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Tournament name Ryusei Tournament
Sponsor The Nihon Ki-in
Support -
Special assistance -
Assistance IGO & SHOGI CHANNEL INC.
Special cooperation -
Cooperation The Kansai Ki-in
Winner’s prize 6,000,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off play-off game
Tournament system After a 96-player knock-out tournament, a 16-player tournament is held.
Time allowance No time allowance.
Byo-yomi 30 seconds a move, one-minute thinking time x ten times.
Komi 6.5
Qualification for participation All professionals.
Rules for retaining places and seeds Player who appeared in previous play-off to decide the winner, titleholders, women titleholders
Year of founding 1990


Term Year Winner Opponent Komi
22 2013 Yamashita Keigo Kono Rin 6.5
21 2012 Iyama Yuta Lin Han Chieh 6.5
20 2011 Iyama Yuta Yuki Satoshi 6.5
19 2010 Yamashita Keigo Nakano Hironari 6.5
18 2009 Iyama Yuta Chang Hsu 6.5
17 2008 Kono Rin Chang Hsu 6.5
16 2007 Chang Hsu Yuki Satoshi 6.5
15 2006 Chang Hsu Yuki Satoshi 6.5
14 2005 Yuki Satoshi Chang Hsu 6.5
13 2004 Takao Shinji Yamada Kimio 6.5
12 2003 Kobayashi Koichi Hane Naoki 5.5
11 2002 Kobayashi Koichi Wang Ming Wan 5.5
10 2001 Kato Masao Chang Hsu 5.5
9 2000 Takao Shinji Takagi Shoichi 5.5
8 1999 Yamada Kimio Morita Michihiro 5.5
7 1998 Kato Masao Cho Chi Hun 5.5
6 1997 Kobayashi Koichi Komatsu Hideki 5.5
5 1996 Kobayashi Satoru Nakaonoda Tomomi 5.5
4 1994 Morita Michihiro Lin Hai Fong 5.5
3 1993 Cho Chi Hun Ryu Si Hoon 5.5
2 1992 Otake Hideo Cho Chi Hun 5.5
1 1991 Cho Chi Hun Ishida Yoshio 5.5