Junisen › 37th term
37th term Junisen
Jun 1, 1978 – Mar 23, 1979
Meijin of this termMakoto Nakahara
Shogi in FY1978
- Makoto Nakahara wins 6 consecutive Oi-sen titles
- Makoto Nakahara wins 6 consecutive Osho-sen titles
- Makoto Nakahara wins 6 consecutive Meijin-sen titles
- Kunio Yonenaga is No. 1 in rating at FY end (1915)
- Torahiko Tanaka (age 21 at FY end): best win rate among young players, 0.708 (34W-14L)
- Keiji Mori drops out of the rating top 10 (6th→15th)
- Kazuo Ishida promoted to Class A for the first time
- Kunio Yonenaga wins NHK Cup for the first time
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Mori | Katsuura | Yonenaga | Ooyama | Futakami | Katou | Kiriyama | Itaya | Oouchi | Hanamura | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | Keiji Mori | 8-dan | Noboru Ootomo 9-dan (deceased) | 32 | Kochi | 6 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Osamu Katsuura | 8-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 32 | Hokkaido | 3 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ||
| Challenger | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Kunio Yonenaga | 8-dan | Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 34 | Yamanashi | 6 | 3 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | |
| 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Yasuharu Ooyama | 15世 | 木見金治郎9-dan (deceased) | 55 | Okayama | 6 | 3 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||
| 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Tatsuya Futakami | 9-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 46 | Hokkaido | 6 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||
| 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Hifumi Katoh | 9-dan | Shouji Kenmochi 9-dan (deceased) | 38 | Fukuoka | 4 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | |||
| 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | Kiyozumi Kiriyama | 8-dan | Toshiji Masuda 6-dan (deceased) | 30 | Nara | 4 | 5 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||
| 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 8 | Susumu Itaya | 8-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 37 | Aichi | 4 | 5 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||
| Relegated | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | Nobuyuki Oouchi | 8-dan | 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin (deceased) | 36 | Tokyo | 3 | 6 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | |
| Relegated | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Motoji Hanamura | 9-dan | Yoshio Kimura14th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 60 | Shizuoka | 3 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Ariyoshi | Ishida | Naitou | Miyasaka | Maruta | Takashima | Sekine | Saeki | Matsuda | Serizawa | Moriyasu | Nishimura | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Michio Ariyoshi | 8-dan | Yasuharu Ooyama15th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 42 | Okayama | 6 | 5 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ||
| Promoted | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Kazuo Ishida | 7-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 31 | Aichi | 8 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Promoted | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Kunio Naitou | 9-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 38 | Hyogo | 9 | 2 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| 0 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | Yukio Miyasaka | 7-dan | Masao Tsukada Honorary Judan (deceased) | 48 | Tokyo | 6 | 5 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||
| 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Yuzo Maruta | 9-dan | 平野信助7-dan (deceased) | 59 | Nagano | 4 | 7 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||
| 0 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | Hiromitsu Takashima | 7-dan | Kazukiyo Takashima 9-dan (deceased) | 36 | Osaka | 5 | 6 | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||
| 3 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | Shigeru Sekine | 8-dan | Tsugihiko Yamakawa 8-dan (deceased) | 48 | Tokyo | 4 | 7 | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |||
| 0 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Yoshimasa Saeki | 7-dan | Nobuhiko Sakaguchi 9-dan (deceased) | 41 | Tottori | 4 | 7 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ||
| Relegated | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Shigeyuki Matsuda | 8-dan | Kingorou Kaneko 9-dan (deceased) | 56 | Tottori | 4 | 7 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||
| 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Hirofumi Serizawa | 8-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 41 | Shizuoka | 5 | 6 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ||
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | Hidemitsu Moriyasu | 7-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 28 | Okayama | 6 | 5 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ||
| 0 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | Kazuyoshi Nishimura | 7-dan | Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 36 | Aichi | 5 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ||
