Women's Meijin title games

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# Women's Meijin title games

This page gives the title games (in SGF format) for the Women's Meijin (女流名人戦) title.

The first two years the title was earned by winning an (8-player) League, not by beating a challenger. In editions #3-20, the challenger was the winner of a 16-player knockout tournament. Since the 21st edition, the challenger is the winner of a 7-player league. For this main tournament or league, see the subpages linked to in the first column.

Komi was 5.5 until 2003, and 6.5 from 2004.

There was an earlier tournament of the same name (held twice, in 1973 and 1975), for which see here.

This tournament was discontinued after the 31st edition. After the 1st Hakata Kamachi Cup tournament, the Women's Meijin was restarted again under the name Hakata Kamachi Cup Women’s Meijin Tournament, starting from the 32nd edition in 2021.

# | Year | Winner | Challenger | Score | SGF
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
1 | 1989 | Miyazaki Shimako
2 | 1990 | Aoki Kikuyo
3 | 1991 | Sugiuchi Kazuko | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-1 | 1 2 3
4 | 1992 | Sugiuchi Kazuko | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-0 | 1 2
5 | 1993 | Sugiuchi Kazuko | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-0 | 1 2
6 | 1994 | Sugiuchi Kazuko | Ogawa Tomoko | 2-1 | 1 2 3
7 | 1995 | Kato Tomoko | Sugiuchi Kazuko | 2-0 | 1 2
8 | 1996 | Nishida Terumi | Kato Tomoko | 2-1 | 1 2 3
9 | 1997 | Nishida Terumi | Ogawa Tomoko | 2-0 | 1 2
10 | 1998 | Nishida Terumi | Ogawa Tomoko | 2-0 | 1 2
11 | 1999 | Aoki Kikuyo | Nishida Terumi | 2-0 | 1 2
12 | 2000 | Aoki Kikuyo | Kobayashi Izumi | 2-0 | 1 2
13 | 2001 | Kobayashi Izumi | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-0 | 1 2
14 | 2002 | Aoki Kikuyo | Kobayashi Izumi | 2-0 | 1 2
15 | 2003 | Kobayashi Izumi | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-0 | 1 2
16 | 2004 | Kobayashi Izumi | Inori Yoko | 2-0 | 1 2
17 | 2005 | Koyama Terumi | Kobayashi Izumi | 2-1 | 1 2 3
18 | 2006 | Aoki Kikuyo | Koyama Terumi | 2-0 | 1 2
19 | 2007 | Kato Keiko | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-1 | 1 2 3
20 | 2008 | Xie Yimin | Kato Keiko | 2-0 | 1 2
21 | 2009 | Xie Yimin | Chinen Kaori | 2-1 | 1 2 3
22 | 2010 | Xie Yimin | Mukai Chiaki | 2-0 | 1 2
23 | 2011 | Xie Yimin | Mukai Chiaki | 2-1 | 1 2 3
24 | 2012 | Xie Yimin | Mukai Chiaki | 2-0 | 1 2
25 | 2013 | Xie Yimin | Okuda Aya | 2-0 | 1 2
26 | 2014 | Xie Yimin | Kato Keiko | 2-1 | 1 2 3
27 | 2015 | Xie Yimin | Suzuki Ayumi | 2-0 | 1 2
28 | 2016 | Xie Yimin | Aoki Kikuyo | 2-1 | 1 2 3
29 | 2017 | Fujisawa Rina | Xie Yimin | 2-0 | 1 2
30 | 2018 | Fujisawa Rina | Yashiro Kumiko | 2-0 | 1 2
31 | 2019 | Fujisawa Rina | Xie Yimin | 2-1 | 1 2 3
32 | 2021 | Fujisawa Rina | Ueno Asami | 2-0 | 1 2
33 | 2022 | Fujisawa Rina | Nakamura Sumire | 2-0 | 1 2
34 | 2023 | Ueno Asami | Fujisawa Rina | 2-0 | 1 2
35 | 2024 | Fujisawa Rina | Ueno Asami | 2-0 | 1 2