Junisen › 38th term
38th term Junisen
Jun 5, 1979 – Mar 28, 1980
Meijin of this termMakoto Nakahara
Meijin-sen challenged by this term's Class A winner38th term Meijin-sen (FY1980)Meijin Makoto Nakahara 対 Challenger者 Kunio Yonenaga 4-1 (Defended)
Shogi in FY1979
- Kunio Yonenaga wins Oi-sen, ending Makoto Nakahara's run of 6 consecutive Oi-sen titles
- Hifumi Katoh wins Osho-sen, ending Makoto Nakahara's run of 6 consecutive Osho-sen titles
- Makoto Nakahara wins 7 consecutive Meijin-sen titles
- Makoto Nakahara wins 5 consecutive Kisei-sen titles
- Makoto Nakahara is No. 1 in rating at FY end (1957)
- Bungo Fukusaki: biggest rating gain of the year (1594→1736、+142)
- Bungo Fukusaki (age 20 at FY end): best win rate among young players, 0.780 (32W-9L)
- Koji Tanigawa enters the rating top 10 for the first time (7th, 1794)
- Teruichi Aono enters the rating top 10 for the first time (9th, 1782)
- Kiyozumi Kiriyama drops out of the rating top 10 (7th→14th)
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Yonenaga | Mori | Ooyama | Futakami | Katou | Kiriyama | Itaya | Katsuura | Naitou | Ishida | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Challenger | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | Kunio Yonenaga | Oi | Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 35 | Yamanashi | 8 | 1 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |
| Relegated | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Keiji Mori | 8-dan | Noboru Ootomo 9-dan (deceased) | 33 | Kochi | 1 | 8 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | |
| 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Yasuharu Ooyama | Osho | 木見金治郎9-dan (deceased) | 56 | Okayama | 6 | 3 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||
| Relegated | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Tatsuya Futakami | 9-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 47 | Hokkaido | 3 | 6 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |
| 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | Hifumi Katoh | 9-dan | Shouji Kenmochi 9-dan (deceased) | 39 | Fukuoka | 5 | 4 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ||
| 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Kiyozumi Kiriyama | 8-dan | Toshiji Masuda 6-dan (deceased) | 31 | Nara | 5 | 4 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ||
| 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 7 | Susumu Itaya | 8-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 38 | Aichi | 5 | 4 | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | Osamu Katsuura | 8-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 33 | Hokkaido | 4 | 5 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||
| 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | Kunio Naitou | 9-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 39 | Hyogo | 4 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ||
| 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Kazuo Ishida | 8-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 32 | Aichi | 4 | 5 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Oouchi | Hanamura | Ariyoshi | Miyasaka | Moriyasu | Takashima | Serizawa | Nishimura | Maruta | Sekine | Saeki | Satou | Kimura | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nobuyuki Oouchi | 8-dan | 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin (deceased) | 37 | Tokyo | 5 | 7 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||
| Relegated | 16 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Motoji Hanamura | 9-dan | Yoshio Kimura14th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 61 | Shizuoka | 3 | 9 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Michio Ariyoshi | 9-dan | Yasuharu Ooyama15th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 43 | Okayama | 8 | 4 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||
| 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 | Yukio Miyasaka | 7-dan | Masao Tsukada Honorary Judan (deceased) | 49 | Tokyo | 4 | 8 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||
| Promoted | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 5 | Hidemitsu Moriyasu | 7-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 29 | Okayama | 9 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | |
| Relegated | 0 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 6 | Hiromitsu Takashima | 7-dan | Kazukiyo Takashima 9-dan (deceased) | 37 | Osaka | 3 | 9 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | |
| 2 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | Hirofumi Serizawa | 8-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 42 | Shizuoka | 7 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ||
| 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | Kazuyoshi Nishimura | 7-dan | Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 37 | Aichi | 7 | 5 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ||
| 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Yuzo Maruta | 9-dan | 平野信助7-dan (deceased) | 60 | Nagano | 5 | 7 | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ||
| 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 10 | Shigeru Sekine | 8-dan | Tsugihiko Yamakawa 8-dan (deceased) | 49 | Tokyo | 6 | 6 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ||
| 0 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 11 | Yoshimasa Saeki | 7-dan | Nobuhiko Sakaguchi 9-dan (deceased) | 42 | Tottori | 5 | 7 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||
| 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | Daigorou Satou | 8-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 42 | Hokkaido | 6 | 6 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ||
