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9th term Ryuo-sen (FY1996)

WinnerKoji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 Won

LoserYoshiharu HabuRyuo / age 26

Title match4-1
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Title match

Players	W	Game 1 10/17	Game 2 10/29	Game 3 11/7	Game 4 11/19	Game 5 11/28
Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34	4	●S	○G	○S	○G	○S
Yoshiharu HabuRyuo / age 26	1	○G	●S	●G	●S	●G

Challenger final (match format)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Aug 29, 1996	Game 1	Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 ○	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ●
Sep 5, 1996	Game 2	Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 ○	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ●

Final tournament

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Final

Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34○

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26●

Sep 5, 1996 2-0

Semifinal

Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34○

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25●

Aug 12, 1996

Round 3

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25Group 2Winner○

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33Group 1 qualifier●

Jul 16, 1996

Round 3

Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34○

Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27●

Jul 30, 1996

Round 2

Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27○

Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25●

Jul 19, 1996

Round 1

Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27Group 5Winner○

Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23Group 6Winner●

Jul 11, 1996

Seed

Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25Group 3Winner

Seed

Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34Group 12th

Semifinal

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26○

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36●

Aug 16, 1996

Round 3

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36○

Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32●

Aug 2, 1996

Round 2

Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32Group 4Winner○

Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32Group 32nd●

Jul 18, 1996

Seed

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36Group 1Winner

Round 3

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26○

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30Group 22nd●

Aug 5, 1996

Best 32

Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27 ○ Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ● Jul 11, 1996

Best 16

Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ○ Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32 ● Jul 18, 1996
Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27 ○ Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25 ● Jul 19, 1996

Quarterfinal

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25 ○ Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ● Jul 16, 1996
Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 ○ Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27 ● Jul 30, 1996
Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ○ Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ● Aug 2, 1996
Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○ Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30 ● Aug 5, 1996

Semifinal

Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 ○ Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25 ● Aug 12, 1996
Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○ Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ● Aug 16, 1996

Final

Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 ○ Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ● Sep 5, 1996 2-0

View all games (9 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Jul 11, 1996	Main Round 1	Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27 ○	Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ●
Jul 16, 1996	Main Round 3	Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25 ○	Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ●
Jul 18, 1996	Main Round 2	Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ○	Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32 ●
Jul 19, 1996	Main Round 2	Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27 ○	Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25 ●
Jul 30, 1996	Main Round 3	Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 ○	Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27 ●
Aug 2, 1996	Main Round 3	Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ○	Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ●
Aug 5, 1996	Main Round 3	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○	Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30 ●
Aug 12, 1996	Main Semifinal	Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 ○	Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25 ●
Aug 16, 1996	Main Semifinal	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○	Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ●

Group 1 Qualifier

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Final

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26○

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31●

Jun 14, 1996

Semifinal

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26○

Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36●

May 22, 1996

Round 2

Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36○

Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 38●

Apr 16, 1996

Round 1

Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36○

Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38●

Mar 26, 1996

Seed

Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 38

Round 2

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26○

Akira Shima8-dan / age 33●

May 7, 1996

Round 1

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26○

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 35●

Apr 17, 1996

Seed

Akira Shima8-dan / age 33

Seed

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31

Final

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33○

Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53●

Jun 19, 1996

Semifinal

Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52○

Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45●

Jun 3, 1996

Round 2

Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45○

Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 26●

Apr 19, 1996

Round 1

Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 26○

Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 25●

Mar 27, 1996

Seed

Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45

Round 2

Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52○

Taku Morishita8-dan / age 29●

May 9, 1996

Round 1

Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52○

Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48●

Apr 5, 1996

Seed

Taku Morishita8-dan / age 29

Seed

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33

Bracket 1

Best 16

Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36 ○ Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38 ● Mar 26, 1996
Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○ Kenji Waki7-dan / age 35 ● Apr 17, 1996

Quarterfinal

Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36 ○ Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 38 ● Apr 16, 1996
Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○ Akira Shima8-dan / age 33 ● May 7, 1996

Semifinal

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○ Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36 ● May 22, 1996

Final

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○ Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31 ● Jun 14, 1996

Bracket 2

Best 16

Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 26 ○ Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 25 ● Mar 27, 1996
Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52 ○ Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48 ● Apr 5, 1996

Quarterfinal

Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45 ○ Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 26 ● Apr 19, 1996
Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52 ○ Taku Morishita8-dan / age 29 ● May 9, 1996

Semifinal

Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52 ○ Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45 ● Jun 3, 1996

Final

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ○ Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53 ● Jun 19, 1996

View all games (12 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Mar 26, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Round 1	Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36 ○	Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38 ●
Mar 27, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Round 1	Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 26 ○	Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 25 ●
Apr 5, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Round 1	Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52 ○	Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48 ●
Apr 16, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Round 2	Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36 ○	Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 38 ●
Apr 17, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Round 1	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○	Kenji Waki7-dan / age 35 ●
Apr 19, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Round 2	Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45 ○	Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 26 ●
May 7, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Round 2	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○	Akira Shima8-dan / age 33 ●
May 9, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Round 2	Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52 ○	Taku Morishita8-dan / age 29 ●
May 22, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Semifinal	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○	Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36 ●
Jun 3, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Semifinal	Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52 ○	Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45 ●
Jun 14, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Final	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 26 ○	Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31 ●
Jun 19, 1996	Group 1Qualifier Final	Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ○	Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53 ●

Group 1 Ranking

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Final

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36○

Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34●

Jun 20, 1996

Semifinal

Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34○

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 32●

Apr 23, 1996

Round 2

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 32○

Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 38●

Mar 11, 1996

Round 1

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 32○

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 35●

Jan 12, 1996

Round 1

Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 38○

Yasumitsu Satoh7-dan / age 26●

Feb 8, 1996

Round 2

Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 33○

Akira Shima8-dan / age 33●

Mar 27, 1996

Round 1

Koji TanigawaOsho / age 33○

Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36●

Jan 29, 1996

Round 1

Akira Shima8-dan / age 33○

Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38●

Feb 22, 1996

Semifinal

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36○

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31●

Apr 26, 1996

Round 2

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31○

Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45●

Mar 22, 1996

Round 1

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31○

Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48●

Jan 31, 1996

Round 1

Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45○

Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52●

Feb 15, 1996

Round 2

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 35○

Taku Morishita8-dan / age 29●

Mar 29, 1996

Round 1

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 35○

Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 25●

Feb 20, 1996

Round 1

Taku Morishita8-dan / age 29○

Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 26●

Mar 5, 1996

Best 16

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 32 ○ Kenji Waki7-dan / age 35 ● Jan 12, 1996
Koji TanigawaOsho / age 33 ○ Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36 ● Jan 29, 1996
Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31 ○ Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48 ● Jan 31, 1996
Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 38 ○ Yasumitsu Satoh7-dan / age 26 ● Feb 8, 1996
Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45 ○ Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52 ● Feb 15, 1996
Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 35 ○ Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 25 ● Feb 20, 1996
Akira Shima8-dan / age 33 ○ Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38 ● Feb 22, 1996
Taku Morishita8-dan / age 29 ○ Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 26 ● Mar 5, 1996

