Ryusei (competition)
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The Ryusei (竜星戦, Ryūsei-sen) is a Go competition.
Biography[]
The Ryusei is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. It was started in 1991 and is a fast go tournament. The tournament consists of four sections. The winner from each section, along with the player who won the most games in each section play in a single knockout tournament. The winner is decided this way. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($43,000).
Past winners[]
| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Cho Chikun | Ishida Yoshio | |
| Otake Hideo | Cho Chikun | |
| Cho Chikun | Ryu Shikun | |
| Morita Michihiro | Rin Kaiho | |
| Kobayashi Satoru | ||
| Kobayashi Koichi | Komatsu Hideki | |
| Kato Masao | Cho Chikun | |
| Yamada Kimio | Morita Michihiro | |
| Takao Shinji | ||
| Kato Masao | Cho U | |
| Kobayashi Koichi | O Meien | |
| Kobayashi Koichi | Hane Naoki | |
| Takao Shinji | Yamada Kimio | |
| Yuki Satoshi | Cho U | |
| Cho U | Yuki Satoshi | |
| Cho U | Yuki Satoshi | |
| Kono Rin | Cho U | |
| Iyama Yuta | Cho U | |
| Yamashita Keigo | ||
| Iyama Yuta | Yuki Satoshi | |
| Iyama Yuta | Rin Kanketsu | |
| Yamashita Keigo | Kono Rin | |
| Kono Rin | Yu Zhengqi | |
| Yuki Satoshi | Cho Chikun | |
| 2016 | Ichiriki Ryo | Iyama Yuta |
| 2017 | Shibano Toramaru | Yu Zhengqi |
| 2018 | Ichiriki Ryo | |
| 2019 | Ichiriki Ryo | Ueno Asami |
| 2020 | Ichiriki Ryo | Iyama Yuta |
External links[]
- Ryusei finals
- Nihon Ki-in archive (in Japanese)
Categories:
- Go competitions in Japan