29th Meijin

The 29th Meijin was the 29th Meijin tournament of the board game go. The tournament was held in 2004 in Japan and was won by Cho U.

Challenger Group

Players	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T
Yamashita Keigo	X	Won	Won	Loss	Won	Won	Loss	Loss	Loss	4
Rin Kaiho	Loss	X	Loss	Loss	Won	Loss	Won	Won	Loss	3
Cho U - C	Loss	Won	X	Won	Won	Loss	Won	Won	Won	6
O Rissei	Won	Won	Loss	X	Loss	Won	Loss	Loss	Loss	3
Cho Chikun	Loss	Loss	Loss	Won	X	Loss	Loss	Loss	Loss	1
O Meien	Loss	Won	Won	Loss	Won	X	Loss	Loss	Won	4
Kobayashi Satoru - C	Won	Loss	Loss	Won	Won	Won	X	Won	Won	6
Imamura Toshiya	Won	Loss	Loss	Won	Won	Won	Loss	X	Won	5
Yamada Kimio	Won	Won	Loss	Won	Won	Loss	Loss	Loss	X	4

Players	Final
Kobayashi Satoru	Cho U
Cho U	Cho U

Players	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	T
Cho U	Loss	Won	Loss	Won	Won	Won	N.P	4
Yoda Norimoto (Meijin)	Won	Loss	Won	Loss	Loss	Loss	N.P	2

↑ "History of Topics 2004". Nihon Ki-in. 5 November 2004. Retrieved 14 January 2026.
1 2 3 Garlock, Chris (8 November 2004). "POP FIZZLES AGAINST LI". American Go Association. Retrieved 14 January 2026.

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Past editions	1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Past winners	Hideo Otake (1976) Rin Kaiho (1977) Hideo Otake (1978–1979) Cho Chikun (1980–1984) Koichi Kobayashi (1985) Masao Kato (1986–1987) Koichi Kobayashi (1988–1994) Masaki Takemiya (1995) Cho Chikun (1996–1999) Norimoto Yoda (2000–2003) Cho U (2004–2005) Shinji Takao (2006) Cho U (2007–2008) Yuta Iyama (2009–2010) Yamashita Keigo (2011–2012) Yuta Iyama (2013–2015) Takao Shinji (2016) Yuta Iyama (2017) Cho U (2018) Shibano Toramaru (2019) Yuta Iyama (2020–2021)
Honorary winners	Cho Chikun Koichi Kobayashi