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Tournament name Oza Title
Sponsor The Nihon Keizai Newspaper , The Nihon Ki-in , The Kansai Ki-in
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Winner's prize 13,5000,00 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off best-of-five title match
Tournament system Tournament with 16 players. Winner plays in title match.
Time allowance Final, main tournament: 3 hours each.
Byo-yomi Title match, main tournament: 5 minutes before end of time.
Komi 6.5
Qualification for participation All professionals.
Rules for retaining places and seeds Two players who played in the previous play-off, titleholders
Year of founding 1952


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
60 2012 Iyama Yuta 3-0 Cho U 6.5
59 2011 Cho U 3-0 Hane Naoki 6.5
58 2010 Cho U 3-0 Yamada Kimio 6.5
57 2009 Cho U 3-0 Yamada Kimio 6.5
56 2008 Cho U 3-1 Yamashita Keigo 6.5
55 2007 Yamashita Keigo 3-1 Imamura Toshiya 6.5
54 2006 Yamashita Keigo 3-1 Cho U 6.5
53 2005 Cho U 3-0 Yamashita Keigo 6.5
52 2004 Cho U 3-1 Yamashita Keigo 6.5
51 2003 Cho U 3-1 O Meien 6.5
50 2002 O Meien 3-2 Cho Chikun 5.5
49 2001 Cho Chikun 3-0 O Rissei 5.5
48 2000 O Rissei 3-1 Cho Chikun 5.5
47 1999 O Rissei 3-1 Cho Chikun 5.5
46 1998 O Rissei 3-0 Yamada Kimio 5.5
45 1997 Yamada Kimio 3-1 Ryu Shikun 5.5
44 1996 Ryu Shikun 3-0 O Rissei 5.5
43 1995 O Rissei 3-0 Cho Chikun 5.5
42 1994 Cho Chikun 3-2 Kato Masao 5.5
41 1993 Kato Masao 3-0 Fujisawa Shuko 5.5
40 1992 Fujisawa Shuko 3-2 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
39 1991 Fujisawa Shuko 3-1 Hane Yasumasa 5.5
38 1990 Hane Yasumasa 3-2 Kato Masao 5.5
37 1989 Kato Masao 3-1 Hane Yasumasa 5.5
36 1988 Kato Masao 3-0 Takemiya Masaki 5.5
35 1987 Kato Masao 3-1 Cho Chikun 5.5
34 1986 Kato Masao 3-1 Rin Kaiho 5.5
33 1985 Kato Masao 3-0 Kobayashi Koichi 5.5
32 1984 Kato Masao 3-0 Yamashiro Hiroshi 5.5
31 1983 Kato Masao 2-0 Otake Hideo 5.5
30 1982 Kato Masao 2-0 Hashimoto Shouji 5.5
29 1981 Hashimoto Shouji 2-1 Kato Masao 5.5
28 1980 Kato Masao 2-0 Ishida Yoshio 5.5
27 1979 Kato Masao 2-0 Ishida Yoshio 5.5
26 1978 Ishida Yoshio 2-1 Kudo Norio 5.5
25 1977 Kudo Norio 2-0 Cho Chikun 5.5
24 1976 Cho Chikun 2-1 Otake Hideo 5.5
23 1975 Otake Hideo 2-0 Ishida Yoshio 5.5
22 1974 Ishida Yoshio 2-1 Rin Kaiho 5.5
21 1973 Rin Kaiho 2-1 Sakata Eio 5.5
20 1972 Sakata Eio 2-1 Hashimoto Utaro 5.5
19 1971 Sakata Eio 2-0 Hashimoto Shouji 5.5
18 1970 Sakata Eio 2-0 Fujisawa Shuko 5.5
17 1969 Fujisawa Shuko 2-0 Otake Hideo 5.5
16 1968 Fujisawa Shuko 2-0 Sakata Eio 5.5
15 1967 Fujisawa Shuko 2-0 Hashimoto Shouji 5.5
14 1966 Sakata Eio 2-1 Rin Kaiho 5.5
13 1965 Handa Dogen 2-0 Okubo Ichigen 5.5
12 1964 Sakata Eio 2-0 Kajiwara Takeo 5.5
11 1963 Sakata Eio 2-0 Fujisawa Hosai 5.5
10 1962 Miyashita Shuyo 2-0 Kada Katsuji 5.5
9 1961 Sakata Eio 2-1 Takagawa Shukaku 5.5
8 1960 Handa Dogen 2-0 Miyashita Shuyo 5.5
7 1959 Hashimoto Shouji 2-0 Yamabe Toshiro 5.5
6 1958 Fujisawa Hosai 2-0 Handa Dogen 5.5
5 1957 Shimamura Toshihiro 2-0 Handa Dogen 5.5
4 1956 Hashimoto Utaro 2-0 Sakata Eio 5.5
3 1955 Hashimoto Utaro 2-1 Shimamura Toshihiro 5.5
2 1954 Takagawa Kaku 2-1 Miyashita Shuyo 4.5
1 1953 Hashimoto Utaro - Maeda Nobuaki 4.5