Nihon Ki-in Championship title games

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# Nihon Ki-in Championship title results

The Nihon Ki-in Championship was held from 1954 to 1975, and was succeeded by the Tengen tournament. The title match is a best-of-five match, until 1961 a best-of-three.

Nr | Year | Winner | Opponent | Score | Games
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 1954 | Takagawa Kaku (7d) | Shinohara Masami (7d) | 1-0 | 1
2 | 1955 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Takagawa Kaku (8d) | 2-0 | 1 2
3 | 1956 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Sugiuchi Masao (8d) | 2-1 | 1 2 3
4 | 1957 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Sugiuchi Masao (8d) | 2-1 | 1 2 3
5 | 1958 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Kitani Minoru (9d) | 2-0 | 1 2
6 | 1959 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Takagawa Kaku (8d) | 2-0 | 1 2
7 | 1960 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Takagawa Kaku (8d) | 2-0 | 1 2
8 | 1961 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Fujisawa Shuko (8d) | 2-1 | 1 2 3
9 | 1962 | Takagawa Kaku (9d) | Sakata Eio (9d) | 3-0 | 1 2 3
10 | 1963 | Takagawa Kaku (9d) | Yamabe Toshiro (8d) | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
11 | 1964 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Takagawa Kaku (9d) | 3-0 | 1 2 3
12 | 1965 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Miyashita Shuyo (9d) | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
13 | 1966 | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | Sakata Eio (9d) | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
14 | 1967 | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | Rin Kaiho (8d) | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
15 | 1968 | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | Yamabe Toshiro (9d) | 3-0 | 1 2 3
16 | 1969 | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | Miyashita Shuyo (9d) | 3-0 | 1 2 3
17 | 1970 | Ishida Yoshio (6d) | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
18 | 1971 | Ishida Yoshio (7d) | Takemiya Masaki (6d) | 3-0 | 1 2 3
19 | 1972 | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | Ishida Yoshio (7d) | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
20 | 1973 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | 3-1 | 1 2 3 4
21 | 1974 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Kato Masao (8d) | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5
22 | 1975 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Cho Chikun (6d) | 3-2 | 1 2 3 4 5

## Honorary title

Sakata Eio won the Nihon Ki-in Champion title five consecutive times (in fact, seven consecutive times) and got the Honorary Nihon Ki-in Champion title.