9th Judan title

Preliminaries

The participants in the Judan tournament are the 12 players who won at least one game in last year's tournament (except for Otake Hideo, who won the Judan title and was replaced by the former Judan Sakata Eio), together with the 4 winners of the preliminaries (Kubouchi Shuchi, Miyashita Shuyo, Oeda Yusuke, and Handa Dogen).

Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Fujisawa Shuko	Fujisawa Shuko W+R 1970-01-22	Fujisawa Shuko W+R 1970-05-14	Fujisawa Shuko W+5.5 1970-06-11	Hashimoto Utaro B+R 1970-10-29
Hane Yasumasa	Fujisawa Shuko W+R 1970-01-22
Handa Dogen	Handa Dogen B+1.5 1970
Oeda Yusuke	Handa Dogen B+1.5 1970
Ohira Shuzo	Ohira Shuzo B+1.5 1970	Miyashita Shuyo W+R 1970
Hashimoto Shoji	Ohira Shuzo B+1.5 1970
Miyashita Shuyo	Miyashita Shuyo W+6.5 1970
Rin Kaiho	Miyashita Shuyo W+6.5 1970
Ishii Kunio	Ishii Kunio W+2.5 1970	Hashimoto Utaro W+5.5 1970-05-13	Hashimoto Utaro B+7.5 1970-09-15
Tono Hiroaki	Ishii Kunio W+2.5 1970
Hashimoto Utaro	Hashimoto Utaro B+R 1970-03-26
Sugiuchi Masao	Hashimoto Utaro B+R 1970-03-26
Takagawa Shukaku	Takagawa Shukaku B+11.5 1970-03-05	Sakata Eio B+R 1970-04-22
Fujisawa Hosai	Takagawa Shukaku B+11.5 1970-03-05
Sakata Eio	Sakata Eio W+R 1970-03-11
Kubouchi Shuchi	Sakata Eio W+R 1970-03-11

Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Hane Yasumasa	Hane Yasumasa B+R 1970-07-02	Rin Kaiho W+R 1970-07-23	Rin Kaiho W+7.5 1970-08-21	Fujisawa Shuko W+0.5 1970-11-09	Sakata Eio W+R 1970-11-27
Oeda Yusuke	Hane Yasumasa B+R 1970-07-02
Hashimoto Shoji	Rin Kaiho B+R 1970
Rin Kaiho	Rin Kaiho B+R 1970
Tono Hiroaki	Sugiuchi Masao W+3.5 1970	Sugiuchi Masao B+9.5 1970
Sugiuchi Masao	Sugiuchi Masao W+3.5 1970
Fujisawa Hosai	Fujisawa Hosai B+R 1970
Kubouchi Shuchi	Fujisawa Hosai B+R 1970
Fujisawa Shuko
Handa Dogen		Handa Dogen B+R 1970	Ishii Kunio	Sakata Eio W+R 1970-10-15
Ohira Shuzo		Handa Dogen B+R 1970
Ishii Kunio		Ishii Kunio B+5.5 1970-05-28
Takagawa Shukaku		Ishii Kunio B+5.5 1970-05-28
Miyashita Shuyo			Sakata Eio B+R 1970-09-23
Sakata Eio			Sakata Eio B+R 1970-09-23

Challenger decision match

Winner of the Winners' Section against winner of the Losers' Section.

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1970-12-10	Sakata Eio	Hashimoto Utaro	W+11.5	263	sgf

9th Judan Title

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1971-01-06,07	Otake Hideo	Hashimoto Utaro	W+R	162	sgf
1971-01-13,14	Hashimoto Utaro	Otake Hideo	B+R	149	sgf
1971-01-25,26	Otake Hideo	Hashimoto Utaro	B+6.5	249	sgf
1971-02-03,04	Hashimoto Utaro	Otake Hideo	W+3.5	243	sgf
1971-02-10,11	Hashimoto Utaro	Otake Hideo	B+R	173	sgf

Hashimoto Utaro won 3-2.