# Preliminary A of the 67th Honinbo tournament

For several big Japanese tournaments, players progress via Preliminary C and Preliminary B and Preliminary A and Last Preliminary to the League that determines the challenger of the title holder. The whole process takes almost two years.

The present page gives the Preliminary A of the 67th Honinbo tournament. In a knock-out system, 113 players compete in 28 groups of 4 (or 5) for a place in the Last preliminary.

Mizokami Tomochika | Mizokami Tomochika | Mizokami Tomochika
Ko Reibun
Fujita Akihiko | Fujita Akihiko
Rin Kanketsu
Rin Shien | Rin Shien | Shiraishi Yuichi
Oba Junya
Mimura Tomoyasu | Shiraishi Yuichi
Shiraishi Yuichi
Xie Yimin | Xie Yimin (W+R) | Ko Iso
Awaji Shuzo
Suzuki Ayumi | Ko Iso
Ko Iso
Mitani Tetsuya | Tajiri Yuto | Tajiri Yuto
Tajiri Yuto
Otake Hideo | Kono Mitsuki (W+R)
Kono Mitsuki
O Meien | Tsuruyama Atsushi (B+R) | Tsuruyama Atsushi
Tsuruyama Atsushi
Mukai Chiaki | Mukai Chiaki
Mizuma Toshifumi
Kamimura Haruo | Ishida Yoshio (B+12.5) | Yamada Takuji (W+4.5)
Ishida Yoshio
Yamada Takuji | Yamada Takuji
So Kofuku
Nakaonoda Tomomi | Nakaonoda Tomomi | Ryu Shikun (B+R)
Mannami Kana
Akiyama Jiro | Ryu Shikun (B+R)
Ryu Shikun
Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi (W+R) | Matsumoto Takehisa (B+0.5)
Nagahara Yoshiaki
Matsumoto Takehisa | Matsumoto Takehisa
Anzai Nobuaki
Yoda Norimoto | Yoda Norimoto (W+4.5) | Yoda Norimoto (B+8.5)
Shuto Shun
Kataoka Satoshi | Sanno Hirotaka (B+1.5)
Sanno Hirotaka
Kono Rin | Kono Rin (B+R) | Kono Rin (B+3.5)
Mashiko Fumihiko
Hoshino Masaki | Terayama Rei
Terayama Rei
Takemiya Masaki | Takemiya Masaki (W+0.5) | Morita Michihiro (W+R)
Nakamura Shinya
Morita Michihiro | Morita Michihiro
Osawa Narumi
Arimura Hiroshi | Kono Takashi | Michael Redmond
Kono Takashi
Michael Redmond | Michael Redmond
Ito Masashi
Horimoto Mitsunari | So Yokoku | So Yokoku (B+R)
So Yokoku
Oya Koichi | Oya Koichi
Izumitani Hideo
Komatsu Hideki | Komatsu Hideki | Komatsu Hideki
Sugiuchi Masao
Uchida Shuhei | Uchida Shuhei
Tamaki Shinobu
Suzuki Shinji | Aoki Shinichi | Cho Riyu
Aoki Shinichi
Cho Riyu | Cho Riyu
Kenmochi Jo
Yo Kaei | Yo Kaei | Yo Kaei (W+R)
Miyazawa Goro
Rin Kaiho | Rin Kaiho (B+R)
Endo Yoshifumi
Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun (B+0.5) | Kato Atsushi (W+R)
Seki Tatsuya
Kim Sujun | Kato Atsushi
Kato Atsushi
Kurotaki Masanori | Han Zenki | Han Zenki (W+R)
Han Zenki
Yamada Shinji | Yamada Shinji
Mitsunaga Junzo
Kubo Hideo | Kubo Hideo | Mochizuki Kenichi
Fujisawa Kazunari
Mochizuki Kenichi | Mochizuki Kenichi
Kanazawa Hideo
Obuchi Morito | Kanazawa Makoto | Kanazawa Makoto (B+R)
Kanazawa Makoto
Ohashi Hirofumi | Ohashi Hirofumi (W+2.5)
Sakai Maki
Ishii Kunio | Araki Issei | Araki Issei
Araki Issei
Oda Teppei | Muramatsu Hiroki
Muramatsu Hiroki
Sasaka Shiro | Sano Takatsugu | Hane Yasumasa
Sano Takatsugu
Ogata Masaki | Hane Yasumasa
Hane Yasumasa
Yamashiro Hiroshi | Yamashiro Hiroshi | Yamashiro Hiroshi
Katayama Yasuo
Ishida Atsushi | Ishida Atsushi
Yanagisawa Satoshi
Shida Tatsuya | Shida Tatsuya | Shida Tatsuya
Kato Yuki
Nakano Hironari | Nakano Hironari
Yamada Shiho
Takabayashi Masahiro | Iwamaru Taira | Ohashi Naruya
Iwamaru Taira
Ohashi Naruya | Ohashi Naruya
Yamada Wakio
Goto Shungo | Hikosaka Naoto (W+1.5) | Hikosaka Naoto (W+R)
Hikosaka Naoto
Matsuoka Hideki | Matsuoka Hideki
Imamura Yoshiaki
Yamada Kimio | Yamada Kimio (W+R) | Yamada Kimio
Sakaguchi Ryuzo
Iwata Tatsuaki | Iwata Tatsuaki
Nakao Jungo
Shimojima Yohei | Shimojima Yohei | Miyagawa Fumihiko
Izawa Akino
Nakane Naoyuki | Miyagawa Fumihiko
Yamamori Tadanao | Miyagawa Fumihiko
Miyagawa Fumihiko