Honorary Go titles

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Professional Go players in Japan are given the title of "Honorary" (or "Lifetime") title holder if they either win the title ten times in a row, or have won the title five times in a row or ten times in total and reach the age of 60 years or retire.[1] Below is a list of the honorary title holders and which title they are honored for.

Honorary Kiseis

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Honorary Meijins

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  • Takagawa Kaku won the Honinbo 9 times in a row from 1952 to 1960.
  • Sakata Eio won the Honinbo 7 times in a row from 1961 to 1967.
  • Ishida Yoshio won the Honinbo 5 times in a row from 1971 to 1975.
  • Cho Chikun won the Honinbo 10 times in a row from 1989 to 1998.
  • Iyama Yuta won the Honinbo 11 times in a row from 2012 to 2022.

These players are called the 22nd / 23rd / 24th / 25th / 26th Honinbo, respectively.

Honorary Judans

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  • There have been no Honorary Judans.

Honorary Tengens

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  • Rin Kaiho won the Tengen 5 times in a row from 1988 to 1993.
  • Iyama Yuta won the Tengen 5 times in a row from 2015 to 2019.

Honorary Ozas

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  • Kato Masao won the Oza 8 times in a row from 1982 to 1989.

Honorary Goseis

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  • Otake Hideo won the Gosei 6 times in a row from 1980 to 1985.
  • Kobayashi Koichi won the Gosei 6 times in a row from 1988 to 1993.
  • Iyama Yuta won the Gosei 5 times in a row from 2012 to 2016.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "History of Topics 2012 | Nihon kiin". www.nihonkiin.or.jp.