12th Kisei
# 12th Kisei

The 12th Kisei was the 12th edition of the Kisei tournament for the game of Go. Since Koichi Kobayashi won the previous year, he was given an automatic place in the final. Eleven players battled in a knockout tournament to decide the final two. Those two would then play each other in a best-of-3 match to decide who would face Kobayashi. Masao Kato became the challenger after beating Hideo Otake 2 games to 0, but would lose to Kobayashi 4 games to 1 in the final.

## Tournament

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shuzo Awaji | 1 | | | | |
| Sunao Hasegawa | 0 | | | | |
| Sunao Hasegawa | 0 | Otake Hideo | 1 | | |
| | | Awaji Shuzo | 0 | | |
| O Meien | 1 | Awaji Shuzo | 0 | | |
| O Rissei | 0 | | | | |
| O Rissei | 0 | | | Hideo Otake | 1 |
| | | | | Cho Chikun | 0 |
| Eio Sakata | 0 | | | Cho Chikun | 0 |
| Yutaka Shiraishi | 1 | | | | |
| Yutaka Shiraishi | 1 | Masaki Takemiya | 1 | | |
| | | Yutaka Shiraishi | 0 | | |
| Hideo Otake | 0 | Yutaka Shiraishi | 0 | | |
| - | 0 | | | | | | |
| - | 0 | | | | | Hideo Otake | 0 |
| | | | | | | Masao Kato | 2 |
| Masaki Takemiya | 0 | | | | | Masao Kato | 2 |
| - | 0 | | | | | | |
| - | 0 | O Meien | 0 | | | | |
| | | Cho Chikun | 1 | | | | |
| Cho Chikun | 0 | Cho Chikun | 1 | | | | |
| - | 0 | | | | | | |
| - | 0 | | | Masaki Takemiya | 0 | | |
| | | | | Masao Kato | 1 |
| Masao Kato | 0 | | | Masao Kato | 1 |
| - | 0 | | | | |
| - | 0 | Masao Kato | 1 | | |
| | | Norimoto Yoda | 0 | | |
| Norimoto Yoda | 0 | Norimoto Yoda | 0 | | |
| - | 0 | | | | |
