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13th 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 6.5.

The eight ladders

Group A

date black white result #mv sgf
2003-09-01 Suzuki Yoshimichi Rin Kanketsu W+1.5 248 sgf
2003-09-01 Kono Mitsuki Rin Kanketsu B+2.5 214 sgf
2003-09-30 Kono Mitsuki Kenmochi Jo B+1.5 236 sgf
2003-09-30 Kono Mitsuki Yamada Kimio W+6.5 290 sgf
2003-11-10 Yamada Kimio Sasaki Tadashi B+R 165 sgf
2003-11-10 Nakano Hironari Yamada Kimio W+R 164 sgf
2003-12-08 Yamada Kimio Michael Redmond B+R 263 sgf
2003-12-08 Yamada Kimio Kataoka Satoshi B+6.5 293 sgf
2004-02-23 Takagi Shoichi Yamada Kimio B+R 181 sgf
2004-02-23 Rin Kaiho Takagi Shoichi B+4.5 270 sgf
2004-04-05 Yamashita Keigo Rin Kaiho B+R 167 sgf

Winner: Yamashita Keigo
Most wins (5): Yamada Kimio

Group B

date black white result #mv sgf
2003-08-23 Iwamaru Taira Han Zenki W+R 170 sgf
2003-08-23 Han Zenki Mizokami Tomochika W+R 188 sgf
2003-09-16 Mizokami Tomochika Iguchi Toyohide B+R 103 sgf
2003-09-16 Mizokami Tomochika Nakao Jungo B+R 141 sgf
2003-10-21 Mizokami Tomochika Imamura Yoshiaki B+R 197 sgf
2003-10-21 Mizokami Tomochika Yo Kagen B+R 181 sgf
2004-01-20 Komatsu Hideki Mizokami Tomochika W+3.5 253 sgf
2004-01-20 Yamashiro Hiroshi Mizokami Tomochika W+1.5 231 sgf
2004-02-16 Mizokami Tomochika Sakai Takeshi B+R 91 sgf
2004-02-16 Mizokami Tomochika Otake Hideo W+R 178 sgf
2004-03-08 Yoda Norimoto Otake Hideo B+R 147 sgf

Winner: Yoda Norimoto
Most wins (8): Mizokami Tomochika

Group C

date black white result #mv sgf
2003-08-12 Mochizuki Kenichi Matsumoto Takehisa B+6.5 281 sgf
2003-08-12 So Yokoku Mochizuki Kenichi B+R 193 sgf
2003-10-13 Nakane Naoyuki So Yokoku W+3.5 232 sgf
2003-10-13 Kato Atsushi So Yokoku B+3.5 253 sgf
2003-11-11 Okada Shinichiro Kato Atsushi W+R 200 sgf
2003-11-11 Ogaki Yusaku Kato Atsushi W+5.5 238 sgf
2003-12-02 Aoki Shinichi Kato Atsushi W+7.5 229 sgf
2003-12-02 Kato Atsushi Ito Yoji B+5.5 201 sgf
2004-01-06 Hisajima Kunio Kato Atsushi W+R 92 sgf
2004-01-06 Takemiya Masaki Kato Atsushi W+6.5 249 sgf
2004-02-02 Kato Masao Kato Atsushi B+1.5 275 sgf

Winner: Kato Masao
Most wins (7): Kato Atsushi

Group D

date black white result #mv sgf
2003-08-05 Takano Hideki Chinen Kaori B+R 139 sgf
2003-08-05 Kim Sujun Takano Hideki B+R 161 sgf
2003-09-02 Tsurumaru Keiichi Kim Sujun W+R 204 sgf
2003-09-02 Kim Sujun Nakamura Shinya B+R 175 sgf
Not played Kim Sujun Ueki Yoshio B+bye 0 sgf
2003-10-20 Kurahashi Masayuki Kim Sujun W+R 184 sgf
2003-12-09 Enda Hideki Kim Sujun W+5.5 294 sgf
2003-12-09 Takahara Shuji Kim Sujun W+R 150 sgf
2004-01-19 Ishida Akira Kim Sujun B+6.5 242 sgf
2004-01-19 Ishida Akira Cho Sonjin W+R 156 sgf
2004-02-02 Cho Sonjin O Rissei B+2.5 303 sgf

Winner: Cho Sonjin
Most wins (7): Kim Sujun

Group E

date black white result #mv sgf
2003-08-25 Okada Yumiko Ohashi Hirofumi B+R 291 sgf
2003-08-25 Kono Rin Okada Yumiko B+R 167 sgf
2003-09-15 Kitano Ryo Kono Rin W+R 152 sgf
2003-09-15 Takao Shinji Kono Rin B+R 177 sgf
2003-11-04 Aoki Kikuyo Takao Shinji W+R 242 sgf
2003-11-04 Chin Kaei Takao Shinji W+R 184 sgf
2004-01-12 Yokota Shigeaki Takao Shinji W+R 192 sgf
2004-01-12 Ogata Masaki Takao Shinji W+R 196 sgf
2004-02-09 Takao Shinji Awaji Shuzo B+8.5 264 sgf
2004-02-09 Sugiuchi Masao Takao Shinji W+R 184 sgf
2004-04-05 Hane Naoki Takao Shinji W+0.5 255 sgf

