Women's Meijin


The Women's Meijin is a Go competition. The Women's Meijin is the female version of the Meijin title. This title is sponsored by Fuji Evening Newspaper and Nippon Life Insurance. The winner's purse is 5,100,000 Yen.
The tournament was not held in 2020 due to loss of sponsorship, but resumed for the 32nd tournament in 2021 with a new sponsor.

Past winners

Winners in chronological order:
YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1.1989Miyazaki Shimako
2.1990Aoki Kikuyo
3.1991Sugiuchi Kazuko2–1Aoki Kikuyo
4.1992Sugiuchi Kazuko2–0Aoki Kikuyo
5.1993Sugiuchi Kazuko2–0Aoki Kikuyo
6.1994Sugiuchi Kazuko2–1Ogawa Tomoko
7.1995Kato Tomoko2–0Sugiuchi Kazuko
8.1996Nishida Terumi2–1Kato Tomoko
9.1997Nishida Terumi2–0Ogawa Tomoko
10.1998Nishida Terumi2–0Ogawa Tomoko
11.1999Aoki Kikuyo2–0Nishida Terumi
12.2000Aoki Kikuyo2–0Kobayashi Izumi
13.2001Kobayashi Izumi2–0Aoki Kikuyo
14.2002Aoki Kikuyo2–0Kobayashi Izumi
15.2003Kobayashi Izumi2–0Aoki Kikuyo
16.2004Kobayashi Izumi2–0Inori Yoko
17.2005Koyama Terumi2–1Kobayashi Izumi
18.2006Aoki Kikuyo2–0Koyama Terumi
19.2007Kato Keiko2–1Aoki Kikuyo
20.2008Xie Yimin2–0Kato Keiko
21.2009Xie Yimin2–1Chinen Kaori
22.2010Xie Yimin2–0Mukai Chiaki
23.2011Xie Yimin2–1Mukai Chiaki
24.2012Xie Yimin2–0Mukai Chiaki
25.2013Xie Yimin2–0Okuda Aya
26.2014Xie Yimin2–1Kato Keiko
27.2015Xie Yimin2–0Suzuki Ayumi
28.2016Xie Yimin2–1Aoki Kikuyo
29.2017Fujisawa Rina2–0Xie Yimin
30.2018Fujisawa Rina2–0Yashiro Kumiko
31.2019Fujisawa Rina2–1Xie Yimin
32.2021Fujisawa Rina2–0Ueno Asami
33.2022Fujisawa Rina2–0Nakamura Sumire
34.2023Ueno Asami2–0Fujisawa Rina
35.2024Fujisawa Rina2–0Ueno Asami
36.2025Ueno Asami2–0Fujisawa Rina

Winners by number of titles:
PlayerTitlesYears Held
Xie Yimin92008–2016-
Fujisawa Rina62017–2022, 2024-
Aoki Kikuyo51990, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006-
Sugiuchi Kazuko41991–1994-
Kobayashi Izumi32001, 2003, 2004-
Nishida Terumi31996–1998-
Ueno Asami22023, 2025-
Kato Keiko12007-
Kato Tomoko11995-
Koyama Terumi12005-
Miyazaki Shimako11989-