Two players from each Group make up the Kisei Tournament.
| Group A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
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| 1 | 8-dan Masataka Goda |
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| 2 |  Ryuo Takeshi Fujii |
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| 3 | 5-dan Masataka Sugimoto |
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| 3 | 5-dan Kazuki Kimura |
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| Group B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
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| 1 | 8-dan Toshiyuki Moriuchi |
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| 2 | Eisei Kisei Kunio Yonenaga |
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| 3 | 8-dan Kaishu Tanaka |
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| 3 | 7-dan Masaki Izumi |
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| Group C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
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| 1 | Oi Yoshiharu Habu |
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| 2 | Meijin Yasumitsu Sato |
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| 3 | 8-dan Tadahisa Maruyama |
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| 3 | 4-dan Yoshiyuki Matsumoto |
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| Group D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
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| 1 | 6-dan Hisashi Namekata |
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| 2 | Eisei Judan Makoto Nakahara |
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| 3 | 9-dan Nobuyuki Ouchi |
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| 3 | 9-dan Yoshikazu Minami |
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