The 32nd Meijin is the 32nd iteration of the Meijin go tournament. The name Meijin refers to the traditional title given to the superior play during the Edo period.

Preliminaries

Group A

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Kenichi Mochizuki 6 dan0
Shuya Fujii 6 dan1
Shuya Fujii 6 dan0
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan1
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan1
Masaki Ogata 9 dan0
Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan1
Rin Shien 6 dan0
Rin Shien 6 dan1
Yusaku Ogaki 9 dan0
Rin Shien 6 dan1
Toshiya Imamura 9 dan0
Yo Kagen 9 dan0
Toshiya Imamura 9 dan1

Group B

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan1
O Meien 9 dan0
Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan0
Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan1
Tetsuya Kiyonari 9 dan0
Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan1
Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan0
Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan1
Masaki Takemiya 9 dan1
Takashi Takei 6 dan0
Masaki Takemiya 9 dan0
Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan1
Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan1
Han Zenki 7 dan0

Group C

Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
O Rissei 9 dan0
Atsushi Tsuruyama 6 dan1
Atsushi Tsuruyama 6 dan0
Naoki Hane 9 dan0
So Yokoku 8 dan0
Naoki Hane 9 dan1
Naoki Hane 9 dan0
Ko Iso 7 dan1
Rin Kaiho 9 dan0
Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan1
Satoshi Kataoka 8 dan0
Ko Iso 7 dan1
Yuta Iyama 7 dan0
Ko Iso 7 dan1

Main tournament

Group stage

PlayerC.U.Y.K.S.H.K.S.Y.K.Y.N.H.N.M.T.K.I.T
Cho U GoseiXW+0.5B-0.5W+0.5B+RW+5.5B+1.5W+RB+4.57-1
Yamashita Keigo KiseiB-0.5XW-RB-RW-5.5B-4.5W-RB-0.5W+R1-7
Sakai Hideyuki 7 danW+0.5B+RXW-0.5B-RW-0.5B+8.5W-0.5B+R4-4
Kobayashi Satoru 9 danB-0.5W+RB+0.5XW+RB-1.5W+RB-RW-R4-4
Yamada Kimio 9 danW-RB+5.5W+RB-RXW+1.5B-RW+RB+R5-3
Yoda Norimoto 9 danB-5.5W+4.5B+0.5W+1.5B-1.5XW-0.5B+RW-3.54-4
Hikosaka Naoto 9 danW-1.5B+RW-8.5B-RW+RB+0.5XW-1.5B-1.53-5
Mimura Tomoyasu 9 danB-RW+0.5B+0.5W+RB-RW-RB+1.5XW-R4-4
Ko Iso 7 danW-4.5B-RW-RB+RW-RB+3.5W+1.5B+RX4-4

Key:

  • Green - Winner of group; challenges for title or earns a spot in the challenger final
  • Blue - Earns a place in the next edition's group stage.
  • Red - Eliminated from automatic berth; must qualify through preliminary stages.

Finals

Player1 (-)2 (-)3 (-)4 (-)5 (-)6 (-)7 (-)T
Cho UW-4.5B+RW+1,5B+RW-2.5B-0.5W+2.54
Takao Shinji (Meijin)B+4,5W-RB-1.5W-RB+2.5W+0.5B-2.53

Key

  • W+ - Won by
  • R - Resignation