Asahi Pro Best Ten title games

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# Asahi Pro Best Ten title results

The Asahi Pro Best Ten (プロ十傑戦) was a tournament sponsored by Asahi Shimbun and held from 1964 to 1975. Here we give the games and results of the finals. For details on the separate years, see the links in the first column.

Nr | Year | Winner | Opponent | Score | Games
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 1964 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Takagawa Kaku (9d) | 2-0 | 1 2
2 | 1965 | Fujisawa Shuko (9d) | Takagawa Kaku (9d) | 2-1 | 1 2 3
3 | 1966 | Rin Kaiho (8d) | Takagawa Kaku (9d) | 2-0 | 1 2
4 | 1967 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Takagawa Kaku (9d) | 2-0 | 1 2
5 | 1968 | Fujisawa Shuko (9d) | Sakata Eio (9d) | 2-1 | 1 2 3
6 | 1969 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Rin Kaiho (9d) | 2-0 | 1 2
7 | 1970 | Hashimoto Utaro (9d) | Kato Masao (6d) | 3-0 | 1 2 3
8 | 1971 | Ishida Yoshio (7d) | Kajiwara Takeo (9d) | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
9 | 1972 | Ishida Yoshio (7d) | Iwata Tatsuaki (9d) | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
10 | 1973 | Rin Kaiho (9d) | Hashimoto Utaro (9d) | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
11 | 1974 | Rin Kaiho (9d) | Takemiya Masaki (7d) | 3-0 | 1 2 3
12 | 1975 | Cho Chikun (6d) | Kato Masao (8d) | 3-0 | 1 2 3

## Rankings

The tournament resulted not only in a winner, but (after a series of playoffs) in a ranking of the top 10 players. The rankings were as follows.

Nr | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | Sakata Eio | Takagawa Shukaku | Fujisawa Hosai | Kitani Minoru | Fujisawa Shuko | Sato Sunao | Otake Hideo | Shimamura Toshihiro | Yamabe Toshiro | Maeda Nobuaki
2 | Fujisawa Shuko | Takagawa Shukaku | Otake Hideo | Sakata Eio |  |  |  | Handa Dogen |  |
3 | Rin Kaiho | Takagawa Shukaku |  |  | Hashimoto Shoji | Sakata Eio |  |  |  | Handa Dogen
4 | Sakata Eio | Takagawa Shukaku |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
5 | Fujisawa Shuko | Sakata Eio | Yamabe Toshiro | Takagawa Shukaku | Rin Kaiho | Go Seigen | Miyashita Shuyo | Takemiya Masaki | Hashimoto Shoji | Handa Dogen
6 | Sakata Eio | Rin Kaiho | Takagawa Shukaku | Fujisawa Shuko | Takemiya Masaki | Hashimoto Shoji | Otake Hideo | Hisai Keishi | Hashimoto Utaro | Honda Kunihisa
7 | Hashimoto Utaro | Kato Masao | Otake Hideo | Ishida Yoshio | Go Seigen | Kajiwara Takeo | Hashimoto Shoji | Chino Tadahiko | Takagawa Shukaku | Sakata Eio
8 | Ishida Yoshio | Kajiwara Takeo | Rin Kaiho | Otake Hideo | Hashimoto Shoji | Hashimoto Utaro | Sakata Eio | Kitani Reiko | Fujisawa Shuko | Takagawa Shukaku
9 | Ishida Yoshio | Iwata Tatsuaki | Sakata Eio | Hashimoto Utaro | Shimamura Toshihiro | Handa Dogen | Sugiuchi Masao | Fujisawa Shuko | Takemiya Masaki | Takagawa Shukaku
10 | Rin Kaiho | Hashimoto Utaro | Takagawa Shukaku | Fujisawa Hosai | Sakata Eio | Sugiuchi Masao | Ishida Yoshio | Cho Chikun | Otake Hideo | Hane Yasumasa
11 | Rin Kaiho | Takemiya Masaki | Kato Masao | Ishida Yoshio | Hashimoto Utaro | Hane Yasumasa | Otake Hideo | Sakata Eio | Ohira Shuzo | Cho Chikun
12 | Cho Chikun | Kato Masao | Rin Kaiho | Kobayashi Koichi | Fujisawa Shuko | Kajiwara Takeo | Otake Hideo | Hashimoto Shoji | Sakata Eio | Ohira Shuzo