Ryusei finals

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# Ryusei matches

The Ryusei (龍星) Tournament is a lightning go tournament consisting of four sections of 24 players each (in 1996, 1997 of 12 players each), after 2001 of eight sections of 12 players each, each run as a "win and continue" tournament. The winner of each section, and the player having won the most games in each section, play in a single knockout tournament to determine the winner.

We give links to subpages for the yearly Ryusei tournaments, and the final.

# | year | winner | opponent | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 1991 | Cho Chikun | Ishida Yoshio | B+13.5
2 | 1992 | Otake Hideo | Cho Chikun | W+4.5
3 | 1993 | Cho Chikun | Ryu Shikun | B+R
4 | 1994 | Morita Michihiro | Rin Kaiho | B+4.5
5 | 1996 | Kobayashi Satoru | Nakaonoda Tomomi | W+R
6 | 1997 | Kobayashi Koichi | Komatsu Hideki | B+2.5
7 | 1998 | Kato Masao | Cho Chikun | W+R
8 | 1999 | Yamada Kimio | Morita Michihiro | W+R
9 | 2000 | Takao Shinji | Takagi Shoichi | B+R
10 | 2001 | Kato Masao | Cho U | W+1.5
11 | 2002 | Kobayashi Koichi | O Meien | B+6.5
12 | 2003 | Kobayashi Koichi | Hane Naoki | W+R
13 | 2004 | Takao Shinji | Yamada Kimio | W+R
14 | 2005 | Yuki Satoshi | Cho U | B+R
15 | 2006 | Cho U | Yuki Satoshi | W+R
16 | 2007 | Cho U | Yuki Satoshi | B+6.5
17 | 2008 | Kono Rin | Cho U | W+R
18 | 2009 | Iyama Yuta | Cho U | B+3.5
19 | 2010 | Yamashita Keigo | Nakano Hironari | B+6.5
20 | 2011 | Iyama Yuta | Yuki Satoshi | B+R
21 | 2012 | Iyama Yuta | Rin Kanketsu | B+R
22 | 2013 | Yamashita Keigo | Kono Rin | Void B+R
23 | 2014 | Kono Rin | Yu Zhengqi | B+R
24 | 2015 | Yuki Satoshi | Cho Chikun | Not played