| Promoted | 0 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 13 | Yoshinori Kimura | 7-dan | Jirou Katou Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 44 | Tokyo | 10 | 2 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Matsuda | Awaji | Tanaka | Yamaguchi | Hasebe | Kitamura | Sakurai | Yamaguchi | Katou | Nomoto | Yasue | Manabe | Satou | Yoshida | Aono | Tamaru | Harada | Kenmochi | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Shigeyuki Matsuda | 8-dan | Kingorou Kaneko 9-dan (deceased) | 57 | Tottori | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | Hitoshige Awaji | 6-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 29 | Hyogo | 7 | 3 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | |||||||||
| 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Kaishu Tanaka | 7-dan | Souetsu Honma 8-dan (deceased) | 32 | Osaka | 7 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 4 | Chimine Yamaguchi | 6-dan | 飯塚勘一郎8-dan (deceased) | 41 | Ibaraki | 1 | 9 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| 0 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | Hisao Hasebe | 7-dan | 大和久彪8-dan (deceased) | 45 | Chiba | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||||
| 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | Masao Kitamura | 8-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 44 | Hokkaido | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 7 | Noboru Sakurai | 6-dan | Yasuo Harada 9-dan (deceased) | 38 | Gunma | 4 | 6 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | |||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | Hideo Yamaguchi | 6-dan | Yasuo Harada 9-dan (deceased) | 37 | Hiroshima | 2 | 8 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| 10 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Hiroji Katou | 8-dan | 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin (deceased) | 55 | Aichi | 5 | 5 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | Toratsugu Nomoto | 6-dan | Motoji Hanamura 9-dan (deceased) | 34 | Nagano | 6 | 4 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | |||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | Terutaka Yasue | 6-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 38 | Tokyo | 2 | 8 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | Kazuo Manabe | 6-dan | Jirou Katou Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 27 | Tokyo | 8 | 2 | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | Yoshinori Satou | 6-dan | Hirofumi Serizawa 9-dan (deceased) | 30 | Tokyo | 7 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 14 | Toshikatsu Yoshida | 7-dan | Motoji Hanamura 9-dan (deceased) | 45 | Aichi | 5 | 5 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | Teruichi Aono | 6-dan | 廣津久雄9-dan (deceased) | 26 | Shizuoka | 9 | 1 | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 16 | Noboru Tamaru | 6-dan | Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 29 | Nagano | 5 | 5 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||
| △ | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | Yasuo Harada | 8-dan | Jirou Katou Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 56 | Niigata | 5 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||
| △→cleared | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 18 | Shouji Kenmochi | 7-dan | (deceased) Mitsuyuki Aramaki 9-dan | 44 | Tokyo | 6 | 4 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||||||||
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Nada | Igarashi | Tsubouchi | Hirotsu | Sase | Oohara | Kawaguchi | Wakamatsu | Tomizawa | Taki | Maeda | Date | Kikuchi | Yamanaka | Matsushita | Kobayashi | Kinoshita | Tanigawa | Honma | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Renshou Nada | 9-dan | 神田辰之助9-dan (deceased) | 52 | Tokushima | 6 | 4 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| 8 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Toyoichi Igarashi | 8-dan | 関根金次郎13th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 54 | Hokkaido | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | Toshiyuki Tsubouchi | 5-dan | Michio Ariyoshi 9-dan | 30 | Hyogo | 5 | 5 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| 2 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | Hisao Hirotsu | 8-dan | 花田長太郎9-dan (deceased) | 56 | Fukuoka | 6 | 4 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||||
| 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 5 | Yuji Sase | 8-dan | 石井秀吉7-dan (deceased) | 60 | Chiba | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 6 | Eiji Oohara | 7-dan | 野村慶虎7-dan (deceased) | 50 | Kochi | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | Toshihiko Kawaguchi | 5-dan | Seiichi Kobori 9-dan (deceased) | 42 | Kanagawa | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 8 | Masakazu Wakamatsu | 5-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 39 | Hyogo | 4 | 6 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 0 | 9 | Mikio Tomizawa | 8-dan | 山本樟郎8-dan (deceased) | 59 | Fukushima | 3 | 7 | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 10 | Seiichirou Taki | 5-dan | Shigekazu Minamiguchi 9-dan (deceased) | 30 | Osaka | 7 | 3 | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | Yuji Maeda | 5-dan | Shouzou Kashu 7-dan | 25 | Kumamoto | 8 | 2 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ||||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11 | 12 | Yasuo Date | 6-dan | Shimei Okazaki 8-dan (deceased) | 42 | Osaka | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13 | Tsuneo Kikuchi | 5-dan | 廣津久雄9-dan (deceased) | 29 | Shizuoka | 5 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 14 | Kazumasa Yamanaka | 7-dan | 木見金治郎9-dan (deceased) | 64 | Okayama | 4 | 6 | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| Demerit | 2 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 15 | Tsutomu Matsushita | 8-dan | 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin (deceased) | 66 | Chiba | 2 | 8 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 | Kenji Kobayashi | 5-dan | Susumu Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 22 | Kagawa | 7 | 3 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 17 | Akira Kinoshita | 5-dan | 村上真一8-dan (deceased) | 39 | Osaka | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ||||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 | Koji Tanigawa | 5-dan | Masakazu Wakamatsu 8-dan | 17 | Hyogo | 9 | 1 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 19 | Souetsu Honma | 8-dan | Sutekichi Nakai 8-dan (deceased) | 59 | Osaka | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | |||||||||