Quarterfinal

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 32 ○ Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 38 ● Mar 11, 1996
Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31 ○ Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45 ● Mar 22, 1996
Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 33 ○ Akira Shima8-dan / age 33 ● Mar 27, 1996
Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 35 ○ Taku Morishita8-dan / age 29 ● Mar 29, 1996

Semifinal

Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 ○ Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 32 ● Apr 23, 1996
Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ○ Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31 ● Apr 26, 1996

Final

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ○ Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 ● Jun 20, 1996

View all games (15 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Jan 12, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 32 ○	Kenji Waki7-dan / age 35 ●
Jan 29, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Koji TanigawaOsho / age 33 ○	Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 36 ●
Jan 31, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31 ○	Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48 ●
Feb 8, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 38 ○	Yasumitsu Satoh7-dan / age 26 ●
Feb 15, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45 ○	Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 52 ●
Feb 20, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 35 ○	Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 25 ●
Feb 22, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Akira Shima8-dan / age 33 ○	Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38 ●
Mar 5, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Taku Morishita8-dan / age 29 ○	Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 26 ●
Mar 11, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 2	Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 32 ○	Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 38 ●
Mar 22, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 2	Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31 ○	Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 45 ●
Mar 27, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 2	Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 33 ○	Akira Shima8-dan / age 33 ●
Mar 29, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Round 2	Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 35 ○	Taku Morishita8-dan / age 29 ●
Apr 23, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Semifinal	Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 ○	Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 32 ●
Apr 26, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Semifinal	Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ○	Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 31 ●
Jun 20, 1996	Group 1 Ranking Final	Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ○	Koji Tanigawa9-dan / age 34 ●

Group 2 Ranking

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Final

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25○

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30●

Jun 28, 1996

Semifinal

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30○

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 49●

Apr 22, 1996

Round 2

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 49○

Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54●

Mar 15, 1996

Round 1

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 49○

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 42●

Jan 19, 1996

Round 1

Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54○

Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 48●

Jan 19, 1996

Round 2

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30○

Keiji Mori9-dan / age 49●

Mar 22, 1996

Round 1

Keiji Mori9-dan / age 49○

Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 34●

Feb 2, 1996

Round 1

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 29○

Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 56●

Feb 22, 1996

Semifinal

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25○

Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31●

May 13, 1996

Round 2

Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31○

Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 24●

Mar 26, 1996

Round 1

Nobuyuki Yashiki6-dan / age 24○

Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 44●

Jan 30, 1996

Round 1

Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31○

Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 43●

Feb 2, 1996

Round 2

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25○

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33●

Apr 17, 1996

Round 1

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25○

Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 54●

Jan 25, 1996

Round 1

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33○

Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48●

Mar 22, 1996

Best 16

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 49 ○ Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 42 ● Jan 19, 1996
Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54 ○ Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 48 ● Jan 19, 1996
Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25 ○ Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 54 ● Jan 25, 1996
Nobuyuki Yashiki6-dan / age 24 ○ Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 44 ● Jan 30, 1996
Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31 ○ Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 43 ● Feb 2, 1996
Keiji Mori9-dan / age 49 ○ Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 34 ● Feb 2, 1996
Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 29 ○ Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 56 ● Feb 22, 1996
Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ○ Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48 ● Mar 22, 1996

Quarterfinal

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 49 ○ Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54 ● Mar 15, 1996
Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30 ○ Keiji Mori9-dan / age 49 ● Mar 22, 1996
Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31 ○ Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 24 ● Mar 26, 1996
Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25 ○ Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ● Apr 17, 1996

Semifinal

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30 ○ Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 49 ● Apr 22, 1996
Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25 ○ Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31 ● May 13, 1996

Final

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 25 ○ Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30 ● Jun 28, 1996

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Mar 25, 1996	Group 2 Ranking Round 1	Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 44 ○	Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 45 ●

Group 3 Ranking

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Final

Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25○

Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32●

Jun 10, 1996

Semifinal

Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25○

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 27●

Apr 25, 1996

Round 2

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 27○

Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56●

Feb 23, 1996

Round 1

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 27○

Koji Tosa6-dan / age 40●

Jan 17, 1996

Round 1

Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56○

Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 40●

Feb 1, 1996

Round 2

Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25○

Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28●

Mar 27, 1996

Round 1

Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28○

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54●

Jan 19, 1996

Round 1

Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25○

Takahiro Toyokawa4-dan / age 28●

Feb 8, 1996

Semifinal

Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32○

Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34●

May 2, 1996

Round 2

Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34○

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26●

Apr 9, 1996

Round 1

Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34○

Hitoshige Awaji8-dan / age 45●

Jan 12, 1996

Round 1

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26○

Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35●

Jan 23, 1996

Round 2

Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32○

Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39●

Apr 17, 1996

Round 1

Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 38○

Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 60●

Jan 30, 1996

Round 1

Masahiko Urano6-dan / age 31○

Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 54●

Mar 13, 1996

Best 16

Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ○ Hitoshige Awaji8-dan / age 45 ● Jan 12, 1996
Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 27 ○ Koji Tosa6-dan / age 40 ● Jan 17, 1996
Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28 ○ Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54 ● Jan 19, 1996
Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ○ Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35 ● Jan 23, 1996
Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 38 ○ Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 60 ● Jan 30, 1996
Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56 ○ Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 40 ● Feb 1, 1996
Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25 ○ Takahiro Toyokawa4-dan / age 28 ● Feb 8, 1996
Masahiko Urano6-dan / age 31 ○ Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 54 ● Mar 13, 1996

Quarterfinal

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 27 ○ Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56 ● Feb 23, 1996
Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25 ○ Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28 ● Mar 27, 1996
Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ○ Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ● Apr 9, 1996
Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32 ○ Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39 ● Apr 17, 1996

Semifinal

Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25 ○ Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 27 ● Apr 25, 1996
Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32 ○ Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ● May 2, 1996

Final

Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25 ○ Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32 ● Jun 10, 1996

View all games (15 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Jan 12, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ○	Hitoshige Awaji8-dan / age 45 ●
Jan 17, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 27 ○	Koji Tosa6-dan / age 40 ●
Jan 19, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28 ○	Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54 ●
Jan 23, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ○	Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35 ●
Jan 30, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 38 ○	Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 60 ●
Feb 1, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56 ○	Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 40 ●
Feb 8, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25 ○	Takahiro Toyokawa4-dan / age 28 ●
Feb 23, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 2	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 27 ○	Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56 ●
Mar 13, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Masahiko Urano6-dan / age 31 ○	Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 54 ●
Mar 27, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 2	Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25 ○	Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28 ●
Apr 9, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 2	Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ○	Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ●
Apr 17, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Round 2	Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32 ○	Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39 ●
Apr 25, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Semifinal	Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25 ○	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 27 ●
May 2, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Semifinal	Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32 ○	Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ●
Jun 10, 1996	Group 3 Ranking Final	Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 25 ○	Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32 ●

