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# Judan title games

This page gives the games (in SGF format) from the Judan (十段) title match.
For results from the tournament, see the subpages linked to (in the first column).

Up to the 49th Judan, the tournament had 16 participants, namely (in early years) the 12 players with at least one win in the previous tournament, plus 4 winners from the preliminaries, or (in later years) the 8 players with at least two wins in the previous tournament, plus 8 winners from the preliminaries.

Nr | Year | Winner | Opponent | Score | Games
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 1962 | Hashimoto Utaro | Handa Dogen | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
2 | 1963 | Handa Dogen | Hashimoto Utaro | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
3 | 1964 | Fujisawa Hosai | Handa Dogen | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
4 | 1965 | Takagawa Kaku | Fujisawa Hosai | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
5 | 1966 | Sakata Eio | Takagawa Kaku | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
6 | 1967/68 | Sakata Eio | Fujisawa Hosai | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
7 | 1968 | Sakata Eio | Fujisawa Hideyuki | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
8 | 1969 | Otake Hideo | Sakata Eio | 3-0 | 1 2 3
9 | 1971 | Hashimoto Utaro | Otake Hideo | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
10 | 1972 | Sakata Eio | Hashimoto Utaro | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
11 | 1973 | Sakata Eio | Takagi Shoichi | 3-0 | 1 2 3
12 | 1974 | Hashimoto Shoji | Sakata Eio | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
13 | 1975 | Rin Kaiho | Hashimoto Shoji | 3-0 | 1 2 3
14 | 1976 | Kato Masao | Rin Kaiho | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
15 | 1977 | Kato Masao | Sakata Eio | 3-0 | 1 2 3
16 | 1978 | Kato Masao | Rin Kaiho | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
17 | 1979 | Kato Masao | Hashimoto Shoji | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
18 | 1980 | Otake Hideo | Kato Masao | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
19 | 1981 | Otake Hideo | Hashimoto Shoji | 3-0 | 1 2 3
20 | 1982 | Cho Chikun | Otake Hideo | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
21 | 1983 | Kato Masao | Cho Chikun | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
22 | 1984 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kato Masao | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
23 | 1985 | Kobayashi Koichi | Otake Hideo | 3-0 | 1 2 3
24 | 1986 | Kobayashi Koichi | Takemiya Masaki | 3-0 | 1 2 3
25 | 1987 | Kato Masao | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
26 | 1988 | Cho Chikun | Kato Masao | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
27 | 1989 | Cho Chikun | Rin Kaiho | 3-0 | 1 2 3
28 | 1990 | Takemiya Masaki | Cho Chikun | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
29 | 1991 | Takemiya Masaki | Cho Chikun | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
30 | 1992 | Takemiya Masaki | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
31 | 1993 | Otake Hideo | Takemiya Masaki | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
32 | 1994 | Otake Hideo | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
33 | 1995 | Yoda Norimoto | Otake Hideo | 3-0 | 1 2 3
34 | 1996 | Yoda Norimoto | O Rissei | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
35 | 1997 | Kato Masao | Yoda Norimoto | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
36 | 1998 | Hikosaka Naoto | Kato Masao | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
37 | 1999 | Kobayashi Koichi | Hikosaka Naoto | 3-0 | 1 2 3
38 | 2000 | Kobayashi Koichi | Nakano Hironari | 3-0 | 1 2 3
39 | 2001 | O Rissei | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
40 | 2002 | O Rissei | Takemiya Masaki | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
41 | 2003 | O Rissei | Takao Shinji | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
42 | 2004 | O Rissei | Cho U | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
43 | 2005 | Cho Chikun | O Rissei | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
44 | 2006 | Cho Chikun | Yamashita Keigo | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
45 | 2007 | Cho Chikun | Yamashita Keigo | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
46 | 2008 | Takao Shinji | Cho Chikun | 3-0 | 1 2 3
47 | 2009 | Cho U | Takao Shinji | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
48 | 2010 | Cho U | Yamashita Keigo | 3-0 | 1 2 3
49 | 2011 | Iyama Yuta | Cho U | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
50 | 2012 | Iyama Yuta | Cho U | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
51 | 2013 | Yuki Satoshi | Iyama Yuta | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
52 | 2014 | Takao Shinji | Yuki Satoshi | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
53 | 2015 | Ida Atsushi | Takao Shinji | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
54 | 2016 | Iyama Yuta | Ida Atsushi | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4

## Honorary title

Players who won the Judan title five or more consecutive times get the Honorary Judan title. So far this has not happened.