32nd Kisei

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The 32nd Kisei is being held from January 2007 to 2008. The following players earned spots through not being eliminated in the group stage: Naoki Hane (4-1), Cho U (4-1), Satoru Kobayashi (4-1), Atsushi Kato (4-1), O Rissei (3-2) Hideki Komatsu (2-3), Norimoto Yoda (2-3), and Imamura Toshiya (2-3). Mimura Tomoyasu, Kunihisa Honda, Satoshi Yuki, and Cho Chikun were eliminated from group play and had to earn a spot through preliminary stages. The players who qualify through preliminary tournaments are Cho Chikun, Hiroshi Yamashiro, Shinji Takao, and Yuta Iyama. Players who end with the two lowest records in the each league are eliminated from automatic berth into the next tournament while the 3 other players who were not eliminated or had the top record are given a place in the following years groups.

Contents

[edit] Preliminaries

[edit] Group A

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
February 1        
 Yoshiaki Imamura 9 dan  1
March 1
 Hideki Enda 9 dan  0  
 Yoshiaki Imamura 9 dan  1
February 1
   Daisuke Murakawa 3 dan  0  
 Masaharu Sato 9 dan  0
March 22
 Daisuke Murakawa 3 dan  1  
 Yoshiaki Imamura 9 dan  0
February 1
   Cho Chikun Judan  1
 Yasuo Katayama 8 dan  0
February 22
 Mitsuki Kono 7 dan  1  
 Mitsuki Kono 7 dan  0
January 25
   Cho Chikun Judan  1  
 Kunio Ishii 9 dan  0
 Cho Chikun Judan  1  


[edit] Group B

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
February 22        
 Cho Riyu 7 dan  0
March 22
 Kimio Yamada 9 dan  1  
 Kimio Yamada 9 dan  1
February 8
   Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan  0  
 Hironari Nakano 9 dan  0
April 19
 Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan  1  
 Kimio Yamada 9 dan  0
February 8
   Hiroshi Yamashiro 9 dan  1
 Kim Shushun 7 dan  0
March 8
 Rin Kono Tengen  1  
 Rin Kono Tengen  0
February 1
   Hiroshi Yamashiro 9 dan  1  
 Hiroshi Yamashiro 9 dan  1
 Kunihisa Honda 9 dan  0  


[edit] Group C

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
February 8        
 Ryu Shikun 9 dan  0
March 15
 Yujiro Hashimoto 9 dan  1  
 Yujiro Hashimoto 9 dan  0
February 22
   Shinji Takao Meijin  1  
 Shuzo Awaji 9 dan  0
May 3
 Shinji Takao Meijin  1  
 Shinji Takao Meijin  1
February 1
   So Yokoku 8 dan  0
 Otake Hideo Honorary Gosei  0
March 22
 Norio Kudo 9 dan  1  
 Norio Kudo 9 dan  0
February 22
   So Yokoku 8 dan  1  
 So Yokoku 8 dan  1
 Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan  0  


[edit] Group D

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
January 25        
 Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan  0
March 15
 Masaki Takemiya 9 dan  1  
 Masaki Takemiya 9 dan  0
February 22
   Shinya Nakamura 8 dan  1  
 Shinya Nakamura 8 dan  1
April 5
 Tetsuya Kiyonari 9 dan  0  
 Shinya Nakamura 8 dan  0
February 1
   Yuta Iyama 7 dan  1
 Rin Kaiho Honorary Tengen  0
March 8
 Yuta Iyama 7 dan  1  
 Yuta Iyama 7 dan  1
February 22
   Shungo Goto 9 dan  0  
 Shungo Goto 9 dan  1
 Satoshi Yuki 9 dan  0  


[edit] Main tournament

[edit] Group A

Player
S.K.
O.R.
N.Y.
C.U.
S.T.
H.Y.
T
Satoru Kobayashi 9 dan X L L L L L 0-5
O Rissei 9 dan W X L L W W 3-2
Norimoto Yoda 9 dan W W X L W L 3-2
Cho U Gosei W W W X W W 5-0
Shinji Takao Meijin W L L L X W 2-3*
Hiroshi Yamashiro 9 dan W L W L L X 2-3

* Shinji Takao held the tiebreaker over Hiroshi Yamashiro.

[edit] Group B

Player
S.K.
K.A.
H.K.
T.I.
C.C.
Y.I.
T
Naoki Hane 9 dan X W W L L L 2-3**
Atsushi Kato 8 dan L X W W L W 3-2***
Hideki Komatsu 9 dan L L X W L L 1-4
Toshiya Imamura 9 dan W L L X W L 2-3
Cho Chikun Judan W W W L X W 4-1
Yuta Iyama 7 dan W L W W L X 3-2

** Naoki Hane held the tiebreaker over Toshiya Imamura.

*** Atsushi Kato held tiebreaker over Yuta Iyama.

Key:

  • Green - Winner of group; 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.

[edit] Challenger finals

  Final
     
 Cho U Meijin 0
 Cho Chikun Judan 1

[edit] Finals

Player
1
(-)
2
(-)
3
(-)
4
(-)
5
(-)
6
(-)
7
(-)
T
Keigo Yamashita (Kisei) W+R W+R W+R W+R 4
Cho Chikun (Challenger) W+R W+3.5 W+4.5 3

Key

  • W+ - Won by
  • R - Resignation


Preceded by:
31st Kisei
Kisei Followed by:
33rd Kisei