Gosei (competition)

The Gosei (碁聖, literally Go sage) is a Go competition in Japan or a title of the competition's winner.[1]

Gosei (competition)
Full nameGosei
Started1976
Honorary WinnersŌtake Hideo
Kobayashi Kōichi Iyama Yuta
SponsorsRegional Newspaper League
Prize money7.7 million Yen ($67,000 USD)
AffiliationNihon Ki-in

Outline

Gosei is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon Ki-in and Kansai Ki-in. It is one of the seven big titles in Japan, although it pays much less than the top three. The payout is only 7,700,000 Yen ($67,000) compared to the Kisei's payout, which is a large 42,000,000 Yen ($386,000). Gosei uses the same format as the other big seven. The winner of the knockout tournament faces the title holder in a best of five match. There is one restriction that the other titles don't have, and that is to be able to enter the Gosei tournament, a player must be at least 5 dan.

The promotion rules are just like the Judan's. If the player gets to challenge the title holder, they are promoted to 7 dan. If that player wins the title match, they are promoted to 8 dan. If they defend the title for another year, they are promoted to 9 dan.

Past Winners
YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1. 1976 Kato Masao 3-2 Otake Hideo
2. 1977 3-0 Takemiya Masaki
3. 1978 Otake Hideo 3-1 Kato Masao
4. 1979 Cho Chikun 3-0 Otake Hideo
5. 1980 Otake Hideo 3-1 Cho Chikun
6. 1981 3-1 Kato Masao
7. 1982 3-2 Cho Chikun
8. 1983 3-2 Awaji Shuzo
9. 1984 3-1 Kato Masao
10. 1985 3-1 Kudo Norio
11. 1986 Cho Chikun 3-0 Otake Hideo
12. 1987 Kato Masao 3-1 Cho Chikun
13. 1988 Kobayashi Koichi 3-0 Kato Masao
14. 1989 3-1 Imamura Toshiya
15. 1990 3-0 Kobayashi Satoru
16. 1991 3-2
17. 1992 3-1
18. 1993 3-0 Rin Kaiho
19. 1994 Rin Kaiho 3-1 Kobayashi Koichi
20. 1995 Kobayashi Satoru 3-2 Rin Kaiho
21. 1996 Yoda Norimoto 3-0 Kobayashi Satoru
22. 1997 3-1 Yuki Satoshi
23. 1998 3-0 Sonoda Yuichi
24. 1999 Kobayashi Koichi 3-2 Sakata Eio
25. 2000 Yamashita Keigo 3-2 Kobayashi Koichi
26. 2001 Kobayashi Koichi 3-2 Yamashita Keigo
27. 2002 3-1 Yuki Satoshi
28. 2003 Yoda Norimoto 3-2 Kobayashi Koichi
29. 2004 3-1 Yamada Kimio
30. 2005 3-0 Yuki Satoshi
31. 2006 Cho U 3-0 Sakata Eio
32. 2007 3-0 Yokota Shigeaki
33. 2008 3-1 Yamashita Keigo
34. 2009 3-0 Yuki Satoshi
35. 2010 Sakai Hideyuki 3-2 Cho U
36. 2011 Hane Naoki 3-2 Sakai Hideyuki
37. 2012 Iyama Yuta 3-0 Hane Naoki
38. 2013 3-2 Kono Rin
39. 2014 3-2
40. 2015 3-1 Yamashita Keigo
41. 2016 3-0 Murakawa Daisuke
42. 2017 3-0 Yamashita Keigo
43. 2018 Kyo Kagen 3-0 Iyama Yuta
44. 2019 Hane Naoki 3-2 Kyo Kagen
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See also
  • Honorary Gosei

References
  1. GoBase.org, Gosei tournament; retrieved 2012-11-25.
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