All Japan Student Go Federation
All Japan Student Go Federation (全日本学生囲碁連盟) is a Japanese student Go organization for holding university Go championships. They have branches in each regions (Kanto,[1] Kansai,[2] Kyushu,[3] Tohoku[4] etc.). For similar organizations, there is the American Collegiate Go Association in the United States.[5]
Differences with other organizations[]
In Japan, most Go tournaments are operated by Nihon Ki-in or Kansai Ki-in. All Japan Student Go Federation and their branches are focused for university-based tournaments. They are not under direct control but have close relationship with them.
Tournaments[]
They are holding various tournaments with corporate sponsors.[6][7]
World Students Go Oza Championship[]
This is a tournament to determine the student world champion since 2003.[8][9][10] Representative players from each region (including Taiwan, Europe, Oceania etc.) will compete. The expected games in 2020 have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.
All Japan University Go Championship[]
This is a team competition by each university representatives. Teams that have cleared regional preliminaries can attend. Each team can send only 5 members and substitute players. The sponsor is Yomiuri Shinbun (as same as Yomiuri Giants)
Season | Year | Winner | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
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1 | 1957 | Chuo | Kansai Gakuin | Hokkaido | Kagoshima | Nanzan | - | - | - |
2 | 1958 | Keio | Kansai Gakuin | Kyushu | Nagoya | Hokkaido | - | - | - |
3 | 1959 | Keio | Kyushu | Hokkaido | Nagoya | Osaka Prefectural Univ. | Hiroshima | - | - |
4 | 1960 | Tokyo | Kyushu | Nagoya | Ritsumeikan | Toyama | Hokkaido | Hiroshima | - |
5 | 1961 | Chuo | Nagoya | Ritsumeikan | Akita | Kyushu | Hiroshima | Hokkaido Gakugei Univ. | Toyama |
6 | 1962 | Tokyo | Nagoya | Ritsumeikan | Hiroshima | Saga | Hokkaido | Niigata | Tohoku |
7 | 1963 | Keio | Nagoya | Kyoto | Hokkaido | Okayama | Kyushu | Tohoku | Niigata |
8 | 1964 | Meiji | Kyoto | Hokkaido | Nagoya | Okayama | Ryukyu | Yamagata | Niigata |
9 | 1965 | Hiroshima | Tokyo | Kyoto | Hokkaido | Nagoya | Tohoku | Fukuoka | Niigata |
10 | 1966 | Hokkaido | Tokyo | Osaka | Tohoku | Aichi Gakuin | Matsuyama Commercial | Kyushu | Niigata |
11 | 1967 | Kyoto | Chuo | Hokkaido | Tohoku | Aichi Gakuin | Kyushu | Kagawa | Kanazawa |
12 | 1968 | Nihon | Osaka | Hiroshima | Hokkaido | Ryukyu | Yamagata | Niigata | Aichi Gakuin |
13 | 1969 | Chuo | Kyoto | Hokkaido | Nagoya City Univ. | Yamagata | Hiroshima | North Kyushu | Kanazawa |
14 | 1970 | Waseda | |||||||
15 | 1971 | Waseda | |||||||
16 | 1972 | Waseda | |||||||
17 | 1973 | Waseda | |||||||
18 | 1974 | Kyushu | |||||||
19 | 1975 | Tokyo | |||||||
20 | 1976 | Kyushu | |||||||
21 | 1977 | Tokyo | |||||||
22 | 1978 | Keio | |||||||
23 | 1979 | Kyoto | |||||||
24 | 1980 | Keio | |||||||
25 | 1981 | Kyoto | |||||||
26 | 1982 | Tokyo | |||||||
27 | 1983 | Osaka | |||||||
28 | 1984 | Tohoku | |||||||
29 | 1985 | Tohoku | |||||||
30 | 1986 | Tohoku | |||||||
31 | 1987 | Tohoku | Tokyo | Kyoto | Shinshu | Hiroshima | Nagoya | Hokkaido | Kyushu |
