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Preliminary A of the 77th 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 77th Honinbo tournament. In a knock-out system, 96 players from the Nihon Ki-in compete in 24 groups of 4 and 32 players from the Kansai Ki-in compete in 4 groups of 8 for a place in the Last preliminary.

77th Honinbo, Preliminary A
Fujisawa Rina Numadate Sakiya Numadate Sakiya
Numadate Sakiya
O Meien Uchida Shuhei
W+2.5
2021-03-15
Uchida Shuhei
Obuchi Kotaro Chang Ruei Jie Yao Zhiteng
Chang Ruei Jie
Yao Zhiteng Yao Zhiteng
Oya Koichi
Cho U Cho U
B+R
2021-03-11
Cho U
W+1.5
2021-04-29
Cho Riyu
Mukai Chiaki Kobayashi Koichi
W+R
2021-04-05
Kobayashi Koichi
Kono Rin Kono Rin
B+2.5
2021-03-25
Tsuneishi Takashi
W+R
2021-04-19
Omori Yasushi
Hirose Yuichi Tsuneishi Takashi
Tsuneishi Takashi
Han Zenki Suzuki Ayumi Suzuki Ayumi
Suzuki Ayumi
Mizokami Tomochika Mizokami Tomochika
Sotoyanagi Sebun
Yamashita Keigo Yamashita Keigo
W+R
2021-03-22
Yamashita Keigo
B+2.5
2021-04-29
Sakai Takeshi
O Rissei O Rissei
W+6.5
2021-04-05
Ogaki Yusaku
Lee Ishu Inaba Takahiro Inaba Takahiro
Inaba Takahiro
Terayama Rei Awaji Shuzo
Awaji Shuzo
Takeuchi Kosuke Takeuchi Kosuke Fukuoka Kotaro
W+R
2021-04-22
Fujimura Yosuke
Kurotaki Masanori Fukuoka Kotaro
Fukuoka Kotaro
Koike Yoshihiro Koike Yoshihiro Koike Yoshihiro
Matsumoto Takehisa
Tajiri Yuto Shiraishi Yuichi
Shiraishi Yuichi
Kubo Hideo Kobayashi Satoru
B+R
2021-03-04
Kobayashi Satoru
W+R
2021-04-08
Kobayashi Satoru
Aoki Hirotaka Kuwabara Shun
Kuwabara Shun
Yokotsuka Riki Yokotsuka Riki Koyama Kuya
Rin Kanketsu
Koyama Kuya Koyama Kuya
Morita Michihiro
Anzai Nobuaki Anzai Nobuaki Anzai Nobuaki
Ohashi Hirofumi
Oomote Takuto Oomote Takuto
Yo Kagen
Xie Yimin Kudo Norio
W+R
2021-03-18
Takao Shinji
W+13.5
2021-04-29
Kudo Norio
Takao Shinji Takao Shinji
B+4.5
2021-04-08
Kono Mitsuki
Hirata Tomoya Hirata Tomoya Hirata Tomoya
Adachi Toshimasa
Suzuki Shinji Suzuki Shinji
So Yokoku
Ryu Shikun Cho Sonjin
B+3.5
2021-04-01
Cho Sonjin
B+1.5
2021-04-19
Cho Sonjin
Fujita Akihiko Fujita Akihiko
Shuto Shun
Akiyama Jiro Akiyama Jiro Motoki Katsuya
Mitani Tetsuya
Motoki Katsuya Motoki Katsuya
Shimosaka Miori
Sun Zhe Sun Zhe Seki Kotaro
Miyazawa Goro
Onishi Kenya Seki Kotaro
Seki Kotaro
Otake Yu Otake Yu Ohashi Naruya
Muramatsu Hiroki
Ida Atsushi Ohashi Naruya
B+R
2021-03-22
Ohashi Naruya
Takei Takashi Bian Wenkai Kawada Kohei
Bian Wenkai
Kawada Kohei Kawada Kohei
Tanaka Nobuyuki
Muramoto Wataru Muramoto Wataru Hikosaka Naoto
W+0.5
2021-04-12
Kato Yuki
Hikosaka Naoto Hikosaka Naoto
W+R
2021-03-15
Kikkawa Hajime
Wang Jing Yi Takabayashi Masahiro Nakane Naoyuki
Takabayashi Masahiro
Nakane Naoyuki Nakane Naoyuki
Tsuruta Kazushi
Shida Tatsuya Shida Tatsuya Shida Tatsuya
Sakai Takashi
Nakano Hironari Horimoto Mitsunari
Horimoto Mitsunari
Hiroe Hiroyuki Nakamura Shinya Mutsuura Yuta
Nakamura Shinya
Mutsuura Yuta Mutsuura Yuta
Nakao Jungo
Imamura Yoshiaki Imamura Yoshiaki Ogata Masaki
Nishioka Masao
Ogata Masaki Ogata Masaki
Shimojima Yohei
Yu Zhengqi Yu Zhengqi
W+R
2021-02-24
Yu Zhengqi
W+R
2021-03-24
Yu Zhengqi
B+R
2021-04-07
Abe Yoshiki
Watanabe Koki Watanabe Koki
Iida Junya
Hon Akiyoshi Hara Masakazu Imamura Toshiya
Hara Masakazu
Sonoda Yuichi Imamura Toshiya
Imamura Toshiya
U Boi U Boi
W+R
2021-01-06
Kiyonari Tetsuya
W+R
2021-02-03
Yuki Satoshi
W+3.5
2021-03-04
Sato Yuta
Kiyonari Tetsuya Kiyonari Tetsuya
Yahata Naoki
Tsuji Shigehito Hoshikawa Takumi Yuki Satoshi
B+R
2021-02-17
Hoshikawa Takumi
Imabun Taro Yuki Satoshi
W+6.5
2021-01-20
Yuki Satoshi
Taniguchi Toru Taniguchi Toru
B+R
2021-01-20
Taniguchi Toru Taniguchi Toru
B+R
2021-03-03
Utsumi Koki
Hasegawa Sunao Hasegawa Sunao
Yokota Shigeaki
Ha Youngil Ha Youngil Ha Youngil
W+1.5
2021-02-17
Watanabe Yu
Ono Koji Nakano Yasuhiro
Nakano Yasuhiro
Seto Taiki Seto Taiki
W+4.5
2021-01-27
Seto Taiki
W+R
2021-03-10
Seto Taiki
W+R
2021-04-15
Furuya Yutaka
Sakai Kentaro Shintani Yosuke
Shintani Yosuke
Okawa Takuya Okawa Takuya Murakawa Daisuke
W+R
2021-02-10
Kubota Masaru
Yata Naoki Murakawa Daisuke
W+R
2021-01-27
Murakawa Daisuke