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Hayago Championship

The Tokyo Cup or Hayago Championship (早碁選手権戦) was a lightning go tournament played in 1968-2002. Afterwards it was merged with the Kakusei tournament (鶴聖戦) and got the name JAL Super Hayago (スーパー早碁).

The Hayago Championship is broadcast on TV on Sundays. It is a single knockout tournament. However, the 12th-18th editions used a best of three match in the final. Players were usually 8- and 9-dans. A companion tournament for 5- to 7-dans was called Shinei.

Time allotted was 10 min + 30s/move (for editions 1-16), 5 min + 30s/move + 2 x 3min (for editions 17-33), 10s/move + 10 x 1min (for editions 34-35).

#YearWinnerOpponentSGF
1 1968 Fujisawa Shuko Fujisawa Hosai sgf
2 1969 Hashimoto Utaro Ohira Shuzo sgf
3 1970 Miyashita Shuyo Fujisawa Hosai sgf
4 1971 Fujisawa Hosai Hashimoto Utaro sgf
5 1972 Kobayashi Koichi Fujisawa Hosai sgf
6 1973 Otake Hideo Hashimoto Shoji sgf
7 1974 Hashimoto Shoji Otake Hideo sgf
8 1975 Rin Kaiho Sakata Eio sgf
9 1976 Otake Hideo Kudo Norio sgf
10 1977 Ohira Shuzo Yamabe Toshiro sgf
11 1978 Takemiya Masaki Fujisawa Shuko sgf
12 1979 Ishida Yoshio Otake Hideo 1 2 3
13 1980 Sakata Eio Kato Masao 1 2 3
14 1981 Kobayashi Koichi Yamabe Toshiro 1 2 3
15 1982 Ishida Yoshio Kobayashi Koichi 1 2
16 1983 Ishida Yoshio Kobayashi Koichi 1 2 3
17 1984 Rin Kaiho Kato Masao 1 2
18 1985 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Koichi 1 2 3
19 1986 Kobayashi Koichi Cho Chikun sgf
20 1987 Rin Kaiho Ishida Yoshio sgf
21 1988 Kato Masao Takemiya Masaki sgf
22 1989 Takemiya Masaki Kato Masao sgf
23 1990 Cho Chikun Rin Kaiho sgf
24 1991 Cho Chikun Yuki Satoshi sgf
25 1992 Cho Chikun O Rissei sgf
26 1993 Kataoka Satoshi Yoda Norimoto sgf
27 1994 Kato Masao Yamada Kimio sgf
28 1995 Yuki Satoshi Rin Kaiho sgf
29 1996 Cho Chikun Yoda Norimoto sgf
30 1997 Kobayashi Koichi O Rissei sgf
31 1998 Kataoka Satoshi Kato Masao sgf
32 1999 Kato Masao Kobayashi Satoru sgf
33 2000 Kobayashi Satoru Kobayashi Koichi sgf
34 2001 Cho Chikun Kobayashi Koichi sgf
35 2002 Cho Chikun Ishida Yoshio sgf