Nihon-Kiin Daiichi-i

Nihon-Kiin 1st Place Title

The Nihon-Kiin 1st Place Tournament ("Dai-ichi" = "Number One", 日本棋院第一位決定戦) was held 7 times, from 1959 until 1968.

Komi was 4.5. Time 5h each.

# Year Winner Runner-up Score sgfs

1 1959 Fujisawa Shuko Miyashita Shuyo 2-0 1 2

2 1961 Sakata Eio Takagawa Kaku 2-1 1 2 3

3 1963 Sakata Eio Takagawa Kaku 2-0 1 2

4 1964 Sakata Eio Ohira Shuzo 2-0 1 2

5 1965 Sakata Eio Ohira Shuzo 2-1 1 2 3

6 1967 Otake Hideo Sakata Eio 2-1 1 2 3

7 1968 Otake Hideo Ohira Shuzo 2-1 1 2 3

#	Year	Winner	Runner-up	Score	sgfs
1	1959	Fujisawa Shuko	Miyashita Shuyo	2-0	1 2
2	1961	Sakata Eio	Takagawa Kaku	2-1	1 2 3
3	1963	Sakata Eio	Takagawa Kaku	2-0	1 2
4	1964	Sakata Eio	Ohira Shuzo	2-0	1 2
5	1965	Sakata Eio	Ohira Shuzo	2-1	1 2 3
6	1967	Otake Hideo	Sakata Eio	2-1	1 2 3
7	1968	Otake Hideo	Ohira Shuzo	2-1	1 2 3

Afterwards it became the All Japan 1st Place Tournament, held a further 5 times, from 1970 to 1975, and won all five times by Otake Hideo.

Afterwards again, it became the Gosei tournament.