11th term Ryuo-sen (FY1998)

Best 32

• Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 32 ○ Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 39 ● Jul 3, 1998

Best 16

• Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 27 ○ Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 23 ● Jul 6, 1998
• Masataka GodaKisei / age 27 ○ Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 32 ● Jul 9, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 26 ○ Keiji Mori9-dan / age 52 ● Jul 17, 1998
• Tadahisa Maruyama8-dan / age 27 ○ Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 38 ● Jul 17, 1998
• Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 27 ○ Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 35 ● Aug 3, 1998
• Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 27 ○ Masataka GodaKisei / age 27 ● Aug 10, 1998

Semifinal

• Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 27 ○ Nobuyuki Yashiki7-dan / age 26 ● Aug 17, 1998
• Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 27 ○ Tadahisa Maruyama8-dan / age 27 ● Aug 20, 1998

Final

• Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 27 ○ Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 27 ● Sep 14, 1998 2-1

Bracket 1

Best 16

• Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29 ○ Kenji Waki7-dan / age 37 ● Mar 18, 1998
• Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 37 ○ Akira Shima8-dan / age 35 ● Mar 24, 1998
• Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 33 ○ Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 27 ● Apr 14, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 37 ○ Taku Morishita8-dan / age 31 ● Apr 14, 1998
• Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 33 ○ Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29 ● May 12, 1998

Semifinal

• Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 38 ○ Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 33 ● May 28, 1998

Final

• Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 38 ○ Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 28 ● Jun 12, 1998

Bracket 2

Best 16

• Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 26 ○ Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 40 ● Mar 16, 1998
• Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 27 ○ Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 54 ● Mar 20, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 27 ○ Keiichi Sanada6-dan / age 25 ● Apr 21, 1998
• Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 26 ○ Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 32 ● May 1, 1998

Semifinal

• Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 26 ○ Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 27 ● May 25, 1998

Final

• Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 26 ○ Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 28 ● Jun 12, 1998

Best 32

• Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 27 ○ Daisuke Nakagawa6-dan / age 29 ● Dec 19, 1997

Best 16

• Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 34 ○ Nobuyuki YashikiKisei / age 25 ● Dec 24, 1997
• Keiichi Sanada6-dan / age 25 ○ Torahiko Tanaka9-dan / age 40 ● Jan 7, 1998
• Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 33 ○ Akira Shima8-dan / age 34 ● Jan 16, 1998
• Taku Morishita8-dan / age 31 ○ Kenji Waki7-dan / age 37 ● Jan 16, 1998
• Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 27 ○ Michio Takahashi9-dan / age 37 ● Jan 23, 1998
• Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 28 ○ Kunio Yonenaga9-dan / age 54 ● Jan 26, 1998
• Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 31 ○ Toshiyuki Moriuchi8-dan / age 27 ● Jan 27, 1998
• Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 28 ○ Manabu Senzaki6-dan / age 27 ● Jan 30, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 34 ○ Keiichi Sanada6-dan / age 25 ● Feb 17, 1998
• Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 28 ○ Taku Morishita8-dan / age 31 ● Mar 6, 1998
• Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 28 ○ Ichiro Hiura6-dan / age 32 ● Mar 20, 1998
• Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 27 ○ Yasuaki Tsukada8-dan / age 33 ● Mar 27, 1998

Semifinal

• Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 27 ○ Satoshi Murayama8-dan / age 28 ● Apr 1, 1998
• Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 34 ○ Yasumitsu Satoh8-dan / age 28 ● Apr 17, 1998

Final

• Yoshikazu Minami9-dan / age 35 ○ Yoshiharu Habu4 titles / age 27 ● Jun 12, 1998

Best 16

• Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 35 ○ Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 45 ● Nov 14, 1997
• Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 33 ○ Takashi Abe7-dan / age 30 ● Nov 19, 1997
• Keiji Mori9-dan / age 51 ○ Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 50 ● Dec 18, 1997
• Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 44 ○ Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 38 ● Jan 13, 1998
• Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 51 ○ Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 47 ● Jan 23, 1998
• Tadahisa Maruyama7-dan / age 27 ○ Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 24 ● Jan 29, 1998
• Hiroki Nakata7-dan / age 33 ○ Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 50 ● Jan 29, 1998
• Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 58 ○ Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 50 ● Feb 24, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Tadahisa Maruyama7-dan / age 27 ○ Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 45 ● Feb 25, 1998
• Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 35 ○ Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 51 ● Mar 27, 1998
• Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 34 ○ Hiroki Nakata7-dan / age 33 ● Mar 30, 1998
• Keiji Mori9-dan / age 52 ○ Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 58 ● Apr 15, 1998

