Agon Cup

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Agon Cup
Full name	Agon Cup
Started	1994
Sponsors	Agon Shu
Prize money	10,000,000 Yen ($86,000)
Affiliation	Nihon Ki-in

The Agon Cup (阿含桐山杯) is a Go competition.

[edit] Biography

The Agon Cup is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon Kiin. It was started in 1994 by Agon Shu. The name was originally the "Acom Cup" but it changed it's sponsor in 1999 and became the Agon Cup. It is a single knockout tournament, but unlike the big titles in Japan, the title holder does not wait for a challenger, hence the difficulty of defending the title. The prize for the winner is 10,000,000 Yen ($86,000).

[edit] Past winners

Player	Years Held
O Rissei	1994
Kato Masao	1995, 1996, 2003
Yoda Norimoto	1997
Kobayashi Satoru	1998
Kobayashi Koichi	1999
Cho Sonjin	2000, 2001
Cho Chikun	2002
Hane Naoki	2004
Iyama Yuta	2005
Cho U	2006