Honorary Go Titles

Professional Go players in Japan are given the title of "Honorary" title holder if they hold a title for a straight five or more years. Below is a list of the honorary title holders and which title they are honored for.

Honorary Kiseis

• Fujisawa Hideyuki won the Kisei 6 times in a row from 1976 to 1982.
• Kobayashi Koichi won the Kisei 8 times in a row from 1986 to 1993.

Honorary Meijins

• Cho Chikun won the Meijin 5 times in a row from 1980 to 1984.
• Kobayashi Koichi won the Meijin 7 times in a row from 1988 to 1994.

Honorary Honinbos

• Takagawa Kaku won the Honinbo 9 times in a row from 1952 to 1960.
• Sakata Eio won the Honinbo 7 times in a row from 1961 to 1967.
• Ishida Yoshio won the Honinbo 5 times in a row from 1971 to 1975.
• Cho Chikun won the Honinbo 10 times in a row from 1989 to 1998.
• Iyama Yuta won the Honinbo 5 times in a row from 2012 to 2016.

Honorary Judans

• There have been no Honorary Judans.

Honorary Tengens

• Rin Kaiho won the Tengen 5 times in a row from 1988 to 1993.

Honorary Ozas

• Kato Masao won the Oza 8 times in a row from 1982 to 1989.

Honorary Goseis

• Otake Hideo won the Gosei 6 times in a row from 1980 to 1985.
• Kobayashi Koichi won the Gosei 6 times in a row from 1988 to 1993.
• Iyama Yuta won the Gosei 5 times in a row from 2012 to 2016.