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Tournament name Women's Meijin Title
Sponsor The Sankei Newspaper, The Nihon Ki-in
Support  -
Special assistance  -
Assistance KUIPO
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 The winner of the seven-player league plays in the title match.
Time allowance Title match, main tournament: 3 hours each.
Byo-yomi Title match, main tournament: 5 minutes before end of time.
Komi 6.5
Qualification for participation women professionals
Rules for retaining places and seeds Retaining places: top four players.
Year of founding 1988


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
26 2014 Hsieh Yi Min 2-1 Kato Keiko 6.5
25 2013 Hsieh Yi Min 2-0 Okuda Aya 6.5
24 2012 Hsieh Yi Min 2-0 Mukai Chiaki 6.5
23 2011 Hsieh Yi Min 2-1 Mukai Chiaki 6.5
22 2010 Hsieh Yi Min 2-0 Mukai Chiaki 6.5
21 2009 Hsieh Yi Min 2-1 Chinen Kaori 6.5
20 2008 Hsieh Yi Min 2-0 Kato keiko 6.5
19 2007 Kato Keiko 2-1 Aoki Kikuyo 6.5
18 2006 Aoki Kikuyo 2-0 Koyama Terumi 6.5
17 2005 Koyama Terumi 2-1 Kobayashi Izumi 6.5
16 2004 Kobayashi Izumi 2-0 Inori Yoko 6.5
15 2003 Kobayashi Izumi 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo 5.5
14 2002 Aoki Kikuyo 2-0 Kobayashi Izumi 5.5
13 2001 Kobayashi Izumi 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo 5.5
12 2000 Aoki Kikuyo 2-0 Kobayashi Izumi 5.5
11 1999 Aoki Kikuyo 2-0 Nishida Terumi 5.5
10 1998 Nishida Terumi 2-0 Ogawa Tomoko 5.5
9 1997 Nishida Terumi 2-0 Ogawa Tomoko 5.5
8 1996 Nishida Terumi 2-1 Kato Tomoko 5.5
7 1995 Kato Tomoko 2-0 Sugiuchi Kazuko 5.5
6 1994 Sugiuchi Kazuko 2-1 Ogawa Tomoko 5.5
5 1993 Sugiuchi Kazuko 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo 5.5
4 1992 Sugiuchi Kazuko 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo 5.5
3 1991 Sugiuchi Kazuko 2-1 Aoki Kikuyo 5.5
2 1990 Aoki Kikuyo     5.5
1 1989 Miyazaki Shimako     5.5