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14th 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 6.5.

The eight ladders

Group A

date black white result #mv sgf
2004-08-31 Kubo Hideo Kobayashi Izumi B+R 209 sgf
2004-08-31 Mizokami Tomochika Kubo Hideo B+R 137 sgf
2004-10-26 Takao Shinji Mizokami Tomochika W+R 150 sgf
2004-10-26 Mizokami Tomochika Matsuoka Hideki B+R 187 sgf
2004-11-29 Mizokami Tomochika Komatsu Fujio W+R 236 sgf
2004-11-29 Komatsu Fujio Yuki Satoshi W+R 102 sgf
2004-12-21 Michael Redmond Yuki Satoshi W+R 148 sgf
2004-12-21 Yamashiro Hiroshi Yuki Satoshi W+R 210 sgf
2005-03-28 Haruyama Isamu Yuki Satoshi W+R 158 sgf
Yuki Satoshi Not played 0 sgf
2005-03-28 Yuki Satoshi Hane Naoki B+R 237 sgf

Winner: Yuki Satoshi
Most wins (5): Yuki Satoshi
2nd most wins (3): Mizokami Tomochika

Group B

date black white result #mv sgf
2004-09-13 Iwamaru Taira Rin Shien W+4.5 280 sgf
2004-09-13 So Yokoku Rin Shien W+R 236 sgf
2004-10-25 Rin Shien Nakano Yasuhiro B+R 129 sgf
2004-10-25 Sakai Maki Rin Shien B+R 165 sgf
2004-11-23 Sasaki Tadashi Sakai Maki B+R 175 sgf
2004-11-23 Nakano Hironari Sasaki Tadashi W+11.5 299 sgf
2005-01-17 Komatsu Hideki Sasaki Tadashi B+3.5 252 sgf
2005-01-17 Komatsu Hideki Ito Yoji B+R 117 sgf
2005-02-07 Komatsu Hideki Awaji Shuzo W+R 188 sgf
2005-02-07 Kobayashi Satoru Awaji Shuzo B+R 223 sgf
2005-03-07 Kobayashi Satoru Yoda Norimoto B+R 139 sgf

Winner: Kobayashi Satoru
Most wins (3): Rin Shien

Group C

date black white result #mv sgf
2004-09-07 Mochizuki Kenichi Han Zenki B+R 229 sgf
2004-09-07 Yamada Takuji Mochizuki Kenichi W+R 206 sgf
2004-09-27 Mochizuki Kenichi Muramatsu Ryuichi W+5.5 340 sgf
2004-09-27 Muramatsu Ryuichi Arimura Hiroshi W+R 212 sgf
2004-10-18 Onda Yasuhiko Arimura Hiroshi W+R 222 sgf
2004-10-18 Arimura Hiroshi Yo Kagen W+R 164 sgf
2004-11-30 Aoki Shinichi Yo Kagen W+R 244 sgf
2004-11-30 Hikosaka Naoto Yo Kagen B+9.5 259 sgf
2005-02-01 Hikosaka Naoto Sonoda Yuichi B+0.5 257 sgf
2005-02-01 Hikosaka Naoto Yamashita Keigo W+R 274 sgf
2005-03-07 Cho U Yamashita Keigo B+3.5 260 sgf

Winner: Cho U
Most wins (2): Hikosaka Naoto

Group D

date black white result #mv sgf
2004-08-24 Mannami Kana Takano Hideki W+4.5 298 sgf
2004-08-24 Kim Sujun Takano Hideki W+2.5 284 sgf
2004-10-11 Takano Hideki Kenmochi Jo B+R 133 sgf
2004-10-11 Takano Hideki Nakane Naoyuki B+2.5 290 sgf
2004-11-09 Takano Hideki Imamura Yoshiaki B+R 215 sgf
2004-11-09 Takano Hideki Ogaki Yusaku W+R 222 sgf
2005-01-24 Ogaki Yusaku Obuchi Morito W+5.5 280 sgf
2005-01-24 Kanda Ei Obuchi Morito B+1.5 290 sgf
2005-03-01 Kanda Ei Kamimura Haruo W+R 156 sgf
2005-03-01 Takemiya Masaki Kamimura Haruo B+8.5 281 sgf
2005-03-22 O Rissei Takemiya Masaki B+12.5 310 sgf

Winner: O Rissei
Most wins (5): Takano Hideki

Group E

date black white result #mv sgf
2004-08-30 Suzuki Ayumi Sakai Hideyuki W+R 136 sgf
2004-08-30 Sakai Hideyuki Kono Rin W+R 252 sgf
2004-09-20 Kitano Ryo Kono Rin B+R 189 sgf
2004-09-20 Kitano Ryo Yamada Kimio B+R 157 sgf
2004-11-02 Kitano Ryo Okada Shinichiro B+3.5 270 sgf
2004-11-02 Kitano Ryo Kurahashi Masayuki W+0.5 304 sgf
2004-12-14 Enda Hideki Kurahashi Masayuki W+R 146 sgf
2004-12-14 Kurahashi Masayuki Ishikura Noboru B+R 193 sgf
2005-01-31 Kurahashi Masayuki Hashimoto Yujiro B+R 225 sgf
2005-01-31 Kurahashi Masayuki O Meien W+R 234 sgf
2005-03-14 O Meien Cho Chikun W+0.5 267 sgf

