Women's Kisei Explained

The is a Japanese Go competition.

Outline

The Women's Kisei is sponsored by NTT DoCoMo, and uses a hayago format, of 30 seconds per move and a 10x1 minute byo-yomi,[1] unlike the Kisei, which uses an eight-hour thinking time format. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($38,000).

Past winners

Winners in chronological order:

Year Winner Score Runner-up
1.1998Kobayashi Izumi2–0Kobayashi Chizu
2.19992–1Sugiuchi Kazuko
3.2000Chinen Kaori2–0Kobayashi Izumi
4.20012–1Kato Reiko
5.20022–1Ogawa Tomoko
6.20032–1Kato Reiko
7.2004Mannami Kana2–1Chinen Kaori
8.2005Chinen Kaori2–0Mannami Kana
9.2006Mannami Kana2–1Chinen Kaori
10.2007Umezawa Yukari2–1Mannami Kana
11.20082–0Chiaki Mukai
12.20092–1Kato Reiko
13.2010Xie Yimin2–0Umezawa Yukari
14.20112–0
15.2012Aoki Kikuyo2–1Xie Yimin
16.2013Xie Yimin2–0Aoki Kikuyo
17.20142–0
18.20152–0Konishi Kazuko
19.20162–0Yoshihara (nee Umezawa) Yukari
20.20172–1Nyu Eiko
21.2018Ueno Asami2–0Xie Yimin
22.20192–0Fujisawa Rina
23.2020Suzuki Ayumi2–0Ueno Asami
24.2021Ueno Asami2–1Suzuki Ayumi
25.20222–0Suzuki Ayumi
26.2023Nakamura Sumire2–1[2] [3] Ueno Asami
27.2024Ueno Risa2–1[4] Nakamura Sumire

Winners by number of titles:

Player Titles Years Held
Xie Yimin72010–2011, 2013–2017
Chinen Kaori52000–2003, 2005
Ueno Asami42018–2019, 2021–2022
Yoshihara Yukari32007–2009
Kobayashi Izumi21998–1999
Mannami Kana22004, 2006
Aoki Kikuyo12012
Suzuki Ayumi12020
Nakamura Sumire12023
Ueno Risa12024

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 囲碁の日本棋院 . 2023-02-09 . Nihon Ki-in . ja.
  2. Web site: The Power Report: Catching up on 2023 news; Kim wins Japan-Korea match; Sumire wins first title. American Go E-Journal. 2023-08-23.
  3. Web site: Takeuchi. Ryo. Teen Go prodigy Nakamura becomes youngest in Japan to capture title. Mainichi Shimbun. 2023-02-06.
  4. Web site: 囲碁 仲邑菫女流棋聖 韓国移籍前最後のタイトル戦初防衛ならず. NHK News. 2024-02-05. ja.