About Okan

The Okan (Crown) tournament is sponsored by Chunichi Newspaper, the champion prize is 1.5 million Japanese Yen (about US$ 14 thousands).

All editions of Okan

Type	Edition	Year	Country	First Place	Second Place	Details
title	6th	1959	Japan	Shimamura Toshihiro	Isogawa Masao	Games
title	7th	1960	Japan	Shimamura Toshihiro	Isogawa Masao	Games
title	8th	1962	Japan	Shimamura Toshihiro	Isogawa Masao	Games
title	9th	1964	Japan	Shimamura Toshihiro	Isogawa Masao	Games
title	10th	1965	Japan	Shimamura Toshihiro	Iwata Tatsuaki	Games
title	11th	1967	Japan	Iwata Tatsuaki	Shimamura Toshihiro	Games
title	12th	1969	Japan	Iwata Tatsuaki	Shimamura Toshihiro	Games
title	13th	1970	Japan	Iwata Tatsuaki	Tsuchida Masamitsu	Games
title	14th	1972	Japan	Hane Yasumasa	Iwata Tatsuaki	Games
title	15th	1974	Japan	Shimamura Toshihiro	Hane Yasumasa	Games
title	16th	1975	Japan	Shimamura Toshihiro	Hane Yasumasa	Games
title	17th	1976	Japan	Iwata Tatsuaki	Shimamura Toshihiro	Games
title	18th	1977	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Iwata Tatsuaki	Games
title	19th	1978	Japan	Hane Yasumasa	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Games
title	20th	1979	Japan	Iwata Tatsuaki	Hane Yasumasa	Games
title	21th	1980	Japan	Iwata Tatsuaki	Baba Shigeru	Games
title	22th	1981	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Iwata Tatsuaki	Games
title	23th	1982	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Hane Yasumasa	Games
title	24th	1983	Japan	Hane Yasumasa	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Games
title	25th	1984	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Hane Yasumasa	Games
title	26th	1985	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Iwata Tatsuaki	Games
title	27th	1986	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Hane Yasumasa	Games
title	28th	1987	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Tsuchida Masamitsu	Games
title	29th	1988	Japan	Ogata Masaki	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Games
title	30th	1989	Japan	Ogata Masaki	Iwata Tatsuaki	Games
title	31th	1990	Japan	Ogata Masaki	Hane Yasumasa	Games
title	32th	1991	Japan	Ogata Masaki	Hane Yasumasa	Games
title	33th	1992	Japan	Hane Yasumasa	Ogata Masaki	Games
title	34th	1993	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Hane Yasumasa	Games
title	35th	1994	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Ogata Masaki	Games
title	36th	1995	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Hane Yasumasa	Games
title	37th	1996	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Hikosaka Naoto	Games
title	38th	1997	Japan	Nakano Hironari	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Games
title	39th	1998	Japan	Nakano Hironari	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Games
title	40th	1999	Japan	Hane Naoki	Nakano Hironari	Games
title	41st	2000	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Hane Naoki	Games
title	42nd	2001	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Matsuoka Hideki	Games
title	43rd	2002	Japan	Hane Naoki	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Games
title	44th	2003	Japan	Hane Naoki	Hikosaka Naoto	Games
title	45th	2004	Japan	Hane Naoki	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Games
title	46th	2005	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Hane Naoki	Games
title	47th	2006	Japan	Matsuoka Hideki	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Games
title	48th	2007	Japan	Hane Naoki	Matsuoka Hideki	Games
title	49th	2008	Japan	Hane Naoki	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Games
title	50th	2009	Japan	Hane Naoki	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Games
title	51st	2010	Japan	Yamashiro Hiroshi	Hane Naoki	Games