Prime Minister Cup (Go)


The Prime Minister Cup was a Go competition.

Outline

The Prime Minister Cup ran from 1961 to 1981. It was used by the Nihon Ki-in The first 18 titles were decided in a knockout tournament. The last two years, the format was changed to a best-of-three match between finalists from a large knockout.

Past Winners & Runner Up's


PlayerYears Held
Kano Yoshinori1961
Hayashi Yutaro1962
Sakakibara Shoji1963
Miwa Yoshiro1964
Otake Hideo1965
Hoshino Toshi1966
Suzuki Goro1967
Ishida Yoshio1968
Takagi Shoichi1969, 1975
Kojima Takaho1970
Takemiya Masaki1971, 1973
Kobayashi Koichi1972, 1974, 1976
Awaji Shuzo1977, 1981
Nakamura Hidehito1978
Haruyama Isamu1979
Fukui Masaki1980


PlayerYears Lost
Sakakibara Shoji1961, 1964
Okubo Ichigen1962
Shinohara Masami1963
Kageyama Toshiro1965, 1966
Oeda Yusuke1967
Takagi Shoichi1968
Ishigure Ikuro1969, 1970
Kurosawa Tadanao1971
Cho Chikun1972
Kato Masao1973
Tozawa Akinobu1974
Kojima Takaho1975
Ishida Akira1976
Fukui Masaki1977
Kanashima Tadashi1978
Umeki Suguru1979
O Rissei1980
Kataoka Satoshi1981