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The Nihon Ki-in

Kisei Title	Kisei | Meijin | Honinbo | Oza | Tengen | Gosei | Judan
	Agon-Kiriyama | Shinjin-O | Okan | Masters | Hiroshima aluminum | NHK | Ryusei
	Women's Honinbo | Women's Meijin | Women's Kisei | Aidu Chuo Hospital

now in progress	39
past	38   37   36   35   34   33   32   31   30   29   28   27   26   25   24   23   22   21   ･･･

tournament name	Kisei Title
sponsor	The Yomiuri Newspaper , The Nihon Ki-in , The Kansai Ki-in
support	-
special assistance	-
assistance	-
special cooperation	-
cooperation	-
winner's prize	45,000,000 (Japanese yen)
title match, play-off	best-of-seven title match
tournament system	Winners of A and B Leagues (each six players) meet in a play-off to decide the challenger.
time allowance	Title match: 8 hours per player. League: 5 hours per player.
byo-yomi	Title match: 10 minutes before end of time allowance; league: 5 minutes before.
komi	6.5
qualification for participation	All professionals.
rules for retaining places and seeds	Retaining places: top four players in each league.
year of founding	1976

Term	Year	Winner	Wins and Losses	Opponent	Komi
38	2014	Iyama Yuta	4-2	Yamashita Keigo	6.5
37	2013	Iyama Yuta	4-2	Chang Hsu	6.5
36	2012	Chang Hsu	4-3	Takao Shinji	6.5
35	2011	Chang Hsu	4-2	Iyama Yuta	6.5
34	2010	Chang Hsu	4-1	Yamashita Keigo	6.5
33	2009	Yamashita Keigo	4-2	Yoda Norimoto	6.5
32	2008	Yamashita Keigo	4-3	Cho Chi Hun	6.5
31	2007	Yamashita Keigo	4-0	Kobayashi Satoru	6.5
30	2006	Yamashita Keigo	4-0	Hane Naoki	6.5
29	2005	Hane Naoki	4-3	Yuki Satoshi	6.5
28	2004	Hane Naoki	4-3	Yamashita Keigo	6.5
27	2003	Yamashita Keigo	4-1	Wang Li Chen	5.5
26	2002	Wang Li Chen	4-2	Ryu Si Hoon	5.5
25	2001	Wang Li Chen	4-2	Cho Sonjin	5.5
24	2000	Wang Li Chen	4-2	Cho Chikun	5.5
23	1999	Cho Chi Hun	4-2	Kobayashi Koichi	5.5
22	1998	Cho Chi Hun	4-2	Yoda Norimoto	5.5
21	1997	Cho Chi Hun	4-1	Kobayashi Satoru	5.5
20	1996	Cho Chi Hun	4-3	Kobayashi Satoru	5.5
19	1995	Kobayashi Satoru	4-2	Cho Chi Hun	5.5
18	1994	Cho Chi Hun	4-2	Kobayashi Koichi	5.5
17	1993	Kobayashi Koichi	4-3	Kato Masao	5.5
16	1992	Kobayashi Koichi	4-3	Yamashiro Hiroshi	5.5
15	1991	Kobayashi Koichi	4-3	Kato Masao	5.5
14	1990	Kobayashi Koichi	4-1	Otake Hideo	5.5
13	1989	Kobayashi Koichi	4-1	Takemiya Masaki	5.5
12	1988	Kobayashi Koichi	4-1	Kato Masao	5.5
11	1987	Kobayashi Koichi	4-1	Takemiya Masaki	5.5
10	1986	Kobayashi Koichi	4-2	Cho Chi Hun	5.5
9	1985	Cho Chi Hun	4-3	Takemiya Masaki	5.5
8	1984	Cho Chi Hun	4-2	Lin Hai Fong	5.5
7	1983	Cho Chi Hun	4-3	Fujisawa Hideyuki	5.5
6	1982	Fujisawa Hideyuki	4-3	Lin Hai Fong	5.5
5	1981	Fujisawa Hideyuki	4-0	Otake Hideo	5.5
4	1980	Fujisawa Hideyuki	4-1	Rin Kaiho	5.5
3	1979	Fujisawa Hideyuki	4-1	Ishida Yosio	5.5
2	1978	Fujisawa Hideyuki	4-3	Kato Masao	5.5
1	1977	Fujisawa Hideyuki	4-1	Hashimoto Utaro	5.5