Junisen › 28th term
28th term Junisen
May 19, 1973 – Mar 22, 1974
Meijin of this termMakoto Nakahara
Meijin-sen challenged by this term's Class A winner33rd term Meijin-sen (FY1974)Meijin Makoto Nakahara 対 Challenger者 Hifumi Katoh 4-0 (Defended)
Shogi in FY1973
- Makoto Nakahara qualifies for Lifetime Oza
- Kunio Yonenaga wins Kisei-sen, first title
- Makoto Nakahara wins 5 consecutive Oza-sen titles
- Makoto Nakahara holds 4 titles
- Hidemitsu Moriyasu (age 24 at FY end): best win rate among young players, 0.717 (38W-15L)
- Susumu Itaya enters the rating top 10 for the first time (6th, 1774)
- Hidemitsu Moriyasu enters the rating top 10 for the first time (8th, 1746)
- Yasuharu Ooyama becomes Meijin challenger for the first time (Class A8W-2L)
- Daigorou Satou drops out of the rating top 10 (8th→13th)
- Tatsuya Futakami drops out of the rating top 10 (9th→14th)
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Katou | Ooyama | Yonenaga | Futakami | Naitou | Maruta | Ariyoshi | Satou | Nada | Sekine | Tsukada | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Hifumi Katoh | 9-dan | Shouji Kenmochi 9-dan (deceased) | 33 | Fukuoka | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ||
| Challenger | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Yasuharu Ooyama | Judan | 木見金治郎9-dan (deceased) | 50 | Okayama | 8 | 2 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Kunio Yonenaga | 8-dan | Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 29 | Yamanashi | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||
| 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Tatsuya Futakami | 9-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 41 | Hokkaido | 6 | 4 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||
| 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | Kunio Naitou | Kisei | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 33 | Hyogo | 7 | 3 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||
| Relegated | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Yuzo Maruta | 9-dan | 平野信助7-dan (deceased) | 54 | Nagano | 3 | 7 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Michio Ariyoshi | 8-dan | Yasuharu Ooyama15th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 37 | Okayama | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ||
| Relegated | 2 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 | Daigorou Satou | 8-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 36 | Hokkaido | 4 | 6 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | |
| Relegated | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Renshou Nada | 8-dan | 神田辰之助9-dan (deceased) | 46 | Tokushima | 2 | 8 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| 2 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | Shigeru Sekine | 8-dan | Tsugihiko Yamakawa 8-dan (deceased) | 43 | Tokyo | 6 | 4 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ||
| 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Masao Tsukada | 9-dan | 花田長太郎9-dan (deceased) | 58 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ||
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Harada | Oouchi | Kitamura | Itaya | Kumagai | Serizawa | Oono | Takashima | Nishimura | Hanamura | Hirotsu | Hasebe | Kiriyama | Katsuura | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relegated | 10 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Yasuo Harada | 8-dan | Jirou Katou Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 50 | Niigata | 4 | 9 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | |
| Promoted | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Nobuyuki Oouchi | 8-dan | 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin (deceased) | 31 | Tokyo | 10 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| 0 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Masao Kitamura | 8-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 38 | Hokkaido | 6 | 7 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||
| Promoted | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | Susumu Itaya | 7-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 32 | Aichi | 12 | 1 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| 4 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Michihito Kumagai | 8-dan | 野村慶虎7-dan (deceased) | 42 | Osaka | 6 | 7 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ||
| 2 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Hirofumi Serizawa | 8-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 36 | Shizuoka | 9 | 4 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||
| Relegated | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | Genichi Oono | 8-dan | 木見金治郎9-dan (deceased) | 61 | Tokyo | 4 | 9 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | Hiromitsu Takashima | 7-dan | Kazukiyo Takashima 9-dan (deceased) | 31 | Osaka | 7 | 6 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | Kazuyoshi Nishimura | 7-dan | Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 31 | Aichi | 7 | 6 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ||
