All Japan Championship (pool)
The Japan Open (also: All Japan Championship, All Japan Open Championship) is an annual pool tournament in the discipline of Nine-ball. However, from 2012 to present, the men's tournament was played in the discipline of Ten-ball. In the modern era Ko Pin-yi is the most successful player having won the tournament three times, 2011, 2013 and 2016. has won the women's tournament the most times, winning twice in 2000 and 2013.
Tournament History[]
Men's[]
| Year | Location | Winner | Runner-up | Semi-finalists |
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| 2000 | Tokyo | 
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 Johnny Archer
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Kunihiko Takahashi
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| 2001 | Amagasaki | Corey Deuel
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 Mika Immonen
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Unknown |
| Unknown | ||||
| 2002 |  Francisco Bustamante
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Unknown | Unknown | |
| Unknown | ||||
| 2003 | Efren Reyes
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Unknown | Unknown | |
| Unknown | ||||
| 2004 |  Ralf Souquet
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Unknown | Unknown | |
| Unknown | ||||
| 2005 | Takeshi Okumura
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Mika Immonen
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Unknown | |
| Unknown | ||||
| 2007 |  Wu Jia-qing
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Tōru Kuribayashi
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Hayato Hijikata
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| Ralf Souquet
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| 2008 | Mika Immonen
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Ronato Alcano
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Antonio Gabica
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| Naoyuki Ōi
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| 2009 | Francisco Bustamante
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Antonio Lining
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| Warren Kiamco
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| 2010 | Thorsten Hohmann
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Ko Ping-chung
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Yukio Akakariyama
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| Mika Immonen
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| 2011 | Ko Pin-yi
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Wu Jia-qing
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Chang Yu-lung
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| 2012 | Chang Jung-lin
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Yang Ching-shun
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Johann Chua
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| Fu Che-wei
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| 2013 | Ko Pin-yi
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Chang Jung-lin
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Thorsten Hohmann
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| Johann Chua
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| 2014 |
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Naoyuki Ōi
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Li Hewen
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| Chang Yu-lung
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| 2015 | Johann Chua
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Ronato Alcano
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Shane Van Boening
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| Han Haoxiang
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| 2016 | Ko Pin-yi
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Jeff de Luna
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Thorsten Hohmann
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| Cheng Yu-hsuan
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| 2017 | Johann Chua
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| Chang Yu-Lung
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| 2018 |
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Carlo Biado
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| Ko Pin-yi
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| 2019 |
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| 2020 | Cancelled due to COVID-19 | |||
Ladies[]
| Year | Location | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Semi-finalist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Tokyo | Akimi Kajitani
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Kyoko Sone
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 Chung Young-sook
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| Setsuko Kubota
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| 2001 | Amagasaki | Liu Shin-mei
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 Allison Fisher
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unknown | |
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| 2005 | Zhou Mengmeng
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Miyuki Fuke
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unknown | ||
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| 2007 | Chang Shu-han
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Akio Otani
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Fu Xiaofang
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| Han Yu
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| 2008 | Pan Xiaoting
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Chou Chieh-yu
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Chang Shu-han
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| Chihiro Kawahara
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| 2010 | Lin Hsiao-chi
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Keiko Yukawa
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Chihiro Kawahara
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| Maki Kimura
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| 2011 | Chen Siming
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Junko Mitsuoka
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Chan Ya-ting
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| Akimi Kajitani
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| 2012 | Chou Chieh-yu
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Tan Ho-yun
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Maki Kimura
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| Li Jia
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| 2013 | Akimi Kajitani
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9:7 | Chihiro Kawahara
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Chou Chieh-yu
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| Tsai Pei-jen
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| 2014 | Wu Zhi-ting
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9:3 | Liu Shasha
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Tsai Pei-jen
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| Chihiro Kawahara
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| 2015 | Kim Ga-young
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9:2 | Chihiro Kawahara
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Maki Kimura
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| Makiko Takagi
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| 2016 | Chen Ho-yun
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9:8 | Chihiro Kawahara
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Wei Tzu-chen
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| Chen Siming
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Japan Open[]
In addition to the All Japan Open another tournament known as the Japan Open played in 2009 and 2010 in the New Pia Hall was held.[2][3]
Winners of this tournament were the Philippines Francisco Bustamante and Ramil Gallego in the men's event[4][5] as well as the Taiwanese women and Chou Chieh-yu were winners of the women's event.[6][7] is the only player to have won both events.
The prize money of the Japan Open was significantly lower than that of the All Japan Open. During 2010, at the All Japan Open men's event, the prize purse was a total of $82,000 of which the winner received about $ 24,000,[8] The winner of the Japan Open 2010 received only $17,000 in prize money, at just under $42,000 in total prize money. In the women's at the Japan Open 2010 about $11,000 were distributed, with the winner receiving $4,400 dollars, at the All Japan Open the same year, however, were distributed over $21,000, of which the winner received about $7,000.[9]
References[]
- ^ "All Japan Open Championship – Event Results". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Japan Open". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Japan Open – Event Results". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Japan Open 2009 Men's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Japan Open 2010 Men's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Japan Open 2009 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Japan Open 2010 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "All Japan Open 2010 Men's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "All Japan Open 2010 Women's Division". azbilliards.com. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
External links[]
- Pool tours and series