The Women's Honinbo (女流本因坊戦, Joryū Hon'inbō-sen) is a Japanese Go competition.

Outline

The Women's Honinbo is the female version of the Honinbo. It is sponsored by the Kyodo News Agency and Sompo Japan Insurance. The winner's purse is 5,500,000 yen.[1]

Past winners

Winners in chronological order:

YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1. 1982 Honda Sachiko 2–1 Kobayashi Reiko
2. 1983 Kusunoki Teruko 2–1 Honda Sachiko
3. 1984 Honda Sachiko 2–0 Kusunoki Teruko
4. 1985 Kusunoki Teruko 2–1 Honda Sachiko
5. 1986 Ogawa Tomoko 2–0 Kusunoki Teruko
6. 1987 Kusunoki Teruko 2–1 Ogawa Tomoko
7. 1988 2–0 Ogawa Tomoko
8. 1989 2–0 Ogawa Tomoko
9. 1990 Nakazawa Ayako 2–1 Kusunoki Teruko
10. 1991 2–1 Kobayashi Chizu
11. 1992 Kato Tomoko 2–0 Nakazawa Ayako
12. 1993 Yoshida Mika 2–1 Kato Tomoko
13. 1994 2–0 Tsukuda Akiko
14. 1995 3–1 Chinen Kaori
15. 1996 3–0 Nakazawa Ayako
16. 1997 Chinen Kaori 3–1 Yoshida Mika
17. 1998 3–0 Kato Tomoko
18. 1999 3–1 Kobayashi Izumi
19. 2000 Inori Yoko 3–2 Chinen Kaori
20. 2001 Kobayashi Izumi 3–1 Inori Yoko
21. 2002 3–2 Chinen Kaori
22. 2003 3–1 Yashiro Kumiko
23. 2004 Chinen Kaori 3–1 Kobayashi Izumi
24. 2005 Yashiro Kumiko 3–0 Chinen Kaori
25. 2006 3–1 Inori Yoko
26. 2007 Xie Yimin 3–1 Yashiro Kumiko
27. 2008 3–1 Suzuki Ayumi
28. 2009 3–1 Aoki Kikuyo
29. 2010 3–0 Mukai Chiaki
30. 2011 3–1 Mukai Chiaki
31. 2012 3–0 Okuda Aya
32. 2013 Mukai Chiaki 3–2 Xie Yimin
33. 2014 Fujisawa Rina 3–0 Mukai Chiaki
34. 2015 Xie Yimin 3–2 Fujisawa Rina
35. 2016 Fujisawa Rina 3–1 Xie Yimin
36. 2017 Xie Yimin 3–2 Fujisawa Rina
37. 2018 Fujisawa Rina 3–1 Xie Yimin
38. 2019 Ueno Asami 3–1[2] Fujisawa Rina
39. 2020 Fujisawa Rina 3–2[3] Ueno Asami
40. 2021 3–0[4] Hoshiai Shiho
41. 2022 3–0 Ueno Asami
42. 2023 3–2 Ueno Risa

Winners by number of titles:

PlayerTitlesYears Held
Xie Yimin 8 2007–2012, 2015, 2017
Fujisawa Rina 7 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020–2023
Kusunoki Teruko 5 1983, 1985, 1987–1989
Yoshida Mika 4 1993–1996
Chinen Kaori 4 1997–1999, 2004
Kobayashi Izumi 3 2001–2003
Honda Sachiko 2 1982, 1984
Nakazawa Ayako 2 1990–1991
Yashiro Kumiko 2 2005–2006
Ogawa Tomoko 1 1986
Kato Tomoko 1 1992
Inori Yoko 1 2000
Mukai Chiaki 1 2013
Ueno Asami 1 2019

References

  1. https://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/match/fhoninbo/042.html
  2. "The Power Report: Ueno wins 38th Women's Honinbo; Choi wins Bingsheng Cup; Kono to challenge for Kisei". American Go E-Journal. 2019-12-05.
  3. "The Power Report: Seki wins King of New Stars; Cho U scores 1,000 wins; Fujisawa wins Young Carp & Women's Honinbo; Iyama wins Agon Kiriyama Cup; Ichiriki sets new Ryusei record, leads Honinbo League". American Go E-Journal. 2021-02-09.
  4. "The Power Report: Fujisawa defends 40th Women's Honinbo; Meijin title match tied; Iyama and Shibano win games in Chinese League". American Go E-Journal. 2021-11-04.
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