Honinbo

The Honinbo is Japanese Go's most storied title, tracing its lineage back to 1612 when the Buddhist monk Nikkai (later Honinbo Sansa) founded the Honinbo house at Jakkoji temple in Kyoto. For over 300 years, the Honinbo name passed from master to disciple -- not by blood but by merit. In 1938, the last hereditary Honinbo, Shusai, donated the title to the Nihon Ki-in. Sponsored by the Mainichi Shimbun, the title match was historically best-of-seven, though in 2023 it was reduced to best-of-five with prize money cut from 28 million to 8.5 million yen due to declining newspaper revenues. Iyama Yuta holds the remarkable record of 11 consecutive Honinbo titles (2012-2022).

Pays Japan Type Title Match Format League Title Cycle 1 a Komi 6.5 Éditions 82

1954 · Édition #9

Champion : Takagawa Kaku · Finaliste : Sugiuchi Masao

Final 6 parties

16 mai Takagawa Kaku B+R Sugiuchi Masao 28 mai Sugiuchi Masao B+0.5 Takagawa Kaku 10 juin Takagawa Kaku B+4.5 Sugiuchi Masao 22 juin Sugiuchi Masao B+R Takagawa Kaku 5 juil. Takagawa Kaku B+R Sugiuchi Masao 16 juil. Sugiuchi Masao W+1.5 Takagawa Kaku

1st Preliminary, GroupSemi-final 1 partie

7 oct. Hosokawa Senjin B+0.5 Maeda Nobuaki

1st Preliminary, Group Final 3 parties

14 oct. Sugiuchi Masao B+R Mitsuhara Itaro 4 nov. Hasegawa Akira W+2.5 Shimamura Toshihiro 25 nov. Hashimoto Shoji W+R Suzuki Goro

1st Preliminary, Group 1 Semi-final 1 partie

11 nov. Iwamoto Kaoru W+7.5 Hashimoto Shoji

1st Preliminary, Group 3, Round 2 1 partie

12 sept. Kajiwara Takeo B+R Iyomoto Momoichi

1st Preliminary, Group 1, Round 1 1 partie

26 août Iwata Masao W+R Hashimoto Shoji

1st Preliminary, Group 2 1 partie

12 sept. Tainaka Shin W+5.5 Shimamura Toshihiro

1st Preliminary 3 parties

2 sept. Mitsuhara Itaro B+R Takahashi Shigeyuki 2 sept. Magari Reiki B+R Kubouchi Shuchi 23 sept. Hashimoto Shoji B+3.5 Nakamura Yutaro

League 19 parties

16 déc. Sakata Eio B+R Miyashita Shuyo 16 déc. Shimamura Toshihiro B+R Suzuki Goro 16 déc. Sugiuchi Masao B+R Segawa Yoshio 13 janv. Shimamura Toshihiro W+1.5 Miyashita Shuyo 13 janv. Sugiuchi Masao B+4.5 Hashimoto Utaro 20 janv. Sakata Eio W+3.5 Segawa Yoshio 3 févr. Miyashita Shuyo W+R Sugiuchi Masao 3 févr. Suzuki Goro W+R Sakata Eio 3 févr. Hashimoto Utaro B+3.5 Shimamura Toshihiro 24 févr. Hashimoto Utaro B+6.5 Suzuki Goro 24 févr. Shimamura Toshihiro B+R Sakata Eio 24 févr. Miyashita Shuyo B+R Segawa Yoshio 17 mars Segawa Yoshio W+R Hashimoto Utaro 17 mars Sakata Eio W+2.5 Sugiuchi Masao 17 mars Suzuki Goro W+6.5 Miyashita Shuyo 7 avr. Hashimoto Utaro W+4.5 Sakata Eio 7 avr. Suzuki Goro W+0.5 Sugiuchi Masao 7 avr. Segawa Yoshio W+3.5 Shimamura Toshihiro 28 avr. Sugiuchi Masao W+R Shimamura Toshihiro