Kansai Kiin Senshuken
Keywords: Tournament
(関西棋院選手権, Senshuken=Championship) Japanese tournament (of the Kansai Kiin) held from 1955 to 1974, sponsored by Kobe Shinbun. Later combined with the Nihon Kiin Championship to start the Tengen tournament.
The tournament from 1962 to 1965 were two team win-and-continue matches.
Winners (Runners-Up)
- 1955, Tainaka Shin
- 1956, Handa Dogen
- 1957, Hashimoto Shoji
- 1958, Suzuki Etsuo
- 1959, Tono Hiroaki
- 1960, Hashimoto Shoji (Handa Dogen)
- 1961, Kubouchi Shuchi
- 1966, Kubouchi Shuchi (Handa Dogen)
- 1967, Miyamoto Naoki (Tono Hiroaki)
- 1968, ?
- 1969, ?
- 1970, Ishii Shinzo
- 1971, Hashimoto Utaro (d. Tono Hiroaki 2-0)
- 1972, Hashimoto Utaro (d. Tono Hiroaki 2-0)
- 1973, Hashimoto Utaro (d. Fujiki Hitomi 2-1)
- 1974, Hashimoto Utaro (d. Kubouchi Shuchi 2-1)