Ryusei (competition)

The Ryusei (竜星戦, Ryūsei-sen) is a Go competition.

Biography

The Ryusei is a Go competition used by the Japanese Nihon-Kiin. It was started in 1991 and is a fast go tournament. The tournament consists of four sections. The winner from each section, along with the player who won the most games in each section play in a single knockout tournament. The winner is decided this way. The winner's purse is 5,000,000 Yen ($43,000).

Past winners
YearWinnerRunner-up
1991Cho ChikunIshida Yoshio
1992Otake HideoCho Chikun
1993Cho ChikunRyu Shikun
1994Morita MichihiroRin Kaiho
1996Kobayashi SatoruNakaonoda Tomomi
1997Kobayashi KoichiKomatsu Hideki
1998Kato MasaoCho Chikun
1999Yamada KimioMorita Michihiro
2000Takao ShinjiTakagi Shoichi
2001Kato MasaoCho U
2002Kobayashi KoichiO Meien
2003Kobayashi KoichiHane Naoki
2004Takao ShinjiYamada Kimio
2005Yuki SatoshiCho U
2006Cho UYuki Satoshi
2007Cho UYuki Satoshi
2008Kono RinCho U
2009Iyama YutaCho U
2010Yamashita KeigoNakano Hironari
2011Iyama YutaYuki Satoshi
2012Iyama YutaRin Kanketsu
2013Yamashita KeigoKono Rin
2014Kono RinYu Zhengqi
2015Yuki SatoshiCho Chikun
2016 Ichiriki Ryo Iyama Yuta
2017 Shibano Toramaru Yu Zhengqi
2018 Ichiriki Ryo Motoki Katsuya
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