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10th term Ryuo-sen (FY1997)

WinnerKoji TanigawaRyuo / age 35 Defended

LoserKeiichi Sanada6-dan / age 25

Title match4-0
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Title match

Players	W	Game 1 10/16	Game 2 10/28	Game 3 11/6	Game 4 11/18
Koji TanigawaRyuo / age 35	4	○G	○S	○G	○S
Keiichi Sanada6-dan / age 25	0	●S	●G	●S	●G

Challenger final (match format)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Aug 27, 1997	Game 1	Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25 ○	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ●
Sep 5, 1997	Game 2	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○	Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25 ●
Sep 22, 1997	Game 3	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○	Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25 ●

Final tournament

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Final

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24○

Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25●

Sep 22, 1997 2-1

Semifinal

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24○

Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 27●

Aug 11, 1997

Round 3

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24○

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32●

Aug 5, 1997

Round 2

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24Group 4Winner○

Takashi Abe7-dan / age 29Group 32nd●

Jul 11, 1997

Seed

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32Group 1Winner

Round 3

Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 27Group 22nd○

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26●

Aug 8, 1997

Semifinal

Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25○

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27●

Aug 12, 1997

Round 3

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27○

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 26●

Aug 1, 1997

Round 2

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 26○

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23●

Jul 14, 1997

Round 1

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 26Group 6Winner○

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25Group 5Winner●

Jul 8, 1997

Seed

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23Group 3Winner

Seed

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27Group 12th

Round 3

Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25Group 2Winner○

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36Group 1 qualifier●

Aug 5, 1997

Best 32

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 26 ○ Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25 ● Jul 8, 1997

Best 16

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○ Takashi Abe7-dan / age 29 ● Jul 11, 1997
Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 26 ○ Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23 ● Jul 14, 1997

Quarterfinal

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ○ Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 26 ● Aug 1, 1997
Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○ Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32 ● Aug 5, 1997
Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25 ○ Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ● Aug 5, 1997
Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 27 ○ Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26 ● Aug 8, 1997

Semifinal

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○ Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 27 ● Aug 11, 1997
Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25 ○ Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ● Aug 12, 1997

Final

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○ Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25 ● Sep 22, 1997 2-1

View all games (9 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Jul 8, 1997	Main Round 1	Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 26 ○	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25 ●
Jul 11, 1997	Main Round 2	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○	Takashi Abe7-dan / age 29 ●
Jul 14, 1997	Main Round 2	Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 26 ○	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23 ●
Aug 1, 1997	Main Round 3	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ○	Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 26 ●
Aug 5, 1997	Main Round 3	Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25 ○	Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ●
Aug 5, 1997	Main Round 3	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○	Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32 ●
Aug 8, 1997	Main Round 3	Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 27 ○	Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26 ●
Aug 11, 1997	Main Semifinal	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○	Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 27 ●
Aug 12, 1997	Main Semifinal	Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25 ○	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ●

Group 1 Qualifier

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Final

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36○

Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30●

Jun 13, 1997

Semifinal

Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30○

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 31●

Jun 5, 1997

Round 2

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 31○

Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 40●

Apr 30, 1997

Round 1

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 31○

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34●

Mar 25, 1997

Seed

Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 40

Round 2

Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30○

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33●

May 19, 1997

Round 1

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33○

Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 37●

Apr 7, 1997

Seed

Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30

Seed

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36

Final

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26○

Akira Shima8-dan / age 34●

Jun 24, 1997

Semifinal

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26○

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 37●

Jun 5, 1997

Round 2

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 37○

Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53●

May 6, 1997

Round 1

Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53○

Yoshiharu Habu5 titles / age 26●

Apr 2, 1997

Seed

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 37

Round 2

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26○

Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27●

May 19, 1997

Seed

Akira Shima8-dan / age 34

Bracket 1

Best 16

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 31 ○ Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34 ● Mar 25, 1997
Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ○ Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 37 ● Apr 7, 1997

Quarterfinal

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 31 ○ Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 40 ● Apr 30, 1997
Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30 ○ Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ● May 19, 1997

Semifinal

Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30 ○ Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 31 ● Jun 5, 1997

Final

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ○ Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30 ● Jun 13, 1997

Bracket 2

Best 16

Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53 ○ Yoshiharu Habu5 titles / age 26 ● Apr 2, 1997

Quarterfinal

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 37 ○ Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53 ● May 6, 1997
Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26 ○ Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27 ● May 19, 1997

Semifinal

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26 ○ Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 37 ● Jun 5, 1997

Final

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26 ○ Akira Shima8-dan / age 34 ● Jun 24, 1997

View all games (11 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Mar 25, 1997	Group 1Qualifier Round 1	Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 31 ○	Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34 ●
Apr 2, 1997	Group 1Qualifier Round 1	Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53 ○	Yoshiharu Habu5 titles / age 26 ●
Apr 7, 1997	Group 1Qualifier Round 1	Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ○	Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 37 ●
Apr 30, 1997	Group 1Qualifier Round 2	Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 31 ○	Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 40 ●
May 6, 1997	Group 1Qualifier Round 2	Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 37 ○	Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53 ●
May 19, 1997	Group 1Qualifier Round 2	Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30 ○	Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ●
May 19, 1997	Group 1Qualifier Round 2	Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26 ○	Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27 ●
Jun 5, 1997	Group 1Qualifier Semifinal	Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26 ○	Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 37 ●
Jun 5, 1997	Group 1Qualifier Semifinal	Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30 ○	Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 31 ●
Jun 13, 1997	Group 1Qualifier Final	Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ○	Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30 ●
Jun 24, 1997	Group 1Qualifier Final	Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26 ○	Akira Shima8-dan / age 34 ●

Group 1 Ranking

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Final

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32○

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27●

Jun 23, 1997

Semifinal

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27○

Akira Shima8-dan / age 34●

May 2, 1997

Round 2

Akira Shima8-dan / age 34○

Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 39●

Feb 25, 1997

Round 1

Akira Shima8-dan / age 33○

Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33●

Jan 9, 1997

Round 1

Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 39○

Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 37●

Jan 9, 1997

Round 2

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27○

Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30●

Mar 21, 1997

Round 1

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27○

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34●

Jan 30, 1997

Round 1

Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30○

Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30●

Jan 31, 1997

Semifinal

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32○

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36●

May 16, 1997

Round 2

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36○

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36●

Mar 18, 1997

Round 1

Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36○

Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 46●

Jan 29, 1997

Round 1

Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36○

Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26●

Feb 10, 1997

Round 2

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32○

Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27●

Mar 31, 1997

Round 1

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32○

Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53●

Jan 14, 1997

Round 1

Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27○

Yoshiharu Habu5 titles / age 26●

Feb 28, 1997

Best 16

Akira Shima8-dan / age 33 ○ Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ● Jan 9, 1997
Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 39 ○ Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 37 ● Jan 9, 1997
Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32 ○ Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53 ● Jan 14, 1997
Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ○ Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 46 ● Jan 29, 1997
Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ○ Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34 ● Jan 30, 1997
Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30 ○ Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30 ● Jan 31, 1997
Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ○ Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26 ● Feb 10, 1997
Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27 ○ Yoshiharu Habu5 titles / age 26 ● Feb 28, 1997

