| Japan PGA Championship | |
| Location: | Kani, Gifu, Japan |
| Establishment: | 1926 |
| Course: | Fuji Country Kani Club |
| Par: | 71 |
| Yardage: | 7219yd |
| Org: | PGA of Japan |
| Tour: | Japan Golf Tour |
| Format: | Stroke play (1961–) Match play (1931–1960) |
| Month Played: | July |
| Aggregate: | 265 Shingo Katayama (2008) |
| To-Par: | −23 as above |
| Current Champion: |  Yuta Sugiura |
| Map: | Japan#Japan Gifu Prefecture |
| Map Label: | Fuji Country Kani Club |
| Map Relief: | yes |
| Map Size: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 35.233°N 137.086°W |
The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour, and is one of the tour's four major championships. It was founded in 1926, making it one of the oldest professional tournaments in Japan,[1] and is played at a variety of courses throughout the country. The purse for the 2017 event was ¥150,000,000, with ¥30,000,000 going to the winner.
Between 2009 and 2017, the tournament was title sponsored by Nissin Foods.[2]
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | Venue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan PGA Championship | ||||||||
| 268 | −18 | 1 stroke | Fuji Country Kani | |||||
| 277 | −11 | 2 strokes | Eniwa | |||||
| 269 | −15 | 3 strokes | Grand Fields | |||||
| 271 | −13 | 1 stroke | Nikko | |||||
| Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||
| 269 | −13 | Playoff | Ibusuki | |||||
| Toru Taniguchi (3) | 282 | −6 | Playoff | Boso | ||||
| Japan PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup | ||||||||
| 276 | −12 | 3 strokes | Kanehide Kise | |||||
| 266 | −22 | Playoff | Hokkaido Classic | |||||
| 268 | −16 | 3 strokes | Taiheiyo Club Kohnan | |||||
| 279 | −9 | 1 stroke | Golden Valley | |||||
| 279 | −5 | 1 stroke | Sobu | |||||
| Toru Taniguchi (2) | 284 | −4 | 1 stroke | Karasuyamajo | ||||
| 275 | −9 | 2 strokes | Ono Toyo | |||||
| 270 | −10 | 1 stroke | Passage Kinkai Island | |||||
| 266 | −14 | 7 strokes | Eniwa | |||||
| Japan PGA Championship | ||||||||
| Shingo Katayama (2) | 265 | −23 | 6 strokes | Raysum | ||||
| 283 | −5 | 1 stroke | Kise | |||||
| 278 | −10 | Playoff | Tanigumi | |||||
| 272 | −10 | 2 strokes | Tamana | |||||
| 202 | −14 | 1 stroke | Kochi Kuroshio | |||||
| 271 | −17 | 1 stroke | Miho | |||||
| 279 | −9 | Playoff | Koma | |||||
| 281 | −3 | 4 strokes | Queens Hill | |||||
| 280 | −4 | 1 stroke | Caledonian | |||||
| 283 | −5 | 2 strokes | Twin Fields | |||||
| 280 | −8 | Playoff | Grandage | |||||
| 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Central West | |||||
| Masashi Ozaki (6) | 270 | −18 | 8 strokes | Sanyo Yoshii | ||||
| 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Natsudomari | |||||
| 279 | −5 | 1 stroke | Lake Green | |||||
| Masashi Ozaki (5) | 278 | −10 | 1 stroke | Sports Shinko | ||||
| Masahiro Kuramoto (2) | 281 | −7 | Playoff | Shimoakima | ||||
| Masashi Ozaki (4) | 273 | −15 | 6 strokes | Prestige | ||||
| 274 | −14 | 5 strokes | Amanosan | |||||
