37th Meijin title

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# 37th Meijin title

## Qualification tournament

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted from the League, and a qualification tournament with three groups determines which three new players are allowed to enter the League.

Oba Junya | Cho Sonjin (B+R) | Yoda Norimoto (W+1.5) | Kono Rin (W+3.5)
Cho Sonjin
Yamada Kimio | Yamada Kimio (W+R) | Yoda Norimoto (B+2.5)
Ha Youngil
Yoda Norimoto
Kono Rin | Kono Rin (W+R) | Kono Rin (W+2.5)
Mimura Tomoyasu
Tajiri Yuto | Rin Kanketsu
Rin Kanketsu
Mochizuki Kenichi | Mochizuki Kenichi | Mochizuki Kenichi (B+3.5) | Kim Sujun (W+R)
Seto Taiki
Hikosaka Naoto | Ko Reibun (B+R) | Ko Reibun
Ko Reibun
Cho Riyu
Kim Sujun | Kim Sujun (W+R) | Kim Sujun (B+2.5)
Yukawa Mitsuhisa
Kobayashi Satoru | Sakai Hideyuki (W+R)
Sakai Hideyuki
Uchida Shuhei | Uchida Shuhei | Uchida Shuhei (B+R) | Uchida Shuhei (B+R)
Honda Kunihisa
Otake Hideo | Nakane Naoyuki (B+R) | Nakane Naoyuki
Nakane Naoyuki
Nakano Hironari
Murakawa Daisuke | Yamashiro Hiroshi | Cho Chikun (W+R)
Yamashiro Hiroshi
Furuya Yutaka | Cho Chikun (W+4.5)
Cho Chikun

## League

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player). The ordering of the first six players is according to their results in the previous year. The last three are the winners of the entrance matches.

# | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1. | Iyama Yuta | 7-1 |  | W+3.5 |  | W+R |  | W+R |  | W+R |
2. | Hane Naoki | 7-1 |  |  | W+R |  | W+R |  | W+R |  | W+R
3. | Takao Shinji | 5-3 | B+R |  |  | B+R |  | W+R |  | W+R |
4. | Cho U | 4-4 |  | B+2.5 |  |  | W+R |  | B+0.5 |  | B+R
5. | Yuki Satoshi | 0-8 | B+R |  | B+R |  |  | B+R |  | B+8.5 |
6. | Mizokami Tomochika | 3-5 |  | B+R |  | B+5.5 |  |  | B+3.5 |  | W+R
7. | Kono Rin | 6-2 | W+R |  | B+2.5 |  | W+R |  |  | W+2.5 |
8. | Kim Sujun | 2-6 |  | B+R |  | B+R |  | B+1.5 |  |  | W+R
9. | Uchida Shuhei | 2-6 | B+R |  | B+R |  | W+0.5 |  | B+R |  |

## Playoff

Hane Naoki and Iyama Yuta both had 7 wins, and played a challenger playoff that was won by Hane Naoki.

game | date | black | white | result | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
challenger playoff | 2012-08-06 | Hane Naoki | Iyama Yuta | B+R | sgf

## 37th Meijin Title

1 | 2012-08-30,31 | Hane Naoki | Yamashita Keigo | W+R | sgf
2 | 2012-09-20,21 | Yamashita Keigo | Hane Naoki | W+R | sgf
3 | 2012-09-27,28 | Hane Naoki | Yamashita Keigo | B+R | sgf
4 | 2012-10-10,11 | Yamashita Keigo | Hane Naoki | B+R | sgf
5 | 2012-10-17,18 | Hane Naoki | Yamashita Keigo | W+R | sgf
6 | 2012-10-31,11-01 | Yamashita Keigo | Hane Naoki | W+R | sgf
7 | 2012-11-12,13 | Hane Naoki | Yamashita Keigo | W+R | sgf

Yamashita Keigo won with 4-3.