Group 4 Ranking

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Final

Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32○

Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 26●

May 31, 1996

Round 3

Naruyuki Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26○

Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24●

Mar 21, 1996

Round 2

Naruyuki Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26○

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 32●

Jan 24, 1996

Round 1

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 31○

Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 45●

Nov 28, 1995

Round 1

Naruyuki Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26○

Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 56●

Dec 26, 1995

Round 2

Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 23○

Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61●

Jan 30, 1996

Round 1

Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61○

Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 36●

Nov 28, 1995

Round 1

Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 23○

Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 30●

Dec 1, 1995

Semifinal

Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32○

小林宏6-dan / age 33●

Apr 25, 1996

Round 3

小林宏6-dan / age 33○

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22●

Mar 22, 1996

Round 2

小林宏6-dan / age 33○

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25●

Feb 1, 1996

Round 1

小林宏6-dan / age 32○

Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 38●

Nov 29, 1995

Round 1

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25○

Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 32●

Nov 29, 1995

Round 2

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22○

Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 31●

Feb 8, 1996

Round 1

Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 31○

Shohei Takada5-dan / age 33●

Nov 28, 1995

Round 1

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 21○

Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34●

Dec 21, 1995

Round 3

Keita Inoue6-dan / age 32○

Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47●

Mar 29, 1996

Round 2

Keita Inoue6-dan / age 32○

Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 48●

Jan 18, 1996

Round 1

Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 48○

Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 32●

Dec 8, 1995

Round 1

Keita Inoue6-dan / age 31○

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20●

Dec 15, 1995

Round 2

Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47○

Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 46●

Feb 6, 1996

Round 1

Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 46○

Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41●

Dec 1, 1995

Round 1

Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 46○

Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 59●

Dec 20, 1995

Semifinal

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26○

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23●

Apr 23, 1996

Round 3

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23○

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 24●

Mar 11, 1996

Round 2

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 24○

Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 41●

Jan 19, 1996

Round 1

Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 41○

Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 45●

Dec 15, 1995

Round 1

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 24○

Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 38●

Dec 21, 1995

Round 2

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23○

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28●

Jan 23, 1996

Round 1

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28○

Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 43●

Nov 28, 1995

Round 1

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23○

Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 34●

Dec 22, 1995

Seed

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26

Bracket 1

Best 32

Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 31 ○ Shohei Takada5-dan / age 33 ● Nov 28, 1995
小林宏6-dan / age 32 ○ Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 38 ● Nov 29, 1995
Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ○ Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 32 ● Nov 29, 1995
Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 46 ○ Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41 ● Dec 1, 1995
Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 48 ○ Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 32 ● Dec 8, 1995
Keita Inoue6-dan / age 31 ○ Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ● Dec 15, 1995
Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 46 ○ Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 59 ● Dec 20, 1995
Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 21 ○ Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34 ● Dec 21, 1995

Best 16

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 31 ○ Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 45 ● Nov 28, 1995
Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61 ○ Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 36 ● Nov 28, 1995
Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 23 ○ Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 30 ● Dec 1, 1995
Naruyuki Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ○ Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 56 ● Dec 26, 1995
Keita Inoue6-dan / age 32 ○ Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 48 ● Jan 18, 1996
小林宏6-dan / age 33 ○ Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ● Feb 1, 1996
Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47 ○ Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 46 ● Feb 6, 1996
Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ○ Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 31 ● Feb 8, 1996

Quarterfinal

Naruyuki Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ○ Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 32 ● Jan 24, 1996
Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 23 ○ Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61 ● Jan 30, 1996
小林宏6-dan / age 33 ○ Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ● Mar 22, 1996
Keita Inoue6-dan / age 32 ○ Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47 ● Mar 29, 1996

Semifinal

Naruyuki Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ○ Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24 ● Mar 21, 1996
Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ○ 小林宏6-dan / age 33 ● Apr 25, 1996

Final

Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ○ Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 26 ● May 31, 1996

Bracket 2

Best 16

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28 ○ Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 43 ● Nov 28, 1995
Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 41 ○ Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 45 ● Dec 15, 1995
Masataka Goda6-dan / age 24 ○ Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 38 ● Dec 21, 1995
Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ○ Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 34 ● Dec 22, 1995

Quarterfinal

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 24 ○ Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 41 ● Jan 19, 1996
Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ○ Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28 ● Jan 23, 1996

Semifinal

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ○ Masataka Goda6-dan / age 24 ● Mar 11, 1996

Final

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ○ Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ● Apr 23, 1996

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Nov 28, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61 ○	Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 36 ●
Nov 28, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28 ○	Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 43 ●
Nov 28, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 31 ○	Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 45 ●
Nov 28, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 31 ○	Shohei Takada5-dan / age 33 ●
Nov 29, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	小林宏6-dan / age 32 ○	Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 38 ●
Nov 29, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ○	Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 32 ●
Dec 1, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 46 ○	Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41 ●
Dec 1, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 23 ○	Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 30 ●
Dec 8, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 48 ○	Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 32 ●
Dec 15, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 41 ○	Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 45 ●
Dec 15, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Keita Inoue6-dan / age 31 ○	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ●
Dec 20, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 46 ○	Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 59 ●
Dec 21, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 24 ○	Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 38 ●
Dec 21, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 21 ○	Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34 ●
Dec 22, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ○	Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 34 ●
Dec 26, 1995	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Naruyuki Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ○	Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 56 ●
Jan 18, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Keita Inoue6-dan / age 32 ○	Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 48 ●
Jan 19, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 24 ○	Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 41 ●
Jan 23, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ○	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28 ●
Jan 24, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Naruyuki Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ○	Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 32 ●
Jan 30, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 23 ○	Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61 ●
Feb 1, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	小林宏6-dan / age 33 ○	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ●
Feb 6, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47 ○	Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 46 ●
Feb 8, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ○	Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 31 ●
Mar 11, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 3	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ○	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 24 ●
Mar 21, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 3	Naruyuki Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ○	Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24 ●
Mar 22, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 3	小林宏6-dan / age 33 ○	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ●
Mar 29, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 3	Keita Inoue6-dan / age 32 ○	Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47 ●
Apr 23, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Semifinal	Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 26 ○	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ●
Apr 25, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Semifinal	Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ○	小林宏6-dan / age 33 ●
May 31, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Final	Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ○	Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 26 ●

