Nihon Ki-in Championship

(日本棋院選手権) Ran 1954-1975, was replaced by the Tengen.

Winners

• 1954 Takagawa Kaku d. Shinohara Masami 1-0
• 1955 Sakata Eio d. Takagawa Kaku 2-0
• 1956 Sakata Eio d. Sugiuchi Masao 2-1
• 1957 Sakata Eio d. Sugiuchi Masao 2-1
• 1958 Sakata Eio d. Kitani Minoru 2-0
• 1959 Sakata Eio d. Takagawa Kaku 2-0
• 1960 Sakata Eio d. Takagawa Kaku 2-0
• 1961 Sakata Eio d. Fujisawa Shuko 2-1
• 1962 Takagawa Kaku d. Sakata Eio 3-0
• 1963 Takagawa Kaku d. Yamabe Toshiro 3-1
• 1964 Sakata Eio d. Takagawa Kaku 3-0
• 1965 Sakata Eio d. Miyashita Shuyo 3-1
• 1966 Ohira Shuzo d. Sakata Eio 3-1
• 1967 Ohira Shuzo d. Rin Kaiho 3-2
• 1968 Ohira Shuzo d. Yamabe Toshiro 3-0
• 1969 Ohira Shuzo d. Miyashita Shuyo 3-0
• 1970 Ishida Yoshio d. Ohira Shuzo 3-1
• 1971 Ishida Yoshio d. Takemiya Masaki 3-0
• 1972 Ohira Shuzo d. Ishida Yoshio 3-1
• 1973 Sakata Eio d. Ohira Shuzo 3-1
• 1974 Sakata Eio d. Kato Masao 3-2
• 1975 Sakata Eio d. Cho Chikun 3-2