Kisei
Established in 1976 and sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Kisei ("Go Sage") is the highest-paying annual Go title in the world, with a winner's purse of 43 million yen (roughly US$275,000). The format involves extensive preliminaries leading to a tiered challenger league, whose winner faces the defending Kisei in a grueling best-of-seven title match. The title carries unique rank implications: qualifying for the Kisei league earns automatic promotion to 7-dan, and capturing the title itself elevates a player to 9-dan. Kobayashi Koichi held the title for eight consecutive years (1986-1993), while Iyama Yuta surpassed that with nine straight wins (2013-2021). Alongside the Meijin and Honinbo, the Kisei forms Japan's "Big Three" titles.
Pays Japan
Type Title Match
Format League Title
Cycle 1 a
Komi 6.5
Éditions 51
2013 · Édition #39
Champion :
Iyama Yuta
· Finaliste :
Yamashita Keigo
Final
7 parties
Challengers' Final
1 partie
A League
15 parties
22 mai
Hane Naoki
W+3.5
Takao Shinji
22 mai
Kono Rin
B+R
Yamashiro Hiroshi
29 mai
Yamashita Keigo
B+R
Ichiriki Ryo
19 juin
Kono Rin
B+R
Ichiriki Ryo
26 juin
Yamashita Keigo
B+R
Takao Shinji
26 juin
Yamashiro Hiroshi
B+2.5
Hane Naoki
10 juil.
Ichiriki Ryo
W+R
Hane Naoki
17 juil.
Takao Shinji
W+R
Yamashiro Hiroshi
24 juil.
Kono Rin
W+R
Yamashita Keigo
28 août
Yamashita Keigo
B+R
Hane Naoki
4 sept.
Yamashiro Hiroshi
B+2.5
Ichiriki Ryo
11 sept.
Takao Shinji
B+R
Kono Rin
2 oct.
Ichiriki Ryo
W+R
Takao Shinji
2 oct.
Yamashiro Hiroshi
W+R
Yamashita Keigo
2 oct.
Hane Naoki
W+R
Kono Rin
B League
15 parties
15 mai
Kobayashi Satoru
B+R
Cho Riyu
15 mai
Yoda Norimoto
W+0.5
Murakawa Daisuke
22 mai
Cho Chikun
B+R
Yuki Satoshi
12 juin
Cho Riyu
W+R
Murakawa Daisuke
19 juin
Yuki Satoshi
W+R
Yoda Norimoto
26 juin
Kobayashi Satoru
B+R
Cho Chikun
3 juil.
Cho Riyu
B+R
Cho Chikun
24 juil.
Yoda Norimoto
B+1.5
Kobayashi Satoru
24 juil.
Murakawa Daisuke
B+R
Yuki Satoshi
7 août
Cho Chikun
W+4.5
Yoda Norimoto
28 août
Cho Riyu
W+R
Yuki Satoshi
18 sept.
Kobayashi Satoru
B+R
Murakawa Daisuke
2 oct.
Yoda Norimoto
B+5.5
Cho Riyu
2 oct.
Yuki Satoshi
B+R
Kobayashi Satoru
2 oct.
Murakawa Daisuke
B+3.5
Cho Chikun
Preliminaries
24 parties
12 sept.
Tsuneishi Takashi
B+R
Rin Kaiho
26 sept.
Otake Hideo
B+R
Yashiro Kumiko
7 nov.
Fujii Shuya
W+R
Yamada Kimio
7 nov.
Cho Riyu
B+1.5
Kobayashi Koichi
14 nov.
Cho Sonjin
W+3.5
Ogaki Yusaku
14 nov.
Kataoka Satoshi
B+R
Arimura Hiroshi
14 nov.
Enda Hideki
B+1.5
Hikosaka Naoto
21 nov.
O Meien
B+3.5
Mizuma Toshifumi
28 nov.
Rin Shien
B+0.5
Ishida Yoshio
28 nov.
Yamada Kimio
B+R
Tajima Shingo
5 déc.
Obuchi Morito
W+R
Ryu Shikun
5 déc.
Yamada Takuji
W+R
Kataoka Satoshi
5 déc.
Kono Takashi
W+R
O Rissei
5 déc.
O Meien
W+R
Tsuruyama Atsushi
12 déc.
Kudo Norio
W+R
Miyazawa Goro
19 déc.
O Rissei
W+0.5
Kimu Sujun
23 janv.
Kataoka Satoshi
B+R
Miyazawa Goro
23 janv.
Ryu Shikun
W+R
Yamada Noriyoshi
30 janv.
Cho U
B+R
Yanagisawa Satoshi
30 janv.
Furuya Yutaka
W+R
Kono Rin
6 févr.
Yamada Kimio
W+R
Kimu Sujun
27 févr.
Kono Rin
B+R
Shida Tatsuya
27 févr.
Kimu Sujun
W+R
Cho U
13 mars
Yuki Satoshi
B+R
Kataoka Satoshi