The Kakusei (鶴聖) tournament was founded by JAL in 1979, and discontinued in 2002. Games were broadcast by TBS.
In the 1st-7th editions, there was a 5-player League, possibly with playoff, to determine the winner. In the 8th-25th editions, the Kakusei tournament was a knockout tournament for 12 players. Four top title winners got a bye in the first round. Komi was 5.5.
Below we give the winners and title games (with sgf) for the Kakusei title in 1986-2003. The links in the first column give more detail on the separate tournaments.
| # | year | winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1979 | Rin Kaiho |
| 2 | 1980 | Kato Masao |
| 3 | 1981 | Otake Hideo |
| 4 | 1982 | Cho Chikun |
| 5 | 1983 | Otake Hideo |
| 6 | 1984 | Otake Hideo |
| 7 | 1985 | Cho Chikun |
| # | date | winner | runner-up | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1986-01-21 | Kato Masao | Otake Hideo | sgf |
| 9 | 1987-02-07 | Otake Hideo | Kobayashi Koichi | sgf |
| 10 | 1988-02-04 | Otake Hideo | Takagi Shoichi | sgf |
| 11 | 1989-01-25 | O Rissei | Hashimoto Shoji | sgf |
| 12 | 1990-02-12 | Kataoka Satoshi | O Rissei | sgf |
| 13 | 1991-03-18 | Takemiya Masaki | Otake Hideo | sgf |
| 14 | 1992-03-02 | Rin Kaiho | Otake Hideo | sgf |
| 15 | 1993-03-22 | O Rissei | Kato Masao | sgf |
| 16 | 1994-03-31 | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | sgf |
| 17 | 1995-03-20 | Kato Masao | Cho Chikun | sgf |
| 18 | 1996-02-26 | Kato Masao | Kobayashi Satoru | sgf |
| 19 | 1997-03-24 | Kobayashi Koichi | Kato Masao | sgf |
| 20 | 1998-03-02 | Rin Kaiho | Kato Masao | sgf |
| 21 | 1999-03-15 | O Rissei | Kato Masao | sgf |
| 22 | 2000-02-21 | O Rissei | Hikosaka Naoto | sgf |
| 23 | 2001-02-22 | Kobayashi Koichi | Yoda Norimoto | sgf |
| 24 | 2002-02-18 | Yoda Norimoto | Kobayashi Koichi | sgf |
| 25 | 2003-02-24 | Yuki Satoshi | Hane Naoki | sgf |