10th Kisei

The 10th Kisei was the 10th edition of the Kisei tournament. Since Cho Chikun won the previous year, he is given an automatic place in the final. Twelve players battled in a knockout tournament to decide the final 2. Those two would then play each other in a best-of-3 match to decide who would face Cho. Koichi Kobayashi became the challenger after beating Masao Kato 2 games to 1, and went on to defeat Cho Chikun 4 games to 2.

Tournament

	Round of 16				Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	Yujiro Hashimoto 5 dan	0
	Hiroaki Tono 9 dan	1
					Hiroaki Tono 9 dan	1
					Yoshio Ishida Tengen	0
	Yoshio Ishida Tengen	1
	-	0
									Hiroaki Tono 9 dan	0
									Koichi Kobayashi Judan	1
	Satsuo Ushinohama 9 dan	1
	Masataka Saijo 8 dan	0
					Satsuo Ushinohama 9 dan	0
					Koichi Kobayashi Judan	1
	Koichi Kobayashi Judan	1
	-	0
													Kobayashi Koichi Judan	2
													Masao Kato Oza	1
	Rin Kaiho 9 dan	1
	-	0
					Rin Kaiho 9 dan	0
					Masao Kato Oza	1
	Masao Kato Oza	1
	Haruo Kamimura 8 dan	0
									Masao Kato Oza	1
									Masaki Takemiya Honinbo	0
	Goro Miyazawa 7 dan	1
	Yasumasa Hane 9 dan	0
					Goro Miyazawa 7 dan	0
					Masaki Takemiya Honinbo	1
	Masaki Takemiya Honinbo	1
	-	0

Challenger finals

Player	1	2	3	T
Koichi Kobayashi Judan	W+R		W+R	2
Masao Kato Oza		W+1.5		1

Finals

Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	T
Cho Chikun (Kisei)		W+3.5	W+1.5					2
Koichi Kobayashi (Challenger)	W+2.5			W+2.5	W+R	W+R		4