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Hasebe | Satou | Kitamura | Yoshida | Tanaka | Satou | Sakurai | Yamaguchi | Katou | Nomoto | Harada | Kenmochi | Kimura | Yasue | Awaji | Manabe | Yamaguchi | Nada | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Hisao Hasebe | 7-dan | 大和久彪8-dan (deceased) | 44 | Chiba | 5 | 5 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Yoshinori Satou | 6-dan | Hirofumi Serizawa 9-dan (deceased) | 29 | Tokyo | 4 | 6 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | |||||||||
| 0 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Masao Kitamura | 8-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 43 | Hokkaido | 5 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 4 | Toshikatsu Yoshida | 7-dan | Motoji Hanamura 9-dan (deceased) | 44 | Aichi | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | Kaishu Tanaka | 7-dan | Souetsu Honma 8-dan (deceased) | 31 | Osaka | 6 | 4 | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ||||||||||
| Promoted | 2 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Daigorou Satou | 8-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 41 | Hokkaido | 7 | 3 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 7 | Noboru Sakurai | 6-dan | Yasuo Harada 9-dan (deceased) | 37 | Gunma | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 8 | Hideo Yamaguchi | 6-dan | Yasuo Harada 9-dan (deceased) | 36 | Hiroshima | 5 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||
| 10 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Hiroji Katou | 8-dan | 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin (deceased) | 54 | Aichi | 5 | 5 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | Toratsugu Nomoto | 6-dan | Motoji Hanamura 9-dan (deceased) | 33 | Nagano | 5 | 5 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | |||||||||
| Demerit | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Yasuo Harada | 8-dan | Jirou Katou Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 55 | Niigata | 4 | 6 | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 12 | Shouji Kenmochi | 7-dan | (deceased) Mitsuyuki Aramaki 9-dan | 43 | Tokyo | 2 | 8 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 13 | Yoshinori Kimura | 7-dan | Jirou Katou Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 43 | Tokyo | 7 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 14 | Terutaka Yasue | 6-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 37 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | Hitoshige Awaji | 6-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 28 | Hyogo | 7 | 3 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16 | Kazuo Manabe | 6-dan | Jirou Katou Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 26 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||||
| △→cleared | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | Chimine Yamaguchi | 6-dan | 飯塚勘一郎8-dan (deceased) | 40 | Ibaraki | 6 | 4 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||
| Relegated | 16 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Renshou Nada | 9-dan | 神田辰之助9-dan (deceased) | 51 | Tokushima | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Hirotsu | Honma | Aono | Date | Tamaru | Wakamatsu | Tomizawa | Sase | Igarashi | Matsushita | Tsubouchi | Taki | Oohara | Oono | Kikuchi | Kawaguchi | Maeda | Yamanaka | Takada | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Hisao Hirotsu | 8-dan | 花田長太郎9-dan (deceased) | 55 | Fukuoka | 6 | 4 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 15 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Souetsu Honma | 8-dan | Sutekichi Nakai 8-dan (deceased) | 58 | Osaka | 1 | 9 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Teruichi Aono | 5-dan | 廣津久雄9-dan (deceased) | 25 | Shizuoka | 9 | 1 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 4 | Yasuo Date | 6-dan | Shimei Okazaki 8-dan (deceased) | 41 | Osaka | 4 | 6 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 5 | Noboru Tamaru | 5-dan | Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 28 | Nagano | 7 | 3 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | Masakazu Wakamatsu | 5-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 38 | Hyogo | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 7 | Mikio Tomizawa | 8-dan | 山本樟郎8-dan (deceased) | 58 | Fukushima | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 8 | Yuji Sase | 8-dan | 石井秀吉7-dan (deceased) | 59 | Chiba | 6 | 4 | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||||
| 8 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 9 | Toyoichi Igarashi | 8-dan | 関根金次郎13th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 53 | Hokkaido | 7 | 3 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 10 | Tsutomu Matsushita | 8-dan | 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin (deceased) | 65 | Chiba | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 11 | Toshiyuki Tsubouchi | 5-dan | Michio Ariyoshi 9-dan | 29 | Hyogo | 7 | 3 | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 12 | Seiichirou Taki | 5-dan | Shigekazu Minamiguchi 9-dan (deceased) | 29 | Osaka | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 13 | Eiji Oohara | 7-dan | 野村慶虎7-dan (deceased) | 49 | Kochi | 6 | 4 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||
