Judan (Go)

Judan (Go)
Full name Judan
Started 1962
Sponsors Sankei Shimbun
Prize money ¥12 million
$118,395.74
£69,294.01
(as of July 2014)
Affiliation Nihon Ki-in

The Judan (十段)which can be translated as "10 dan"is a Go competition in Japan. It is one of the seven major professional titles.

Description

The Judan[1] is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin and Kansai-Kiin. It was started by the Sankei Shimbun newspaper in 1962. The format is similar to the other big titles in Japan. There is a preliminary tournament that decides the challenger. Although, there is something different about the preliminary tournament. Instead of single knockout, it is a double knockout tournament. There is a losers' section where if a player loses in the preliminary, they go to the losers' section. The winner of the losers' section plays the winner of the winners' section which ultimately decides the challenger for the title. The challenger then plays against the holder in a best of 5 match.

In the Judan competition, if a player wins the challenger section, they are promoted to 7 dan. Winning the title gives the player a promotion to 8 dan. If that player defends the title the next year, they are promoted to 9 dan.[2]

Past winners and runners-up

Year Winner Score Runner-up
1962 Utaro Hashimoto 3–1 Dogen Handa
1963 Dogen Handa 3–1 Utaro Hashimoto
1964 Hosai Fujisawa 3–2 Dogen Handa
1965 Kaku Takagawa 3–1 Hosai Fujisawa
1966 Eio Sakata 3–1 Kaku Takagawa
1967 Eio Sakata 3–2 Hosai Fujisawa
1968 Eio Sakata 3–1 Hideyuki Fujisawa
1969 Hideo Otake 3–0 Eio Sakata
1971 Utaro Hashimoto 3–2 Hideo Otake
1972 Eio Sakata 3–2 Utaro Hashimoto
1973 Eio Sakata 3–0 Takagi Shoichi
1974 Shoji Hashimoto 3–1 Eio Sakata
1975 Rin Kaiho 3–0 Shoji Hashimoto
1976 Masao Kato 3–2 Rin Kaiho
1977 Masao Kato 3–0 Eio Sakata
1978 Masao Kato 3–1 Rin Kaiho
1979 Masao Kato 3–1 Shoji Hashimoto
1980 Hideo Otake 3–2 Masao Kato
1981 Hideo Otake 3–0 Shoji Hashimoto
1982 Cho Chikun 3–1 Hideo Otake
1983 Masao Kato 3–2 Cho Chikun
1984 Koichi Kobayashi 3–2 Masao Kato
1985 Koichi Kobayashi 3–0 Hideo Otake
1986 Koichi Kobayashi 3–0 Masaki Takemiya
1987 Masao Kato 3–1 Koichi Kobayashi
1988 Cho Chikun 3–2 Masao Kato
1989 Cho Chikun 3–0 Rin Kaiho
1990 Masaki Takemiya 3–2 Cho Chikun
1991 Masaki Takemiya 3–2 Cho Chikun
1992 Masaki Takemiya 3–1 Koichi Kobayashi
1993 Hideo Otake 3–1 Masaki Takemiya
1994 Hideo Otake 3–2 Koichi Kobayashi
1995 Norimoto Yoda 3–0 Hideo Otake
1996 Norimoto Yoda 3–1 O Rissei
1997 Masao Kato 3–2 Norimoto Yoda
1998 Naoto Hikosaka 3–2 Masao Kato
1999 Koichi Kobayashi 3–0 Naoto Hikosaka
2000 Koichi Kobayashi 3–0 Hironari Nakano
2001 O Rissei 3–2 Koichi Kobayashi
2002 O Rissei 3–2 Masaki Takemiya
2003 O Rissei 3–2 Shinji Takao
2004 O Rissei 3–1 Cho U
2005 Cho Chikun 3–2 O Rissei
2006 Cho Chikun 3–1 Keigo Yamashita
2007 Cho Chikun 3–2 Keigo Yamashita
2008 Shinji Takao 3–0 Cho Chikun
2009 Cho U 3–1 Shinji Takao
2010 Cho U 3–0 Keigo Yamashita
2011 Yuta Iyama 3–2 Cho U
2012 Yuta Iyama 3–1 Cho U
2013 Satoshi Yuki 3–2 Yuta Iyama
2014 Shinji Takao 3–2 Satoshi Yuki
2015 Ida Atsushi 3–2 Shinji Takao
2016 Yuta Iyama 3–1 Ida Atsushi

References

  1. "Title Information". nihonkiin.or.jp/english. Retrieved 19 July 2014.
  2. "Abolition of the rating tournament". nihonkiin.or.jp/english. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

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