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Tournament name NHK Cup
Sponsor NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) , The Nihon Ki-in , The Kansai Ki-in
Support  -
Special assistance  -
Assistance  -
Special cooperation  -
Cooperation  -
Winner’s prize 5,000,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off play-off game
Tournament system All-star tournament with 50 players.
Time allowance No time allowance.
Byo-yomi 30 seconds a move, one-minute thinking time x ten times.
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 1953


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
60 2013 Yuki Satoshi   Iyama Yuta 6.5
59 2012 Yuki Satoshi   Hane Naoki 6.5
58 2011 Yamada Kimio   Yoda Norimoto 6.5
57 2010 Yuki Satoshi   Iyama Yuta 6.5
56 2009 Yuki Satoshi   Takemiya Masaki 6.5
55 2008 Cho U   Cho Chikun 6.5
54 2007 Cho Chikun   Yuki Satoshi 6.5
53 2006 Hane Naoki   Imamura Toshiya 6.5
52 2005 Cho U   Yoda Norimoto 6.5
51 2004 Kobayashi Koichi   Cho Chikun 6.5
50 2003 Mimura Tomoyasu   O Rissei 5.5
49 2002 Cho U   Hane Naoki 5.5
48 2001 Ishida Yoshio   Cho Chikun 5.5
47 2000 Yoda Norimoto   Imamura Toshiya 5.5
46 1999 Yoda Norimoto   Tono Hiroaki 5.5
45 1998 Yoda Norimoto   Honda Kunihisa 5.5
44 1997 O Rissei   Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
43 1996 Cho Chikun   Kobayashi Satoru 5.5
42 1995 Kobayashi Satoru   Kiyonari Tetsuya 5.5
41 1994 Otake Hideo   Kato Masao 5.5
40 1993 Yoda Norimoto   Kato Masao 5.5
39 1992 Cho Chikun   O Rissei 5.5
38 1991 Yoda Norimoto   O Meien 5.5
37 1990 Ishida Yoshio   Otake Hideo 5.5
36 1989 Takemiya Masaki   Kobayashi Satoru 5.5
35 1988 Kato Masao   O Rissei 5.5
34 1987 Ishida Yoshio   Rin Kaiho 5.5
33 1986 Kobayashi Koichi   Takemiya Masaki 5.5
32 1985 Hashimoto Syoji   Ishida Yoshio 5.5
31 1984 Honda Kunihisa   Takemiya Masaki 5.5
30 1983 Cho Chikun   Otake Hideo 5.5
29 1982 Sakata Eio   Sugiuchi Masao 5.5
28 1981 Fujisawa Syuko   Takagi Syoichi 5.5
27 1980 Hashimoto Syoji   Cho Chikun 5.5
26 1979 Tono Hiroaki   Takagi Syoichi 5.5
25 1978 Rin Kaiho   Ohira Syuzo 5.5
24 1977 Sakata Eio   Takemiya Masaki 5.5
23 1976 Sakata Eio   Go seigen 5.5
22 1975 Otake Hideo   Takemiya Masaki 5.5
21 1974 Rin Kaiho   Kato Masao 5.5
20 1973 Otake Hideo   Hashimoto Syoji 5.5
19 1972 Sakata Eio   Otake Hideo 5.5
18 1971 Otake Hideo   Ishida Yoshio 5.5
17 1970 Rin Kaiho   Sakata Eio 5.5
16 1969 Fujisawa Syuko   Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
15 1968 Otake Hideo   Hashimoto Syoji 5.5
14 1967 Hashimoto Syoji   Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
13 1966 Takagawa Syukaku   Fujisawa Syuko 5.5
12 1965 Sakata Eio   Miyashita Syuyo 5.5
11 1964 Sakata Eio   Fujisawa Syuko 5.5
10 1963 Hashimoto Utaro   Fujisawa Syuko 5.5
9 1962 Sakata Eio   Hashimoto Utaro 5.5
8 1961 Sakata Eio   Kitani Minoru 5.5
7 1960 Kitani Minoru   Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
6 1959 Sakata Eio   Takagawa Kaku 5.5
5 1958 Sakata Eio   Kitani Minoru 5.5
4 1957 Sakata Eio   Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
3 1956 Hashimoto Utaro   Sakata Eio 5.5
2 1955 Iwamoto Kaoru   Fujisawa Hosai 4.5
1 1954 Shimamura Toshihiro   Takagawa Kaku 4.5