page_title: 62nd NHK Cup (shogi)
section_title: Preliminary tournaments
hierarchical_section_title: 62nd NHK Cup (shogi) / Participants / Preliminary tournaments
context_page_description: The 62nd NHK Cup, or as it is officially known the 62nd NHK Cup TV Shogi Tournament was a professional shogi tournament organized by the Japan Shogi Association and sponsored by Japan's public broadcaster NHK. Play began on April 8, 2012 and ended on March 17, 2013. The 50-player single elimination tournament was won by Akira Watanabe. All of the tournament games were shown on NHK-E. The host during the NHK-E broadcasts was female professional Rieko Yauchi.
context_section_description: A total of 127 professional shogi players competed in 18 preliminary tournaments to qualify for the main tournament. These tournaments were non-televised one-day tournaments held at the Tokyo Shogi Kaikan and the Kansai Shogi Kaikan. Each tournament consisted of seven or eight players. The initial time control for each player was 20 minutes followed by a 30-second byōyomi.
  The female professional seed was determined by a single-game playoff between Hatsumi Ueda and Tomomi Kai, which was won by Kai.
  Below are the bracket from two of the preliminary tournaments.
caption: 8-player preliminary tournament won by Akira Inaba 5d