Women's Kisei

The Women's Kisei is a Go competition.

Outline

The Women's Kisei is sponsored by NTT DoCoMo, and uses a hayago format, unlike the male Kisei, which uses an eight hour thinking time format. The winner's purse is 3,500,000 Yen ($33,000).

Past winners

Player Years Held
Kobayashi Izumi 1998, 1999
Chinen Kaori 2000 - 2003, 2005
Mannami Kana 2004, 2006
Yukari Yoshihara 2007, 2008