Nihon Ki-in facts for kids
The Nihon Ki-in (日本棋院), also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main (non-profit) organization for Go in Tokyo, Japan. It maintains Japan's professional player system and gives diplomas for amateur rankings.
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Professional Tournaments
The Nihon Ki-in organizes many tournaments for professional players. The major title tournaments include the Kisei (棋聖, Board Master), Meijin (名人, Grand Master, hosted with Asahi Shinbun), Honinbo (本因坊), Judan (10-dan), Tengen (天元, Center), Gosei (碁聖, Master of Go), and the Oza (王座, King). There are also separate Honinbo, Meijin, and Kisei titles for women.
Major Title Winners by Year
- (*): Kansai Ki-in player.
- Non-Japanese players (Chinese or Korean) are described with their Japanese pronunciation.
Year | Kisei | Meijin | Honinbo | Judan | Tengen | Gosei | Oza | ||||||||||||||||
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1941 | - | - | Riichi Sekiyama | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
1943 | - | - | Utaro Hashimoto | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
1945 | - | - | Kaoru Iwamoto | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
1947 | - | - | Kaoru Iwamoto | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
1950 | - | - | Utaro Hashimoto | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
1951 | - | - | Utaro Hashimoto* | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
1952 | - | - | Kaku Takagawa | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||
1953 | - | - | Kaku Takagawa | - | - | - | - | 1954 | - | - | Kaku Takagawa | - | - | - | Kaku Takagawa | ||||||||
1955 | - | - | Kaku Takagawa | - | - | - | - | 1956 | - | - | Kaku Takagawa | - | - | - | - | 1957 | - | - | Kaku Takagawa | - | - | - | Shimamura Toshihiro |
1958 | - | - | Kaku Takagawa | - | - | - | Hosai Fujisawa | ||||||||||||||||
1959 | - | - | Kaku Takagawa | - | - | - | - | 1960 | - | - | Kaku Takagawa | - | - | - | - | 1961 | - | - | Eio Sakata | - | - | - | Eio Sakata |
1962 | - | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Eio Sakata | Utaro Hashimoto* | - | - | Hidehiro Miyashita | ||||||||||||||||
1963 | - | Eio Sakata | Eio Sakata | Dogen Handa | - | - | Eio Sakata | ||||||||||||||||
1964 | - | Eio Sakata | Eio Sakata | Hosai Fujisawa | - | - | Eio Sakata | ||||||||||||||||
1965 | - | Rin Kaiho | Eio Sakata | Kaku Takagawa | - | - | - | 1966 | - | Rin Kaiho | Eio Sakata | Eio Sakata | - | - | Eio Sakata | ||||||||
1967 | - | Rin Kaiho | Eio Sakata | Eio Sakata | - | - | Fujisawa Hideyuki | ||||||||||||||||
1968 | - | Kaku Takagawa | Rin Kaiho | Eio Sakata | - | - | Fujisawa Hideyuki | ||||||||||||||||
1969 | - | Rin Kaiho | Rin Kaiho | Hideo Otake | - | - | Fujisawa Hideyuki | ||||||||||||||||
1970 | - | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Rin Kaiho | - | - | - | Eio Sakata | ||||||||||||||||
1971 | - | Rin Kaiho | Yoshio Ishida | Utaro Hashimoto* | - | - | Eio Sakata | ||||||||||||||||
1972 | - | Rin Kaiho | Yoshio Ishida | Eio Sakata | - | - | Eio Sakata | ||||||||||||||||
1973 | - | Rin Kaiho | Yoshio Ishida | Eio Sakata | - | - | Rin Kaiho | ||||||||||||||||
1974 | - | Yoshio Ishida | Yoshio Ishida | Shoji Hashimoto* | - | - | Yoshio Ishida | ||||||||||||||||
1975 | - | Hideo Otake | Yoshio Ishida | Rin Kaiho | Fujisawa Hideyuki | - | Hideo Otake | ||||||||||||||||
1976 | - | Hideo Otake | Masaki Takemiya | Masao Kato | Kobayashi Koichi | Masao Kato | Cho Chikun | ||||||||||||||||
