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
		Kudo Norio, 8 dan	[A]	Hashimoto Utaro (1969-01-23, B+R)	[I]	Rin Kaiho (1969-07-03, W+0.5)	[M]	Fujisawa Shuko (1969-07-31, B+1.5)	[O]	Fujisawa Hosai (1969-08-28, B+R)	Otake Hideo (1969-11-22, B+8.5)
		Hashimoto Utaro, 9 dan
		Rin Kaiho, 9 dan	[B]	Rin Kaiho (1969-02-06, B+R)
		Otake Hideo, 8 dan
		Miyamoto Naoki, 9 dan	[C]	Fujisawa Shuko (1969-03-27, B+3.5)	[J]	Fujisawa Shuko (1969-05-08, W+R)
		Fujisawa Shuko, 9 dan
		Hane Yasumasa, 7 dan	[D]	Hashimoto Shoji (1969-01-30, B+R)
		Hashimoto Shoji, 9 dan
		Yamabe Toshiro, 9 dan	[E]	Tono Hiroaki (1969-02-13, W+R)	[K]	Sugiuchi Masao (1969-03-27, W+R)	[N]	Fujisawa Hosai (1969-05-29, W+R)
		Tono Hiroaki, 8 dan
		Takagawa Kaku, 9 dan	[F]	Sugiuchi Masao (1969-03-06, W+R)
		Sugiuchi Masao, 9 dan
		Ishii Kunio, 8 dan	[G]	Ishii Kunio (1969-01-16, B+R)	[L]	Fujisawa Hosai (1969-04-17, W+R)
		Ohira Shuzo, 9 dan
		Seo Hisai, 7 dan	[H]	Fujisawa Hosai (1969-02-20, B+R)
		Fujisawa Hosai, 9 dan
Losers Section
Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Round 5		Winner
Kudo Norio	[A]	Otake Hideo (1969-04-24, B+R)		Otake Hideo (1969-07-09, B+R)		Otake Hideo (1969-07-24, B+5.5)		Otake Hideo (1969-09-11, B+R)		Otake Hideo (1969-11-06, B+R)
Otake Hideo	[B]
Miyamoto Naoki	[C]	Hane Yasumasa (1969-05-01, B+R)
Hane Yasumasa	[D]
Yamabe Toshiro	[E]	Takagawa Kaku (1969-05-08, W+R)		Ohira Shuzo (1969-06-19, W+R)
Takagawa Kaku	[F]
Ohira Shuzo	[G]	Ohira Shuzo (1969-04-24, W+R)
Seo Hisai	[H]
						Fujisawa Shuko	[O]
		Hashimoto Utaro	[I]	Hashimoto Utaro (1969-07-23, B+R)		Tono Hiroaki (1969-08-04, W+0.5)		Rin Kaiho (1969-10-23, W+1.5)
		Hashimoto Shoji	[J]
		Tono Hiroaki	[K]	Tono Hiroaki (1969-05-22, B+1.5)
		Ishii Kunio	[L]
				Rin Kaiho	[M]	Rin Kaiho (1969-09-25, W+R)
				Sugiuchi Masao	[N]