Wakagoi Cup

Wakagoi Cup (officially known as Hiroshima aluminum cup Wakagoi Tournament) is a Go competition in Japan. It was open for the members of the Nihon Ki-in. The players must be 6-dan or lower and 30 years of age or younger. The winner's prize was ¥2,000,000. It was founded in 2006. The sponsor is Hiroshima Aluminum Industry Co.,Ltd.[1] Since 2015, the winner's prize is ¥3,000,000.[2]

Past winners
YearWinnerRunner-Up
1. 2006 Hsieh Yimin Lee Ishu
2. 2007 Shida Tatsuya Mitani Tetsuya
3. 2008 Mitani Tetsuya Anzai Nobuaki
4. 2009 Uchida Shuhei Yamamori Tadanao
5. 2010 Terayama Rei Yamamoto Kentaro
6. 2011 Uchida Shuhei Shida Tatsuya
7. 2012 Shinji Suzuki Ichiriki Ryo
8. 2013 Ichiriki Ryo Fujita Akihiko
9. 2014 Motoki Katsuya Mutsuura Yuta
10. 2015 Terayama Rei Shida Tatsuya
11. 2016 Ichiriki Ryo Motoki Katsuya
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References
  1. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "Hiroshima aluminum cup Wakagoi Tournament". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 3 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. -, The Nihon Ki-in. "第10回　広島アルミ杯・若鯉戦". The Nihon Ki-in. The Nihon Ki-in. Retrieved 3 May 2017.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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