All Japan Student Go Federation

All Japan Student Go Federation (全日本学生囲碁連盟) is a Japanese student Go organization for holding university Go championships. They have branches in each regions (Kanto[1], Kansai,[2], Kyushu,[3] Tohoku[4] etc.). For similar organizations, there is the American Collegiate Go Association in the United States.[5]

Differences with other organizations

In Japan, most Go tournaments are operated by Nihon Ki-in or Kansai Ki-in. All Japan Student Go Federation and their branches are focused for university-based tournaments. They are not under direct control but have close relationship with them.

Tournaments

They are holding various tournaments with corporate sponsors.[6][7]

World Students Go Oza Championship

This is a tournament to determine the student world champion since 2003.[8][9][10] Representative players from each region (including Taiwan, Europe, Oceania etc.) will compete. The expected games in 2020 have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

All Japan University Go Championship
Main article: ja:全日本大学囲碁選手権

This is a team competition by each university representatives. Teams that have cleared regional preliminaries can attend. Each team can send only 5 members and substitute players. The sponsor is Yomiuri Shinbun (as same as Yomiuri Giants)

Season Year Winner 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th
1 1957 Chuo Kansai Gakuin Hokkaido Kagoshima Nanzan - - -
2 1958 Keio Kansai Gakuin Kyushu Nagoya Hokkaido - - -
3 1959 Keio Kyushu Hokkaido Nagoya Osaka Prefectural Univ. Hiroshima - -
4 1960 Tokyo Kyushu Nagoya Ritsumeikan Toyama Hokkaido Hiroshima -
5 1961 Chuo Nagoya Ritsumeikan Akita Kyushu Hiroshima Hokkaido Gakugei Univ. Toyama
6 1962 Tokyo Nagoya Ritsumeikan Hiroshima Saga Hokkaido Niigata Tohoku
7 1963 Keio Nagoya Kyoto Hokkaido Okayama Kyushu Tohoku Niigata
8 1964 Meiji Kyoto Hokkaido Nagoya Okayama Ryukyu Yamagata Niigata
9 1965 Hiroshima Tokyo Kyoto Hokkaido Nagoya Tohoku Fukuoka Niigata
10 1966 Hokkaido Tokyo Osaka Tohoku Aichi Gakuin Matsuyama Commercial Kyushu Niigata
11 1967 Kyoto Chuo Hokkaido Tohoku Aichi Gakuin Kyushu Kagawa Kanazawa
12 1968 Nihon Osaka Hiroshima Hokkaido Ryukyu Yamagata Niigata Aichi Gakuin
13 1969 Chuo Kyoto Hokkaido Nagoya City Univ. Yamagata Hiroshima North Kyushu Kanazawa
14 1970 Waseda
15 1971 Waseda
16 1972 Waseda
17 1973 Waseda
18 1974 Kyushu
19 1975 Tokyo
20 1976 Kyushu
21 1977 Tokyo
22 1978 Keio
23 1979 Kyoto
24 1980 Keio
25 1981 Kyoto
26 1982 Tokyo
27 1983 Osaka
28 1984 Tohoku
29 1985 Tohoku
30 1986 Tohoku
31 1987 Tohoku Tokyo Kyoto Shinshu Hiroshima Nagoya Hokkaido Kyushu
32 1988 Tokyo Tohoku Kyoto Hiroshima Kyushu Shinshu Hokkaido Nagoya
33 1989 Tohoku Tokyo Hokkaido Osaka City Univ. Kanazawa Nagoya Kyushu Hiroshima
34 1990 Tokyo Tohoku Hokkaido Kyoto Nagoya Yamaguchi Shinshu Kyushu
35 1991 Tokyo Ritsumeikan Hokkaido Tohoku Nagoya Kanazawa Hiroshima Kyushu
36 1992 Tokyo Kyoto Tohoku Shinshu Hokkaido Nagoya Kyushu Hiroshima
37 1993 Hokkaido Waseda Tohoku Ritsumeikan Kumamoto Shinshu Nagoya Okayama
38 1994 Tokyo Tohoku Kobe Hokkaido Nagoya Okayama Shinshu Kumamoto
39 1995 Hokkaido Ritsumeikan Tokyo Tohoku Kumamoto Shinshu Okayama Nagoya
40 1996 Waseda Hokkaido Ritsumeikan Kumamoto Tohoku Kanazawa Chukyo Hiroshima
41 1997 Kyoto Keio Tohoku Kumamoto Shinshu Hokkaido Hiroshima Nagoya
42 1998 Kyoto Tokyo Tohoku Shinshu Chukyo Kyushu Hokkaido Okayama
43 1999 Tokyo Tohoku Kyoto Nagoya Shinshu Okayama Hokkaido Kyushu
44 2000 Waseda Kyoto Tohoku Kyushu Okayama Nagoya Shinshu Hokkaido
45 2001 Waseda Kyoto Tohoku Nagoya Kyushu Okayama Shinshu Hokkaido
46 2002 Tokyo Ritsumeikan Tohoku Nagoya Kyushu Hokkaido Okayama Kanazawa
47 2003 Tokyo Ritsumeikan Tohoku Kyushu Nagoya Kanazawa Hokkaido Okayama
48 2004 Ritsumeikan Tokyo Kyushu Tohoku Kanazawa Hokkaido Okayama Nagoya
49 2005 Ritsumeikan Tohoku Waseda Kyushu Hokkaido Kanazawa Meijo Hiroshima
50 2006 Waseda Ritsumeikan Tohoku Kyushu Kanazawa Hokkaido Ehime Meijo
51 2007 Waseda Ritsumeikan Tohoku Hiroshima Hokkaido Kyushu Gifu Kanazawa
52 2008 Ritsumeikan Keio Tohoku Kyushu Hokkaido Okayama Nagoya Shinshu
53 2009 Ritsumeikan Waseda Tohoku Hokkaido Kyushu Nagoya Shinshu Okayama
54 2010 Waseda Ritsumeikan Okayama Hokkaido Shinshu Gifu Tohoku Kyushu
55 2011 Waseda Ritsumeikan Okayama Gifu Hokkaido Tohoku Kyushu Shinshu
56 2012 Ritsumeikan Waseda Okayama Hokkaido Shinshu Tohoku Kyushu Gifu
57 2013 Waseda Ritsumeikan Okayama Tohoku Hokkaido Kyushu Kanazawa Chukyo
58 2014 Waseda Ritsumeikan Okayama Chukyo Tohoku Kanazawa Hokkaido Kyushu
59 2015 Ritsumeikan Keio Chukyo Hokkaido Okayama Kyushu Tohoku Kanazawa
60 2016 Waseda Ritsumeikan Hokkaido Tohoku Kanazawa Kyushu Gifu Hiroshima
61 2017 Ritsumeikan Waseda Tohoku Hokkaido Hiroshima Gifu Kyushu Kanazawa
62 2018 Waseda Ritsumeikan Tohoku Kyushu Hiroshima Kanazawa Hokkaido Gifu
63 2019 Ritsumeikan Waseda Tohoku Hokkaido Kyushu Okayama Kanazawa Mie