1977 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Rin Kaiho | Masao Kato | Masao Kato | Shimamura Toshihiro | Masao Kato | Norio Kudo | ||||||||||||||||
1978 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Hideo Otake | Masao Kato | Masao Kato | Masao Kato | Hideo Otake | Yoshio Ishida | ||||||||||||||||
1979 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Hideo Otake | Masao Kato | Masao Kato | Masao Kato | Cho Chikun | Masao Kato | ||||||||||||||||
1980 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Cho Chikun | Masaki Takemiya | Hideo Otake | Masao Kato | Hideo Otake | Masao Kato | ||||||||||||||||
1981 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Hideo Otake | Masao Kato | Hideo Otake | - | 1982 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Kataoka Satoshi | Hideo Otake | Masao Kato | ||||||||
1983 | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Rin Kaiho | Masao Kato | Kataoka Satoshi | Hideo Otake | Masao Kato | ||||||||||||||||
1984 | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Rin Kaiho | Kobayashi Koichi | Yoshio Ishida | Hideo Otake | Masao Kato | ||||||||||||||||
1985 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | Masaki Takemiya | Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi | Hideo Otake | Masao Kato | ||||||||||||||||
1986 | Kobayashi Koichi | Masao Kato | Masaki Takemiya | Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | Masao Kato | ||||||||||||||||
1987 | Kobayashi Koichi | Masao Kato | Masaki Takemiya | Masao Kato | Cho Chikun | Masao Kato | Masao Kato | ||||||||||||||||
1988 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi | Masaki Takemiya | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | Masao Kato | ||||||||||||||||
1989 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Rin Kaiho | Kobayashi Koichi | Masao Kato | ||||||||||||||||
1990 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | Masaki Takemiya | Rin Kaiho | Kobayashi Koichi | Yasumasa Hane | ||||||||||||||||
1991 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | Masaki Takemiya | Rin Kaiho | Kobayashi Koichi | Fujisawa Hideyuki | ||||||||||||||||
1992 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | Masaki Takemiya | Rin Kaiho | Kobayashi Koichi | Fujisawa Hideyuki | ||||||||||||||||
1993 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | Hideo Otake | Rin Kaiho | Kobayashi Koichi | Masao Kato | ||||||||||||||||
1994 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | Hideo Otake | Ryu Shikun | Rin Kaiho | Cho Chikun | ||||||||||||||||
1995 | Satoru Kobayashi | Masaki Takemiya | Cho Chikun | Norimoto Yoda | Ryu Shikun | Satoru Kobayashi | O Rissei | ||||||||||||||||
1996 | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Norimoto Yoda | Ryu Shikun | Norimoto Yoda | Ryu Shikun | ||||||||||||||||
1997 | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Masao Kato | Kudo Norio | Norimoto Yoda | Kimio Yamada | ||||||||||||||||
1998 | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Naoto Hikosaka | Kobayashi Koichi | Norimoto Yoda | O Rissei | ||||||||||||||||
1999 | Cho Chikun | Cho Chikun | Cho Sonjin | Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi | Kobayashi Koichi | O Rissei | ||||||||||||||||
2000 | O Rissei | Norimoto Yoda | O Meien | Kobayashi Koichi | Ryu Shikun | Keigo Yamashita | O Rissei | ||||||||||||||||
2001 | O Rissei | Norimoto Yoda | O Meien | O Rissei | Naoki Hane | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | ||||||||||||||||
2002 | O Rissei | Norimoto Yoda | Masao Kato | O Rissei | Naoki Hane | Kobayashi Koichi | O Meien | ||||||||||||||||
