4th World Student Oza
25th-26th February 2006
Sponsored by Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Inc
In February 2006 the Nikkei Newspaper sponsored the fourth World Student Oza in Tokyo. The match was held at the Nihon Kiin Headquarters in Ichigaya. 16 students were invited to take part, both male and female. As well as Asian countries, Europe got to send three players and North and South American one player each. This time Japan was top with first and fourth place, but Jie Li of the USA came second. Taiwan were third and Korea fifth.
Final Placings
| Pl | Name | Country | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Wins |
| 1 | Emura Kiko | Japan | +13 | +5 | +2 | +3 | 4 |
| 2 | Li Jie | USA | +9 | +7 | -1 | +6 | 3 |
| 3 | Chang Yuan-Jung | Taiwan | +10 | +12 | +4 | -1 | 3 |
| 4 | Takeda Jun | Japan | +14 | +6 | -3 | +7 | 3 |
| 5 | Hwang Jae-Yo | Korea | +16 | -1 | +13 | +8 | 3 |
| 6 | Shiu Chang-Li | Taiwan | +8 | -4 | +12 | -2 | 2 |
| 7 | Hora Jan | Czechia | +15 | -2 | +9 | -4 | 2 |
| 8 | Oyang Shao-You | China | -6 | +14 | +11 | -5 | 2 |
| 9 | Sachiko Yokogawa | Japan | -2 | +15 | -7 | +12 | 2 |
| 10 | Lee Seo-Young | Korea | -3 | -11 | +14 | +13 | 2 |
| 11 | Benmergui Gabriel | Argentina | -12 | +10 | -8 | +15 | 2 |
| 12 | Zaloudkova Klara | Czechia | +11 | -3 | -6 | -9 | 1 |
| 13 | Chen Lei | China | -1 | +16 | -5 | -10 | 1 |
| 14 | Mero Csaba | Hungary | -4 | -8 | -10 | +16 | 1 |
| 15 | Kim Suk-Joung | Korea | -7 | -9 | +16 | -11 | 1 |
| 16 | Parkpoom Rachatatharadol | Thailand | -5 | -13 | -15 | -14 | 0 |
Photographs
Links to photo pages on the Nikkei site - note you will need a browser that supports Japanese to see the Japanese text - see their site for more reports (in Japanese)
Opening1st Round
4th Round