Tokyo Shinbun Cup

This was a knock-out tournament in Japan, leading to a best-of-three final.

Winners:

1956 Kitani Minoru

1957 Sakata Eio

1958 Magari Reiki

1959 Shimamura Toshihiro

1960 Takagawa Kaku

1961 Fujisawa Hosai

1962 Sugiuchi Masao

1963 Shimamura Toshihiro

1964 Fujisawa Hosai

1965 Fujisawa Hideyuki

1966 Takagawa Kaku