| # | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Fujisawa Shuko | 2-5 | B+R | B+R | B+R | |||||
| 2. | Sakata Eio | 6-1 | B+R | W+5.5 | W+5.5 | |||||
| 3. | Kitani Minoru | 6-1 | W+R | W+2.5 | B+3.5 | W+7.5 | ||||
| 4. | Maeda Nobuaki | 3-4 | B+R | B+R | W+0.5 | |||||
| 5. | Hashimoto Utaro | 3-4 | W+R | W+7.5 | B+6.5 | B+R | ||||
| 6. | Hashimoto Shoji | 2-5 | B+6.5 | B+5.5 | W+3.5 | |||||
| 7. | Shimamura Toshihiro | 4-3 | B+R | B+7.5 | B+R | W+1.5 | ||||
| 8. | Kubouchi Shuchi | 2-5 | W+R | B+R | B+5.5 | B+R |
Maeda Nobuaki and Hashimoto Utaro played a demotion playoff, lost by Maeda.
Kubouchi Shuchi, Hashimoto Shoji, Fujisawa Shuko, and Maeda Nobuaki
are demoted.
| date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-04-21,22 | Kitani Minoru | Sakata Eio | W+3.5 | 264 | sgf |
| date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961-05-03,04 | Sakata Eio | Takagawa Shukaku | B+R | 207 | sgf |
| 1961-05-14,15 | Takagawa Shukaku | Sakata Eio | W+1.5 | 271 | sgf |
| 1961-05-24,25 | Sakata Eio | Takagawa Shukaku | B+0.5 | 259 | sgf |
| 1961-06-05,06 | Takagawa Shukaku | Sakata Eio | B+12.5 | 288 | sgf |
| 1961-06-16,17 | Sakata Eio | Takagawa Shukaku | B+0.5 | 253 | sgf |
Sakata Eio won 4-1.
As Honinbo, Sakata took the name Sakata Eiju.