8th Kisei

The 8th Kisei was the 8th edition of the Kisei tournament. Since Cho Chikun won the previous year, he is given an automatic place in the final. Eight players battled in a knockout tournament to decide the final 2. Those two would then play each other in a best-of-3 match to decide who would face Cho. Rin Kaiho became the challenger after beating Sonoda Yuichi 2 games to 0, but lost to Cho 4 games to 2.

Tournament

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Masao Kato Judan	1
	-	0
					Masao Kato Judan	1
					Hideo Otake Gosei	0
	Shuzo Awaji 8 dan	0
	Hideo Otake Gosei	1
									Masao Kato Judan	0
									Rin Kaiho Honinbo	1
	Tetsuya Kiyonari 7 dan	1
	-	0
					Tetsuya Kiyonari 7 dan	0
					Rin Kaiho Honinbo	1
	Rin Kaiho Honinbo	1
	-	0
													Rin Kaiho Honinbo	2
													Yuichi Sonoda 9 dan	0
	Satoshi Kataoka Tengen	1
	-	0
					Satoshi Kataoka Tengen	0
					Yuichi Sonoda 9 dan	1
	Yuichi Sonoda 9 dan	1
	Shuzo Ohira 9 dan	0
									Yuichi Sonoda 9 dan	1
									Hideyuki Fujisawa 9 dan	0
	Hidehito Nakamura 9 dan	1
	-	0
					Hidehito Nakamura 9 dan	0
					Hideyuki Fujisawa 9 dan	1
	Hideyuki Fujisawa 9 dan	1
	-	0

Challenger finals

Player	1	2	3	T
Rin Kaiho 9 dan	W R	W R		2
Yuichi Sonoda 9 dan				0

Finals

Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	T
Cho Chikun (Kisei)	W R	W R	W R			W 0.5		4
Rin Kaiho (Challenger)				W 2.5	W R			2