Tengen (Go) | |
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Full name | Tengen |
Started | 1975 |
Honorary Winners | Rin Kaiho Iyama Yuta |
Sponsors | Three Newspaper Companies |
Prize money | 13 million yen |
Affiliation | Nihon Ki-in |
Tengen (天元, center or origin of heaven) is a Go competition in Japan. [1]
The name Tengen refers to the center point on a Go board.
The event is held annually, and has run continuously since its inauguration in 1975.
The Tengen competition is a Go tournament run by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin and Kansai-Kiin. The Tengen is the 5th of the 7 big titles in Japanese Go.
It has the same format as the other tournaments. There is a preliminary tournament, which is single knockout, where the winner faces the holder in a best-of-five match.
Before the 6th Tengen, the format was different. Instead of the title holder waiting for a challenger, it would be the two Go players left from the single knockout tournament who then played a best-of-five match to determine the holder.
The tournament was formed from a merger between the Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in championships. The former ran from 1954 to 1975.
Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | |
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1 | 1975 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | 3-1 | Ohira Shuzo |
2 | 1976 | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-1 | Sugiuchi Masao |
3 | 1977 | Shimamura Toshiohiro | 3-1 | Sonoda Yuichi |
4 | 1978 | Kato Masao | 3-1 | Fujizawa Hideyuki |
5 | 1979 | 3-0 | Kataoka Satoshi | |
6 | 1980 | 3-0 | Yamabe Toshiro | |
7 | 1981 | 3-2 | Kobayashi Koichi | |
8 | 1982 | Kataoka Satoshi | 3-2 | Kato Masao |
9 | 1983 | 3-1 | Awaji Shuzo | |
10 | 1984 | Ishida Yoshio | 3-1 | Kataoka Satoshi |
11 | 1985 | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-0 | Ishida Yoshio |
12 | 1986 | 3-1 | Sonoda Yuichi | |
13 | 1987 | Cho Chikun | 3-2 | Kobayashi Koichi |
14 | 1988 | 3-2 | Sonoda Yuichi | |
15 | 1989 | Rin Kaiho | 3-2 | Cho Chikun |
16 | 1990 | 3-1 | Kobayashi Koichi | |
17 | 1991 | 3-1 | Kato Masao | |
18 | 1992 | 3-1 | Yamashiro Hiroshi | |
19 | 1993 | 3-1 | Kataoka Satoshi | |
20 | 1994 | Ryu Shikun | 3-1 | Rin Kaiho |
21 | 1995 | 3-2 | Kobayashi Koichi | |
22 | 1996 | 3-2 | Rin Kaiho | |
23 | 1997 | Kudo Norio | 3-1 | Ryu Shikun |
24 | 1998 | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-2 | Kudo Norio |
25 | 1999 | 3-0 | ||
26 | 2000 | Ryu Shikun | 3-0 | Kobayashi Koichi |
27 | 2001 | Hane Naoki | 3-1 | Ryu Shikun |
28 | 2002 | 3-0 | Cho Sonjin | |
29 | 2003 | 3-2 | Yamashita Keigo | |
30 | 2004 | Yamashita Keigo | 3-0 | Hane Naoki |
31 | 2005 | Kono Rin | 3-2 | Yamashita Keigo |
32 | 2006 | 3-1 | ||
33 | 2007 | 3-1 | ||
34 | 2008 | Cho U | 3-0 | Kono Rin |
35 | 2009 | Yamashita Keigo | 3-2 | Cho U |
36 | 2010 | Yuki Satoshi | 3-0 | Yamashita Keigo |
37 | 2011 | Iyama Yuta | 3-0 | Yuki Satoshi |
38 | 2012 | 3-0 | Kono Rin | |
39 | 2013 | 3-0 | Akiyama Jiro | |
40 | 2014 | Takao Shinji | 3-2 | Iyama Yuta |
41 | 2015 | Iyama Yuta | 3-0 | Takao Shinji |
42 | 2016 | 3-1 | Ichiriki Ryo | |
43 | 2017 | 3-0 | ||
44 | 2018 | 3-2 | Yamashita Keigo | |
45 | 2019 | 3-2 | Kyo Kagen (Hsu Chia Yuan) | |
46 | 2020 | Ichiriki Ryo | 3-2 | Iyama Yuta |
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