43rd Meijin title

Last Preliminary

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted from the League, and a qualification tournament with three groups determines which three new players enter the League.

43rd Meijin, Last Preliminary
Terayama Rei	Kyo Kagen B+R 2017-09-28	Yuki Satoshi W+R 2017-10-19	Yu Zhengqi B+R 2017-11-02
Kyo Kagen	Kyo Kagen B+R 2017-09-28
Yuki Satoshi	Yuki Satoshi B+R 2017-09-21
Ida Atsushi	Yuki Satoshi B+R 2017-09-21
Suzuki Shinji	Suzuki Shinji	Yu Zhengqi
Hong Seokui	Suzuki Shinji
Tsuruta Kazushi	Yu Zhengqi
Yu Zhengqi	Yu Zhengqi
Cho Chikun	Cho Chikun W+R 2017-09-21	Shibano Toramaru W+6.5 2017-10-12	Shibano Toramaru W+R 2017-11-02
Yukawa Mitsuhisa	Cho Chikun W+R 2017-09-21
Shibano Toramaru	Shibano Toramaru W+R 2017-09-21
Hikosaka Naoto	Shibano Toramaru W+R 2017-09-21
Ichiriki Ryo	Ichiriki Ryo	Ichiriki Ryo W+3.5 2017-10-16
Fujii Shuya	Ichiriki Ryo
Koyama Kuya	Koyama Kuya B+R 2017-09-28
Sakai Hideyuki	Koyama Kuya B+R 2017-09-28
Seto Taiki	Shida Tatsuya B+1.5 2017-09-21	Hirata Tomoya W+R 2017-10-19	Hane Naoki W+R 2017-11-02
Shida Tatsuya	Shida Tatsuya B+1.5 2017-09-21
Motoki Katsuya	Hirata Tomoya B+1.5 2017-09-21
Hirata Tomoya	Hirata Tomoya B+1.5 2017-09-21
Hon Seisen	Rin Kanketsu	Hane Naoki B+R 2017-10-12
Rin Kanketsu	Rin Kanketsu
Cho Riyu	Hane Naoki B+R 2017-09-21
Hane Naoki	Hane Naoki B+R 2017-09-21

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.	Takao Shinji	2-6			B+2.5		B+R		B+R		W+R
2.	Yamashita Keigo	4-4	W+R			B+R		W+R		W+R
3.	Murakawa Daisuke	3-5		B+R			B+R		W+R		B+2.5
4.	Cho U	8-0	W+R		W+R			W+R		W+4.5
5.	Kono Rin	4-4		W+R		B+R			B+R		B+3.5
6.	Ko Iso	2-6	B+R		B+R		W+1.5			W+R
7.	Hane Naoki	4-4		W+R		B+R		W+R			B+3.5
8.	Yu Zhengqi	3-5	W+R		W+R		B+R		W+R
9.	Shibano Toramaru	6-2		W+2.5		B+R		W+R		W+R

Ko Iso, Takao Shinji, and Yu Zhengqi are demoted.

43rd Meijin Title

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2018-08-28,29	Iyama Yuta	Cho U	B+R	239	sgf
2018-09-12.13	Cho U	Iyama Yuta	W+2.5	336	sgf
2018-09-25,26	Iyama Yuta	Cho U	W+4.5	278	sgf
2018-10-10,11	Cho U	Iyama Yuta	W+R	188	sgf
2018-10-15,16	Iyama Yuta	Cho U	W+9.5	284	sgf
2018-10-22,23	Cho U	Iyama Yuta	B+R	195	sgf
2018-11-01,02	Iyama Yuta	Cho U	W+4.5	271	sgf

Cho U won 4-3.