32nd Meijin

The 32nd Meijin is the 32nd iteration of the Meijin go tournament.^[1]^[2] The name Meijin refers to the traditional title given to the superior play during the Edo period.

Preliminaries

Group A

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Kenichi Mochizuki 6 dan	0

Shuya Fujii 6 dan	1
		Shuya Fujii 6 dan	0

		Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan	1
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan	1

Masaki Ogata 9 dan	0
				Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan	1

				Rin Shien 6 dan	0
Rin Shien 6 dan	1

Yusaku Ogaki 9 dan	0
		Rin Shien 6 dan	1

		Toshiya Imamura 9 dan	0
Yo Kagen 9 dan	0

Toshiya Imamura 9 dan	1

Group B

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan	1

O Meien 9 dan	0
		Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan	0

		Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan	1
Tetsuya Kiyonari 9 dan	0

Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan	1
				Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan	0

				Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan	1
Masaki Takemiya 9 dan	1

Takashi Takei 6 dan	0
		Masaki Takemiya 9 dan	0

		Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan	1
Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan	1

Han Zenki 7 dan	0

Group C

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final



O Rissei 9 dan	0

Atsushi Tsuruyama 6 dan	1
		Atsushi Tsuruyama 6 dan	0

		Naoki Hane 9 dan	0
So Yokoku 8 dan	0

Naoki Hane 9 dan	1
				Naoki Hane 9 dan	0

				Ko Iso 7 dan	1
Rin Kaiho 9 dan	0

Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan	1
		Satoshi Kataoka 8 dan	0

		Ko Iso 7 dan	1
Yuta Iyama 7 dan	0

Ko Iso 7 dan	1

Main tournament

Group stage

Player	C.U.	Y.K.	S.H.	K.S.	Y.K.	Y.N.	H.N.	M.T.	K.I.	T
Cho U Gosei	X	W+0.5	B-0.5	W+0.5	B+R	W+5.5	B+1.5	W+R	B+4.5	7-1
Yamashita Keigo Kisei	B-0.5	X	W-R	B-R	W-5.5	B-4.5	W-R	B-0.5	W+R	1-7
Sakai Hideyuki 7 dan	W+0.5	B+R	X	W-0.5	B-R	W-0.5	B+8.5	W-0.5	B+R	4-4
Kobayashi Satoru 9 dan	B-0.5	W+R	B+0.5	X	W+R	B-1.5	W+R	B-R	W-R	4-4
Yamada Kimio 9 dan	W-R	B+5.5	W+R	B-R	X	W+1.5	B-R	W+R	B+R	5-3
Yoda Norimoto 9 dan	B-5.5	W+4.5	B+0.5	W+1.5	B-1.5	X	W-0.5	B+R	W-3.5	4-4
Hikosaka Naoto 9 dan	W-1.5	B+R	W-8.5	B-R	W+R	B+0.5	X	W-1.5	B-1.5	3-5
Mimura Tomoyasu 9 dan	B-R	W+0.5	B+0.5	W+R	B-R	W-R	B+1.5	X	W-R	4-4
Ko Iso 7 dan	W-4.5	B-R	W-R	B+R	W-R	B+3.5	W+1.5	B+R	X	4-4

Key:

Green - Winner of group; challenges for title or earns a spot in the challenger final
Blue - Earns a place in the next edition's group stage.
Red - Eliminated from automatic berth; must qualify through preliminary stages.

Finals

Player	1 (-)	2 (-)	3 (-)	4 (-)	5 (-)	6 (-)	7 (-)	T
Cho U	W-4.5	B+R	W+1,5	B+R	W-2.5	B-0.5	W+2.5	4
Takao Shinji (Meijin)	B+4,5	W-R	B-1.5	W-R	B+2.5	W+0.5	B-2.5	3

Key

W+ - Won by
R - Resignation

References

^ "GoBase.org - News archive". gobase.org. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
^ "History of Topics 2006 | Nihon kiin". www.nihonkiin.or.jp. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

[1] "GoBase.org - News archive". gobase.org. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

[2] "History of Topics 2006 | Nihon kiin". www.nihonkiin.or.jp. Retrieved 2022-10-10.

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