| Masashi Ozaki (3) | 278 | −6 | 1 stroke | Karasuyamajo | ||||
| Tateo Ozaki (2) | 268 | −20 | 1 stroke | Ehime | ||||
| 280 | −8 | 1 stroke | Hamano | |||||
| Isao Aoki (3) | 272 | −16 | 4 strokes | Nihon Line West | ||||
| 288 | −4 | Playoff | Central East | |||||
| Tsuneyuki Nakajima (3) | 275 | −9 | 2 strokes | MIOS Kikukawa | [3] | |||
| Tsuneyuki Nakajima (2) | 279 | −9 | 2 strokes | Shuun | ||||
| 274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Meishin Yokkaichi | |||||
| Isao Aoki (2) | 277 | −11 | 4 strokes | Sapporo Korakuen | [4] | |||
| 282 | −2 | 1 stroke | Northern Akagi | [5] | ||||
| 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Asami | |||||
| 281 | −7 | Playoff | Otaru | |||||
| 277 | −11 | 3 strokes | Nihon Line West | |||||
| Seiichi Kanai (2) | 273 | −7 | Playoff | Kuma | ||||
| 282 | −6 | Playoff | Kurashiki | |||||
| Masashi Ozaki (2) | 274 | −14 | 4 strokes | Omotezao Intl. | ||||
| 275 | −13 | 8 strokes | Gifu Seki | |||||
| 1972 | 278 | 2 strokes | Murasaki Sumire | |||||
| 1971 | 282 | 1 stroke | Phoenix | |||||
| 1970 | 280 | 1 stroke | Mitsukaido | |||||
| 1969 | 277 | 5 strokes | Kasugai | |||||
| 1968 | 282 | 1 stroke | Narashino | |||||
| 1967 | 276 | 1 stroke | Miyoshi West | |||||
| 1966 | Mitsutaka Kono (2) | 271 | 3 strokes | Sobu | ||||
| 1965 | 273 | 6 strokes | Kawagoe | |||||
| 1964 | Tadashi Kitta (2) | 281 | 2 strokes | Hirakata | ||||
| 1963 | 285 | 3 strokes | Ryugasaki | |||||
| 1962 | Torakichi Nakamura (4) | 285 | 4 strokes | Yokkaichi | ||||
| 1961 | Yoshiro Hayashi (4) | 286 | 2 strokes | Koga | ||||
| 1960 | 1 hole | Oarai | ||||||
| 1959 | Torakichi Nakamura (3) | 5 & 4 | Ibaraki | |||||
| 1958 | Torakichi Nakamura (2) | 3 & 2 | Naruo (Inagawa) | |||||
| 1957 | 2 holes | Hodogaya | ||||||
| 1956 | Yoshiro Hayashi (3) | 7 & 6 | Nagoya | |||||
| 1955 | 1 hole | Sagami | ||||||
| 1954 | 7 & 5 | Hirono | ||||||
| 1953 |  Chin Sei-Sui (2) | 2 & 1 | Abiko | |||||
| 1952 | 5 & 3 | Sagami | ||||||
| 1951 | 3 & 1 | Hirono | ||||||
| 1950 | Yoshiro Hayashi (2) | 9 & 7 | Abiko | |||||
| 1949 | 293 | 2 strokes | Abiko | |||||
| 1943–1948: No tournament due to World War II | ||||||||
| 1942 | 7 & 6 | Koganei | ||||||
| 1941: No tournament | ||||||||
| 1940 | Toichiro Toda (4) | 6 & 5 | Fukuoka Ōho | |||||
| 1939 | Toichiro Toda (3) | 3 & 2 | Kawana Hotel Fuji | |||||
| 1938 | Toichiro Toda (2) | 7 & 5 | Takarazuka | |||||
| 1937 | 1 hole | Takanodai | ||||||
| 1936 | Tomekichi Miyamoto (4) | 4 & 3 | Nagoya | |||||
| 1935 | 7 & 5 | Sagami | ||||||
| 1934 | Tomekichi Miyamoto (3) | 3 & 1 | Hirono | |||||
| 1933 |  Larry Montes (2) | 6 & 5 | Fujisawa | |||||
| 1932 | 4 & 3 | Naruo Inagawa | ||||||
| 1931 | Rokuzo Asami (2) | 6 & 5 | Musashino Fujigaya | |||||
| 1930 | 304 | 19 strokes | Takarazuka | |||||
| 1929 | Tomekichi Miyamoto (2) | 301 | 11 strokes | Mutsumi | ||||
| 1928 | 156 | 1 stroke | Naruo | |||||
| 1927 | 153 | Playoff | Ibaraki | |||||
| 1926 | 161 | Playoff | Ibaraki | |||||