Nihon Ki-in Championship title results

The Nihon Ki-in Championship (日本棋院選手権戦) was held from 1954 to 1975, and was succeeded by the Tengen tournament. The title match is a best-of-five match, until 1961 a best-of-three.

Below the SGF files for the finals. For most years the first column links to the full tournament.

Nr	Year	Winner	Opponent	Score	Games
1	1954	Takagawa Kaku (7d)	Shinohara Masami (7d)	1-0	1
2	1955	Sakata Eio (9d)	Takagawa Kaku (8d)	2-0	1 2
3	1956	Sakata Eio (9d)	Sugiuchi Masao (8d)	2-1	1 2 3
4	1957	Sakata Eio (9d)	Sugiuchi Masao (8d)	2-1	1 2 3
5	1958	Sakata Eio (9d)	Kitani Minoru (9d)	2-0	1 2
6	1959	Sakata Eio (9d)	Takagawa Kaku (8d)	2-0	1 2
7	1960	Sakata Eio (9d)	Takagawa Kaku (8d)	2-0	1 2
8	1961	Sakata Eio (9d)	Fujisawa Shuko (8d)	2-1	1 2 3
9	1962	Takagawa Kaku (9d)	Sakata Eio (9d)	3-0	1 2 3
10	1963	Takagawa Kaku (9d)	Yamabe Toshiro (8d)	3-1	1 2 3 4
11	1964	Sakata Eio (9d)	Takagawa Kaku (9d)	3-0	1 2 3
12	1965	Sakata Eio (9d)	Miyashita Shuyo (9d)	3-1	1 2 3 4
13	1966	Ohira Shuzo (9d)	Sakata Eio (9d)	3-1	1 2 3 4
14	1967	Ohira Shuzo (9d)	Rin Kaiho (8d)	3-2	1 2 3 4 5
15	1968	Ohira Shuzo (9d)	Yamabe Toshiro (9d)	3-0	1 2 3
16	1969	Ohira Shuzo (9d)	Miyashita Shuyo (9d)	3-0	1 2 3
17	1970	Ishida Yoshio (6d)	Ohira Shuzo (9d)	3-1	1 2 3 4
18	1971	Ishida Yoshio (7d)	Takemiya Masaki (6d)	3-0	1 2 3
19	1972	Ohira Shuzo (9d)	Ishida Yoshio (7d)	3-1	1 2 3 4
20	1973	Sakata Eio (9d)	Ohira Shuzo (9d)	3-1	1 2 3 4
21	1974	Sakata Eio (9d)	Kato Masao (8d)	3-2	1 2 3 4 5
22	1975	Sakata Eio (9d)	Cho Chikun (6d)	3-2	1 2 3 4 5

Honorary title

Sakata Eio won the Nihon Ki-in Champion title five consecutive times (in fact, seven consecutive times) and got the Honorary Nihon Ki-in Champion title.