Women's Meijin
Keywords: Tournament
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 20th edition uses a double elimination format to determine the 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:
* 19th 2007 Kato Keiko (d. Aoki Kikuyo by 2:1) * 20th 2008 Xie Yimin (d. Kato Keiko by 2:0)