1st Kisei

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The 1977 Kisei was the birth of a new tournament. After the scuffle between Yomiuri Shimbun and Asahi, Yomiuri went on and created the Kisei. At the time, it was the highest paying tournament there had ever been, and would be up until the creation of the Ing Cup. Since this was the first year of the tournament, there was no set challenger or holder. From the 2nd edition on, there has been a playoff between challengers. The best professionals from around Japan would quickly try and qualify and win the large cash prize.

[edit] Tournament

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Ishida Yoshio	0
	(automatic berth)	0
					Ishida Yoshio	0
					Fujisawa Hideyuki	1
	Kato Masao (Judan)	0
	Fujisawa Hideyuki (Tengen)	1
									Fujisawa Hideyuki	1
									Takemiya Masaki	0
	Ohira Shuzo	1
	Kobayashi Koichi	0
					Ohira Shuzo	0
					Takemiya Masaki	1
	Takemiya Masaki	0
	(automatic berth)	0
													Fujisawa Hideyuki	4
													Hashimoto Utaro	1
	Hashimoto Utaro	0
	(automatic berth)	0
					Hashimoto Utaro	1
					Sakata Eio	0
	Sakata Eio	0
	(automatic berth)	0
									Otake Hideo	0
									Hashimoto Utaro	1			Third place
	Otake Hideo (Meijin)	0
	(automatic berth)	0
					Otake Hideo	1
					Rin Kaiho	0
	Rin Kaiho	1
	Shiraishi Yutaka	0

^{There was no third place game.}