28th Female Honinbo

Host Organization: Kyodo News Agency/Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance
Title match

Players	1st round 10-01 Hanamaki Iwate	2nd round 10-09 Chiyoda Tokyo	3rd round 10-21 Chiyoda Tokyo	4th round 10-28 Chiyoda Tokyo	5th round 11-11 Chiyoda Tokyo
Xie Yimin (Female Honinbo)		W+R	B+2.5	W+R
Aoki Kikuyo (8 dan)	W+R

Xie Yimin kept the title by 3-1.
The win-loss records; Xie Yimin 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo.

Tournament table

Players	1st round	2nd round	Semifinals	Challenger decision match
Okuda Aya(2d)	Mukai K W+10.5 04-30	Mukai K W+R 06-04	Aoki K B+7.5 06-25	Aoki K W+R 07-23
Mukai Kaori(2d)
Konishi Kazuko(8d)	Cho Chen B+3.5 05-07
Cho Chen(1d)
Koyama Terumi(5d)	Aoki K W+R 04-16	Aoki K W+R 06-04
Aoki Kikuyo(8d)
Yoshida Mika(8d)	Yoshida M W+R 04-23
O Keii(1d)
Kato Keiko(FS)	Kobayashi I W+R 04-16	Kobayashi I B+3.5 05-28	Ishii A W+R 06-18
Kobayashi Izumi(6d)
Suzuki Ayumi(4d)	Suzuki A W+R 05-07
Umezawa Yukari(FK)
Chinen Kaori(4d)	Chinen K B+R 04-30	Ishii A B+7.5 05-28
Mannami Nao(2d)
Makihata Taeko(3d)	Ishii A B+R 04-09
Ishii Akane(1d)

Note;
  (FK); Female Kisei  (FS); Female Saikyo

History;
  2009-04-03 Page was recreated.
  2009-04-10,17,24 Updated.
  2009-05-01,08,22,29 Updated.
  2009-06-05,12,19,26 Updated.
  2009-07-17,23 Updated.
  2009-10-01,09,21,28 Updated.

27th Female Honinbo

Host Organization: Kyodo News Agency/Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance
Title match

Players	1st round 10-01 Hanamaki Iwate	2nd round 10-08 Chiyoda Tokyo	3rd round 10-29 Chiyoda Tokyo	4th round 11-05 Chiyoda Tokyo	5th round 11-19 Chiyoda Tokyo
Xie Yimin (Female Honinbo)		W+R	B+1.5	W+0.5
Suzuki Ayumi (4 dan)	W+R

Xie Yimin kept the title by 3-1.

Tournament table

Players	1st round	2nd round	Semifinals	Challenger decision match
Koyama Terumi(5d)	Koyama T W+R 04-17	Suzuki A W+2.5 06-12	Suzuki A B+R 07-17	Suzuki A W+R 09-04
Yashiro Kumiko(5d)
Suzuki Ayumi(4d)	Suzuki A W+R 04-17
Hara Sachiko(4d)
Kobayashi Izumi(6d)	Cho Chen W+R 05-01	Cho Chen B+1.5 06-19
Cho Chen(1d)
Aoba Kaori(4d)	Izawa A B+R 05-08
Izawa Akino(4d)
Okuda Aya(2d)	Okuda A B+3.5 05-22	Okuda A W+R 06-26	Okuda A B+1.5 08-07
Konishi Kazuko(8d)
Kato Tomoko(5d)	Umezawa Y W+11.5 05-08
Umezawa Yukari(FK)
Osawa Narumi(3d)	Osawa N B+R 05-01	Aoki K W+10.5 06-12
Kato Keiko(FS)
Yoshida Mika(8d)	Aoki K B+7.5 05-15
Aoki Kikuyo(8d)

Note;
  (FK); Female Kisei  (FS); Female Saikyo

History;
  2008-04-07 Page was recreated.
  2008-04-11,18,25 Updated.
  2008-05-02,09,16,23 Updated.
  2008-06-06,13,20,27 Updated.
  2008-07-11,18 Updated.
  2008-08-01,08,29 Updated.
  2008-09-04 Updated.
  2008-10-01,08,29 Updated.
  2008-11-05 Updated.

26th Female Honinbo

Host Organization: Kyodo News Agency/Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance
Title match

Players	1st round 09-27 Hanamaki Iwate	2nd round 10-03 Chiyoda Tokyo	3rd round 10-17 Chiyoda Tokyo	4th round 10-24 Chiyoda Tokyo	5th round 11-07 Chiyoda Tokyo
Yashiro Kumiko (Female Honinbo)
Xie Yimin (Female Saikyo)	B+0.5	W+R	B+0.5

Xie Yimin got the title by 3-0.

Tournament table

Players	1st round	2nd round	Semifinals	Challenger decision match
Kato Keiko(FM)	Xie Yimin B+R 05-17	Xie Yimin B+R 06-07	Xie Yimin B+11.5 08-09	Xie Yimin B+1.5 08-30
Xie Yimin(FS)
Yoshida Mika(8d)	Yoshida M B+3.5 04-26
Kuwabara Yoko(5d)
Kato Tomoko(5d)	Osawa N B+2.5 05-31	Osawa N W+R 06-21
Osawa Narumi(3d)
Aoki Kikuyo(8d)	Aoki K W+R 04-26
Shigeno Yuki(2d)
Shinkai Hiroko(5d)	Shinkai H W+R 04-26	Koyama T B+R 06-21	Kobayashi I W+R 08-09
Chinen Kaori(4d)
Umezawa Yukari(FK)	Koyama T W+R 05-31
Koyama Terumi(5d)
Kobayashi Izumi(6d)	Kobayashi I B+R 05-17	Kobayashi I W+R 06-07
Aoba Kaori(4d)
Mannami Kana(4d)	Mannami K W+2.5 05-10
Konishi Kazuko(8d)

Note;
  (FM); Female Meijin  (FS); Female Saikyo

History;
  2007-04-13 Page was recreated.
  2007-04-20,27 Updated.
  2007-05-04,11,18,25 Updated.
  2007-06-01,08,15,22 Updated.
  2007-08-03,10,24,30 Updated.
  2007-09-27 Updated.
  2007-10-03,17 Updated.

25th Female Honinbo

Host Organization: Kyodo News Agency/Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance
Title match

Players	1st round 10-05 Hanamaki Iwate	2nd round 10-12 Yama Fukushima	3rd round 10-25 Chiyoda Tokyo	4th round 11-01 Chiyoda Tokyo	5th round 11-15 Chiyoda Tokyo
Yashiro Kumiko (Female Honinbo)		W+1.5	B+5.5	W+8.5
Inori Yoko (5 dan)	W+3.5

Yashiro Kumiko kept the title by 3-1.

History;
  2006-10-05,12,25 Updated.
  2006-11-01 Updated.