Kansai Ki In First Place Championship

(関西棋院第一位決定戦) Kansai-Kiin's annual internal championship.

Formats

• 1957-1964: Knockout tournament with 1-game final
• 1965-2006: Knockout tournament with 3-game final
• 2007-: Tournament winner challenges the titleholder in a 3-game match

Winners

• 1957 Sato Sunao
• 1958 Handa Dogen
• 1959 Miyamoto Naoki
• 1960,1961 Handa Dogen
• 1962 Koyama Yasuo
• 1963 Kubouchi Shuchi
• 1964 Sato Sunao
• 1965,66,67 Hashimoto Shoji
• 1968,69 Hashimoto Utaro
• 1970,71,72,73,74 Hashimoto Shoji
• 1975,76 Honda Kunihisa
• 1977 Sekiyama Toshio
• 1978,79 Hashimoto Shoji
• 1980 Hashimoto Utaro
• 1981 Sato Sunao
• 1982 Oyama Kunio
• 1983,84 Sonoda Yuichi
• 1985 Ushinohama Satsuo
• 1986 Miyamoto Yoshihisa
• 1987 Tono Hiroaki
• 1988 Hashimoto Shoji
• 1989 Tono Hiroaki
• 1990 Hashimoto Shoji
• 1991 Sekiyama Toshio
• 1992 Kiyonari Tetsuya
• 1993 Shiraishi Yutaka
• 1994 Imamura Toshiya
• 1995 Sonoda Yuichi
• 1996 Yuki Satoshi
• 1997 Honda Kunihisa
• 1998 Imamura Toshiya
• 1999 Moriyama Naoki
• 2000 Imamura Toshiya
• 2001 Honda Kunihisa
• 2002 Imamura Toshiya
• 2003 Sakai Hideyuki
• 2004 Kiyonari Tetsuya
• 2005 Yokota Shigeaki
• 2006 Yuki Satoshi
• 2007 Yuki Satoshi 2-1 Sakai Hideyuki (Challenge match introduced)
• 2008 Yuki Satoshi 2-1 Kiyonari Tetsuya
• 2009 Yuki Satoshi 2-1 Imamura Toshiya
• 2010 Murakawa Daisuke 2-1 Yuki Satoshi
• 2011 Sakai Hideyuki 2-0 Murakawa Daisuke
• 2012 Sakai Hideyuki 2-0 Murakawa Daisuke
• 2013 Sakai Hideyuki 2-0 Furuya Yutaka
• 2014 Yuki Satoshi 2-1 Sakai Hideyuki
• 2015 Yuki Satoshi 2-0 Nakano Yasuhiro
• 2016 Yuki Satoshi 2-0 Murakawa Daisuke
• 2017 Yu Zhengqi 2-0 Yuki Satoshi
• 2018 Yu Zhengqi 2-0 Yokota Shigeaki
• 2019 Yu Zhengqi 2-0 Watanabe Koki
• 2020 Yu Zhengqi 2-0 Murakawa Daisuke
• 2021 Yu Zhengqi 2-0 Sada Atsushi
• 2022 Yu Zhengqi 2-0 Murakawa Daisuke
• 2023 Yu Zhengqi 2-0 Sada Atsushi