| # | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ishida Yoshio | 5-2 | W+1.5 | B+R | W+R | |||||
| 2. | Magari Reiki | 3-4 | B+R | B+5.5 | W+R | W+5.5 | ||||
| 3. | Kato Masao | 6-1 | W+R | W+3.5 | W+R | |||||
| 4. | Otake Hideo | 6-1 | W+R | B+1.5 | W+7.5 | W+R | ||||
| 5. | Sakata Eio | 3-4 | B+0.5 | B+3.5 | B+R | |||||
| 6. | Takagi Shoichi | 0-7 | B+R | B+R | B+R | B+R | ||||
| 7. | Rin Kaiho | 4-3 | W+R | B+13.5 | W+R | |||||
| 8. | Kubouchi Shuchi | 1-6 | B+R | B+R | B+R | B+6.5 |
Takagi Shoichi, Kubouchi Shuchi, Sakata Eio and Magari Reiki are demoted.
| date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-04-28 | Kato Masao | Otake Hideo | B+R | 249 | sgf |
| date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-05-09,10 | Kato Masao | Takemiya Masaki | B+R | 165 | sgf |
| 1977-05-23,24 | Takemiya Masaki | Kato Masao | B+R | 199 | sgf |
| 1977-06-08,09 | Kato Masao | Takemiya Masaki | B+7.5 | 239 | sgf |
| 1977-06-15,16 | Takemiya Masaki | Kato Masao | W+R | 190 | sgf |
| 1977-06-29,30 | Kato Masao | Takemiya Masaki | B+R | 209 | sgf |
Kato Masao won 4-1.
As Honinbo, Kato took the name Kato Kensei.