Shinjin O
Keywords: Tournament
Shinjin O ('King of the New Stars') is a single knockout tournament in Japan. The tournament is open to players 7-dan and below, who are 30 years old or younger. From 2006, it will be the 'King of the New Stars U-25' tournament and the age restriction will be lowered to 25 years old. Thinking time is 4 hours per player (3 hours from 2006), and the winner's prize is ¥3,280,000.
Winners:
1st 1976 Kobayashi Koichi (d. Nakamura Hidehito) 2nd 1977 Kobayashi Koichi (d. Cho Chikun) 3rd 1978 Ishida Akira (d. Kurahashi Shozo) 4th 1979 Ishida Akira (d. Yamashiro Hiroshi) 5th 1980 Miyazawa Goro (d. Kiyonari Tetsuya) 6th 1981 O Rissei (d. Hasegawa Sunao) 7th 1982 Kataoka Satoshi (d. Yoda Norimoto) 8th 1983 Yoda Norimoto (d. Miyazawa Goro) 9th 1984 Imamura Toshiya (d. Hashimoto Yujiro) 10th 1985 Miyazawa Goro (d. Imamura Toshiya) 11th 1986 Yoda Norimoto (d. O Rissei) 12th 1987 Yoda Norimoto (d. O Meien) 13th 1988 Komatsu Hideki (d. Narusawa Yasuichi) 14th 1989 Yoda Norimoto (d. Izumitani Hideo) 15th 1990 Yoda Norimoto (d. Yuki Satoshi) 16th 1991 Cho Sonjin (d. Ryu Shikun) 17th 1992 Komatsu Hideki (d. Michael Redmond) 18th 1993 Yuki Satoshi (d. Mimura Tomoyasu) 19th 1994 Mimura Tomoyasu (d. Yo Kagen) 20th 1995 Mimura Tomoyasu (d. Cho Sonjin) 21st 1996 Takao Shinji (d. Nakamura Shinya) 22nd 1997 Yamada Kimio (d. Aoki Kikuyo) 23rd 1998 Yamashita Keigo (d. Takao Shinji) 24th 1999 Yamashita Keigo (d. Hane Naoki) 25th 2000 Yamashita Keigo (d. Hane Naoki) 26th 2001 Yamashita Keigo (d. Kubo Hideo) 27th 2002 Cho U (d. Takao Shinji) 28th 2003 So Yokoku (d. Fujii Shuya?) 29th 2004 Mizokami Tomochika (d. Sakai Hideyuki) 30th 2005 Kim Shujun (d. Iyama Yuta)