Japanese Chess Championship

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The women's championship has been largely dominated by Naoko Takemoto (Naoko Takahashi before she married)

[edit] Winners

Nr Year Winner Women's Winner
1 1969 Yukio Miyasaka
2 1970 Yukio Miyasaka
3 1971 Yukio Miyasaka
4 1972 Yukio Miyasaka
5 1973 Gentaro Gonda
6 1974 Gentaro Gonda
7 1975 Ken Hamada Miyoko Watai
8 1976 Gentaro Gonda Emiko Nakagawa
9 1977 Gentaro Gonda Emiko Nakagawa
10 1978 Gentaro Gonda Miyoko Watai
11 1979 Gentaro Gonda Miyoko Watai
12 1980 Gentaro Gonda Naoko Takemoto
13 1981 Koobun Oda Naoko Takemoto
14 1982 Koobun Oda Naoko Takemoto
15 1983 Hiroyuki Nishimura Naoko Takemoto
16 1984 Hiroyuki Nishimura Naoko Takemoto
17 1985 Hiroyuki Nishimura Naoko Takemoto
18 1986 Gentaro Gonda
Paul Kuroda		 Naoko Takemoto
19 1987 Jacques Pineau Naoko Takemoto
20 1988 Tomomichi Suzuki Naoko Takemoto
21 1989 Loren Schmidt Naoko Takemoto
22 1990 Gentaro Gonda Naoko Takemoto
23 1991 Joselito Sunga Naoko Takemoto
24 1992 Mats Andersson Naoko Takemoto
25 1993 Domingo Ramos Naoko Takemoto
26 1994 Jacques Pineau Naoko Takemoto
27 1995 Hiroyuki Nishimura Naoko Takemoto
28 1996 Domingo Ramos
Tomohiko Matsuo		 not played
29 1997 Gentaro Gonda not played
30 1998 Gentaro Gonda not played
31 1999 Akira Watanabe not played
32 2000 Akira Watanabe not played
33 2001 Akira Watanabe not played
34 2002 Gentaro Gonda Miyoko Watai
Kang Guen Guoko
35 2003 Simon Bibby not played
36 2004 Ryo Shiomi
Kiyotaka Sakai		 Emiko Nakagawa
37 2005 Kiyotaka Sakai Melody Garcia
38 2006 Shinya Kojima Haruko Tanaka
39 2007 Shinya Kojima
Masahiro Baba		 Emiko Nakagawa
40 2008 Shinya Kojima
Shinsaku Uesugi

[edit] References

  • Results from the Japanese Chess Federation [1] (in Japanese)
  • Short biography on Akira Wanatabe [2]
  • Chess in Japan [3]
  • On Shinya Kojima's 2006 and 2007 victory [4] (in German)
  • On the 2008 edition [5]
  • On the women's editions: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (in Japanese)
  • On the men's editions: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (in Japanese)