Quarterfinal

Akira Shima8-dan / age 34 ○ Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 39 ● Feb 25, 1997
Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ○ Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ● Mar 18, 1997
Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ○ Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30 ● Mar 21, 1997
Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32 ○ Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27 ● Mar 31, 1997

Semifinal

Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ○ Akira Shima8-dan / age 34 ● May 2, 1997
Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32 ○ Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ● May 16, 1997

Final

Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32 ○ Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ● Jun 23, 1997

View all games (15 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Jan 9, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 39 ○	Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 37 ●
Jan 9, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Akira Shima8-dan / age 33 ○	Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 33 ●
Jan 14, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32 ○	Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 53 ●
Jan 29, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ○	Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 46 ●
Jan 30, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ○	Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34 ●
Jan 31, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30 ○	Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 30 ●
Feb 10, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ○	Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26 ●
Feb 25, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 2	Akira Shima8-dan / age 34 ○	Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 39 ●
Feb 28, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 1	Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27 ○	Yoshiharu Habu5 titles / age 26 ●
Mar 18, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 2	Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ○	Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 36 ●
Mar 21, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 2	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ○	Taku Morishita8-dan / age 30 ●
Mar 31, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Round 2	Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32 ○	Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 27 ●
May 2, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Semifinal	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ○	Akira Shima8-dan / age 34 ●
May 16, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Semifinal	Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32 ○	Kenji Waki7-dan / age 36 ●
Jun 23, 1997	Group 1 Ranking Final	Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 32 ○	Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 27 ●

Group 2 Ranking

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Final

Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25○

Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26●

Jun 3, 1997

Semifinal

Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26○

Tadahisa Maruyama7-dan / age 26●

May 9, 1997

Round 2

Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 26○

Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49●

Feb 25, 1997

Round 1

Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 26○

Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32●

Jan 9, 1997

Round 1

Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49○

Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38●

Jan 17, 1997

Round 2

Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26○

Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 33●

Mar 21, 1997

Round 1

Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26○

Keiji Mori9-dan / age 50●

Dec 12, 1996

Round 1

Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32○

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44●

Feb 4, 1997

Semifinal

Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25○

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 51●

May 13, 1997

Round 2

Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25○

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28●

Mar 21, 1997

Round 1

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28○

Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 44●

Jan 31, 1997

Round 1

Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25○

Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 55●

Feb 13, 1997

Round 2

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 50○

Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 49●

Apr 11, 1997

Round 1

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 50○

Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35●

Jan 17, 1997

Round 1

Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 49○

Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49●

Feb 21, 1997

Best 16

Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26 ○ Keiji Mori9-dan / age 50 ● Dec 12, 1996
Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 26 ○ Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32 ● Jan 9, 1997
Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 50 ○ Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35 ● Jan 17, 1997
Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49 ○ Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38 ● Jan 17, 1997
Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28 ○ Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 44 ● Jan 31, 1997
Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32 ○ Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ● Feb 4, 1997
Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25 ○ Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 55 ● Feb 13, 1997
Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 49 ○ Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49 ● Feb 21, 1997

Quarterfinal

Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 26 ○ Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49 ● Feb 25, 1997
Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25 ○ Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28 ● Mar 21, 1997
Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26 ○ Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 33 ● Mar 21, 1997
Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 50 ○ Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 49 ● Apr 11, 1997

Semifinal

Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26 ○ Tadahisa Maruyama7-dan / age 26 ● May 9, 1997
Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25 ○ Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 51 ● May 13, 1997

Final

Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25 ○ Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26 ● Jun 3, 1997

View all games (15 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Dec 12, 1996	Group 2 Ranking Round 1	Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26 ○	Keiji Mori9-dan / age 50 ●
Jan 9, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Round 1	Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 26 ○	Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32 ●
Jan 17, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Round 1	Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49 ○	Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 38 ●
Jan 17, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Round 1	Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 50 ○	Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35 ●
Jan 31, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Round 1	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28 ○	Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 44 ●
Feb 4, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Round 1	Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 32 ○	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ●
Feb 13, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Round 1	Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25 ○	Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 55 ●
Feb 21, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Round 1	Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 49 ○	Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 49 ●
Feb 25, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Round 2	Tadahisa Maruyama6-dan / age 26 ○	Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49 ●
Mar 21, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Round 2	Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26 ○	Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 33 ●
Mar 21, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Round 2	Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25 ○	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28 ●
Apr 11, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Round 2	Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 50 ○	Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 49 ●
May 9, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Semifinal	Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26 ○	Tadahisa Maruyama7-dan / age 26 ●
May 13, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Semifinal	Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25 ○	Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 51 ●
Jun 3, 1997	Group 2 Ranking Final	Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 25 ○	Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 26 ●

Group 3 Ranking

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Final

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23○

Takashi Abe7-dan / age 29●

Jun 12, 1997

Semifinal

Takashi Abe6-dan / age 29○

Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57●

Apr 30, 1997

Round 2

Takashi Abe6-dan / age 29○

Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 30●

Mar 17, 1997

Round 1

Takashi Abe6-dan / age 29○

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27●

Jan 28, 1997

Round 1

Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 30○

Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 35●

Feb 20, 1997

Round 2

Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57○

Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61●

Mar 18, 1997

Round 1

Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61○

Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32●

Jan 14, 1997

Round 1

Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57○

Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 45●

Jan 28, 1997

Semifinal

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23○

Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47●

May 9, 1997

Round 2

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23○

Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55●

Mar 4, 1997

Round 1

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23○

Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 27●

Jan 14, 1997

Round 1

Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55○

Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39●

Feb 4, 1997

Round 2

Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47○

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 55●

Apr 18, 1997

Round 1

Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 46○

Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41●

Jan 31, 1997

Round 1

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 55○

Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 57●

Mar 21, 1997

Best 16

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23 ○ Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 27 ● Jan 14, 1997
Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61 ○ Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ● Jan 14, 1997
Takashi Abe6-dan / age 29 ○ Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27 ● Jan 28, 1997
Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57 ○ Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 45 ● Jan 28, 1997
Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 46 ○ Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41 ● Jan 31, 1997
Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55 ○ Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39 ● Feb 4, 1997
Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 30 ○ Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 35 ● Feb 20, 1997
Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 55 ○ Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 57 ● Mar 21, 1997

Quarterfinal

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23 ○ Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55 ● Mar 4, 1997
Takashi Abe6-dan / age 29 ○ Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 30 ● Mar 17, 1997
Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57 ○ Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61 ● Mar 18, 1997
Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47 ○ Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 55 ● Apr 18, 1997

Semifinal

Takashi Abe6-dan / age 29 ○ Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57 ● Apr 30, 1997
Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23 ○ Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47 ● May 9, 1997

Final

Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23 ○ Takashi Abe7-dan / age 29 ● Jun 12, 1997

View all games (15 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Jan 14, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61 ○	Keita Inoue7-dan / age 32 ●
Jan 14, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23 ○	Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 27 ●
Jan 28, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57 ○	Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 45 ●
Jan 28, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Takashi Abe6-dan / age 29 ○	Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27 ●
Jan 31, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 46 ○	Koji Tosa6-dan / age 41 ●
Feb 4, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55 ○	Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 39 ●
Feb 20, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 30 ○	Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 35 ●
Mar 4, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 2	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23 ○	Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 55 ●
Mar 17, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 2	Takashi Abe6-dan / age 29 ○	Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 30 ●
Mar 18, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 2	Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57 ○	Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61 ●
Mar 21, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 1	Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 55 ○	Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 57 ●
Apr 18, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Round 2	Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47 ○	Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 55 ●
Apr 30, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Semifinal	Takashi Abe6-dan / age 29 ○	Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57 ●
May 9, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Semifinal	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23 ○	Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47 ●
Jun 12, 1997	Group 3 Ranking Final	Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 23 ○	Takashi Abe7-dan / age 29 ●

