31st 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	2005-10-20	Han Zenki	Enda Hideki	B+R	sgf
Qualification final	2005-10-27	Ko Iso	Kono Rin	B+R	sgf
Qualification final	2005-11-10	O Meien	Takao Shinji	W+R	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.	Kobayashi Satoru	4-4			B+4.5		B+R		B+R		W+R
2.	Yamashita Keigo	5-3	B+0.5			W+R		W+7.5		B+4.5
3.	Imamura Toshiya	2-6		B+R			B+R		W+6.5		B+3.5
4.	Yamada Kimio	4-4	W+R		W+4.5			B+0.5		W+R
5.	Sakai Hideyuki	5-3		B+R		W+R			B+R		B+0.5
6.	Yoda Norimoto	4-4	B+2.5		W+R		B+R			B+0.5
7.	Takao Shinji	6-2		W+0.5		W+R		B+2.5			W+R
8.	Han Zenki	4-4	B+R		W+R		B+0.5		B+R
9.	Ko Iso	2-6		B+5.5		B+R		B+R		B+R

Ko Iso, Imamura Toshiya, and Han Zenki are demoted.

31st Meijin Title

1	2006-09-08,09	Takao Shinji	Cho U	B+0.5	sgf
2	2006-09-20,21	Cho U	Takao Shinji	W+R	sgf
3	2006-09-28,29	Takao Shinji	Cho U	W+R	sgf
4	2006-10-11,12	Cho U	Takao Shinji	W+0.5	sgf
5	2006-10-18,19	Takao Shinji	Cho U	W+R	sgf
6	2006-11-02,03	Cho U	Takao Shinji	W+3.5	sgf

Takao Shinji won 4-2.