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Preliminary A of the 72nd Honinbo tournament

For several big Japanese tournaments, players progress via Preliminary C and Preliminary B and Preliminary A and Last Preliminary to the League that determines the challenger of the title holder. The whole process takes almost two years.

The present page gives the Preliminary A of the 72nd Honinbo tournament. In a knock-out system, 112 players compete in 24 groups of 4 or 5 for a place in the Last preliminary.

72nd Honinbo, Preliminary A
Koyama Kuya Mitani Tetsuya Mitani Tetsuya
Mitani Tetsuya
So Yokoku So Yokoku
W+R
2016-02-25
Otake Hideo Otake Hideo
B+0.5
2016-02-04
Kanazawa Makoto
Yamada Takuji Yamada Takuji Yamada Takuji
B+5.5
2016-03-31
Fujimura Yosuke
Aoki Shinichi Ohashi Hirofumi
W+R
2016-03-03
Ohashi Hirofumi Ohashi Hirofumi
B+R
2016-02-11
Chinen Kaori
Terayama Rei Terayama Rei Ryu Shikun
B+4.5
2016-04-07
Tamai Shin
Ryu Shikun Ryu Shikun
W+R
2016-02-25
Komatsu Hideki Sun Zhe
Sun Zhe
Awaji Shuzo Cho Sonjin
W+R
2016-02-11
Cho Sonjin
B+R
2016-03-24
Cho Sonjin
Kurotaki Masanori Kurotaki Masanori
Hoshiai Shiho Hoshiai Shiho
Takagi Shoichi
Kono Mitsuki O Rissei
W+R
2016-02-04
O Rissei
B+R
2016-03-24
O Rissei
Takekiyo Isamu Takekiyo Isamu
Kazama Jun Kazama Jun
Mizuma Toshifumi
Shibano Toramaru Shibano Toramaru Shibano Toramaru
Adachi Toshimasa
Takemiya Masaki Iguchi Toyohide
W+3.5
2016-03-03
Oba Junya Iguchi Toyohide
Iguchi Toyohide
Obuchi Kotaro Obuchi Kotaro Kataoka Satoshi
B+R
2016-04-07
Horimoto Mitsunari
Kataoka Satoshi Kataoka Satoshi
B+R
2016-02-18
Ueda Takashi Kono Takashi
Kono Takashi
O Meien O Meien
W+2.5
2016-02-04
O Meien
W+R
2016-03-24
Morita Michihiro
Sakai Takeshi Tajiri Yuto
Tajiri Yuto Tajiri Yuto
W+10.5
2016-02-11
Kobayashi Koichi
Mimura Tomoyasu Mimura Tomoyasu Yo Chito
Kubo Hideo
Yo Chito Yo Chito
Matsumoto Takehisa Matsumoto Takehisa
Nakaonoda Tomomi
Tsuneishi Takashi Tsuneishi Takashi Hoshino Masaki
Ono Nobuyuki
Hoshino Masaki Hoshino Masaki
Endo Yoshifumi Onishi Ryuhei
Onishi Ryuhei
Mochizuki Kenichi Mochizuki Kenichi Ko Iso
Matsubara Taisei
Ko Iso Ko Iso
Kyo Kagen Kyo Kagen
Cho Zuiketsu
Uchida Shuhei Uchida Shuhei Yoda Norimoto
W+R
2016-03-17
Numadate Sakiya
Yoda Norimoto Yoda Norimoto
W+R
2016-02-25
Ishigure Ikuro Sakai Maki
Sakai Maki
Onishi Kenya Onishi Kenya Onishi Kenya
Kanazawa Hideo
Hirata Tomoya Hirata Tomoya
Ando Kazushige
Kim Sujun Kim Sujun Fujisawa Rina
Kato Atsushi
Nishimura Keiji Fujisawa Rina
Fujisawa Rina
Cho Chikun Cho Riyu
W+R
2016-02-18
Cho Riyu
Cho Riyu
Anzai Nobuaki Anzai Nobuaki
O Yuinin
Tsuruyama Atsushi Tsuruyama Atsushi Tsuruyama Atsushi
Suzuki Ayumi
Shuto Shun Shuto Shun
Yoshihara Yukari
Yo Kagen Rin Kanketsu Kobayashi Satoru
B+R
2016-03-10
Rin Kanketsu
Akiyama Jiro Kobayashi Satoru
W+R
2016-02-04
Kobayashi Satoru
Ogata Masaki Ogata Masaki Ogata Masaki
Kumamoto Shusei
Shida Tatsuya Shida Tatsuya
Enda Hideki
Tsuruta Kazushi Tsuruta Kazushi Hane Naoki
B+2.5
2016-03-28
Takei Takashi
Hane Naoki Hane Naoki
B+R
2016-02-18
Sasaka Shiro
Nakane Naoyuki Nakane Naoyuki Tajima Shingo
Sakamoto Yasuo
Tajima Shingo Tajima Shingo
Utani Shunta
Tanaka Nobuyuki Tanaka Nobuyuki Nakamura Shinya
Mutsuura Yuta
Hane Yasumasa Nakamura Shinya
Nakamura Shinya Nakamura Shinya
Oda Teppei
Nakano Hironari Nakano Hironari Nakano Hironari
Ohashi Naruya
Sakaguchi Ryuzo Sakaguchi Ryuzo
Takagi Junpei Kato Yuki
Kato Yuki
Hikosaka Naoto Hikosaka Naoto
B+2.5
2016-02-11
Hikosaka Naoto
B+R
2016-04-21
Imamura Yoshiaki
Muramatsu Hiroki Muramatsu Hiroki
Otani Naoki Otani Naoki
Yamamori Tadanao
Iwamaru Taira Iwamaru Taira
W+R
2016-02-18
Iwamaru Taira
Yamada Kimio
Kitano Ryo Kitano Ryo
O Keii Ishida Atsushi
Ishida Atsushi