title: 26th Kisei
text: # 26th Kisei
  
  ## Preliminaries
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Mitsuhisa Yukawa 9 dan | 1 | | |
  | Norio Kudo 9 dan | 0 | | |
  | Norio Kudo 9 dan | 0 | Mitsuhisa Yukawa 9 dan | 0 |
  | | | O Meien Honinbo | 1 |
  | O Meien Honinbo | 1 | O Meien Honinbo | 1 |
  | Yo Kaei 7 dan | 0 | | | | |
  | Yo Kaei 7 dan | 0 | | | O Meien Honinbo | 0 |
  | | | | | Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 |
  | Masayuki Kurahashi 9 dan | 0 | | | Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 |
  | Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 | | | | |
  | Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 | Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 | | |
  | | | Atsushi Kato 7 dan | 0 |
  | Sunao Hasegawa 9 dan | 0 | Atsushi Kato 7 dan | 0 |
  | Atsushi Kato 7 dan | 1 | | |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Yasuhiro Nakano 7 dan | 1 | | |
  | Tadahiko Chino 9 dan | 0 | | |
  | Tadahiko Chino 9 dan | 0 | Yasuhiro Nakano 9 dan | 1 |
  | | | Takehisa Matsumato 4 dan | 0 |
  | Yo Kagen 9 dan | 0 | Takehisa Matsumato 4 dan | 0 |
  | Takehisa Matsumoto 4 dan | 1 | | | | |
  | Takehisa Matsumoto 4 dan | 1 | | | Yasuhiro Nakano 9 dan | 0 |
  | | | | | Tomochika Mizokami 7 dan | 1 |
  | Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan | 0 | | | Tomochika Mizokami 7 dan | 1 |
  | Katsuaki Kubo 9 dan | 1 | | | | |
  | Katsuaki Kubo 9 dan | 1 | Katsuaki Kubo 9 dan | 0 | | |
  | | | Tomochika Mizokami 7 dan | 1 |
  | Rin Shien 5 dan | 0 | Tomochika Mizokami 7 dan | 1 |
  | Tomochika Mizokami 7 dan | 1 | | |
  
  ### Group C
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 1 | | |
  | Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan | 0 | | |
  | Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan | 0 | Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 1 |
  | | | Kunihisa Honda 9 dan | 0 |
  | Kimio Yamada 8 dan | 0 | Kunihisa Honda 9 dan | 0 |
  | Kunihisa Honda 9 dan | 1 | | | | |
  | Kunihisa Honda 9 dan | 1 | | | Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 0 |
  | | | | | Takuji Yamada 6 dan | 1 |
  | Takuji Yamada 6 dan | 1 | | | Takuji Yamada 6 dan | 1 |
  | Tomihiko Masuko 6 dan | 0 | | | | |
  | Tomihiko Masuko 6 dan | 0 | Takuji Yamada 9 dan | 1 | | |
  | | | Shigeru Baba 9 dan | 0 |
  | Shigeru Baba 9 dan | 1 | Shigeru Baba 9 dan | 0 |
  | Masao Kato Honorary Oza | 0 | | |
  
  ### Group D
  
  | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Koichi Kobayashi Judan | 1 | | |
  | Masaki Takemiya 9 dan | 0 | | |
  | Masaki Takemiya 9 dan | 0 | Koichi Kobayashi Judan | 0 |
  | | | Yasumasa Hane 9 dan | 1 |
  | Toshiya Imamura 9 dan | 0 | Yasumasa Hane 9 dan | 1 |
  | Yasumasa Hane 9 dan | 1 | | | | |
  | Yasumasa Hane 9 dan | 1 | | | Yasumasa Hane 9 dan | 0 |
  | | | | | Naoki Hane 8 dan | 1 |
  | Kaei Chin 9 dan | 1 | | | Naoki Hane 8 dan | 1 |
  | Yusaku Ogaki 8 dan | 0 | | | | |
  | Yusaku Ogaki 8 dan | 0 | Kaei Chin 9 dan | 0 | | |
  | | | Naoki Hane 8 dan | 1 |
  | Takashi Kono 6 dan | 0 | Naoki Hane 8 dan | 1 |
  | Naoki Hane 8 dan | 1 | | |
  
  ## Main tournament
  
  ### Group B
  
  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
  
  | Finals | Finals | Finals |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ryu Shikun 7 dan | Ryu Shikun 7 dan | 1 |
  | Cho Chikun 25th Honinbo | Cho Chikun 25th Honinbo | 0 |
  