21st Kisei title

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# 21st Kisei title

## Stage 1 Finals

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1996-02-28 | Kim Kwangsik 1p | Kobayashi Izumi 1p | W+1.5 | 225 | sgf
1996-02-28 | Mito Yukari 2p | Yamada Takuji 2p | W+R | 130 | sgf
1996-03-20 | Cho U 3p | Yamashita Keigo 3p | W+R | 178 | sgf
1996-03-20 | Mizokami Tomochika 4p | Takahashi Hideo 4p | B+7.5 | 241 | sgf
1996-04-17 | Kenmochi Jo 5p | Kato Atsushi 5p | W+R | 130 | sgf
1996-04-24 | Sasaki Tadashi 6p | Hoshino Masaki 6p | W+3.5 | 241 | sgf
1996-04-25 | Mimura Tomoyasu 7p | Ishida Atsushi 7p | B+3.5 | 295 | sgf
1996-04-18 | Komatsu Fujio 8p | Cho Sonjin 8p | W+R | 120 | sgf
1996-07-11 | Honda Kunihisa 9p | Kataoka Satoshi 9p | W+3.5 | 263 | sgf

## Stage 2 Tournament

Kobayashi Izumi 1p | Komatsu Fujio | Komatsu Fujio | Kato Atsushi B+R
Komatsu Fujio 8p
Hoshino Masaki 6p | Hoshino Masaki
Yamada Takuji 2p
Mizokami Tomochika 4p | Mizokami Tomochika | Kato Atsushi
Yamashita Keigo 3p
Ishida Atsushi 7p | Kato Atsushi
Kato Atsushi 6p

Takemiya Masaki | Takemiya Masaki B+1.5 | Takemiya Masaki W+R | Kobayashi Satoru W+0.5 | Kobayashi Satoru (2-0) W+R B+3.5
Kato Atsushi
Rin Kaiho
Mimura Tomoyasu | Mimura Tomoyasu B+R | Kobayashi Satoru B+R
Kato Masao
Kobayashi Satoru
Kataoka Satoshi | Kataoka Satoshi B+1.5 | Yoda Norimoto B+4.5 | Ryu Shikun B+6.5
Cho Sonjin
O Rissei | Yoda Norimoto W+6.5
Yoda Norimoto
O Meien | Ryu Shikun W+R | Ryu Shikun B+R
Ryu Shikun
Honda Kunihisa

## 21st Kisei Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1997-01-15,16 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Satoru | B+R | 145 | sgf
1997-01-29,30 | Kobayashi Satoru | Cho Chikun | W+R | 190 | sgf
1997-02-05,06 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Satoru | W+R | 158 | sgf
1997-02-19,20 | Kobayashi Satoru | Cho Chikun | W+R | 184 | sgf
1997-02-26,27 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Satoru | B+1.5 | 233 | sgf

Cho Chikun won with 4-1.