| 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Motoji Hanamura | 8-dan | Yoshio Kimura14th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 55 | Shizuoka | 5 | 8 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ||
| 2 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Hisao Hirotsu | 8-dan | 花田長太郎9-dan (deceased) | 50 | Fukuoka | 5 | 8 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ||
| Relegated | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 | Hisao Hasebe | 7-dan | 大和久彪8-dan (deceased) | 39 | Chiba | 4 | 9 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | |
| 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | Kiyozumi Kiriyama | 7-dan | Toshiji Masuda 6-dan (deceased) | 25 | Nara | 6 | 7 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | Osamu Katsuura | 7-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 27 | Hokkaido | 6 | 7 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Katou | Yoshida | Miyasaka | Matsuda | Mori | Saeki | Ishida | Honma | Igarashi | Kenmochi | Oohara | Matsushita | Matsuura | Tanaka | Sakurai | Kimura | Seino | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Hiroji Katou | 8-dan | 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin (deceased) | 49 | Aichi | 5 | 5 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 2 | Toshikatsu Yoshida | 6-dan | Motoji Hanamura 9-dan (deceased) | 39 | Aichi | 5 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | Yukio Miyasaka | 7-dan | Masao Tsukada Honorary Judan (deceased) | 43 | Tokyo | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||
| Demerit | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Shigeyuki Matsuda | 8-dan | Kingorou Kaneko 9-dan (deceased) | 51 | Tottori | 3 | 7 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Keiji Mori | 6-dan | Noboru Ootomo 9-dan (deceased) | 27 | Kochi | 9 | 1 | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Yoshimasa Saeki | 7-dan | Nobuhiko Sakaguchi 9-dan (deceased) | 36 | Tottori | 7 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Kazuo Ishida | 6-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 26 | Aichi | 6 | 4 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| 0 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | Souetsu Honma | 8-dan | Sutekichi Nakai 8-dan (deceased) | 53 | Osaka | 6 | 4 | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||
| Relegated | 8 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Toyoichi Igarashi | 8-dan | 関根金次郎13th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 48 | Hokkaido | 1 | 9 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| △→cleared | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 10 | Shouji Kenmochi | 7-dan | (deceased) Mitsuyuki Aramaki 9-dan | 38 | Tokyo | 7 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 11 | Eiji Oohara | 6-dan | 野村慶虎7-dan (deceased) | 44 | Kochi | 4 | 6 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 12 | Tsutomu Matsushita | 8-dan | 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin (deceased) | 60 | Chiba | 4 | 6 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||
| 3 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 松浦卓造 | 8-dan | 神田辰之助9-dan (deceased) | 58 | Hiroshima | 4 | 6 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14 | Kaishu Tanaka | 6-dan | Souetsu Honma 8-dan (deceased) | 26 | Osaka | 8 | 2 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 15 | Noboru Sakurai | 6-dan | Yasuo Harada 9-dan (deceased) | 32 | Gunma | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||
| △→cleared | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 | Yoshinori Kimura | 7-dan | Jirou Katou Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 38 | Tokyo | 7 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||
| Relegated | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | Shizuo Seino | 7-dan | Yoshio Kimura14th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 50 | Niigata | 1 | 9 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | |||||||
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Kobori | Tomizawa | Satou | Moriyasu | Oomura | Sase | Yamaguchi | Shimodaira | Yamanaka | Date | Minamiguchi | Tsubouchi | Yamaguchi | Taki | Nomoto | Takada | Sakaguchi | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Seiichi Kobori | 8-dan | Kingorou Kaneko 9-dan (deceased) | 61 | Kanagawa | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Mikio Tomizawa | 7-dan | 山本樟郎8-dan (deceased) | 53 | Fukushima | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Yoshinori Satou | 5-dan | Hirofumi Serizawa 9-dan (deceased) | 24 | Tokyo | 9 | 1 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | Hidemitsu Moriyasu | 5-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 23 | Okayama | 7 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | Kazuhisa Oomura | 6-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 45 | Aichi | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | |||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | Yuji Sase | 7-dan | 石井秀吉7-dan (deceased) | 54 | Chiba | 3 | 7 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | Hideo Yamaguchi | 6-dan | Yasuo Harada 9-dan (deceased) | 31 | Hiroshima | 5 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 8 | Yukio Shimodaira | 7-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 48 | Tokyo | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 9 | Kazumasa Yamanaka | 7-dan | 木見金治郎9-dan (deceased) | 58 | Okayama | 6 | 4 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 10 | Yasuo Date | 6-dan | Shimei Okazaki 8-dan (deceased) | 36 | Osaka | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||
