Women's Meijin

The Women's Meijin (女流名人戦, Joryū Meijin-sen) is a Go competition. The Women's Meijin is the female version of the Meijin title. This title is sponsored by Fuji Evening Newspaper and Nippon Life Insurance. The winner's purse is 5,100,000 Yen ($48,000).

For the women's professional shogi Meijin tournament, see Women's Meijin (shogi).

The tournament was not held in 2020 due to loss of sponsorship,[1] but resumed for the 32nd tournament in 2021 with a new sponsor.[2]

Past winners

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Winners in chronological order:

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1. 1989 Miyazaki Shimako
2. 1990 Aoki Kikuyo
3. 1991 Sugiuchi Kazuko 2–1 Aoki Kikuyo
4. 1992 2–0 Aoki Kikuyo
5. 1993 2–0 Aoki Kikuyo
6. 1994 2–1 Ogawa Tomoko
7. 1995 Kato Tomoko 2–0 Sugiuchi Kazuko
8. 1996 Nishida Terumi 2–1 Kato Tomoko
9. 1997 2–0 Ogawa Tomoko
10. 1998 2–0 Ogawa Tomoko
11. 1999 Aoki Kikuyo 2–0 Nishida Terumi
12. 2000 2–0 Kobayashi Izumi
13. 2001 Kobayashi Izumi 2–0 Aoki Kikuyo
14. 2002 Aoki Kikuyo 2–0 Kobayashi Izumi
15. 2003 Kobayashi Izumi 2–0 Aoki Kikuyo
16. 2004 2–0 Inori Yoko
17. 2005 Koyama Terumi 2–1 Kobayashi Izumi
18. 2006 Aoki Kikuyo 2–0 Koyama Terumi
19. 2007 Kato Keiko 2–1 Aoki Kikuyo
20. 2008 Xie Yimin 2–0 Kato Keiko
21. 2009 2–1 Chinen Kaori
22. 2010 2–0 Mukai Chiaki
23. 2011 2–1 Mukai Chiaki
24. 2012 2–0 Mukai Chiaki
25. 2013 2–0 Okuda Aya
26. 2014 2–1 Kato Keiko
27. 2015 2–0 Suzuki Ayumi
28. 2016 2–1 Aoki Kikuyo
29. 2017 Fujisawa Rina 2–0 Xie Yimin
30. 2018 2–0 Yashiro Kumiko
31. 2019 2–1 Xie Yimin
32. 2021 2–0 Ueno Asami
33. 2022 2–0[4] Nakamura Sumire
34. 2023 Ueno Asami 2–0[5] Fujiwara Rina

Winners by number of titles:

PlayerTitlesYears Held
Xie Yimin 9 2008–2016
Aoki Kikuyo 5 1990, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006
Fujisawa Rina 5 2017–2022
Sugiuchi Kazuko 4 1991–1994
Kobayashi Izumi 3 2001, 2003, 2004
Nishida Terumi 3 1996–1998
Ueno Asami 1 2023
Kato Keiko 1 2007
Kato Tomoko 1 1995
Koyama Terumi 1 2005
Miyazaki Shimako 1 1989

References
  1. "The Power Report: A gain and a loss for women's go; Ida defends Crown; Hirata wins Young Carp; Promotion; Obituaries". American Go E-Journal. 2019-12-07.
  2. "The Power Report: Meijin League; 32nd Women's Meijin league; Shin Minjun wins LG Cup". American Go E-Journal. 2021-03-04.
  3. "Women's Meijin title games".
  4. "The Power Report: Ichiriki challenging for Honinbo title, Iyama makes good start; Nakamura Sumire makes first challenge, Fujisawa defends Women's Meijin". American Go E-Journal. 2022-05-21.
  5. "上野が女流名人初奪取、女性囲碁棋士２人目のグランドスラム". The Sankei News (in Japanese). 2023-04-17.

Nihon Ki-in archive (in Japanese)

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