||
| Cho Riyu 7 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| March 22 | ||||||||||
| Kimio Yamada 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Kimio Yamada 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| February 8 | ||||||||||
| Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Hironari Nakano 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| April 19 | ||||||||||
| Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Kimio Yamada 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| February 8 | ||||||||||
| Hiroshi Yamashiro 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Kim Shushun 7 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| March 8 | ||||||||||
| Rin Kono Tengen | 1 | |||||||||
| Rin Kono Tengen | 0 | |||||||||
| February 1 | ||||||||||
| Hiroshi Yamashiro 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Hiroshi Yamashiro 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Kunihisa Honda 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
Group C
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| February 8 | ||||||||||
| Ryu Shikun 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| March 15 | ||||||||||
| Yujiro Hashimoto 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Yujiro Hashimoto 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| February 22 | ||||||||||
| Shinji Takao Meijin | 1 | |||||||||
Meijin | 1 | |||||||||
| Shinji Takao Meijin | 1 | |||||||||
| February 1 | ||||||||||
| So Yokoku 8 dan | 0 | |||||||||
Honorary Gosei | 0 | |||||||||
| March 22 | ||||||||||
| Norio Kudo 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Norio Kudo 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| February 22 | ||||||||||
| So Yokoku 8 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| So Yokoku 8 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
Group D
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| January 25 | ||||||||||
| Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| March 15 | ||||||||||
| Masaki Takemiya 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Masaki Takemiya 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| February 22 | ||||||||||
| Shinya Nakamura 8 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Shinya Nakamura 8 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| April 5 | ||||||||||
| Tetsuya Kiyonari 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Shinya Nakamura 8 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| February 1 | ||||||||||
| Yuta Iyama 7 dan | 1 | |||||||||
Honorary Tengen | 0 | |||||||||
| March 8 | ||||||||||
| Yuta Iyama 7 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Yuta Iyama 7 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| February 22 | ||||||||||
| Shungo Goto 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
| Shungo Goto 9 dan | 1 | |||||||||
| Satoshi Yuki 9 dan | 0 | |||||||||
Main tournament
Group A
| Player | S.K. | O.R. | N.Y. | C.U. | S.T. | H.Y. | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobayashi Satoru 9 dan | X | L | L | L | L | L | 0-5 |
O Rissei 9 dan |
W | X | L | L | W | W | 3-2 |
| Norimoto Yoda 9 dan | W | W | X | L | W | L | 3-2 |
| Cho U Gosei | W | W | W | X | W | W | 5-0 |
Meijin |
W | L | L | L | X | W | 2-3* |
| Hiroshi Yamashiro 9 dan | W | L | W | L | L | X | 2-3 |
* Shinji Takao held the tiebreaker over Hiroshi Yamashiro.
Group B
| Player | S.K. | K.A. | H.K. | T.I. | C.C. | Y.I. | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naoki Hane 9 dan | X | W | W | L | L | L | 2-3** |
| Atsushi Kato 8 dan | L | X | W | W | L | W | 3-2*** |
| Hideki Komatsu 9 dan | L | L | X | W | L | L | 1-4 |
| Toshiya Imamura 9 dan | W | L | L | X | W | L | 2-3 |
Judan |
W | W | W | L | X | W | 4-1 |
| Yuta Iyama 7 dan | W | L | W | W | L | X | 3-2 |
** Naoki Hane held the tiebreaker over Toshiya Imamura.
*** Atsushi Kato held tiebreaker over Yuta Iyama.
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
| Final | ||||
Meijin
| 0 | |||
Judan
| 1 | |||
Finals
| Player | 1 (-) |
2 (-) |
3 (-) |
4 (-) |
5 (-) |
6 (-) |
7 (-) |
T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kisei ) |
W+R | W+R | W+R | W+R | 4 | |||
| Cho Chikun (Challenger) | W+R | W+3.5 | W+4.5 | 3 |
Key
- W+ - Won by
- R - Resignation
References
- ^ "GoBase.org - Kisei title, 32nd edition, 2008". gobase.org. Retrieved 2022-06-14.