The Women's Kisei (女流棋聖戦, Joryū Kisei-sen) is a Japanese Go competition.

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The Women's Kisei is sponsored by NTT DoCoMo, and uses a hayago format, of 30 seconds per move and a 10x1 minute byo-yomi,[1] unlike the Kisei, which uses an eight-hour thinking time format. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($38,000).[1]

Past winners

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Winners in chronological order:

Year Winner Score Runner-up
1. 1998 Kobayashi Izumi 2–0 Kobayashi Chizu
2. 1999 2–1 Sugiuchi Kazuko
3. 2000 Chinen Kaori 2–0 Kobayashi Izumi
4. 2001 2–1 Kato Reiko
5. 2002 2–1 Ogawa Tomoko
6. 2003 2–1 Kato Reiko
7. 2004 Mannami Kana 2–1 Chinen Kaori
8. 2005 Chinen Kaori 2–0 Mannami Kana
9. 2006 Mannami Kana 2–1 Chinen Kaori
10. 2007 Umezawa Yukari 2–1 Mannami Kana
11. 2008 2–0 Chiaki Mukai
12. 2009 2–1 Kato Reiko
13. 2010 Xie Yimin 2–0 Umezawa Yukari
14. 2011 2–0
15. 2012 Aoki Kikuyo 2–1 Xie Yimin
16. 2013 Xie Yimin 2–0 Aoki Kikuyo
17. 2014 2–0
18. 2015 2–0 Konishi Kazuko
19. 2016 2–0 Yoshihara (nee Umezawa) Yukari
20. 2017 2–1 Nyu Eiko
21. 2018 Ueno Asami 2–0 Xie Yimin
22. 2019 2–0 Fujisawa Rina
23. 2020 Suzuki Ayumi 2–0 Ueno Asami
24. 2021 Ueno Asami 2–1 Suzuki Ayumi
25. 2022 2–0 Suzuki Ayumi
26. 2023 Nakamura Sumire 2–1[2][3] Ueno Asami
27. 2024 Ueno Risa 2–1[4] Nakamura Sumire

Winners by number of titles:

Player Titles Years Held
Xie Yimin 7 2010–2011, 2013–2017
Chinen Kaori 5 2000–2003, 2005
Ueno Asami 4 2018–2019, 2021–2022
Yoshihara Yukari 3 2007–2009
Kobayashi Izumi 2 1998–1999
Mannami Kana 2 2004, 2006
Aoki Kikuyo 1 2012
Suzuki Ayumi 1 2020
Nakamura Sumire 1 2023
Ueno Risa 1 2024

References

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  1. ^ a b "囲碁の日本棋院". Nihon Ki-in (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-02-09.
  2. ^ "The Power Report: Catching up on 2023 news; Kim wins Japan-Korea match; Sumire wins first title". American Go E-Journal. 2023-08-23.
  3. ^ Takeuchi, Ryo (2023-02-06). "Teen Go prodigy Nakamura becomes youngest in Japan to capture title". Mainichi Shimbun.
  4. ^ "囲碁 仲邑菫女流棋聖 韓国移籍前最後のタイトル戦初防衛ならず". NHK News (in Japanese). 2024-02-05.
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