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).

Paese Japan Tipo Title Match Formato League Title Cadenza 1 a Komi 6.5 Edizioni 82

1984 · Edizione #39

Campione: Rin Kaiho · Finalista: Awaji Shuzo

League-entry preliminary, final 4 partite

18 ago Takagi Shoichi B+R Kato Masao 1 set Shiraishi Yutaka W+R Sakata Eio 1 set Yamashiro Hiroshi B+4.5 Sonoda Yuichi 22 set Kataoka Satoshi W+5.5 Awaji Shuzo

Final 5 partite

16 mag Awaji Shuzo W+R Rin Kaiho 30 mag Rin Kaiho W+R Awaji Shuzo 7 giu Awaji Shuzo W+2.5 Rin Kaiho 20 giu Rin Kaiho B+R Awaji Shuzo 28 giu Awaji Shuzo W+R Rin Kaiho

League-entry preliminary, Round 2 1 partita

21 lug Sakata Eio B+R O Rissei

Preliminaries 1 partita

3 mar Morino Setsuo B+0.5 Hotta Yozo

3rd Preliminary 2 partite

30 mar Ishii Shinzo W+0.5 Oyama Kunio 9 giu Shiraishi Yutaka B+1.5 Kada Katsuji

2nd Preliminary 2 partite

24 mar Takamizawa Tadao B+0.5 Hayashi Yutaro 26 mag Otake Hideo W+R Magari Reiki

League 29 partite

27 ott Kobayashi Koichi W+1.5 Awaji Shuzo 27 ott Takagi Shoichi W+2.5 Iwata Tatsuaki 27 ott Takemiya Masaki B+R Cho Chikun 27 ott Sakata Eio B+R Yamashiro Hiroshi 10 nov Cho Chikun W+R Iwata Tatsuaki 10 nov Takemiya Masaki B+R Takagi Shoichi 10 nov Awaji Shuzo W+R Yamashiro Hiroshi 15 dic Awaji Shuzo B+3.5 Sakata Eio 15 dic Cho Chikun W+R Takagi Shoichi 22 dic Yamashiro Hiroshi B+1.5 Kobayashi Koichi 22 dic Takemiya Masaki B+3.5 Iwata Tatsuaki 12 gen Iwata Tatsuaki W+R Awaji Shuzo 19 gen Cho Chikun W+R Yamashiro Hiroshi 26 gen Sakata Eio B+R Takemiya Masaki 26 gen Takagi Shoichi W+3.5 Kobayashi Koichi 8 feb Sakata Eio B+R Cho Chikun 9 feb Iwata Tatsuaki W+R Kobayashi Koichi 16 feb Takemiya Masaki B+R Yamashiro Hiroshi 23 feb Takagi Shoichi B+R Awaji Shuzo 8 mar Yamashiro Hiroshi W+R Iwata Tatsuaki 15 mar Sakata Eio W+10.5 Takagi Shoichi 19 mar Kobayashi Koichi B+R Takemiya Masaki 29 mar Awaji Shuzo B+R Cho Chikun 5 apr Awaji Shuzo B+2.5 Takemiya Masaki 5 apr Iwata Tatsuaki B+13.5 Sakata Eio 11 apr Yamashiro Hiroshi B+6.5 Takagi Shoichi 12 apr Cho Chikun B+5.5 Kobayashi Koichi 10 mag Yamashiro Hiroshi B+9.5 Sakata Eio 17 nov Kobayashi Koichi W+10.5 Sakata Eio