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11th Ryusei title

Eight times 12 players play a ladder. The winner of each ladder and the player with most wins proceed to the 16-player knockout tournament. Time is 30 secs/move, 10 times 1 minute. Komi is 5.5.

The eight ladders

Group A

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2001-08-06	Rin Shien	Iguchi Hideichiro	W+4.5	305	sgf
2001-08-06	Iguchi Hideichiro	Mizokami Tomochika	W+R	172	sgf
2001-09-17	Sasaka Shiro	Mizokami Tomochika	W+R	164	sgf
2001-09-17	Mizokami Tomochika	Hane Naoki	W+R	164	sgf
2001-10-29	Ishida Atsushi	Hane Naoki	W+R	132	sgf
2001-10-29	Hane Naoki	Chin Kaei	B+21.5	275	sgf
2001-12-25	Hiroe Hiroyuki	Hane Naoki	W+R	176	sgf
2001-12-25	Hane Naoki	Kanda Ei	B+R	245	sgf
2002-01-28	Hane Naoki	Fukui Susumu	B+R	161	sgf
2002-01-28	Takemiya Masaki	Hane Naoki	B+4.5	224	sgf
2002-04-01	Takemiya Masaki	O Rissei	B+2.5	272	sgf

Winner: Takemiya Masaki
Most wins (6): Hane Naoki

Group B

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2001-08-21	Miyagawa Fumihiko	Inori Yoko	B+R	179	sgf
2001-08-21	So Yokoku	Miyagawa Fumihiko	B+9.5	239	sgf
2001-10-01	So Yokoku	Arimura Hiroshi	B+R	173	sgf
2001-10-01	So Yokoku	Kitamura Hiroshi	W+0.5	247	sgf
2001-11-26	Kitamura Hiroshi	Nakaonoda Tomomi	W+12.5	253	sgf
2001-11-26	Nakaonoda Tomomi	Fukui Masaaki	B+R	143	sgf
2001-12-17	Yokota Shigeaki	Nakaonoda Tomomi	W+3.5	248	sgf
2001-12-17	Nakaonoda Tomomi	Ogata Masaki	W+R	198	sgf
2002-02-04	Ogata Masaki	Ishida Akira	W+R	190	sgf
2002-02-04	Cho Sonjin	Ishida Akira	B+R	127	sgf
2002-03-04	Cho Sonjin	O Meien	W+2.5	214	sgf

Winner: O Meien
Most wins (3): Nakaonoda Tomomi

Group C

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2001-09-03	Miyazaki Ryutaro	Matsumoto Takehisa	W+4.5	243	sgf
2001-09-03	Matsumoto Takehisa	Cho U	B+R	255	sgf
2001-10-30	Nakao Jungo	Matsumoto Takehisa	W+R	162	sgf
2001-10-30	Honma Akio	Matsumoto Takehisa	W+4.5	184	sgf
2001-12-11	Hoshino Masaki	Matsumoto Takehisa	W+R	200	sgf
2001-12-11	Matsumoto Takehisa	Kuwata Yasuaki	B+R	201	sgf
2002-01-14	Matsumoto Takehisa	Morita Michihiro	W+2.5	282	sgf
2002-01-14	Imamura Toshiya	Morita Michihiro	B+R	193	sgf
2002-02-19	Awaji Shuzo	Imamura Toshiya	W+R	150	sgf
2002-02-19	Imamura Toshiya	Ishii Mamoru	B+R	155	sgf
2002-04-08	Imamura Toshiya	Ryu Shikun	B+5.5	264	sgf

Winner: Imamura Toshiya
Most wins (6): Matsumoto Takehisa

Group D

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2001-09-11	Kitano Ryo	Cho Riyu	W+4.5	243	sgf
2001-09-11	Takamizawa Tadao	Cho Riyu	W+8.5	239	sgf
2001-10-16	Cho Riyu	Kato Atsushi	W+R	240	sgf
2001-10-16	Asano Hideaki	Kato Atsushi	W+R	208	sgf
2001-12-04	Kato Atsushi	Izumitani Hideo	B+13.5	234	sgf
2001-12-04	Kato Atsushi	Narusawa Yasuichi	B+7.5	278	sgf
2002-01-07	Kato Atsushi	Yuki Satoshi	W+R	154	sgf
2002-01-07	Yuki Satoshi	Yukawa Mitsuhisa	B+R	175	sgf
2002-02-12	Sonoda Yuichi	Yuki Satoshi	W+0.5	302	sgf
2002-02-12	Yuki Satoshi	Chino Tadahiko	B+R	129	sgf
2002-04-08	Yamashita Keigo	Yuki Satoshi	W+3.5	272	sgf

