Honorary Go titles
# Honorary Go titles

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. Below is a list of the honorary title holders and which title they are honored for.

## Honorary Kiseis

* Fujisawa Hideyuki won the Kisei 6 times in a row from 1976 to 1982.
* Kobayashi Koichi won the Kisei 8 times in a row from 1986 to 1993.
* Iyama Yuta won the Kisei 9 times in a row 2013 to 2021.

## Honorary Meijins

* Cho Chikun won the Meijin 5 times in a row from 1980 to 1984.
* Kobayashi Koichi won the Meijin 7 times in a row from 1988 to 1994.

## Honorary Honinbos

* 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

* There have been no Honorary Judans.

## Honorary Tengens

* 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

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

## Honorary Goseis

* 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.
