9th Kisei

The 9th Kisei was the 9th 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. Takemiya Masaki became the challenger after beating Kobayashi Koichi 2 games to 1, but lost to Cho 4 games to 3.^[1]

Tournament

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Koichi Kobayashi Judan	1
	-	0
					Koichi Kobayashi Judan	1
					Yuichi Sonoda 9 dan	0
	Yuichi Sonoda 9 dan	1
	Yutaka Shiraishi 9 dan	0
									Koichi Kobayashi Judan	1
									Hideo Otake Gosei	0
	Satoru Kobayashi 8 dan	0
	Hideo Otake Gosei	1
					Hideo Otake Gosei	1
					Masao Kato Oza	0
	Masao Kato Oza	1
	-	0
													Koichi Kobayashi Judan	1
													Masaki Takemiya 9 dan	2
	Shuzo Awaji 9 dan	0
	Masaki Takemiya 9 dan	1
					Masaki Takemiya 9 dan	1
					Eio Sakata 9 dan	0
	Eio Sakata 9 dan	1
	-	0
									Masaki Takemiya 9 dan	1
									Satoshi Kataoka Tengen	0
	Rin Kaiho Honinbo	1
	-	0
					Rin Kaiho Honinbo	0
					Satoshi Kataoka Tengen	1
	Satoshi Kataoka Tengen	1
	-	0

Challenger finals

Player	1	2	3	T
Koichi Kobayashi Judan		W+R		1
Masaki Takemiya 9 dan	W+15.5		W+3.5	2

Finals

Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	T
Cho Chikun (Kisei)	W+7.5			W+0.5		W+4.5	W+1.5	4
Masaki Takemiya (Challenger)		W+R	W+R		W+R			3

References

1. "kisei title, 9th edition, 1985". Retrieved June 5, 2012.