All Japan Female Student Honinbo
Main article: ja:全日本女子学生本因坊決定戦

This is the only one tournament that limits participants by gender. The sponsor is Mainichi Shinbun. Some winners have eventually obtained professional status, or became top amateur players.

Season Year Winner
32 1997 Tomomi Hoshino (Waseda)
33 1998 Fu Hong Mei (Dokkyo)[11]
34-35 1999-2000 Mizuyo Kamasaki (Hiroshima)
37 and 40 2002 and 2005 Miki Aragaki (Waseda)[12][13]
38 2003 Marie Unegawa (Waseda)
39 2004 Kozue Takakura (Chuo)[14][15]
41 2006 Risa Sasago (Waseda)[16][17]
42 2006 Wang Jing Yi (Hosei)[18]
43 2007 Yin Shanchun (尹善渶, Keio)
44-46 2008-2010 Reiko Sekine (Taisho)[19]
47 2011 Noriko Horimoto (Ritsumeikan)
48 2012 Go Risa (Ritsumeikan)
49 2013 Yuka Kimoto (Hoso)[20]
50-51 2014-2015 Karin Tsukada (Ritsumeikan)
52-54 2016-2018 Akiko Fujiwara (Waseda)[21][22][23]
55 2019 Moeka Tsuji (Keio)

All Japan Student Go Best 10
Main article: ja:全日本学生囲碁十傑戦

This is the only one university championship that allows the attendance of high school and graduate students. It is held since 1964. The sponsor is The Asahi Shimbun.

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References
  1. Kanto Student Go Association
  2. Kansai Student Go Association on Twitter
  3. Kyushu Student Go Association
  4. Tohoku Student Go Association
  5. American Collegiate Go Association
  6. Pandanet (online Go gaming company)
  7. Go & Shogi TV Channel
  8. World Students Go Oza Championship at Sensei's Library
  9. World Students Go Oza Championship records by the American Go Association
  10. Oza (王座) means King or Throne in Japanese.
  11. Fu Hong Mei at Nihon Ki-in
  12. Waseda Weekly interview in 2002
  13. Miki Aragaki at Sensei's Library
  14. Kozue Takakura at Go Database
  15. Kozue Takakura on Twitter
  16. Waseda Weekly interview in 2006
  17. Risa Sasago instructor profile
  18. Wang Jing Yi at Nihon Ki-in
  19. Nihon Ki-in News in 2010
  20. Yuka Kimoto at Kansai Ki-in
  21. Waseda Weekly interview in 2018
  22. Tournament report article in 2018 by The Asahi Shimbun
  23. Akiko Fujiwara at Sensei's Library
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