Group 4 Ranking

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Final

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24○

Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 22●

Jun 2, 1997

Semifinal

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24○

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26●

Apr 25, 1997

Round 3

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24○

Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 32●

Mar 19, 1997

Round 2

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24○

Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 37●

Jan 22, 1997

Round 1

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24○

Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35●

Nov 26, 1996

Round 1

Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 37○

Shohei Takada5-dan / age 34●

Dec 24, 1996

Round 2

Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 32○

Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44●

Feb 3, 1997

Round 1

Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 32○

Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 39●

Nov 27, 1996

Round 1

Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44○

小林宏6-dan / age 33●

Dec 9, 1996

Round 3

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26○

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33●

Apr 14, 1997

Round 2

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33○

Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41●

Feb 20, 1997

Round 1

Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41○

Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 46●

Nov 29, 1996

Round 1

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33○

Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 42●

Dec 19, 1996

Round 2

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26○

Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28●

Mar 21, 1997

Round 1

Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28○

Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47●

Dec 6, 1996

Round 1

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25○

Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49●

Feb 20, 1997

Semifinal

Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 22○

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29●

Apr 25, 1997

Round 3

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29○

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21●

Mar 7, 1997

Round 2

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29○

Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35●

Jan 10, 1997

Round 1

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29○

Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 27●

Nov 29, 1996

Round 1

Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35○

Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 42●

Dec 24, 1996

Round 2

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21○

Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55●

Jan 31, 1997

Round 1

Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55○

Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24●

Nov 28, 1996

Round 1

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21○

Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 35●

Dec 24, 1996

Round 3

Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 22○

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26●

Apr 4, 1997

Round 2

Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 22○

Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 47●

Jan 29, 1997

Round 1

Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 47○

Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 62●

Nov 26, 1996

Round 1

Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 22○

Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 60●

Dec 13, 1996

Round 2

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26○

Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24●

Mar 3, 1997

Round 1

Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24○

Masamitsu Tachi6-dan / age 31●

Dec 2, 1996

Round 1

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26○

Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 39●

Jan 16, 1997

Best 32

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○ Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35 ● Nov 26, 1996
Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 47 ○ Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 62 ● Nov 26, 1996
Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 32 ○ Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 39 ● Nov 27, 1996
Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55 ○ Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24 ● Nov 28, 1996
Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41 ○ Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 46 ● Nov 29, 1996
Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ○ Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 27 ● Nov 29, 1996
Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24 ○ Masamitsu Tachi6-dan / age 31 ● Dec 2, 1996
Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28 ○ Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47 ● Dec 6, 1996
Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44 ○ 小林宏6-dan / age 33 ● Dec 9, 1996
Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 22 ○ Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 60 ● Dec 13, 1996
Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ○ Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 42 ● Dec 19, 1996
Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 37 ○ Shohei Takada5-dan / age 34 ● Dec 24, 1996
Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35 ○ Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 42 ● Dec 24, 1996
Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21 ○ Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 35 ● Dec 24, 1996
Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26 ○ Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 39 ● Jan 16, 1997
Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ○ Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49 ● Feb 20, 1997

Best 16

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ○ Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35 ● Jan 10, 1997
Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○ Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 37 ● Jan 22, 1997
Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 22 ○ Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 47 ● Jan 29, 1997
Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21 ○ Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55 ● Jan 31, 1997
Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 32 ○ Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44 ● Feb 3, 1997
Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ○ Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41 ● Feb 20, 1997
Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26 ○ Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24 ● Mar 3, 1997
Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ○ Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28 ● Mar 21, 1997

Quarterfinal

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ○ Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21 ● Mar 7, 1997
Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○ Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 32 ● Mar 19, 1997
Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 22 ○ Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26 ● Apr 4, 1997
Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ○ Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ● Apr 14, 1997

Semifinal

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○ Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ● Apr 25, 1997
Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 22 ○ Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ● Apr 25, 1997

Final

Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○ Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 22 ● Jun 2, 1997

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Nov 26, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 47 ○	Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 62 ●
Nov 26, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○	Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 35 ●
Nov 27, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 32 ○	Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 39 ●
Nov 28, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55 ○	Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 24 ●
Nov 29, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41 ○	Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 46 ●
Nov 29, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ○	Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 27 ●
Dec 2, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24 ○	Masamitsu Tachi6-dan / age 31 ●
Dec 6, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28 ○	Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 47 ●
Dec 9, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44 ○	小林宏6-dan / age 33 ●
Dec 13, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 22 ○	Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 60 ●
Dec 19, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ○	Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 42 ●
Dec 24, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35 ○	Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 42 ●
Dec 24, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 37 ○	Shohei Takada5-dan / age 34 ●
Dec 24, 1996	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21 ○	Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 35 ●
Jan 10, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ○	Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35 ●
Jan 16, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26 ○	Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 39 ●
Jan 22, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○	Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 37 ●
Jan 29, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Daisuke Suzuki4-dan / age 22 ○	Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 47 ●
Jan 31, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21 ○	Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55 ●
Feb 3, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 32 ○	Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44 ●
Feb 20, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 1	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 25 ○	Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 49 ●
Feb 20, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ○	Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41 ●
Mar 3, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26 ○	Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24 ●
Mar 7, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 3	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ○	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21 ●
Mar 19, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 3	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○	Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 32 ●
Mar 21, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 2	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ○	Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28 ●
Apr 4, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 3	Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 22 ○	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26 ●
Apr 14, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Round 3	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ○	Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ●
Apr 25, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Semifinal	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ●
Apr 25, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Semifinal	Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 22 ○	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 29 ●
Jun 2, 1997	Group 4 Ranking Final	Keiichi Sanada5-dan / age 24 ○	Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 22 ●

