All Japan Female Amateur Championship

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All Japan Female Amateur Championship (全日本女流アマチュア囲碁選手権大会) is the only Go tournament in Japan open to all female amateur players from any prefecture. It is sponsored by the Nihon Ki-in. Many participants eventually became professional players. [ext] The Japanese Wikipedia includes a complete list of all professionals who attended the tournament before turning professional.

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Notable winners

Note that the 2020 tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19.

Year	Winner
1965	Ogawa Tomoko
1970–1971 and 1975	Kanai Kazuko
1977–1978, 1980, 1985 and 1987	Kamekura Yoshiko
1981–1984	Yoshie Yasuko
1990–1991 and 1993–1995	Sato Akiko
1997	Osawa Narumi
2000–2001	Nakajima Mieko
2002 and 2013	Osawa Maya (I) (Narumi's sister. The Osawa sisters are the first sisters to win at here)
2003	Mukai Kaori (Mukai Chiaki's sister, currently known as Mimura Kaori)
2004	Shimosaka Miori (W)
2005 and 2007	Ishii Akane (currently known as Tatsumi Akane at Kansai Ki-in)
2008	Oda Ayako (I)
2014–2015	Fujiwara Akiko (I) (W)*
2016	Oshima Reina (I)

Players marked * have also won the Female Student Honinbo.
(W) = Waseda University Go Club alumni
(I) = ex-Insei player

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Other participants who later turned pro

Name	Notes
Chinen Kaori	Top 16 players in 1988 and 1989
Kobayashi Izumi	Top 32 players in 1989
Umezawa Yukari	3rd place in 1995
Fujisawa Rina	4th place in 2009
Deguchi Mariko	Runner Up in 2010
Nyu Eiko	3rd place in 2013

All Japan Female Amateur Championship last edited by Jono64a on August 8, 2024 - 00:35

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