Winner: Cho Chikun
Most wins (4): Kurahashi Masayuki

Group F

date black white result #mv sgf
2004-07-27 Gaku Yuzuru Mitani Tetsuya W+R 160 sgf
2004-07-27 Mitani Tetsuya Yamada Shiho B+R 229 sgf
2004-10-12 Mitani Tetsuya Mizuma Toshifumi B+R 143 sgf
2004-10-12 Nakao Jungo Mitani Tetsuya W+R 130 sgf
2004-11-08 Mitani Tetsuya Hoshino Masaki B+7.5 283 sgf
2004-11-08 Mitani Tetsuya Ryu Shikun W+R 168 sgf
2004-12-20 Ryu Shikun Yokota Shigeaki B+R 143 sgf
2004-12-20 Ryu Shikun Oya Koichi W+4.5 277 sgf
2005-01-18 Aragaki Takeshi Oya Koichi W+R 172 sgf
2005-01-18 Cho Sonjin Oya Koichi B+R 0 sgf
2005-02-15 Rin Kaiho Cho Sonjin W+1.5 250 sgf

Winner: Cho Sonjin
Most wins (5): Mitani Tetsuya

Group G

date black white result #mv sgf
2004-09-14 Ko Iso Kuwamoto Shinpei W+R 178 sgf
2004-09-14 Kuwamoto Shinpei Miyazaki Ryutaro B+R 267 sgf
2004-10-19 Kuwamoto Shinpei Sugimoto Akira B+R 163 sgf
2004-10-19 Kato Atsushi Kuwamoto Shinpei B+R 161 sgf
2004-12-06 Kato Atsushi Ueki Yoshio B+R 193 sgf
2004-12-06 Kato Atsushi Tokimoto Hajime W+R 118 sgf
2005-01-10 Nakaonoda Tomomi Tokimoto Hajime B+R 231 sgf
2005-01-10 Imamura Toshiya Nakaonoda Tomomi B+R 167 sgf
2005-02-14 Kubo Katsuaki Imamura Toshiya W+1.5 228 sgf
2005-02-14 Imamura Toshiya Kojima Takaho B+R 211 sgf
2005-03-14 Otake Hideo Imamura Toshiya B+R 159 sgf

Winner: Otake Hideo
Most wins (3): Imamura Toshiya

Group H

date black white result #mv sgf
2004-08-09 Araki Issei Anzai Nobuaki W+R 232 sgf
2004-08-09 Kanazawa Hideo Anzai Nobuaki W+5.5 290 sgf
2004-09-28 Kono Mitsuki Anzai Nobuaki W+4.5 272 sgf
2004-09-28 Nakamura Shinya Anzai Nobuaki B+1.5 256 sgf
2004-11-01 Nakamura Shinya Yo Kaei W+R 168 sgf
2004-11-01 Doi Makoto Yo Kaei B+R 201 sgf
2004-12-13 Morita Michihiro Doi Makoto W+5.5 246 sgf
2004-12-13 Doi Makoto Goto Shungo W+R 190 sgf
2005-01-11 Kataoka Satoshi Goto Shungo B+9.5 218 sgf
2005-01-11 Kataoka Satoshi Abe Yoshiteru W+1.5 240 sgf
2005-02-15 Kobayashi Koichi Abe Yoshiteru B+R 175 sgf

Winner: Kobayashi Koichi
Most wins (3): Anzai Nobuaki

14th Ryusei Title

Kurahashi Masayuki Cho Sonjin
W+R		 Cho Chikun
B+R		 Cho U
B+R		 Yuki Satoshi
B+R
Cho Sonjin
Rin Shien Cho Chikun
B+8.5
Cho Chikun
O Rissei Mizokami Tomochika
W+1.5		 Cho U
B+R
Mizokami Tomochika
Imamura Toshiya Cho U
B+6.5
Cho U
Anzai Nobuaki Kobayashi Satoru
W+6.5		 Otake Hideo
W+R		 Yuki Satoshi
W+R
Kobayashi Satoru
Takano Hideki Otake Hideo
W+R
Otake Hideo
Kobayashi Koichi Hikosaka Naoto
B+1.5		 Yuki Satoshi
W+R
Hikosaka Naoto
Mitani Tetsuya Yuki Satoshi
W+R
Yuki Satoshi

Semifinals and Final:

date black white result #mv sgf
2005-07-25 Cho U Cho Chikun B+R 213 sgf
2005-08-02 Otake Hideo Yuki Satoshi W+R 170 sgf
2005-08-29 Yuki Satoshi Cho U B+R 127 sgf