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Tournament name Agon-Kiriyama Cup Lightning Go Open Tournament
Sponsor The Nihon Ki-in
Support The Mainichi Newspaper , The Kyoto Newspaper , KBS kyoto
Special assistance Agon Shu
Assistance  -
Special cooperation  -
Cooperation The Kansai Ki-in
Winner's prize 10,000,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off play-off game
Tournament system Tournament with 16 players.
Time allowance Final: 1 hour 30 minutes each. Main tournament: 2 hours each.
Byo-yomi After using up one's time, Final: 30 seconds a move; Main tournament: 60 seconds a move.
komi 6.5
Qualification for participation All professionals, 20 amateurs (top eight in Amateur Honinbo tournament etc.)
Rules for retaining places and seeds Previous winner, titleholders
Year of founding 1994


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
21 2014 Iyama Yuta   Kono Rin  
20 2013 Murakawa Daisuke   Shida Tatsuya  
19 2012 Chang Hsu   Lin Tzu Yuan  
18 2011 Iyama Yuta   Yamashita Keigo  
17 2010 Yamashita Keigo   Cho Chi Hun  
16 2009 Hane Naoki   Chang Hsu  
15 2008 Chang Hsu   Takanashi Seiken  
14 2007 Chang Hsu   Cho Chi Hun  
13 2006 Chang Hsu   Hane Naoki  
12 2005 Iyama Yuta   Kobayashi Satoru  
11 2004 Hane Naoki   Kobayashi Koichi  
10 2003 Kato Masao   Chang Hsu  
9 2002 Cho Chi Hun   Chang Hsu  
8 2001 Cho Sun Jin   Wang Li Chen  
7 2000 Cho Sun Jin   Cho Chi Hun  
6 1999 Kobayashi Koichi   Takao Shinji  
5 1998 Kobayashi Satoru   Cho Chi Hun  
4 1997 Yoda Norimoto   Kato Masao  
3 1996 Kato Masao   Yoda Norimoto  
2 1995 Kato Masao   Kobayashi Satoru  
1 1994 Wang Li Chen   Cho Chi Hun  
* 1-5term"ACOM Cup"   6term-"Agon-Kiriyama Cup"