# Last preliminary of the 67th Honinbo tournament

In a knock-out system, the 28 winners of the Preliminaries A, together with the 4 players Takao Shinji, Cho Sonjin, O Rissei and Kobayashi Satoru who were demoted from the 66th Honinbo League, and the 4 players Imamura Toshiya, Yuki Satoshi, Sakai Hideyuki and Sonoda Yuichi compete in 4 groups of 9 for a place in the League.

Yamashiro Hiroshi | Sakai Hideyuki (B+R) | Imamura Toshiya | Ko Iso (W+11.5)
Sakai Hideyuki
Imamura Toshiya | Imamura Toshiya | Imamura Toshiya
Tsuruyama Atsushi
Ohashi Naruya
Han Zenki | Ko Iso | Ko Iso
Ko Iso
Miyagawa Fumihiko | Miyagawa Fumihiko (B+R)
O Rissei
Michael Redmond | Michael Redmond | Kato Atsushi | Takao Shinji (B+3.5)
Matsumoto Takehisa
Hane Yasumasa | Shiraishi Yuichi | Kato Atsushi
Shiraishi Yuichi
Kato Atsushi
Mochizuki Kenichi | Mochizuki Kenichi | Takao Shinji (B+0.5)
Shida Tatsuya
Kanazawa Makoto | Takao Shinji
Takao Shinji
Yo Kaei | Ryu Shikun (W+5.5) | Yuki Satoshi | Yuki Satoshi (B+R)
Ryu Shikun
Yuki Satoshi | Yuki Satoshi (B+R) | Yuki Satoshi
Komatsu Hideki
Cho Riyu
Mizokami Tomochika | Yamada Kimio (B+R) | Kobayashi Satoru (W+R)
Yamada Kimio
Sonoda Yuichi | Kobayashi Satoru (W+R)
Kobayashi Satoru
Hikosaka Naoto | Hikosaka Naoto (B+R) | Yoda Norimoto (W+0.5) | Kono Rin (W+5.5)
So Yokoku
Araki Issei | Yoda Norimoto (W+11.5) | Yoda Norimoto (B+R)
Yoda Norimoto
Morita Michihiro
Tajiri Yuto | Yamada Takuji | Kono Rin (B+R)
Yamada Takuji
Kono Rin | Kono Rin (W+4.5)
Cho Sonjin