| 2nd Honinbo, 5-dan preliminary | ||
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| Fukuda Masayoshi (5d) | Sakata Eio W+3.5 1941-07-31,08-01 |
Sakata Eio |
| Sakata Eio (5d) | ||
| Nakagawa Shinji (5d) | ||
| Hasegawa Akira (5d) | Hasegawa Akira | Hasegawa Akira |
| Takagawa Kaku (5d) | ||
| Yamaguchi Shigeharu (5d) | Murashima Yoshinori W+R 1941-07-31 |
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| Murashima Yoshinori (5d) | ||
| 2nd Honinbo, 6-dan preliminary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mitsuhara Itaro (6d) | Mitsuhara Itaro | Mitsuhara Itaro B+4.5 1941-08-19 |
| Murashima Yoshinori (6d) | ||
| Hosokawa Senjin (6d) | Hosokawa Senjin | |
| Sakata Eio (5d) | ||
| Fujisawa Kuranosuke (6d) | Fujisawa Kuranosuke B+2.5 1941-08-13 |
Shinohara Masami |
| Hasegawa Akira (5d) | ||
| Shinohara Masami (5d) | ||
| 2nd Honinbo, 1st preliminary | ||||
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| Onoda Chiyotaro (7d) | Go Seigen B+R 1941-09-03,04 |
Maeda Nobuaki B+1.5 1941-09-16,17 |
Kubomatsu Katsukiyo W+4.5 1941-10-16 |
Kubomatsu Katsukiyo W+3.5 1941-11-06,07 |
| Go Seigen (7d) | ||||
| Maeda Nobuaki (6d) | Maeda Nobuaki W+2.5 1941-09-03 |
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| Shinohara Masami (5d) | ||||
| Kitani Minoru (7d) | Kitani Minoru B+R 1941-09-03 |
Kubomatsu Katsukiyo B+R 1941-09-16 |
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| Kato Shin (7d) | ||||
| Iwamoto Kaoru (7d) | Kubomatsu Katsukiyo B+R 1941-09-03 |
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| Kubomatsu Katsukiyo (7d) | ||||
| Hayashi Yutaro (7d) | Hashimoto Utaro B+R 1941-09-03,04 |
Hashimoto Utaro B+0.5 1941-10-16,17 |
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| Hashimoto Utaro (7d) | ||||
| Mitsuhara Itaro (6d) | Mitsuhara Itaro W+4.5 1941-09-25 |
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| Segoe Kensaku (7d) | ||||
This earned Kubomatsu Katsukiyo a place in the League, but he died on 1941-12-15.
| 2nd Honinbo, 2nd preliminary | ||||
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| Shinohara Masami | Shinohara Masami B+R 1941-12-29,30 |
Shinohara Masami W+R |
Kitani Minoru B+7.5 1942-09 |
Kitani Minoru W+4.5 1942-10-14 |
| Segoe Kensaku | ||||
| Hashimoto Utaro | Hashimoto Utaro W+0.5 1942-01-22,23 |
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| Mitsuhara Itaro | ||||
| Maeda Nobuaki | Maeda Nobuaki W+R 1941-12-25 |
Kitani Minoru B+3.5 1942-07-31 |
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| Hayashi Yutaro | ||||
| Kitani Minoru | ||||
| Kato Shin | Kato Shin W+0.5 1942 |
Kato Shin B+0.5 1942-03-11,12 |
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| Onoda Chiyotaro | ||||
| Iwamoto Kaoru | Go Seigen B+2.5 1942 |
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| Go Seigen | ||||
This earned Kitani Minoru a place in the League.
| 2nd Honinbo, 3rd preliminary | ||||
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| Iwamoto Kaoru | Onoda Chiyotaro W+4.5 1942 |
Hashimoto Utaro | Hashimoto Utaro | Shinohara Masami |
| Onoda Chiyotaro | ||||
| Hashimoto Utaro | ||||
| Segoe Kensaku | Maeda Nobuaki W+0.5 1942 |
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| Maeda Nobuaki | ||||
| Shinohara Masami | Shinohara Masami | Shinohara Masami W+2.5 1942-07-08 |
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| Mitsuhara Itaro | ||||
| Hayashi Yutaro | Go Seigen | |||
| Kato Shin | Go Seigen B+R 1942-05-20 |
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| Go Seigen | ||||
This earned Shinohara Masami a place in the League.
There was a 4th preliminary, and Kato Shin and Hashimoto Utaro reached the semifinals. This earned these two players a place in the League, where Hashimoto Utaro took the place of his teacher Kubomatsu Katsukiyo. No final was played.