Winner: Takao Shinji
Most wins (8): Takao Shinji
2nd most wins (2): Kono Rin

Group F

date black white result #mv sgf
2003-08-19 Kubo Hideo Iyama Yuta W+4.5 263 sgf
2003-08-19 Ono Nobuyuki Iyama Yuta B+1.5 257 sgf
2003-09-29 Ono Nobuyuki Endo Yoshifumi W+R 152 sgf
2003-09-29 Endo Yoshifumi Nakano Yasuhiro W+5.5 269 sgf
2003-11-03 Yo Kaei Nakano Yasuhiro B+R 231 sgf
2003-11-03 Ryu Shikun Yo Kaei B+R 145 sgf
2004-01-27 Ryu Shikun Nakaonoda Tomomi W+4.5 304 sgf
2004-01-27 Nakaonoda Tomomi Oya Koichi W+R 88 sgf
2004-03-02 Kamimura Haruo Oya Koichi B+R 177 sgf
2004-03-02 Ishii Mamoru Kamimura Haruo W+R 158 sgf
2004-03-29 Kamimura Haruo O Meien W+R 186 sgf

Winner: O Meien
Most wins (2): Kamimura Haruo

Group G

date black white result #mv sgf
2003-08-18 Kobayashi Izumi Osawa Narumi B+5.5 296 sgf
2003-08-18 Kobayashi Izumi Miyazaki Ryutaro B+3.5 257 sgf
2003-12-01 Kobayashi Izumi Sugimoto Akira W+5.5 251 sgf
2003-12-01 Sugimoto Akira Cho U B+R 205 sgf
2003-12-25 Matsuoka Hideki Sugimoto Akira W+5.5 237 sgf
2003-12-25 Tokimoto Hajime Sugimoto Akira B+10.5 245 sgf
2004-01-26 Tokimoto Hajime Morita Michihiro B+R 219 sgf
2004-01-26 Tokimoto Hajime Yukawa Mitsuhisa B+0.5 226 sgf
2004-03-01 Tokimoto Hajime Aragaki Takeshi B+2.5 304 sgf
2004-03-01 Tokimoto Hajime Ishii Kunio W+R 194 sgf
2004-03-29 Ishii Kunio Kobayashi Koichi W+R 184 sgf

Winner: Kobayashi Koichi
Most wins (4): Tokimoto Hajime

Group H

date black white result #mv sgf
2003-08-26 Araki Issei Mitani Tetsuya W+R 154 sgf
2003-08-26 Mitani Tetsuya Kanazawa Hideo B+R 245 sgf
2003-10-28 Mitani Tetsuya Kono Takashi B+R 203 sgf
2003-10-28 Mitani Tetsuya Yamamoto Masato B+R 119 sgf
2003-11-25 Sakai Maki Mitani Tetsuya B+R 169 sgf
2003-11-25 Sakai Maki Narusawa Yasuichi B+5.5 272 sgf
2004-01-13 Yuki Satoshi Sakai Maki B+R 165 sgf
2004-01-13 Goto Shungo Yuki Satoshi W+R 140 sgf
2004-02-10 Kubo Katsuaki Yuki Satoshi B+R 205 sgf
2004-02-10 Haruyama Isamu Kubo Katsuaki B+R 209 sgf
2004-03-08 Haruyama Isamu Cho Chikun W+R 214 sgf

Winner: Cho Chikun
Most wins (4): Mitani Tetsuya

13th Ryusei Title

Kato Masao Kamimura Haruo
B+6.5		 Kono Rin
B+R		 Yamada Kimio
B+4.5		 Takao Shinji
W+R
Kamimura Haruo
Yoda Norimoto Kono Rin
W+3.5
Kono Rin
Kato Atsushi Cho Chikun
W+R		 Yamada Kimio
W+0.5
Cho Chikun
Kobayashi Koichi Yamada Kimio
B+R
Yamada Kimio
Kim Sujun O Meien
B+F		 Cho Sonjin
W+7.5		 Takao Shinji
W+7.5
O Meien
Tokimoto Hajime Cho Sonjin
W+R
Cho Sonjin
Mitani Tetsuya Yamashita Keigo
B+R		 Takao Shinji
W+R
Yamashita Keigo
Mizokami Tomochika Takao Shinji
W+R
Takao Shinji

Semifinals and Final:

date black white result #mv sgf
2004-07-12 Yamada Kimio Kono Rin B+4.5 285 sgf
2004-07-12 Cho Sonjin Takao Shinji W+7.5 257 sgf
2004-09-06 Yamada Kimio Takao Shinji W+R 224 sgf