Wakagoi Cup

The Wakagoi or Young Carp is a Go competition in Japan for players 30 years of age or younger and at most 7 dan in rank.

Its full name is Hiroshima Aluminum Cup Young Carp Tournament (広島アルミ杯・若鯉戦, Hiroshima arumi-hai wakagoi-sen), named after the sponsor Hiroshima Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd.

The tournament was founded in 2006 and is held annually. It was considered a local unofficial tournament in its first five years, before becoming an official tournament in 2011.[1] The maximum rank for eligible players was 5 dan from 2006 to 2010,[1] 6 dan until 2014, and the current 7 dan since 2015.[2]

The winner's prize is ¥3,000,000 (formerly ¥2,000,000 from 2006 to 2014).[2]

Past winners and runners-up

Young Carp[3]
Year Winner Runner-up
1. 2006 Hsieh Yimin Lee Ishu
2. 2007 Shida Tatsuya Mitani Tetsuya
3. 2008 Mitani Tetsuya Anzai Nobuaki
4. 2009 Uchida Shuhei Yamamori Tadanao
5. 2010 Terayama Rei Yamamoto Kentaro
6. 2011 Uchida Shuhei Shida Tatsuya
7. 2012 Shinji Suzuki Ichiriki Ryo
8. 2013 Ichiriki Ryo Fujita Akihiko
9. 2014 Motoki Katsuya Mutsuura Yuta
10. 2015 Terayama Rei Shida Tatsuya
11. 2016 Ichiriki Ryo Motoki Katsuya
12. 2017 Li Yi-hsiu Yao Zhiteng
13. 2018 Fujita Akihiko Koike Yoshihiro
14. 2019 Hirata Tomoya Mutsuura Yuta
15. 2020 Fujisawa Rina Sun Zhe
16. 2021 Ueno Asami Nishi Takenobu
17. 2022 Ueno Asami Koike Yoshihiro
18. 2023 Hirose Yuichi Koike Yoshihiro
19. 2024 Yokotsuka Riki[4] Hirose Yuichi

References

  1. ^ a b "囲碁若鯉戦、公式戦に「昇格」". The Asahi Shimbun (in Japanese). 2011-06-21.
  2. ^ a b
  3. ^ "若鯉戦　歴代記録". Nihon Ki-in (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-12-03.
  4. ^ "囲碁・藤沢里菜女流本因坊が結婚報告　お相手は広島アルミ杯で初タイトルの囲碁棋士、横塚力七段". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2024-12-01.