# 32nd Meijin

The 32nd Meijin is the 32nd iteration of the Meijin go tournament. The name Meijin refers to the traditional title given to the superior play during the Edo period.

## Preliminaries
### Group A

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Kenichi Mochizuki 6 dan | 0 | | |
| Shuya Fujii 6 dan | 1 | | |
| Shuya Fujii 6 dan | 1 | Shuya Fujii 6 dan | 0 |
| | | Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 |
| Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 | Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 |
| Masaki Ogata 9 dan | 0 | | | | |
| Masaki Ogata 9 dan | 0 | | | Tomoyasu Mimura 9 dan | 1 |
| | | | | Rin Shien 6 dan | 0 |
| Rin Shien 6 dan | 1 | | | Rin Shien 6 dan | 0 |
| Yusaku Ogaki 9 dan | 0 | | | | |
| Yusaku Ogaki 9 dan | 0 | Rin Shien 6 dan | 1 | | |
| | | Toshiya Imamura 9 dan | 0 |
| Yo Kagen 9 dan | 0 | Toshiya Imamura 9 dan | 0 |
| Toshiya Imamura 9 dan | 1 | | |

### Group B

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan | 1 | | |
| O Meien 9 dan | 0 | | |
| O Meien 9 dan | 0 | Shigeaki Yokota 9 dan | 0 |
| | | Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan | 1 |
| Tetsuya Kiyonari 9 dan | 0 | Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan | 1 |
| Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan | 1 | | | | |
| Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan | 1 | | | Noriyoshi Yamada 9 dan | 0 |
| | | | | Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 1 |
| Masaki Takemiya 9 dan | 1 | | | Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 1 |
| Takashi Takei 6 dan | 0 | | | | |
| Takashi Takei 6 dan | 0 | Masaki Takemiya 9 dan | 0 | | |
| | | Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 1 |
| Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 1 | Naoto Hikosaka 9 dan | 1 |
| Han Zenki 7 dan | 0 | | |

### Group C

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| O Rissei 9 dan | 0 | | |
| Atsushi Tsuruyama 6 dan | 1 | | |
| Atsushi Tsuruyama 6 dan | 1 | Atsushi Tsuruyama 6 dan | 0 |
| | | Naoki Hane 9 dan | 0 |
| So Yokoku 8 dan | 0 | Naoki Hane 9 dan | 0 |
| Naoki Hane 9 dan | 1 | | | | |
| Naoki Hane 9 dan | 1 | | | Naoki Hane 9 dan | 0 |
| | | | | Ko Iso 7 dan | 1 |
| Rin Kaiho 9 dan | 0 | | | Ko Iso 7 dan | 1 |
| Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan | 1 | | | | |
| Satoshi Kataoka 9 dan | 1 | Satoshi Kataoka 8 dan | 0 | | |
| | | Ko Iso 7 dan | 1 |
| Yuta Iyama 7 dan | 0 | Ko Iso 7 dan | 1 |
| Ko Iso 7 dan | 1 | | |

## Main tournament
### Group stage

| Player | C.U. | Y.K. | S.H. | K.S. | Y.K. | Y.N. | H.N. | M.T. | K.I. | T |
| Cho U Gosei | X | W+0.5 | B-0.5 | W+0.5 | B+R | W+5.5 | B+1.5 | W+R | B+4.5 | 7-1 |
| Yamashita Keigo Kisei | B-0.5 | X | W-R | B-R | W-5.5 | B-4.5 | W-R | B-0.5 | W+R | 1-7 |
| Sakai Hideyuki 7 dan | W+0.5 | B+R | X | W-0.5 | B-R | W-0.5 | B+8.5 | W-0.5 | B+R | 4-4 |
| Kobayashi Satoru 9 dan | B-0.5 | W+R | B+0.5 | X | W+R | B-1.5 | W+R | B-R | W-R | 4-4 |
| Yamada Kimio 9 dan | W-R | B+5.5 | W+R | B-R | X | W+1.5 | B-R | W+R | B+R | 5-3 |
| Yoda Norimoto 9 dan | B-5.5 | W+4.5 | B+0.5 | W+1.5 | B-1.5 | X | W-0.5 | B+R | W-3.5 | 4-4 |
| Hikosaka Naoto 9 dan | W-1.5 | B+R | W-8.5 | B-R | W+R | B+0.5 | X | W-1.5 | B-1.5 | 3-5 |
| Mimura Tomoyasu 9 dan | B-R | W+0.5 | B+0.5 | W+R | B-R | W-R | B+1.5 | X | W-R | 4-4 |
| Ko Iso 7 dan | W-4.5 | B-R | W-R | B+R | W-R | B+3.5 | W+1.5 | B+R | X | 4-4 |
Key:
* Green - Winner of group; challenges for title or earns a spot in the challenger final
* Blue - Earns a place in the next edition's group stage.
* Red - Eliminated from automatic berth; must qualify through preliminary stages.

## Finals

| Player | 1 (-) | 2 (-) | 3 (-) | 4 (-) | 5 (-) | 6 (-) | 7 (-) | T |
| Cho U | W-4.5 | B+R | W+1,5 | B+R | W-2.5 | B-0.5 | W+2.5 | 4 |
| Takao Shinji (Meijin) | B+4,5 | W-R | B-1.5 | W-R | B+2.5 | W+0.5 | B-2.5 | 3 |
Key
* W+ - Won by
* R - Resignation