- Oza
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This article is about a title in Go. For a title in shogi, see Oza (shogi).
Oza Full name Oza Started 1953 Honorary Winners Masao Kato Sponsors Nihon Kezai Prize money ¥14 million
$173,000
(as of 2 July 2011)Affiliation Nihon Ki-in Oza (王座 Ōza, Japanese for "King") is a title in Go. The association that holds this title is the Japanese Nihon Ki-in.
Outline
Recently, the format for the tournament was changed to a best of five. The challenger is decided in a tournament of 16 players, other than the title player.[1] The winner's purse is ¥14 million ($173,000).[2]
Past winners and runners-up
Year Winner Score Runner-up 1953 Utaro Hashimoto 1–0 Nobuaki Maeda 1954 Kaku Takagawa 2–1 Hidehiro Miyashita 1955 Utaro Hashimoto 2–1 Toshihiro Shimamura 1956 Utaro Hashimoto 2–0 Eio Sakata 1957 Toshihiro Shimamura 2–0 Dogen Handa 1958 Hosai Fujisawa 2–0 Dogen Handa 1959 Shoji Hashimoto 2–0 Toshiro Yamabe 1960 Dogen Handa 2–0 Hidehiro Miyashita 1961 Eio Sakata 2–1 Kaku Takagawa 1962 Hidehiro Miyashita 2–0 Katsuji Kada 1963 Eio Sakata 2–0 Hosai Fujisawa 1964 Eio Sakata 2–0 Takeo Kajiwara 1965 Dogen Handa 2–0 Ichigen Okubo 1966 Eio Sakata 2–1 Rin Kaiho 1967 Hideyuki Fujisawa 2–0 Shoji Hashimoto 1968 Hideyuki Fujisawa 2–0 Eio Sakata 1969 Hideyuki Fujisawa 2–0 Hideo Otake 1970 Eio Sakata 2–0 Hideyuki Fujisawa 1971 Eio Sakata 2–0 Shoji Hashimoto 1972 Eio Sakata 2–1 Utaro Hashimoto 1973 Rin Kaiho 2–1 Eio Sakata 1974 Yoshio Ishida 2–1 Rin Kaiho 1975 Hideo Otake 2–0 Yoshio Ishida 1976 Cho Chikun 2–1 Hideo Otake 1977 Norio Kudo 2–0 Cho Chikun 1978 Yoshio Ishida 2–1 Norio Kudo 1979 Masao Kato 2–0 Yoshio Ishida 1980 Masao Kato 2–0 Yoshio Ishida 1981 Shoji Hashimoto 2–1 Masao Kato 1982 Masao Kato 2–0 Shoji Hashimoto 1983 Masao Kato 2–0 Hideo Otake 1984 Masao Kato 3–0 Hiroshi Yamashiro 1985 Masao Kato 3–0 Koichi Kobayashi 1986 Masao Kato 3–1 Rin Kaiho 1987 Masao Kato 3–1 Cho Chikun 1988 Masao Kato 3–0 Masaki Takemiya 1989 Masao Kato 3–1 Yasumasa Hane 1990 Yasumasa Hane 3–2 Masao Kato 1991 Hideyuki Fujisawa 3–1 Yasumasa Hane 1992 Hideyuki Fujisawa 3–2 Koichi Kobayashi 1993 Masao Kato 3–0 Hideyuki Fujisawa 1994 Cho Chikun 3–2 Masao Kato 1995 O Rissei 3–0 Cho Chikun 1996 Ryu Shikun 3–0 O Rissei 1997 Kimio Yamada 3–1 Ryu Shikun 1998 O Rissei 3–0 Kimio Yamada 1999 O Rissei 3–1 Cho Chikun 2000 O Rissei 3–1 Cho Chikun 2001 Cho Chikun 3–0 O Rissei 2002 O Meien 3–2 Cho Chikun 2003 Cho U 3–1 O Meien 2004 Cho U 3–1 Keigo Yamashita 2005 Cho U 3–0 Keigo Yamashita 2006 Keigo Yamashita 3–1 Cho U 2007 Keigo Yamashita 3–1 Toshiya Imamura 2008 Cho U 3–1 Keigo Yamashita 2009 Cho U 3–0 Kimio Yamada 2010 Cho U 3–0 Kimio Yamada 2011 References
- ^ "oza tournament". gobase.org. http://gobase.org/games/jp/oza/. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
- ^ "Title Holders". nihonkiin.or.jp. http://www.nihonkiin.or.jp/match/title-e.htm. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
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