Ryusei

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The Ryusei (龍星) is a Go competition.

[edit] Biography

The Ryusei is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. It was started in 1991 and is a fast go tournament. The tournament consists of four sections. The winner from each section, along with the player who won the most games in each section play in a single knockout tournament. The winner is decided this way. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($43,000).

[edit] Past winners

Player Years Held
Cho Chikun 1991, 1993
Otake Hideo 1992
Morita Michihiro 1994
Kobayashi Satoru 1996
Kobayashi Koichi 1997, 2002, 2003
Kato Masao 1998, 2001
Yamada Kimio 1999
Takao Shinji 2000, 2004
Yuki Satoshi 2005
Cho U 2006