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Tournament name Women's Meijin Title
Sponsor Fuji Evening Newspaper , The Nihon Ki-in
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Special assistance  -
Assistance Nippon Life Insurance Company
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Cooperation  -
Winner’s prize 5,100,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off best-of-three title match
Tournament system Tournament with 16 players (with parallel losers’ tournament). 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 Players who won two games in previous main tournament are seeded in next main tournament.
Year of founding 1988


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
25 2013 Shei Imin 2-0 Okuda Aya 6.5
24 2012 Shei Imin 2-0 Mukai Chiaki 6.5
23 2011 Shei Imin 2-1 Mukai Chiaki 6.5
22 2010 Shei Imin 2-0 Mukai Chiaki 6.5
21 2009 Shei Imin 2-1 Chinen Kaori 6.5
20 2008 Shei Imin 2-0 Kato keiko 6.5
19 2007 Kato Keiko 2-1 Aoki Kikuyo 6.5
18 2006 Aoki Kikuyo 2-0 Koyama Terumi 6.5
17 2005 Koyama Terumi 2-1 Kobayashi Izumi 6.5
16 2004 Kobayashi Izumi 2-0 Inori Yoko 6.5
15 2003 Kobayashi Izumi 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo 5.5
14 2002 Aoki Kikuyo 2-0 Kobayashi Izumi 5.5
13 2001 Kobayashi Izumi 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo 5.5
12 2000 Aoki Kikuyo 2-0 Kobayashi Izumi 5.5
11 1999 Aoki Kikuyo 2-0 Nishida Terumi 5.5
10 1998 Nishida Terumi 2-0 Ogawa Tomoko 5.5
9 1997 Nishida Terumi 2-0 Ogawa Tomoko 5.5
8 1996 Nishida Terumi 2-1 Kato Tomoko 5.5
7 1995 Kato Tomoko 2-0 Sugiuchi Kazuko 5.5
6 1994 Sugiuchi Kazuko 2-1 Ogawa Tomoko 5.5
5 1993 Sugiuchi Kazuko 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo 5.5
4 1992 Sugiuchi Kazuko 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo 5.5
3 1991 Sugiuchi Kazuko 2-1 Aoki Kikuyo 5.5
2 1990 Aoki Kikuyo     5.5
1 1989 Miyazaki Shimako     5.5