# Preliminary A of the 69th Honinbo tournament

For several big Japanese tournaments, players progress via Preliminary C and Preliminary B and Preliminary A and Last Preliminary to the League that determines the challenger of the title holder. The whole process takes almost two years.

The present page gives the Preliminary A of the 69th Honinbo tournament. In a knock-out system, 113 players compete in 28 groups of 4 (or 5) for a place in the Last preliminary.

Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun (W+R) | Cho Chikun (B+R)
Yamada Shinji
Oba Junya | Oba Junya
Takagi Shoichi
Kataoka Satoshi | Kataoka Satoshi (W+R) | Kataoka Satoshi (B+R)
Okada Shinichiro
Rin Shien | Rin Shien
Suzuki Yoshimichi
Nakamura Shinya | Nakamura Shinya (W+9.5) | Awaji Shuzo
Obuchi Morito
Awaji Shuzo | Awaji Shuzo
Nishimura Keiji
Oya Koichi | Kamimura Haruo | Takanashi Seiken
Kamimura Haruo
Michael Redmond | Takanashi Seiken
Takanashi Seiken
Rin Kanketsu | Otake Hideo (B+R) | Akiyama Jiro (W+2.5)
Otake Hideo
Akiyama Jiro | Akiyama Jiro
Mukai Chiaki
Suzuki Shinji | Fujisawa Rina (B+R) | Yoda Norimoto (W+R)
Fujisawa Rina
Yoda Norimoto | Yoda Norimoto (W+5.5)
Adachi Toshimasa
Yamada Takuji | Yamada Takuji | Yamada Takuji (W+8.5)
Miyazawa Goro
Takemiya Masaki | Takemiya Masaki (W+5.5)
Ogaki Yusaku
Mitani Tetsuya | Mitani Tetsuya | Obuchi Kotaro
Sugimoto Akira
Kanazawa Makoto | Obuchi Kotaro (W+2.5)
Obuchi Kotaro
Kato Atsushi | Kim Sujun | So Yokoku
Kim Sujun
Kubo Hideo | So Yokoku
So Yokoku
Aoki Shinichi | Ishida Yoshio (B+3.5) | Ishida Yoshio (W+R)
Ishida Yoshio
Shuto Shun | Sakai Takeshi
Sakai Takeshi
O Rissei | Muramatsu Ryuichi (W+R) | Muramatsu Ryuichi (B+1.5)
Muramatsu Ryuichi
Rin Kaiho | Rin Kaiho (W+5.5)
Endo Yoshifumi
Mizokami Tomochika | Mizokami Tomochika | Mizokami Tomochika
Mimura Kaori
Inaba Takahiro | Inaba Takahiro
Tsuneishi Takashi
Mimura Tomoyasu | Mimura Tomoyasu | Mimura Tomoyasu
Horimoto Mitsunari
Matsumoto Takehisa | Matsumoto Takehisa
Takemiya Yoko
Uchida Shuhei | O Meien (B+R) | Kobayashi Satoru (W+R)
O Meien
Kobayashi Satoru | Kobayashi Satoru (W+R)
Kanda Ei
Morita Michihiro | Cho Riyu | Kono Rin (W+R)
Cho Riyu
Kono Rin | Kono Rin (B+R)
Yo Kaei
Nakaonoda Tomomi | Nakaonoda Tomomi | Yo Kagen
Sun Zhe
Tajiri Yuto | Yo Kagen
Yo Kagen
Tsuruyama Atsushi | Tsuruyama Atsushi | Kono Takashi
Kono Mitsuki
Kono Takashi | Kono Takashi
Kato Keiko
Mitsunaga Junzo | Anzai Nobuaki | Mochizuki Kenichi
Anzai Nobuaki
Kobayashi Koichi | Mochizuki Kenichi (W+3.5)
Mochizuki Kenichi
Fukui Masaaki | Sonoda Yasutaka | Han Zenki
Sonoda Yasutaka
Han Zenki | Han Zenki (B+R)
Shiraishi Yuichi
Terayama Rei | Terayama Rei (B+R) | Ryu Shikun (B+R)
Komatsu Hideki
Ryu Shikun | Ryu Shikun (W+R)
Ito Masashi
Hane Yasumasa | Hane Yasumasa | Hane Yasumasa
Sasaka Shiro
Kato Yuki | Kato Yuki
Yanaka Katsunori
Wang Jing Yi | Ohashi Naruya | Yamashiro Hiroshi
Ohashi Naruya
Yamamoto Kentaro | Yamashiro Hiroshi
Yamashiro Hiroshi
Ogata Masaki | Ogata Masaki | Ogata Masaki (B+0.5)
Imamura Yoshiaki
Ito Yoji | Hane Naoki (B+R)
Hane Naoki
Takei Takashi | Takei Takashi | Takei Takashi (W+R)
Iwamaru Taira
Hikosaka Naoto | Hikosaka Naoto (W+11.5)
Nakano Hironari
Ueki Yoshio | Ueki Yoshio | Ida Atsushi
Shimojima Yohei
Ida Atsushi | Ida Atsushi
Ishida Atsushi
Takahashi Masumi | Muramatsu Hiroki | Muramatsu Hiroki (W+R)
Muramatsu Hiroki
Baba Shigeru | Yamada Kimio (B+0.5)
Yamada Kimio
Goto Shungo | Goto Shungo | Goto Shungo
Araki Issei
Sakaguchi Ryuzo | Sakaguchi Ryuzo
Matsuoka Hideki
Miyagawa Fumihiko | Sasaki Tsuyoshi | Shida Tatsuya
Sasaki Tsuyoshi
Shida Tatsuya | Shida Tatsuya
Ishii Kunio | Ishii Kunio
Hiroe Hiroyuki