40th Meijin title

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# 40th Meijin title

## Qualification tournament

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted from the League, and a qualification tournament with three groups determines which three new players are allowed to enter the League.

Terayama Rei | Mizokami Tomochika (B+2.5) | Oba Junya (W+0.5) | Ko Iso (B+R)
Mizokami Tomochika
Shuto Shun | Oba Junya (B+R) | Oba Junya (B+3.5)
Oba Junya
Kurahashi Masayuki
Takemiya Masaki | Takemiya Masaki (W+1.5) | Ko Iso (W+6.5)
Honda Kunihisa
Koyama Kuya | Ko Iso (W+R)
Ko Iso
Yamada Noriyoshi | Yamada Noriyoshi (B+1.5) | Yamada Noriyoshi (W+1.5) | So Yokoku (W+R)
Imamura Yoshiaki
Yamada Kimio | Yu Zhengqi (W+R) | Matsumoto Takehisa (W+R)
Yu Zhengqi
Matsumoto Takehisa
Nakaonoda Tomomi | So Yokoku (W+R) | So Yokoku (W+12.5)
So Yokoku
Kiyonari Tetsuya | Ryu Shikun (W+R)
Ryu Shikun
Yamashiro Hiroshi | Yamashiro Hiroshi (B+10.5) | O Meien (B+R) | Kanazawa Makoto (W+1.5)
Yukawa Mitsuhisa
O Meien | O Meien (W+R) | O Meien (W+R)
Suzuki Shinji
Hikosaka Naoto
Kanazawa Makoto | Kanazawa Makoto (W+R) | Kanazawa Makoto (B+R)
Cho Chikun
Hane Yasumasa | Yuki Satoshi (B+R)
Yuki Satoshi

## League

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player). The ordering of the first six players is according to their results in the previous year. The last three are the winners of the entrance matches.

# | player | result | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1. | Kono Rin | 5-3 |  |  | B+R |  | W+R |  | W+R |  | W+R
2. | Yamashita Keigo | 6-2 | B+R |  |  | B+0.5 |  | W+R |  | W+R |
3. | Cho U | 5-3 |  | B+5.5 |  |  | W+R |  | B+0.5 |  | W+2.5
4. | Takao Shinji | 6-2 | W+R |  | B+2.5 |  |  | W+R |  | W+R |
5. | Hane Naoki | 2-6 |  | B+0.5 |  | B+R |  |  | W+R |  | W+R
6. | Murakawa Daisuke | 3-5 | B+R |  | B+2.5 |  | W+R |  |  | B+3.5 |
7. | So Yokoku | 3-5 |  | B+R |  | W+R |  | B+R |  |  | B+0.5
8. | Ko Iso | 5-3 | W+R |  | W+R |  | W+R |  | B+R |  |
9. | Kanazawa Makoto | 1-7 |  | B+10.5 |  | B+0.5 |  | B+13.5 |  | B+8.5 |

## Playoff

Yamashita Keigo and Takao Shinji both had 6 wins, and played a challenger playoff that was won by Takao Shinji.

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2015-08-03 | Yamashita Keigo | Takao Shinji | W+4.5 | 269 | sgf

## 40th Meijin Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
2015-09-03,04 | Takao Shinji | Iyama Yuta | W+R | 180 | sgf
2015-09-17,18 | Iyama Yuta | Takao Shinji | B+0.5 | 259 | sgf
2015-09-24,25 | Takao Shinji | Iyama Yuta | W+R | 148 | sgf
2015-10-05,06 | Iyama Yuta | Takao Shinji | B+R | 227 | sgf

Iyama Yuta won with 4-0.