Big Titles

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The Big titles traditionally refer to the seven major Japanese domestic titles, which have been the reference in professional go until the rise of Korean and Chinese Go and the advent of international titles.

See professional tournaments for a full list, with prize money.

The big titles are

Winners

Year Kisei Meijin Honinbo Judan Tengen Oza Gosei Year
1941 1st Sekiyama Riichi 1941
1943 2nd Hashimoto Utaro 1943
1945 3rd Iwamoto Kaoru 1945
1947 4th Iwamoto Kaoru 1947
1950 5th Hashimoto Utaro 1950
1951 6th Hashimoto Utaro 1951
1952 7th Takagawa Kaku 1952
1953 8th Takagawa Kaku 1st Hashimoto Utaro 1953
1954 9th Takagawa Kaku 2nd Takagawa Kaku 1954
1955 10th Takagawa Kaku 3rd Hashimoto Utaro 1955
1956 11th Takagawa Kaku 4th Hashimoto Utaro 1956
1957 12th Takagawa Kaku 5th Shimamura Toshihiro 1957
1958 13th Takagawa Kaku 6th Fujisawa Hosai 1958
1959 14th Takagawa Kaku 7th Hashimoto Shoji 1959
1960 15th Takagawa Kaku 8th Handa Dogen 1960
1961 16th Sakata Eio 9th Sakata Eio 1961
1962 1st Fujisawa Hideyuki 17th Sakata Eio 1st Hashimoto Utaro 10th Miyashita Shuyo 1962
1963 2nd Sakata Eio 18th Sakata Eio 2nd Handa Dogen 11th Sakata Eio 1963
1964 3rd Sakata Eio 19th Sakata Eio 3rd Fujisawa Hosai 12th Sakata Eio 1964
1965 4th Rin Kaiho 20th Sakata Eio 4th Takagawa Kaku 13th Handa Dogen 1965
1966 5th Rin Kaiho 21st Sakata Eio 5th Sakata Eio 14th Sakata Eio 1966
1967 6th Rin Kaiho 22nd Sakata Eio 6th Sakata Eio 15th Fujisawa Hideyuki 1967
1968 7th Takagawa Kaku 23rd Rin Kaiho 7th Sakata Eio 16th Fujisawa Hideyuki 1968
1969 8th Rin Kaiho 24th Rin Kaiho 8th Otake Hideo 17th Fujisawa Hideyuki 1969
1970 9th Fujisawa Hideyuki 25th Rin Kaiho [1] 18th Sakata Eio 1970
1971 10th Rin Kaiho 26th Ishida Yoshio 9th Hashimoto Utaro 19th Sakata Eio 1971
1972 11th Rin Kaiho 27th Ishida Yoshio 10th Sakata Eio 20th Sakata Eio 1972
1973 12th Rin Kaiho 28th Ishida Yoshio 11th Sakata Eio 21st Rin Kaiho 1973
1974 13th Ishida Yoshio 29th Ishida Yoshio 12th Hashimoto Shoji 22nd Ishida Yoshio 1974
1975 14th Otake Hideo 30th Ishida Yoshio 13th Rin Kaiho 1st Fujisawa Hideyuki 23rd Otake Hideo 1975
1976 1st[2] Otake Hideo 31st Takemiya Masaki 14th Kato Masao 2nd Kobayashi Koichi 24th Cho Chikun 1st Kato Masao 1976
1977 1st Fujisawa Hideyuki 2nd Rin Kaiho 32nd Kato Masao 15th Kato Masao 3rd Shimamura Toshihiro 25th Kudo Norio 2nd Kato Masao 1977
1978 2nd Fujisawa Hideyuki 3rd Otake Hideo 33rd Kato Masao 16th Kato Masao 4th Kato Masao 26th Ishida Yoshio 3rd Otake Hideo 1978
1979 3rd Fujisawa Hideyuki 4th Otake Hideo 34th Kato Masao 17th Kato Masao 5th Kato Masao 27th Kato Masao 4th Cho Chikun 1979
1980 4th Fujisawa Hideyuki 5th Cho Chikun 35th Takemiya Masaki 18th Otake Hideo 6th Kato Masao 28th Kato Masao 5th Otake Hideo 1980
1981 5th Fujisawa Hideyuki 6th Cho Chikun 36th Cho Chikun 19th Otake Hideo 7th Kato Masao 29th Hashimoto Shoji 6th Otake Hideo 1981
1982 6th Fujisawa Hideyuki 7th Cho Chikun 37th Cho Chikun 20th Cho Chikun 8th Kataoka Satoshi 30th Kato Masao 7th Otake Hideo 1982
1983 7th Cho Chikun 8th Cho Chikun 38th Rin Kaiho 21st Kato Masao 9th Kataoka Satoshi 31st Kato Masao 8th Otake Hideo 1983
1984 8th Cho Chikun 9th Cho Chikun 39th Rin Kaiho 22nd Kobayashi Koichi 10th Ishida Yoshio 32nd Kato Masao 9th Otake Hideo 1984
1985 9th Cho Chikun 10th Kobayashi Koichi 40th Takemiya Masaki 23rd Kobayashi Koichi 11th Kobayashi Koichi 33rd Kato Masao 10th Otake Hideo 1985
