In the Winners Section the L-codes mean the Losers Section round in which the (losing) player enters. In the Losers Section the L-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
		Yo Kagen	[A]	Yo Kagen	[I]	Kato Masao	[M]	Yamada Kimio	[O]	Yamada Kimio	Kato Masao
		Chin Kaei
		Hikosaka Naoto	[B]	Kato Masao
		Kato Masao
		Kataoka Satoshi	[C]	Yamada Kimio	[J]	Yamada Kimio
		Yamada Kimio
		Komatsu Hideki	[D]	Komatsu Hideki
		Morita Michihiro
		Ishida Yoshio	[E]	Ryu Shikun	[K]	Cho Chikun	[N]	Kobayashi Koichi
		Ryu Shikun
		Kobayashi Satoru	[F]	Cho Chikun
		Cho Chikun
		Rin Kaiho	[G]	O Rissei	[L]	Kobayashi Koichi
		O Rissei
		Otake Hideo	[H]	Kobayashi Koichi
		Kobayashi Koichi
Losers Section
Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Round 5		Winner
Chin Kaei	[A]	Hikosaka Naoto		Hikosaka Naoto		Kobayashi Satoru		Kobayashi Koichi		Kato Masao
Hikosaka Naoto	[B]
Kataoka Satoshi	[C]	Kataoka Satoshi
Morita Michihiro	[D]
Ishida Yoshio	[E]	Kobayashi Satoru		Kobayashi Satoru
Kobayashi Satoru	[F]
Rin Kaiho	[G]	Rin Kaiho
Otake Hideo	[H]
						Kobayashi Koichi	[O]
		Yo Kagen	[I]	Yo Kagen		Yo Kagen		Kato Masao
		Komatsu Hideki	[J]
		Ryu Shikun	[K]	O Rissei
		O Rissei	[L]
				Kato Masao	[M]	Kato Masao
				Cho Chikun	[N]