2003 | Keigo Yamashita | Norimoto Yoda | Cho U | O Rissei | Naoki Hane | Norimoto Yoda | Cho U | ||||||||||||||||
2004 | Naoki Hane | Cho U | Cho U | O Rissei | Keigo Yamashita | Norimoto Yoda | Cho U | ||||||||||||||||
2005 | Naoki Hane | Cho U | Shinji Takao | Cho Chikun | Kono Rin | Norimoto Yoda | Cho U | ||||||||||||||||
2006 | Keigo Yamashita | Shinji Takao | Shinji Takao | Cho Chikun | Kono Rin | Cho U | Keigo Yamashita | ||||||||||||||||
2007 | Keigo Yamashita | Cho U | Shinji Takao | Cho Chikun | Kono Rin | Cho U | Keigo Yamashita | ||||||||||||||||
2008 | Keigo Yamashita | Cho U | Naoki Hane | Shinji Takao | Cho U | Cho U | Cho U | ||||||||||||||||
2009 | Keigo Yamashita | Yuta Iyama | Naoki Hane | Cho U | Keigo Yamashita | Cho U | Cho U | ||||||||||||||||
2010 | Cho U | Yuta Iyama | Keigo Yamashita | Cho U | Satoshi Yuki* | Hideyuki Sakai* | Cho U | ||||||||||||||||
2011 | Cho U | Keigo Yamashita | Keigo Yamashita | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Naoki Hane | Cho U | ||||||||||||||||
2012 | Cho U | Keigo Yamashita | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | ||||||||||||||||
2013 | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Satoshi Yuki | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | ||||||||||||||||
2014 | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Shinji Takao | Shinji Takao | Yuta Iyama | - | 2015 | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Atsushi Ida | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | ||||||||
2016 | Yuta Iyama | Shinji Takao | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | ||||||||||||||||
2018 | Yuta Iyama | Cho U | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Yuta Iyama | Kyo Kagen | Yuta Iyama | ||||||||||||||||
2019 | Yuta Iyama | Toramaru Shibano | Yuta Iyama | Daisuke Murakawa* | Yuta Iyama | Naoki Hane | Toramaru Shibano | ||||||||||||||||
2020 | Yuta Iyama | (tbd) | Yuta Iyama | Toramaru Shibano | (tbd) | (tbd) | (tbd) | ||||||||||||||||
Year | Kisei | Meijin | Honinbo | Judan | Tengen | Gosei | Oza |
Domestic Headquarters
- Tokyo Head Quarter (Ichigaya) : 7-2 Goban-cho, Chiyoda, Tokyo
- Tokyo Yurakucho Go Center: 9F Tokyo Kotsu-Kaikan, 2-10-1 Yuraku-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Osaka Head Quarter: 10F Applause Tower, 19-19 Sayamachi, Osaka
- Osaka Umeda Go Salon: 6F Hankyu Five Annex Building, 1-23 Sumidacho, Kita-ku, Osaka
- Chubu Head Quarter: 1-19 Syumoku-cho, Higashi-ku, Nagoya
Foreign Branches
- The Nihon Ki-in European Go Cultural Centre: Schokland14,1181 HV Amstelveen, Netherlands
- Nihon Ki-in Do Brasil: R. Dr Fabricio Vampre No116, Ana Rosa - Sao Paulo - Brazil
- Nihon Ki-in Go Institute of The West U.S.A: 700,N.E.,45 th Street, Seattle WA
Related pages
- All Japan Student Go Federation
- American Go Association (American counterpart of Nihon Ki-in)
- British Go Association
- European Go Federation
- International Go Federation
- Tomoko Ogawa (former director of Nihon Ki-in, former president of the professional players assembly at Nihon Ki-in)
- Chizu Kobayashi (former director of Nihon Ki-in)
- Sachiko Hara (former director of Nihon Ki-in)
Famous players at Nihon Ki-in
- Go Seigen
- Eio Sakata - He holds the honorary NHK Cup
- Kaku Takagawa
- Hideyuki Fujisawa
- Masao Sugiuchi - He used to be the oldest professional player during 2004 to 2017
- Masao Kato - former president of the International Go Federation
Female players
See also
In Spanish: Nihon Ki-In para niños
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