Group 5 Ranking

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Final

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25○

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29●

May 21, 1997

Semifinal

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29○

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67●

Mar 28, 1997

Round 3

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67○

Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45●

Mar 5, 1997

Round 2

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67○

Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 33●

Jan 9, 1997

Round 1

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66○

Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 60●

Nov 27, 1996

Seed

Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 33

Round 2

Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45○

Kenji Iino6-dan / age 42●

Jan 14, 1997

Round 1

Kenji Iino6-dan / age 42○

Haruo Numa6-dan / age 47●

Dec 3, 1996

Round 1

Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45○

Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28●

Dec 24, 1996

Round 3

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29○

Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 39●

Mar 12, 1997

Round 2

Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 39○

Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 37●

Dec 27, 1996

Round 1

Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 37○

Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38●

Nov 25, 1996

Round 1

Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 38○

Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 36●

Nov 27, 1996

Round 2

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29○

Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 46●

Jan 17, 1997

Round 1

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29○

Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27●

Dec 12, 1996

Seed

Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 46

Semifinal

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25○

Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33●

Apr 10, 1997

Round 3

Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33○

Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37●

Feb 18, 1997

Round 2

Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37○

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31●

Jan 14, 1997

Round 1

Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37○

Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38●

Dec 2, 1996

Round 1

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31○

Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 44●

Dec 6, 1996

Round 2

Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33○

Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 57●

Jan 28, 1997

Round 1

Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33○

Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 36●

Dec 6, 1996

Seed

Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 57

Round 3

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25○

Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 47●

Mar 3, 1997

Round 2

Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 47○

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33●

Jan 14, 1997

Round 1

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33○

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 42●

Nov 28, 1996

Round 1

Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 47○

Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 47●

Dec 10, 1996

Round 2

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25○

木下浩一age 29●

Jan 31, 1997

Round 1

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24○

Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 22●

Dec 12, 1996

Round 1

木下浩一age 29○

Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 24●

Jan 9, 1997

Best 32

Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 37 ○ Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38 ● Nov 25, 1996
Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 38 ○ Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 36 ● Nov 27, 1996
Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ○ Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 60 ● Nov 27, 1996
Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ○ Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 42 ● Nov 28, 1996
Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37 ○ Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38 ● Dec 2, 1996
Kenji Iino6-dan / age 42 ○ Haruo Numa6-dan / age 47 ● Dec 3, 1996
Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33 ○ Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 36 ● Dec 6, 1996
Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ○ Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 44 ● Dec 6, 1996
Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 47 ○ Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 47 ● Dec 10, 1996
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24 ○ Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 22 ● Dec 12, 1996
Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29 ○ Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27 ● Dec 12, 1996
Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45 ○ Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28 ● Dec 24, 1996
木下浩一age 29 ○ Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 24 ● Jan 9, 1997

Best 16

Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 39 ○ Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 37 ● Dec 27, 1996
Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67 ○ Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 33 ● Jan 9, 1997
Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 47 ○ Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ● Jan 14, 1997
Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37 ○ Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ● Jan 14, 1997
Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45 ○ Kenji Iino6-dan / age 42 ● Jan 14, 1997
Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29 ○ Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 46 ● Jan 17, 1997
Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33 ○ Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 57 ● Jan 28, 1997
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25 ○ 木下浩一age 29 ● Jan 31, 1997

Quarterfinal

Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33 ○ Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37 ● Feb 18, 1997
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25 ○ Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 47 ● Mar 3, 1997
Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67 ○ Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45 ● Mar 5, 1997
Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29 ○ Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 39 ● Mar 12, 1997

Semifinal

Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29 ○ Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67 ● Mar 28, 1997
Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25 ○ Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33 ● Apr 10, 1997

Final

Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25 ○ Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29 ● May 21, 1997

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Nov 25, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 37 ○	Junichi Kase5-dan / age 38 ●
Nov 27, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 66 ○	Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 60 ●
Nov 27, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 38 ○	Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 36 ●
Nov 28, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ○	Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 42 ●
Dec 2, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37 ○	Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38 ●
Dec 3, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Kenji Iino6-dan / age 42 ○	Haruo Numa6-dan / age 47 ●
Dec 6, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ○	Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 44 ●
Dec 6, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33 ○	Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 36 ●
Dec 10, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 47 ○	Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 47 ●
Dec 12, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29 ○	Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27 ●
Dec 12, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 24 ○	Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 22 ●
Dec 24, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45 ○	Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28 ●
Dec 27, 1996	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 39 ○	Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 37 ●
Jan 9, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67 ○	Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 33 ●
Jan 9, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 1	木下浩一age 29 ○	Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 24 ●
Jan 14, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45 ○	Kenji Iino6-dan / age 42 ●
Jan 14, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 47 ○	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ●
Jan 14, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37 ○	Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 31 ●
Jan 17, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29 ○	Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 46 ●
Jan 28, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33 ○	Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 57 ●
Jan 31, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 2	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25 ○	木下浩一age 29 ●
Feb 18, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 3	Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33 ○	Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 37 ●
Mar 3, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 3	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25 ○	Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 47 ●
Mar 5, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 3	Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67 ○	Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45 ●
Mar 12, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Round 3	Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29 ○	Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 39 ●
Mar 28, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Semifinal	Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29 ○	Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67 ●
Apr 10, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Semifinal	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25 ○	Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33 ●
May 21, 1997	Group 5 Ranking Final	Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 25 ○	Isao Nakata5-dan / age 29 ●

Group 6 Ranking

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Final

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25○

Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23●

May 30, 1997

Semifinal

Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23○

Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 22●

Mar 28, 1997

Round 4

Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23○

Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43●

Mar 5, 1997

Round 3

Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43○

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21●

Jan 29, 1997

Round 2

Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43○

Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 48●

Jan 9, 1997

Round 1

Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 42○

Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55●

Dec 2, 1996

Seed

Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 48

Seed

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21

Round 3

Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23○

Chimine Yamaguchiage 59●

Feb 13, 1997

Round 2

Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23○

早咲誠和アマ●

Dec 21, 1996

Round 2

Chimine Yamaguchiage 59○

Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51●

Jan 28, 1997

Round 4

Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 22○

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22●

Mar 7, 1997

Round 3

Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 21○

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31●

Jan 13, 1997

Round 2

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30○

Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 48●

Nov 26, 1996

Round 2

Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 21○

Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49●

Nov 29, 1996

Round 3

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22○

Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31●

Jan 14, 1997

Round 2

Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31○

Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 49●

Dec 3, 1996

Round 2

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22○

中井広恵●

Dec 16, 1996

Semifinal

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25○

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29●

Apr 8, 1997

Round 4

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25○

Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 47●

Feb 6, 1997

Round 3

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25○

Nou Itoh4-dan / age 34●

Jan 9, 1997

Round 2

Nou Itoh4-dan / age 34○

Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 20●

Nov 28, 1996

Round 2

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25○

加賀屋浩美アマ●

Nov 29, 1996

Round 3

Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 47○

Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67●

Jan 9, 1997

Round 2

Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 47○

Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 40●

Nov 26, 1996

Round 2

Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67○

Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 51●

Dec 18, 1996

Round 1

Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 51○

Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 58●

Nov 26, 1996

Seed

Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67

Round 4

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29○

Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39●

Mar 18, 1997

Round 3

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29○

樋田栄正アマ●

Jan 25, 1997

Round 2

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29○

清水市代●

Dec 10, 1996

Round 2

樋田栄正アマ○

Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 26●

Dec 14, 1996

Round 3

Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39○

Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 55●

Feb 13, 1997

Round 2

Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 55○

Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 44●

Dec 3, 1996

Round 2

Keizou Noda4-dan / age 38○

Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 49●

Jan 10, 1997

Round 1

Keizou Noda4-dan / age 38○

Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 57●

Nov 28, 1996

Seed

Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 49

Best 64

Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 51 ○ Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 58 ● Nov 26, 1996
Keizou Noda4-dan / age 38 ○ Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 57 ● Nov 28, 1996
Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 42 ○ Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55 ● Dec 2, 1996

Best 32

Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 47 ○ Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 40 ● Nov 26, 1996
Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ○ Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 48 ● Nov 26, 1996
Nou Itoh4-dan / age 34 ○ Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 20 ● Nov 28, 1996
Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25 ○ 加賀屋浩美アマ ● Nov 29, 1996
Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 21 ○ Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49 ● Nov 29, 1996
Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 55 ○ Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 44 ● Dec 3, 1996
Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31 ○ Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 49 ● Dec 3, 1996
Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ○ 清水市代 ● Dec 10, 1996
樋田栄正アマ ○ Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 26 ● Dec 14, 1996
Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22 ○ 中井広恵 ● Dec 16, 1996
Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67 ○ Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 51 ● Dec 18, 1996
Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23 ○ 早咲誠和アマ ● Dec 21, 1996
Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43 ○ Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 48 ● Jan 9, 1997
Keizou Noda4-dan / age 38 ○ Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 49 ● Jan 10, 1997
Chimine Yamaguchiage 59 ○ Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51 ● Jan 28, 1997