Group 5 Ranking

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Final

Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27○

Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24●

May 30, 1996

Semifinal

Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23○

Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21●

Apr 11, 1996

Round 3

Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23○

Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 27●

Feb 20, 1996

Round 2

Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23○

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28●

Jan 23, 1996

Round 1

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28○

Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 37●

Nov 22, 1995

Round 1

Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23○

Kenji Iino6-dan / age 41●

Nov 29, 1995

Round 2

Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 27○

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66●

Jan 23, 1996

Round 1

Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 27○

Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 36●

Dec 6, 1995

Round 1

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66○

Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 47●

Dec 11, 1995

Round 3

Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21○

Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 22●

Feb 22, 1996

Round 2

Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21○

Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38●

Jan 8, 1996

Round 1

Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21○

Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 59●

Nov 29, 1995

Round 1

Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38○

Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 43●

Dec 4, 1995

Round 2

Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 21○

Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 76●

Jan 30, 1996

Round 1

Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 76○

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32●

Nov 30, 1995

Round 1

Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 21○

Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 66●

Dec 20, 1995

Semifinal

Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27○

Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27●

Apr 16, 1996

Round 3

Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 26○

木下浩一age 28●

Mar 6, 1996

Round 2

Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 26○

Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 35●

Jan 8, 1996

Round 1

Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 26○

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 41●

Dec 8, 1995

Seed

Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 35

Round 2

木下浩一age 28○

Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46●

Jan 31, 1996

Round 1

Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46○

Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59●

Nov 28, 1995

Round 1

木下浩一age 28○

Haruo Numa5-dan / age 46●

Nov 29, 1995

Round 3

Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27○

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31●

Apr 2, 1996

Round 2

Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27○

Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 35●

Jan 26, 1996

Round 1

Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 35○

Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 47●

Nov 28, 1995

Round 1

Masataka Sugimoto4-dan / age 27○

Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 43●

Dec 5, 1995

Round 2

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 30○

Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 37●

Feb 1, 1996

Round 1

Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 37○

Shingo Hirafuji4-dan / age 32●

Nov 30, 1995

Round 1

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 30○

Hiromitsu Kanki5-dan / age 36●

Dec 5, 1995

Best 32

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28 ○ Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 37 ● Nov 22, 1995
Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46 ○ Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59 ● Nov 28, 1995
Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 35 ○ Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 47 ● Nov 28, 1995
木下浩一age 28 ○ Haruo Numa5-dan / age 46 ● Nov 29, 1995
Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23 ○ Kenji Iino6-dan / age 41 ● Nov 29, 1995
Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21 ○ Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 59 ● Nov 29, 1995
Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 37 ○ Shingo Hirafuji4-dan / age 32 ● Nov 30, 1995
Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 76 ○ Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32 ● Nov 30, 1995
Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38 ○ Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 43 ● Dec 4, 1995
Masataka Sugimoto4-dan / age 27 ○ Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 43 ● Dec 5, 1995
Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 30 ○ Hiromitsu Kanki5-dan / age 36 ● Dec 5, 1995
Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 27 ○ Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 36 ● Dec 6, 1995
Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 26 ○ Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 41 ● Dec 8, 1995
Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ○ Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 47 ● Dec 11, 1995
Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 21 ○ Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 66 ● Dec 20, 1995

Best 16

Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 26 ○ Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 35 ● Jan 8, 1996
Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21 ○ Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38 ● Jan 8, 1996
Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23 ○ Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28 ● Jan 23, 1996
Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 27 ○ Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ● Jan 23, 1996
Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27 ○ Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 35 ● Jan 26, 1996
Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 21 ○ Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 76 ● Jan 30, 1996
木下浩一age 28 ○ Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46 ● Jan 31, 1996
Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 30 ○ Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 37 ● Feb 1, 1996

Quarterfinal

Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23 ○ Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 27 ● Feb 20, 1996
Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21 ○ Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 22 ● Feb 22, 1996
Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 26 ○ 木下浩一age 28 ● Mar 6, 1996
Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27 ○ Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ● Apr 2, 1996

Semifinal

Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23 ○ Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21 ● Apr 11, 1996
Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27 ○ Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27 ● Apr 16, 1996

Final

Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27 ○ Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24 ● May 30, 1996

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Nov 22, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28 ○	Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 37 ●
Nov 28, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46 ○	Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59 ●
Nov 28, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 35 ○	Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 47 ●
Nov 29, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21 ○	Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 59 ●
Nov 29, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23 ○	Kenji Iino6-dan / age 41 ●
Nov 29, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	木下浩一age 28 ○	Haruo Numa5-dan / age 46 ●
Nov 30, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 76 ○	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32 ●
Nov 30, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 37 ○	Shingo Hirafuji4-dan / age 32 ●
Dec 4, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38 ○	Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 43 ●
Dec 5, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 30 ○	Hiromitsu Kanki5-dan / age 36 ●
Dec 5, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Masataka Sugimoto4-dan / age 27 ○	Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 43 ●
Dec 6, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 27 ○	Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 36 ●
Dec 8, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 26 ○	Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 41 ●
Dec 11, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ○	Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 47 ●
Dec 20, 1995	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 21 ○	Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 66 ●
Jan 8, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21 ○	Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38 ●
Jan 8, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 26 ○	Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 35 ●
Jan 23, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 27 ○	Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ●
Jan 23, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23 ○	Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28 ●
Jan 26, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27 ○	Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 35 ●
Jan 30, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 21 ○	Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 76 ●
Jan 31, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	木下浩一age 28 ○	Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46 ●
Feb 1, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 30 ○	Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 37 ●
Feb 20, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 3	Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23 ○	Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 27 ●
Feb 22, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 3	Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21 ○	Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 22 ●
Mar 6, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 3	Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 26 ○	木下浩一age 28 ●
Apr 2, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 3	Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27 ○	Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ●
Apr 11, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Semifinal	Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 23 ○	Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 21 ●
Apr 16, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Semifinal	Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27 ○	Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27 ●
May 30, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Final	Hiroki Iizuka4-dan / age 27 ○	Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24 ●

