Shinjin-O

Shinjin-O
Started1976
Prize money2,000,000 yen
AffiliationNihon Ki-in

The Shinjin-Ō (新人王, King of the New Stars) is a professional Go competition.

An annual Japanese tournament, it has been held continuously since 1976.

Format

The Shinjin-Ō tournament is organised by the Japanese Nihon Ki-in. The tournament started in 1976 and is only open to players under 7-Dan and below 30 years of age. It is a single knockout tournament.

In 2006, the tournament was renamed the Shinjin-Ō U-25 (King of the New Stars U-25) and the age restriction was lowered to 25. The original thinking time was 4 hours but, along with the new age restriction, the time was shortened to 3 hours. The winner's purse is 2,000,000 yen.

Past winners

Player Years Held
Koichi Kobayashi 1976, 1977
Akira Ishida 1978, 1979
Goro Miyazawa 1980, 1985
O Rissei 1981
Satoshi Kataoka 1982
Norimoto Yoda 1983, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990
Toshiya Imamura 1984
Hideki Komatsu 1988, 1992
Cho Sonjin 1991
Satoshi Yuki 1993
Tomoyasu Mimura 1994, 1995
Shinji Takao 1996
Kimio Yamada 1997
Keigo Yamashita 1998 - 2001
Cho U 2002
So Yokoku 2003
Tomochika Mizokami 2004
Kim Shushun 2005
Takehisa Matsumoto 2006
Iyama Yuta 2007
Uchida Shuhei 2008
Ri Ishu 2009
Shiraishi Yuichi 2010
Murakawa Daisuke 2011
Kanazawa Makoto 2012
Fujita Akihiko 2013
Ichiriki Ryo 2014
Hsu Chia Yuan 2015
Onishi Ryuhei 2016
Shibano Toramaru 2017
Hirose Yuichi 2018[1]
Son Makoto 2019
Kotaro Seki 2020[2]
Sebun Sotoyanagi 2021[3]
Sakai Yuki 2022[4]
Ueno Asami 2023
Miura Taro 2024

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Power Report: Hirose wins King of New Stars; Iyama eliminated from Samsung; New tournament for non-winners; Ichiriki wins Agon Kiriyama Cup; Onishi wins again in Kisei knock-out". American Go E-Journal. 2018-10-13. Archived from the original on 2019-09-14.
  2. ^ "The Power Report: Seki wins King of New Stars; Cho U scores 1,000 wins; Fujisawa wins Young Carp & Women's Honinbo; Iyama wins Agon Kiriyama Cup; Ichiriki sets new Ryusei record, leads Honinbo League". American Go E-Journal. 2021-02-09. Archived from the original on 2021-03-05.
  3. ^ "The Power Report: Ichiriki to challenge for Kisei; Iyama to challenge for Oza; Sotoyanagi wins King of the New Stars". American Go E-Journal. 2021-11-02. Archived from the original on 2021-12-04.
  4. ^ "The Power Report: Oh wins Go Seigen Cup; Sakai wins King of the New Stars; Hirata wins Agon Kiriyama Cup; Shibano increases lead in Meijin title match, Iyama fights back". American Go E-Journal. 2022-10-23. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29.