Best 16

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25 ○ Nou Itoh4-dan / age 34 ● Jan 9, 1997
Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 47 ○ Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67 ● Jan 9, 1997
Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 21 ○ Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31 ● Jan 13, 1997
Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22 ○ Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31 ● Jan 14, 1997
Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ○ 樋田栄正アマ ● Jan 25, 1997
Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43 ○ Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ● Jan 29, 1997
Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39 ○ Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 55 ● Feb 13, 1997
Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23 ○ Chimine Yamaguchiage 59 ● Feb 13, 1997

Quarterfinal

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25 ○ Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 47 ● Feb 6, 1997
Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23 ○ Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43 ● Mar 5, 1997
Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 22 ○ Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22 ● Mar 7, 1997
Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ○ Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39 ● Mar 18, 1997

Semifinal

Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23 ○ Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 22 ● Mar 28, 1997
Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25 ○ Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ● Apr 8, 1997

Final

Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25 ○ Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23 ● May 30, 1997

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Nov 26, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 51 ○	Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 58 ●
Nov 26, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 30 ○	Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 48 ●
Nov 26, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 47 ○	Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 40 ●
Nov 28, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Keizou Noda4-dan / age 38 ○	Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 57 ●
Nov 28, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Nou Itoh4-dan / age 34 ○	Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 20 ●
Nov 29, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 21 ○	Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49 ●
Nov 29, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25 ○	加賀屋浩美アマ ●
Dec 2, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 1	Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 42 ○	Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55 ●
Dec 3, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 55 ○	Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 44 ●
Dec 3, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31 ○	Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 49 ●
Dec 10, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ○	清水市代 ●
Dec 14, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	樋田栄正アマ ○	Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 26 ●
Dec 16, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22 ○	中井広恵 ●
Dec 18, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67 ○	Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 51 ●
Dec 21, 1996	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23 ○	早咲誠和アマ ●
Jan 9, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 47 ○	Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67 ●
Jan 9, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43 ○	Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 48 ●
Jan 9, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25 ○	Nou Itoh4-dan / age 34 ●
Jan 10, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Keizou Noda4-dan / age 38 ○	Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 49 ●
Jan 13, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 21 ○	Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31 ●
Jan 14, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22 ○	Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31 ●
Jan 25, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ○	樋田栄正アマ ●
Jan 28, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 2	Chimine Yamaguchiage 59 ○	Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 51 ●
Jan 29, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43 ○	Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ●
Feb 6, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 4	Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25 ○	Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 47 ●
Feb 13, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23 ○	Chimine Yamaguchiage 59 ●
Feb 13, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 3	Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39 ○	Hiromitsu Takashima8-dan / age 55 ●
Mar 5, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 4	Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23 ○	Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43 ●
Mar 7, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 4	Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 22 ○	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22 ●
Mar 18, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Round 4	Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ○	Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39 ●
Mar 28, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Semifinal	Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23 ○	Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 22 ●
Apr 8, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Semifinal	Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25 ○	Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 29 ●
May 30, 1997	Group 6 Ranking Final	Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 25 ○	Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 23 ●

Group 1 Promotion playoff

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Mar 31, 1997	Group 1 Promotion playoff Round 1	Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 26 ○	Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 46 ●

Group 2 Promotion playoff

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Final

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29○

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44●

Oct 27, 1997

Semifinal

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44○

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 51●

Sep 8, 1997

Round 3

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44○

Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32●

Aug 15, 1997

Round 2

Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32○

Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 33●

Jun 18, 1997

Round 1

Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32○

Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 39●

Mar 13, 1997

Seed

Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 33

Round 2

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44○

Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49●

Jun 20, 1997

Round 1

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44○

Keiji Mori9-dan / age 51●

Apr 17, 1997

Seed

Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49

Seed

Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 51

Semifinal

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29○

Tadahisa Maruyama7-dan / age 27●

Sep 12, 1997

Round 3

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29○

Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 45●

Aug 5, 1997

Round 2

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28○

Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 50●

May 29, 1997

Round 1

Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 50○

Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35●

Apr 16, 1997

Seed

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28

Round 2

Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 45○

Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 49●

Jul 15, 1997

Round 1

Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 45○

Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 55●

Apr 11, 1997

Seed

Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 49

Seed

Tadahisa Maruyama7-dan / age 27

Best 32

Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32 ○ Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 39 ● Mar 13, 1997
Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 45 ○ Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 55 ● Apr 11, 1997
Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 50 ○ Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35 ● Apr 16, 1997
Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ○ Keiji Mori9-dan / age 51 ● Apr 17, 1997

Best 16

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28 ○ Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 50 ● May 29, 1997
Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32 ○ Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 33 ● Jun 18, 1997
Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ○ Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49 ● Jun 20, 1997
Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 45 ○ Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 49 ● Jul 15, 1997

Quarterfinal

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29 ○ Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 45 ● Aug 5, 1997
Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ○ Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32 ● Aug 15, 1997

Semifinal

Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ○ Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 51 ● Sep 8, 1997
Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29 ○ Tadahisa Maruyama7-dan / age 27 ● Sep 12, 1997

Final

Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29 ○ Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ● Oct 27, 1997

View all games (13 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Mar 13, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 1	Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32 ○	Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 39 ●
Apr 11, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 1	Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 45 ○	Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 55 ●
Apr 16, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 1	Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 50 ○	Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 35 ●
Apr 17, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 1	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ○	Keiji Mori9-dan / age 51 ●
May 29, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 2	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 28 ○	Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 50 ●
Jun 18, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 2	Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32 ○	Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 33 ●
Jun 20, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 2	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ○	Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 49 ●
Jul 15, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 2	Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 45 ○	Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 49 ●
Aug 5, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 3	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29 ○	Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 45 ●
Aug 15, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Round 3	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ○	Hiroki Nakata6-dan / age 32 ●
Sep 8, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ○	Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 51 ●
Sep 12, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29 ○	Tadahisa Maruyama7-dan / age 27 ●
Oct 27, 1997	Group 2 Promotion playoff Final	Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29 ○	Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ●

Group 3 Promotion playoff

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Final

Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57○

Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47●

Oct 31, 1997

Semifinal

Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47○

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28●

Sep 24, 1997

Round 3

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28○

Keita Inoue8-dan / age 33●

Aug 8, 1997

Round 2

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28○

Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61●

Jun 16, 1997

Round 1

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27○

Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 35●

Mar 21, 1997

Seed

Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61

Round 2

Keita Inoue8-dan / age 33○

Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 30●

Jun 20, 1997

Round 1

Keita Inoue8-dan / age 33○

Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 46●

Apr 17, 1997

Seed

Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 30

Seed

Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47

Semifinal

Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57○

Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28●

Sep 26, 1997

Round 3

Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28○

Koji Tosa7-dan / age 42●

Aug 4, 1997

Round 2

Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28○

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 55●

Jul 4, 1997

Round 1

Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 27○

Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 40●

May 12, 1997

Seed

Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 55

Round 2

Koji Tosa6-dan / age 42○

Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 56●

Jul 15, 1997

Round 1

Koji Tosa6-dan / age 42○

Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 57●

Apr 18, 1997

Seed

Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 56

Seed

Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57

Best 32

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27 ○ Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 35 ● Mar 21, 1997
Keita Inoue8-dan / age 33 ○ Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 46 ● Apr 17, 1997
Koji Tosa6-dan / age 42 ○ Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 57 ● Apr 18, 1997
Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 27 ○ Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 40 ● May 12, 1997