| Terms A B1 B2 C1 C2 | Rank | Name | Rank | Teacher | Age | Birthplace | W | L | Miyata | Tanaka | Numa | Azuma | Nakada | Tosa | Mori | Kosaka | Matsuura | Itou | Ikeda | Kimura | Kiritani | Shiihashi | Minamiguchi | Shimodaira | Tanabe | Kitamura | Ooshima | Aoki | Kobori | Ono | Fukusaki | Suzuki | Mushano | Sakai | Sakaguchi | Iino | Arino | Sekiya | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| △Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Toshio Miyata | 4-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 26 | Akita | 8 | 2 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | Torahiko Tanaka | 4-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 22 | Osaka | 7 | 3 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | Haruo Numa | 4-dan | Yuji Sase Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 30 | Tokyo | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | Kazuo Azuma | 4-dan | Kazukiyo Takashima 9-dan (deceased) | 23 | Nagasaki | 8 | 2 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | Shoudou Nakada | 4-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 27 | Toyama | 6 | 4 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | Koji Tosa | 4-dan | Shizuo Seino 8-dan (deceased) | 24 | Niigata | 6 | 4 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demerit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | Nobuo Mori | 4-dan | Shigekazu Minamiguchi 9-dan (deceased) | 27 | Ehime | 3 | 7 | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | Noboru Kosaka | 4-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 29 | Hyogo | 5 | 5 | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | Ryuuichi Matsuura | 4-dan | Yuzo Maruta 9-dan (deceased) | 27 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | Hatasu Itou | 4-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 28 | Kyoto | 7 | 3 | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| △Demerit | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 12 | Shuuichi Ikeda | 5-dan | Motoji Hanamura 9-dan (deceased) | 34 | Aomori | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| △△ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 13 | Yoshitaka Kimura | 5-dan | Yoshio Kimura14th Lifetime Meijin (deceased) | 48 | Tokyo | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | Hiroto Kiritani | 4-dan | Kozo Masuda4th Meijin (merit era) (deceased) | 29 | Hiroshima | 5 | 5 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | Kinji Shiihashi | 4-dan | Tsutomu Matsushita 9-dan (deceased) | 30 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| △Demerit | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 16 | Shigekazu Minamiguchi | 8-dan | 村上真一8-dan (deceased) | 60 | Kyoto | 2 | 8 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 17 | Yukio Shimodaira | 7-dan | Touichi Watanabe Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 54 | Tokyo | 4 | 6 | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 18 | Ichirou Tanabe | 5-dan | Tsutomu Matsushita 9-dan (deceased) | 40 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 | Fumio Kitamura | 5-dan | Shirou Itaya 9-dan (deceased) | 58 | Mie | 5 | 5 | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | Eiji Ooshima | 4-dan | Toshio Takayanagi Honorary 9-dan (deceased) | 21 | Shizuoka | 5 | 5 | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22 | Kiyoshi Aoki | 4-dan | Michihito Kumagai 9-dan (deceased) | 31 | Fukuoka | 4 | 6 | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Demerit | 2 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 23 | Seiichi Kobori | 8-dan | Kingorou Kaneko 9-dan (deceased) | 67 | Kanagawa | 3 | 7 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | Shuuichi Ono | 4-dan | 建部和歌夫8-dan (deceased) | 21 | Tokyo | 7 | 3 | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Promoted | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | Bungo Fukusaki | 4-dan | Kaishu Tanaka 9-dan | 19 | Osaka | 9 | 1 | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26 | Teruhiko Suzuki | 4-dan | 廣津久雄9-dan (deceased) | 24 | Shizuoka | 8 | 2 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | Katsumi Mushano | 4-dan | Motoji Hanamura 9-dan (deceased) | 25 | Gunma | 7 | 3 | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | Junkichi Sakai | 4-dan | 藤内金吾8-dan (deceased) | 29 | Hyogo | 6 | 4 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 7 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 29 | Nobuhiko Sakaguchi | 9-dan | 花田長太郎9-dan (deceased) | 70 | Hokkaido | 4 | 6 | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | |||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 30 | Kenji Iino | 4-dan | Shigeru Sekine 9-dan (deceased) | 24 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | ● | ○ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| △ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 31 | Yoshito Arino | 4-dan | Yukio Shimodaira 8-dan (deceased) | 30 | Tokyo | 5 | 5 | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ○ | ● | ○ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Relegated | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 32 | Kiyosaku Sekiya | 6-dan | (deceased) 土居市太郎Honorary Meijin | 45 | Chiba | 1 | 9 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ○ | ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||||||
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.