68th term Kisei-sen (FY1997)

Bracket 1

Quarterfinal

• Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25 ○ Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 44 ● Aug 9, 1996
• Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 39 ○ Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 20 ● Aug 15, 1996
• Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31 ○ Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38 ● Aug 16, 1996

Semifinal

• Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31 ○ Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ● Sep 13, 1996
• Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 39 ○ Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 26 ● Sep 24, 1996

Final

• Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 39 ○ Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31 ● Oct 17, 1996

Bracket 2

Quarterfinal

• Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24 ○ Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 46 ● Aug 12, 1996
• Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ○ Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41 ● Aug 16, 1996
• Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56 ○ Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54 ● Sep 19, 1996

Semifinal

• Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 24 ○ Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24 ● Sep 24, 1996
• Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ○ Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56 ● Oct 8, 1996

Final

• Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ○ Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 24 ● Oct 21, 1996

Bracket 3

Quarterfinal

• Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35 ○ Akira Shima8-dan / age 33 ● Aug 31, 1996
• Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ○ Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 50 ● Sep 10, 1996
• Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ○ Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35 ● Sep 10, 1996

Semifinal

• Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35 ○ Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ● Sep 26, 1996
• Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21 ○ Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ● Oct 7, 1996

Final

• Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21 ○ Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35 ● Oct 28, 1996

Bracket 4

Quarterfinal

• Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36 ○ Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 42 ● Aug 15, 1996
• Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ○ Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 45 ● Aug 15, 1996

Semifinal

• Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32 ○ Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36 ● Sep 27, 1996
• Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ○ Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ● Oct 3, 1996

Final

• Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33 ○ Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ● Oct 22, 1996

Bracket 5

Quarterfinal

• Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41 ○ Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39 ● Sep 11, 1996
• Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○ Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 66 ● Sep 24, 1996

Semifinal

• Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 56 ○ Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41 ● Oct 5, 1996
• Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ○ Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 33 ● Oct 8, 1996

Final

• Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 56 ○ Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ● Oct 30, 1996

Bracket 6

Quarterfinal

• Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 46 ○ Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49 ● Aug 8, 1996
• Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ○ Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 27 ● Aug 29, 1996

Semifinal

• Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48 ○ Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 46 ● Sep 27, 1996
• Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ○ Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ● Oct 3, 1996

Final

• Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ○ Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49 ● Oct 31, 1996

Bracket 7

Quarterfinal

• Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ○ Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32 ● Aug 15, 1996
• Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27 ○ Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54 ● Sep 6, 1996

Semifinal

• Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61 ○ Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ● Aug 28, 1996
• Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27 ○ Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 27 ● Oct 1, 1996

Final

• Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27 ○ Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61 ● Nov 5, 1996

Bracket 8

Quarterfinal

• Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49 ○ Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 32 ● Aug 9, 1996
• Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ○ Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41 ● Sep 11, 1996

Semifinal

• Keiji Mori9-dan / age 50 ○ Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49 ● Sep 6, 1996
• Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ○ Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 37 ● Oct 8, 1996

Final

• Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ○ Keiji Mori9-dan / age 50 ● Nov 11, 1996

Bracket 1

Best 16

• Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27 ○ Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51 ● Apr 4, 1996
• Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38 ○ Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ● Apr 11, 1996
• Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 35 ○ Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 20 ● Apr 26, 1996

Quarterfinal

• Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ○ Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27 ● Apr 26, 1996
• Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 33 ○ Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38 ● May 9, 1996
• 小林 宏6-dan / age 33 ○ Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 35 ● May 22, 1996
• 木下浩一age 28 ○ Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ● Jun 6, 1996

Semifinal

• Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ○ 小林 宏6-dan / age 33 ● Jun 25, 1996
• Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 33 ○ 木下浩一age 28 ● Jul 4, 1996

Final

• Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 33 ○ Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ● Jul 30, 1996

Bracket 2

Best 16

• Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55 ○ Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 54 ● Apr 10, 1996
• Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○ Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32 ● Apr 25, 1996
• Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 38 ○ Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 47 ● Apr 26, 1996

Quarterfinal

• Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23 ○ Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 31 ● May 10, 1996
• Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○ Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 59 ● May 22, 1996
• Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 39 ○ Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55 ● May 28, 1996
• Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ○ Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55 ● Jun 3, 1996

Semifinal

• Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○ Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 39 ● Jun 24, 1996
• Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24 ○ Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ● Jun 27, 1996

