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- ↑ "Nihon Ki-in Championship". Sensei's Library.
- ↑ "Nihon Ki-in Championship title results". SGF records of Japanese professional go games.
- 1 2 "大竹 英雄（オオタケ ヒデオ / OTAKE, Hideo）". Nihon Ki-in.