In the Winners Section the letter codes refer to the Losers Section stage in which the (losing) player enters. In the Losers Section the letter codes reference to the Winners Section (helpful to understand sudden appearances of new players in several rounds of this section).

The first eight players who lose two games drop out of the Challenger tournament. These players thus are the losers of the 1st and 2nd round in the losers section. The players who drop out like this can of course re-enter the next edition of the challenger tournament by normal means.

		Winners Section
		Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Winner	Challenger
		Haruyama Isamu, 7 dan	[A]	Haruyama Isamu	[I]	Hashimoto Shoji	[M]	Hashimoto Shoji	[O]	Hashimoto Shoji	Hashimoto Shoji
		Sakata Eio, 9 dan
		Hashimoto Shoji, 9 dan	[B]	Hashimoto Shoji
		Magari Reiki, 9 dan
		Sonoda Suichi, 9 dan	[C]	Sonoda Yuichi	[J]	Ishida Akira
		Rin Kaiho, 9 dan
		Ishida Akira, 7 dan	[D]	Ishida Akira
		Sakai Takeshi, 8 dan
		Kamimura Haruo, 6 dan	[E]	Kamimura Haruo	[K]	Honda Kunihisa	[N]	Honda Kunihisa
		Kaji Kazutame, 9 dan
		Honda Kunihisa, 9 dan	[F]	Honda Kunihisa
		Kudo Norio, 9 dan
		Cho Chikun, 8 dan	[G]	Cho Chikun	[L]	Otake Hideo
		Kajiwara Takeo, 9 dan
		Otake Hideo, 9 dan	[H]	Otake Hideo
		Takemiya Masaki, 9 dan
Losers Section
Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Round 5		Winner
Sakata Eio	[A]	Sakata Eio		Sakata Eio		Kudo Norio		Honda Kunihisa		Ishida Akira
Magari Reiki	[B]
Rin Kaiho	[C]	Sakai Takeshi
Sakai Takeshi	[D]
Kaji Kazutame	[E]	Kudo Norio		Kudo Norio
Kudo Norio	[F]
Kajiwara Takeo	[G]	Kajiwara Takeo
Takemiya Masaki	[H]
						Honda Kunihisa	[O]
		Haruyama Isamu	[I]	Sonoda Yuichi		Sonoda Yuichi		Ishida Akira
		Sonoda Yuichi	[J]
		Kamimura Haruo	[K]	Cho Chikun
		Cho Chikun	[L]
				Ishida Akira	[M]	Ishida Akira
				Otake Hideo	[N]