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Golf

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ers who have won 10 or more events on the Japan Golf Tour

Japan Golf Tour

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 since it was established in 1973. The official Japan Golf Tour website lists winners beginning with the 1985 season. Individual player pages, however, list the total number of career wins under "Lifetime Record".

Many of the players on the list have won events on other tours

Professional golf tours

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 and unofficial events.

This list is up to date as of 23 October 2011.

Rank	Player	Lifespan	Country	Wins	Winning span
1	Masashi "Jumbo" Ozaki Masashi Ozaki is a Japanese professional golfer. Ozaki is often known as Jumbo Ozaki on account of his height and length off the tee. He featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings for almost 200 weeks between 1989 and 1998...	1947–		94	1973–2002
2	Isao Aoki Isao Aoki is one of Japan's most successful golfers. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2004.Aoki was born in Abiko, Chiba, Japan. He was introduced to golf while caddying at the Abiko Golf Club as a schoolboy. He turned professional in 1964...	1942–		51	1973–1992
3	Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima Tsuneyuki Nakajima Tsuneyuki "Tommy" Nakajima 20 October 1954) is a Japanese professional golfer.Nakajima was born in Gunma. He turned professional in 1975. He has won 48 events on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking third on the most Japan Golf Tour wins list. He also was the leading money winner four times in five years:...	1954–		48	1976–2006
4	Naomichi "Joe" Ozaki Naomichi Ozaki ) is a Japanese professional golfer.Ozaki was born in Tokushima. He turned professional in 1977 and won 32 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour between 1984 and 2005. He ranks fourth on the list of most Japan Golf Tour wins. He topped the money list in 1991 and 1999...	1956–		32	1984–2005
5	Masahiro "Massy" Kuramoto Masahiro Kuramoto is a Japanese professional golfer.Kuramoto was born in Hiroshima. He turned professional in 1981. He has won 30 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour, ranking fifth on the career list. He ranks seventh on the career money list with earnings of just over 1 billion ¥....	1955–		30	1980–2003
6	Teruo Sugihara Teruo Sugihara Teruo Sugihara is a Japanese professional golfer.Sugihara was born in Osaka. He won 28 tournaments and over 630 million ¥ on the Japan Golf Tour. He also won the 1969 Hong Kong Open.-Japan Golf Tour wins :...	1937–		28	1973–1990
7	Shingo Katayama Shingo Katayama Shingo Katayama is a Japanese golfer.Katayama was born in Chikusei, Ibaraki Prefecture. He turned professional in 1995 and has played full time on the Japan Golf Tour since 1997. He topped the Japan Golf Tour money list five times: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008...	1973–		26	1998–2008
T8	Graham Marsh Graham Marsh Graham Vivian Marsh MBE was one of the leading Australian professional golfers of his generation.-Career outline:Marsh was born in Kalgoorlie, Australia...	1944–		20	1973–1990
	Toru Nakamura Toru Nakamura is a Japanese golfer.Nakamura was born in Osaka. He won 20 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks eighth on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1973 Hiroshima Open*1974 KBC Augusta, Sapporo Tokyu Open...	1950–		20	1973–1992
10	Toru Taniguchi Toru Taniguchi is a Japanese professional golfer.Taniguchi was born in Nara. He has won 17 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour , topped the money list in 2002 and 2007, and is fifth on the career money list...	1968–		17	1998–2011
T11	Norio Suzuki Norio Suzuki Norio Suzuki is a Japanese professional golfer.Suzuki won 16 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 10th on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1974 Kyusyu Open*1975 Dunlop Tournament, Kyusyu Open...	1951–		16	1974–1982
	Toshimitsu Izawa Toshimitsu Izawa Toshimitsu Izawa is a Japanese professional golfer. He is sometimes known outside of Japan as Toshi Izawa.Izawa was born in Kanagawa, attended Nihon Taiiku University, and turned professional in 1989....	1968–		16	1995–2007
13	Tateo "Jet" Ozaki Tateo Ozaki is a Japanese golfer.Ozaki was born in Kaiyō, Tokushima. He turned professional in 1977. He won 15 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 13th on the career victories list....	1954–		15	1984–2000
T14	Saburo Fujiki Saburo Fujiki is a Japanese professional golfer.Fujiki was born in Mie. He won 14 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 13th on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1981 ASO National Park Open, Hakkoku Open*1983 KBC Augusta, Kanto Open...	1955–		14	1981–1993