Winner: Yuki Satoshi
Most wins (5): Yuki Satoshi
2nd most wins (4): Kato Atsushi

Group E

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2001-08-28	Kanazawa Hideo	Kato Tomoko	W+5.5	276	sgf
2001-08-28	Sakai Isao	Kato Tomoko	W+1.5	262	sgf
2001-10-02	Kato Tomoko	Sugimoto Akira	W+2.5	276	sgf
2001-10-02	Taniguchi Toshinori	Sugimoto Akira	W+5.5	264	sgf
2001-11-27	Aoki Kikuyo	Sugimoto Akira	B+R	221	sgf
2001-11-27	Komatsu Fujio	Aoki Kikuyo	B+0.5	262	sgf
2001-12-18	Komatsu Fujio	Nakano Hironari	W+3.5	240	sgf
2001-12-18	Nakano Hironari	Goto Shungo	B+1.5	243	sgf
2002-01-29	Nakano Hironari	Hashimoto Yujiro	B+R	93	sgf
2002-01-29	Ishii Kunio	Nakano Hironari	W+0.5	235	sgf
2002-03-04	Nakano Hironari	Cho Chikun	W+R	164	sgf

Winner: Cho Chikun
Most wins (4): Nakano Hironari

Group F

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2001-08-27	Kim Sujun	Kobayashi Izumi	B+R	199	sgf
2001-08-27	Kim Sujun	Koyama Shizuo	B+R	164	sgf
2001-10-15	Takao Shinji	Kim Sujun	W+1.5	286	sgf
2001-10-15	Kim Sujun	Hagiwara Mutsumi	B+10.5	260	sgf
2001-12-10	Kim Sujun	Matsuoka Hideki	B+R	121	sgf
2001-12-10	Kim Sujun	So Kofuku	B+R	93	sgf
2002-01-21	Yo Kagen	Kim Sujun	W+R	188	sgf
2002-01-21	Kim Sujun	Michael Redmond	B+1.5	267	sgf
2002-02-25	Aragaki Takeshi	Kim Sujun	W+R	232	sgf
2002-02-25	Kojima Takaho	Kim Sujun	W+R	152	sgf
2002-03-23	Kobayashi Koichi	Kim Sujun	B+R	265	sgf

Winner: Kobayashi Koichi
Most wins (10): Kim Sujun

Group G

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2001-08-13	Kono Rin	Chinen Kaori	B+R	155	sgf
2001-08-13	Kono Rin	Kasai Koji	B+R	215	sgf
2001-09-10	Nakano Yasuhiro	Kono Rin	W+R	132	sgf
2001-09-10	Kono Rin	Muramatsu Ryuichi	B+R	233	sgf
2001-11-12	Kono Rin	Sakai Maki	B+6.5	247	sgf
2001-11-12	Fujisawa Kazunari	Kono Rin	W+4.5	291	sgf
2001-12-24	Kono Rin	Mimura Tomoyasu	W+R	198	sgf
2001-12-24	Komatsu Hideki	Mimura Tomoyasu	B+1.5	270	sgf
2002-02-05	Komatsu Hideki	Kataoka Satoshi	B+R	185	sgf
2002-02-05	Komatsu Hideki	Kamimura Kunio	W+31.5	293	sgf
2002-02-26	Kamimura Kunio	Rin Kaiho	W+R	106	sgf

Winner: Rin Kaiho
Most wins (6): Kono Rin

Group H

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2001-08-20	Kubo Hideo	Rin Kanketsu	W+R	174	sgf
2001-08-20	Oki Keiji	Rin Kanketsu	W+R	222	sgf
2001-09-18	Rin Kanketsu	Akiyama Jiro	W+R	184	sgf
2001-09-18	Okada Shinichiro	Akiyama Jiro	W+R	218	sgf
2001-11-06	Akiyama Jiro	Yamada Kimio	W+R	178	sgf
2001-11-06	Enda Hideki	Yamada Kimio	W+R	184	sgf
2002-01-15	Yamada Kimio	Ogaki Yusaku	W+1.5	240	sgf
2002-01-15	Aoki Shinichi	Ogaki Yusaku	W+R	290	sgf
2002-03-05	Hasegawa Sunao	Ogaki Yusaku	B+6.5	249	sgf
2002-03-05	Hasegawa Sunao	Sakaguchi Ryuzo	W+R	178	sgf
2002-04-01	Kato Masao	Sakaguchi Ryuzo	B+R	161	sgf

Winner: Kato Masao
Most wins (2): Ogaki Yusaku

11th Ryusei Title

Yuki Satoshi	Rin Kaiho B+R	Cho Chikun B+7.5	O Meien B+6.5	Kobayashi Koichi B+6.5
Rin Kaiho
Kono Rin	Cho Chikun B+R
Cho Chikun
Hane Naoki	Imamura Toshiya W+R	O Meien B+R
Imamura Toshiya
Matsumoto Takehisa	O Meien W+R
O Meien
Nakaonoda Tomomi	Kato Atsushi B+4.5	Kato Masao B+6.5	Kobayashi Koichi B+2.5
Kato Atsushi
Ogaki Yusaku	Kato Masao B+4.5
Kato Masao
Takemiya Masaki	Nakano Hironari W+4.5	Kobayashi Koichi W+6.5
Nakano Hironari
Kim Sujun	Kobayashi Koichi B+R
Kobayashi Koichi

Semifinals and Final:

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2002-08-12	O Meien	Cho Chikun	B+6.5	280	sgf
2002-08-24	Kobayashi Koichi	Kato Masao	B+2.5	245	sgf
2002-09-16	Kobayashi Koichi	O Meien	B+6.5	278	sgf