Kisei title games

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This page gives the title games for the Kisei (棋聖) title. For results from the League, see the subpages linked to.

# Kisei title games

Nr | Year | Winner | Opponent | Score | Games
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1 | 1977 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Hashimoto Utaro | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
2 | 1978 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Kato Masao | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3 | 1979 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Ishida Yoshio | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
4 | 1980 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Rin Kaiho | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
5 | 1981 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Otake Hideo | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
6 | 1982 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Rin Kaiho | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7 | 1983 | Cho Chikun | Fujisawa Hideyuki | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 | 1984 | Cho Chikun | Rin Kaiho | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
9 | 1985 | Cho Chikun | Takemiya Masaki | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
10 | 1986 | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
11 | 1987 | Kobayashi Koichi | Takemiya Masaki | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
12 | 1988 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kato Masao | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
13 | 1989 | Kobayashi Koichi | Takemiya Masaki | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
14 | 1990 | Kobayashi Koichi | Otake Hideo | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
15 | 1991 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kato Masao | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
16 | 1992 | Kobayashi Koichi | Yamashiro Hiroshi | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
17 | 1993 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kato Masao | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
18 | 1994 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
19 | 1995 | Kobayashi Satoru | Cho Chikun | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
20 | 1996 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Satoru | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
21 | 1997 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Satoru | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
22 | 1998 | Cho Chikun | Yoda Norimoto | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
23 | 1999 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
24 | 2000 | O Rissei | Cho Chikun | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
25 | 2001 | O Rissei | Cho Sonjin | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
26 | 2002 | O Rissei | Ryu Shikun | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
27 | 2003 | Yamashita Keigo | O Rissei | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
28 | 2004 | Hane Naoki | Yamashita Keigo | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
29 | 2005 | Hane Naoki | Yuki Satoshi | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
30 | 2006 | Yamashita Keigo | Hane Naoki | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
31 | 2007 | Yamashita Keigo | Kobayashi Satoru | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
32 | 2008 | Yamashita Keigo | Cho Chikun | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
33 | 2009 | Yamashita Keigo | Yoda Norimoto | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
34 | 2010 | Cho U | Yamashita Keigo | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
35 | 2011 | Cho U | Iyama Yuta | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
36 | 2012 | Cho U | Takao Shinji | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
37 | 2013 | Iyama Yuta | Cho U | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
38 | 2014 | Iyama Yuta | Yamashita Keigo | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
39 | 2015 | Iyama Yuta | Yamashita Keigo | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
40 | 2016 | Iyama Yuta | Yamashita Keigo | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4

## Honorary title

Players who won the Kisei title five or more consecutive times get the Honorary Kisei title. So far these are Fujisawa Hideyuki and Kobayashi Koichi.