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Preliminary A of the 78th Honinbo tournament

For several big Japanese tournaments, players progress via Preliminary C and Preliminary B and Preliminary A and Last Preliminary to the League that determines the challenger of the title holder. The whole process takes almost two years.

The present page gives the Preliminary A of the 78th Honinbo tournament. In a knock-out system, 97 players from the Nihon Ki-in compete in 24 groups of 3, 4 or 5, and 32 players from the Kansai Ki-in compete in 4 groups of 8 for a place in the Last preliminary.

78th Honinbo, Preliminary A
Cho Sonjin Cho Sonjin Hirata Tomoya
Matsumoto Takehisa
Hirata Tomoya Hirata Tomoya
Han Zenki
Shiraishi Yuichi Ueno Asami Ueno Asami
Ueno Asami
Tsuneishi Takashi Tsuneishi Takashi
Kono Takashi
Kobayshi Koichi Tajiri Yuto Koike Yoshihiro
Tajiri Yuto
Koike Yoshihiro Koike Yoshihiro
Yo Kagen
Onishi Ryuhei Onishi Ryuhei Onishi Ryuhei
Cho Riyu
Takeuchi Kosuke Takeuchi Kosuke
Chinen Kaori
Nakamura Shinya Nakamura Shinya Nakamura Shinya
Kono Mitsuki
O Rissei O Rissei
Takanashi Seiken
Akiyama Jiro So Yokoku So Yokoku
W+R
2022-06-02
So Yokoku
Takao Shinji Takao Shinji
Miura Taro
Seki Kotaro Rin Kanketsu
B+1.5
2022-05-02
Rin Kanketsu
Rin Kanketsu
Cho Zuiketsu Cho Zuiketsu
Rafif Shidqi Fitrah
Mizokami Tomochika Fujisawa Rina Fujisawa Rina
Fujisawa Rina
Yo Chito Hashimoto Yujiro
Hashimoto Yujiro
Inaba Takahiro Sakai Yuki Numadate Sakiya
Sakai Yuki
Numadate Sakiya Numadate Sakiya
Ri Ishu
Kono Rin Kono Rin
W+6.5
2022-05-02
Kono Rin
B+R
2022-06-02
Nakamura Sumire
Yokotsuka Riki Yokotsuka Riki
Yamada Takuji
Suzuki Shinji Suzuki Shinji Suzuki Shinji
Ohashi Hirofumi
Anzai Nobuaki Anzai Nobuaki
Fujii Koki
Suzuki Ayumi Mimura Tomoyasu Son Makoto
Mimura Tomoyasu
Son Makoto Son Makoto
Obuchi Kotaro
Ko Iso Hirose Yuichi Hirose Yuichi
Hirose Yuichi
Kobayashi Satoru Kobayashi Satoru
Mitani Tetsuya
Koyama Kuya Koyama Kuya Cho U
Xie Yimin
Oomote Takuto Cho U
Cho U
Uchida Shuhei Uchida Shuhei Uchida Shuhei
Iguchi Toyohide
Kudo Norio Yamashita Keigo
Yamashita Keigo
Kuwabara Shun Kuwabara Shun Fujita Akihiko
Morita Michihiro Morita Michihiro
Shuto Shun
Fujita Akihiko Fujita Akihiko
Toyoda Hirohito
Awaji Shuzo Awaji Shuzo Awaji Shuzo
Ito Masashi O Meien
O Meien
Fukuoka Kotaro Fukuoka Kotaro
Aoki Hirotaka
Ida Atsushi Ida Atsushi Ida Atsushi
Takabayashi Masahiro
O Keii O Keii
Mutsuura Yuta
Enda Hideki Nakane Naoyuki Hikosaka Naoto
Nakane Naoyuki
Tsuruta Kazushi Hikosaka Naoto
Hikosaka Naoto
Nakahama Konosuke Bian Wenkai Ogata Masaki
Bian Wenkai
Kikkawa Hajime Ogata Masaki
Ogata Masaki
Kato Yuki Kato Yuki Kato Yuki
Horimoto Mitsunari
Yanagisawa Satoshi Muramoto Wataru
Muramoto Wataru
Yamada Kimio Yamada Kimio Nishioka Masao
Shida Tatsuya
Nishioka Masao Nishioka Masao
Kawada Kohei
Shimojima Yohei Imamura Yoshiaki Imamura Yoshiaki
Imamura Yoshiaki
Muramatsu Hiroki Ohashi Naruya
Ohashi Naruya
Tanaka Nobuyuki Nakano Hironari Otake Yu
Nakano Hironari
Otake Yu
Nishi Takenobu Nishi Takenobu
W+R
2022-02-24
Nishi Takenobu
W+5.5
2022-03-23
Murakawa Daisuke
B+4.5
2022-04-07
Omote Yuto
Hashimoto Kan Imabun Taro
W+1.5
2022-01-26
Imabun Taro
Tsuji Shigehito Tsuji Shigehito Murakawa Daisuke
W+3.5
2022-02-24
Yamanouchi Masaki
Taguchi Misei Murakawa Daisuke
B+R
2022-01-19
Murakawa Daisuke
Taniguchi Toru Taniguchi Toru Yata Naoki
W+R
2022-03-02
Yata Naoki
B+R
2022-03-23
Kan Minu
Shintani Yosuke Yata Naoki
Yata Naoki
Tanaka Koyu Abe Yoshiki
W+R
2022-02-16
Sato Yuta
Abe Yoshiki
Sato Yuta Sato Yuta
Wu Boyi
Kiyonari Tetsuya Yukawa Mitsuhisa
W+4.5
2022-02-16
Ha Youngil Ha Youngil
B+R
2022-03-30
Yukawa Mitsuhisa
Mishima Hibiki Ha Youngil
Ha Youngil
Fujii Shuya Hatanaka Hoshinobu Seto Taiki
Hatanaka Hoshinobu
Okawa Takuya Seto Taiki
Seto Taiki
Yuki Satoshi Yuki Satoshi Yuki Satoshi
W+5.5
2022-04-27
Yuki Satoshi
B+R
2022-05-11
Mine Yasuhiro
Ota Ryo Kurahashi Masayuki
W+1.5
2022-03-02
Kurahashi Masayuki
Watanabe Kandai Watanabe Kandai Nakano Yasuhiro
B+R
2022-04-14
Ushikubo Yoshitaka
Nakano Yasuhiro Nakano Yasuhiro
Hon Akiyoshi