7th Meijin title

Newcomers

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted, and entrance matches determine which three new players enter the League.

game	date	black	white	result	sgf
Qualification final	1981-11-05	Ishida Yoshio	Hane Yasumasa	W+5.5	sgf
Qualification final	1981-11-05	Fujisawa Shuko	Shimamura Toshihiro	W+4.5	sgf
Qualification final	1981-11-19	Honda Kunihisa	Takagawa Shukaku	B+10.5	sgf

League

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player). The ordering of the first six players is according to their results in the previous year. The last three are the winners of the entrance matches.

#	player	result	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Kato Masao	4-4			W+R		B+R		W+F		B+R
2.	Otake Hideo	7-1	B+R			W+3.5		W+6.5		W+R
3.	Rin Kaiho	5-3		B+11.5			B+R		W+F		W+R
4.	Takemiya Masaki	3-5	W+4.5		B+0.5			W+12.5		W+.5
5.	Kobayashi Koichi	5-3		B+2.5		W+R			W+F		W+R
6.	Sakata Eio	5-3	W+R		B+R		W+T			W+R
7.	Shimamura Toshihiro	1-7		B+F		W+2.5		B+R			B+R
8.	Honda Kunihisa	2-6	B+1.5		B+3.5		W+3.5		W+7.5
9.	Hane Yasumasa	4-4		B+R		W+1.5		B+R		W+R

Shimamura Toshihiro suffered a stroke during his game with Sakata Eio and was unable to finish that game or play subsequent games in the tournament.

Shimamura Toshihiro, Honda Kunihisa, and Takemiya Masaki are demoted.

7th Meijin Title

game	date	black	white	result	sgf
1	1982-09-08	Cho Chikun	Otake Hideo	B+R	sgf
2	1982-09-20	Otake Hideo	Cho Chikun	W+R	sgf
3	1982-09-29	Cho Chikun	Otake Hideo	B+R	sgf
4	1982-10-13	Otake Hideo	Cho Chikun	B+R	sgf
5	1982-10-27	Cho Chikun	Otake Hideo	B+R	sgf

Cho Chikun won 4-1.