Semifinal

• Tadahisa Maruyama8-dan / age 27 ○ Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 35 ● Apr 21, 1998
• Keiji Mori9-dan / age 52 ○ Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 34 ● May 26, 1998

Final

• Tadahisa Maruyama8-dan / age 27 ○ Keiji Mori9-dan / age 52 ● Jun 12, 1998

Best 16

• Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 30 ○ Koji Tosa7-dan / age 42 ● Dec 4, 1997
• Keita Inoue8-dan / age 33 ○ Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 56 ● Dec 19, 1997
• Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 23 ○ Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 62 ● Jan 6, 1998
• Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 39 ○ Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28 ● Jan 7, 1998
• Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 56 ○ Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 56 ● Jan 8, 1998
• Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47 ○ Keiji Nishikawa7-dan / age 36 ● Jan 16, 1998
• Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ○ Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28 ● Feb 5, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 40 ○ Hiroshi Kamiya7-dan / age 36 ● Feb 24, 1998
• Masataka Goda6-dan / age 26 ○ Keita Inoue8-dan / age 34 ● Mar 11, 1998
• Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 23 ○ Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 47 ● Mar 19, 1998
• Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 31 ○ Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 56 ● Mar 24, 1998

Semifinal

• Masataka Goda7-dan / age 27 ○ Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 40 ● Apr 6, 1998
• Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 23 ○ Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 31 ● Apr 27, 1998

Final

• Masataka Goda7-dan / age 27 ○ Daisuke Suzuki5-dan / age 23 ● Jun 8, 1998

Best 32

• Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 40 ○ Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 42 ● Nov 10, 1997
• Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 46 ○ Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 34 ● Nov 13, 1997
• Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 33 ○ Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 60 ● Nov 14, 1997
• Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 36 ○ 小林 宏6-dan / age 34 ● Nov 21, 1997
• Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 25 ○ Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 45 ● Nov 25, 1997
• Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 33 ○ Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 47 ● Nov 26, 1997
• Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 38 ○ Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 48 ● Nov 27, 1997
• Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 36 ○ Isao Nakata5-dan / age 30 ● Nov 28, 1997
• Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 58 ○ Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 43 ● Dec 4, 1997
• Koichi Fukaura6-dan / age 25 ○ Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 30 ● Dec 5, 1997
• Shohei Takada5-dan / age 35 ○ Masamitsu Tachi6-dan / age 32 ● Dec 5, 1997
• Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 68 ○ Toshiaki Kubo5-dan / age 22 ● Dec 22, 1997
• Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 28 ○ Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 56 ● Dec 22, 1997
• Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 26 ○ Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 40 ● Dec 25, 1997
• Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 27 ○ Masaki Izumi7-dan / age 36 ● Dec 26, 1997
• Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 29 ○ Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 50 ● Jan 13, 1998

Best 16

• Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 34 ○ Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 25 ● Jan 8, 1998
• Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 33 ○ Shohei Takada5-dan / age 35 ● Jan 14, 1998
• Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 29 ○ Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 46 ● Jan 27, 1998
• Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 36 ○ Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 36 ● Jan 30, 1998
• Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 58 ○ Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 40 ● Jan 30, 1998
• Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 27 ○ Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 68 ● Feb 3, 1998
• Koichi Fukaura6-dan / age 26 ○ Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 26 ● Mar 3, 1998
• Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 28 ○ Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 39 ● Mar 23, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 58 ○ Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 33 ● Mar 30, 1998
• Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 29 ○ Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 34 ● Apr 10, 1998
• Koichi Fukaura6-dan / age 26 ○ Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 36 ● Apr 10, 1998
• Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 27 ○ Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 29 ● Apr 14, 1998

Semifinal

• Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 27 ○ Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 29 ● Apr 27, 1998
• Koichi Fukaura6-dan / age 26 ○ Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 58 ● Apr 30, 1998

