36th Judan title 1998

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# 36th Judan title

## Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Nakaonoda Tomomi | O Rissei B+R | O Rissei W+R | O Rissei B+0.5 | Cho Chikun W+R
O Rissei
Nakano Hironari | Nakano Hironari B+R
Yo Kagen
Rin Kaiho | Rin Kaiho W+2.5 | Yoda Norimoto B+R
Hane Naoki
Kataoka Satoshi | Yoda Norimoto B+R
Yoda Norimoto
O Meien | O Meien W+R | Kobayashi Satoru B+R | Cho Chikun W+R
Fujisawa Shuko
Kobayashi Satoru | Kobayashi Satoru B+1.5
Hikosaka Naoto
Kobayashi Koichi | Yamada Kimio B+R | Cho Chikun B+R
Yamada Kimio
Tono Hiroaki | Cho Chikun W+R
Cho Chikun

## Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Nakaonoda Tomomi | Yo Kagen W+R | Hane Naoki B+R | Hikosaka Naoto W+R | Hikosaka Naoto W+R | Hikosaka Naoto B+R
Yo Kagen
Hane Naoki | Hane Naoki W+R
Kataoka Satoshi
Fujisawa Shuko | Hikosaka Naoto B+R | Hikosaka Naoto B+3.5
Hikosaka Naoto
Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi W+R
Tono Hiroaki
O Rissei
Nakano Hironari | Rin Kaiho B+7.5 | O Meien B+3.5 | O Meien W+1.5
Rin Kaiho
O Meien | O Meien W+0.5
Yamada Kimio
Yoda Norimoto | Kobayashi Satoru W+1.5
Kobayashi Satoru

## Challenger decision match

Winner of the Winners' Section against winner of the Losers' Section.

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1998-02-12 | Hikosaka Naoto | Cho Chikun | B+R | 223 | sgf

## 36th Judan Title

date | black | white | result | #mv | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1998-03-05 | Kato Masao | Hikosaka Naoto | B+4.5 | 277 | sgf
1998-03-24 | Hikosaka Naoto | Kato Masao | B+3.5 | 240 | sgf
1998-04-08 | Kato Masao | Hikosaka Naoto | W+4.5 | 243 | sgf
1998-04-16 | Hikosaka Naoto | Kato Masao | W+R | 214 | sgf
1998-04-23 | Kato Masao | Hikosaka Naoto | W+1.5 | 297 | sgf

Hikosaka Naoto won with 3-2.