15th Judan title 1977

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# 15th Judan title

## Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Yamabe Toshiro | Ishida Akira B+R | Hashimoto Utaro W+R | Cho Chikun | Sakata Eio W+2.5
Ishida Akira
Takagi Shoichi | Hashimoto Utaro W+R
Hashimoto Utaro
Otake Hideo | Rin Kaiho B+R | Cho Chikun B+R
Rin Kaiho
Fujisawa Hosai | Cho Chikun B+R
Cho Chikun
Ishida Yoshio | Kudo Norio W+R | Fujisawa Shuko W+R | Sakata Eio B+1.5
Kudo Norio
Magari Reiki | Fujisawa Shuko W+R
Fujisawa Shuko
Takagawa Shukaku | Hashimoto Shoji B+0.5 | Sakata Eio B+R
Hashimoto Shoji
Ohira Shuzo | Sakata Eio B+R
Sakata Eio

## Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Yamabe Toshiro | Takagi Shoichi W+R | Takagi Shoichi W+4.5 | Takagi Shoichi W+R | Cho Chikun B+R | Cho Chikun W+R
Takagi Shoichi
Otake Hideo | Fujisawa Hosai B+R
Fujisawa Hosai
Ishida Yoshio | Magari Reiki B+R | Magari Reiki W+1.5
Magari Reiki
Takagawa Shukaku | Ohira Shuzo B+R
Ohira Shuzo
Cho Chikun
Ishida Akira | Ishida Akira B+6.5 | Ishida Akira W+R | Ishida Akira W+R
Rin Kaiho
Kudo Norio | Kudo Norio B+R
Hashimoto Shoji
Hashimoto Utaro | Fujisawa Shuko
Fujisawa Shuko

## Challenger decision match

Winner of the Winners' Section against winner of the Losers' Section.

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1977-03-02 | Sakata Eio | Cho Chikun | B+R | 167 | sgf

## 15th Judan Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1977-03-09 | Sakata Eio | Kato Masao | W+5.5 | 264 | sgf
1977-03-23 | Kato Masao | Sakata Eio | B+3.5 | 257 | sgf
1977-04-13 | Sakata Eio | Kato Masao | W+6.5 | 271 | sgf

Kato Masao won with 3-0.