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Tournament name NHK Cup
Sponsor NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) , The Nihon Ki-in
Support  -
Special assistance  -
Assistance  -
Special cooperation  -
Cooperation The Kansai Ki-in
Winner’s prize 5,000,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off play-off game
Tournament system All-star tournament with 50 players.
Time allowance No time allowance.
Byo-yomi 30 seconds a move, one-minute thinking time x ten times.
komi 6.5
Qualification for participation Previous winner, second-place-getter, Honorary NHK Cup Holder, titleholders, women titleholders, top players in prize-money rankings
Rules for retaining places and seeds  -
Year of founding 1953


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
61 2014 Yuki Satoshi   Kono Rin 6.5
60 2013 Yuki Satoshi   Iyama Yuta 6.5
59 2012 Yuki Satoshi   Hane Naoki 6.5
58 2011 Yamada Kimio   Yoda Norimoto 6.5
57 2010 Yuki Satoshi   Iyama Yuta 6.5
56 2009 Yuki Satoshi   Takemiya Masaki 6.5
55 2008 Chang Hsu   Cho Chi Hun 6.5
54 2007 Cho Chi Hun   Yuki Satoshi 6.5
53 2006 Hane Naoki   Imamura Toshiya 6.5
52 2005 Chang Hsu   Yoda Norimoto 6.5
51 2004 Kobayashi Koichi   Cho Chi Hun 6.5
50 2003 Mimura Tomoyasu   Wang Li Chen 5.5
49 2002 Chang Hsu   Hane Naoki 5.5
48 2001 Ishida Yoshio   Cho Chi Hun 5.5
47 2000 Yoda Norimoto   Imamura Toshiya 5.5
46 1999 Yoda Norimoto   Tono Hiroaki 5.5
45 1998 Yoda Norimoto   Honda Kunihisa 5.5
44 1997 Wang Li Chen   Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
43 1996 Cho Chi Hun   Kobayashi Satoru 5.5
42 1995 Kobayashi Satoru   Kiyonari Tetsuya 5.5
41 1994 Otake Hideo   Kato Masao 5.5
40 1993 Yoda Norimoto   Kato Masao 5.5
39 1992 Cho Chi Hun   O Rissei 5.5
38 1991 Yoda Norimoto   O Meien 5.5
37 1990 Ishida Yoshio   Otake Hideo 5.5
36 1989 Takemiya Masaki   Kobayashi Satoru 5.5
35 1988 Kato Masao   O Rissei 5.5
34 1987 Ishida Yoshio   Lin Hai Fong 5.5
33 1986 Kobayashi Koichi   Takemiya Masaki 5.5
32 1985 Hashimoto Syoji   Ishida Yoshio 5.5
31 1984 Honda Kunihisa   Takemiya Masaki 5.5
30 1983 Cho Chi Hun   Otake Hideo 5.5
29 1982 Sakata Eio   Sugiuchi Masao 5.5
28 1981 Fujisawa Syuko   Takagi Syoichi 5.5
27 1980 Hashimoto Syoji   Cho Chi Hun 5.5
26 1979 Tono Hiroaki   Takagi Syoichi 5.5
25 1978 Lin Hai Fong   Ohira Syuzo 5.5
24 1977 Sakata Eio   Takemiya Masaki 5.5
23 1976 Sakata Eio   Wu Qing Yuan 5.5
22 1975 Otake Hideo   Takemiya Masaki 5.5
21 1974 Lin Hai Fong   Kato Masao 5.5
20 1973 Otake Hideo   Hashimoto Syoji 5.5
19 1972 Sakata Eio   Otake Hideo 5.5
18 1971 Otake Hideo   Ishida Yoshio 5.5
17 1970 Lin Hai Fong   Sakata Eio 5.5
16 1969 Fujisawa Syuko   Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
15 1968 Otake Hideo   Hashimoto Syoji 5.5
14 1967 Hashimoto Syoji   Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
13 1966 Takagawa Syukaku   Fujisawa Syuko 5.5
12 1965 Sakata Eio   Miyashita Syuyo 5.5
11 1964 Sakata Eio   Fujisawa Syuko 5.5
10 1963 Hashimoto Utaro   Fujisawa Syuko 5.5
9 1962 Sakata Eio   Hashimoto Utaro 5.5
8 1961 Sakata Eio   Kitani Minoru 5.5
7 1960 Kitani Minoru   Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
6 1959 Sakata Eio   Takagawa Kaku 5.5
5 1958 Sakata Eio   Kitani Minoru 5.5
4 1957 Sakata Eio   Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
3 1956 Hashimoto Utaro   Sakata Eio 5.5
2 1955 Iwamoto Kaoru   Fujisawa Hosai 4.5
1 1954 Shimamura Toshihiro   Takagawa Kaku 4.5