Kansai Ki-in
The Kansai Ki-in (関 西 棋院), German about Kansai - Go Association, is a Japanese Go Association that was founded in 1950 by Hashimoto Utaro . Although the association is not as big as its main rival Nihon Ki-in , like the latter it also awards Dan and professional diplomas to strong Japanese and foreign go players.
Due to World War II , it was very difficult to travel from Osaka to Tokyo to participate in Nihon Ki-in tournaments. For this reason, the NHK founded a western branch. When there was a dispute over the Hon'inbō title, the Kansai Ki-in declared its independence. Due to the fact that Hashimoto Utaro held the Hon'inbō title at this time, this also went into the Kansa Ki-in.
The association has held the Kansai Ki In First Place Championship every year since 1957 . The winners were:
- 1957 Sato Sunao
- 1958 Handa Dogen
- 1959 Miyamoto Naoki
- 1960–1961 Handa Dogen
- 1962 Koyama Yasuo
- 1963 Kubouchi Shuchi
- 1964 Sato Sunao
- 1965-1967 Hashimoto Shoji
- 1968–1969 Hashimoto Utaro
- 1970-1974 Hashimoto Shoji
- 1975-1976 Honda Kunihisa
- 1977 Sekiyama Toshio
- 1978-1979 Hashimoto Shoji
- 1980 Hashimoto Utaro
- 1981 Sato Sunao
- 1982 Oyama Kunio
- 1983-1984 Sonoda Yuichi
- 1985 Ushinohama Satsuo
- 1986 Miyamoto Yoshihisa
- 1987 Tono Hiroaki
- 1988 Hashimoto Shoji
- 1989 Tono Hiroaki
- 1990 Hashimoto Shoji
- 1991 Sekiyama Toshio
- 1992 Kiyonari Tetsuya
- 1993 Shiraishi Yutaka
- 1994 Imamura Toshiya
- 1995 Sonoda Yuichi
- 1996 Yuki Satoshi
- 1997 Honda Kunihisa
- 1998 Imamura Toshiya
- 1999 Moriyama Naoki
- 2000 Imamura Toshiya
- 2001 Honda Kunihisa
- 2002 Imamura Toshiya
- 2003 Sakai Hideyuki
- 2004 Kiyonari Tetsuya
- 2005 Yokota Shigeaki
- 2006 Yuki Satoshi
- 2007 Yuki Satoshi
- 2008 Yuki Satoshi
- 2009 Yuki Satoshi
- 2010 Murakawa Daisuke
- 2011 Sakai Hideyuki
- 2012 Sakai Hideyuki
- 2013 Sakai Hideyuki
Web links
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- Go World No. 41 (Fall 1985) p. 14