NHK Cup (Go)

The NHK Cup is a Go competition.

Biography

The NHK Cup is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. 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).

Past winners

Player Years Held
Shimamura Toshihiro 1954
Iwamoto Kaoru 1955
Hashimoto Utarō 1956, 1963
Sakata Eio 1957 - 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982
Kitani Minoru 1960
Takagawa Shūkaku 1966
Hashimoto Shōji 1967, 1980, 1985
Ōtake Hideo 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1994
Rin Kaiho 1970, 1974, 1978
Tōno Hiroaki 1979
Fujisawa Hideyuki 1969, 1981
Cho Chikun 1983, 1992, 1996, 2007
Honda Kunihisa 1984
Kobayashi Kōichi 1986, 2004
Ishida Yoshio 1987, 1990, 2001
Katō Masao 1988
Takemiya Masaki 1989
Yoda Norimoto 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000
Kobayashi Satoru 1995
Ō Rissei 1997
Cho U 2002, 2005, 2008
Mimura Tomoyasu 2003
Hane Naoki 2006
Yuki Satoshi 2009, 2010
Yamada Kimio 2011