| Demerit | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 11 | Shigekazu Minamiguchi | 8-dan | 村上真一8-dan (deceased) | 54 | Kyoto | 2 | 8 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | Toshiyuki Tsubouchi | 5-dan | Michio Ariyoshi 9-dan | 24 | Hyogo | 7 | 3 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | Chimine Yamaguchi | 6-dan | 飯塚勘一郎8-dan (deceased) | 35 | Ibaraki | 8 | 2 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14 | Seiichirou Taki | 5-dan | Shigekazu Minamiguchi 9-dan (deceased) | 24 | Osaka | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | Toratsugu Nomoto | 5-dan | Motoji Hanamura 9-dan (deceased) | 28 | Nagano | 5 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ||||||||
| △→cleared | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 16 | Takeshi Takada | 5-dan | Mitsuyuki Aramaki 9-dan (deceased) | 36 | Ibaraki | 6 | 4 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||
| △ | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 17 | Nobuhiko Sakaguchi | 8-dan | 花田長太郎9-dan (deceased) | 64 | Hokkaido | 4 | 6 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Kakuta | Kawaguchi | Moriyasu | Tamaru | Kinoshita | Ikeda | Kimura | Kitamura | Tanabe | Hashimoto | Hoshida | Miyata | Manabe | Wakamatsu | Yasue | Kitamura | Sekiya | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 1 | Mitsuo Kakuta | 7-dan | 木見金治郎9-dan (deceased) | 63 | Tottori | 4 | 6 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | Toshihiko Kawaguchi | 5-dan | Seiichi Kobori 9-dan (deceased) | 36 | Kanagawa | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Masayuki Moriyasu | 4-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 25 | Okayama | 2 | 8 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | Noboru Tamaru | 4-dan | Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 23 | Nagano | 9 | 1 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | Akira Kinoshita | 5-dan | 村上真一8-dan (deceased) | 33 | Osaka | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | |||||||
| △Demerit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | Shuuichi Ikeda | 4-dan | Motoji Hanamura 9-dan (deceased) | 28 | Aomori | 2 | 8 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | Yoshitaka Kimura | 5-dan | Yoshio Kimura14th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 42 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | Fumio Kitamura | 5-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 52 | Mie | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | Ichirou Tanabe | 5-dan | Tsutomu Matsushita 9-dan (deceased) | 34 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ||||||||
| Relegated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 11 | Sanji Hashimoto | 6-dan | 木見金治郎9-dan (deceased) | 47 | Hyogo | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | |||||||
| Relegated | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | Keizou Hoshida | 7-dan | 阪田三吉Meijin・Osho (deceased) | 56 | Osaka | 3 | 7 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | |||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | Toshio Miyata | 4-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 20 | Akita | 6 | 4 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | Kazuo Manabe | 4-dan | Jirou Katou Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 21 | Tokyo | 7 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15 | Masakazu Wakamatsu | 5-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 33 | Hyogo | 8 | 2 | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | |||||||
| △Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | Terutaka Yasue | 4-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 32 | Tokyo | 9 | 1 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||
| △△ | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 17 | Hidejiro Kitamura | 7-dan | 神田辰之助9-dan (deceased) | 65 | Osaka | 4 | 6 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 18 | Kiyosaku Sekiya | 6-dan | (deceased) 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin | 39 | Chiba | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||
In the current standings, green marks promotion (challenger for Class A) and red marks relegation. Class B2 and below are decided by demerits, so no line is shown.
○ Win● LossPromoted / Challenger / Relegated△ 1 demerit(s) / △△ 2 demerit(s) / △→cleared Demerit cleared / Demerit Received a demerit
Terms in class are the number of Junisen terms played plus terms as Meijin (Meijin does not appear in the standings). ○● in the table are this term's results within the same class.