Honorary Go Titles

Honorary Go Titles

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.

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.

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.

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.

Honorary Judans

* There have been no Honorary Judans yet.

Honorary Tengens

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

Honorary Ozas

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

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.


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