| Demerit | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | Genichi Oono | 9-dan | 木見金治郎9-dan (deceased) | 66 | Tokyo | 3 | 7 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | |||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | Tsuneo Kikuchi | 5-dan | 廣津久雄9-dan (deceased) | 28 | Shizuoka | 4 | 6 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 16 | Toshihiko Kawaguchi | 5-dan | Seiichi Kobori 9-dan (deceased) | 41 | Kanagawa | 6 | 4 | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17 | Yuji Maeda | 5-dan | Shouzou Kashu 7-dan | 24 | Kumamoto | 5 | 5 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 18 | Kazumasa Yamanaka | 7-dan | 木見金治郎9-dan (deceased) | 63 | Okayama | 4 | 6 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| Relegated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 19 | Takeshi Takada | 6-dan | Mitsuyuki Aramaki 9-dan (deceased) | 41 | Ibaraki | 2 | 8 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Kobori | Nakada | Tanigawa | Iino | Miyata | Matsuura | Itou | Numa | Tosa | Mori | Tanaka | Tanabe | Arino | Kitamura | Azuma | Ooshima | Ikeda | Moriyasu | Kimura | Sekiya | Kiritani | Kobayashi | Sakai | Kakuta | Sakaguchi | Aoki | Shiihashi | Kosaka | Minamiguchi | Kinoshita | Shimodaira | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Seiichi Kobori | 8-dan | Kingorou Kaneko 9-dan (deceased) | 66 | Kanagawa | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Shoudou Nakada | 4-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 26 | Toyama | 6 | 4 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | Koji Tanigawa | 4-dan | Masakazu Wakamatsu 8-dan | 16 | Hyogo | 8 | 2 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | Kenji Iino | 4-dan | Shigeru Sekine 9-dan (deceased) | 23 | Tokyo | 2 | 8 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | Toshio Miyata | 4-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 25 | Akita | 8 | 2 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | Ryuuichi Matsuura | 4-dan | Yuzo Maruta 9-dan (deceased) | 26 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | Hatasu Itou | 4-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 27 | Kyoto | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | Haruo Numa | 4-dan | Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 29 | Tokyo | 7 | 3 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | Koji Tosa | 4-dan | Shizuo Seino 8-dan (deceased) | 23 | Niigata | 6 | 4 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | Nobuo Mori | 4-dan | Shigekazu Minamiguchi 9-dan (deceased) | 26 | Ehime | 6 | 4 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | Torahiko Tanaka | 4-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 21 | Osaka | 8 | 2 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 12 | Ichirou Tanabe | 5-dan | Tsutomu Matsushita 9-dan (deceased) | 39 | Tokyo | 4 | 6 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | Yoshito Arino | 4-dan | Yukio Shimodaira 8-dan (deceased) | 29 | Tokyo | 2 | 8 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 14 | Fumio Kitamura | 5-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 57 | Mie | 4 | 6 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | Kazuo Azuma | 4-dan | Kazukiyo Takashima 9-dan (deceased) | 22 | Nagasaki | 7 | 3 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16 | Eiji Ooshima | 4-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 20 | Shizuoka | 4 | 6 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | Shuuichi Ikeda | 5-dan | Motoji Hanamura 9-dan (deceased) | 33 | Aomori | 5 | 5 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18 | Masayuki Moriyasu | 4-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 31 | Okayama | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| △△ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 19 | Yoshitaka Kimura | 5-dan | Yoshio Kimura14th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 47 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| △Demerit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 20 | Kiyosaku Sekiya | 6-dan | (deceased) 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin | 44 | Chiba | 2 | 8 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | Hiroto Kiritani | 4-dan | Kozo Masuda4th Meijin (merit era) (deceased) | 28 | Hiroshima | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | Kenji Kobayashi | 4-dan | Susumu Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 21 | Kagawa | 9 | 1 | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23 | Junkichi Sakai | 4-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 28 | Hyogo | 3 | 7 | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Relegated | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 24 | Mitsuo Kakuta | 7-dan | 木見金治郎9-dan (deceased) | 68 | Tottori | 0 | 10 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demerit | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 25 | Nobuhiko Sakaguchi | 9-dan | 花田長太郎9-dan (deceased) | 69 | Hokkaido | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | Kiyoshi Aoki | 4-dan | Michihito Kumagai 9-dan (deceased) | 30 | Fukuoka | 4 | 6 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27 | Kinji Shiihashi | 4-dan | Tsutomu Matsushita 9-dan (deceased) | 29 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 28 | Noboru Kosaka | 4-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 28 | Hyogo | 6 | 4 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 29 | Shigekazu Minamiguchi | 8-dan | 村上真一8-dan (deceased) | 59 | Kyoto | 5 | 5 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| △△Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 30 | Akira Kinoshita | 5-dan | 村上真一8-dan (deceased) | 38 | Osaka | 9 | 1 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 31 | Yukio Shimodaira | 7-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 53 | Tokyo | 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.