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Nihon Ki-in Championship title results
The Nihon Ki-in Championship was held from 1954 to 1975,
and was succeeded by the Tengen tournament.
The title match is a best-of-five match, until 1961 a best-of-three.
| Nr | Year | Winner | Opponent |
Score | Games |
| 1 | 1954 | Takagawa Kaku (7d) | Shinohara Masami (7d) |
1-0 |
1
|
| 2 | 1955 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Takagawa Kaku (8d) |
2-0 |
1 2
|
| 3 | 1956 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Sugiuchi Masao (8d) |
2-1 |
1 2
3
|
| 4 | 1957 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Sugiuchi Masao (8d) |
2-1 |
1 2
3
|
| 5 | 1958 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Kitani Minoru (9d) |
2-0 |
1 2
|
| 6 | 1959 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Takagawa Kaku (8d) |
2-0 |
1 2
|
| 7 | 1960 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Takagawa Kaku (8d) |
2-0 |
1 2
|
| 8 | 1961 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Fujisawa Shuko (8d) |
2-1 |
1 2
3
|
| 9 | 1962 | Takagawa Kaku (9d) | Sakata Eio (9d) |
3-0 |
1 2
3
|
| 10 | 1963 | Takagawa Kaku (9d) | Yamabe Toshiro (8d) |
3-1 |
1 2
3 4
|
| 11 | 1964 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Takagawa Kaku (9d) |
3-0 |
1 2
3
|
| 12 | 1965 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Miyashita Shuyo (9d) |
3-1 |
1 2
3 4
|
| 13 | 1966 | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | Sakata Eio (9d) |
3-1 |
1 2
3 4
|
| 14 | 1967 | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | Rin Kaiho (8d) |
3-2 |
1 2
3 4
5
|
| 15 | 1968 | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | Yamabe Toshiro (9d) |
3-0 |
1 2
3
|
| 16 | 1969 | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | Miyashita Shuyo (9d) |
3-0 |
1 2
3
|
| 17 | 1970 | Ishida Yoshio (6d) | Ohira Shuzo (9d) |
3-1 |
1 2
3 4
|
| 18 | 1971 | Ishida Yoshio (7d) | Takemiya Masaki (6d) |
3-0 |
1 2
3
|
| 19 | 1972 | Ohira Shuzo (9d) | Ishida Yoshio (7d) |
3-1 |
1 2
3 4
|
| 20 | 1973 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Ohira Shuzo (9d) |
3-1 |
1 2
3 4
|
| 21 | 1974 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Kato Masao (8d) |
3-2 |
1 2
3 4
5
|
| 22 | 1975 | Sakata Eio (9d) | Cho Chikun (6d) |
3-2 |
1 2
3 4
5
|