Best 16

Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28 ○ Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61 ● Jun 16, 1997
Keita Inoue8-dan / age 33 ○ Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 30 ● Jun 20, 1997
Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28 ○ Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 55 ● Jul 4, 1997
Koji Tosa6-dan / age 42 ○ Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 56 ● Jul 15, 1997

Quarterfinal

Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28 ○ Koji Tosa7-dan / age 42 ● Aug 4, 1997
Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28 ○ Keita Inoue8-dan / age 33 ● Aug 8, 1997

Semifinal

Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47 ○ Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28 ● Sep 24, 1997
Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57 ○ Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28 ● Sep 26, 1997

Final

Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57 ○ Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47 ● Oct 31, 1997

View all games (12 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Mar 21, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 1	Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 27 ○	Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 35 ●
Apr 17, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 1	Keita Inoue8-dan / age 33 ○	Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 46 ●
Apr 18, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 1	Koji Tosa6-dan / age 42 ○	Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 57 ●
May 12, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 1	Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 27 ○	Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 40 ●
Jun 16, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 2	Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28 ○	Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 61 ●
Jun 20, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 2	Keita Inoue8-dan / age 33 ○	Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 30 ●
Jul 4, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 2	Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28 ○	Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 55 ●
Jul 15, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 2	Koji Tosa6-dan / age 42 ○	Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 56 ●
Aug 4, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 3	Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28 ○	Koji Tosa7-dan / age 42 ●
Aug 8, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Round 3	Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28 ○	Keita Inoue8-dan / age 33 ●
Sep 24, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47 ○	Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28 ●
Sep 26, 1997	Group 3 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57 ○	Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28 ●

Group 4 Promotion playoff

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Final

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26○

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33●

Oct 30, 1997

Semifinal

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33○

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 30●

Sep 2, 1997

Round 5

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33○

Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 33●

Aug 25, 1997

Round 4

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33○

小林宏6-dan / age 34●

Jun 19, 1997

Round 3

小林宏6-dan / age 34○

Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 36●

May 9, 1997

Round 2

Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 36○

Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24●

Apr 3, 1997

Round 1

Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 36○

Shohei Takada5-dan / age 34●

Feb 6, 1997

Seed

Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24

Round 2

小林宏6-dan / age 34○

Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 48●

Apr 14, 1997

Round 1

小林宏6-dan / age 34○

Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 39●

Mar 19, 1997

Seed

Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 48

Seed

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33

Round 4

Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 33○

Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 56●

Jul 29, 1997

Round 3

Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 56○

Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 36●

Jun 19, 1997

Round 2

Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35○

Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 50●

Apr 17, 1997

Round 1

Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 50○

Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 48●

Mar 18, 1997

Seed

Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35

Round 2

Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55○

Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 43●

May 7, 1997

Round 1

Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 43○

Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 47●

Mar 28, 1997

Seed

Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55

Seed

Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 33

Seed

Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 30

Semifinal

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26○

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 22●

Oct 9, 1997

Round 5

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 22○

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26●

Aug 28, 1997

Round 4

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26○

Koichi Fukaura6-dan / age 25●

Jul 29, 1997

Round 3

Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 25○

Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28●

Jun 25, 1997

Round 2

Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28○

Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 28●

May 7, 1997

Round 1

Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 27○

Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 42●

Feb 3, 1997

Seed

Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28

Round 2

Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 25○

Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41●

May 19, 1997

Round 1

Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 25○

Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 35●

Apr 18, 1997

Seed

Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41

Seed

Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26

Round 4

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21○

Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 40●

Aug 1, 1997

Round 3

Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 40○

Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44●

Jun 26, 1997

Round 2

Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44○

Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 60●

Apr 9, 1997

Round 1

Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 60○

Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 62●

Mar 17, 1997

Seed

Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44

Round 2

Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 39○

Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 38●

Apr 18, 1997

Round 1

Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 39○

Masamitsu Tachi6-dan / age 31●

Feb 5, 1997

Seed

Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 38

Seed

Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21

Seed

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26

Best 128

Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 27 ○ Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 42 ● Feb 3, 1997
Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 39 ○ Masamitsu Tachi6-dan / age 31 ● Feb 5, 1997
Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 36 ○ Shohei Takada5-dan / age 34 ● Feb 6, 1997
Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 60 ○ Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 62 ● Mar 17, 1997
Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 50 ○ Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 48 ● Mar 18, 1997
小林宏6-dan / age 34 ○ Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 39 ● Mar 19, 1997
Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 43 ○ Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 47 ● Mar 28, 1997
Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 25 ○ Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 35 ● Apr 18, 1997

Best 64

Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 36 ○ Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24 ● Apr 3, 1997
Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44 ○ Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 60 ● Apr 9, 1997
小林宏6-dan / age 34 ○ Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 48 ● Apr 14, 1997
Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35 ○ Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 50 ● Apr 17, 1997
Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 39 ○ Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 38 ● Apr 18, 1997
Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28 ○ Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 28 ● May 7, 1997
Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55 ○ Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 43 ● May 7, 1997
Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 25 ○ Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41 ● May 19, 1997

Best 32

小林宏6-dan / age 34 ○ Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 36 ● May 9, 1997
Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 56 ○ Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 36 ● Jun 19, 1997
Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 25 ○ Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28 ● Jun 25, 1997
Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 40 ○ Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44 ● Jun 26, 1997

Best 16

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ○ 小林宏6-dan / age 34 ● Jun 19, 1997
Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26 ○ Koichi Fukaura6-dan / age 25 ● Jul 29, 1997
Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 33 ○ Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 56 ● Jul 29, 1997
Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21 ○ Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 40 ● Aug 1, 1997

Quarterfinal

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ○ Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 33 ● Aug 25, 1997
Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 22 ○ Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26 ● Aug 28, 1997

Semifinal

Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ○ Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 30 ● Sep 2, 1997
Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ○ Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 22 ● Oct 9, 1997

Final

Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ○ Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ● Oct 30, 1997

