Honinbo title games

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# Honinbo title games

This page gives the title games (in SGF format) for the Honinbo (本因坊) title. For results from the league, see the subpages linked to (in the first column).

Nr | Year | Winner | Opponent | Score | Games
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1st | 1941 | Sekiyama Riichi (6d) | Kato Shin | 3-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
2nd | 1943 | Hashimoto Utaro (7d) | Sekiyama Riichi | 2-0 | 1 2
3rd | 1945 | Iwamoto Kaoru (7d) | Hashimoto Utaro | 3-3, 2-0 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 p1 p2
4th | 1947 | idem | Kitani Minoru | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
5th | 1950 | Hashimoto Utaro (8d) | Iwamoto Kaoru | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
6th | 1951 | idem | Sakata Eio | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7th | 1952 | Takagawa Kaku (7d) | Hashimoto Utaro | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
8th | 1953 | idem | Kitani Minoru | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
9th | 1954 | idem | Sugiuchi Masao | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
10th | 1955 | idem | Shimamura Toshihiro | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
11th | 1956 | idem | idem | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
12th | 1957 | idem | Fujisawa Hosai | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
13th | 1958 | idem | Sugiuchi Masao | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
14th | 1959 | idem | Kitani Minoru | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
15th | 1960 | idem | Fujisawa Shuko | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
16th | 1961 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Takagawa Kaku | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
17th | 1962 | idem | Handa Dogen | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
18th | 1963 | idem | Takagawa Kaku | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
19th | 1964 | idem | idem | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
20th | 1965 | idem | Yamabe Toshiro | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
21st | 1966 | idem | Fujisawa Shuko | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
22nd | 1967 | idem | Rin Kaiho | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
23rd | 1968 | Rin Kaiho (9d) | Sakata Eio | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
24th | 1969 | idem | Kato Masao | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
25th | 1970 | idem | Sakata Eio | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
26th | 1971 | Ishida Yoshio (7d) | Rin Kaiho | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
27th | 1972 | idem | idem | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
28th | 1973 | idem | idem | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
29th | 1974 | idem | Takemiya Masaki | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
30th | 1975 | idem | Sakata Eio | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
31st | 1976 | Takemiya Masaki (8d) | Ishida Yoshio | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
32nd | 1977 | Kato Masao (8d) | Takemiya Masaki | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
33rd | 1978 | idem | Ishida Yoshio | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
34th | 1979 | idem | Rin Kaiho | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
35th | 1980 | Takemiya Masaki | Kato Masao | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
36th | 1981 | Cho Chikun | Takemiya Masaki | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
37th | 1982 | idem | Kobayashi Koichi | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
38th | 1983 | Rin Kaiho | Cho Chikun | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
39th | 1984 | idem | Awaji Shuzo | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
40th | 1985 | Takemiya Masaki | Rin Kaiho | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
41st | 1986 | idem | Yamashiro Hiroshi | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
42nd | 1987 | idem | idem | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
43rd | 1988 | idem | Otake Hideo | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
44th | 1989 | Cho Chikun | Takemiya Masaki | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
45th | 1990 | idem | Kobayashi Koichi | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
46th | 1991 | idem | idem | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
47th | 1992 | idem | idem | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
48th | 1993 | idem | Yamashiro Hiroshi | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
49th | 1994 | idem | Kataoka Satoshi | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
50th | 1995 | idem | Kato Masao | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
51st | 1996 | idem | Ryu Shikun | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
52nd | 1997 | idem | Kato Masao | 4-0 | 1 2 3 4
53rd | 1998 | idem | O Rissei | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
54th | 1999 | Cho Sonjin (9d) | Cho Chikun | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
55th | 2000 | O Meien (9d) | Cho Sonjin | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
56th | 2001 | idem | Cho U | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
57th | 2002 | Kato Masao | O Meien | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
58th | 2003 | Cho U | Kato Masao | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
59th | 2004 | idem | Yoda Norimoto | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
60th | 2005 | Takao Shinji | Cho U | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
61st | 2006 | idem | Yamada Kimio | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
62nd | 2007 | idem | Yoda Norimoto | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
63rd | 2008 | Hane Naoki | Takao Shinji | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
64th | 2009 | idem | idem | 4-2 | 1 2 3 4 5 6
65th | 2010 | Yamashita Keigo | Hane Naoki | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
66th | 2011 | idem | idem | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
67th | 2012 | Iyama Yuta | Yamashita Keigo | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
68th | 2013 | idem | Takao Shinji | 4-3 | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
69th | 2014 | idem | Ida Atsushi | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
70th | 2015 | idem | Yamashita Keigo | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5
71st | 2016 | idem | Takao Shinji | 4-1 | 1 2 3 4 5

## Honorary title

Players who won the Honinbo title five or more consecutive times get a honorary Honinbo title. So far these are

Honorary title | Name
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22nd Honinbo | Takagawa Kaku
23rd Honinbo | Sakata Eio
24th Honinbo | Ishida Yoshio
25th Honinbo | Cho Chikun
26th Honinbo | Iyama Yuta