All Japan Student Go Federation Explained

The All Japan Student Go Federation is a Japanese student Go organization for holding university Go championships. They have branches in each region (Kanto,[1] Kansai, Kyushu,[2] Tohoku[3] etc.). For similar organizations, there is the American Collegiate Go Association in the United States.[4]

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.[5] [6]

World Students Go Oza Championship

This is a tournament to determine the student world champion since 2003.[7] [8] [9] 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 five members and substitute players. The sponsor is Yomiuri Shimbun (as same as Yomiuri Giants)

SeasonYearWinner2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th
11957ChuoKansai GakuinHokkaidoKagoshimaNanzan---
21958KeioKansai GakuinKyushuNagoyaHokkaido---
31959KeioKyushuHokkaidoNagoyaOsaka Prefectural Univ.Hiroshima--
41960TokyoKyushuNagoyaRitsumeikanToyamaHokkaidoHiroshima-
51961ChuoNagoyaRitsumeikanAkitaKyushuHiroshimaHokkaido Gakugei Univ.Toyama
61962TokyoNagoyaRitsumeikanHiroshimaSagaHokkaidoNiigataTohoku
71963KeioNagoyaKyoto HokkaidoOkayamaKyushuTohokuNiigata
81964MeijiKyoto HokkaidoNagoyaOkayamaRyukyuYamagataNiigata
91965HiroshimaTokyoKyoto HokkaidoNagoyaTohokuFukuokaNiigata
101966HokkaidoTokyoOsakaTohokuAichi GakuinMatsuyama CommercialKyushuNiigata
111967KyotoChuoHokkaidoTohokuAichi GakuinKyushuKagawaKanazawa
121968NihonOsakaHiroshimaHokkaidoRyukyuYamagataNiigataAichi Gakuin
131969ChuoKyotoHokkaidoNagoya City Univ.YamagataHiroshimaNorth KyushuKanazawa
141970Waseda
151971Waseda
161972Waseda
171973Waseda
181974Kyushu
191975Tokyo
201976Kyushu
211977Tokyo
221978Keio
231979Kyoto
241980Keio
251981Kyoto
261982Tokyo
271983Osaka
281984Tohoku
291985Tohoku
301986Tohoku
311987TohokuTokyoKyotoShinshuHiroshimaNagoyaHokkaidoKyushu
321988TokyoTohokuKyotoHiroshimaKyushuShinshuHokkaidoNagoya
331989TohokuTokyoHokkaidoOsaka City Univ.KanazawaNagoyaKyushuHiroshima
341990TokyoTohokuHokkaidoKyotoNagoyaYamaguchiShinshuKyushu
351991TokyoRitsumeikanHokkaidoTohokuNagoyaKanazawaHiroshimaKyushu
361992TokyoKyotoTohokuShinshuHokkaidoNagoyaKyushuHiroshima
371993HokkaidoWasedaTohokuRitsumeikanKumamotoShinshuNagoyaOkayama
381994TokyoTohokuKobeHokkaidoNagoyaOkayamaShinshuKumamoto
391995HokkaidoRitsumeikanTokyoTohokuKumamotoShinshuOkayamaNagoya
401996WasedaHokkaidoRitsumeikanKumamotoTohokuKanazawaChukyoHiroshima
411997KyotoKeioTohokuKumamotoShinshuHokkaidoHiroshimaNagoya
421998KyotoTokyoTohokuShinshuChukyoKyushuHokkaidoOkayama
431999TokyoTohokuKyotoNagoyaShinshuOkayamaHokkaidoKyushu
442000WasedaKyotoTohokuKyushuOkayamaNagoyaShinshuHokkaido
452001WasedaKyotoTohokuNagoyaKyushuOkayamaShinshuHokkaido
462002TokyoRitsumeikanTohokuNagoyaKyushuHokkaidoOkayamaKanazawa
472003TokyoRitsumeikanTohokuKyushuNagoyaKanazawaHokkaidoOkayama
482004RitsumeikanTokyoKyushuTohokuKanazawaHokkaidoOkayamaNagoya
492005RitsumeikanTohokuWasedaKyushuHokkaidoKanazawaMeijoHiroshima
502006WasedaRitsumeikanTohokuKyushuKanazawaHokkaidoEhimeMeijo
512007WasedaRitsumeikanTohokuHiroshimaHokkaidoKyushuGifuKanazawa
522008RitsumeikanKeioTohokuKyushuHokkaidoOkayamaNagoyaShinshu
532009RitsumeikanWasedaTohokuHokkaidoKyushuNagoyaShinshuOkayama
542010WasedaRitsumeikanOkayamaHokkaidoShinshuGifuTohokuKyushu
552011WasedaRitsumeikanOkayamaGifuHokkaidoTohokuKyushuShinshu
562012RitsumeikanWasedaOkayamaHokkaidoShinshuTohokuKyushuGifu
572013WasedaRitsumeikanOkayamaTohokuHokkaidoKyushuKanazawaChukyo
582014WasedaRitsumeikanOkayamaChukyoTohokuKanazawaHokkaidoKyushu
592015RitsumeikanKeioChukyoHokkaidoOkayamaKyushuTohokuKanazawa
602016WasedaRitsumeikanHokkaidoTohokuKanazawaKyushuGifuHiroshima
612017RitsumeikanWasedaTohokuHokkaidoHiroshimaGifuKyushuKanazawa
622018WasedaRitsumeikanTohokuKyushuHiroshimaKanazawaHokkaidoGifu
632019RitsumeikanWasedaTohokuHokkaidoKyushuOkayamaKanazawaMie

