| 53rd Honinbo, Last Preliminary | ||||
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| O Rissei | O Rissei | O Rissei | O Rissei W+1.5 1997-07-10 |
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| Okada Shinichiro | ||||
| Yo Kagen | Yo Kagen | |||
| Kenmochi Jo | ||||
| Chino Tadahiko | Chino Tadahiko | Chino Tadahiko | ||
| Kojima Takaho | Kojima Takaho | |||
| Suzuki Yoshimichi | ||||
| Sato Masaharu | Sato Masaharu | |||
| Hane Yasumasa | ||||
| Kobayashi Satoru | Kobayashi Satoru | Kobayashi Satoru W+R 1997-06-05 |
Kobayashi Satoru W+2.5 1997-08-28 |
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| Rin Kaiho | ||||
| Kono Rin | Kono Rin | |||
| Kori Toshio | ||||
| Takemiya Masaki | Takemiya Masaki | Takemiya Masaki | ||
| Miyazawa Goro | Miyazawa Goro | |||
| Tono Hiroaki | ||||
| Yoda Norimoto | Yoda Norimoto | |||
| Kurahashi Masayuki | ||||
| Yamada Kimio | Yamada Kimio | Yamada Kimio | Yamada Kimio B+R 1997-07-31 |
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| Yamashiro Hiroshi | ||||
| Hane Naoki | Hane Naoki | |||
| Kataoka Satoshi | ||||
| Honda Kunihisa | Honda Kunihisa | Honda Kunihisa | ||
| Obuchi Morito | ||||
| Hasegawa Sunao | Hasegawa Sunao | Hasegawa Sunao | ||
| Mimura Tomoyasu | ||||
| Ishida Atsushi | ||||
| O Meien | O Meien W+R 1997 |
O Meien | O Meien W+R 1997-08-07 |
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| Goto Shungo | ||||
| Fujisawa Shuko | Fujisawa Shuko | |||
| Otake Hideo | Otake Hideo | |||
| Kobayashi Koichi | ||||
| Oya Koichi | Oya Koichi | Oya Koichi | ||
| Komatsu Hideki | ||||
| Hisajima Kunio | Hisajima Kunio | |||
| Sakai Takeshi | ||||