14th Judan title

Preliminaries

The participants in the Judan tournament are the 12 players who won at least one game in last year's tournament, together with the 4 winners of the preliminaries (Ohira Shuzo, Fujisawa Hosai, Kudo Norio, Cho Chikun).

Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Fujisawa Hosai	Fujisawa Hosai B+R 1975-07-03	Fujisawa Hosai W+R 1975-07-31	Fujisawa Hosai B+R 1975-11-20	Kato Masao B+R 1976-01-22
Fujisawa Shuko	Fujisawa Hosai B+R 1975-07-03
Ohira Shuzo	Ohira Shuzo B+0.5 1975-04-24
Iwata Tatsuaki	Ohira Shuzo B+0.5 1975-04-24
Takagawa Shukaku	Hashimoto Shoji W+R 1975-07-17	Hashimoto Shoji B+3.5 1975-08-07
Hashimoto Shoji	Hashimoto Shoji W+R 1975-07-17
Hane Yasumasa	Magari Reiki W+R 1975-05-22
Magari Reiki	Magari Reiki W+R 1975-05-22
Hashimoto Utaro	Otake Hideo W+9.5 1975-05-01	Ishida Yoshio W+R 1975-12-04	Kato Masao W+6.5 1975-12-18
Otake Hideo	Otake Hideo W+9.5 1975-05-01
Takagi Shoichi	Ishida Yoshio W+0.5 1975-04-17
Ishida Yoshio	Ishida Yoshio W+0.5 1975-04-17
Kudo Norio	Kudo Norio B+R 1975-08-28	Kato Masao W+R 1975-10-23
Sakata Eio	Kudo Norio B+R 1975-08-28
Kato Masao	Kato Masao Void 1975-07-10 W+R 1975-07-31
Cho Chikun	Kato Masao Void 1975-07-10 W+R 1975-07-31

Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Fujisawa Shuko	Fujisawa Shuko W+R 1975-07-31	Fujisawa Shuko W+R 1975-10-09	Sakata Eio W+R 1976-02-12	Fujisawa Hosai B+9.5 1976-02-26	Fujisawa Hosai B+2.5 1976-03-04
Iwata Tatsuaki	Fujisawa Shuko W+R 1975-07-31
Takagawa Shukaku	Takagawa Shukaku B+R 1975-09-11
Hane Yasumasa	Takagawa Shukaku B+R 1975-09-11
Hashimoto Utaro	Takagi Shoichi W+R 1975-07-17	Sakata Eio B+R 1975-11-13
Takagi Shoichi	Takagi Shoichi W+R 1975-07-17
Sakata Eio	Sakata Eio B+R 1975-10-16
Cho Chikun	Sakata Eio B+R 1975-10-16
Fujisawa Hosai
Ohira Shuzo		Magari Reiki W+0.5 1975-09-18	Otake Hideo B+R 1976-01-08	Ishida Yoshio W+0.5 1976-01-29
Magari Reiki		Magari Reiki W+0.5 1975-09-18
Otake Hideo		Otake Hideo W+R 1975-12-18
Kudo Norio		Otake Hideo W+R 1975-12-18
Hashimoto Shoji			Ishida Yoshio B+3.5 1976-01-08
Ishida Yoshio			Ishida Yoshio B+3.5 1976-01-08

Challenger decision match

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

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1976-03-18	Fujisawa Hosai	Kato Masao	W+9.5	239	sgf

14th Judan Title

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1976-04-08	Kato Masao	Rin Kaiho	W+R	198	sgf
1976-04-29	Rin Kaiho	Kato Masao	W+1.5	271	sgf
1976-05-14	Kato Masao	Rin Kaiho	W+R	210	sgf
1976-05-25	Rin Kaiho	Kato Masao	W+5.5	342	sgf
1976-06-08	Kato Masao	Rin Kaiho	B+R	211	sgf

Kato Masao won 3-2.