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

Preliminaries

Semifinals Finals
      
Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan0
Hideki Komatsu 9 dan1
Hideki Komatsu9 dan1
Yoshio Ishida 9 dan0
Yoshio Ishida 9 dan1
Toshiya Imamura 9 dan0

[2]

Semifinals Finals
      
Norimoto Yoda Gosei 1
Hideyuki Sakai 7 dan0
Norimoto YodaGosei1
Kenichi Mochizuki 6 dan0
Shinichi Aoki 9 dan0
Kenichi Mochizuki 6 dan1

[2]

Semifinals Finals
      
Yo Kaei 8 dan0
Kimio Yamada 9 dan1
Kimio Yamada9 dan1
Rin Kono Tengen0
Rin Kono Tengen 1
Kunihisa Honda 9 dan0

[2]

Semifinals Finals
      
Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan0
Kana Mannami 3 dan1
Kana Mannami 3 dan0
Hideo OtakeHonorary Gosei1
Ryu Shikun 9 dan0
Hideo Otake Honorary Gosei 1

[2]

Semifinals Finals
      
Koichi Kobayashi Honorary Kisei 1
Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan0
Koichi KobayashiHonorary Kisei0
Shinya Nakamura 8 dan1
Shinya Nakamura 8 dan1
Katsunori Yanaka 8 dan0

[2]

Semifinals Finals
      
Kim Shushun 7 dan1
Mitsuhisa Yukawa 9 dan0
Kim Shushun7 dan1
Michael Redmond 9 dan0
Masaki Ogata 9 dan0
Michael Redmond 9 dan1

[2]

Semifinals Finals
      
Masayuki Kurahashi 9 dan0
Maki Sakai 8 dan1
Maki Sakai 8 dan0
Naoki Hane9 dan1
Naoki Hane 9 dan0
Cho Sonjin 9 dan1

[2]

Semifinals Finals
      
Rin Kaiho Honorary Tengen 1
Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan0
Rin Kaiho Honorary Tengen0
Takeshi Sakai9 dan1
Nakano Hironari 9 dan0
Takeshi Sakai 9 dan1

[2]

Main tournament

Winners section

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
Satoru Kobayashi 9 dan1
 
 
 
So Yokoku 8 dan0
 
Satoru Kobayashi9 dan1
 
 
 
Kim Shushun 7 dan0
 
Hiroshi Yamashiro 9 dan0
 
 
 
Kim Shushun 7 dan1
 
Satoru Kobayashi 9 dan0
 
 
 
Keigo YamashitaKisei1
 
Takeshi Sakai 9 dan0
 
 
 
Norimoto Yoda 9 dan1
 
Norimoto Yoda 9 dan0
 
 
 
Keigo YamashitaKisei1
 
Koichi Kobayashi
Honorary Kisei
0
 
 
 
Keigo Yamashita Kisei 1
 
Keigo YamashitaKisei1
 
 
 
Cho U Gosei0
 
Cho U Gosei 1
 
 
 
Shinji Takao Meijin 0
 
Cho UGosei1
 
 
 
Hideki Komatsu 9 dan0
 
Hideo Otake
Honorary Gosei
0
 
 
 
Hideki Komatsu 9 dan1
 
Cho UGosei1
 
 
 
Kimio Yamada 9 dan0
 
Kimio Yamada 9 dan1
 
 
 
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan0
 
Kimio Yamada9 dan1
 
 
 
O Rissei 9 dan0
 
Naoki Hane 9 dan0
 
 
O Rissei 9 dan1
 

[1]

Losers section

Semifinals Finals
      
Shinji Takao Meijin 0
Cho U Gosei 1
Cho U Gosei 0
Norimoto Yoda 9 dan1
Norimoto Yoda 9 dan1
Kobayashi Satoru 9 dan0

[1]

Challenger finals

Finals
   
1 Keigo Yamashita Kisei 1
2 Norimoto Yoda 9 dan0

[1]

Finals

Player1
(Niigata)
2
(Gamagori)
3
(Ōmachi)
4
(Matsuyama)
5
(Chiyoda)
T
Cho Chikun
(Judan)
W+RB+2.5B+3.53
Keigo Yamashita
(Challenger)
B+RW+R2

[2]

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