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
		Ishida Akira, 8 dan	[A]	Ishida Akira (B+5.5)	[I]	Ishida Akira (W+R)	[M]	Otake Hideo (W+R)	[O]	Otake Hideo (W+R)	Otake Hideo (B+R)
		Shimamura Toshihiro, 9 dan
		Sakata Eio, 9 dan	[B]	Hashimoto Shoji (W+R)
		Hashimoto Shoji, 9 dan
		Sakai Takeshi, 9 dan	[C]	Otake Hideo (W+R)	[J]	Otake Hideo (B+8.5)
		Otake Hideo, 9 dan
		Rin Kaiho, 9 dan	[D]	Honda Kunihisa (W+2.5)
		Honda Kunihisa, 9 dan
		Nakamura Hidehito, 7 dan	[E]	Nakamura Hidehito (B+R)	[K]	Nakamura Hidehito (W+R)	[N]	Kudo Norio (B+R)
		Kajiwara Takeo, 9 dan
		Haruyama Isamu, 7 dan	[F]	Ishida Yoshio (W+R)
		Ishida Yoshio, 9 dan
		Cho Chikun, 9 dan	[G]	Sonoda Yuichi (W+5.5)	[L]	Kudo Norio (B+R)
		Sonoda Yuichi, 9 dan
		Kudo Norio, 9 dan	[H]	Kudo Norio (B+R)
		Ohira Shuzo, 9 dan
Losers Section
Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Round 5		Winner
Shimamura Toshihiro	[A]	Sakata Eio (W+R)		Rin Kaiho (B+R)		Rin Kaiho (B+R)		Kudo Norio (B+R)		Kudo Norio (W+4.5)
Sakata Eio	[B]
Sakai Takeshi	[C]	Rin Kaiho (W+R)
Rin Kaiho	[D]
Kajiwara Takeo	[E]	Kajiwara Takeo (B+R)		Cho Chikun (W+9.5)
Haruyama Isamu	[F]
Cho Chikun	[G]	Cho Chikun (B+R)
Ohira Shuzo	[H]
						Kudo Norio	[O]
		Hashimoto Shoji	[I]	Hashimoto Shoji (W+R)		Hashimoto Shoji (W+R)		Hashimoto Shoji (B+R)
		Honda Kunihisa	[J]
		Ishida Yoshio	[K]	Ishida Yoshio (B+3.5)
		Sonoda Yuichi	[L]
				Ishida Akira	[M]	Ishida Akira (W+R)
				Nakamura Hidehito	[N]