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18th 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
2008-08-14	Kato Tomoko	Fujita Akihiko	W+R	158	sgf
2008-08-14	Rin Kanketsu	Fujita Akihiko	B+R	179	sgf
2008-10-09	Rin Kanketsu	Suzuki Isao	B+R	215	sgf
2008-10-09	Rin Kanketsu	So Yokoku	W+R	244	sgf
2008-11-17	Morita Michihiro	So Yokoku	B+R	221	sgf
2008-11-17	Morita Michihiro	Yokota Shigeaki	B+R	189	sgf
2008-12-22	Sonoda Yuichi	Morita Michihiro	W+4.5	248	sgf
2008-12-22	Morita Michihiro	Miyazawa Goro	W+5.5	291	sgf
2009-03-02	Yamashita Keigo	Miyazawa Goro	B+R	189	sgf
2009-03-02	Yamashita Keigo	Shimojima Yohei	B+R	185	sgf
2009-03-30	Kono Rin	Yamashita Keigo	B+R	187	sgf

Winner: Kono Rin
Most wins (3): Morita Michihiro

Group B

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2008-08-28	Umezawa Yukari	Yanagisawa Satoshi	W+R	206	sgf
2008-08-28	Shuto Shun	Yanagisawa Satoshi	B+T	115	sgf
2008-10-27	Shuto Shun	Kitano Ryo	W+R	224	sgf
2008-10-27	Kitano Ryo	Mizokami Tomochika	W+R	164	sgf
2008-12-18	Mizokami Tomochika	Yuki Satoshi	B+R	209	sgf
2008-12-18	Obuchi Morito	Mizokami Tomochika	W+5.5	242	sgf
2009-02-05	Mizokami Tomochika	Kamimura Haruo	B+R	167	sgf
2009-02-05	Ishida Akira	Mizokami Tomochika	W+R	106	sgf
2009-03-09	Mizokami Tomochika	Otake Hideo	B+R	205	sgf
2009-03-09	Yamada Kimio	Mizokami Tomochika	W+2.5	238	sgf
2009-05-07	Cho U	Mizokami Tomochika	B+R	225	sgf

Winner: Cho U
Most wins (7): Mizokami Tomochika

Group C

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2008-09-11	Shiraishi Yuichi	Takemiya Youkou	B+4.5	252	sgf
2008-09-11	Tsuruyama Atsushi	Shiraishi Yuichi	B+R	279	sgf
2008-10-20	Tsuruyama Atsushi	Endo Yoshifumi	W+3.5	280	sgf
2008-10-20	Endo Yoshifumi	Akiyama Jiro	B+R	201	sgf
2008-11-06	Nakano Hironari	Endo Yoshifumi	B+R	143	sgf
2008-11-06	Nakano Hironari	Aoki Shinichi	B+4.5	244	sgf
2009-01-26	Kataoka Satoshi	Nakano Hironari	B+11.5	239	sgf
2009-01-26	Nakamura Hidehito	Kataoka Satoshi	B+5.5	244	sgf
2009-02-19	Ishida Yoshio	Nakamura Hidehito	W+0.5	290	sgf
2009-02-19	Kurahashi Masayuki	Nakamura Hidehito	W+9.5	295	sgf
2009-03-12	Hane Naoki	Nakamura Hidehito	W+5.5	295	sgf

Winner: Nakamura Hidehito
Most wins (4): Nakamura Hidehito
2nd most wins (2): Nakano Hironari

Group D

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2008-08-21	Sakamoto Yasuo	Mitsunaga Junzo	B+R	169	sgf
2008-08-21	Sakamoto Yasuo	Ko Reibun	B+4.5	214	sgf
2008-10-02	Sakamoto Yasuo	Kono Mitsuki	W+10.5	247	sgf
2008-10-02	Kono Mitsuki	Nakamura Shinya	W+0.5	268	sgf
2008-11-03	Nakamura Shinya	Mimura Tomoyasu	B+R	255	sgf
2008-11-03	Komatsu Hideki	Nakamura Shinya	W+R	178	sgf
2009-01-12	Nakamura Shinya	Yamashiro Hiroshi	B+R	165	sgf
2009-01-12	Sakaguchi Ryuzo	Nakamura Shinya	W+7.5	269	sgf
2009-02-26	O Rissei	Nakamura Shinya	B+R	193	sgf
2009-02-26	Imamura Toshiya	O Rissei	B+R	141	sgf
2009-04-09	Kim Sujun	Imamura Toshiya	W+1.5	253	sgf

