Ryusei (competition)
The Ryusei (竜星戦 Ryūsei-sen) is a Go competition.
Biography
The Ryusei is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. It was started in 1991 and is a fast go tournament. The tournament consists of four sections. The winner from each section, along with the player who won the most games in each section play in a single knockout tournament. The winner is decided this way. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($43,000).
Past winners
| Year | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Cho Chikun | Ishida Yoshio |
| 1992 | Otake Hideo | Cho Chikun |
| 1993 | Cho Chikun | Ryu Shikun |
| 1994 | Morita Michihiro | Rin Kaiho |
| 1996 | Kobayashi Satoru | Nakaonoda Tomomi |
| 1997 | Kobayashi Koichi | Komatsu Hideki |
| 1998 | Kato Masao | Cho Chikun |
| 1999 | Yamada Kimio | Morita Michihiro |
| 2000 | Takao Shinji | Takagi Shoichi |
| 2001 | Kato Masao | Cho U |
| 2002 | Kobayashi Koichi | O Meien |
| 2003 | Kobayashi Koichi | Hane Naoki |
| 2004 | Takao Shinji | Yamada Kimio |
| 2005 | Yuki Satoshi | Cho U |
| 2006 | Cho U | Yuki Satoshi |
| 2007 | Cho U | Yuki Satoshi |
| 2008 | Kono Rin | Cho U |
| 2009 | Iyama Yuta | Cho U |
| 2010 | Yamashita Keigo | Nakano Hironari |
| 2011 | Iyama Yuta | Yuki Satoshi |
| 2012 | Iyama Yuta | Rin Kanketsu |
| 2013 | Yamashita Keigo | Kono Rin |
| 2014 | Kono Rin | Yu Zhengqi |
| 2015 | Yuki Satoshi | Cho Chikun |
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