42nd 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.

42nd Meijin, Last Preliminary
Yu Zhengqi		Yu Zhengqi W+R 2016-09-29	Yu Zhengqi B+R 2016-10-26	Yu Zhengqi W+0.5 2016-11-10
Shida Tatsuya		Yu Zhengqi W+R 2016-09-29
Kiyonari Tetsuya		Kiyonari Tetsuya W+R 2016-09-29
Hikosaka Naoto		Kiyonari Tetsuya W+R 2016-09-29
Cho Sonjin		Muramatsu Hiroki B+2.5 2016-09-29	Hirata Tomoya W+0.5 2016-10-20
Muramatsu Hiroki		Muramatsu Hiroki B+2.5 2016-09-29
So Yokoku		Hirata Tomoya B+R 2016-09-15
Hirata Tomoya		Hirata Tomoya B+R 2016-09-15
Ichiriki Ryo		Ichiriki Ryo W+1.5 2016-09-22	Ichiriki Ryo W+R 2016-10-31	Hane Naoki W+1.5 2016-11-07
Rin Kanketsu		Ichiriki Ryo W+1.5 2016-09-22
Adachi Toshimasa		Adachi Toshimasa W+R 2016-09-29
Cho Chikun		Adachi Toshimasa W+R 2016-09-29
Kobayashi Satoru		Kobayashi Satoru W+R 2016-10-06	Hane Naoki W+R 2016-10-27
Hasegawa Sunao		Kobayashi Satoru W+R 2016-10-06
Kanazawa Hideo		Hane Naoki W+R 2016-09-08
Hane Naoki		Hane Naoki W+R 2016-09-08
Ida Atsushi		Sakai Hideyuki B+R 2016-09-29	Sakai Hideyuki W+R 2016-10-20	Sakai Hideyuki B+0.5 2016-11-03
Sakai Hideyuki		Sakai Hideyuki B+R 2016-09-29
Kono Takashi	Yo Chito	Yo Chito W+2.5 2016-09-29
Yo Chito	Yo Chito
Hara Masakazu
Yamashiro Hiroshi		Ryu Shikun B+R 2016-09-22	Uchida Shuhei W+R 2016-10-13
Ryu Shikun		Ryu Shikun B+R 2016-09-22
Yuki Satoshi		Uchida Shuhei W+2.5 2016-09-28
Uchida Shuhei		Uchida Shuhei W+2.5 2016-09-28

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.	Iyama Yuta	8-0		W+R		W+R		W+R		W+R
2.	Murakawa Daisuke	4-4			W+3.5		W+R		B+R		W+R
3.	Yamashita Keigo	5-3	B+R			W+R		W+R		W+R
4.	Cho U	4-4		W+R			B+2.5		W+R		B+R
5.	Kono Rin	4-4	B+R		B+R			W+R		W+R
6.	Ko Iso	3-5		W+R		B+R			W+R		W+R
7.	Hane Naoki	3-5	B+R		W+R		W+R			B+0.5
8.	Sakai Hideyuki	2-6		B+R		B+4.5		W+4.5			B+R
9.	Yu Zhengqi	3-5	B+R		B+R		B+R		W+R

Sakai Hideyuki, Yu Zhengqi, and Hane Naoki are demoted.

42nd Meijin Title

date	black	white	result	#mv	sgf
2017-08-30,31	Iyama Yuta	Takao Shinji	W+0.5	271	sgf
2017-09-12,13	Takao Shinji	Iyama Yuta	W+R	146	sgf
2017-09-21,22	Iyama Yuta	Takao Shinji	B+R	241	sgf
2017-10-02,03	Takao Shinji	Iyama Yuta	W+R	164	sgf
2017-10-16	Iyama Yuta	Takao Shinji	B+R	197	sgf

Iyama Yuta won 4-1.