Women's Honinbo
Encyclopedia
The is a Go competition.
version of the male
Honinbo
. It is sponsored by the Kyodo News Agency and Sompo Japan Insurance
. The winner's purse is 5,800,000 Yen ($55,000).
Outline
The Women's Honinbo is the femaleFemale
Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces non-mobile ova .- Defining characteristics :The ova are defined as the larger gametes in a heterogamous reproduction system, while the smaller, usually motile gamete, the spermatozoon, is produced by the male...
version of the male
Male
Male refers to the biological sex of an organism, or part of an organism, which produces small mobile gametes, called spermatozoa. Each spermatozoon can fuse with a larger female gamete or ovum, in the process of fertilization...
Honinbo
Honinbo
Honinbō was the name of one of the four major schools of Go in Japan. Easily the strongest school of Go for most of its existence, it was established in 1612 and survived until 1940....
. It is sponsored by the Kyodo News Agency and Sompo Japan Insurance
Sompo Japan Insurance
, or Sompo Japan , is a Japanese insurance company. It is the second-largest property insurance company in Japan only behind Tokio Marine, with market share of 19.3% in 2007....
. The winner's purse is 5,800,000 Yen ($55,000).
Past winners
| Player | Years Held |
|---|---|
| Honda Sashiko | 1982, 1984 |
| Kusunoki Teruko | 1983, 1985, 1987 - 1989 |
| Ogawa Tomoko | 1986 |
| Nakazawa Ayako | 1990, 1991 |
| Kato Tomoko | 1992 |
| Yoshida Mika | 1993 - 1996 |
| Chinen Kaori | 1997 - 1999, 2004 |
| Inori Yoko | 2000 |
| Kobayashi Izumi | 2001 - 2003 |
| Yashiro Kumiko | 2005 - 2006 |
| Xie Yimin | 2007 - 2008 |