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Tournament name Shinjin-O (King of The New Stars) Title
Sponsor The Akahata Newspaper , The Nihon Ki-in , The Kansai Ki-in
Support -
Special assistance  -
Assistance  -
Special cooperation  -
Cooperation  -
Winner’s prize 1,800,000 (Japanese yen)
Title match, play-off best-of-three final
Tournament system Tournament with 24 players.
Time allowance Final, main tournament: 3 hours each.
Byo-yomi Final, main tournament: 5 minutes before end of time.
komi 6.5
Qualification for participation 25 years and younger, 7-dan and lower
Rules for retaining places and seeds Top 16 players in the prize-money rankings
Year of founding 1975


Term Year Winner Wins and Losses Opponent Komi
37 2012 Kanazawa Makoto 2-1 Fujita Akihiko 6.5
36 2011 Murakawa Daisuke 2-0 Anzai Nobuaki 6.5
35 2010 Shiraishi Yuichi 2-1 Mitani Tetsuya 6.5
34 2009 Lee Yi Hsiu 2-0 Mitani Tetsuya 6.5
33 2008 Uchida Shuhei 2-0 Ha Yoniru 6.5
32 2007 Iyama Yuta 2-0 Mochiduki Kenichi 6.5
31 2006 Matsumoto Takehisa 2-1 Ko Iso 6.5
30 2005 KIM Sujun 2-0 Iyama Yuta 6.5
29 2004 Mizokami Tomochika 2-1 Sakai Hideyuki 6.5
28 2003 So Yokoku 2-0 Fujii Shuya 6.5
27 2002 Cho U 2-0 Takao Shinji 5.5
26 2001 Yamashita Keigo 2-0 Kubo Hideo 5.5
25 2000 Yamashita Keigo 2-0 Hane Naoki 5.5
24 1999 Yamashita Keigo 2-0 Hane Naoki 5.5
23 1998 Yamashita Keigo 2-1 Takao Shinji 5.5
22 1997 Yamada Kimio 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo 5.5
21 1996 Takao Shinji 2-0 Nakamura Shinya 5.5
20 1995 Mimura Tomoyasu 2-0 Cho Sonjin 5.5
19 1994 Mimura Tomoyasu 2-1 Yo Kagen 5.5
18 1993 Yuki Satoshi 2-0 Mimura Tomoyasu 5.5
17 1992 Komatsu Hideki 2-0 Michael Redmond 5.5
16 1991 Cho Sonjin 2-1 Ryu Shikun 5.5
15 1990 Yoda Norimoto 2-1 Yuki Satoshi 5.5
14 1989 Yoda Norimoto 2-0 Izumitani Hideo 5.5
13 1988 Komatsu Hideki 2-0 Narusawa Yasuichi 5.5
12 1987 Yoda Norimoto 2-1 O Meien 5.5
11 1986 Yoda Norimoto 2-1 O Rissei 5.5
10 1985 Miyazawa Goro 2-0 Imamura Toshiya 5.5
9 1984 Imamura Toshiya 2-1 Hashimoto Yujiro 5.5
8 1983 Yoda Norimoto 2-0 Miyazawa Goro 5.5
7 1982 Kataoka Satoshi 2-0 Yoda Norimoto 5.5
6 1981 O Rissei 2-0 Hasegawa Sunao 5.5
5 1980 Miyazawa Goro 2-0 Kiyonari Tetsuya 5.5
4 1979 Ishida Akira 2-1 Yamashiro Hiroshi 5.5
3 1978 Ishida Akira 2-1 Kurahashi Syozo 5.5
2 1977 Kobayashi Koichi 2-0 Nakamura Hidehito 5.5
1 1976 Kobayashi Koichi 2-0 Nakamura Hidehito 5.5