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12th Ryusei title

Eight times 12 players play a ladder. The winner of each ladder and the player with most wins proceed to the 16-player knockout tournament. Time is 30 secs/move, 10 times 1 minute. Komi is 5.5.

The eight ladders

Group A

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2002-08-13	Kobayashi Izumi	Iguchi Hideichiro	W+R	88	sgf
2002-08-13	Iguchi Hideichiro	Kono Mitsuki	B+R	307	sgf
2002-09-03	Okada Shinichiro	Iguchi Hideichiro	W+2.5	357	sgf
2002-09-03	Iguchi Hideichiro	Kato Atsushi	B+R	229	sgf
2002-10-28	Iguchi Hideichiro	Fujisawa Kazunari	B+R	159	sgf
2002-10-28	Iguchi Hideichiro	Yokota Shigeaki	W+R	174	sgf
2002-12-09	Yokota Shigeaki	Oya Koichi	W+R	188	sgf
2002-12-09	Oya Koichi	Kataoka Satoshi	B+R	171	sgf
2003-01-20	Abe Yoshiteru	Oya Koichi	W+R	102	sgf
2003-01-20	Oya Koichi	Otake Hideo	B+1.5	270	sgf
2003-04-07	O Rissei	Oya Koichi	B+5.5	263	sgf

Winner: O Rissei
Most wins (5): Iguchi Hideichiro

Group B

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2002-08-05	Endo Yoshifumi	Han Zenki	W+R	218	sgf
2002-08-05	Mizokami Tomochika	Han Zenki	B+0.5	288	sgf
2002-08-27	Yo Kaei	Mizokami Tomochika	W+R	110	sgf
2002-08-27	Nakamura Shinya	Mizokami Tomochika	W+R	176	sgf
2002-10-29	Imamura Yoshiaki	Mizokami Tomochika	B+4.5	242	sgf
2002-10-29	Imamura Yoshiaki	Yuki Satoshi	W+R	180	sgf
2002-12-10	Yuki Satoshi	Imamura Toshiya	W+4.5	216	sgf
2002-12-10	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Imamura Toshiya	B+1.5	277	sgf
2003-01-14	Haruyama Isamu	Yamashiro Hiroshi	B+1.5	259	sgf
2003-01-14	Haruyama Isamu	Takemiya Masaki	W+5.5	250	sgf
2003-03-17	Yoda Norimoto	Takemiya Masaki	B+11.5	250	sgf

Winner: Yoda Norimoto
Most wins (3): Mizokami Tomochika

Group C

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2002-08-26	Matsumoto Takehisa	Kanazawa Hideo	B+R	217	sgf
2002-08-26	Matsumoto Takehisa	Yamashita Keigo	B+7.5	233	sgf
2002-09-30	Matsumoto Takehisa	Kenmochi Jo	B+6.5	266	sgf
2002-09-30	Nakano Yasuhiro	Matsumoto Takehisa	W+R	176	sgf
2002-11-25	Matsumoto Takehisa	Nakaonoda Tomomi	W+R	220	sgf
2002-11-25	Nakano Hironari	Nakaonoda Tomomi	W+7.5	242	sgf
2002-12-17	Yukawa Mitsuhisa	Nakaonoda Tomomi	B+0.5	345	sgf
2002-12-17	Hasegawa Sunao	Yukawa Mitsuhisa	B+4.5	257	sgf
2003-01-28	Hasegawa Sunao	Honda Kunihisa	W+1.5	281	sgf
2003-01-28	Honda Kunihisa	Cho Sonjin	W+R	156	sgf
2003-03-10	Cho Sonjin	O Meien	B+R	165	sgf

Winner: Cho Sonjin
Most wins (4): Matsumoto Takehisa

Group D

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2002-08-06	Kim Sujun	Cho Riyu	B+R	265	sgf
2002-08-06	Kim Sujun	So Yokoku	B+13.5	335	sgf
2002-09-17	Nakane Naoyuki	Kim Sujun	B+R	273	sgf
2002-09-17	Akiyama Jiro	Nakane Naoyuki	W+R	158	sgf
2002-10-15	Aoki Kikuyo	Nakane Naoyuki	W+1.5	270	sgf
2002-10-15	Nakane Naoyuki	Ogaki Yusaku	B+2.5	249	sgf
2002-11-18	Nakane Naoyuki	Goto Shungo	W+2.5	250	sgf
2002-11-18	Goto Shungo	Kori Toshio	B+R	135	sgf
2003-01-21	Takagi Shoichi	Goto Shungo	W+4.5	250	sgf
2003-01-21	Goto Shungo	Sugiuchi Masao	B+R	123	sgf
2003-03-04	Goto Shungo	Hane Naoki	W+R	132	sgf

Winner: Hane Naoki
Most wins (4): Goto Shungo

Group E

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2002-09-09	Kono Rin	Takano Hideki	B+R	171	sgf
2002-09-09	Ono Nobuyuki	Kono Rin	W+R	84	sgf
2002-10-14	Miyagawa Fumihiko	Kono Rin	W+R	122	sgf
2002-10-14	Kono Rin	Kitamura Hiroshi	B+R	207	sgf
2002-12-03	Kono Rin	Matsuoka Hideki	B+7.5	282	sgf
2002-12-03	Kono Rin	Chin Kaei	B+R	211	sgf
2003-01-13	Michael Redmond	Kono Rin	W+3.5	263	sgf
2003-01-13	Kono Rin	Ito Yoji	B+R	171	sgf
2003-02-04	Kono Rin	Nakamura Hidehito	B+R	131	sgf
2003-02-04	Kono Rin	Ishii Mamoru	B+R	155	sgf
2003-03-17	Cho Chikun	Kono Rin	W+2.5	303	sgf

Kono Rin won this group with the maximal 11-0 score.

