2nd Honinbo title

After four preliminary tournaments, four players had earned a place in the League.

League

In the first column the white player, on the top row the black player.

#	player	result	1	2	3	4
1.	Kitani Minoru	2-1				W+1.5
2.	Kato Shin	0-3	B+R			B+R
3.	Hashimoto Utaro	3-0	W+3.5	W+R
4.	Shinohara Masami	1-2			B+R

2nd Honinbo Title

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1943-05-05,06,07	Hashimoto Utaro	Sekiyama Riichi	B+R	219	sgf
1943-07-07,08,09	Sekiyama Riichi	Hashimoto Utaro	W+F	90	sgf

Sekiyama Riichi became ill during game two of the title match. He fought through the illness, but collapsed unconscious by the board on day two of the second game. He was then forced to forfeit both the game and the match.

Hashimoto Utaro won 2-0.

As Honinbo, Hashimoto took the name Honinbo Shou.