Participants are the title holders (Kisei, Meijin, Honinbo, Judan, Tengen, Oza, Gosei, NHK Cup, NEC Shun'ei Cup, ...) and top finishers from the previous year.
The table below gives the winner and loser and game record of the finals. The links in the first column may give some additional information.
| # | date | winner | loser | result | #mv | sgf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1982-03-06 | Takemiya Masaki | Otake Hideo | B+R | 233 | sgf |
| 2 | 1983-03-05 | Sakata Eio | Sakai Takeshi | W+R | 242 | sgf |
| 3 | 1984-03-03 | Cho Chikun | Sakata Eio | W+8.5 | 293 | sgf |
| 4 | 1985-03-09 | Cho Chikun | Kobayashi Koichi | B+0.5 | 260 | sgf |
| 5 | 1986-03-08 | Takemiya Masaki | Kobayashi Satoru | W+R | 208 | sgf |
| 6 | 1987-03-07 | Otake Hideo | Rin Kaiho | B+5.5 | 243 | sgf |
| 7 | 1988-03-05 | Ishida Yoshio | Cho Chikun | B+R | 133 | sgf |
| 8 | 1989-03-11 | Otake Hideo | Ishida Yoshio | B+5.5 | 283 | sgf |
| 9 | 1990-03-10 | Rin Kaiho | O Rissei | W+R | 152 | sgf |
| 10 | 1991-03-09 | Kato Masao | Otake Hideo | W+R | 162 | sgf |
| 11 | 1992-03-07 | Kato Masao | Kobayashi Koichi | W+10.5 | 237 | sgf |
| 12 | 1993-03-13 | Yoda Norimoto | Kato Masao | B+0.5 | 255 | sgf |
| 13 | 1994-03-19 | Komatsu Hideki | Cho Chikun | W+0.5 | 329 | sgf |
| 14 | 1995-03-04 | Kobayashi Koichi | Cho Chikun | W+R | 164 | sgf |
| 15 | 1996-03-02 | Otake Hideo | Rin Kaiho | W+7.5 | 262 | sgf |
| 16 | 1997-03-01 | Kato Masao | Kobayashi Satoru | W+1.5 | 258 | sgf |
| 17 | 1998-03-07 | Yoda Norimoto | Cho Chikun | W+4.5 | 283 | sgf |
| 18 | 1999-03-06 | Kobayashi Koichi | O Rissei | W+R | 184 | sgf |
| 19 | 2000-03-04 | Cho Chikun | Kato Masao | B+5.5 | 239 | sgf |
| 20 | 2001-03-10 | Cho Chikun | Kato Masao | W+R | 170 | sgf |
| 21 | 2002-03-09 | Yoda Norimoto | O Rissei | B+R | 141 | sgf |
| 22 | 2003-03-08 | Ryu Shikun | Takao Shinji | B+0.5 | 317 | sgf |
| 23 | 2004-03-06 | Kobayashi Koichi | Mimura Tomoyasu | B+2.5 | 298 | sgf |
| 24 | 2005-03-05 | Cho U | Ryu Shikun | B+R | 213 | sgf |
| 25 | 2006-03-04 | Cho Sonjin | Kobayashi Satoru | B+5.5 | 245 | sgf |
| 26 | 2007-03-10 | Cho U | Takao Shinji | B+R | 195 | sgf |
| 27 | 2008-03-08 | Kono Rin | Cho Sonjin | B+R | 217 | sgf |
| 28 | 2009-03-07 | Hane Naoki | Cho U | B+R | 217 | sgf |
| 29 | 2010-03-06 | Kono Rin | Hane Naoki | B+R | 209 | sgf |
| 30 | 2011-03-05 | Cho U | Yamashita Keigo | W+R | 190 | sgf |
| 31 | 2012-03-17 | Takao Shinji | Cho Chikun | B+R | 223 | sgf |