Women's Meijin Explained

The is a Go competition. The Women's Meijin is the female version of the Meijin title. This title is sponsored by Fuji Evening Newspaper 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	Miyazaki Shimako
2.	1990	Aoki Kikuyo
3.	1991	Sugiuchi Kazuko	2–1	Aoki Kikuyo
4.	1992		2–0	Aoki Kikuyo
5.	1993		2–0	Aoki Kikuyo
6.	1994		2–1	Ogawa Tomoko
7.	1995	Kato Tomoko	2–0	Sugiuchi Kazuko
8.	1996	Nishida Terumi	2–1	Kato Tomoko
9.	1997		2–0	Ogawa Tomoko
10.	1998		2–0	Ogawa Tomoko
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	Koyama Terumi	2–1	Kobayashi Izumi
18.	2006	Aoki Kikuyo	2–0	Koyama Terumi
19.	2007	Kato Keiko	2–1	Aoki Kikuyo
20.	2008	Xie Yimin	2–0	Kato Keiko
21.	2009		2–1	Chinen Kaori
22.	2010		2–0	Mukai Chiaki
23.	2011		2–1	Mukai Chiaki
24.	2012		2–0	Mukai Chiaki
25.	2013		2–0	Okuda Aya
26.	2014		2–1	Kato Keiko
27.	2015		2–0	Suzuki Ayumi
28.	2016		2–1	Aoki Kikuyo
29.	2017	Fujisawa Rina	2–0	Xie Yimin
30.	2018		2–0	Yashiro Kumiko
31.	2019		2–1	Xie Yimin
32.	2021		2–0	Ueno Asami
33.	2022		2–0^[4]	Nakamura Sumire
34.	2023	Ueno Asami	2–0^[5]	Fujisawa Rina
35.	2024	Fujisawa Rina	2–0	Ueno Asami

Winners by number of titles:

Player	Titles	Years Held
Xie Yimin	9	2008–2016
Fujisawa Rina	6	2017–2022, 2024
Aoki Kikuyo	5	1990, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006
Sugiuchi Kazuko	4	1991–1994
Kobayashi Izumi	3	2001, 2003, 2004
Nishida Terumi	3	1996–1998
Ueno Asami	1	2023
Kato Keiko	1	2007
Kato Tomoko	1	1995
Koyama Terumi	1	2005
Miyazaki Shimako	1	1989

External links

Nihon Ki-in archive (in Japanese)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Power Report: A gain and a loss for women's go; Ida defends Crown; Hirata wins Young Carp; Promotion; Obituaries . 2019-12-07 . American Go E-Journal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210801211214/https://www.usgo.org/news/2019/12/the-power-report-a-gain-and-a-loss-for-womens-go-ida-defends-crown-promotion-obituaries/ . 2021-08-01.
2. Web site: The Power Report: Meijin League; 32nd Women's Meijin league; Shin Minjun wins LG Cup . 2021-03-04 . American Go E-Journal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210628112900/https://www.usgo.org/news/2021/03/the-power-report-meijin-league-32nd-womens-meijin-league-shin-minjun-wins-lg-cup/ . 2021-06-28.
3. Web site: Women's Meijin title games.
4. Web site: The Power Report: Ichiriki challenging for Honinbo title, Iyama makes good start; Nakamura Sumire makes first challenge, Fujisawa defends Women’s Meijin . 2022-05-21 . American Go E-Journal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20220701013824/https://www.usgo.org/news/2022/05/the-power-report-ichiriki-challenging-for-honinbo-title-iyama-makes-good-start-nakamura-sumire-makes-first-challenge-fujisawa-defends-womens-meijin/ . 2022-07-01.
5. Web site: 上野が女流名人初奪取、女性囲碁棋士２人目のグランドスラム . 2023-04-17 . The Sankei News . ja.