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Tournament name Judan Title
Sponsor The Sankei Newspaper , The Nihon Ki-in , The Kansai Ki-in
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Winner’s prize 7,000,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off best-of-five title match
Tournament system Tournament with 20 players. Winner plays in title match.
Time allowance Title match, main tournament: 4 hours each.
Byo-yomi Title match, main tournament: 5 minutes before end of time.
komi 6.5
Qualification for participation All professionals.
Rules for retaining places and seeds Players who won two games in previous main tournament are seeded in next main tournament.
Year of founding 1961


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
52 2014 Takao Shinji 3-2 Yuki Satoshi 6.5
51 2013 Yuki Satoshi 3-2 Iyama Yuta 6.5
50 2012 Iyama Yuta 3-1 Chang Hsu 6.5
49 2011 Iyama Yuta 3-2 Chang Hsu 6.5
48 2010 Chang Hsu 3-0 Yamashita Keigo 6.5
47 2009 Chang Hsu 3-1 Takao Shinji 6.5
46 2008 Takao Shinji 3-0 Cho Chi Hun 6.5
45 2007 Cho Chi Hun 3-2 Yamashita Keigo 6.5
44 2006 Cho Chi Hun 3-1 Yamashita Keigo 6.5
43 2005 Cho Chi Hun 3-2 Wang Li Chen 6.5
42 2004 Wang Li Chen 3-1 Chang Hsu 6.5
41 2003 Wang Li Chen 3-2 Takao Shinji 5.5
40 2002 Wang Li Chen 3-2 Takemiya Masaki 5.5
39 2001 Wang Li Chen 3-2 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
38 2000 Kobayashi Koichi 3-0 Nakano Hironari 5.5
37 1999 Kobayashi Koichi 3-0 Hikosaka Naoto 5.5
36 1998 Hikosaka Naoto 3-2 Kato Masao 5.5
35 1997 Kato Masao 3-2 Yoda Norimoto 5.5
34 1996 Yoda Norimoto 3-1 Wang Li Chen 5.5
33 1995 Yoda Norimoto 3-0 Otake Hideo 5.5
32 1994 Otake Hideo 3-2 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
31 1993 Otake Hideo 3-1 Takemiya Masaki 5.5
30 1992 Takemiya Masaki 3-1 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
29 1991 Takemiya Masaki 3-2 Cho Chi Hun 5.5
28 1990 Takemiya Masaki 3-2 Cho Chi Hun 5.5
27 1989 Cho Chi Hun 3-0 Lin Hai Fong 5.5
26 1988 Cho Chi Hun 3-2 Kato Masao 5.5
25 1987 Kato Masao 3-1 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
24 1986 Kobayashi Koichi 3-0 Takemiya Masaki 5.5
23 1985 Kobayashi Koichi 3-0 Otake Hideo 5.5
22 1984 Kobayashi Koichi 3-2 Kato Masao 5.5
21 1983 Kato Masao 3-2 Cho Chi Hun 5.5
20 1982 Cho Chi Hun 3-1 Otake Hideo 5.5
19 1981 Otake Hideo 3-0 Hashimoto Shoji 5.5
18 1980 Otake Hideo 3-2 Kato Masao 5.5
17 1979 Kato Masao 3-1 Hashimoto Shoji 5.5
16 1978 Kato Masao 3-1 Lin Hai Fong 5.5
15 1977 Kato Masao 3-0 Sakata Eio 5.5
14 1976 Kato Masao 3-2 Lin Hai Fong 5.5
13 1975 Lin Hai Fong 3-0 Hashimoto Shoji 5.5
12 1974 Hashimoto Shoji 3-1 Sakata Eio 5.5
11 1973 Sakata Eio 3-0 Takagi Shoichi 5.5
10 1972 Sakata Eio 3-2 Hashimoto Utaro 5.5
9 1971 Hashimoto Utaro 3-2 Otake Hideo 5.5
8 1969 Otake Hideo 3-0 Sakata Eio 5.5
7 1968 Sakata Eio 3-1 Fujisawa Syuko 5.5
6 1968 Sakata Eio 3-2 Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
5 1966 Sakata Eio 3-1 Takagawa Shukaku 5.5
4 1965 Takagawa Shukaku 3-1 Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
3 1964 Fujisawa Hosai 3-2 Handa Dogen 5.5
2 1963 Handa Dogen 3-1 Hashimoto Utaro 5.5
1 1962 Hashimoto Utaro 3-1 Handa Dogen 5.5