Yomiuri 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

28th Meijin title

Newcomers

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted, and entrance matches determine which three new players are allowed to enter the League.

game	date	black	white	result	sgf
Group 1 Final	2002-11-07	Takemiya Masaki	Kudo Norio	B+R	sgf
Group 2 Final	2002-11-07	Mizokami Tomochika	Morita Michihiro	B+2.5	sgf
Group 3 Final	2002-10-17	Cho U	Ishida Akira	B+R	sgf

League

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player). The ordering of the first six players is according to their results in the previous year. The last three are the winners of the entrance matches.

#	player	result	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Cho Chikun	4-4		W+7.5		W+R		B+6.5		W+6.5
2.	Ryu Shikun	2-6			B+R		B+1.5		B+R		B+14.5
3.	Yamashita Keigo	8-0	W+R			W+R		W+1.5		W+7.5
4.	O Meien	3-5		W+R			B+R		W+R		B+3.5
5.	Rin Kaiho	6-2	W+R		B+6.5			B+R		W+1.5
6.	O Rissei	5-3		B+0.5		W+R			W+4.5		B+R
7.	Takemiya Masaki	1-7	B+0.5		B+R		B+0.5			B+R
8.	Mizokami Tomochika	1-7		B+R		B+2.5		B+R			B+R
9.	Cho U	6-2	W+R		B+7.5		B+0.5		W+8.5

It was decided to change komi from 5.5 to 6.5 points in Sept. 2002. The 28th Meijin League was played with the new komi of 6.5 points. The qualifying rounds had been played with the old 5.5 points komi.

28th Meijin Title

1	2003-09-10,11	Yoda Norimoto	Yamashita Keigo	B+7.5	sgf
2	2003-09-24,25	Yamashita Keigo	Yoda Norimoto	W+R	sgf
3	2003-10-01,02	Yoda Norimoto	Yamashita Keigo	W+2.5	sgf
4	2003-10-15,16	Yamashita Keigo	Yoda Norimoto	W+3.5	sgf
5	2003-10-22,23	Yoda Norimoto	Yamashita Keigo	B+R	sgf

Yoda Norimoto won with 4-1.