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).
# | Year | Winner | Opponent | SGF |
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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 |