Final

• Takeshi Fujii6-dan / age 27 ○ Koichi Fukaura6-dan / age 26 ● Jun 8, 1998

Best 32

• Hiroyuki Miura6-dan / age 23 ○ Hirotaka Nozuki4-dan / age 24 ● Nov 6, 1997
• Hiroshi Naganuma6-dan / age 32 ○ Akira Kinoshita6-dan / age 58 ● Nov 11, 1997
• Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 48 ○ Shoudou Nakada6-dan / age 45 ● Nov 14, 1997
• Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 37 ○ Toshiyuki Tsubouchi7-dan / age 48 ● Nov 14, 1997
• Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 34 ○ Kazushiza Horiguchi4-dan / age 22 ● Nov 25, 1997
• Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 61 ○ Shoichi Anzai5-dan / age 34 ● Nov 27, 1997
• Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 25 ○ Masakazu Kondoh4-dan / age 26 ● Nov 28, 1997
• Haruo Numa6-dan / age 48 ○ Teruhiko Suzuki7-dan / age 43 ● Dec 1, 1997
• Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 39 ○ Shouji Kenmochi8-dan / age 63 ● Dec 1, 1997
• Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 38 ○ Ryuuichi Matsuura6-dan / age 45 ● Dec 2, 1997
• Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 30 ○ Noboru Tamaru8-dan / age 47 ● Dec 2, 1997
• Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 29 ○ Junichi Kase5-dan / age 40 ● Dec 2, 1997
• Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 39 ○ Kenji Iino6-dan / age 43 ● Dec 3, 1997
• Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 34 ○ Hiromitsu Kanki6-dan / age 38 ● Dec 5, 1997
• Saburou Takeichi6-dan / age 43 ○ 木下浩一age 30 ● Dec 10, 1997
• Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 28 ○ Eiji Ooshima6-dan / age 40 ● Dec 24, 1997

Best 16

• Hiroshi Naganuma6-dan / age 32 ○ Junkichi Sakai6-dan / age 48 ● Dec 9, 1997
• Saburou Takeichi6-dan / age 43 ○ Hisashi Ogura5-dan / age 29 ● Jan 7, 1998
• Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 38 ○ Hiroshi Okazaki4-dan / age 30 ● Jan 9, 1998
• Haruo Numa6-dan / age 48 ○ Hiroshi Honma5-dan / age 39 ● Jan 9, 1998
• Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 34 ○ Hirofumi Itoh5-dan / age 37 ● Jan 12, 1998
• Hiroyuki Miura6-dan / age 23 ○ Yuuji Yoda5-dan / age 40 ● Jan 22, 1998
• Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 25 ○ Kiyokazu Katsumata4-dan / age 28 ● Jan 29, 1998
• Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 35 ○ Yoshimasa Saeki8-dan / age 61 ● Mar 17, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 38 ○ Saburou Takeichi6-dan / age 43 ● Feb 3, 1998
• Hiroshi Naganuma6-dan / age 32 ○ Haruo Numa6-dan / age 48 ● Feb 5, 1998
• Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 35 ○ Hiroyuki Miura6-dan / age 24 ● Mar 11, 1998
• Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 25 ○ Akio Ishikawa5-dan / age 35 ● Mar 27, 1998

Semifinal

• Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 39 ○ Hiroshi Naganuma6-dan / age 33 ● Apr 10, 1998
• Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 35 ○ Takeshi Kawakami4-dan / age 25 ● Apr 10, 1998

Final

• Yaichio Oono6-dan / age 39 ○ Kozo Arimori6-dan / age 35 ● May 19, 1998

Best 64

• Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 48 ○ Youichi Kushida5-dan / age 32 ● Nov 20, 1997
• Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 41 ○ Ichirou Tanabe6-dan / age 59 ● Nov 20, 1997
• Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 49 ○ Masakazu Wakamatsu6-dan / age 58 ● Nov 21, 1997
• Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 21 ○ Shuuichi Ikeda6-dan / age 52 ● Dec 2, 1997

