Last preliminary of the 68th Honinbo tournament

In a knock-out system, the 28 winners of the Preliminaries A, together with the 4 players Seto Taiki, Ko Iso, Hane Naoki and Kono Rin who were demoted from the 67th Honinbo League, and the 5 players Imamura Toshiya, Sakai Hideyuki, Fujii Shuya, Yokota Shigeaki and Murakawa Daisuke compete in 4 groups of 9 or 10 for a place in the League.

Awaji Shuzo Imamura Toshiya Imamura Toshiya
(W+R)
Imamura Toshiya
(W+R)
Imamura Toshiya
Yamada Kimio Yamada
Kimio
(W+0.5)
Yamada Kimio
(B+R)
Kato Atsushi
Sakai Hideyuki
Kobayashi Koichi Nakamura Shinya
(W+R)
Yamada Takuji
Nakamura Shinya Nakamura
Shinya
Sasaka Shiro
Yamada Takuji Yamada Takuji
(B+R)
Kono Rin
Cho Sonjin Cho Sonjin
(B+0.5)
Cho Sonjin
(B+R)
Cho Sonjin
(W+14.5)
Iwamaru Taira
Mizokami Tomochika Mizokami
Tomochika
Fujii Shuya
Morita Michihiro
Fujii Shuya
Imamura Yoshiaki Imamura Yoshiaki Imamura Yoshiaki
Shida Tatsuya
Kubo Hideo Kubo Hideo
(B+R)
Hane Naoki
Aoki Shinichi Aoki Shinichi Nakano Hironari Ko Iso
(B+R)
Yokota Shigeaki
Rin Shien Nakano
Hironari
Nakano Hironari
(B+R)
Nakano Hironari
Tajiri Yuto
Oba Junya Oba Junya Ko Iso
Shimojima Yohei
Tsuruyama Atsushi Ko Iso
Ko Iso
Muramatsu Hiroki Shuto Shun Shuto Shun
(B+R)
Seto Taiki
(B+R)
Shuto Shun
Kono Takashi Yoda
Norimoto
(B+R)
Ryu Shikun
(W+1.5)
Yoda Norimoto
Ryu Shikun
Michael Redmond Murakawa Daisuke
(W+R)
Seto Taiki
Murakawa Daisuke
O Rissei Seto Taiki
(B+R)
Seto Taiki