Group F

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2002-08-20	Miyazaki Shimako	Seki Kazuya	B+R	109	sgf
2002-08-20	Yanagawa Hiromasa	Miyazaki Shimako	B+R	237	sgf
2002-10-01	Nakao Jungo	Yanagawa Hiromasa	B+R	151	sgf
2002-10-01	Nakao Jungo	Su Kaiseki	B+R	157	sgf
2002-11-26	Nakao Jungo	Sakai Maki	W+5.5	236	sgf
2002-11-26	Ezura Yuichi	Sakai Maki	W+6.5	294	sgf
2003-01-06	Komatsu Hideki	Sakai Maki	B+R	139	sgf
2003-01-06	Kiyonari Tetsuya	Komatsu Hideki	W+3.5	243	sgf
2003-02-11	Komatsu Hideki	Ishida Akira	W+R	190	sgf
2003-02-11	Ishida Akira	Ishii Kunio	B+R	195	sgf
2003-03-03	Kobayashi Koichi	Ishida Akira	B+0.5	221	sgf

Winner: Kobayashi Koichi
Most wins (2): Ishida Akira

Group G

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2002-08-19	Kato Tomoko	Chinen Kaori	W+4.5	248	sgf
2002-08-19	Chinen Kaori	Maeda Ryoji	W+R	234	sgf
2002-09-10	Maeda Ryoji	Sugimoto Akira	W+7.5	256	sgf
2002-09-10	Yamamoto Masato	Sugimoto Akira	W+2.5	234	sgf
2002-10-22	Sasaka Shiro	Sugimoto Akira	B+1.5	244	sgf
2002-10-22	Tokimoto Hajime	Sasaka Shiro	B+R	245	sgf
2002-12-02	Aoki Shinichi	Tokimoto Hajime	W+R	168	sgf
2002-12-02	Tokimoto Hajime	Ishikura Noboru	W+12.5	265	sgf
2003-01-27	Ishikura Noboru	Kamimura Haruo	W+R	214	sgf
2003-01-27	Kurosawa Tadanao	Kamimura Haruo	W+R	220	sgf
2003-03-03	Kamimura Haruo	Rin Kaiho	B+15.5	262	sgf

Winner: Kamimura Haruo
Most wins (3): Kamimura Haruo
2nd most wins (2): Tokimoto Hajime

Group H

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2002-09-02	Kubo Hideo	Ohashi Hirofumi	W+3.5	228	sgf
2002-09-02	Hagiya Kazuhiro	Ohashi Hirofumi	W+5.5	263	sgf
2002-10-21	Ohashi Hirofumi	Takao Shinji	W+R	240	sgf
2002-10-21	Takao Shinji	Kanagawa Masaaki	B+12.5	266	sgf
2002-11-11	Takao Shinji	Yamada Kimio	W+R	196	sgf
2002-11-11	Yamada Kimio	Sasaki Tadashi	B+1.5	261	sgf
2003-01-07	Yamada Kimio	Enda Hideki	B+R	219	sgf
2003-01-07	Yamada Kimio	Ogata Masaki	B+1.5	263	sgf
2003-02-25	Yamada Kimio	Kubo Katsuaki	B+R	153	sgf
2003-02-25	Kojima Takaho	Yamada Kimio	W+2.5	265	sgf
2003-03-31	Kato Masao	Yamada Kimio	W+R	156	sgf

Winner: Yamada Kimio
Most wins (7): Yamada Kimio
2nd most wins (2): Takao Shinji

12th Ryusei Title

The eight ladders give eight winners, and seven players other than the ladder winner with the most wins. Since Kono Rin in Group E won everything there was no second player from Group E. The 16th participant in the Title Tournament is Oya Koichi, with 4 wins in Group A.

Kono Rin	Oya Koichi B+0.5	Cho Sonjin B+R	Hane Naoki B+R	Kobayashi Koichi W+R
Oya Koichi
Yoda Norimoto	Cho Sonjin W+R
Cho Sonjin
Iguchi Toyohide	Ishida Akira B+R	Hane Naoki W+R
Ishida Akira
O Rissei	Hane Naoki W+1.5
Hane Naoki
Tokimoto Hajime	Matsumoto Takehisa W+R	Mizokami Tomochika B+R	Kobayashi Koichi B+0.5
Matsumoto Takehisa
Kamimura Haruo	Mizokami Tomochika W+0.5
Mizokami Tomochika
Goto Shungo	Takao Shinji B+3.5	Kobayashi Koichi B+2.5
Takao Shinji
Yamada Kimio	Kobayashi Koichi W+10.5
Kobayashi Koichi

Semifinals and Final:

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2003-07-29	Hane Naoki	Cho Sonjin	B+R	143	sgf
2003-07-21	Kobayashi Koichi	Mizokami Tomochika	B+0.5	300	sgf
2003-09-09	Hane Naoki	Kobayashi Koichi	W+R	190	sgf