32 | 1988 | Tokyo | Tohoku | Kyoto | Hiroshima | Kyushu | Shinshu | Hokkaido | Nagoya |
33 | 1989 | Tohoku | Tokyo | Hokkaido | Osaka City Univ. | Kanazawa | Nagoya | Kyushu | Hiroshima |
34 | 1990 | Tokyo | Tohoku | Hokkaido | Kyoto | Nagoya | Yamaguchi | Shinshu | Kyushu |
35 | 1991 | Tokyo | Ritsumeikan | Hokkaido | Tohoku | Nagoya | Kanazawa | Hiroshima | Kyushu |
36 | 1992 | Tokyo | Kyoto | Tohoku | Shinshu | Hokkaido | Nagoya | Kyushu | Hiroshima |
37 | 1993 | Hokkaido | Waseda | Tohoku | Ritsumeikan | Kumamoto | Shinshu | Nagoya | Okayama |
38 | 1994 | Tokyo | Tohoku | Kobe | Hokkaido | Nagoya | Okayama | Shinshu | Kumamoto |
39 | 1995 | Hokkaido | Ritsumeikan | Tokyo | Tohoku | Kumamoto | Shinshu | Okayama | Nagoya |
40 | 1996 | Waseda | Hokkaido | Ritsumeikan | Kumamoto | Tohoku | Kanazawa | Chukyo | Hiroshima |
41 | 1997 | Kyoto | Keio | Tohoku | Kumamoto | Shinshu | Hokkaido | Hiroshima | Nagoya |
42 | 1998 | Kyoto | Tokyo | Tohoku | Shinshu | Chukyo | Kyushu | Hokkaido | Okayama |
43 | 1999 | Tokyo | Tohoku | Kyoto | Nagoya | Shinshu | Okayama | Hokkaido | Kyushu |
44 | 2000 | Waseda | Kyoto | Tohoku | Kyushu | Okayama | Nagoya | Shinshu | Hokkaido |
45 | 2001 | Waseda | Kyoto | Tohoku | Nagoya | Kyushu | Okayama | Shinshu | Hokkaido |
46 | 2002 | Tokyo | Ritsumeikan | Tohoku | Nagoya | Kyushu | Hokkaido | Okayama | Kanazawa |
47 | 2003 | Tokyo | Ritsumeikan | Tohoku | Kyushu | Nagoya | Kanazawa | Hokkaido | Okayama |
48 | 2004 | Ritsumeikan | Tokyo | Kyushu | Tohoku | Kanazawa | Hokkaido | Okayama | Nagoya |
49 | 2005 | Ritsumeikan | Tohoku | Waseda | Kyushu | Hokkaido | Kanazawa | Meijo | Hiroshima |
50 | 2006 | Waseda | Ritsumeikan | Tohoku | Kyushu | Kanazawa | Hokkaido | Ehime | Meijo |
51 | 2007 | Waseda | Ritsumeikan | Tohoku | Hiroshima | Hokkaido | Kyushu | Gifu | Kanazawa |
52 | 2008 | Ritsumeikan | Keio | Tohoku | Kyushu | Hokkaido | Okayama | Nagoya | Shinshu |
53 | 2009 | Ritsumeikan | Waseda | Tohoku | Hokkaido | Kyushu | Nagoya | Shinshu | Okayama |
54 | 2010 | Waseda | Ritsumeikan | Okayama | Hokkaido | Shinshu | Gifu | Tohoku | Kyushu |
55 | 2011 | Waseda | Ritsumeikan | Okayama | Gifu | Hokkaido | Tohoku | Kyushu | Shinshu |
56 | 2012 | Ritsumeikan | Waseda | Okayama | Hokkaido | Shinshu | Tohoku | Kyushu | Gifu |
57 | 2013 | Waseda | Ritsumeikan | Okayama | Tohoku | Hokkaido | Kyushu | Kanazawa | Chukyo |
58 | 2014 | Waseda | Ritsumeikan | Okayama | Chukyo | Tohoku | Kanazawa | Hokkaido | Kyushu |
59 | 2015 | Ritsumeikan | Keio | Chukyo | Hokkaido | Okayama | Kyushu | Tohoku | Kanazawa |
60 | 2016 | Waseda | Ritsumeikan | Hokkaido | Tohoku | Kanazawa | Kyushu | Gifu | Hiroshima |
61 | 2017 | Ritsumeikan | Waseda | Tohoku | Hokkaido | Hiroshima | Gifu | Kyushu | Kanazawa |
62 | 2018 | Waseda | Ritsumeikan | Tohoku | Kyushu | Hiroshima | Kanazawa | Hokkaido | Gifu |
63 | 2019 | Ritsumeikan | Waseda | Tohoku | Hokkaido | Kyushu | Okayama | Kanazawa | Mie |
All Japan Female Student Honinbo[]
This is the only one tournament that limits participants by gender. The sponsor is Mainichi Shinbun. Some winners have eventually obtained professional status, or became top amateur players.
