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4th Old Meijin title

The first 14 years (1962-1975) the Meijin Title was sponsored by the Yomiuri newspaper. This period is known as "Old Meijin" or "Meijin (Yomiuri)". In 1976 the Asahi newspaper took over, and a new numbering started from 1.

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
Qualifier	1964-08-13	Takagawa Shukaku	Otake Hideo	B+R	sgf
Qualifier	1964	Ohira Shuzo	Sugiuchi Masao	B+R	sgf
Qualifier	1964	Watanabe Shokichi	Sakakibara Shoji	W+4	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 (in some order).

#	player	result	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Fujisawa Shuko	4-3			W+2	B+5	B+3
2.	Go Seigen	0-7	B+11		B+3				B+2	B+3
3.	Fujisawa Hosai	4-3				W+6	B+R	W+
4.	Hashimoto Shoji	4-2*		W+R				W+R	W+R
5.	Rin Kaiho	6-1		W+R		W+4		W+R	B+5
6.	Ohira Shuzo	4-3	W+R	W+21					W+R	W+2
7.	Takagawa Shukaku	3-4	B+R		W+R					B+R
8.	Sakakibara Shoji	2-4*	B+R		B+R		B+5

Kitani Minoru did not play.

4th Old Meijin Title

game	date	black	white	result	sgf
1	1965-07-29,30	Sakata Eio	Rin Kaiho	B+R	sgf
2	1965-08-08,09	Rin Kaiho	Sakata Eio	B+4	sgf
3	1965-08-19,20	Sakata Eio	Rin Kaiho	W+0	sgf
4	1965-08-29,30	Rin Kaiho	Sakata Eio	B+3	sgf
5	1965-09-08,09	Sakata Eio	Rin Kaiho	B+R	sgf
6	1965-09-18,19	Rin Kaiho	Sakata Eio	B+12	sgf

Rin Kaiho won with 4-2.