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Tournament name NEC Cup
Sponsor NEC Corporation
Support  -
Special assistance  -
Assistance The Nihon Ki-in
Special cooperation  -
Cooperation  -
Winner’s prize 17,000,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off play-off game
Tournament system All-star 14-player tournament
Time allowance 10 minutes
Byo-yomi After using up one’s time, 30 seconds a move.
komi 6.5
Qualification for participation Previous winner, second-place-getter, Honorary NHK Cup Holder, titleholders, women titleholders, top players in prize-money rankings
Rules for retaining places and seeds  -
Year of founding 1981


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
31 2012 Takao Shinji   Cho Chi Hun 6.5
30 2011 Chang Hsu   Yamashita Keigo 6.5
29 2010 Kono Rin   Hane Naoki 6.5
28 2009 Hane Naoki   Chang Hsu 6.5
27 2008 Kono Rin   Cho Sun Jin 6.5
26 2007 Chang Hsu   Takao Shinji 6.5
25 2006 Cho Sun Jin   Kobayashi Satoru 6.5
24 2005 Chang Hsu   Ryu Si Hoon 6.5
23 2004 Kobayshi Koichi   Mimura Tomoyasu 6.5
22 2003 Ryu Si Hoon   Takao Shinji 5.5
21 2002 Yoda Norimoto   Wang Li Chen 5.5
20 2001 Cho Chi Hun   Kato Masao 5.5
19 2000 Cho Chi Hun   Kato Masao 5.5
18 1999 Kobayashi Koichi   Wang Li Chen 5.5
17 1998 Yoda Norimoto   Cho Chi Hun 5.5
16 1997 Kato Masao   Kobayashi Satoru 5.5
15 1996 Otake Hideo   Lin Hai Fong 5.5
14 1995 Kobayashi Koichi   Cho Chi Hun 5.5
13 1994 Komatsu Hideki   Cho Chi Hun 5.5
12 1993 Yoda Norimoto   Kato Masao 5.5
11 1992 Kato Masao   Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
10 1991 Kato Masao   Otake Hideo 5.5
9 1990 Lin Hai Fong   Wang Li Chen 5.5
8 1989 Otake Hideo   Ishida Yosio 5.5
7 1988 Ishida Yosio   Cho Chi Hun 5.5
6 1987 Otake Hideo   Lin Hai Fong 5.5
5 1986 Takemiya Masaki   Kobayashi Satoru 5.5
4 1985 Cho Chi Hun   Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
3 1984 Cho Chi Hun   Sakata Eio 5.5
2 1983 Sakata Eio   Sakai Takeshi 5.5
1 1982 Takemiya Masaki   Otake Hideo 5.5