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Tournament name Ryusei Tournament
Sponsor The Nihon Ki-in
Support -
Special assistance -
Assistance The Satellite Culture Japan
Special cooperation -
Cooperation -
Winner’s prize 6,000,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off play-off game
Tournament system After a 96-player knock-out tournament, a 16-player tournament is held.
Time allowance No time allowance.
Byo-yomi 30 seconds a move, one-minute thinking time x ten times.
Komi 6.5
Qualification for participation All professionals.
Rules for retaining places and seeds Player who appeared in previous play-off to decide the winner, titleholders, women titleholders
Year of founding 1990

Term Year Winner   Opponent Komi
20 2011 Iyama Yuta   Yuki Satoshi 6.5
19 2010 Yamashita Keigo   Nakano Hironari 6.5
18 2009 Iyama Yuta   Cho U 6.5
17 2008 Kono Rin   Cho U 6.5
16 2007 Cho U   Yuki Satoshi 6.5
15 2006 Cho U 　 Yuki Satoshi 6.5
14 2005 Yuki Satoshi 　 Cho U 6.5
13 2004 Takao Shinji 　 Yamada Kimio 6.5
12 2003 Kobayashi Koichi 　 Hane Naoki 5.5
11 2002 Kobayashi Koichi 　 O Meien 5.5
10 2001 Kato Masao 　 Cho U 5.5
9 2000 Takao Shinji 　 Takagi Shoichi 5.5
8 1999 Yamada Kimio 　 Morita Michihiro 5.5
7 1998 Kato Masao 　 Cho Chikun 5.5
6 1997 Kobayashi Koichi 　 Komatsu Hideki 5.5
5 1996 Kobayashi Satoru 　 Nakaonoda Tomomi 5.5
4 1994 Morita Michihiro 　 Rin Kaiho 5.5
3 1993 Cho Chikun 　 Ryu Shikun 5.5
2 1992 Otake Hideo 　 Cho Chikun 5.5
1 1991 Cho Chikun 　 Ishida Yoshio 5.5