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# Hayago Meijin

Hayago Meijin (早碁名人, also known as Lightning Meijin) was a tournament held approximately from 1956 to 1961 in two separate halves: an eastern half (日本棋院早碁名人戦, Nihonkiin hayago meijin-sen), and a western half (関西棋院早碁名人戦, Kansaikiin hayago meijin-sen). The winners of the two tournaments then played a telegraph game (電報碁) to determine the all-Japan winner. The eastern half was for 5-dans and higher; there was a separate Hayago tournament (早碁トーナメント) for 1- to 4-dans.

year | East | West | Final
--- | --- | --- | ---
| # | winner | runner-up | # | winner | runner-up | # | winner
1955 |  |  |  | 1 | Kubouchi Shuchi |  |  |
1956 | 1 | Sakata Eio | Magari Reiki | 2 | Kubouchi Shuchi |  | 3 | E
1957 | 2 | Miyashita Shuyo | Sakata Eio | 3 | Handa Dogen | Kubouchi Shuchi | 4 | E
1958 | 3 | Miyashita Shuyo | Takagawa Shukaku | 4 | Tainaka Shin | Handa Dogen | 5 | E
1959 | 4 | Sugiuchi Masao | Miyashita Shuyo | 5 | Tainaka Shin | Hashimoto Utaro | 6 | E
1960 | 5 | Fujisawa Hosai | Sugiuchi Masao | 6 | Tono Hiroaki | Tainaka Shin |  |
1961 | 6 | Fujisawa Hosai | Sakata Eio | 7 | Hashimoto Utaro | Tono Hiroaki |  |
1962 |  |  |  | 8 | Sato Sunao | Hashimoto Utaro |  |

## Sankei East-West telegraph matches

# | year | East | West | result | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 1955 | Sakata Eio | Hashimoto Utaro | B+R | sgf
2 | 1956 | Sakata Eio | Hashimoto Utaro | B+R | sgf
3 | 1957 | Sakata Eio | Kubouchi Shuchi | W+R | sgf
4 | 1958 | Miyashita Shuyo | Handa Dogen | B+R
5 | 1959 | Miyashita Shuyo | Tainaka Shin | W+2.5
6 | 1960 | Sugiuchi Masao | Tainaka Shin | B+R | sgf

East won all games.

## Hayago Tournament

# | year | winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2 | 1957 | Otake Hideo | Watanabe Hideo | Ide Yaojiro | Sakamaki Kosuke