Female Kisei


The Women's Kisei is a Go competition.

Outline

The Women's Kisei is sponsored by NTT DoCoMo, and uses a hayago format, unlike the Kisei, which uses an eight-hour thinking time format. The winner's purse is 35,000,000 Yen.

Past winners

Winners in chronological order:
YearWinnerScoreRunner-up
1.1998Kobayashi Izumi2-0Kobayashi Chizu-
2.1999Kobayashi Izumi2-1Sugiuchi Kazuko-
3.2000Chinen Kaori2-0Kobayashi Izumi-
4.2001Chinen Kaori2-1Kato Reiko-
5.2002Chinen Kaori2-1Ogawa Tomoko-
6.2003Chinen Kaori2-1Kato Reiko-
7.2004Mannami Kana2-1Chinen Kaori-
8.2005Chinen Kaori2-0Mannami Kana-
9.2006Mannami Kana2-1Chinen Kaori-
10.2007Umezawa Yukari2-1Mannami Kana-
11.2008Umezawa Yukari2-0Mukai Chiaki-
12.2009Umezawa Yukari2-1Kato Reiko-
13.2010Xie Yimin2-0Umezawa Yukari-
14.2011Xie Yimin2-0Umezawa Yukari-
15.2012Aoki Kikuyo2-1Xie Yimin-
16.2013Xie Yimin2-0Aoki Kikuyo-
17.2014Xie Yimin2-0Aoki Kikuyo-
18.2015Xie Yimin2-0Konishi Kazuko-
19.2016Xie Yimin2-0Yoshihara Yukari-
20.2017Xie Yimin2-1Nyu Eiko-
21.2018Ueno Asami2-0Xie Yimin-
22.2019Ueno Asami2-0Fujisawa Rina-

Winners by number of titles:
PlayerTitlesYears Held
Xie Yimin72010 - 2011, 2013 - 2017-
Chinen Kaori52000 - 2003, 2005-
Yoshihara Yukari32007 - 2009-
Kobayashi Izumi21998 - 1999-
Mannami Kana22004, 2006-
Ueno Asami22018, 2019-
Aoki Kikuyo12012-