Ōza (Go)
Appearance
Ōza (Go) | |
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Full name | Ōza |
Started | 1953 |
Honorary Winners | Masao Kato |
Sponsors | The Nikkei |
Prize money | ¥14 million $173,000 (as of 2 July 2011) |
Affiliation | Nihon Ki-in |
Ōza (王座, "throne") is a title in Go. The association that holds this title is the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. It is sponsored by the Nikkei newspaper.
Outline
Recently, the format for the tournament was changed to a best of five. The challenger is decided in a tournament of 16 players, other than the title player.[1] The winner's purse is ¥14 million ($173,000).[2]
Past winners
Edition | Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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1st | 1953 | Utaro Hashimoto | 1–0 | Nobuaki Maeda |
2nd | 1954 | Kaku Takagawa | 2–1 | Hidehiro Miyashita |
3rd | 1955 | Utaro Hashimoto | 2–1 | Toshihiro Shimamura |
4th | 1956 | 2–0 | Eio Sakata | |
5th | 1957 | Toshihiro Shimamura | 2–0 | Dogen Handa |
6th | 1958 | Hosai Fujisawa | 2–0 | |
7th | 1959 | Shoji Hashimoto | 2–0 | Toshiro Yamabe |
8th | 1960 | Dogen Handa | 2–0 | Hidehiro Miyashita |
9th | 1961 | Eio Sakata | 2–1 | Kaku Takagawa |
10th | 1962 | Hidehiro Miyashita | 2–0 | Katsuji Kada |
11th | 1963 | Eio Sakata | 2–0 | Hosai Fujisawa |
12th | 1964 | 2–0 | Takeo Kajiwara | |
13th | 1965 | Dogen Handa | 2–0 | Ichigen Okubo |
14th | 1966 | Eio Sakata | 2–1 | Rin Kaiho |
15th | 1967 | Hideyuki Fujisawa | 2–0 | Shoji Hashimoto |
16th | 1968 | 2–0 | Eio Sakata | |
17th | 1969 | 2–0 | Hideo Otake | |
18th | 1970 | Eio Sakata | 2–0 | Hideyuki Fujisawa |
19th | 1971 | 2–0 | Shoji Hashimoto | |
20th | 1972 | 2–1 | Utaro Hashimoto | |
21st | 1973 | Rin Kaiho | 2–1 | Eio Sakata |
22nd | 1974 | Yoshio Ishida | 2–1 | Rin Kaiho |
23rd | 1975 | Hideo Otake | 2–0 | Yoshio Ishida |
24th | 1976 | Cho Chikun | 2–1 | Hideo Otake |
25th | 1977 | Norio Kudo | 2–0 | Cho Chikun |
26th | 1978 | Yoshio Ishida | 2–1 | Norio Kudo |
27th | 1979 | Masao Kato | 2–0 | Yoshio Ishida |
28th | 1980 | 2–0 | ||
29th | 1981 | Shoji Hashimoto | 2–1 | Masao Kato |
30th | 1982 | Masao Kato | 2–0 | Shoji Hashimoto |
31st | 1983 | 2–0 | Hideo Otake | |
32nd | 1984 | 3–0 | Hiroshi Yamashiro | |
33rd | 1985 | 3–0 | Koichi Kobayashi | |
34th | 1986 | 3–1 | Rin Kaiho | |
35th | 1987 | 3–1 | Cho Chikun | |
36th | 1988 | 3–0 | Masaki Takemiya | |
37th | 1989 | 3–1 | Yasumasa Hane | |
38th | 1990 | Yasumasa Hane | 3–2 | Masao Kato |
39th | 1991 | Hideyuki Fujisawa | 3–1 | Yasumasa Hane |
40th | 1992 | 3–2 | Koichi Kobayashi | |
41st | 1993 | Masao Kato | 3–0 | Hideyuki Fujisawa |
42nd | 1994 | Cho Chikun | 3–2 | Masao Kato |
43rd | 1995 | O Rissei | 3–0 | Cho Chikun |
44th | 1996 | Ryu Shikun | 3–0 | O Rissei |
45th | 1997 | Kimio Yamada | 3–1 | Ryu Shikun |
46th | 1998 | O Rissei | 3–0 | Kimio Yamada |
47th | 1999 | 3–1 | Cho Chikun | |
48th | 2000 | 3–1 | ||
49th | 2001 | Cho Chikun | 3–0 | O Rissei |
50th | 2002 | O Meien | 3–2 | Cho Chikun |
51st | 2003 | Cho U | 3–1 | O Meien |
52nd | 2004 | 3–1 | Keigo Yamashita | |
53rd | 2005 | 3–0 | ||
54th | 2006 | Keigo Yamashita | 3–1 | Cho U |
55th | 2007 | 3–1 | Toshiya Imamura | |
56th | 2008 | Cho U | 3–1 | Keigo Yamashita |
57th | 2009 | 3–0 | Kimio Yamada | |
58th | 2010 | 3–0 | ||
59th | 2011 | 3–0 | Hane Naoki | |
60th | 2012 | Yuta Iyama | 3–0 | Cho U |
61st | 2013 | 3–1 | ||
62nd | 2014 | Daisuke Murakawa | 3–2 | Yuta Iyama |
63rd | 2015 | Yuta Iyama | 3–0 | Daisuke Murakawa |
64th | 2016 | 3–0 | Seiki Yo | |
65th | 2017 | 3–0 | Ryo Ichiriki | |
66th | 2018 | 3–2 | ||
67th | 2019 | Shibano Toramaru | 3–1 | Yuta Iyama |
68th | 2020 | 3–1 | Kyo Kagen (Hsu Chia Yuan) | |
69th | 2021 | Yuta Iyama | 3–2 | Shibano Toramaru |
70th | 2022 | 3–0 | Yo Seiki |
See also
References
- ^ "Ōza tournament". gobase.org. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ "Title Holders". nihonkiin.or.jp. Archived from the original on 14 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
External links
- Nihon Ki-in archive (in Japanese)
- Ōza title games