Gosei (competition)
Gosei (competition) | |
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Full name | Gosei |
Started | 1976 |
Honorary Winners |
Ōtake Hideo Kobayashi Kōichi |
Sponsors | Regional Newspaper League |
Prize money | 7.7 million Yen ($67,000 USD) |
Affiliation | Nihon Ki-in |
The Gosei (碁聖 literally Go sage) is a Go competition in Japan or a title of the competition's winner.[1]
Outline
Gosei is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in. It is one of the seven big titles in Japan, although it pays much less than the top three. The payout is only 7,700,000 Yen ($67,000) compared to the Kisei's payout, which is a large 42,000,000 Yen ($386,000). Gosei uses the same format as the other big seven. The winner of the knockout tournament faces the title holder in a best of five match. There is one restriction that the other titles don't have, and that is to be able to enter the Gosei tournament, you must be at least 5 dan.
The promotion rules are just like the Judan's. If the player gets to challenge the title holder, they are promoted to 7 dan. If that player wins the title match, they are promoted to 8 dan. If they defend the title for another year, they are promoted to 9 dan.
Past Winners
Winners by number of titles:
Player | Titles | Years Held | |
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Kobayashi Kōichi | 9 | 1988 - 1993, 1999, 2001, 2002 | |
Iyama Yuta | 6 | 2012 - 2017 | |
Ōtake Hideo | 7 | 1978, 1980 - 1985 | |
Yoda Norimoto | 6 | 1996 - 1998, 2003 - 2005 | |
Cho U | 4 | 2006 - 2009 | |
Katō Masao | 3 | 1976, 1977, 1987 | |
Cho Chikun | 2 | 1979, 1986 | |
Hane Naoki | 1 | 2011 | |
Kobayashi Satoru | 1 | 1995 | |
Rin Kaiho | 1 | 1994 | |
Sakai Hideyuki | 1 | 2010 | |
Yamashita Keigo | 1 | 2000 |
Winners in chronological order:
Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up | ||
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1. | 1976 | Kato Masao | 3-2 | Otake Hideo | |
2. | 1977 | 3-0 | Takemiya Masaki | ||
3. | 1978 | Otake Hideo | 3-1 | Kato Masao | |
4. | 1979 | Cho Chikun | 3-0 | Otake Hideo | |
5. | 1980 | Otake Hideo | 3-1 | Cho Chikun | |
6. | 1981 | 3-1 | Kato Masao | ||
7. | 1982 | 3-2 | Cho Chikun | ||
8. | 1983 | 3-2 | Awaji Shuzo | ||
9. | 1984 | 3-1 | Kato Masao | ||
10. | 1985 | 3-1 | Kudo Norio | ||
11. | 1986 | Cho Chikun | 3-0 | Otake Hideo | |
12. | 1987 | Kato Masao | 3-1 | Cho Chikun | |
13. | 1988 | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-0 | Kato Masao | |
14. | 1989 | 3-1 | Imamura Toshiya | ||
15. | 1990 | 3-0 | Kobayashi Satoru | ||
16. | 1991 | 3-2 | |||
17. | 1992 | 3-1 | |||
18. | 1993 | 3-0 | Rin Kaiho | ||
19. | 1994 | Rin Kaiho | 3-1 | Kobayashi Koichi | |
20. | 1995 | Kobayashi Satoru | 3-2 | Rin Kaiho | |
21. | 1996 | Yoda Norimoto | 3-0 | Kobayashi Satoru | |
22. | 1997 | 3-1 | Yuki Satoshi | ||
23. | 1998 | 3-0 | Sonoda Yuichi | ||
24. | 1999 | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-2 | Sakata Eio | |
25. | 2000 | Yamashita Keigo | 3-2 | Kobayashi Koichi | |
26. | 2001 | Kobayashi Koichi | 3-2 | Yamashita Keigo | |
27. | 2002 | 3-1 | Yuki Satoshi | ||
28. | 2003 | Yoda Norimoto | 3-2 | Kobayashi Koichi | |
29. | 2004 | 3-1 | Yamada Kimio | ||
30. | 2005 | 3-0 | Yuki Satoshi | ||
31. | 2006 | Cho U | 3-0 | Sakata Eio | |
32. | 2007 | 3-0 | Yokota Shigeaki | ||
33. | 2008 | 3-1 | Yamashita Keigo | ||
34. | 2009 | 3-0 | Yuki Satoshi | ||
35. | 2010 | Sakai Hideyuki | 3-2 | Cho U | |
36. | 2011 | Hane Naoki | 3-2 | Sakai Hideyuki | |
37. | 2012 | Iyama Yuta | 3-0 | Hane Naoki | |
38. | 2013 | 3-2 | Kono Rin | ||
39. | 2014 | 3-2 | |||
40. | 2015 | 3-1 | Yamashita Keigo | ||
41. | 2016 | 3-0 | Murakawa Daisuke | ||
42. | 2017 | 3-0 | Yamashita Keigo |
See also
References
- ↑ GoBase.org, Gosei tournament; retrieved 2012-11-25.