Winner: Imamura Toshiya
Most wins (5): Nakamura Shinya

Group E

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2008-09-05	Mitani Tetsuya	Tajima Shingo	W+5.5	306	sgf
2008-09-05	Tajima Shingo	Shiung Feng	W+R	172	sgf
2008-10-30	Shiung Feng	Kanazawa Hideo	W+R	186	sgf
2008-10-30	Kanazawa Hideo	Nakane Naoyuki	B+1.5	317	sgf
2008-12-04	Kanazawa Hideo	Ogaki Yusaku	W+3.5	262	sgf
2008-12-04	Goto Shungo	Ogaki Yusaku	W+2.5	267	sgf
2009-01-08	Ogaki Yusaku	Kori Toshio	B+R	189	sgf
2009-01-08	Takagi Shoichi	Ogaki Yusaku	B+3.5	301	sgf
2009-03-23	Kobayashi Satoru	Takagi Shoichi	B+5.5	250	sgf
2009-03-23	Kobayashi Satoru	Kanda Ei	B+R	157	sgf
2009-04-13	Kobayashi Satoru	Cho Chikun	W+R	150	sgf

Winner: Cho Chikun
Most wins (3): Ogaki Yusaku

Group F

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2008-09-12	Ando Kazushige	O Yuinin	W+R	186	sgf
2008-09-12	Suzuki Yoshimichi	O Yuinin	B+R	225	sgf
2008-11-10	Suzuki Yoshimichi	Han Zenki	W+5.5	234	sgf
2008-11-10	Han Zenki	Omori Yasushi	B+R	179	sgf
2008-12-15	Chin Kaei	Han Zenki	W+R	118	sgf
2008-12-15	Yukawa Mitsuhisa	Han Zenki	W+R	244	sgf
2009-01-19	Han Zenki	Sonoda Yasutaka	B+R	173	sgf
2009-01-19	Han Zenki	Honda Kunihisa	B+1.5	228	sgf
2009-02-16	O Meien	Han Zenki	B+R	187	sgf
2009-02-16	O Meien	Yoda Norimoto	W+R	188	sgf
2009-03-05	Cho Sonjin	Yoda Norimoto	B+R	149	sgf

Winner: Cho Sonjin
Most wins (6): Han Zenki

Group G

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2008-09-08	Furuya Masao	Suzuki Ayumi	W+5.5	262	sgf
2008-09-08	Suzuki Ayumi	Kuwamoto Shinpei	B+4.5	254	sgf
2008-11-24	Suzuki Ayumi	Sakai Hideyuki	W+7.5	250	sgf
2008-11-24	Sakai Hideyuki	Okada Shinichiro	B+R	173	sgf
2008-12-11	Sakai Hideyuki	Ryu Shikun	W+0.5	262	sgf
2008-12-11	Ryu Shikun	Oya Koichi	B+R	209	sgf
2009-01-29	Hikosaka Naoto	Ryu Shikun	B+R	273	sgf
2009-01-29	Hane Yasumasa	Hikosaka Naoto	W+10.5	255	sgf
2009-03-19	Hikosaka Naoto	Chino Tadahiko	B+R	201	sgf
2009-03-19	Rin Kaiho	Hikosaka Naoto	W+2.5	217	sgf
2009-04-09	Hikosaka Naoto	Iyama Yuta	W+R	192	sgf

Winner: Iyama Yuta
Most wins (4): Hikosaka Naoto

Group H

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2008-09-22	Xie Yimin	Kim Hyunjong	B+R	179	sgf
2008-09-22	Xie Yimin	Miyazaki Ryutaro	B+2.5	292	sgf
2008-11-13	Xie Yimin	Ko Iso	W+R	148	sgf
2008-11-13	Iwata Hajime	Ko Iso	W+R	208	sgf
2008-12-08	Nakano Yasuhiro	Ko Iso	W+R	146	sgf
2008-12-08	Ko Iso	Ogata Masaki	B+R	233	sgf
2009-01-15	Tei Meiko	Ko Iso	W+R	170	sgf
2009-01-15	Ko Iso	Ishii Kunio	B+2.5	225	sgf
2009-02-09	Ko Iso	Kudo Norio	W+R	172	sgf
2009-02-09	Takao Shinji	Kudo Norio	W+0.5	341	sgf
2009-03-26	Rin Shien	Kudo Norio	B+R	169	sgf

Winner: Rin Shien
Most wins (6): Ko Iso

18th Ryusei Title

Hikosaka Naoto	Nakamura Hidehito B+4.5	Cho Sonjin B+R	Cho U W+0.5	Iyama Yuta B+3.5
Nakamura Hidehito
Nakamura Shinya	Cho Sonjin W+R
Cho Sonjin
Mizokami Tomochika	Imamura Toshiya W+R	Cho U B+1.5
Imamura Toshiya
Han Zenki	Cho U W+R
Cho U
Cho Chikun	Ko Iso B+R	Rin Shien W+R	Iyama Yuta B+14.5
Ko Iso
Morita Michihiro	Rin Shien B+R
Rin Shien
Ogaki Yusaku	Kono Rin W+35.5	Iyama Yuta B+R
Kono Rin
Nakano Hironari	Iyama Yuta B+R
Iyama Yuta

Semifinals and Final:

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2009-07-30	Cho Sonjin	Cho U	W+0.5	286	sgf
2009-07-23	Iyama Yuta	Rin Shien	B+14.5	259	sgf
2009-08-20	Iyama Yuta	Cho U	B+3.5	261	sgf