Ishida, Otake, Takemiya, Kato, Cho, and two other Kobayashi's has collectively won three-fourths of the major Japanese title matches. Together with Rin and Fujisawa Shuko, who also appear in this book, they have completely monopolized the three most important titles: the Honinbo, Meijin, and Kisei.Fourteen games are analyzed, including the six games of the title match and the seven games Ishida played in the honinboleague.