NHK Cup
Encyclopedia
The NHK Cup is a Go competition.
competition used by the Japanese
Nihon Ki-in
. The tournament is televised
on the NHK
network. Before 1963, the competition was broadcasted on the radio
. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($43,000).
Biography
The NHK Cup is a GoGo (board game)
Go , is an ancient board game for two players that originated in China more than 2,000 years ago...
competition used by the Japanese
Japanese people
The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...
Nihon Ki-in
Nihon Ki-in
The Nihon Ki-in , also known as the Japan Go Association, is the main organizational body for Go in Japan, overseeing Japan's professional system and issuing diplomas for amateur dan rankings. It is based in Tokyo. The other major Go association in Japan is Kansai Ki-in.Nihon Ki-in was established...
. The tournament is televised
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
on the NHK
NHK
NHK is Japan's national public broadcasting organization. NHK, which has always identified itself to its audiences by the English pronunciation of its initials, is a publicly owned corporation funded by viewers' payments of a television license fee....
network. Before 1963, the competition was broadcasted on the radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($43,000).
Past winners
| Player | Years Held |
|---|---|
| Shimamura Toshihiro | 1954 |
| Iwamoto Kaoru | 1955 |
| Hashimoto Utarō Utaro Hashimoto was a professional Go player.- Biography :Hashimoto became a pro in 1922 when he was 15. He would win the Honinbō 3 times before finally reaching 9p in 1954. He founded the Kansai Ki-in in 1950.- Titles and runner-ups:... |
1956, 1963 |
| Sakata Eio | 1957 - 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982 |
| Kitani Minoru | 1960 |
| Takagawa Shūkaku Kaku Takagawa , also known as , was one of the most successful professional Go players of the twentieth century.- Biography :Kaku Takagawa won the Honinbō title nine times in a row, from 1952 to 1960, and was subsequently awarded the permanent title of Honorary Honinbo. He then chose Shukaku as his Honinbō name.... |
1966 |
| Hashimoto Shōji Shoji Hashimoto was a professional Go player.- Biography :Hashimoto turned pro in 1947 when he was just 12. It'd take him only 11 years to reach 9p. He learned Go from his father Hashimoto Kunisaburō and his disciples include Takahara Shūji, Moriyama Naoki, Oda Hiromitsu, Okahashi Hirotada, and Hayashi Kōzō. He is... |
1967, 1980, 1985 |
| Ōtake Hideo Hideo Otake is a Japanese Go player.- Biography :Otake was born in Kitakyūshū City, Japan. He joined the legendary Kitani Minoru school when he was 9, and quickly rose up the ranks to turn professional in 1956, when he was 14. He progressed swiftly, achieving 9 dan in 1970... |
1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1994 |
| Rin Kaiho Rin Kaiho Rin Kaiho is a professional Go player.-Biography:Rin Kaiho was born in Shanghai, China. He was a student of Go Seigen when Go brought him to Japan in 1952. He was a promising player who won his first title at the age of 23, the Meijin. He is also part of the 1200 win group... |
1970, 1974, 1978 |
| Tōno Hiroaki Hiroaki Tono is a professional Go player.- Biography :Tōno became a professional in 1951. In 1970, he became a 9 dan. He is affiliated to the Kansai Ki-in.-Title & runners-up :-External Links:**... |
1979 |
| Fujisawa Hideyuki | 1969, 1981 |
| Cho Chikun Cho Chikun Cho Chihun 25th Honinbo Honorary Meijin is a professional Go player. His total title tally of 71 titles is the most in the history of the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. Cho is the only player to hold the top three titles—Kisei, Meijin, and Honinbo—simultaneously which he did for 3 years in a row... |
1983, 1992, 1996, 2007 |
| Honda Kunihisa | 1984 |
| Kobayashi Kōichi Koichi Kobayashi is a Go player.- Biography :Koichi Kobayashi was born in Asahikawa, Japan. He was one of the more famous disciples of the legendary Minoru Kitani; he studied along with Cho Chikun, Masao Kato, Yoshio Ishida, and Masaki Takemiya. He would go on and marry the daughter of his teacher, Reiko Kitani , a... |
1986, 2004 |
| Ishida Yoshio | 1987, 1990, 2001 |
| Katō Masao Masao Kato - Titles and runners-up :Ranks #4 in total amount of titles in Japan.-Books:*Kato's Attack and Kill ISBN 4-87187-027-2*The Chinese Opening ISBN 4-906574-33-5-External links:... |
1988 |
| Takemiya Masaki | 1989 |
| Yoda Norimoto | 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000 |
| Kobayashi Satoru | 1995 |
| Ō Rissei | 1997 |
| Cho U Cho U Cho U Kisei, Oza is a professional Go player. He currently ranks 6th in the most titles won by a Japanese professional; his NEC Cup win in 2011 put him past his teacher Rin Kaiho and Norimoto Yoda. Cho is the only player in history to have held five of the top seven major titles... |
2002, 2005, 2008 |
| Mimura Tomoyasu | 2003 |
| Hane Naoki | 2006 |
| Yuki Satoshi | 2009, 2010 |
| Yamada Kimio | 2011 |