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Preliminary A of the 76th 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 76th Honinbo tournament. In a knock-out system, 115 players compete in 24 groups of 4 or 5 for a place in the Last preliminary.

76th Honinbo, Preliminary A
O Rissei O Rissei
B+1.5
2020-02-13
O Rissei
B+R
2020-03-19
Awaji Shuzo
Takeuchi Kosuke Takeuchi Kosuke
Hashimoto Yujiro
Cho Riyu Sun Zhe Sun Zhe
W+R
2020-03-19
Sun Zhe
Kobayashi Satoru Terayama Rei
B+R
2020-02-06
Terayama Rei
Obuchi Kotaro Obuchi Kotaro
B+R
2020-03-12
Obuchi Kotaro
Ueno Asami
Shuto Shun Aoki Hirotaka
Aoki Hirotaka
Numadate Sakiya Fujisawa Rina
W+0.5
2020-02-06
Ryu Shikun
B+R
2020-02-27
Fujisawa Rina
Ryu Shikun Ryu Shikun
W+5.5
2020-01-23
Inaba Takahiro
Akiyama Jiro Akiyama Jiro Koike Yoshihiro
Aoki Shinichi
Koike Yoshihiro Koike Yoshihiro
W+R
2020-01-23
Kuwabara Shun
Anzai Nobuaki Anzai Nobuaki Onishi Ryuhei
W+0.5
2020-02-20
Okada Shinichiro
Onishi Ryuhei Onishi Ryuhei
B+2.5
2020-01-30
Rin Kanketsu
Mitani Tetsuya Tajiri Yuto Kurotaki Masanori
Tajiri Yuto
Kurotaki Masanori Kurotaki Masanori
Morita Michihiro
Koyama Kuya Koyama Kuya Ko Iso
W+R
2020-02-13
Uchida Shuhei
Ko Iso Ko Iso
W+1.5
2020-01-23
Kudo Norio
Onishi Kenya Onishi Kenya Onishi Kenya
Ogaki Yusaku
Ohashi Hirofumi Han Zenki
Han Zenki
Sakai Takeshi Oomote Takuto Lee Ishu
Oomote Takuto
Lee Ishu Lee Ishu
B+R
2020-02-06
Ishida Yoshio
Mimura Tomoyasu Mizokami Tomochika Mizokami Tomochika
B+3.5
2020-02-27
Mizokami Tomochika
Takao Shinji Takao Shinji
B+R
2020-01-23
Ko Mosei
Hirose Yuichi Hirose Yuichi Hirose Yuichi
B+R
2020-03-26
Tsuneishi Takashi
Fujimura Yosuke Mukai Chiaki
Mukai Chiaki
Fujita Akihiko Fujita Akihiko Hirata Tomoya
B+R
2020-02-27
So Yokoku
Hirata Tomoya Hirata Tomoya
B+R
2020-02-06
Yo Kagen
Yo Chito Yo Chito
B+0.5
2020-01-30
Motoki Katsuya
B+R
2020-02-27
Yoda Norimoto
Motoki Katsuya Motoki Katsuya
W+0.5
2020-01-23
Matsumoto Takehisa
Suzuki Shinji Suzuki Shinji
W+R
2020-03-05
Suzuki Shinji
B+R
2020-03-26
Adachi Toshimasa
Seki Kotaro Xie Yimin
B+5.5
2020-01-30
Xie Yimin
Cho Zuiketsu Kubo Hideo Tsuruyama Atsushi
Kubo Hideo
Tsuruyama Atsushi Tsuruyama Atsushi
B+5.5
2020-02-20
Cho Sonjin
Cho U Cho U
W+R
2020-01-30
Cho U
W+R
2020-06-18
Suzuki Ayumi
Cho Chikun O Meien
W+R
2020-03-05
Omori Yasushi O Meien
W+R
2020-01-30
O Meien
Mutsuura Yuta Mutsuura Yuta Nakano Hironari
Tsuruta Kazushi
Nakano Hironari Nakano Hironari
Hane Yasumasa
Takei Takashi Takei Takashi Takei Takashi
Sakai Takashi
Nakamura Shinya Kanazawa Makoto
Kanazawa Makoto
Otake Yu Otake Yu Imamura Yoshiaki
Kikkawa Hajime
Otani Naoki Imamura Yoshiaki
Imamura Yoshiaki
Horimoto Mitsunari Muramoto Wataru Muramoto Wataru
B+R
2020-03-19
Muramoto Wataru
Hikosaka Naoto Hikosaka Naoto
B+R
2020-02-27
Kitano Ryo
Nakane Naoyuki Nakane Naoyuki Nakane Naoyuki
Kumamoto Shusei
Hiroe Hiroyuki Hiroe Hiroyuki
Ishida Atsushi
O Keii O Keii Ogata Masaki
Goto Shungo
Yanagisawa Satoshi Ogata Masaki
Tanaka Nobuyuki Ogata Masaki
Ogata Masaki
Ida Atsushi Ida Atsushi
B+R
2020-01-30
Ida Atsushi
B+R
2020-02-27
Muramatsu Hiroki
Bian Wenkai Kawada Kohei
Katayama Yasuo Kawada Kohei
Kawada Kohei
Yuki Satoshi Yuki Satoshi
W+R
2020-02-19
Taniguchi Toru
B+R
2020-03-11
Sonoda Yuichi
Sato Yuta Taniguchi Toru
B+3.5
2020-02-26
Taniguchi Toru
Yokota Shigeaki Sada Atsushi
W+9.5
2020-03-04
Sada Atsushi
B+0.5
2020-03-26
Sada Atsushi
Fujii Shuya Fujii Shuya
Takashima Yugo
Yu Zhengqi Yu Zhengqi Yu Zhengqi
W+R
2020-04-01
Nakano Yasuhiro
Nishi Takenobu Nishi Takenobu
Yoshida Shoji
Yun Chunho U Boi U Boi
W+R
2020-06-10
U Boi
Konishi Kazuko Imamura Toshiya
Imamura Toshiya