Season | Year | Winner |
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32 | 1997 | Tomomi Hoshino (Waseda) |
33 | 1998 | Fu Hong Mei (Dokkyo)[11] |
34-35 | 1999-2000 | Mizuyo Kamasaki (Hiroshima) |
37 and 40 | 2002 and 2005 | Miki Aragaki (Waseda)[12][13] |
38 | 2003 | Marie Unegawa (Waseda) |
39 | 2004 | Kozue Takakura (Chuo)[14][15] |
41 | 2006 | Risa Sasago (Waseda)[16][17] |
42 | 2006 | Wang Jing Yi (Hosei)[18] |
43 | 2007 | Yin Shanchun (尹善渶, Keio) |
44-46 | 2008-2010 | Reiko Sekine (Taisho)[19] |
47 | 2011 | Noriko Horimoto (Ritsumeikan) |
48 | 2012 | Go Risa (Ritsumeikan) |
49 | 2013 | Yuka Kimoto (Hoso)[20] |
50-51 | 2014-2015 | Karin Tsukada (Ritsumeikan) |
52-54 | 2016-2018 | Akiko Fujiwara (Waseda)[21][22][23] |
55 | 2019 | Moeka Tsuji (Keio) |
All Japan Student Go Best 10[]
This is the only one university championship that allows the attendance of high school and graduate students. It is held since 1964. The sponsor is The Asahi Shimbun.
References[]
- ^ Kanto Student Go Association
- ^ Kansai Student Go Association on Twitter
- ^ Kyushu Student Go Association
- ^ Tohoku Student Go Association
- ^ American Collegiate Go Association
- ^ Pandanet (online Go gaming company)
- ^ Go & Shogi TV Channel
- ^ World Students Go Oza Championship at Sensei's Library
- ^ World Students Go Oza Championship records by the American Go Association
- ^ Oza (王座) means King or Throne in Japanese.
- ^ Fu Hong Mei at Nihon Ki-in
- ^ Waseda Weekly interview in 2002
- ^ Miki Aragaki at Sensei's Library
- ^ Kozue Takakura at Go Database
- ^ Kozue Takakura on Twitter
- ^ Waseda Weekly interview in 2006
- ^ "Risa Sasago instructor profile". Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
- ^ Wang Jing Yi at Nihon Ki-in
- ^ Nihon Ki-in News in 2010
- ^ Yuka Kimoto at Kansai Ki-in
- ^ Waseda Weekly interview in 2018
- ^ Tournament report article in 2018 by The Asahi Shimbun
- ^ Akiko Fujiwara at Sensei's Library
External links[]
- 1957 establishments in Japan
- Board games
- Japanese culture
- Non-profit organizations based in Japan
- Go organizations
- Student organizations established in the 20th century