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5th Ryusei title

Four times 12 players play a ladder. The winner of each ladder and the player with most wins proceed to the 8-player knockout tournament. Time is 30 secs/move, 10 times 1 minute. Komi is 5.5.

The four ladders

Group A

date black white result #mv sgf
1995-09-11 Yamada Kimio Kato Tomoko B+R 163 sgf
1995-09-11 Okada Shinichiro Yamada Kimio W+R 144 sgf
1995-10-16 Yamada Kimio Morita Michihiro B+R 155 sgf
1995-10-16 Yamada Kimio Taniguchi Toshinori B+R 225 sgf
1995-12-18 Cho Sonjin Yamada Kimio B+R 185 sgf
1995-12-18 O Meien Cho Sonjin W+1.5 239 sgf
1996-02-05 Fukui Susumu Cho Sonjin W+R 132 sgf
1996-02-05 Hane Yasumasa Cho Sonjin B+2.5 271 sgf
1996-03-11 Hane Yasumasa Ohira Shuzo W+R 194 sgf
1996-03-11 Ryu Shikun Ohira Shuzo W+R 226 sgf
Not played Kobayashi Satoru Ohira Shuzo B+bye 0 sgf

Winner: Kobayashi Satoru
Most wins (4): Yamada Kimio

Group B

date black white result #mv sgf
1995-09-18 Mizokami Tomochika Yoshida Yoichi B+R 153 sgf
1995-09-18 Hoshino Masaki Mizokami Tomochika W+R 174 sgf
1995-11-06 Mizokami Tomochika Yo Kagen B+3.5 235 sgf
1995-11-06 Katayama Yasuo Mizokami Tomochika W+R 162 sgf
1995-12-25 Nakano Hironari Mizokami Tomochika B+R 197 sgf
1995-12-25 Nakano Hironari Tanimiya Teiji B+R 119 sgf
1996-02-19 Nakamura Hidehito Nakano Hironari W+7.5 265 sgf
1996-02-19 Nakano Hironari Takagi Shoichi B+R 265 sgf
1996-03-18 Kudo Norio Nakano Hironari W+4.5 220 sgf
1996-03-18 Nakano Hironari Rin Kaiho B+0.5 267 sgf
1996-04-22 Kobayashi Koichi Nakano Hironari B+R 147 sgf

Winner: Kobayashi Koichi
Most wins (6): Nakano Hironari

Group C

date black white result #mv sgf
1995-09-25 Yamashita Keigo Kenmochi Jo B+R 163 sgf
1995-09-25 Yamashita Keigo Omori Yasushi W+R 188 sgf
1995-10-30 Mimura Tomoyasu Omori Yasushi B+R 183 sgf
1995-10-30 Mimura Tomoyasu Ishida Atsushi B+R 157 sgf
1996-01-19 Mimura Tomoyasu Naganuma Makoto B+R 117 sgf
1996-01-19 Mimura Tomoyasu Kosugi Kiyoshi B+20.5 254 sgf
1996-02-26 Mimura Tomoyasu Kataoka Satoshi W+R 128 sgf
1996-02-26 Kataoka Satoshi Kamimura Kunio B+R 147 sgf
1996-03-25 Kataoka Satoshi Ishii Kunio B+R 193 sgf
1996-03-25 Otake Hideo Kataoka Satoshi B+R 211 sgf
1996-04-15 Cho Chikun Otake Hideo W+2.5 210 sgf

Winner: Otake Hideo
Most wins (4): Mimura Tomoyasu

Group D

date black white result #mv sgf
1995-10-09 Sano Takatsugu So Yokoku W+R 128 sgf
1995-10-09 So Yokoku Aoki Kikuyo B+0.5 317 sgf
1995-11-13 So Yokoku Ono Nobuyuki B+R 239 sgf
1995-11-13 So Yokoku Nakaonoda Tomomi W+R 154 sgf
1996-01-29 Kanno Kiyonori Nakaonoda Tomomi W+7.5 266 sgf
1996-01-29 Nakaonoda Tomomi Hidaka Toshiyuki B+7.5 268 sgf
1996-03-04 Yamashiro Hiroshi Nakaonoda Tomomi B+0.5 234 sgf
1996-03-04 Sakai Takeshi Yamashiro Hiroshi W+2.5 268 sgf
1996-04-01 Yamashiro Hiroshi Kurosawa Tadanao W+1.5 271 sgf
1996-04-01 Kurosawa Tadanao Kato Masao B+R 181 sgf
1996-04-15 Kurosawa Tadanao Yoda Norimoto W+R 186 sgf

Winner: Yoda Norimoto
Most wins (3): Nakaonoda Tomomi

5th Ryusei Title

Mimura Tomoyasu Yamada Kimio
B+R		 Nakaonoda Tomomi
B+4.5		 Kobayashi Satoru
W+R
Yamada Kimio
Yoda Norimoto Nakaonoda Tomomi
B+5.5
Nakaonoda Tomomi
Otake Hideo Kobayashi Koichi
W+R		 Kobayashi Satoru
B+7.5
Kobayashi Koichi
Nakano Hironari Kobayashi Satoru
W+R
Kobayashi Satoru

Semifinals and Final:

date black white result #mv sgf
1996-07-15 Nakaonoda Tomomi Yamada Kimio B+4.5 231 sgf
1996-07-15 Kobayashi Satoru Kobayashi Koichi B+7.5 280 sgf
1996-09-01 Nakaonoda Tomomi Kobayashi Satoru W+R 198 sgf