10th World Student Oza
28th - 29th February 2012
Sponsored by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc
In March 2012 the Nikkei Newspaper sponsored the tenth World Student Oza, held at the Ginza Internet Forum in Tokyo. 16 students were invited to take part, both male and female.
Qualifying for the European players (and other non-Asians) was by a tournament held online on Pandanet in Autumn 2011.
Final Placings
| Pl | Name | Country | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Wins | SOS |
| 1 | Xu Jin | China | +12 | +3 | +6 | +2 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | Seo Yutae | Korea | +14 | +4 | +5 | -1 | 3 | 11 |
| 3 | Li Yuan Kun | China | +7 | -1 | +10 | +6 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Lo Sheng-Chieh | Chinese Taipei | +11 | -2 | +9 | +8 | 3 | 9 |
| 5 | Kim Sooyoung | Korea | +16 | +9 | -2 | +7 | 3 | 7 |
| 6 | Tanaka Nobuyuki | Japan | +8 | +10 | -1 | -3 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Zhang Yue | USA | -3 | +15 | +13 | -5 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Zhang Xiang | Singapore | -6 | +11 | +12 | -4 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | Lin Hung-Ping | Chinese Taipei | +15 | -5 | -4 | +13 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Ondrej Silt | Czechia | +13 | -6 | -3 | +12 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Frederick Blomback | Sweden | -4 | -8 | +15 | +14 | 2 | 7 |
| 12 | Bruno Borchartt | Brazil | -1 | +14 | -8 | -10 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Noriko Horimoto | Japan | -10 | +16 | -7 | -9 | 1 | 6 |
| 14 | Laura Avram | Romania | -2 | -12 | +16 | -11 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | King Man Kwan | Hong Kong | -9 | -7 | -11 | +16 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Matthew Crossman | Australia | -5 | -13 | -14 | -15 | 0 | 6 |