Votings
January 2012
In the current voting it
is up to you to determine the player of the year 2011.
All title holders and challengers of the title matches take part in this unique
voting.
This voting is open until the 31st of January.
If there is no player with more than 50 % of the votes, the two players with the most votes meet each other in a decisive face-to-face voting.
After the first round Kubo
and Watanabe gained the most votes.
At last our player of
the year 2011 is WATANABE Akira, who got 51 % of your votes!
Here are all competitors:
| FUKAURA
Koichi 9. Dan, Age: 39 |
Fukaura was the winner
of the 82. Kisei challenger's knock-out tournament and got so the chance
to fight again for the Kisei title like the year before. |
| HABU
Yoshiharu current titles: Kisei, Oi 9. Dan Age: 41 |
2011 was
a year Habu had to show his immense fighting spirit. In the Meijin title fight he was 0-3 back against Moriuchi, but he was able to strike back and to force a decisive 7th game. Although he finally lost his Meijin title he defended his Kisei title convincing with a 3-0 against Fukaura. In the Oi Challenger league he could win a play-off against Maruyama and the challenger's finale against Fujii. In the title match against Hirose he already was back 0-2 and 2-3 but Habu could win with 4-3. In the autumn Habu had to hand the Oza title (which he held for almost 20 years) over to Watanabe. |
| HIROSE
Akihito 8. Dan, Age: 24 |
Hirose
began the year 2011 with the chance to win the Kio challenger's tournament.
But in the finale he had to accept the strength of Watanabe who beat him
twice. In 2010 Hirose won the Oi title, in 2011 he had to fight his first match as a title holder. His opponent was Habu and it was a long full-distance-match. At the end he lost his title with a narrow 3-4 to Habu. |
| KUBO
Toshiaki current titles: Osho, Kio 9. Dan Age: 36 |
Kubo had
a great start in the year 2011. He was able to defend his Osho title again
Toyoshima with 4-2 and beat Watanabe in the Kio title match with 3-1. He also took part in the Meijin A-Class. In the Oza challenger tournament he was in the finale and here Watanabe could beat him. But Kubo had another chance for the next title match. In the finale of the Ryu-O challenger's tournament he fought in the finale against Maruyama, but he lost 1-2. |
| MARUYAMA
Tadahisa 9. Dan Age: 41 |
Maruyama took part in Meijin A-class and reached the semifinale of the Oza challenger's tournament. In the Ryu-O challenger's knock-out tournament he met in the finale Kubo. Despite a loss in the first game of the finale he stroke back and could defeat Kubo in the next two games. The title fight against Watanabe however ended with 1 win and 4 losses for him. |
| MORIUCHI
Toshiyuki current title: Meijin 9. Dan Age: 41 |
The Meijin
A-Class tournament saw Moriuchi as single leader with a score of 7 wins
and 2 losses. So he earned the right to challenge Habu for the Meijin title. And Moriuchi had a great start. He won the first three games. Despite Habu's comeback with three wins in a row, Moriuchi didn't lose his nerves and could gain the Meijin title in the seventh game. |
| TOYOSHIMA
Masayuki 6. Dan Age: 21 |
Toyoshima
could win the Osho league with 5 wins and 1 loss and became challenger of
Kubo. He fought bravely but he was beaten by Kubo with 2-4. Toyoshima also fought in the Oi challenger league where he had a good score with 3 wins and 2 losses. In the current Osho league he had again a good result with 5 wins and one loss, but he lost the playoff against Sato. |
| WATANABE
Akira current titles: Oza, Ryu-O 9. Dan Age: 27 |
Watanabe
had a lot of work to do in 2011. He took part in the Osho league, Meijin
A-Class and Kisei challenger tournament. He could win the finale of the
Kio challenger tournament against Hirose and fought against Kubo for the
Kio title. Although he lost that title match, he could win the Oza challenger's
tournament and win the title against Habu with 3-0. He had to defend his Ryu-O-title against Maruyama. After 5 games he could defend his title once again with 4-1. |
September 2011
Watanabe is reigning Ryu-O since 2004. Will challenger Maruyama gain the title?
Who is your favourite of the 24. Ryu-O title match?
|
Maruyama |
48
%
|
| Watanabe |
52
%
|
August 2011
An exciting 59.
Oza title match can be expected between Habu Yoshiharu and Watanabe. Habu holds
the title since 1992 with a score of 59 wins and 10 losses. But Watanabe is
reigning Ryu-O and a strong challenger. Who will win this title match?
|
Habu |
46
%
|
| Watanabe |
54
%
|
May 2011
The 82. Kisei title match will take place between Habu and Fukaura. Last year
Habu beat Fukaura 3-0. Who ist your favourite in this year's title match?
|
Habu |
57
%
|
| Fukaura |
43
%
|
March 2011
Guess the result between Habu and Moriuchi in the 69th Meijin tournament!
|
Habu will win |
13 % 12 % 16 % 13 % |
| Moriuchi
will win 4:0 4:1 4:2 4:3 |
13 % 12 % 12 % 10 % |
Moriuchi could win with 4-3!