1986 10th Kobayashi Koichi 11th Kato Masao 41st Takemiya Masaki 24th Kobayashi Koichi 12th Kobayashi Koichi 34th Kato Masao 11th Cho Chikun 1986
1987 11th Kobayashi Koichi 12th Kato Masao 42nd Takemiya Masaki 25th Kato Masao 13th Cho Chikun 35th Kato Masao 12th Kato Masao 1987
1988 12th Kobayashi Koichi 13th Kobayashi Koichi 43rd Takemiya Masaki 26th Cho Chikun 14th Cho Chikun 36th Kato Masao 13th Kobayashi Koichi 1988
1989 13th Kobayashi Koichi 14th Kobayashi Koichi 44th Cho Chikun 27th Cho Chikun 15th Rin Kaiho 37th Kato Masao 14th Kobayashi Koichi 1989
1990 14th Kobayashi Koichi 15th Kobayashi Koichi 45th Cho Chikun 28th Takemiya Masaki 16th Rin Kaiho 38th Hane Yasumasa 15th Kobayashi Koichi 1990
1991 15th Kobayashi Koichi 16th Kobayashi Koichi 46th Cho Chikun 29th Takemiya Masaki 17th Rin Kaiho 39th Fujisawa Hideyuki 16th Kobayashi Koichi 1991
1992 16th Kobayashi Koichi 17th Kobayashi Koichi 47th Cho Chikun 30th Takemiya Masaki 18th Rin Kaiho 40th Fujisawa Hideyuki 17th Kobayashi Koichi 1992
1993 17th Kobayashi Koichi 18th Kobayashi Koichi 48th Cho Chikun 31st Otake Hideo 19th Rin Kaiho 41st Kato Masao 18th Kobayashi Koichi 1993
1994 18th Cho Chikun 19th Kobayashi Koichi 49th Cho Chikun 32nd Otake Hideo 20th Ryu Shikun 42nd Cho Chikun 19th Rin Kaiho 1994
1995 19th Kobayashi Satoru 20th Takemiya Masaki 50th Cho Chikun 33rd Yoda Norimoto 21st Ryu Shikun 43rd O Rissei 20th Kobayashi Satoru 1995
1996 20th Cho Chikun 21st Cho Chikun 51st Cho Chikun 34th Yoda Norimoto 22nd Ryu Shikun 44th Ryu Shikun 21st Yoda Norimoto 1996
1997 21st Cho Chikun 22nd Cho Chikun 52nd Cho Chikun 35th Kato Masao 23rd Kudo Norio 45th Yamada Kimio 22nd Yoda Norimoto 1997
1998 22nd Cho Chikun 23rd Cho Chikun 53rd Cho Chikun 36th Hikosaka Naoto 24th Kobayashi Koichi 46th O Rissei 23rd Yoda Norimoto 1998
1999 23rd Cho Chikun 24th Cho Chikun 54th Cho Sonjin 37th Kobayashi Koichi 25th Kobayashi Koichi 47th O Rissei 24th Kobayashi Koichi 1999
2000 24th O Rissei 25th Yoda Norimoto 55th O Meien 38th Kobayashi Koichi 26th Ryu Shikun 48th O Rissei 25th Yamashita Keigo 2000
2001 25th O Rissei 26th Yoda Norimoto 56th O Meien 39th O Rissei 27th Hane Naoki 49th Cho Chikun 26th Kobayashi Koichi 2001
2002 26th O Rissei 27th Yoda Norimoto 57th Kato Masao 40th O Rissei 28th Hane Naoki 50th O Meien 27th Kobayashi Koichi 2002
2003 27th Yamashita Keigo 28th Yoda Norimoto 58th Cho U 41st O Rissei 29th Hane Naoki 51st Cho U 28th Yoda Norimoto 2003
2004 28th Hane Naoki 29th Cho U 59th Cho U 42nd O Rissei 30th Yamashita Keigo 52nd Cho U 29th Yoda Norimoto 2004
2005 29th Hane Naoki 30th Cho U 60th Takao Shinji 43rd Cho Chikun 31st Kono Rin 53rd Cho U 30th Yoda Norimoto 2005
2006 30th Yamashita Keigo 31st Takao Shinji 61st Takao Shinji 44th Cho Chikun 32nd Kono Rin 54th Yamashita Keigo 31st Cho U 2006
2007 31st Yamashita Keigo 32nd Cho U 62nd Takao Shinji 45th Cho Chikun 33nd Kono Rin 55th Yamashita Keigo 32nd Cho U 2007
2008 32nd Yamashita Keigo 33rd Cho U 63rd Hane Naoki 46th Takao Shinji 34th Cho U 56th Cho U 33rd Cho U 2008
2009 33rd Yamashita Keigo 47th Cho U 2009
Year Kisei Meijin Honinbo Judan Tengen Oza Gosei Year

[1]: The schedule for the Judan was shifted so the title match was early in the year, instead of late. For this reason 1970 has no Judan title match.

[2]: Because of new sponsorship, the numbering was restarted. Meijin titles before 1976 are generally referred to as the "old Meijin" titles.


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