Group 6 Ranking

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Final

Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23○

Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46●

May 29, 1996

Semifinal

Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23○

Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27●

Apr 9, 1996

Round 3

Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23○

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 28●

Mar 4, 1996

Round 2

Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23○

Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 19●

Jan 10, 1996

Round 1

Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23○

Chimine Yamaguchiage 58●

Nov 28, 1995

Round 1

Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 19○

竹中健一アマ●

Dec 8, 1995

Round 2

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 28○

Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 31●

Jan 25, 1996

Round 1

Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 30○

Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 50●

Nov 28, 1995

Round 1

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 28○

Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 50●

Jan 10, 1996

Round 3

Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 26○

Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 44●

Mar 5, 1996

Round 2

Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 26○

Nou Itoh4-dan / age 33●

Jan 10, 1996

Round 1

Nou Itoh4-dan / age 33○

Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 57●

Nov 30, 1995

Round 1

Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 26○

渡辺健弥アマ●

Dec 3, 1995

Round 2

Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 43○

中井広恵●

Jan 23, 1996

Round 1

中井広恵○

Keizou Noda4-dan / age 37●

Nov 30, 1995

Round 1

Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 43○

Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 56●

Dec 5, 1995

Semifinal

Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46○

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24●

Apr 9, 1996

Round 3

Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46○

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30●

Feb 6, 1996

Round 2

Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46○

Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46●

Dec 21, 1995

Round 1

Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46○

Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 54●

Nov 28, 1995

Round 1

Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46○

Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 47●

Nov 28, 1995

Round 2

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 29○

Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39●

Dec 21, 1995

Round 1

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 29○

宮本浩二アマ●

Nov 13, 1995

Round 1

Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39○

Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 41●

Dec 8, 1995

Round 3

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24○

Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 30●

Mar 7, 1996

Round 2

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24○

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21●

Jan 25, 1996

Round 1

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21○

Kensuke Kitahama4-dan / age 19●

Nov 30, 1995

Round 1

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 23○

桐山隆アマ●

Dec 2, 1995

Round 2

Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 30○

清水市代●

Jan 26, 1996

Round 1

Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 30○

Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54●

Nov 28, 1995

Round 1

清水市代○

Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 48●

Dec 1, 1995

Best 32

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 29 ○ 宮本浩二アマ ● Nov 13, 1995
Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○ Chimine Yamaguchiage 58 ● Nov 28, 1995
Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 30 ○ Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 50 ● Nov 28, 1995
Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46 ○ Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 54 ● Nov 28, 1995
Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46 ○ Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 47 ● Nov 28, 1995
Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 30 ○ Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54 ● Nov 28, 1995
Nou Itoh4-dan / age 33 ○ Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 57 ● Nov 30, 1995
中井広恵 ○ Keizou Noda4-dan / age 37 ● Nov 30, 1995
Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○ Kensuke Kitahama4-dan / age 19 ● Nov 30, 1995
清水市代 ○ Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 48 ● Dec 1, 1995
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 23 ○ 桐山隆アマ ● Dec 2, 1995
Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 26 ○ 渡辺健弥アマ ● Dec 3, 1995
Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 43 ○ Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 56 ● Dec 5, 1995
Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 19 ○ 竹中健一アマ ● Dec 8, 1995
Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ○ Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 41 ● Dec 8, 1995
Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 28 ○ Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 50 ● Jan 10, 1996

Best 16

Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46 ○ Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46 ● Dec 21, 1995
Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 29 ○ Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ● Dec 21, 1995
Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○ Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 19 ● Jan 10, 1996
Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 26 ○ Nou Itoh4-dan / age 33 ● Jan 10, 1996
Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 43 ○ 中井広恵 ● Jan 23, 1996
Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 28 ○ Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 31 ● Jan 25, 1996
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24 ○ Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ● Jan 25, 1996
Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 30 ○ 清水市代 ● Jan 26, 1996

Quarterfinal

Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46 ○ Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ● Feb 6, 1996
Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○ Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 28 ● Mar 4, 1996
Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 26 ○ Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 44 ● Mar 5, 1996
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24 ○ Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 30 ● Mar 7, 1996

Semifinal

Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○ Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27 ● Apr 9, 1996
Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46 ○ Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24 ● Apr 9, 1996

Final

Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○ Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46 ● May 29, 1996

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Nov 13, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 29 ○	宮本浩二アマ ●
Nov 28, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○	Chimine Yamaguchiage 58 ●
Nov 28, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 30 ○	Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54 ●
Nov 28, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46 ○	Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 54 ●
Nov 28, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 30 ○	Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 50 ●
Nov 28, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46 ○	Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 47 ●
Nov 30, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Nou Itoh4-dan / age 33 ○	Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 57 ●
Nov 30, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	中井広恵 ○	Keizou Noda4-dan / age 37 ●
Nov 30, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○	Kensuke Kitahama4-dan / age 19 ●
Dec 1, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	清水市代 ○	Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 48 ●
Dec 2, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 23 ○	桐山隆アマ ●
Dec 3, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 26 ○	渡辺健弥アマ ●
Dec 5, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 43 ○	Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 56 ●
Dec 8, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ○	Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 41 ●
Dec 8, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 19 ○	竹中健一アマ ●
Dec 21, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46 ○	Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46 ●
Dec 21, 1995	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 29 ○	Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ●
Jan 10, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 28 ○	Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 50 ●
Jan 10, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 26 ○	Nou Itoh4-dan / age 33 ●
Jan 10, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○	Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 19 ●
Jan 23, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 43 ○	中井広恵 ●
Jan 25, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 28 ○	Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 31 ●
Jan 25, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24 ○	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ●
Jan 26, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 30 ○	清水市代 ●
Feb 6, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46 ○	Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ●
Mar 4, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○	Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 28 ●
Mar 5, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 26 ○	Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 44 ●
Mar 7, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24 ○	Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 30 ●
Apr 9, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Semifinal	Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46 ○	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24 ●
Apr 9, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Semifinal	Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○	Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27 ●
May 29, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Final	Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 23 ○	Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 46 ●

Group 2 Promotion playoff

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Final

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33○

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43●

Oct 28, 1996

Semifinal

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43○

Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31●

Oct 1, 1996

Round 3

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43○

Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54●

Aug 8, 1996

Round 2

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43○

Keiji Mori9-dan / age 50●

May 16, 1996

Round 1

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43○

Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49●

Apr 5, 1996

Seed

Keiji Mori9-dan / age 50

Round 2

Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54○

Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35●

May 31, 1996

Round 1

Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 34○

Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 56●

Apr 16, 1996

Seed

Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54

Seed

Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31

Semifinal

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33○

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 50●

Oct 3, 1996

Round 3

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33○

Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48●

Aug 8, 1996

Round 2

Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48○

Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 24●

Jun 17, 1996

Round 1

Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48○

Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55●

May 14, 1996

Seed

Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 24

Round 2

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33○

Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 44●

Jun 28, 1996

Seed

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 50

Best 32

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ○ Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49 ● Apr 5, 1996
Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 34 ○ Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 56 ● Apr 16, 1996
Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48 ○ Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55 ● May 14, 1996

Best 16

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ○ Keiji Mori9-dan / age 50 ● May 16, 1996
Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54 ○ Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35 ● May 31, 1996
Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48 ○ Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 24 ● Jun 17, 1996
Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ○ Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 44 ● Jun 28, 1996

Quarterfinal

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ○ Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48 ● Aug 8, 1996
Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ○ Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54 ● Aug 8, 1996

Semifinal

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ○ Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31 ● Oct 1, 1996
Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ○ Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 50 ● Oct 3, 1996

Final

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ○ Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ● Oct 28, 1996

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Apr 5, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 1	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ○	Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49 ●
Apr 16, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 1	Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 34 ○	Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 56 ●
May 14, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 1	Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48 ○	Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55 ●
May 16, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 2	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ○	Keiji Mori9-dan / age 50 ●
May 31, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 2	Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54 ○	Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35 ●
Jun 17, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 2	Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48 ○	Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 24 ●
Jun 28, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 2	Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ○	Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 44 ●
Aug 8, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 3	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ○	Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 54 ●
Aug 8, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 3	Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ○	Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 48 ●
Oct 1, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ○	Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 31 ●
Oct 3, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ○	Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 50 ●
Oct 28, 1996	Group 2 Promotion playoff Final	Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 33 ○	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 43 ●

