Female Honinbo

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The Women's Honinbo (女流本因坊戦, Joshi Honinbo-sen^?) 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
Yashiro Kumiko	2005 - 2006
Xie Yimin	2007