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Honinbo (competition)

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Honinbo (competition)
Full nameHoninbo
Started1941
Honorary WinnersTakagawa Kaku
Sakata Eio
Ishida Yoshio
Cho Chikun
Iyama Yuta
SponsorsMainichi Shimbun
Prize money28 million yen
AffiliationNihon Ki-in

The Honinbo (本因坊) is a Go competition and the oldest Go title in Japan. Sponsored by Mainichi Shimbun, the Honinbo pays out ¥28 million to the winner (since the 74th Honinbo in 2019).[1]

Rules

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The holder of the title is challenged by whoever wins the round robin league. Players can get into the round robin league by going through many preliminary tournaments. Once there is a challenger to compete against the holder, the winner is decided through a best of seven match. The games are played over two days and each player is given eight hours of thinking time.[2] If a player qualifies for the Honinbo league, they are automatically promoted to 7 dan. If that same player wins the league, a promotion to 8 dan is given. If that same player goes on to win the title, they are promoted to 9 dan, the highest rank.[3]

Past winners

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Year Winner Score Runner-up
1941 Riichi Sekiyama 3–3* Shin Kato
1943 Utaro Hashimoto 2–0 Riichi Sekiyama
1945 Kaoru Iwamoto 3–3
(2–0)**
Utaro Hashimoto
1947 3–2 Minoru Kitani
1950 Utaro Hashimoto 4–0 Kaoru Iwamoto
1951 4–3 Eio Sakata
1952 Kaku Takagawa 4–1 Utaro Hashimoto
1953 4–2 Minoru Kitani
1954 4–2 Masao Sugiuchi
1955 4–0 Toshihiro Shimamura
1956 4–2
1957 4–2 Hosai Fujisawa
1958 4–2 Masao Sugiuchi
1959 4–2 Minoru Kitani
1960 4–2 Hideyuki Fujisawa
1961 Eio Sakata 4–1 Kaku Takagawa
1962 4–1 Dogen Handa
1963 4–2 Kaku Takagawa
1964 4–0
1965 4–0 Toshiro Yamabe
1966 4–0 Hideyuki Fujisawa
1967 4–1 Rin Kaiho
1968 Rin Kaiho 4–3 Eio Sakata
1969 4–2 Masao Kato
1970 4–0 Eio Sakata
1971 Yoshio Ishida 4–2 Rin Kaiho
1972 4–3
1973 4–0
1974 4–3 Masaki Takemiya
1975 4–3 Eio Sakata
1976 Masaki Takemiya 4–1 Yoshio Ishida
1977 Masao Kato 4–1 Masaki Takemiya
1978 4–3 Yoshio Ishida
1979 4–1 Rin Kaiho
1980 Masaki Takemiya 4–1 Masao Kato
1981 Cho Chikun 4–2 Masaki Takemiya
1982 4–2 Koichi Kobayashi
1983 Rin Kaiho 4–3 Cho Chikun
1984 4–1 Shuzo Awaji
1985 Masaki Takemiya 4–1 Rin Kaiho
1986 4–1 Hiroshi Yamashiro
1987 4–0
1988 4–3 Hideo Otake
1989 Cho Chikun 4–0 Masaki Takemiya
1990 4–3 Koichi Kobayashi
1991 4–2
1992 4–3
1993 4–1 Hiroshi Yamashiro
1994 4–3 Satoshi Kataoka
1995 4–1 Masao Kato
1996 4–2 Ryu Shikun
1997 4–0 Masao Kato
1998 4–2 O Rissei
1999 Cho Sonjin 4–2 Cho Chikun
2000 O Meien 4–2 Cho Sonjin
2001 4–3 Cho U
2002 Masao Kato 4–2 O Meien
2003 Cho U 4–2 Masao Kato
2004 4–2 Norimoto Yoda
2005 Shinji Takao 4–1 Cho U
2006 4–2 Kimio Yamada
2007 4–1 Norimoto Yoda
2008 Naoki Hane 4–3 Shinji Takao
2009 4–2
2010 Keigo Yamashita 4–1 Naoki Hane
2011 4–3
2012 Yuta Iyama 4–3 Keigo Yamashita
2013 4–3 Shinji Takao
2014 4–1 Atsushi Ida
2015 4–1 Keigo Yamashita
2016 4–1 Shinji Takao
2017 4–0 Katsuya Motoki
2018 4–1 Keigo Yamashita
2019 4–2 Rin Kono
2020 4–1 Toramaru Shibano
2021 4–3
2022 4–0 Ryo Ichiriki
2023 Ryo Ichiriki 4–3 Yuta Iyama
2024 3–0 Yo Seiki

References

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  1. ^ "第78期 本因坊戦". Nihon Ki-in (in Japanese).
  2. ^ "Go Tournament: Honinbo". gogameworld.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  3. ^ "Abolition of the rating tournament". nihonkiin.or.jp. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
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