Women's Meijin

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The Women's Meijin (女流名人戦) is a Go competition. The Women's Meijin is the female version of the Meijin title. This title is sponsored by and Nippon Life Insurance. The winner's purse is 5,100,000 Yen ($48,000).

The tournament was not held in 2020 due to loss of sponsorship,[1] but resumed for the 32nd tournament in 2021 with a new sponsor.[2]

Past winners[]

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Winners in chronological order:

Year Winner Score Runner-up
1. 1989
2. 1990 Aoki Kikuyo
3. 1991 2-1 Aoki Kikuyo
4. 1992 2-0
5. 1993 2-0
6. 1994 2-1
7. 1995 2-0 Sugiuchi Kazuko
8. 1996 2-1 Kato Tomoko
9. 1997 2-0 Ogawa Tomoko
10. 1998 2-0
11. 1999 Aoki Kikuyo 2-0 Nishida Terumi
12. 2000 2-0 Kobayashi Izumi
13. 2001 Kobayashi Izumi 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo
14. 2002 Aoki Kikuyo 2-0 Kobayashi Izumi
15. 2003 Kobayashi Izumi 2-0 Aoki Kikuyo
16. 2004 2-0 Inori Yoko
17. 2005 2-1 Kobayashi Izumi
18. 2006 Aoki Kikuyo 2-0 Koyama Terumi
19. 2007 2-1 Aoki Kikuyo
20. 2008 Xie Yimin 2-0 Kato Reiko
21. 2009 2-1 Chinen Kaori
22. 2010 2-0
23. 2011 2-1
24. 2012 2-0
25. 2013 2-0
26. 2014 2-1 Kato Reiko
27. 2015 2-0
28. 2016 2-1 Aoki Kikuyo
29. 2017 Fujisawa Rina 2-0 Xie Yimin
30. 2018 2-0
31. 2019 2-1 Xie Yimin
32. 2021 2-0 Ueno Asami

Winners by number of titles:

Player Titles Years Held
Xie Yimin 9 2008-2016
Aoki Kikuyo 5 1990, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006
Sugiuchi Kazuko 4 1991-1994
Fujisawa Rina 4 2017-2021
Kobayashi Izumi 3 2001, 2003, 2004
Nishida Terumi 3 1996-1998
Kato Keiko 1 2007
Kato Tomoko 1 1995
Koyama Terumi 1 2005
Miyazaki Shimako 1 1989

References[]

  1. ^ "The Power Report: A gain and a loss for women's go; Ida defends Crown; Hirata wins Young Carp; Promotion; Obituaries". American Go E-Journal. 2019-12-07.
  2. ^ "The Power Report: Meijin League; 32nd Women's Meijin league; Shin Minjun wins LG Cup". American Go E-Journal. 2021-03-04.
  3. ^ http://homepages.cwi.nl/~aeb/go/games/games/FMeijin/index.html

External links[]

Nihon Ki-in archive (in Japanese)

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