Shinjin-O
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The Shinjin-O (新人王, King of the New Stars) is a Go competition.
[edit] Biography
The Shinjin-O is used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. The tournament started in 1976 and is only open to players under 7 dan and younger than 30 years of age. It is a single knockout tournament. In 2006, the tournament was changed to the Shinjin-O U-25 (King of the New Stars U-25) and the age restriction will be lowered to 25 years old. The original thinking time was 4 hours, but along with the new age restriction, the thinking time was shortened to 3 hours. The winner's purse is 3,280,000 Yen ($29,000)
[edit] Past winners
| Player | Years Held |
|---|---|
| Koichi Kobayashi | 1976, 1977 |
| Akira Ishida | 1978, 1979 |
| Goro Miyazawa | 1980, 1985 |
| O Rissei | 1981 |
| Satoshi Kataoka | 1982 |
| Norimoto Yoda | 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 |
| Toshiya Imamura | 1984 |
| Hideki Komatsu | 1988, 1992 |
| Cho Sonjin | 1991 |
| Satoshi Yuki | 1993 |
| Tomoyasu Mimura | 1994, 1995 |
| Shinji Takao | 1996 |
| Kimio Yamada | 1997 |
| Keigo Yamashita | 1998 - 2001 |
| Cho U | 2002 |
| So Yokoku | 2003 |
| Tomochika Mizokami | 2004 |
| Kim Shushun | 2005 |
| Takehisa Matsumoto | 2006 |
