NHK Cup (Go)
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The NHK Cup is a Go competition.
[edit] Biography
The NHK Cup is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. The tournament is televised on the NHK network. Before 1963, the competition was broadcasted on the radio. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($43,000).
[edit] Past winners
| Player | Years Held |
|---|---|
| Shimamura Toshihiro | 1954 |
| Iwamoto Kaoru | 1955 |
| Hashimoto Utaro | 1956, 1963 |
| Sakata Eio | 1957 - 1959, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1982 |
| Kitani Minoru | 1960 |
| Takagawa Shukaku | 1966 |
| Hashimoto Shoji | 1967, 1980, 1985 |
| Otake Hideo | 1971, 1973, 1975, 1994 |
| Rin Kaiho | 1970, 1974, 1978 |
| Tono Hiroaki | 1979 |
| Fujisawa Hideyuki | 1969, 1981 |
| Tono Hiroaki | 1979 |
| Cho Chikun | 1983, 1992, 1996, 2007 |
| Honda Kunihisa | 1984 |
| Kobayashi Koichi | 1986, 2004 |
| Ishida Yoshio | 1987, 1990, 2001 |
| Kato Masao | 1988 |
| Takemiya Masaki | 1989 |
| Yoda Norimoto | 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000 |
| Kobayashi Satoru | 1995 |
| O Rissei | 1997 |
| Cho U | 2002, 2005, 2008 |
| Mimura Tomoyasu | 2003 |
| Hane Naoki | 2006 |
