JUDAN FINALISTS
(Years fluctuate because of changing schedule, and final may be in following year)

Year Term Winner Score Loser 
1962 1 Hashimoto Utaro 9d 3-1 Handa Dogen 9d
1963 2 Handa Dogen 9d 3-1 Hashimoto Utaro 9d
1964 3 Fujisawa Hosai 9d 3-2 Handa Dogen 9d
1965 4 Takagawa Kaku 9d 3-1 Fujisawa Hosai 9d
1966 5 Sakata Eio 9d 3-1 Takagawa Kaku 9d
1968 6 Sakata Eio 9d 3-2 Fujisawa Hosai 9d
1968 7 Sakata Eio 9d 3-1 Fujisawa Hideyuki 9d
1969 8 Otake Hideo 8d 3-0 Sakata Eio 9d
1971 9 Hashimoto Utaro 9d 3-2 Otake Hideo 9d
1972 10 Sakata Eio 9d 3-2 Hashimoto Utaro 9d
1973 11 Sakata Eio 9d 3-0 Takagi Shoichi 7d
1974 12 Hashimoto Shoji 9d 3-1 Sakata Eio 9d
1975 13 Rin Kaiho 9d 3-0 Hashimoto Shoji 9d
1976 14 Kato Masao 8d 3-2 Rin Kaiho 9d
1977 15 Kato Masao 8d 3-0 Sakata Eio 9d
1978 16 Kato Masao 9d 3-1 Rin Kaiho 9d
1979 17 Kato Masao 9d 3-1 Hashimoto Shoji 9d
1980 18 Otake Hideo 9d 3-2 Kato Masao 9d
1981 19 Otake Hideo 9d 3-0 Hashimoto Shoji 9d
1982 20 Cho Chikun 9d 3-1 Otake Hideo 9d
1983 21 Kato Masao 9d 3-2 Cho Chikun 9d
1984 22 Kobayashi Koichi 9d 3-2 Kato Masao 9d
1985 23 Kobayashi Koichi 9d 3-0 Otake Hideo 9d
1986 24 Kobayashi Koichi 9d 3-0 Takemiya Masaki 9d
1987 25 Kato Masao 9d 3-1 Kobayashi Koichi 9d
1988 26 Cho Chikun 9d 3-2 Kato Masao 9d
1989 27 Cho Chikun 9d 3-0 Rin Kaiho 9d
1990 28 Takemiya Masaki 9d 3-2 Cho Chikun 9d
1991 29 Takemiya Masaki 9d 3-2 Cho Chikun 9d
1992 30 Takemiya Masaki 9d 3-1 Kobayashi Koichi 9d
1993 31 Otake Hideo 9d 3-1 Takemiya Masaki 9d
1994 32 Otake Hideo 9d 3-2 Kobayashi Koichi 9d
1995 33 Yoda Norimoto 9d 3-0 Otake Hideo 9d
1996 34 Yoda Norimoto 9d 3-1 O Rissei 9d
1997 35 Kato Masao 9d 3-2 Yoda Norimoto 9d
1998 36 Hikosaka Naoto 9d 3-2 Kato Masao 9d
1999 37 Kobayashi Koichi 9d 3-0 Hikosaka Naoto 9d
2000 38 Kobayashi Koichi 9d 3-0 Nakano Hironari 9d


HAYAGO MEIJIN FINALISTS

Year Term Winner Score Loser 
1956 1 Sakata Eio 9d 2-0 Magari Reiki 7d
1957 2 Miyashita Shuyo 8d 2-1 Sakata Eio 9d
1958 3 Miyashita Shuyo 8d 2-0 Takagawa Kaku 9d
1959 4 Sugiuchi Masao 9d 2-1 Miyashita Shuyo 8d
1960 5 Fujisawa Hosai 9d 2-1 Sugiuchi Masao 9d
1961 6 Fujisawa Hosai 9d 2-0 Sakata Eio 9d


In each case it was the winner of the East Japan Meijin who won through to the overall final. The West Japan Meijins were Kubouchi Shuchi, Handa Dogen, Tainaka Shin, Tainaka Shin, Hashimoto Utaro and Hashimoto Utaro respectively.




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