Female Strongest
Keywords: Tournament
The Japanese Female Saikyo tournament. It was discontinued in 2008.
Also known as the Tokyo Seimitsu Cup, or the Female Strongest Player tournament.
The winner of this tournament plays a match against a Westerner each year: the opponent is decided in a playoff between an American and a European representative selected at the US Go Congress and the European Go Congress, respectively.
See also: http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/orient/go/japan/w_saikyo.html
Ed. | Year | Winner | Runner-up |
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1st | 1999 | Shinkai Hiroko | Yashiro Kumiko |
2nd | 2000 | Kato Tomoko | Aoki Kikuyo |
3rd | 2001 | Aoki Kikuyo | Yoshida Mika |
4th | 2002 | Okada Yumiko | Umezawa Yukari |
5th | 2003 | Suzuki Ayumi | Nakazawa Ayako |
6th | 2004 | Shinkai Hiroko | Okada Yumiko |
7th | 2005 | Kobayashi Izumi | Konishi Kazuko |
8th | 2006 | Xie Yimin | Konishi Kazuko |
9th | 2007 | Suzuki Ayumi | Aoki Kikuyo |
10th | 2008 | Kato Keiko | Xie Yimin |