Group 3 Promotion playoff

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Final

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28○

Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34●

Nov 1, 1996

Semifinal

Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34○

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54●

Sep 10, 1996

Round 3

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54○

Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41●

Jul 30, 1996

Round 2

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54○

Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56●

Apr 22, 1996

Round 1

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54○

Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29●

Mar 26, 1996

Seed

Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56

Round 2

Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41○

Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28●

Jun 26, 1996

Round 1

Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41○

Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 40●

Apr 9, 1996

Seed

Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28

Seed

Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34

Semifinal

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28○

Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39●

Oct 1, 1996

Round 3

Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39○

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27●

Aug 20, 1996

Round 2

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27○

Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 60●

Jun 3, 1996

Round 1

Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 60○

Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 54●

Apr 23, 1996

Seed

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27

Round 2

Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39○

Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 46●

Jun 13, 1996

Round 1

Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 46○

Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35●

Apr 26, 1996

Seed

Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39

Seed

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28

Best 32

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54 ○ Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29 ● Mar 26, 1996
Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41 ○ Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 40 ● Apr 9, 1996
Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 60 ○ Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 54 ● Apr 23, 1996
Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 46 ○ Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35 ● Apr 26, 1996

Best 16

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54 ○ Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56 ● Apr 22, 1996
Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27 ○ Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 60 ● Jun 3, 1996
Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39 ○ Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 46 ● Jun 13, 1996
Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41 ○ Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28 ● Jun 26, 1996

Quarterfinal

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54 ○ Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41 ● Jul 30, 1996
Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39 ○ Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27 ● Aug 20, 1996

Semifinal

Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ○ Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54 ● Sep 10, 1996
Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28 ○ Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39 ● Oct 1, 1996

Final

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28 ○ Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ● Nov 1, 1996

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Mar 26, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 1	Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54 ○	Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29 ●
Apr 9, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 1	Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41 ○	Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 40 ●
Apr 22, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 2	Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54 ○	Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 56 ●
Apr 23, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 1	Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 60 ○	Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 54 ●
Apr 26, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 1	Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 46 ○	Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35 ●
Jun 3, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 2	Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27 ○	Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 60 ●
Jun 13, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 2	Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39 ○	Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 46 ●
Jun 26, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 2	Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41 ○	Takashi Abe6-dan / age 28 ●
Jul 30, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 3	Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54 ○	Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41 ●
Aug 20, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 3	Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39 ○	Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27 ●
Sep 10, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ○	Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 54 ●
Oct 1, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28 ○	Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39 ●
Nov 1, 1996	Group 3 Promotion playoff Final	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28 ○	Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 34 ●

Group 4 Promotion playoff

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Final

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22○

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25●

Oct 25, 1996

Semifinal

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22○

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23●

Sep 5, 1996

Round 5

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22○

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29●

Aug 9, 1996

Round 4

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29○

Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47●

Jun 10, 1996

Round 3

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28○

Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 42●

May 7, 1996

Round 2

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28○

Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34●

Mar 26, 1996

Round 1

Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34○

Shohei Takada5-dan / age 33●

Jan 25, 1996

Seed

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28

Round 2

Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 42○

Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 38●

Apr 2, 1996

Round 1

Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 38○

Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 32●

Feb 23, 1996

Seed

Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 42

Seed

Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47

Round 4

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22○

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20●

Jul 5, 1996

Round 3

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20○

Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41●

May 17, 1996

Round 2

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20○

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 32●

Mar 26, 1996

Round 1

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20○

Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 33●

Mar 19, 1996

Seed

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 32

Round 2

Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41○

Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61●

Apr 2, 1996

Round 1

Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41○

Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 59●

Mar 19, 1996

Seed

Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61

Seed

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22

Seed

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23

Semifinal

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25○

小林宏6-dan / age 33●

Sep 5, 1996

Round 5

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25○

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25●

Aug 13, 1996

Round 4

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25○

Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49●

Jul 18, 1996

Round 3

Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49○

Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 31●

May 22, 1996

Round 2

Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49○

Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 46●

Mar 29, 1996

Round 1

Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 46○

Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 56●

Feb 23, 1996

Seed

Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49

Round 2

Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 30○

Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 47●

Apr 5, 1996

Round 1

Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 30○

Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 36●

Mar 19, 1996

Seed

Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 47

Seed

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25

Round 4

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25○

Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24●

Jul 19, 1996

Round 3

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25○

Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35●

Jun 17, 1996

Round 2

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25○

Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 38●

Mar 4, 1996

Round 1

Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 38○

Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 45●

Feb 1, 1996

Seed

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25

Round 2

Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 34○

Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 31●

Mar 26, 1996

Round 1

Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 34○

Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 43●

Feb 20, 1996

Seed

Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 31

Seed

Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24

Seed

小林宏6-dan / age 33

Best 128

Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34 ○ Shohei Takada5-dan / age 33 ● Jan 25, 1996
Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 38 ○ Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 45 ● Feb 1, 1996
Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 34 ○ Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 43 ● Feb 20, 1996
Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 38 ○ Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 32 ● Feb 23, 1996
Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 46 ○ Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 56 ● Feb 23, 1996
Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ○ Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 33 ● Mar 19, 1996
Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41 ○ Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 59 ● Mar 19, 1996
Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 30 ○ Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 36 ● Mar 19, 1996

Best 64

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ○ Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 38 ● Mar 4, 1996
Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ○ Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 32 ● Mar 26, 1996
Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28 ○ Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34 ● Mar 26, 1996
Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 34 ○ Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 31 ● Mar 26, 1996
Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49 ○ Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 46 ● Mar 29, 1996
Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41 ○ Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61 ● Apr 2, 1996
Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 42 ○ Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 38 ● Apr 2, 1996
Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 30 ○ Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 47 ● Apr 5, 1996

Best 32

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28 ○ Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 42 ● May 7, 1996
Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ○ Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41 ● May 17, 1996
Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49 ○ Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 31 ● May 22, 1996
Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ○ Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35 ● Jun 17, 1996

Best 16

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ○ Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47 ● Jun 10, 1996
Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ○ Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ● Jul 5, 1996
Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ○ Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49 ● Jul 18, 1996
Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ○ Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24 ● Jul 19, 1996

Quarterfinal

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ○ Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ● Aug 9, 1996
Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ○ Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ● Aug 13, 1996

Semifinal

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ○ Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ● Sep 5, 1996
Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ○ 小林宏6-dan / age 33 ● Sep 5, 1996

Final

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ○ Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ● Oct 25, 1996

View all games (29 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Jan 25, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34 ○	Shohei Takada5-dan / age 33 ●
Feb 1, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 38 ○	Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 45 ●
Feb 20, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 34 ○	Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 43 ●
Feb 23, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 46 ○	Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 56 ●
Feb 23, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 38 ○	Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 32 ●
Mar 4, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ○	Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 38 ●
Mar 19, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41 ○	Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 59 ●
Mar 19, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 30 ○	Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 36 ●
Mar 19, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ○	Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 33 ●
Mar 26, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 34 ○	Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 31 ●
Mar 26, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28 ○	Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 34 ●
Mar 26, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ○	Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 32 ●
Mar 29, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49 ○	Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 46 ●
Apr 2, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41 ○	Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 61 ●
Apr 2, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 42 ○	Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 38 ●
Apr 5, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 30 ○	Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 47 ●
May 7, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 3	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 28 ○	Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 42 ●
May 17, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 3	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ○	Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 41 ●
May 22, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 3	Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49 ○	Masamitsu Tachi5-dan / age 31 ●
Jun 10, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 4	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ○	Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47 ●
Jun 17, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 3	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ○	Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35 ●
Jul 5, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 4	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ○	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 20 ●
Jul 18, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 4	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ○	Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49 ●
Jul 19, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 4	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ○	Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24 ●
Aug 9, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 5	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ○	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ●
Aug 13, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 5	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ○	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 25 ●
Sep 5, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ○	小林宏6-dan / age 33 ●
Sep 5, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ○	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 23 ●
Oct 25, 1996	Group 4 Promotion playoff Final	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 22 ○	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ●

