41st Meijin title

Qualification tournament

The lowest three players from the previous year are demoted from the League, and a qualification tournament with three groups determines which three new players are allowed to enter the League.

41st Meijin, Last Preliminary
Yao Zhi Teng		Hirata Tomoya W+4.5 2015-09-03	Hirata Tomoya	Hirata Tomoya W+3.5 2015-10-29
Hirata Tomoya		Hirata Tomoya W+4.5 2015-09-03
Imamura Yoshiaki	Cho Sonjin B+R 2015-09-03	Kurahashi Masayuki B+R 2015-09-24
Cho Sonjin	Cho Sonjin B+R 2015-09-03
Kurahashi Masayuki
Yuki Satoshi		Yuki Satoshi W+R 2015-10-01	So Yokoku W+R 2015-10-19
Ogata Masaki		Yuki Satoshi W+R 2015-10-01
Oba Junya		So Yokoku
So Yokoku		So Yokoku
Hane Yasumasa		Hane Yasumasa B+1.5 2015-09-30	Uchida Shuhei	Uchida Shuhei B+3.5 2015-10-29
Akiyama Jiro		Hane Yasumasa B+1.5 2015-09-30
Moriyama Naoki	Moriyama Naoki	Uchida Shuhei
Kono Takashi	Moriyama Naoki
Uchida Shuhei
Kiyonari Tetsuya		Kim Sujun	Kanazawa Makoto
Kim Sujun		Kim Sujun
Yu Zhengqi		Kanazawa Makoto B+0.5 2015-09-10
Kanazawa Makoto		Kanazawa Makoto B+0.5 2015-09-10
Shibano Toramaru		Shibano Toramaru W+R 2015-09-17	Ida Atsushi B+2.5 2015-10-19	Hane Naoki W+R 2015-11-05
Seto Taiki		Shibano Toramaru W+R 2015-09-17
Rin Kanketsu	Ichiriki Ryo B+3.5 2015-09-24	Ida Atsushi W+R 2015-10-09
Ichiriki Ryo	Ichiriki Ryo B+3.5 2015-09-24
Ida Atsushi
Takeuchi Kosuke		Cho Chikun W+R 2015-09-24	Hane Naoki B+3.5 2015-10-15
Cho Chikun		Cho Chikun W+R 2015-09-24
Hikosaka Naoto		Hane Naoki W+R 2015-09-24
Hane Naoki		Hane Naoki W+R 2015-09-24

League

Results (in the first column the white player, on the top row the black player). The ordering of the first six players is according to their results in the previous year. The last three are the winners of the entrance matches.

#	player	result	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1.	Takao Shinji	7-1		W+R		W+0.5		B+R		W+R
2.	Yamashita Keigo	5-3			W+R		B+1.5		W+R		W+3.5
3.	Kono Rin	4-4	B+R			W+0.5		B+R		W+R
4.	Cho U	5-3		B+R			W+R		W+R		W+4.5
5.	Ko Iso	4-4	B+R		B+0.5			B+R		W+R
6.	Murakawa Daisuke	6-2		W+4.5		B+2.5			B+R		W+R
7.	Hane Naoki	3-5	B+R		W+R		B+R			W+R
8.	Uchida Shuhei	0-8		B+R		B+0.5		B+R			B+5.5
9.	Hirata Tomoya	2-6	B+R		B+R		B+R		W+R

Uchida Shuhei, Hirata Tomoya, and Hane Naoki are demoted.

41st Meijin Title

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2016-08-30,31	Takao Shinji	Iyama Yuta	B+R	217	sgf
2016-09-14,15	Iyama Yuta	Takao Shinji	W+R	236	sgf
2016-09-20,21	Takao Shinji	Iyama Yuta	B+R	169	sgf
2016-10-04,05	Iyama Yuta	Takao Shinji	B+R	181	sgf
2016-10-12,13	Takao Shinji	Iyama Yuta	W+3.5	236	sgf
2016-10-26,27	Iyama Yuta	Takao Shinji	B+R	185	sgf
2016-11-02,03	Iyama Yuta	Takao Shinji	W+2.5	251	sgf

Takao Shinji won 4-3.