Honorary Go Titles

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Professional Go players in Japan are given the title of "Honorary" title holder if they hold a title for a straight five or more years. Below is a list of the honorary title holders and which title they are honored for.

Contents 1 Honorary Kiseis 2 Honorary Meijins 3 Honorary Honinbos 4 Honorary Judans 5 Honorary Tengens 6 Honorary Ozas 7 Honorary Goseis

[edit] Honorary Kiseis

• Fujisawa Hideyuki won the Kisei 6 times in-a-row from 1976 to 1982.
• Kobayashi Koichi won the Kisei 8 times in-a-row from 1986 to 1993.

[edit] Honorary Meijins

• Cho Chikun won the Meijin 5 times-in-a-row from 1980 to 1984.
• Kobayashi Koichi won the Meijin 7 times in-a-row from 1988 to 1994.

[edit] Honorary Honinbos

• Takagawa Kaku won the Honinbo 9 times in-a-row from 1952 to 1960.
• Sakata Eio won the Honinbo 7 times in-a-row from 1961 to 1967.
• Ishida Yoshio won the Honinbo 5 times in-a-row from 1971 to 1975.
• Cho Chikun won the Honinbo 10 times in-a-row from 1989 to 1998.

[edit] Honorary Judans

• There have been no Honorary Judans yet.

[edit] Honorary Tengens

• Rin Kaiho won the Tengen 5 times in-a-row from 1988 to 1993.

[edit] Honorary Ozas

• Kato Masao won the Oza 8 times in-a-row from 1982 to 1989.

[edit] Honorary Goseis

• Otake Hideo won the Gosei 6 times in-a-row from 1980 to 1985.
• Kobayashi Koichi won the Gosei 6 times in-a-row from 1988 to 1993.