Best 32

• Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 43 ○ Shigeru Sekine9-dan / age 68 ● Nov 21, 1997
• Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 23 ○ Masayuki Moriyasu6-dan / age 50 ● Nov 21, 1997
• 渡辺健弥アマ ○ Kazuki Kimura4-dan / age 24 ● Nov 21, 1997
• 小林 裕士4-dan / age 21 ○ 森岡正幸アマ ● Nov 22, 1997
• 遠藤正樹アマ ○ Shinya Satoh4-dan / age 20 ● Nov 25, 1997
• Yuji Masuda4-dan / age 26 ○ 鈴木純一アマ ● Nov 27, 1997
• Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 21 ○ Hiroshi Seki5-dan / age 37 ● Dec 3, 1997
• Nou Itoh4-dan / age 35 ○ Toratsugu Nomoto7-dan / age 52 ● Dec 5, 1997
• Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 48 ○ Hideo Yamaguchi7-dan / age 56 ● Dec 8, 1997
• Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 31 ○ 斎田晴子 ● Dec 10, 1997
• Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32 ○ Keizou Noda5-dan / age 39 ● Dec 11, 1997
• Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27 ○ Tsuneo Kikuchi6-dan / age 48 ● Dec 11, 1997
• 清水市代 ○ Kinji Shiihashi5-dan / age 49 ● Dec 15, 1997
• Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 21 ○ Seiichirou Taki7-dan / age 49 ● Dec 19, 1997
• Chimine Yamaguchiage 60 ○ Hiroharu Seto5-dan / age 41 ● Dec 19, 1997
• Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 45 ○ Kiyoshi Aoki5-dan / age 50 ● Jan 6, 1998

Best 16

• Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27 ○ 渡辺健弥アマ ● Dec 25, 1997
• 遠藤正樹アマ ○ Katsumi Mushano6-dan / age 44 ● Jan 8, 1998
• Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 23 ○ Yuji Masuda4-dan / age 26 ● Jan 9, 1998
• Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 48 ○ 清水市代 ● Jan 14, 1998
• Nou Itoh4-dan / age 35 ○ Chimine Yamaguchiage 60 ● Jan 14, 1998
• Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 22 ○ Naoya Fujiwara5-dan / age 32 ● Jan 27, 1998
• Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 32 ○ Kosuke Tamura4-dan / age 21 ● Jan 30, 1998
• 小林 裕士4-dan / age 21 ○ Nobuo Mori6-dan / age 45 ● Jan 30, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 27 ○ Nou Itoh4-dan / age 36 ● Jan 29, 1998
• Kensuke Kitahama5-dan / age 22 ○ Norihiro Yagura4-dan / age 23 ● Feb 26, 1998
• 小林 裕士4-dan / age 21 ○ Hiroto Kiritani6-dan / age 48 ● Mar 4, 1998
• Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 32 ○ 遠藤正樹アマ ● Mar 14, 1998

Semifinal

• 小林 裕士4-dan / age 21 ○ Makoto Chuza4-dan / age 28 ● Apr 10, 1998
• Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 32 ○ Kensuke Kitahama6-dan / age 22 ● Apr 15, 1998

Final

• Tadao Kitajima4-dan / age 32 ○ 小林 裕士4-dan / age 21 ● May 21, 1998

Best 32

• Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 46 ○ Hatasu Itou7-dan / age 47 ● Mar 30, 1998
• Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 50 ○ Takashi Abe7-dan / age 30 ● Apr 7, 1998
• Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 38 ○ Hisashi Namekata5-dan / age 24 ● Apr 7, 1998
• Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 50 ○ Kazuo Ishida9-dan / age 51 ● Apr 10, 1998

Best 16

• Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 45 ○ Kazuo Manabe8-dan / age 46 ● Apr 27, 1998
• Hiroki Nakata7-dan / age 33 ○ Kiyozumi Kiriyama9-dan / age 50 ● May 29, 1998
• Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 38 ○ Osamu Katsuura9-dan / age 52 ● May 29, 1998
• Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 50 ○ Hifumi Katoh9-dan / age 58 ● Jul 3, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 45 ○ Bungo Fukusaki8-dan / age 38 ● Jul 17, 1998
• Hiroki Nakata7-dan / age 33 ○ Makoto Nakahara9-dan / age 50 ● Aug 20, 1998

Semifinal

• Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 45 ○ Masahiko Urano7-dan / age 34 ● Aug 26, 1998
• Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 35 ○ Hiroki Nakata7-dan / age 33 ● Sep 22, 1998

