Prime Minister's Cup Finals

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# Prime Minister's Cup Finals

The Prime Minister's Cup tournament (首相杯争奪高段者トーナメント) has been held 25 times, first in 1957, last in 1981. The Prime Minister after whom this event was named was Hatoyama Ichiro (1883-1959).

Participants were 5-7 dan. Until 1974 the final was a single game. From 1975 on, the final was a best-of-three. Komi was 4.5 until 1974, 5.5 from 1975. Allotted time was 4h each.

# | year | winner | opponent | sgf
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 1957 | Fujisawa Hideyuki | Ohira Shuzo
2 | 1958 | Okubo Ichigen | Kajiwara Takeo
3 | 1959 | Hasegawa Akira | Shinohara Masami
4 | 1960 | Ohira Shuzo | Suzuki Goro
5 | 1961 | Kano Yoshinori | Sakakibara Shoji
6 | 1962 | Hayashi Yutaro | Okubo Ichigen
7 | 1963 | Sakakibara Shoji | Shinohara Masami
8 | 1964 | Miwa Yoshiro | Sakakibara Shoji
9 | 1965 | Otake Hideo | Kageyama Toshiro
10 | 1966 | Hoshino Toshi | Kageyama Toshiro
11 | 1967 | Suzuki Goro | Oeda Yusuke
12 | 1968 | Ishida Yoshio | Takagi Shoichi
13 | 1969 | Takagi Shoichi | Ishigure Ikuro
14 | 1970 | Kojima Takaho | Ishigure Ikuro
15 | 1971 | Takemiya Masaki | Kurosawa Tadanao
16 | 1972 | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun
17 | 1973 | Takemiya Masaki | Kato Masao
18 | 1974 | Kobayashi Koichi | Tozawa Akinobu
19 | 1975 | Takagi Shoichi | Kojima Takaho
20 | 1976 | Kobayashi Koichi | Ishida Akira
21 | 1977 | Awaji Shuzo | Fukui Masaaki
22 | 1978 | Nakamura Hidehito | Kanashima Tadashi
23 | 1979 | Haruyama Isamu | Umeki Suguru
24 | 1980 | Fukui Masaaki | O Rissei
25 | 1981 | Awaji Shuzo | Kataoka Satoshi