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# Oza title games

This page gives the games (in SGF format) from the Oza (王座) title match.
For results from the tournament, see the subpages linked to (in the first column).

Nr | Year | Winner | Opponent | Score | Games
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1 | 1953 | Hashimoto Utaro | Maeda Nobuaki | 1-0 | 1
2 | 1954 | Takagawa Kaku | Miyashita Shuyo | 2-1 | 1 2 3
3 | 1955 | Hashimoto Utaro | Shimamura Toshihiro | 2-1 | 1 2 3
4 | 1956 | Hashimoto Utaro | Sakata Eio | 2-0 | 1 2
5 | 1957 | Shimamura Toshihiro | Handa Dogen | 2-0 | 1 2
6 | 1958 | Fujisawa Hosai | Handa Dogen | 2-0 | 1 2
7 | 1959 | Hashimoto Shoji | Yamabe Toshiro | 2-0 | 1 2
8 | 1960 | Handa Dogen | Miyashita Shuyo | 2-0 | 1 2
9 | 1961 | Sakata Eio | Takagawa Shukaku | 2-1 | 1 2 3
10 | 1962 | Miyashita Shuyo | Kada Katsuji | 2-0 | 1 2
11 | 1963 | Sakata Eio | Fujisawa Hosai | 2-0 | 1 2
12 | 1964 | Sakata Eio | Kajiwara Takeo | 2-0 | 1 2
13 | 1965 | Handa Dogen | Okubo Ichigen | 2-0 | 1 2
14 | 1966 | Sakata Eio | Rin Kaiho | 2-1 | 1 2 3
15 | 1967 | Fujisawa Shuko | Hashimoto Shoji | 2-0 | 1 2
16 | 1968 | Fujisawa Shuko | Sakata Eio | 2-0 | 1 2
17 | 1969 | Fujisawa Shuko | Otake Hideo | 2-0 | 1 2
18 | 1970 | Sakata Eio | Fujisawa Shuko | 2-0 | 1 2
19 | 1971 | Sakata Eio | Hashimoto Shoji | 2-0 | 1 2
20 | 1972 | Sakata Eio | Hashimoto Utaro | 2-1 | 1 2 3
21 | 1973 | Rin Kaiho | Sakata Eio | 2-1 | 1 2 3
22 | 1974 | Ishida Yoshio | Rin Kaiho | 2-1 | 1 2 3
23 | 1975 | Otake Hideo | Ishida Yoshio | 2-0 | 1 2
24 | 1976 | Cho Chikun | Otake Hideo | 2-1 | 1 2 3
25 | 1977 | Kudo Norio | Cho Chikun | 2-0 | 1 2
26 | 1978 | Ishida Yoshio | Kudo Norio | 2-1 | 1 2 3
27 | 1979 | Kato Masao | Ishida Yoshio | 2-0 | 1 2
28 | 1980 | Kato Masao | Ishida Yoshio | 2-0 | 1 2
29 | 1981 | Hashimoto Shoji | Kato Masao | 2-1 | 1 2 3
30 | 1982 | Kato Masao | Hashimoto Shoji | 2-0 | 1 2
31 | 1983 | Kato Masao | Otake Hideo | 2-0 | 1 2
32 | 1984 | Kato Masao | Yamashiro Hiroshi | 3-0 | 1 2 3
33 | 1985 | Kato Masao | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-0 | 1 2 3
34 | 1986 | Kato Masao | Rin Kaiho | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
35 | 1987 | Kato Masao | Cho Chikun | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
36 | 1988 | Kato Masao | Takemiya Masaki | 3-0 | 1 2 3
37 | 1989 | Kato Masao | Hane Yasumasa | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
38 | 1990 | Hane Yasumasa | Kato Masao | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
39 | 1991 | Fujisawa Shuko | Hane Yasumasa | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
40 | 1992 | Fujisawa Shuko | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
41 | 1993 | Kato Masao | Fujisawa Shuko | 3-0 | 1 2 3
42 | 1994 | Cho Chikun | Kato Masao | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
43 | 1995 | O Rissei | Cho Chikun | 3-0 | 1 2 3
44 | 1996 | Ryu Shikun | O Rissei | 3-0 | 1 2 3
45 | 1997 | Yamada Kimio | Ryu Shikun | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
46 | 1998 | O Rissei | Yamada Kimio | 3-0 | 1 2 3
47 | 1999 | O Rissei | Cho Chikun | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
48 | 2000 | O Rissei | Cho Chikun | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
49 | 2001 | Cho Chikun | O Rissei | 3-0 | 1 2 3
50 | 2002 | O Meien | Cho Chikun | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
51 | 2003 | Cho U | O Meien | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
52 | 2004 | Cho U | Yamashita Keigo | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
53 | 2005 | Cho U | Yamashita Keigo | 3-0 | 1 2 3
54 | 2006 | Yamashita Keigo | Cho U | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
55 | 2007 | Yamashita Keigo | Imamura Toshiya | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
56 | 2008 | Cho U | Yamashita Keigo | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
57 | 2009 | Cho U | Yamada Kimio | 3-0 | 1 2 3
58 | 2010 | Cho U | Yamada Kimio | 3-0 | 1 2 3
59 | 2011 | Cho U | Hane Naoki | 3-0 | 1 2 3
60 | 2012 | Iyama Yuta | Cho U | 3-0 | 1 2 3
61 | 2013 | Iyama Yuta | Cho U | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
62 | 2014 | Murakawa Daisuke | Iyama Yuta | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
63 | 2015 | Iyama Yuta | Murakawa Daisuke | 3-0 | 1 2 3

Takemiya Masaki lost the 1st game of the 36th Oza by an illegal ko capture.

Cho Chikun lost the 2nd game of the 50th Oza on time, in a winning position. "Was it my move?"

## Honorary title

Players who won the Oza title five or more consecutive times get the Honorary Oza title. So far the only one is Kato Masao.