Women's Meijin
This is the female-only equivalent of the Japanese Meijin title. Unlike the Meijin title, this tournament is conducted using the single knockout format to determine a challenger. The 20th edition uses a double elimination format to determine the challenger. The title is then decided by a best of three match with the previous year's title holder. The exceptions were in the first two years (1989 and 1990), when the title was actually determined by a Swiss system. Sponsored by Fuji Evening Newspaper and Nippon Life Insurance Company, the winner's prize is ¥5,100,000.
It seems that there is now a league, and (from looking at the broadcast at CyberOrO) that the thinking time in the league is 3 hours per player. Can someone verify that?
1st | 1989 | Miyazaki Shimako | ||
2nd | 1990 | Aoki Kikuyo | ||
3rd | 1991 | Sugiuchi Kazuko | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-1 |
4th | 1992 | Sugiuchi Kazuko | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-0 |
5th | 1993 | Sugiuchi Kazuko | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-1 |
6th | 1994 | Sugiuchi Kazuko | Ogawa Tomoko | 2-0 |
7th | 1995 | Kato Tomoko | Sugiuchi Kazuko | 2-1 |
8th | 1996 | Nishida Terumi | Kato Tomoko | 2-0 |
9th | 1997 | Nishida Terumi | Ogawa Tomoko | 2-0 |
10th | 1998 | Nishida Terumi | Ogawa Tomoko | 2-0 |
11th | 1999 | Aoki Kikuyo | Nishida Terumi | 2-0 |
12th | 2000 | Aoki Kikuyo | Kobayashi Izumi | 2-0 |
13th | 2001 | Kobayashi Izumi | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-0 |
14th | 2002 | Aoki Kikuyo | Kobayashi Izumi | 2-0 |
15th | 2003 | Kobayashi Izumi | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-0 |
16th | 2004 | Kobayashi Izumi | Inori Yoko | 2-0 |
17th | 2005 | Koyama Terumi | Kobayashi Izumi | 2-1 |
18th | 2006 | Aoki Kikuyo | Koyama Terumi | 2-0 |
19th | 2007 | Kato Keiko | Aoki Kikuyo | 2:1 |
20th | 2008 | Xie Yimin | Kato Keiko | 2:0 |
21th | 2009 | Xie Yimin | Chinen Kaori | 2:1 |
22th | 2010 | Xie Yimin | Mukai Chiaki | 2:0 |
23th | 2011 | Xie Yimin | Mukai Chiaki | 2:1 |
Previously there was another female tournament named Women's Meijin
1st | 1973 | Kobayashi Reiko | Ogawa Tomoko |
2nd | 1975 | Kobayashi Reiko | Ito Tomoe |