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The NEC Shun-Ei Cup

The NEC New Stars Cup (NEC Shun'ei Cup, NEC俊英杯) was a Japanese Go tournament for young players, held in 1986-2003. The winner earned a place in the following NEC Cup tournament.

The table below gives the winner and loser and game record of the finals.

# year winner loser sgf
1 1986 Yoda Norimoto O Rissei W+R
2 1987 Kobayashi Satoru O Rissei W+17.5
3 1988 Aoki Shinichi Yoda Norimoto B+R
4 1989 O Meien Yoda Norimoto W+5.5
5 1990 Komatsu Hideki Michael Redmond W+R
6 1991 O Meien Tei Meiko W+R
7 1992 Komatsu Hideki Morita Michihiro W+6.5
8 1993 Oya Koichi Ryu Shikun B+R
9 1994 Ryu Shikun Mimura Tomoyasu B+R
10 1995 Nakano Hironari Morita Michihiro B+2.5
11 1996 Morita Michihiro Yamada Kimio W+9.5
12 1997 Yo Kagen Nishida Terumi W+R
13 1998 Nakamura Shinya Mizokami Tomochika W+3.5
14 1999 Yamashita Keigo So Yokoku B+R
15 2000 Takao Shinji Hane Naoki W+R
16 2001 Mizokami Tomochika Kim Sujun W+R
17 2002 Takao Shinji Akiyama Jiro B+R
18 2003 Akiyama Jiro Han Zenki W+8.5

And here is the tournament table for the 18th and last edition.

The 18th NEC Shun'ei Cup
Akiyama Jiro Akiyama Jiro
B+R
Akiyama Jiro
W+R
Akiyama Jiro
B+R
Akiyama Jiro
W+8.5
Mizokami Tomochika
Mochizuki Kenichi Mochizuki Kenichi
B+6.5
Rin Shien
Yamada Takuji Yamada Takuji
W+R
Yamada Takuji
B+R
Kobayashi Izumi
So Yokoku So Yokoku
B+5.5
Chinen Kaori
Han Zenki Han Zenki
B+R
Han Zenki
W+R
Han Zenki
B+R
Shimojima Yohei
Takei Takashi Takei Takashi
W+R
Cho Riyu
Kim Sujun Kim Sujun
W+R
Kim Sujun
W+10.5
Yamamori Tadanao
Matsumoto Takehisa Matsumoto Takehisa
B+3.5
Kono Rin

And one for the 17th edition.

The 17th NEC Shun'ei Cup
Akiyama Jiro Akiyama Jiro
W+3.5
Akiyama Jiro
B+R
Takao Shinji
B+R
So Yokoku So Yokoku
W+10.5
Yamada Takuji
Suzuki Yoshimichi Kurotaki Masanori
W+31.5
Kurotaki Masanori
B+5.5
Kurotaki Masanori
Matsumoto Takehisa Shimojima Yohei
W+R
Shimojima Yohei
Kono Rin Kono Rin
W+R
Takao Shinji
B+R
Tsuruyama Atsushi Tsuruyama Atsushi
B+R
Inori Yoko
Han Zenki Kim Sujun
B+R
Takao Shinji
W+R
Kim Sujun
Takao Shinji

And one for the 16th edition.

The 16th NEC Shun'ei Cup
Mizokami Tomochika Mizokami Tomochika
B+2.5
Mizokami Tomochika
B+5.5
Mizokami Tomochika
B+0.5
Mizokami Tomochika
W+R
Kono Takashi
Cho U Cho U
B+R
Chinen Kaori
Yamashita Keigo Yamashita Keigo
W+R
Yamada Takuji Yamada Takuji
B+T
So Yokoku
Kim Sujun Kim Sujun
W+8.5
Kim Sujun
W+12.5
Kim Sujun
B+11.5
Kato Atsushi
Hane Naoki
Kono Rin Kono Rin
B+R
Kono Rin
B+6.5
Takei Takashi
Akiyama Jiro

And one for the 15th edition.

The 15th NEC Shun'ei Cup
Takao Shinji Takao Shinji
B+5.5
Takao Shinji
W+R
Takao Shinji
W+R
Kono Takashi Kono Takashi
W+R
Kobayashi Izumi
Mizokami Tomochika Mizokami Tomochika
B+2.5
Mizokami Tomochika
B+22.5
Cho U
So Yokoku So Yokoku
B+R
Nakamura Shinya
Hane Naoki Hane Naoki
B+10.5
Hane Naoki
B+2.5
Han Zenki Han Zenki
B+R
Aoki Kikuyo
Akiyama Jiro Akiyama Jiro
W+R
Kato Atsushi Kato Atsushi
W+7.5
Kono Rin

And one for the 14th edition.

The 14th NEC Shun'ei Cup
Yamashita Keigo Yamashita Keigo
W+R
Yamashita Keigo
B+4.5
Yamashita Keigo
W+5.5
Yamashita Keigo
B+R
Chinen Kaori
Hane Naoki
Suzuki Yoshimichi Suzuki Yoshimichi
W+1.5
Suzuki Yoshimichi
B+1.5
Mizokami Tomochika
Arimura Hiroshi
So Yokoku So Yokoku
W+R
So Yokoku
B+15.5
So Yokoku
B+8.5
Sugimoto Akira
Kono Rin Kono Rin
Kimu Shujun
Kim Sujun
Akiyama Jiro Akiyama Jiro
B+R
Akiyama Jiro
B+R
Kono Takashi
Kato Atsushi