Final

• Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 24 ○ Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24 ● Jul 31, 1996

Bracket 3

Best 16

• Nou Itoh4-dan / age 34 ○ Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 50 ● Apr 10, 1996
• Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 38 ○ Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24 ● Apr 24, 1996
• Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 21 ○ Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 43 ● May 7, 1996

Quarterfinal

• Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34 ○ Nou Itoh4-dan / age 34 ● May 7, 1996
• Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ○ Shohei Takada5-dan / age 33 ● May 9, 1996
• Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 34 ○ Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 38 ● May 14, 1996
• Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30 ○ Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 21 ● May 24, 1996

Semifinal

• Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ○ Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35 ● Jun 25, 1996
• Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34 ○ Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30 ● Jul 5, 1996

Final

• Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ○ Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34 ● Aug 7, 1996

Bracket 4

Best 16

• 中井広恵 ○ Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 42 ● May 1, 1996
• Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 37 ○ Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 47 ● May 7, 1996
• Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 26 ○ Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 57 ● May 8, 1996

Quarterfinal

• Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28 ○ Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 44 ● May 16, 1996
• Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 37 ○ Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 37 ● Jun 7, 1996
• Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 25 ○ 中井広恵 ● Jun 14, 1996
• Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 26 ○ Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 27 ● Jun 14, 1996

Semifinal

• Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 37 ○ Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26 ● Jul 5, 1996
• Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 26 ○ Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ● Jul 8, 1996

Final

• Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 37 ○ Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 26 ● Aug 9, 1996

Bracket 5

Best 16

• Chimine Yamaguchiage 58 ○ Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46 ● Apr 16, 1996
• Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61 ○ Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46 ● Apr 16, 1996
• Haruo Numa6-dan / age 47 ○ Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 42 ● Apr 19, 1996

Quarterfinal

• Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31 ○ Chimine Yamaguchiage 58 ● May 9, 1996
• Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ○ Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 38 ● May 14, 1996
• Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28 ○ Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61 ● May 14, 1996
• Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ○ Haruo Numa6-dan / age 47 ● Jun 5, 1996

Semifinal

• Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ○ Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31 ● Jun 21, 1996
• Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ○ Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28 ● Jun 25, 1996

Final

• Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ○ Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ● Aug 15, 1996

Bracket 6

Best 16

• Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54 ○ Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 56 ● Apr 10, 1996
• Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47 ○ Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 48 ● Apr 16, 1996
• Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 56 ○ Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 37 ● Apr 25, 1996

Quarterfinal

• Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 32 ○ Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54 ● Apr 30, 1996
• Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32 ○ Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31 ● May 31, 1996
• Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○ Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 56 ● Jun 11, 1996
• Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47 ○ Keizou Noda4-dan / age 38 ● Jul 4, 1996

Semifinal

• Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32 ○ Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 32 ● Jul 2, 1996
• Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○ Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47 ● Jul 30, 1996

Final

• Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32 ○ Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ● Aug 22, 1996

Bracket 7

Best 16

• Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46 ○ Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 36 ● Apr 17, 1996
• Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37 ○ Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 48 ● Apr 23, 1996
• Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 44 ○ Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 44 ● May 17, 1996

Quarterfinal

• Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ○ Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46 ● May 17, 1996
• Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27 ○ Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 46 ● May 17, 1996
• Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37 ○ Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27 ● Jun 11, 1996
• Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28 ○ Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 44 ● Jul 1, 1996

Semifinal

• Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ○ Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37 ● Aug 2, 1996
• Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28 ○ Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27 ● Aug 8, 1996

Final

• Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ○ Takashi Abe6-dan / age 29 ● Sep 6, 1996

Bracket 8

Best 16

• Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21 ○ Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 31 ● Apr 25, 1996
• Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 27 ○ 清水市代 ● Apr 30, 1996

Quarterfinal

• Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27 ○ Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 59 ● May 8, 1996
• Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29 ○ Kenji Iino6-dan / age 41 ● May 8, 1996
• Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21 ○ Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 47 ● May 16, 1996
• Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45 ○ Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28 ● Jun 26, 1996

Semifinal

• Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29 ○ Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21 ● Jun 10, 1996
• Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 27 ○ Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45 ● Aug 5, 1996

Final

• Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 27 ○ Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29 ● Sep 6, 1996