The Shinjin-O is a professional

Go professional

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 Go competition.

An annual Japanese tournament, it has been held continuously since 1976.

Format

The Shinjin-O tournament

Tournament

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 is organised by the Japanese

Japanese people

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 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 started in 1976 and is only open to players under 7-Dan and below 30 years of age. It is a single knockout

Knockout

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 tournament.

In 2006, the tournament was renamed the Shinjin-O U-25 (King of the New Stars U-25) and the age restriction was lowered to 25. The original thinking time was 4 hours but, along with the new age restriction, the time was shortened to 3 hours. The winner's purse

Prize money

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 is 3,280,000 Yen

Japanese yen

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 ($

United States dollar

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29,000).

Past winners

Player	Years Held
Koichi Kobayashi 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...	1976, 1977
Akira Ishida Akira Ishida (Go) is a professional Go player.- Biography :Ishida was a student of Fukuda Masayoshi when he became an insei. 8 years after becoming an insei, Ishida became a pro in 1966. He was promoted fast, reaching 9 dan in 1982. In 1972, he won the Oteai's top section, and later went onto winning two straight...	1978, 1979
Goro Miyazawa Goro Miyazawa is a professional Go player.Miyazawa turned professional in 1966 and reached 9 dan in 1993. He currently resides in the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan.-Titles & runners-up:-References:...	1980, 1985
O Rissei O Rissei Ō Rissei is a professional Go player in Japan.- Biography :Rissei was born in Taiwan and moved to Japan when he was 13 years old; he would become professional the following year. His instructor is Kano Yoshinori.- Titles and runners-up :Ranks #10-t in total amount of titles in Japan.-External...	1981
Satoshi Kataoka Satoshi Kataoka Satoshi Kataoka is a professional Go player.- Promotion record :- Titles & runners-up :-External Links:**...	1982
Norimoto Yoda Norimoto Yoda is a professional Go player.-Biography:Yoda is a student of Takeo Ando. He has won 34 titles so far in his career, the sixth highest in Japan. He became a professional in 1980, and reached 9 dan in 1993...	1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990
Toshiya Imamura	1984
Hideki Komatsu Hideki Komatsu is a professional Go player.- Biography :Komatsu was born in Aichi, Japan and quickly rose among the ranks of Go in the 80's and early 90's. He currently resides in Tokyo, Japan.- Promotion record :- Titles & runners-up :-References:...	1988, 1992
Cho Sonjin Cho Sonjin Cho Sonjin is a professional Go player.Cho spent 12 years in South Korea before deciding to leave and become a professional in Japan, accomplishing his goal two years later. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1998. In 1999, he defeated Cho Chikun in the Honinbo, ending Chikun's 10 year run with the...	1991
Satoshi Yuki Satoshi Yuki is a Japanese professional Go player.- Biography :Yuki won the NHK Cup in 2010 for the second time in a row, becoming the third player after Eio Sakata and Norimoto Yoda to do such. He was selected as a representative of the Japanese team at the 16th Asian Games. In 2010, Yuki reached the final of...	1993
Tomoyasu Mimura Tomoyasu Mimura is a professional Go player.- Biography :Mimura became a professional in 1986. He was promoted to 9 dan in 2000. He is married to Makihata Taeko.- Promotion record :- Titles and runners-up :-External Links:**...	1994, 1995
Shinji Takao Shinji Takao is a Japanese professional Go player.- Biography :Shinji Takao is one of Japan's best Go players. He turned professional in 1991. He won the Honinbo tournament in 2005 by a half point in the last game...	1996
Kimio Yamada Kimio Yamada is a professional Go player. A territorial player who is adept at invading and living within opponent's spheres of influence, Yamada won his first major title, the Oza, in 1997. He has two older brothers, Shiho Yamada and Wakio Yamada.- Biography :...	1997
Keigo Yamashita Keigo Yamashita is a professional Go player. Yamashita adopted the name Honinbo Dowa after winning his first Honinbo title in 2010.-Biography:A student of Yasuro Kikuchi, Yamashita turned professional in 1993. He won the 19th Kisei 2 dan division in 1994. Yamashita reached the challenger finals of the Tengen in 1999...	1998 - 2001
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
So Yokoku So Yokoku So Yokoku is a professional Go player.- Biography :So became a professional in 1994. He was originally from China, and moved to Japan in 1991. In 1997, he was promoted to 5 dan. He became a 7 dan in 2001. He was recently promoted to his current rank, 8 dan.- Titles & Runner Ups :...	2003
Tomochika Mizokami Tomochika Mizokami is a professional Go player.- Biography :Mizokami Tomochika is part of the older class of players in the 6 - 8 dan range in Japan.- Titles & runners-up :-External Links:**...	2004
Kim Shushun Kim Shushun Kim Shushun , also known as Kin Hidetoshi, Kim Shujun, or Kim Sujun, is a professional Go player.- Biography :...	2005
Takehisa Matsumoto Takehisa Matsumoto is a professional go player.-Biography:Takehisa is a student of top title holder Cho Chikun. In 1997 he became a professional at the Nihon Ki-in institute in Japan. He quickly moved up the ranks, being promoted to 3 dan just the next year. In 2003 he reached a total amount of 200 wins as a...	2006
Iyama Yuta	2007
Uchida Schuhei	2008
Ri Ishu	2009
Shiraishi Yuichi	2010

See also

• List of professional Go tournaments