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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   Opponent Komi
30 2011 Cho U   Yamashita Keigo 6.5
29 2010 Kono Rin   Hane Naoki 6.5
28 2009 Hane Naoki   Cho U 6.5
27 2008 Kono Rin   Cho Sonjin 6.5
26 2007 Cho U   Takao Shinji 6.5
25 2006 Cho Sonjin   Kobayashi Satoru 6.5
24 2005 Cho U   Ryu Shikun 6.5
23 2004 Kobayshi Koichi   Mimura Tomoyasu 6.5
22 2003 Ryu Shikun   Takao Shinji 5.5
21 2002 Yoda Norimoto   O Rissei 5.5
20 2001 Cho Chikun   Kato Masao 5.5
19 2000 Cho Chikun   Kato Masao 5.5
18 1999 Kobayashi Koichi   O Rissei 5.5
17 1998 Yoda Norimoto   Cho Chikun 5.5
16 1997 Kato Masao   Kobayashi Satoru 5.5
15 1996 Otake Hideo   Rin Kaiho 5.5
14 1995 Kobayashi Koichi   Cho Chikun 5.5
13 1994 Komatsu Hideki   Cho Chikun 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 Rin Kaiho   O Rissei 5.5
8 1989 Otake Hideo   Ishida Yosio 5.5
7 1988 Ishida Yosio   Cho Chikun 5.5
6 1987 Otake Hideo   Rin Kaiho 5.5
5 1986 Takemiya Masaki   Kobayashi Satoru 5.5
4 1985 Cho Chikun   Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
3 1984 Cho Chikun   Sakata Eio 5.5
2 1983 Sakata Eio   Sakai Takeshi 5.5
1 1982 Takemiya Masaki   Otake Hideo 5.5