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Tournament name Meijin Title
Sponsor The Asahi Newspaper , The Nihon Ki-in , The Kansai Ki-in
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Winner’s prize 33,000,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off best-of-seven title match
Tournament system The winner of the nine-player league plays in the title match.
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 six players.
Year of founding 1976


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
39 2014 Iyama Yuta 4-2 Kono Rin 6.5
38 2013 Iyama Yuta 4-1 Yamashita Keigo 6.5
37 2012 Yamashita Keigo 4-3 Hane Naoki 6.5
36 2011 Yamashita Keigo 4-2 Iyama Yuta 6.5
35 2010 Iyama Yuta 4-0 Takao Shinji 6.5
34 2009 Iyama Yuta 4-1 Chang Hsu 6.5
33 2008 Chang Hsu 4-3 Iyama Yuta 6.5
32 2007 Chang Hsu 4-3 Takao Shinji 6.5
31 2006 Takao Shinji 4-2 Chang Hsu 6.5
30 2005 Chang Hsu 4-3 Kobayashi Satoru 6.5
29 2004 Chang Hsu 4-2 Yoda Norimoto 6.5
28 2003 Yoda Norimoto 4-1 Yamashita Keigo 6.5
27 2002 Yoda Norimoto 4-1 Cho Chi Hun 5.5
26 2001 Yoda Norimoto 4-2 Lin Hai Fong 5.5
25 2000 Yoda Norimoto 4-0 Cho Chi Hun 5.5
24 1999 Cho Chi Hun 4-1 Yoda Norimoto 5.5
23 1998 Cho Chi Hun 4-2  1無 Wang Li Chen 5.5
22 1997 Cho Chi Hun 4-2 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
21 1996 Cho Chi Hun 4-2 Takemiya Masaki 5.5
20 1995 Takemiya Masaki 4-1 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
19 1994 Kobayashi Koichi 4-0 Lin Hai Fong 5.5
18 1993 Kobayashi Koichi 4-1 Otake Hideo 5.5
17 1992 Kobayashi Koichi 4-3 Otake Hideo 5.5
16 1991 Kobayashi Koichi 4-1 Lin Hai Fong 5.5
15 1990 Kobayashi Koichi 4-2 Otake Hideo 5.5
14 1989 Kobayashi Koichi 4-1 Awaji Shuzo 5.5
13 1988 Kobayashi Koichi 4-1 Kato Masao 5.5
12 1987 Kato Masao 4-0 Lin Hai Fong 5.5
11 1986 Kato Masao 4-0 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
10 1985 Kobayashi Koichi 4-3 Cho Chi Hun 5.5
9 1984 Cho Chi Hun 4-3 Otake Hideo 5.5
8 1983 Cho Chi Hun 4-1 Otake Hideo 5.5
7 1982 Cho Chi Hun 4-1 Otake Hideo 5.5
6 1981 Cho Chi Hun 4-0 Kato Masao 5.5
5 1980 Cho Chi Hun 4-1  1無 Otake Hideo 5.5
4 1979 Otake Hideo 4-1 Sakata Eio 5.5
3 1978 Otake Hideo 4-2 Lin Hai Fong 5.5
2 1977 Lin Hai Fong 4-0 Otake Hideo 5.5
1 1976 Otake Hideo 4-1 Ishida Yoshio 5