	David Ishii David Ishii David S. Ishii is an American golfer of Japanese descent.Ishii grew up on the island of Kauai in Hawaii and graduated from Kauai High School. He turned professional in 1979. He led the money list on the Japan Golf Tour in 1987...	1955–		14	1985–1994
16	Yoshitaka Yamamoto Yoshitaka Yamamoto Yoshitaka Yamamoto is a Japanese professional golfer.Yamamoto was born in Osaka. He won 13 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 15th on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1973 Wizard*1975 Suntory Open, Bridgestone Open...	1951–		13	1973–1993
17	Brian Watts Brian Watts Brian Peter Watts is an American professional golfer.Watts was born in Montreal, Canada to European parents, but is now a U.S. citizen who lives in Oklahoma. He played collegiately at Oklahoma State and won the NCAA Division I Championship in 1987.Watts turned professional in 1988. He played...	1966–		12	1994–1998
T18	Todd Hamilton Todd Hamilton William Todd Hamilton is an American professional golfer.Hamilton was born in the small west-central Illinois city of Galesburg. He grew up in an even smaller Henderson County town on the Mississippi called Oquawka. He attended Union High School in Biggsville, Illinois and played golf regularly on...	1965–		11	1992–2003
	Hsieh Min-Nan Hsieh Min-Nan Hsieh Min-Nan is a Taiwanese professional golfer.Hsieh won 11 events on the Japan Golf Tour, 18th on the all-time win list. He won the 1972 World Cup with teammate Lu Liang-Huan and also won the individual title...	1940–		11	1974–1985
	Brian Jones Brian Jones (golfer) Brian Jones is an Australian professional golfer.Jones was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1971. He played on the throughout Asia and Australasia including on the Japan Golf Tour. He won the Indian Open three times, five times in Australasia, and twelve times in Japan...	1951–		11	1977–1993
	Seiichi Kanai Seiichi Kanai Seiichi Kanai is a Japanese professional golfer.Kanai was born in Niigata. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and ranks 18th on the career victories list.-Japan Golf Tour wins :*1976 Japan PGA Championship*1978 Kanto Open...	1940–		11	1976–1990
	Hajime Meshiai Hajime Meshiai is a Japanese professional golfer.Meshiai was born in Chiba. He turned professional in 1978. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and led the money list in 1993...	1954–		11	1985–1999
	Takashi Murakami Takashi Murakami (golfer) Takashi Murakami is a Japanese professional golfer.Murakami was born in Shizuoka. He won 11 tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and led the money list in 1975.-Japan Golf Tour wins :...	1944–		11	1973–1977
T24	Hiroyuki Fujita Hiroyuki Fujita Hiroyuki Fujita is a Japanese professional golfer.Fujita has won ten tournaments on the Japan Golf Tour and featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings...	1969–		10	1997–2010
	Brendan Jones	1975–		10	2002–2011
	Shigeki Maruyama Shigeki Maruyama Shigeki Maruyama is a Japanese professional golfer.Maruyama was born in Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan, near Tokyo. He attended Nihon University and turned professional in 1992. He is known for his ever-present smile on the golf course which has given rise to his nickname of the "Smiling Assassin"...	1969–		10	1993–2009
	Katsunari Takahashi Katsunari Takahashi is a Japanese professional golfer of Korean ancestry.Takahashi was born in Asahikawa, Hokkaidō...	1950–		10	1982–1991
	Hidemichi Tanaka Hidemichi Tanaka is a Japanese professional golfer.Tanaka was born in Hiroshima. He turned professional in 1991, joined the Japan Golf Tour in 1995 and played mainly on that tour until 2001...	1971–		10	1995–2001

See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
  Golfers with most PGA Tour wins
  This is a list of golfers who have won five or more official money events on the PGA Tour.Players under 50 years of age are shown in bold. On his 50th birthday a golfer becomes eligible to compete on the Champions Tour, and he is unlikely to add to his tally of PGA Tour wins after that date This is...
  
  
• Golfers with most European Tour wins
  Golfers with most European Tour wins
  This is a list of golfers who have won eight or more events on the European Tour since it was established in 1972. There are some complications in preparing such a list, and different publications have produced different numbers...
  
  
• Golfers with most Asian Tour wins
  Golfers with most Asian Tour wins
  This is a list of golfers who have won five or more events on the Asian Tour since the current incarnation was established in 1995.Many of the players on the list have won events on other tours and unofficial events, or won events that later became part of the current Asian Tour schedule before...
  
  

External links

• Japan Golf Tour's official site