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Tournament name Agon-Kiriyama Cup Lightning Go Open Tournament
Sponsor The Nihon Ki-in
Support The Mainichi Newspaper、The Kyoto Newspaper、KBS kyoto
Special assistance Agon Shu
Assistance -
Special cooperation -
Cooperation The Kansai Ki-in
Winner’s prize 10,000,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off play-off game
Tournament system Tournament with 16 players.
Time allowance Final: 1 hour 30 minutes each. Main tournament: 2 hours each.
Byo-yomi After using up one’s time, 60 seconds a move.
komi 6.5
Qualification for participation All professionals, 20 amateurs (top eight in Amateur Honinbo tournament etc.)
Rules for retaining places and seeds Previous winner, titleholders
Year of founding 1994

Term Year Winner   Finish Second  
18 2011 Iyama Yuta   Yamashita Keigo  
17 2010 Yamashita Keigo   Cho Chikun  
16 2009 Hane Naoki   Cho U  
15 2008 Cho U   Takanashi Seiken  
14 2007 Cho U   Cho Chikun  
13 2006 Cho U   Hane Naoki  
12 2005 Iyama Yuta   Kobayashi Satoru  
11 2004 Hane Naoki   Kobayashi Koichi  
10 2003 Kato Masao   Cho U  
9 2002 Cho Chikun   Cho U  
8 2001 Cho Sonjin   O Rissei  
7 2000 Cho Sonjin   Cho Chikun  
6 1999 Kobayashi Koichi   Takao Shinji  
5 1998 Kobayashi Satoru   Cho Chikun  
4 1997 Yoda Norimoto   Kato Masao  
3 1996 Kato Masao   Yoda Norimoto  
2 1995 Kato Masao   Kobayashi Satoru  
1 1994 O Rissei   Cho Chikun  
※1～5term“ACOM Cup”　6term-“Agon-Kiriyama Cup”