45th Judan

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The 45th Judan was held from May 11, 2006^[1] to April 25, 2007. The current sponsor is Sankei Newspapers.^[1] The holder is Cho Chikun, and the challenger is Keigo Yamashita for the second time in-a-row. Hideki Komatsu, Norimoto Yoda, Kimio Yamada, Hideo Otake, Koichi Kobayashi, Kim Shushun, Naoki Hane, and Takeshi Sakai qualified through preliminary tournaments.^[2] The rest of the players were given spots automatically.

Contents 1 Preliminaries 2 Main tournament 2.1 Winners section 2.2 Losers section 2.3 Challenger finals 3 Finals 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Preliminaries

	Semifinals					Finals
	Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan		0
	Hideki Komatsu 9 dan		1
						Hideki Komatsu 9 dan		1
						Yoshio Ishida 9 dan		0
	Yoshio Ishida 9 dan		1
	Toshiya Imamura 9 dan		0

^[2]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Norimoto Yoda Gosei		1
	Hideyuki Sakai 7 dan		0
						Norimoto Yoda Gosei		1
						Kenichi Mochizuki 6 dan		0
	Shinichi Aoki 9 dan		0
	Kenichi Mochizuki 6 dan		1

^[2]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Yo Kaei 8 dan		0
	Kimio Yamada 9 dan		1
						Kimio Yamada 9 dan		1
						Rin Kono Tengen		0
	Rin Kono Tengen		1
	Kunihisa Honda 9 dan		0

^[2]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan		0
	Kana Mannami 3 dan ♀		1
						Kana Mannami 3 dan		0
						Hideo Otake Honorary Gosei		1
	Ryu Shikun 9 dan		0
	Hideo Otake Honorary Gosei		1

^[2]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Koichi Kobayashi Honorary Kisei		1
	Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan		0
						Koichi Kobayashi Honorary Kisei		0
						Shinya Nakamura 8 dan		1
	Shinya Nakamura 8 dan		1
	Katsunori Yanaka 8 dan		0

^[2]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Kim Shushun 7 dan		1
	Mitsuhisa Yukawa 9 dan		0
						Kim Shushun 7 dan		1
						Michael Redmond 9 dan		0
	Masaki Ogata 9 dan		0
	Michael Redmond 9 dan		1

^[2]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Masayuki Kurahashi 9 dan		0
	Maki Sakai 8 dan		1
						Maki Sakai 8 dan		0
						Naoki Hane 9 dan		1
	Naoki Hane 9 dan		0
	Cho Sonjin 9 dan		1

^[2]

	Semifinals					Finals
	Rin Kaiho Honorary Tengen		1
	Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan		0
						Rin Kaiho Honorary Tengen		0
						Takeshi Sakai 9 dan		1
	Nakano Hironari 9 dan		0
	Takeshi Sakai 9 dan		1

^[2]

[edit] Main tournament

[edit] Winners section

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Satoru Kobayashi 9 dan	1
	So Yokoku 8 dan	0
					Satoru Kobayashi 9 dan	1
					Kim Shushun 7 dan	0
	Hiroshi Yamashiro 9 dan	0
	Kim Shushun 7 dan	1
									Satoru Kobayashi 9 dan	0
									Keigo Yamashita Kisei	1
	Takeshi Sakai 9 dan	0
	Norimoto Yoda 9 dan	1
					Norimoto Yoda 9 dan	0
					Keigo Yamashita Kisei	1
	Koichi Kobayashi Honorary Kisei	0
	Keigo Yamashita Kisei	1
													Keigo Yamashita Kisei	1
													Cho U Gosei	0
	Cho U Gosei	1
	Shinji Takao Meijin	0
					Cho U Gosei	1
					Hideki Komatsu 9 dan	0
	Hideo Otake Honorary Gosei	0
	Hideki Komatsu 9 dan	1
									Cho U Gosei	1
									Kimio Yamada 9 dan	0
	Kimio Yamada 9 dan	1
	Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan	0
					Kimio Yamada 9 dan	1
					O Rissei 9 dan	0
	Naoki Hane 9 dan	0
	O Rissei 9 dan	1

^[1]

[edit] Losers section

	Semifinals					Finals
	Shinji Takao Meijin		0
	Cho U Gosei		1
						Cho U Gosei		0
						Norimoto Yoda 9 dan		1
	Norimoto Yoda 9 dan		1
	Satoru Kobayashi 9 dan		0

^[1]

[edit] Challenger finals

	Final
	Keigo Yamashita Kisei	1
	Norimoto Yoda 9 dan	0

^[1]

[edit] Finals

Player	1 (Niigata)	2 (Gamagori)	3 (Ōmachi)	4 (Matsuyama)	5 (Chiyoda)	T
Cho Chikun (Judan)	W+R	B+2.5			B+3.5	3
Keigo Yamashita (Challenger)			B+R	W+R		2

^[2]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Judan information from Nihon Ki-in
• Igo-Kisen Judan