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36th Judan title

Winners' Section

Winners' Section
Nakaonoda Tomomi	O Rissei B+R	O Rissei W+R	O Rissei B+0.5	Cho Chikun W+R
O Rissei	O Rissei B+R
Nakano Hironari	Nakano Hironari B+R
Yo Kagen	Nakano Hironari B+R
Rin Kaiho	Rin Kaiho W+2.5	Yoda Norimoto B+R
Hane Naoki	Rin Kaiho W+2.5
Kataoka Satoshi	Yoda Norimoto B+R
Yoda Norimoto	Yoda Norimoto B+R
O Meien	O Meien W+R	Kobayashi Satoru B+R	Cho Chikun W+R
Fujisawa Shuko	O Meien W+R
Kobayashi Satoru	Kobayashi Satoru B+1.5
Hikosaka Naoto	Kobayashi Satoru B+1.5
Kobayashi Koichi	Yamada Kimio B+R	Cho Chikun B+R
Yamada Kimio	Yamada Kimio B+R
Tono Hiroaki	Cho Chikun W+R
Cho Chikun	Cho Chikun W+R

Losers' Section

Losers' Section
Nakaonoda Tomomi	Yo Kagen W+R	Hane Naoki B+R	Hikosaka Naoto W+R	Hikosaka Naoto W+R	Hikosaka Naoto B+R
Yo Kagen	Yo Kagen W+R
Hane Naoki	Hane Naoki W+R
Kataoka Satoshi	Hane Naoki W+R
Fujisawa Shuko	Hikosaka Naoto B+R	Hikosaka Naoto B+3.5
Hikosaka Naoto	Hikosaka Naoto B+R
Kobayashi Koichi	Kobayashi Koichi W+R
Tono Hiroaki	Kobayashi Koichi W+R
O Rissei
Nakano Hironari		Rin Kaiho B+7.5	O Meien B+3.5	O Meien W+1.5
Rin Kaiho		Rin Kaiho B+7.5
O Meien		O Meien W+0.5
Yamada Kimio		O Meien W+0.5
Yoda Norimoto			Kobayashi Satoru W+1.5
Kobayashi Satoru			Kobayashi Satoru W+1.5

Challenger decision match

Winner of the Winners' Section against winner of the Losers' Section.

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1998-02-12	Hikosaka Naoto	Cho Chikun	B+R	223	sgf

36th Judan Title

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
1998-03-05	Kato Masao	Hikosaka Naoto	B+4.5	277	sgf
1998-03-24	Hikosaka Naoto	Kato Masao	B+3.5	240	sgf
1998-04-08	Kato Masao	Hikosaka Naoto	W+4.5	243	sgf
1998-04-16	Hikosaka Naoto	Kato Masao	W+R	214	sgf
1998-04-23	Kato Masao	Hikosaka Naoto	W+1.5	297	sgf

Hikosaka Naoto won with 3-2.