- 10th Kisei
The 10th
Kisei was the 10th edition of the Kisei tournament. SinceCho Chikun won the previous year, he is given an automatic place in the final. Twelve players battled in a knockout tournament to decide the final 2. Those two would then play each other in a best-of-3 match to decide who would face Cho.Koichi Kobayashi became the challenger after beatingMasao Kato 2 games to 1, and would go on to defeat Cho Chikun 4 games to 2.Tournament
Round16
|Yujiro Hashimoto "5 dan"|0|Hiroaki Tono "9 dan"|1
|Yoshio Ishida "Tengen "|1|-|0
|Satsuo Ushinohama "9 dan"|1|Masataka Saijo "8 dan"|0
|Koichi Kobayashi "Judan"|1|-|0
|Rin Kaiho "9 dan"|1|-|0
|Masao Kato "Oza "|1|Haruo Kamimura "8 dan"|0
|Goro Miyazawa "7 dan"|1|Yasumasa Hane "9 dan"|0
|Masaki Takemiya "Honinbo "|1|-|0
|Hiroaki Tono "9 dan"|1|Yoshio Ishida "Tengen"|0
|Satsuo Ushinohama "9 dan"|0|Koichi Kobayashi "Judan"|1
|Rin Kaiho "9 dan"|0|Masao Kato "Oza"|1
|Goro Miyazawa "7 dan"|0|Masaki Takemiya "Honinbo"|1
|Hiroaki Tono "9 dan"|0|Koichi Kobayashi "Judan"|1
|Masao Kato "Oza"|1|Masaki Takemiya "Honinbo"|0
|Kobayashi Koichi "Judan"|2|Masao Kato "Oza"|1
3rdplace=noChallenger finals
Finals
Kisei
preceded=9th Kisei
succeeded=11th Kisei
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