32nd Kisei
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.
Preliminaries
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Main tournament
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.
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.
Challenger finals
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Finals
Player |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
T |
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Keigo Yamashita (Kisei) |
0 |
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Cho Chikun (Challenger) |
0 |
Key
- W+ - Won by
- R - Resignation