Group 5 Promotion playoff

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Final

Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27○

Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 22●

Oct 17, 1996

Semifinal

Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 22○

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33●

Sep 3, 1996

Round 4

Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 22○

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66●

Jul 12, 1996

Round 3

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66○

Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 36●

May 24, 1996

Round 2

Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 36○

Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 38●

Mar 14, 1996

Round 1

Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 38○

Kenji Iino6-dan / age 41●

Feb 6, 1996

Seed

Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 36

Round 2

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66○

Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 37●

Mar 18, 1996

Round 1

Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 36○

Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 47●

Feb 6, 1996

Seed

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66

Seed

Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 22

Round 4

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33○

Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28●

Aug 9, 1996

Round 3

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32○

Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 44●

Jun 7, 1996

Round 2

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32○

Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46●

Mar 26, 1996

Round 1

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32○

Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 66●

Feb 23, 1996

Seed

Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46

Round 2

Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 44○

Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 37●

Apr 19, 1996

Round 1

Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 44○

Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 59●

Mar 19, 1996

Seed

Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 37

Seed

Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28

Seed

Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27

Final

Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 22○

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31●

Sep 24, 1996

Semifinal

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31○

木下浩一age 28●

Aug 21, 1996

Round 4

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31○

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 42●

May 24, 1996

Round 3

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 41○

Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59●

Mar 29, 1996

Round 2

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 41○

Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 35●

Feb 7, 1996

Round 2

Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59○

Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 76●

Mar 22, 1996

Round 1

Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59○

Haruo Numa6-dan / age 46●

Feb 23, 1996

Seed

Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 76

Seed

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31

Round 4

木下浩一age 28○

Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32●

Jul 18, 1996

Round 3

Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32○

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28●

May 24, 1996

Round 2

Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32○

Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38●

Mar 27, 1996

Round 1

Shingo Hirafuji4-dan / age 32○

Hiromitsu Kanki5-dan / age 36●

Feb 20, 1996

Seed

Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38

Round 2

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28○

Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 44●

Apr 17, 1996

Round 1

Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 44○

Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 48●

Feb 28, 1996

Seed

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28

Seed

木下浩一age 28

Seed

Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 22

Bracket 1

Best 64

Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 36 ○ Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 47 ● Feb 6, 1996
Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 38 ○ Kenji Iino6-dan / age 41 ● Feb 6, 1996
Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32 ○ Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 66 ● Feb 23, 1996
Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 44 ○ Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 59 ● Mar 19, 1996

Best 32

Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 36 ○ Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 38 ● Mar 14, 1996
Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ○ Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 37 ● Mar 18, 1996
Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32 ○ Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46 ● Mar 26, 1996
Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 44 ○ Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 37 ● Apr 19, 1996

Best 16

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ○ Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 36 ● May 24, 1996
Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32 ○ Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 44 ● Jun 7, 1996

Quarterfinal

Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 22 ○ Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ● Jul 12, 1996
Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ○ Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28 ● Aug 9, 1996

Semifinal

Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 22 ○ Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ● Sep 3, 1996

Final

Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27 ○ Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 22 ● Oct 17, 1996

Bracket 2

Best 64

Shingo Hirafuji4-dan / age 32 ○ Hiromitsu Kanki5-dan / age 36 ● Feb 20, 1996
Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59 ○ Haruo Numa6-dan / age 46 ● Feb 23, 1996
Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 44 ○ Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 48 ● Feb 28, 1996

Best 32

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 41 ○ Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 35 ● Feb 7, 1996
Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59 ○ Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 76 ● Mar 22, 1996
Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32 ○ Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38 ● Mar 27, 1996
Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28 ○ Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 44 ● Apr 17, 1996

Best 16

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 41 ○ Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59 ● Mar 29, 1996
Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32 ○ Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28 ● May 24, 1996

Quarterfinal

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ○ Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 42 ● May 24, 1996
木下浩一age 28 ○ Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32 ● Jul 18, 1996

Semifinal

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ○ 木下浩一age 28 ● Aug 21, 1996

Final

Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 22 ○ Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ● Sep 24, 1996

View all games (27 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Feb 6, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 36 ○	Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 47 ●
Feb 6, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 38 ○	Kenji Iino6-dan / age 41 ●
Feb 7, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 41 ○	Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 35 ●
Feb 20, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Shingo Hirafuji4-dan / age 32 ○	Hiromitsu Kanki5-dan / age 36 ●
Feb 23, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32 ○	Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 66 ●
Feb 23, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59 ○	Haruo Numa6-dan / age 46 ●
Feb 28, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 44 ○	Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 48 ●
Mar 14, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 36 ○	Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 38 ●
Mar 18, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ○	Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 37 ●
Mar 19, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 44 ○	Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 59 ●
Mar 22, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59 ○	Yuzo Maruta9-dan / age 76 ●
Mar 26, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32 ○	Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 46 ●
Mar 27, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32 ○	Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38 ●
Mar 29, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 3	Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 41 ○	Daigorou Satou9-dan / age 59 ●
Apr 17, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28 ○	Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 44 ●
Apr 19, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 44 ○	Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 37 ●
May 24, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 3	Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ○	Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 36 ●
May 24, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 4	Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ○	Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 42 ●
May 24, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 3	Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32 ○	Isao Nakata5-dan / age 28 ●
Jun 7, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 3	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 32 ○	Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 44 ●
Jul 12, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 4	Hiroyuki Miura5-dan / age 22 ○	Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ●
Jul 18, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 4	木下浩一age 28 ○	Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 32 ●
Aug 9, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 4	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ○	Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28 ●
Aug 21, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ○	木下浩一age 28 ●
Sep 3, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 22 ○	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ●
Sep 24, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Final	Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 22 ○	Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ●
Oct 17, 1996	Group 5 Promotion playoff Final	Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 27 ○	Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 22 ●

Group 6 Promotion playoff

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Final

Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27○

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 20●

Sep 24, 1996

Semifinal

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 20○

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30●

Jul 22, 1996

Round 4

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30○

Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54●

Apr 23, 1996

Round 3

Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54○

Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 48●

Apr 2, 1996

Round 2

Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 48○

Nou Itoh4-dan / age 34●

Mar 7, 1996

Round 2

Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54○

Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 47●

Mar 26, 1996

Round 1

Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 47○

Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 50●

Mar 6, 1996

Seed

Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54

Seed

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30

Round 4

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 20○

Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31●

Jun 13, 1996

Round 3

Kensuke Kitahama4-dan / age 20○

Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 31●

Mar 27, 1996

Round 2

Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 31○

Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 42●

Feb 8, 1996

Round 2

Kensuke Kitahama4-dan / age 20○

Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 19●

Mar 8, 1996

Seed

Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31

Seed

Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27

Final

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24○

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22●

Oct 3, 1996

Semifinal

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21○

Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39●

Sep 6, 1996

Round 4

Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39○

Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 44●

Jun 25, 1996

Round 3

Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39○

Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46●

Apr 4, 1996

Round 2

Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39○

Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 57●

Mar 11, 1996

Round 2

Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46○

Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 54●

Mar 19, 1996

Seed

Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 44

Round 4

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21○

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29●

Aug 2, 1996

Round 3

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21○

Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51●

Jul 10, 1996

Round 2

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21○

Keizou Noda4-dan / age 38●

Mar 5, 1996

Round 2

Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51○

Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 56●

May 29, 1996

Round 3

Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51○

Chimine Yamaguchiage 58●

Apr 3, 1996

Seed

Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 56

Seed

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29

Seed

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24

Bracket 1

Best 64

Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 47 ○ Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 50 ● Mar 6, 1996

