11th Ryuo Ranking Tournament, Group 1
Four players in all advance from Group 1 to the main tournament,
two finalists plus two winners from the Second Chance event.
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 |
| 8-dan Satoshi Murayama |
Murayama |
|---|
| 6-dan Manabu Senzaki |
Senzaki |
Murayama |
|---|
| 6-dan Daisuke Nakagawa |
| 7-dan Kenji Waki |
Morishita |
Habu |
|---|
| 8-dan Taku Morishita |
| 8-dan Akira Shima |
Tsukada |
|---|
| 8-dan Yasuaki Tsukada |
Habu |
Minami |
|---|
| 9-dan Michio Takahashi |
Habu |
|---|
| Oi Yoshiharu Habu |
| 9-dan Kunio Yonenaga |
Sato |
|---|
| 8-dan Yasumitsu Sato |
Sato |
|---|
| 6-dan Ichiro Hiura |
Hiura |
Minami |
|---|
| 8-dan Toshiyuki Moriuchi |
| Kisei Nobuyuki Yashiki |
Minami |
|---|
| 9-dan Yoshikazu Minami |
Minami |
|---|
| 9-dan Torahiko Tanaka |
Sanada |
|---|
| 6-dan Keiichi Sanada |
Group 1 Second Chance Tournament
4 players are relegated to Group 2:
Torahiko Tanaka (9-dan), Kunio Yonenaga (9-dan), Akira Shima (8-dan), and Kenji Waki (7-dan)
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Winner |
| 9-dan Torahiko Tanaka |
Yashiki |
| Kisei Nobuyuki Yashiki |
Yashiki |
| 6-dan Ichiro Hiura |
Yashiki |
| 8-dan Toshiyuki Moriuchi |
Moriuchi |
| 9-dan Kunio Yonenaga |
Moriuchi |
Yashiki |
| 6-dan Keiichi Sanada |
| 8-dan Satoshi Murayama |
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Winner |
| 9-dan Michio Takahashi |
Takahashi |
| 8-dan Akira Shima |
Takahashi |
| 8-dan Taku Morishita |
Takahashi |
| 7-dan Kenji Waki |
Nakagawa |
| 6-dan Daisuke Nakagawa |
Tsukada |
Takahashi |
| 6-dan Manabu Senzaki |
Tsukada |
| 8-dan Yasuaki Tsukada |
| 8-dan Yasumitsu Sato |
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Patrick Davin
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