View all games (29 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Feb 3, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 27 ○	Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 42 ●
Feb 5, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 39 ○	Masamitsu Tachi6-dan / age 31 ●
Feb 6, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 36 ○	Shohei Takada5-dan / age 34 ●
Mar 17, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 60 ○	Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 62 ●
Mar 18, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 50 ○	Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 48 ●
Mar 19, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	小林宏6-dan / age 34 ○	Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 39 ●
Mar 28, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 43 ○	Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 47 ●
Apr 3, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 36 ○	Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 24 ●
Apr 9, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44 ○	Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 60 ●
Apr 14, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	小林宏6-dan / age 34 ○	Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 48 ●
Apr 17, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 35 ○	Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 50 ●
Apr 18, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 39 ○	Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 38 ●
Apr 18, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 1	Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 25 ○	Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 35 ●
May 7, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 55 ○	Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 43 ●
May 7, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28 ○	Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 28 ●
May 9, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 3	小林宏6-dan / age 34 ○	Masaki Izumi6-dan / age 36 ●
May 19, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 2	Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 25 ○	Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 41 ●
Jun 19, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 3	Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 56 ○	Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 36 ●
Jun 19, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 4	Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ○	小林宏6-dan / age 34 ●
Jun 25, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 3	Koichi Fukaura5-dan / age 25 ○	Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 28 ●
Jun 26, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 3	Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 40 ○	Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 44 ●
Jul 29, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 4	Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 33 ○	Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 56 ●
Jul 29, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 4	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26 ○	Koichi Fukaura6-dan / age 25 ●
Aug 1, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 4	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 21 ○	Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 40 ●
Aug 25, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 5	Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ○	Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 33 ●
Aug 28, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Round 5	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 22 ○	Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 26 ●
Sep 2, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ○	Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 30 ●
Oct 9, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ○	Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 22 ●
Oct 30, 1997	Group 4 Promotion playoff Final	Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ○	Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ●

Group 5 Promotion playoff

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Final

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67○

Hiroyuki Miura6-dan / age 23●

Sep 28, 1997

Semifinal

Hiroyuki Miura6-dan / age 23○

Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 39●

Aug 28, 1997

Round 4

Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38○

Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 48●

Jun 18, 1997

Round 3

Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38○

Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 57●

May 20, 1997

Round 2

Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 57○

Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 37●

Apr 8, 1997

Round 2

Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38○

Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 38●

Apr 17, 1997

Round 1

Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38○

Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 45●

Mar 18, 1997

Seed

Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 38

Seed

Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 48

Round 4

Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23○

Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 38●

Jun 19, 1997

Round 3

Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23○

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 43●

May 14, 1997

Round 2

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 43○

Kenji Iino6-dan / age 42●

Apr 4, 1997

Round 1

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 42○

Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 47●

Feb 28, 1997

Seed

Kenji Iino6-dan / age 42

Round 2

Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23○

木下浩一age 29●

Apr 16, 1997

Round 1

Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23○

Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 24●

Mar 24, 1997

Seed

木下浩一age 29

Seed

Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 38

Seed

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67

Final

Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33○

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 34●

Sep 10, 1997

Semifinal

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 34○

Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45●

Aug 5, 1997

Round 4

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33○

Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 39●

Jun 11, 1997

Round 3

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33○

Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 34●

May 8, 1997

Round 2

Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 34○

Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 60●

Mar 18, 1997

Round 2

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33○

Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28●

Apr 3, 1997

Round 1

Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28○

Haruo Numa6-dan / age 47●

Mar 6, 1997

Seed

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33

Seed

Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 39

Round 4

Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45○

Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 47●

Jul 4, 1997

Round 3

Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 47○

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 32●

May 22, 1997

Round 2

Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 46○

Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27●

Mar 4, 1997

Round 2

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 32○

Junichi Kase5-dan / age 39●

Apr 14, 1997

Round 1

Junichi Kase5-dan / age 39○

Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 36●

Mar 6, 1997

Seed

Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 32

Seed

Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45

Seed

Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33

Bracket 1

Best 64

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 42 ○ Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 47 ● Feb 28, 1997
Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38 ○ Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 45 ● Mar 18, 1997
Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23 ○ Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 24 ● Mar 24, 1997

Best 32

Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 43 ○ Kenji Iino6-dan / age 42 ● Apr 4, 1997
Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 57 ○ Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 37 ● Apr 8, 1997
Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23 ○ 木下浩一age 29 ● Apr 16, 1997
Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38 ○ Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 38 ● Apr 17, 1997

Best 16

Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23 ○ Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 43 ● May 14, 1997
Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38 ○ Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 57 ● May 20, 1997

Quarterfinal

Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38 ○ Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 48 ● Jun 18, 1997
Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23 ○ Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 38 ● Jun 19, 1997

Semifinal

Hiroyuki Miura6-dan / age 23 ○ Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 39 ● Aug 28, 1997

Final

Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67 ○ Hiroyuki Miura6-dan / age 23 ● Sep 28, 1997

Bracket 2

Best 64

Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28 ○ Haruo Numa6-dan / age 47 ● Mar 6, 1997
Junichi Kase5-dan / age 39 ○ Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 36 ● Mar 6, 1997

Best 32

Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 46 ○ Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27 ● Mar 4, 1997
Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 34 ○ Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 60 ● Mar 18, 1997
Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ○ Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28 ● Apr 3, 1997
Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 32 ○ Junichi Kase5-dan / age 39 ● Apr 14, 1997

Best 16

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ○ Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 34 ● May 8, 1997
Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 47 ○ Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 32 ● May 22, 1997

Quarterfinal

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ○ Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 39 ● Jun 11, 1997
Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45 ○ Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 47 ● Jul 4, 1997

Semifinal

Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 34 ○ Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45 ● Aug 5, 1997

Final

Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33 ○ Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 34 ● Sep 10, 1997

View all games (25 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Feb 28, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 42 ○	Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 47 ●
Mar 4, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 46 ○	Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 27 ●
Mar 6, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28 ○	Haruo Numa6-dan / age 47 ●
Mar 6, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Junichi Kase5-dan / age 39 ○	Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 36 ●
Mar 18, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 34 ○	Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 60 ●
Mar 18, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38 ○	Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 45 ●
Mar 24, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 1	Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23 ○	Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 24 ●
Apr 3, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ○	Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 28 ●
Apr 4, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 43 ○	Kenji Iino6-dan / age 42 ●
Apr 8, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 57 ○	Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 37 ●
Apr 14, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 32 ○	Junichi Kase5-dan / age 39 ●
Apr 16, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23 ○	木下浩一age 29 ●
Apr 17, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 2	Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38 ○	Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 38 ●
May 8, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 3	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ○	Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 34 ●
May 14, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 3	Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23 ○	Saburou Takeichi5-dan / age 43 ●
May 20, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 3	Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38 ○	Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 57 ●
May 22, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 3	Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 47 ○	Hiroshi Naganuma5-dan / age 32 ●
Jun 11, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 4	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 33 ○	Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 39 ●
Jun 18, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 4	Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 38 ○	Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 48 ●
Jun 19, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 4	Hiroyuki MiuraKisei / age 23 ○	Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 38 ●
Jul 4, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Round 4	Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45 ○	Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 47 ●
Aug 5, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 34 ○	Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45 ●
Aug 28, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Hiroyuki Miura6-dan / age 23 ○	Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 39 ●
Sep 10, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Final	Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 33 ○	Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 34 ●
Sep 28, 1997	Group 5 Promotion playoff Final	Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 67 ○	Hiroyuki Miura6-dan / age 23 ●

