45th Judan

The 45th Judan was held from May 11, 2006 [http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/kisen/jyudan/045-e.htm Nihon Ki-in: Judan Title] ] to April 25, 2007. The current sponsor is Sankei Newspapers. [http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/kisen/jyudan/045-e.htm Nihon Ki-in: Judan Title] ] The holder is Cho Chikun, and the challenger is Keigo Yamashita for the second time in-a-row. Hideki Komatsu, Norimoto Yoda, Kimio Yamada, Hideo Otake, Koichi Kobayashi, Kim Shushun, Naoki Hane, and Takeshi Sakai qualified through preliminary tournaments. [http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/judan.html Judan title from Igo-Kisen] ] The rest of the players were given spots automatically.

Preliminaries

4TeamBracket

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Shigeaki Yokota "9 dan"
RD1-score1=0
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Hideki Komatsu "9 dan"
RD1-score2=1

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Yoshio Ishida "9 dan"
RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Toshiya Imamura "9 dan"
RD1-score4=0

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Hideki Komatsu "9 dan"
RD2-score1=1
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Yoshio Ishida "9 dan"
RD2-score2=0 [http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/judan.html Judan title from Igo-Kisen] ]

4TeamBracket

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Norimoto Yoda "Gosei"
RD1-score1=1
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Hideyuki Sakai "7 dan"
RD1-score2=0

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Shinichi Aoki "9 dan"
RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Kenichi Mochizuki "6 dan"
RD1-score4=1

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Norimoto Yoda "Gosei"
RD2-score1=1
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Kenichi Mochizuki "6 dan"
RD2-score2=0 [http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/judan.html Judan title from Igo-Kisen] ]

4TeamBracket

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Yo Kaei "8 dan"
RD1-score1=0
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Kimio Yamada "9 dan"
RD1-score2=1

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Rin Kono "Tengen"
RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Kunihisa Honda "9 dan"
RD1-score4=0

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Kimio Yamada "9 dan"
RD2-score1=1
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Rin Kono "Tengen"
RD2-score2=0 [http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/judan.html Judan title from Igo-Kisen] ]

4TeamBracket

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Noriyoshi Yamada "9 dan"
RD1-score1=0
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Kana Mannami "3 dan" ♀
RD1-score2=1

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Ryu Shikun "9 dan"
RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Hideo Otake "Honorary Gosei"
RD1-score4=1

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Kana Mannami "3 dan"
RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Hideo Otake "Honorary Gosei"
RD2-score2=1 [http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/judan.html Judan title from Igo-Kisen] ]

4TeamBracket

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Koichi Kobayashi "Honorary Kisei"
RD1-score1=1
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Naoto Hikosaka "9 dan"
RD1-score2=0

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Shinya Nakamura "8 dan"
RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Katsunori Yanaka "8 dan"
RD1-score4=0

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Koichi Kobayashi "Honorary Kisei"
RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Shinya Nakamura "8 dan"
RD2-score2=1 [http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/judan.html Judan title from Igo-Kisen] ]

4TeamBracket

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Kim Shushun "7 dan"
RD1-score1=1
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Mitsuhisa Yukawa "9 dan"
RD1-score2=0

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Masaki Ogata "9 dan"
RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Michael Redmond "9 dan"
RD1-score4=1

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Kim Shushun "7 dan"
RD2-score1=1
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Michael Redmond "9 dan"
RD2-score2=0 [http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/judan.html Judan title from Igo-Kisen] ]

4TeamBracket

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Masayuki Kurahashi "9 dan"
RD1-score1=0
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Maki Sakai "8 dan"
RD1-score2=1

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Naoki Hane "9 dan"
RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Cho Sonjin "9 dan"
RD1-score4=1

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Maki Sakai "8 dan"
RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Naoki Hane "9 dan"
RD2-score2=1 [http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/judan.html Judan title from Igo-Kisen] ]

4TeamBracket

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Rin Kaiho "Honorary Tengen"
RD1-score1=1
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Satoshi Kataoka "9 dan"
RD1-score2=0

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Nakano Hironari "9 dan"
RD1-score3=0
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Takeshi Sakai "9 dan"
RD1-score4=1

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Rin Kaiho "Honorary Tengen"
RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Takeshi Sakai "9 dan"
RD2-score2=1 [http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/judan.html Judan title from Igo-Kisen] ]

Main tournament

Winners section

Round16
|Satoru Kobayashi "9 dan"|1|So Yokoku "8 dan"|0
|Hiroshi Yamashiro "9 dan"|0|Kim Shushun "7 dan"|1
|Takeshi Sakai "9 dan"|0|Norimoto Yoda "9 dan"|1
|Koichi Kobayashi
"Honorary Kisei"|0|Keigo Yamashita "Kisei"|1
|Cho U "Gosei"|1|Shinji Takao "Meijin"|0
|Hideo Otake
"Honorary Gosei"|0|Hideki Komatsu "9 dan"|1
|Kimio Yamada "9 dan"|1|Tomoyasu Mimura "9 dan"|0
|Naoki Hane "9 dan"|0|O Rissei "9 dan"|1
|Satoru Kobayashi "9 dan"|1|Kim Shushun "7 dan"|0
|Norimoto Yoda "9 dan"|0|Keigo Yamashita "Kisei"|1
|Cho U "Gosei"|1|Hideki Komatsu "9 dan"|0
|Kimio Yamada "9 dan"|1|O Rissei "9 dan"|0
|Satoru Kobayashi "9 dan"|0|Keigo Yamashita "Kisei"|1
|Cho U "Gosei"|1|Kimio Yamada "9 dan"|0
|Keigo Yamashita "Kisei"|1|Cho U "Gosei"|0
3rdplace=no [http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/kisen/jyudan/045-e.htm Nihon Ki-in: Judan Title] ]

Losers section

4TeamBracket

RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Shinji Takao "Meijin"
RD1-score1=0
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Cho U "Gosei"
RD1-score2=1

RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Norimoto Yoda "9 dan"
RD1-score3=1
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Satoru Kobayashi "9 dan"
RD1-score4=0

RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Cho U "Gosei"
RD2-score1=0
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Norimoto Yoda "9 dan"
RD2-score2=1 [http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/kisen/jyudan/045-e.htm Nihon Ki-in: Judan Title] ]

Challenger finals

[http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/kisen/jyudan/045-e.htm Nihon Ki-in: Judan Title] ]

Finals

[http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/judan.html Judan title from Igo-Kisen] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/kisen/jyudan/045-e.htm Judan information from Nihon Ki-in]
* [http://igo-kisen.hp.infoseek.co.jp/judan.html Igo-Kisen Judan]