Female Honinbo

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The Women's Honinbo is a Go competition.

[edit] Outline

The Women's Honinbo is the female 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).

[edit] 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
Yoshiro Kumiko 2005