Okan (Go competition)

The Okan (Japanese: 王冠, Hepburn: Ōkan, 'crown' or 'king's crown') is a Japanese Go competition. It is open only to players of the Nihon Ki-in's Chubu branch located in Nagoya. The title match is a single game played between the reigning titleholder and a challenger. The winner's purse is 1,700,000 yen ($15,000).

For other uses, see Okan (disambiguation).

Winners and runners-up
EditionYearWinnerRunner-up
1st1953Michiharu Sakai
2nd1956Tatsuaki Iwata
3rd1957Michiharu Sakai
4th1958Tatsuaki Iwata
5th1959
6th1960Toshihiro Shimamura五十川正雄
7th1961Tatsuaki Iwata
8th1962五十川正雄
9th1964五十川正雄
10th1965Tatsuaki Iwata
11th1967Tatsuaki IwataToshihiro Shimamura
12th1969Toshihiro Shimamura
13th1970Masamitsu Tsuchida
14th1972Yasumasa HaneTatsuaki Iwata
15th1974Toshihiro ShimamuraYasumasa Hane
16th1975Yasumasa Hane
17th1976Tatsuaki IwataToshihiro Shimamura
18th1977Hiroshi YamashiroTatsuaki Iwata
19th1978Yasumasa HaneHiroshi Yamashiro
20th1979Tatsuaki IwataYasumasa Hane
21st1980Shigeru Baba
22nd1981Hiroshi YamashiroTatsuaki Iwata
23rd1982Yasumasa Hane
24th1983Yasumasa HaneHiroshi Yamashiro
25th1984Hiroshi YamashiroYasumasa Hane
26th1985Tatsuaki Iwata
27th1986Yasumasa Hane
28th1987Masamitsu Tsuchida
29th1988Masaki OgataHiroshi Yamashiro
30th1989Tatsuaki Iwata
31st1990Yasumasa Hane
32nd1991Yasumasa Hane
33rd1992Yasumasa HaneMasaki Ogata
34th1993Hiroshi YamashiroYasumasa Hane
35th1994Masaki Ogata
36th1995Yasumasa Hane
37th1996Naoto Hikosaka
38th1997Hironari NakanoHiroshi Yamashiro
39th1998Hiroshi Yamashiro
40th1999Naoki HaneHironari Nakano
41st2000Hiroshi YamashiroNaoki Hane
42nd2001Hideki Matsuoka
43rd2002Naoki HaneHiroshi Yamashiro
44th2003Naoto Hikosaka
45th2004Hiroshi Yamashiro
46th2005Hiroshi YamashiroNaoki Hane
47th2006Hideki MatsuokaHiroshi Yamashiro
48th2007Naoki HaneHideki Matsuoka
49th2008Hiroshi Yamashiro
50th2009Hiroshi Yamashiro
51st2010Hiroshi YamashiroNaoki Hane
52nd2011Naoki HaneHiroshi Yamashiro
53rd2012Hironari Nakano
54th2013Hironari Nakano
55th2014Hiroshi Yamashiro
56th2015Masaki Ogata
57th2016Atsushi IdaNaoki Hane
58th2017Yuta Mutsuura
59th2018Hironari Nakano
60th2019Masaki Ogata
61st2020Yu Otake
62nd[1]2021Yu Otake
63rd2022Yuta Mutsuura

References
  1. "The Power Report: Iyama regains Oza title; The Teikei tournaments; Ueno wins Young Carp; Ida sets record in Crown title", American Go E-Journal, 2022-01-29
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