Similarly, if a player successively wins the major tournament in successive years, the player is granted Hon-inbo (Grand Master) Myoseki whether or not a title is won in subsequent years..
同棋戦の王者を何期も経ると名誉本因坊となり、以後はタイトルの有無にかかわらず本因坊名跡を名乗り続けられる。