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Tournament name Women's Kisei Title
Sponsor The Nihon Ki-in
Support  -
Special assistance  -
Assistance NTT DoCoMo
Special cooperation  -
Cooperation The Kansai Ki-in
Winner's prize 5,000,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off best-of-three title match
Tournament system Tournament with 16 players. Winner plays in title match.
Time allowance No time allowance
Byo-yomi 30 seconds a move, one-minute thinking time x ten times.
komi 6.5
Qualification for participation Women professionals
Rules for retaining places and seeds Loser of previous title match, women titleholders
Year of founding 1997


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
17 2014 Hsieh Yi Min 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo 6.5
16 2013 Hsieh Yi Min 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo 6.5
15 2012 Aoki Kikuyo 2-1 Hsieh Yi Min 6.5
14 2011 Hsieh Yi Min 2-0 Umezawa Yukari 6.5
13 2010 Hsieh Yi Min 2-0 Umezawa Yukari 6.5
12 2009 Umezawa Yukari 2-1 Kato Keiko 6.5
11 2008 Umezawa Yukari 2-0 Mukai Chiaki 6.5
10 2007 Umezawa Yukari 2-1 Mannami Kana 6.5
9 2006 Mannami Kana 2-1 Chinen Kaori 6.5
8 2005 Chinen Kaori 2-0 Mannami Kana 6.5
7 2004 Mannami Kana 2-1 Chinen Kaori 6.5
6 2003 Chinen Kaori 2-1 Kato Keiko 5.5
5 2002 Chinen Kaori 2-1 Ogawa Tomoko 5.5
4 2001 Chinen Kaori 2-1 Kato Keiko 5.5
3 2000 Chinen Kaori 2-0 Kobayashi Izumi 5.5
2 1999 Kobayashi Izumi 2-1 Sugiuchi Kazuko 5.5
1 1998 Kobayashi Izumi 2-0 Kobayashi Chizu 5.5