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.

SeasonYearWinner
321997Tomomi Hoshino (Waseda)
331998Fu Hong Mei (Dokkyo)[10]
34-351999-2000Mizuyo Kamasaki (Hiroshima)
37 and 402002 and 2005Miki Aragaki (Waseda)[11] [12]
382003Marie Unegawa (Waseda)
392004Kozue Takakura (Chuo)[13]
412006Risa Sasago (Waseda)[14] [15]
422006Wang Jing Yi (Hosei)[16]
432007Yin Shanchun (尹善渶, Keio)
44-462008-2010Reiko Sekine (Taisho)[17]
472011Noriko Horimoto (Ritsumeikan)
482012Go Risa (Ritsumeikan)
492013Yuka Kimoto (Hoso)[18]
50-512014-2015Karin Tsukada (Ritsumeikan)
52-542016-2018Akiko Fujiwara (Waseda)[19] [20] [21]
552019Moeka 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://kanto15renmei.ojaru.jp/ Kanto Student Go Association
  2. https://kyushu-igo-renmei.hatenablog.com/ Kyushu Student Go Association
  3. https://tohoku-gakusei-igorenmei.jimdofree.com/ Tohoku Student Go Association
  4. http://www.college-go.org/ American Collegiate Go Association
  5. http://www.pandanet.co.jp/ Pandanet (online Go gaming company)
  6. http://www.igoshogi.net/ Go & Shogi TV Channel
  7. https://senseis.xmp.net/?WorldStudentsGoOzaChampionship World Students Go Oza Championship at Sensei's Library
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20230203171237/https://www.usgo.org/world-students-go-oza-championship World Students Go Oza Championship records
  9. Oza (王座) means King or Throne in Japanese.
  10. http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000367.htm Fu Hong Mei at Nihon Ki-in
  11. Web site: Waseda Weekly interview in 2002 . 2020-08-10 . 2019-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190530200917/http://www.waseda.jp/student/weekly/contents/2002a/964c.html . dead .
  12. https://senseis.xmp.net/?AragakiMiki Miki Aragaki at Sensei's Library
  13. http://www.igodb.jp/cgi-bin/namea/data/a0037.htm Kozue Takakura at Go Database
  14. Web site: Waseda Weekly interview in 2006 . 2020-08-10 . 2019-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190530201548/http://www.waseda.jp/student/weekly/contents/2006a/093c.html . dead .
  15. Web site: Risa Sasago instructor profile . 2020-08-10 . 2019-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190817083326/http://www.ishioto.jp/instructor/sasago/ . dead .
  16. https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/player/htm/ki000422.html Wang Jing Yi at Nihon Ki-in
  17. http://archive.nihonkiin.or.jp/news/2010/08/3468810.html Nihon Ki-in News in 2010
  18. https://kansaikiin.jp/kisi_prof/kimotoyuka.html Yuka Kimoto at Kansai Ki-in
  19. https://www.waseda.jp/inst/weekly/attention/2018/05/08/43298/ Waseda Weekly interview in 2018
  20. https://www.asahi.com/articles/DA3S13648247.html Tournament report article in 2018
  21. https://senseis.xmp.net/?FujiwaraAkiko Akiko Fujiwara at Sensei's Library