TLEO Kono-Michi Cup Hisho

The TLEO Kono-Michi Cup is a Nihon Ki-in series launched in 2026 as a launchpad for the next generation of professionals, its umbrella name "Kono-Michi" (この道, "this path") evoking the long road of a Go player's craft. Its Hisho ("飛翔," soaring, taking flight) division is reserved for rising pros who have held 1-dan or above for five years or fewer and have yet to win an official title, competing in a sixteen-player league. It runs alongside companion divisions — the wider Toryu ("ascending dragon") and the women's Zuiko — and is bankrolled not by a media house but by TLEO, a long-established Tokyo law firm.

Country Japan Type League Cycle 1y Komi 6.5 Editions 1

2026 · Edition #1

Round 4 6 games

Jul 8 Omote Yuto B+R Yanai Kazuma Jul 8 Nakane Daiki W+R Shiga Tsukasa Jul 8 Mito Shuhei W+R Tanaka Kentaro Jul 8 Nakahama Konosuke W+5.5 Kumaki Teruya Jul 8 Goto Hajimu W+R Hamakado Hibiki Jul 8 Kuwabara Itsuki B+R Konishi Yoshiakira

Round 3 6 games

Jul 8 Nakane Daiki W+R Hamakado Hibiki Jul 8 Shiga Tsukasa W+R Goto Hajimu Jul 8 Yanai Kazuma B+R Kumaki Teruya Jul 8 Nakahama Konosuke W+R Omote Yuto Jul 8 Mito Shuhei B+R Konishi Yoshiakira Jul 11 Takeshita Ryoya B+R Tanaka Yuki

Round of 32 10 games

Jul 7 Konishi Yoshiakira B+3.5 Shiga Tsukasa Jul 7 Omote Yuto W+R Tanaka Yuki Jul 7 Nakahama Konosuke W+R Takeshita Ryoya Jul 7 Chin Hakusho B+0.5 Kumaki Teruya Jul 7 Kuwabara Itsuki B+R Hamakado Hibiki Jul 7 Nakane Daiki W+R Tanaka Kentaro Jul 7 Kawahara Yu B+R Yanai Kazuma Jul 7 Goto Hajimu W+R Mito Shuhei Jul 11 Kuwabara Itsuki B+R Namiki Hibiki Jul 11 Kawahara Yu B+R Yanai Kazuma

Quarterfinals 4 games

Jul 7 Hamakado Hibiki W+1.5 Kumaki Teruya Jul 7 Yanai Kazuma B+R Nakane Daiki Jul 7 Goto Hajimu W+R Nakahama Konosuke Jul 11 Kuwabara Itsuki W+R Chin Hakusho

2026-07-08 5 games

Jul 8 Takeshita Ryoya B+R Tanaka Yuki Jul 8 Tanaka Kentaro B+R Kuwabara Itsuki Jul 8 Kawahara Yu B+R Chin Hakusho Jul 8 Tanaka Yuki B+R Chin Hakusho Jul 8 Kawahara Yu W+1.5 Takeshita Ryoya

2026-07-07 5 games

Jul 7 Shiga Tsukasa W+R Tanaka Yuki Jul 7 Kawahara Yu B+R Tanaka Kentaro Jul 7 Kuwabara Itsuki W+R Chin Hakusho Jul 7 Takeshita Ryoya B+R Mito Shuhei Jul 7 Konishi Yoshiakira W+R Omote Yuto