NHK Cup (Go)
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The NHK Cup is a Go competition.
Biography
The NHK Cup is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. The tournament is televised on the NHK network. Before 1963, the competition was broadcasted on the radio. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($43,000).
Past winners
| Player | Years Held |
|---|---|
| Shimamura Toshihiro | 1954 |
| Iwamoto Kaoru | 1955 |
| Hashimoto Utarō | 1956, 1963 |
| Sakata Eio | 1957 - 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982 |
| Kitani Minoru | 1960 |
| Takagawa Shūkaku | 1966 |
| Hashimoto Shōji | 1967, 1980, 1985 |
| Ōtake Hideo | 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1994 |
| Rin Kaiho | 1970, 1974, 1978 |
| Tōno Hiroaki | 1979 |
| Fujisawa Hideyuki | 1969, 1981 |
| Cho Chikun | 1983, 1992, 1996, 2007 |
| Honda Kunihisa | 1984 |
| Kobayashi Kōichi | 1986, 2004 |
| Ishida Yoshio | 1987, 1990, 2001 |
| Katō Masao | 1988 |
| Takemiya Masaki | 1989 |
| Yoda Norimoto | 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000 |
| Kobayashi Satoru | 1995 |
| Ō Rissei | 1997 |
| Cho U | 2002, 2005, 2008 |
| Mimura Tomoyasu | 2003 |
| Hane Naoki | 2006 |
| Yuki Satoshi | 2009, 2010, 2012 |
| Yamada Kimio | 2011 |