NHK Cup

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The NHK Cup is a Go competition.

[edit] Biography

The NHK Cup is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. The tournament is televised on the NHK network. Before 1963, the competition was broadcasted on the radio. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($43,000).

[edit] Past winners

Player Years Held
Shimamura Toshihiro 1954
Iwamoto Kaoru 1955
Hashimoto Utaro 1956, 1963
Sakata Eio 1957 - 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982
Kitani Minoru 1960
Takagawa Shukaku 1966
Hashimoto Shoji 1967, 1980, 1985
Otake Hideo 1971, 1973, 1975, 1994
Rin Kaiho 1970, 1974, 1978
Tono Hiroaki 1979
Fujisawa Hideyuki 1969, 1981
Tono Hiroaki 1979
Cho Chikun 1983, 1992, 1996, 2007
Honda Kunihisa 1984
Kobayashi Koichi 1986, 2004
Ishida Yoshio 1987, 1990, 2001
Kato Masao 1988
Takemiya Masaki 1989
Yoda Norimoto 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000
Kobayashi Satoru 1995
O Rissei 1997
Cho U 2002, 2005
Mimura Tomoyasu 2003
Hane Naoki 2006
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