This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Prime Minister Cup" Go – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
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
Player | Years Held |
---|---|
Kano Yoshinori | 1961 |
Hayashi Yutaro | 1962 |
Sakakibara Shoji | 1963 |
Miwa Yoshiro | 1964 |
Otake Hideo | 1965 |
Hoshino Toshi | 1966 |
Suzuki Goro | 1967 |
Ishida Yoshio | 1968 |
Takagi Shoichi | 1969, 1975 |
Kojima Takaho | 1970 |
Takemiya Masaki | 1971, 1973 |
Kobayashi Koichi | 1972, 1974, 1976 |
Awaji Shuzo | 1977, 1981 |
Nakamura Hidehito | 1978 |
Haruyama Isamu | 1979 |
Fukui Masaki | 1980 |
Player | Years Lost |
---|---|
Sakakibara Shoji | 1961, 1964 |
Okubo Ichigen | 1962 |
Shinohara Masami | 1963 |
Kageyama Toshiro | 1965, 1966 |
Oeda Yusuke | 1967 |
Takagi Shoichi | 1968 |
Ishigure Ikuro | 1969, 1970 |
Kurosawa Tadanao | 1971 |
Cho Chikun | 1972 |
Kato Masao | 1973 |
Tozawa Akinobu | 1974 |
Kojima Takaho | 1975 |
Ishida Akira | 1976 |
Fukui Masaki | 1977 |
Kanashima Tadashi | 1978 |
Umeki Suguru | 1979 |
O Rissei | 1980 |
Kataoka Satoshi | 1981 |