NHK Cup FY1973

Best 16

• Yasuo Harada8-dan / age 50 ○ Michio Ariyoshi8-dan / age 38 ● Aug 5, 1973
• Shigeru Sekine8-dan / age 43 ○ Kunio YonenagaKisei / age 30 ● Aug 5, 1973
• Hifumi Katoh8-dan / age 33 ○ Masao TsukadaLifetime 9-dan / age 59 ● Aug 12, 1973
• Tatsuya Futakami8-dan / age 41 ○ Renshou Nada8-dan / age 46 ● Aug 12, 1973
• Yasuharu Ooyama9-dan / age 50 ○ Susumu Itayaage 32 ● Sep 21, 1973
• Yuzo Maruta8-dan / age 54 ○ Daigorou Satou8-dan / age 37 ● Oct 19, 1973
• Kunio Naitou8-dan / age 33 ○ Nobuyuki Oouchi8-dan / age 32 ● Oct 19, 1973
• Makoto Nakahara4 titles / age 26 ○ Masao Kitamura7-dan / age 39 ● Nov 2, 1973

Quarterfinal

• Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 33 ○ Yasuo Harada8-dan / age 50 ● Nov 16, 1973
• Kunio Naitou8-dan / age 34 ○ Shigeru Sekine8-dan / age 44 ● Nov 30, 1973
• Tatsuya Futakami9-dan / age 42 ○ Makoto Nakahara4 titles / age 26 ● Jan 11, 1974
• Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 54 ○ Yasuharu Ooyama9-dan / age 50 ● Jan 18, 1974

Semifinal

• Kunio Naitou8-dan / age 34 ○ Tatsuya Futakami9-dan / age 42 ● Feb 1, 1974
• Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 34 ○ Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 54 ● Feb 15, 1974

Final

• Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 34 ○ Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 34 ● Mar 17, 1974