Final

• Osamu Nakamura8-dan / age 35 ○ Teruichi Aono9-dan / age 45 ● Nov 2, 1998

Best 32

• Koji Tosa7-dan / age 42 ○ Terutaka Yasue7-dan / age 56 ● Mar 16, 1998
• Keiji Nishikawa7-dan / age 36 ○ Michio Ariyoshi9-dan / age 62 ● Mar 17, 1998
• Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28 ○ Nobuyuki Oouchi9-dan / age 56 ● Apr 14, 1998

Best 16

• Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 28 ○ Hiroshi Kamiya7-dan / age 37 ● Apr 23, 1998
• Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 56 ○ Keiji Nishikawa7-dan / age 36 ● May 12, 1998
• Keita Inoue8-dan / age 34 ○ Mamoru Hatakeyama5-dan / age 28 ● May 29, 1998
• Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 48 ○ Koji Tosa7-dan / age 43 ● Jun 19, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 29 ○ Keita Inoue8-dan / age 34 ● Jul 3, 1998
• Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 56 ○ Hitoshige Awaji9-dan / age 48 ● Jul 28, 1998

Semifinal

• Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 31 ○ Naruyuki Hatakeyama6-dan / age 29 ● Aug 7, 1998
• Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 56 ○ Shuuichi Ono7-dan / age 40 ● Sep 10, 1998

Final

• Kazuyoshi Nishimura8-dan / age 56 ○ Takahiro Toyokawa5-dan / age 31 ● Oct 6, 1998

Best 128

• 小林 宏6-dan / age 35 ○ Isao Nakata5-dan / age 30 ● Feb 12, 1998
• Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 43 ○ Kazuo Azuma7-dan / age 42 ● Feb 27, 1998
• Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 40 ○ Shuji Satoh5-dan / age 30 ● Mar 6, 1998
• Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 56 ○ Yoshinori Satou7-dan / age 49 ● Mar 16, 1998
• Masamitsu Tachi6-dan / age 32 ○ Toshihiko Kawaguchi6-dan / age 61 ● Mar 17, 1998
• Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 34 ○ Kaishu Tanaka8-dan / age 51 ● Mar 17, 1998
• Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 48 ○ Toshio Miyata7-dan / age 45 ● Mar 24, 1998

Best 64

• 小林 宏6-dan / age 35 ○ Yukio Miyasaka8-dan / age 68 ● Mar 18, 1998
• Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 47 ○ Yuji Maeda7-dan / age 44 ● Mar 23, 1998
• Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 26 ○ Noboru Sakurai7-dan / age 56 ● Apr 9, 1998
• Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 25 ○ Masamitsu Tachi6-dan / age 32 ● Apr 14, 1998
• Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 40 ○ Katsuhiko Murooka6-dan / age 39 ● Apr 17, 1998
• Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 41 ○ Shingo Hirafuji5-dan / age 34 ● Apr 22, 1998
• Shohei Takada5-dan / age 35 ○ Noboru Kosaka6-dan / age 48 ● May 12, 1998

Best 32

• Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 25 ○ Kouichi Kodama7-dan / age 47 ● May 12, 1998
• Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 26 ○ Kazuharu Shoshi6-dan / age 36 ● May 14, 1998
• Shohei Takada5-dan / age 35 ○ Kenji Kobayashi8-dan / age 41 ● May 26, 1998
• Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 41 ○ 小林 宏6-dan / age 35 ● May 28, 1998

Best 16

• Yoshiyuki Kubota4-dan / age 26 ○ Koji Horiguchi6-dan / age 37 ● Jun 23, 1998
• Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 34 ○ Yoshiyuki Matsumoto4-dan / age 26 ● Jun 24, 1998
• Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 29 ○ Shohei Takada5-dan / age 36 ● Jun 29, 1998
• Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 34 ○ Yoshiyuki Ueyama6-dan / age 41 ● Jul 9, 1998

Quarterfinal

• Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 34 ○ Hiroki Iizuka5-dan / age 29 ● Jul 31, 1998
• Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 34 ○ Yoshiyuki Kubota5-dan / age 26 ● Aug 7, 1998

Semifinal

• Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 34 ○ Kunio Naitou9-dan / age 58 ● Sep 3, 1998
• Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 34 ○ Masataka Sugimoto5-dan / age 29 ● Sep 18, 1998

Final

• Eisaku Tomioka7-dan / age 34 ○ Kenji Kanzaki6-dan / age 34 ● Oct 2, 1998