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Tournament name Women's Honinbo Title
Sponsor Kyodo News Agency , The Nihon Ki-in , The Kansai Ki-in
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Winner’s prize 5,800,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off best-of-five final
Tournament system Tournament with 16 players. Winner plays in title match.----- Knock-out tournament
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 women professionals
Rules for retaining places and seeds Top four in previous tournament, women titleholders
Year of founding 1981


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
31 2012 Shei Imin 3-0 Okuda Aya 6.5
30 2011 Shei Imin 3-1 Mukai Chiaki 6.5
29 2010 Shei Imin 3-0 Mukai Chiaki 6.5
28 2009 Shei Imin 3-1 Aoki Kikuyo 6.5
27 2008 Shei Imin 3-1 Suzuki Ayumi 6.5
26 2007 Shei Imin 3-0 Yashiro Kumiko 6.5
25 2006 Yashiro Kumiko 3-1 Inori Yoko 6.5
24 2005 Yashiro Kumiko 3-0 Chinen Kaori 6.5
23 2004 Chinen Kaori 3-1 Kobayashi Izumi 6.5
22 2003 Kobayashi Izumi 3-1 Yasiro Kumiko 6.5
21 2002 Kobayashi Izumi 3-2 Chinen Kaori 5.5
20 2001 Kobayashi Izumi 3-1 Inori Yoko 5.5
19 2000 Inori Yoko 3-2 Chinen Kaori 5.5
18 1999 Chinen Kaori 3-1 Kobayashi Izumi 5.5
17 1998 Chinen Kaori 3-0 Chinen Kaori 5.5
16 1997 Chinen Kaori 3-1 Yoshida Mika 5.5
15 1996 Yoshida Mika 3-0 Nakazawa Ayako 5.5
14 1995 Yoshida Mika 3-1 Chinen Kaori 5.5
13 1994 Yoshida Mika 2-0 Tsukuda Akiko 5.5
12 1993 Yoshida Mika 2-1 Kato Tomoko 5.5
11 1992 Kato Tomoko 2-0 Nakazawa Ayako 5.5
10 1991 Nakazawa Ayako 2-1 Kobayashi Chizu 5.5
9 1990 Nakazawa Ayako 2-1 Kusunoki Teruko 5.5
8 1989 Kusunoki Teruko 2-0 Ogawa Tomoko 5.5
7 1988 Kusunoki Teruko 2-0 Ogawa Tomoko 5.5
6 1987 Kusunoki Teruko 2-1 Ogawa Tomoko 5.5
5 1986 Ogawa Tomoko 2-0 Kusunoki Teruko 5.5
4 1985 Kusunoki Teruko 2-1 Honda Sachiko 5.5
3 1984 Honda Sachiko 2-0 Kusunoki Teruko 5.5
2 1983 Kusunoki Teruko 2-1 Honda Sachiko 5.5
1 1982 Honda Sachiko 2-1 Kobayashi Reiko 5.5