Best 32

Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 31 ○ Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 42 ● Feb 8, 1996
Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 48 ○ Nou Itoh4-dan / age 34 ● Mar 7, 1996
Kensuke Kitahama4-dan / age 20 ○ Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 19 ● Mar 8, 1996
Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54 ○ Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 47 ● Mar 26, 1996

Best 16

Kensuke Kitahama4-dan / age 20 ○ Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 31 ● Mar 27, 1996
Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54 ○ Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 48 ● Apr 2, 1996

Quarterfinal

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ○ Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54 ● Apr 23, 1996
Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 20 ○ Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31 ● Jun 13, 1996

Semifinal

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 20 ○ Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ● Jul 22, 1996

Final

Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27 ○ Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 20 ● Sep 24, 1996

Bracket 2

Best 64

Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51 ○ Chimine Yamaguchiage 58 ● Apr 3, 1996

Best 32

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○ Keizou Noda4-dan / age 38 ● Mar 5, 1996
Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ○ Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 57 ● Mar 11, 1996
Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46 ○ Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 54 ● Mar 19, 1996
Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51 ○ Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 56 ● May 29, 1996

Best 16

Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ○ Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46 ● Apr 4, 1996
Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○ Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51 ● Jul 10, 1996

Quarterfinal

Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ○ Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 44 ● Jun 25, 1996
Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○ Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ● Aug 2, 1996

Semifinal

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○ Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ● Sep 6, 1996

Final

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24 ○ Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22 ● Oct 3, 1996

View all games (22 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Feb 8, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 31 ○	Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 42 ●
Mar 5, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○	Keizou Noda4-dan / age 38 ●
Mar 6, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 1	Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 47 ○	Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 50 ●
Mar 7, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 48 ○	Nou Itoh4-dan / age 34 ●
Mar 8, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Kensuke Kitahama4-dan / age 20 ○	Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 19 ●
Mar 11, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ○	Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 57 ●
Mar 19, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46 ○	Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 54 ●
Mar 26, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54 ○	Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 47 ●
Mar 27, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 3	Kensuke Kitahama4-dan / age 20 ○	Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 31 ●
Apr 2, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 3	Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54 ○	Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 48 ●
Apr 3, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 3	Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51 ○	Chimine Yamaguchiage 58 ●
Apr 4, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 3	Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ○	Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 46 ●
Apr 23, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 4	Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ○	Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 54 ●
May 29, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51 ○	Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 56 ●
Jun 13, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 4	Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 20 ○	Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31 ●
Jun 25, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 4	Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ○	Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 44 ●
Jul 10, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 3	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○	Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51 ●
Jul 22, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 20 ○	Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ●
Aug 2, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 4	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○	Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ●
Sep 6, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 21 ○	Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 39 ●
Sep 24, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Final	Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27 ○	Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 20 ●
Oct 3, 1996	Group 6 Promotion playoff Final	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24 ○	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22 ●

Group 1 Relegation playoff

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Final

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36○

Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48●

Aug 28, 1996

Semifinal

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 35○

Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38●

Jun 13, 1996

Semifinal

Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48○

Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26●

Jul 2, 1996

Semifinal

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 35 ○ Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38 ● Jun 13, 1996
Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48 ○ Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26 ● Jul 2, 1996

Final

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ○ Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48 ● Aug 28, 1996

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Jun 13, 1996	Group 1 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Kenji Waki7-dan / age 35 ○	Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38 ●
Jul 2, 1996	Group 1 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48 ○	Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26 ●
Aug 28, 1996	Group 1 Relegation playoff Final	Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ○	Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 48 ●

Group 2 Relegation playoff

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Final

Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49○

Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 45●

Sep 25, 1996

Semifinal

Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49○

Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 56●

Jul 18, 1996

Semifinal

Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 45○

Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55●

Jul 18, 1996

Semifinal

Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49 ○ Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 56 ● Jul 18, 1996
Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 45 ○ Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55 ● Jul 18, 1996

Final

Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49 ○ Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 45 ● Sep 25, 1996

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Jul 18, 1996	Group 2 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49 ○	Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 56 ●
Jul 18, 1996	Group 2 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 45 ○	Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55 ●
Sep 25, 1996	Group 2 Relegation playoff Final	Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49 ○	Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 45 ●

Group 3 Relegation playoff

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Final

Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29○

Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55●

Oct 18, 1996

Semifinal

Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29○

Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41●

Sep 2, 1996

Semifinal

Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55○

Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35●

Sep 3, 1996

Semifinal

Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29 ○ Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41 ● Sep 2, 1996
Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55 ○ Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35 ● Sep 3, 1996

Final

Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29 ○ Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55 ● Oct 18, 1996

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Sep 2, 1996	Group 3 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29 ○	Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41 ●
Sep 3, 1996	Group 3 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55 ○	Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35 ●
Oct 18, 1996	Group 3 Relegation playoff Final	Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 29 ○	Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55 ●

Group 4 Relegation playoff

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Jun 17, 1996	Group 4 Relegation playoff Final	Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 37 ○	Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 56 ●
Sep 3, 1996	Group 4 Relegation playoff Final	Shohei Takada5-dan / age 34 ○	Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 33 ●
Oct 1, 1996	Group 4 Relegation playoff Final	Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 59 ○	Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 33 ●
Oct 1, 1996	Group 4 Relegation playoff Final	Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 43 ○	Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 46 ●

Group 5 Relegation playoff

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Apr 11, 1996	Group 5 Relegation playoff Round 1	Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37 ○	Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 48 ●
May 14, 1996	Group 5 Relegation playoff Round 1	Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 59 ○	Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 66 ●
Jun 25, 1996	Group 5 Relegation playoff Round 1	Kenji Iino6-dan / age 41 ○	Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 47 ●
Jul 17, 1996	Group 5 Relegation playoff Round 1	Haruo Numa6-dan / age 47 ○	Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 36 ●
Aug 20, 1996	Group 5 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 36 ○	Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 48 ●
Aug 29, 1996	Group 5 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 66 ○	Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 47 ●
Oct 9, 1996	Group 5 Relegation playoff Final	Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 36 ○	Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 66 ●

Stage names are as recorded; exact bracket positions are not known. Terms are divided by the term numbers in the records.