About NHK Cup

The NHK Cup is sponsored by NHK(Japan Broadcasting Corporation), the champion prize is 5 million Japanese Yen (about US$ 47 thousands).

All editions of NHK Cup

Type	Edition	Year	Country	First Place	Second Place	Details
title	1st	1954	Japan	Shimamura Toshihiro	Takagawa Shukaku	Games
title	2nd	1955	Japan	Iwamoto Kaoru	Fujisawa Hosai	Games
title	3rd	1956	Japan	Hashimoto Utaro	Sakata Eio	Games
title	4th	1957	Japan	Sakata Eio	Fujisawa Hosai	Games
title	5th	1958	Japan	Sakata Eio	Kitani Minoru	Games
title	6th	1959	Japan	Sakata Eio	Takagawa Shukaku	Games
title	7th	1960	Japan	Kitani Minoru	Fujisawa Hosai	Games
title	8th	1961	Japan	Sakata Eio	Kitani Minoru	Games
title	9th	1962	Japan	Sakata Eio	Hashimoto Utaro	Games
title	10th	1963	Japan	Hashimoto Utaro	Fujisawa Hideyuki	Games
title	11th	1964	Japan	Sakata Eio	Fujisawa Hideyuki	Games
title	12th	1965	Japan	Sakata Eio	Miyashita Hidehiro	Games
title	13th	1966	Japan	Takagawa Shukaku	Fujisawa Hideyuki	Games
title	14th	1967	Japan	Hashimoto Shoji	Fujisawa Hosai	Games
title	15th	1968	Japan	Otake Hideo	Hashimoto Shoji	Games
title	16th	1969	Japan	Fujisawa Hideyuki	Fujisawa Hosai	Games
title	17th	1970	Japan	Rin Kaiho	Sakata Eio	Games
title	18th	1971	Japan	Otake Hideo	Ishida Yoshio	Games
title	19th	1972	Japan	Sakata Eio	Otake Hideo	Games
title	20th	1973	Japan	Otake Hideo	Hashimoto Shoji	Games
title	21th	1974	Japan	Rin Kaiho	Kato Masao	Games
title	22th	1975	Japan	Otake Hideo	Takemiya Masaki	Games
title	23th	1976	Japan	Sakata Eio	Go Seigen	Games
title	24th	1977	Japan	Sakata Eio	Takemiya Masaki	Games
title	25th	1978	Japan	Rin Kaiho	Ohira Shuzo	Games
title	26th	1979	Japan	Tono Hiroaki	Takagi Shoichi	Games
title	27th	1980	Japan	Hashimoto Shoji	Cho Chikun	Games
title	28th	1981	Japan	Fujisawa Hideyuki	Takagi Shoichi	Games
title	29th	1982	Japan	Sakata Eio	Sugiuchi Masao	Games
title	30th	1983	Japan	Cho Chikun	Otake Hideo	Games
title	31th	1984	Japan	Honda Kunihisa	Takemiya Masaki	Games
title	32th	1985	Japan	Hashimoto Shoji	Ishida Yoshio	Games
title	33th	1986	Japan	Kobayashi Koichi	Takemiya Masaki	Games
title	34th	1987	Japan	Ishida Yoshio	Rin Kaiho	Games
title	35th	1988	Japan	Kato Masao	O Rissei	Games
title	36th	1989	Japan	Takemiya Masaki	Kobayashi Satoru	Games
title	37th	1990	Japan	Ishida Yoshio	Otake Hideo	Games
title	38th	1991	Japan	Yoda Norimoto	O Meien	Games
title	39th	1992	Japan	Cho Chikun	O Rissei	Games
title	40th	1993	Japan	Yoda Norimoto	Kato Masao	Games
title	41st	1994	Japan	Otake Hideo	Kato Masao	Games
title	42nd	1995	Japan	Kobayashi Satoru	Kiyonari Tetsuya	Games
title	43rd	1996	Japan	Cho Chikun	Kobayashi Satoru	Games
title	44th	1997	Japan	O Rissei	Kobayashi Koichi	Games
title	45th	1998	Japan	Yoda Norimoto	Honda Kunihisa	Games
title	46th	1999	Japan	Yoda Norimoto	Tono Hiroaki	Games
title	47th	2000	Japan	Yoda Norimoto	Imamura Toshiya	Games
title	48th	2001	Japan	Ishida Yoshio	Cho Chikun	Games
title	49th	2002	Japan	Cho U	Hane Naoki	Games
title	50th	2003	Japan	Mimura Tomoyasu	O Rissei	Games
title	51st	2004	Japan	Kobayashi Koichi	Cho Chikun	Games
title	52nd	2005	Japan	Cho U	Yoda Norimoto	Games
title	53rd	2006	Japan	Hane Naoki	Imamura Toshiya	Games
title	54th	2007	Japan	Cho Chikun	Yuki Satoshi	Games
title	55th	2008	Japan	Cho U	Cho Chikun	Games
title	56th	2009	Japan	Yuki Satoshi	Takemiya Masaki	Games
title	57th	2010	Japan	Yuki Satoshi	Iyama Yuta	Games
title	58th		Japan			Games
title	59th		Japan			Games