Number of participants

The table below includes the number of title Meijin tournament (Junisen) participants in all classes (A, B1, B2, C1, C2) begin from the 39th Meijin tournament. You can see the dynamics of the changes in the quantitative staff of the tournament participants. Column "Total" shows the total number of participants for every year.

№	Year	А	В1	В2	С1	С2	Total	Meijin
39	1980	10	13	20	20	31	94	Nakahara
40	1981	10	13	20	20	37	100	Kato
41	1982	10	13	20	21	40	104	Tanigawa
42	1983	10	13	21	23	42	109	Tanigawa
43	1984	10	13	22	22	45	112	Nakahara
44	1985	11	12	23	22	46	114	Nakahara
45	1986	10	14	21	24	49	118	Nakahara
46	1987	10	13	23	24	53	123	Tanigawa
47	1988	10	12	24	24	53	123	Tanigawa
48	1989	10	13	24	23	56	126	Nakahara
49	1990	10	12	23	26	53	124	Nakahara
50	1991	10	13	22	25	54	124	Nakahara
51	1992	10	13	22	25	55	125	Yonenaga
52	1993	10	12	22	26	54	124	Habu
53	1994	10	12	22	25	48	117	Habu
54	1995	10	13	22	24	50	119	Habu
55	1996	10	13	23	23	51	120	Tanigawa
56	1997	10	13	22	24	49	118	Sato
57	1998	10	12	24	24	47	117	Sato
58	1999	10	12	23	25	45	115	Maruyama
59	2000	10	13	22	27	44	116	Maruyama
60	2001	10	13	22	29	42	116	Moriuchi
61	2002	10	12	22	30	45	119	Habu
62	2003	10	13	22	32	44	121	Moriuchi
63	2004	10	13	22	31	47	123	Moriuchi
64	2005	10	13	23	30	45	121	?
65	2006	10	13	23	29	47	122

 

 

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Andrei Kasperovich, 2006