Group 6 Promotion playoff

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Final

Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 22○

Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39●

Oct 2, 1997

Semifinal

Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39○

Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32●

Aug 14, 1997

Round 4

Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39○

Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67●

Jul 1, 1997

Round 3

Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67○

Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 52●

May 8, 1997

Round 2

Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 51○

Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 40●

Mar 28, 1997

Round 2

Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67○

Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 21●

Apr 14, 1997

Round 1

Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 21○

Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 58●

Mar 28, 1997

Seed

Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67

Seed

Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39

Round 4

Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32○

Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 48●

Jul 1, 1997

Round 3

Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32○

Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27●

Jun 20, 1997

Round 2

Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31○

Nou Itoh4-dan / age 35●

Apr 10, 1997

Round 2

Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27○

Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 49●

May 7, 1997

Round 1

Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27○

Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 57●

Mar 17, 1997

Seed

Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 49

Seed

Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 48

Seed

Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 22

Final

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 30○

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21●

Sep 28, 1997

Semifinal

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21○

Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43●

Aug 13, 1997

Round 4

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21○

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22●

Jun 23, 1997

Round 3

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21○

Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55●

May 30, 1997

Round 2

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21○

Chimine Yamaguchiage 59●

Mar 27, 1997

Round 2

Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55○

Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 48●

Apr 22, 1997

Round 1

Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55○

Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 48●

Mar 18, 1997

Seed

Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 48

Seed

Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22

Round 4

Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43○

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31●

Jul 1, 1997

Round 3

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31○

Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 45●

Jun 23, 1997

Round 2

Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 45○

Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 49●

May 2, 1997

Round 2

Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31○

Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 52●

May 13, 1997

Seed

Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43

Seed

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 30

Bracket 1

Best 64

Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27 ○ Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 57 ● Mar 17, 1997
Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 21 ○ Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 58 ● Mar 28, 1997

Best 32

Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 51 ○ Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 40 ● Mar 28, 1997
Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31 ○ Nou Itoh4-dan / age 35 ● Apr 10, 1997
Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67 ○ Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 21 ● Apr 14, 1997
Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27 ○ Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 49 ● May 7, 1997

Best 16

Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67 ○ Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 52 ● May 8, 1997
Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32 ○ Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27 ● Jun 20, 1997

Quarterfinal

Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39 ○ Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67 ● Jul 1, 1997
Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32 ○ Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 48 ● Jul 1, 1997

Semifinal

Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39 ○ Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32 ● Aug 14, 1997

Final

Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 22 ○ Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39 ● Oct 2, 1997

Bracket 2

Best 64

Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55 ○ Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 48 ● Mar 18, 1997

Best 32

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ○ Chimine Yamaguchiage 59 ● Mar 27, 1997
Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55 ○ Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 48 ● Apr 22, 1997
Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 45 ○ Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 49 ● May 2, 1997
Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31 ○ Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 52 ● May 13, 1997

Best 16

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ○ Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55 ● May 30, 1997
Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31 ○ Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 45 ● Jun 23, 1997

Quarterfinal

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ○ Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22 ● Jun 23, 1997
Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43 ○ Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31 ● Jul 1, 1997

Semifinal

Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ○ Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43 ● Aug 13, 1997

Final

Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 30 ○ Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ● Sep 28, 1997

View all games (23 games)

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Mar 17, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 1	Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27 ○	Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 57 ●
Mar 18, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 1	Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55 ○	Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 48 ●
Mar 27, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ○	Chimine Yamaguchiage 59 ●
Mar 28, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 1	Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 21 ○	Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 58 ●
Mar 28, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 51 ○	Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 40 ●
Apr 10, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 31 ○	Nou Itoh4-dan / age 35 ●
Apr 14, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67 ○	Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 21 ●
Apr 22, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55 ○	Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 48 ●
May 2, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 45 ○	Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 49 ●
May 7, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27 ○	Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 49 ●
May 8, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 3	Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67 ○	Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 52 ●
May 13, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 2	Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31 ○	Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 52 ●
May 30, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 3	Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ○	Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 55 ●
Jun 20, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 3	Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32 ○	Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27 ●
Jun 23, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 3	Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31 ○	Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 45 ●
Jun 23, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 4	Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ○	Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 22 ●
Jul 1, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 4	Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39 ○	Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 67 ●
Jul 1, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 4	Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32 ○	Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 48 ●
Jul 1, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Round 4	Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43 ○	Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31 ●
Aug 13, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ○	Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43 ●
Aug 14, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Semifinal	Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39 ○	Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32 ●
Sep 28, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Final	Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 30 ○	Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ●
Oct 2, 1997	Group 6 Promotion playoff Final	Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 22 ○	Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39 ●

Group 1 Relegation playoff

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Final

Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 27○

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34●

Oct 23, 1997

Semifinal

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34○

Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 37●

Aug 13, 1997

Semifinal

Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 26○

Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 46●

Aug 22, 1997

Semifinal

Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34 ○ Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 37 ● Aug 13, 1997
Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 26 ○ Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 46 ● Aug 22, 1997

Final

Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 27 ○ Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34 ● Oct 23, 1997

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Aug 13, 1997	Group 1 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34 ○	Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 37 ●
Aug 22, 1997	Group 1 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 26 ○	Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 46 ●
Oct 23, 1997	Group 1 Relegation playoff Final	Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 27 ○	Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 34 ●

Group 2 Relegation playoff

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Final

Keiji Mori9-dan / age 51○

Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 36●

Oct 24, 1997

Semifinal

Keiji Mori9-dan / age 51○

Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 39●

Jul 14, 1997

Semifinal

Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 36○

Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 55●

Sep 4, 1997

Semifinal

Keiji Mori9-dan / age 51 ○ Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 39 ● Jul 14, 1997
Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 36 ○ Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 55 ● Sep 4, 1997

Final

Keiji Mori9-dan / age 51 ○ Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 36 ● Oct 24, 1997

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Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Jul 14, 1997	Group 2 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Keiji Mori9-dan / age 51 ○	Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 39 ●
Sep 4, 1997	Group 2 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 36 ○	Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 55 ●
Oct 24, 1997	Group 2 Relegation playoff Final	Keiji Mori9-dan / age 51 ○	Hiroshi Kamiya6-dan / age 36 ●

Group 3 Relegation playoff

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Final

Keiji Nishikawa7-dan / age 35○

Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 57●

Oct 21, 1997

Semifinal

Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 57○

Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 40●

Aug 25, 1997

Semifinal

Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 35○

Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 46●

Sep 4, 1997

Semifinal

Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 57 ○ Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 40 ● Aug 25, 1997
Keiji Nishikawa6-dan / age 35 ○ Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 46 ● Sep 4, 1997

Final

Keiji Nishikawa7-dan / age 35 ○ Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 57 ● Oct 21, 1997

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Oct 31, 1997	Group 3 Relegation playoff Final	Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 57 ○	Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47 ●

Group 4 Relegation playoff

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
Apr 23, 1997	Group 4 Relegation playoff Final	Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 47 ○	Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 48 ●
May 30, 1997	Group 4 Relegation playoff Final	Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 35 ○	Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 42 ●
Jul 14, 1997	Group 4 Relegation playoff Final	Shohei Takada5-dan / age 35 ○	Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 40 ●
Jul 28, 1997	Group 4 Relegation playoff Final	Masamitsu Tachi6-dan / age 32 ○	Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 63 ●

Group 5 Relegation playoff

Date	Stage / round	Winner	Loser
May 9, 1997	Group 5 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 45 ○	Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 37 ●
May 16, 1997	Group 5 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 24 ○	Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 47 ●
Jun 26, 1997	Group 5 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 60 ○	Haruo Numa6-dan / age 48 ●
Jun 30, 1997	Group 5 Relegation playoff Semifinal	Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 28 ○	Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 36 ●
Aug 21, 1997	Group 5 Relegation playoff Final	Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 37 ○	Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 47 ●
Sep 18, 1997	Group 5 Relegation playoff Final	Haruo Numa6-dan / age 48 ○	Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 37 ●

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