Wakagoi Cup

Wakagoi Cup (officially known as Hiroshima aluminum cup Wakagoi Tournament) is a Go competition in Japan. It was open for the members of the Nihon Ki-in. The players must be 6-dan or lower and 30 years of age or younger. The winner's prize was ‎¥2,000,000. It was founded in 2006. The sponsor is Hiroshima Aluminum Industry Co.,Ltd.^[1] Since 2015, the winner's prize is ‎¥3,000,000.^[2]

Past winners

	Year	Winner	Runner-Up
1.	2006	Hsieh Yimin	Lee Ishu
2.	2007	Shida Tatsuya	Mitani Tetsuya
3.	2008	Mitani Tetsuya	Anzai Nobuaki
4.	2009	Uchida Shuhei	Yamamori Tadanao
5.	2010	Terayama Rei	Yamamoto Kentaro
6.	2011	Uchida Shuhei	Shida Tatsuya
7.	2012	Shinji Suzuki	Ichiriki Ryo
8.	2013	Ichiriki Ryo	Fujita Akihiko
9.	2014	Motoki Katsuya	Mutsuura Yuta
10.	2015	Terayama Rei	Shida Tatsuya
11.	2016	Ichiriki Ryo	Motoki Katsuya

References

↑ -, The Nihon Ki-in. "Hiroshima aluminum cup Wakagoi Tournament". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
↑ -, The Nihon Ki-in. "第10回　広島アルミ杯・若鯉戦". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 3 May 2017.

Japanese Go titles
Major	Kisei Meijin Honinbo Tengen Oza Judan Gosei
Minor	Agon Cup Ryusei NHK Cup Shinjin-O Okan Kansai Ki-in Championship Igo Masters Cup Wakagoi Cup
Defunct	Acom Cup Asahi Pro Best Ten Asahi Top Eight Players Asahi Top Position Chikurin Dai-ichi Hayago Championship Hayago Meijin Hosu IBM Cup Igo Senshuken JAL Super Hayago Championship JT Cup Kakusei Kirin Cup NEC Shun-Ei Nihon Ki-In Championship Old Meijin Phoenix Cup Prime Minister Cup Ryuen Cup Shin-Ei Tatsujin Daiwa Cup Daiwa Cup Grand Champion NEC Cup
Women's	Female Honinbo Female Meijin Female Kisei Female Saikyo Aizu Central Hospital Cup
Defunct	Female Nihon Ki-in Championship Female Kakusei Female JAL Super Hayago Kansai Lady's Tournament

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