Women's Meijin

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This is the female-only equivalent of the Japanese Meijin title. Unlike the Meijin title, this tournament is conducted using the single knockout format to determine a challenger. The title is then decided by a best of three match with the previous year's title holder. The exceptions were in the first two years (1982 and 1983), when the title was actually determined by a Swiss system. Sponsored by Fuji Evening Newspaper and Nippon Life Insurance Company, the winner's prize is ¥5,100,000.

Winners:

   1st 1989 Miyazaki Shimako
   2nd 1990 Aoki Kikuyo
   3rd 1991 Sugiuchi Kazuko     (d. Aoki Kikuyo 2-1)
   4th 1992 Sugiuchi Kazuko     (d. Aoki Kikuyo 2-0)
   5th 1993 Sugiuchi Kazuko     (d. Aoki Kikuyo 2-0)
   6th 1994 Sugiuchi Kazuko     (d. Ogawa Tomoko 2-1)
   7th 1995 Kato Tomoko         (d. Sugiuchi Kazuko 2-0)
   8th 1996 Nishida Terumi      (d. Kato Tomoko 2-1)
   9th 1997 Nishida Terumi      (d. Ogawa Tomoko 2-0)
  10th 1998 Nishida Terumi      (d. Ogawa Tomoko 2-0)
  11th 1999 Aoki Kikuyo         (d. Nishida Terumi 2-0)
  12th 2000 Aoki Kikuyo         (d. Kobayashi Izumi 2-0)
  13th 2001 Kobayashi Izumi     (d. Aoki Kikuyo 2-0)
  14th 2002 Aoki Kikuyo         (d. Kobayashi Izumi 2-0)
  15th 2003 Kobayashi Izumi     (d. Aoki Kikuyo 2-0)
  16th 2004 Kobayashi Izumi     (d. Inori Yoko 2-0)
  17th 2005 Koyama Terumi       (d. Kobayashi Izumi 2-1)
  18th 2006 Aoki Kikuyo         (d. Koyama Terumi 2-0)
  19th 2007 Kato Keiko          (d. Aoki Kikuyo 2-1)

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